Year 5 reflection in a horizontal mirror line, over four pages. Pupils reflect six shapes into the bottom half of their grids: a rectangle, a right-angled triangle, an L-shape, a trapezium, a T-shape and a pentagon. Two of the shapes touch the line. Part 2 uses one large grid with a vertical and a horizontal line, and pupils reflect an L-shape into all four quarters. Pages 3 and 4 are the answer key. It follows the England National Curriculum for position and direction.
Geometry - position and direction
“identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed”
Items 1 to 6 reflect a shape in a horizontal line. Question 7 reflects an L-shape in a vertical and then a horizontal line.
Six grids, each with a dashed horizontal mirror line and a shape above it. Pupils reflect each shape into the bottom half and use a ruler for the lines.
One large grid with a vertical and a horizontal mirror line and an L-shape in the top left quarter. Pupils reflect it across, then reflect both top shapes down. They may colour the finished pattern.
Each reflection is drawn and described in words, such as the reflected rectangle being 1 square below the line, 4 squares wide and 2 squares tall.
The grid with an L-shape in all four quarters, and a sentence on where each one sits.
Counting squares
Ask pupils to count the squares from each corner to the mirror line before they draw. Items 4 and 6 have corners at different distances from the line.
Shapes on the line
Items 2 and 5 touch the mirror line. Ask pupils which points stay where they are and why.
Early finishers
Hand out page 2 to pupils who finish early. The instructions let them colour the four-part pattern at the end.
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