Chapter 6: Position and Movement

Maths SMART Grade 1

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Chapter 6: Position and Movement

Videos

This video introduces ordinal numbers from 1 to 10, and how to write them in both numeric form and in words. It gives visual aids while explaining position and the correct way to use each ordinal number to describe the respective positions.

This video teaches pupils how to write ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 in short forms and how to describe the position of a given object using ordinal numbers.

This video gives illustrations of the position words “behind”, “in front of”, “between” and “next to”, amongst other position words.

This video gives illustrations of the position words “before”, “after” and “in between”, amongst other position words.

Activities

This link provides a list of ideas for a lesson on position and movement. Teachers need to sign up (for free) before these resources can be used.

This link gives a list of worksheets relating to position and movement. Teachers need to sign up (for free) before these resources can be used.

(worksheet name: “Positional Language”)

This worksheet tests pupils’ understanding of the position words “next to”, “between”, “right” and “left”, amongst other position words.

This activity can helppupils identify and get familiar with the position words “left”, “right”, “between”, “before” and “after”, amongst other position words.

This link gives a list of printable worksheets for recognising the position words“left” and “right”.

Teaching Tips/Aids

This is an interactive lesson on ordinal numbers and how to use them to describe position.

This is a forum discussing possible lesson ideas for teaching pupils position and movement.

This link provides three different activity ideas for teaching position and movement, for three different stages of learning.

This link provides a list of resources and activity ideas for teaching position.

A handy teaching tool which gives illustrations of the position words “behind”, “between” and “in front of”, amongst other position words.

Online Games

This is a game testing pupils’ ability to orderthings using ordinal numbers.

This is a game involving the position words “forward” and “backward”.

This is a game testing pupils on their knowledge and understanding of “left” and “right”.