Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Maths: Using common measures, shape and space L11

Lesson 11. Positional Vocabulary and Turns

• Recap of previous lesson: Sorting 2-D and 3-D shapes and understanding symmetry and angles.

• Quick quiz: Identifying types of triangles and lines of symmetry.

• Learning Objective: Use appropriate positional vocabulary to describe position and direction including eight compass points and including full/half/quarter turns.

• Introduction to positional vocabulary: left, right, forwards, backwards, above, below, next to.

• Activity: Following instructions using basic positional vocabulary.

• Introduction to compass points: North, East, South, West.

• Modelling: Identifying intermediate compass points: NE, SE, SW, NW.

• Practice: Using all eight compass points to describe directions.

• Discussion: Real-world applications of compass points (e.g., maps, navigation).

• Introduction to turns: quarter, half, three-quarter, full turns.

• Modelling: Demonstrating different turns (90, 180, 270, 360 degrees).

• Activity: Giving and following instructions involving turns and compass points.

• Problem-solving: Navigational challenges on a grid or map.

• Check for understanding: Partner work describing routes using learned vocabulary.