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GM1-4: Describe their position relative to a person or object.

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Elaboration on this Achievement Objective

This means students will describe their position using positional language such as next to, in front of, behind, between, to the right/left and simple diagrams and maps. Their descriptions should become increasingly precise in terms of distance from the landmark (in steps) and location of that landmark on simple schematic maps.

 

Teaching resources for this Achievement Objective
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A Lion In the Night

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book A Lion In the Night
  • Students will be able to give a direction to another person using the vocabulary of position and orientation.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the vocabulary of position and orientation through modeling.
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Cheese maze

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Rich learning activities
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in using positional language and a simple scale to describe a path that will solve a problem.
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Directing Me

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
This unit introduces some of the key concepts related to position and direction in the context of a series of games.
  • Describe where objects are using the language of position.
  • Give and follow instructions using the language of position and direction.
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Scatter Cat!

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
In this unit students explore movement and position using the popular Lynley Dodd character Hairy Maclary. Students explore the language of position in describing where an object is located and in giving and following sequences of movement instructions. They will move themselves and objects along...
  • Describe the position of an object.
  • Follow and give directions involving 1/2 and 1/4 turns.
  • Follow and give a sequence of instructions related to movement and position.
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Which bus?

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Rich learning activities
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in using positional language and a simple scale to describe a path that will solve a problem.