Square Moves

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Primary (Ages 6-9)

Geometry and Spatial Sense

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Square Moves

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Context

• In person, students should have a clear view of the Challenge
• Online, the teacher will share their screen in a virtual space; students will use Jamboard

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Materials

• Square Move Challenges (Appendix A - This Google Slide package)
• In-class version: 10 square tiles per student (same colour)
• If possible, use magnetic tiles with a metal cookie sheet. This will be easier for students
• Online version: Jamboard with the different challenges (Appendix B)

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Lesson

• Provide students with square tiles or access to the Jamboard
• Inform students they will be playing a game that will challenge them to transform one shape into another by moving square tiles.
• Show Image 1A to the class and invite students to recreate it.
• If using Jamboard, students will see Image 1A already constructed.
• When everyone is ready, share Image 1B, alongside the Image 1A.
• Ask students to imagine how they could make the new shape by moving only one square on the original image.
• Before students make any moves on their own, invite students to use positional language to describe how they would make the transformation.
• Repeat with Image 2A and 2B, etc. As the challenge increases, so too does the number of moves required to complete the challenge.
• Have students find the minimum number of moves to transform Shape A to Shape B each time.

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Challenge 1

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Challenge 2

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