Four Quadrants: Reading and Plotting Points
I can name the quadrant of a point and read its coordinates in all four quadrants.
📘 Word Bank + Sentence Frames
quadrantordered pair (x, y)originaxis
- Quadrants go counter-clockwise: I (+,+), II (−,+), III (−,−), IV (+,−).
- Frame: "(____, ____) is in Quadrant ____."
👀 See It
(−4, 3): x is negative (left), y is positive (up) → top-left → Quadrant II.
✏️ Your Turn
0 of 3 checks complete
1. Which quadrant is (5, −2) in?
2. The point (−3, −6) is in…
3. A point with x positive and y positive is in…
💬 Explain Your Thinking
Explain how the signs tell you the quadrant:
"For (blank, blank), x is blank and y is blank, so it is in Quadrant blank."