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Headline Story

Two-Dimensional Figures and Spatial Sense, #9

Grade 2

Headline Story

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Introduction

Read the Headline Story to children and have them use the information in the story to pose a problem.

Headline Story

Kevin traveled a total of 3 blocks south and 2 blocks west on his way to Dion’s house.

Possible student responses

We could draw a map.
There are lots of paths that Kevin could take: SSWWS, SWSWS,…
Let’s make a list of all the possible paths and see how many there are (10).

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