Easter Egg Hunt Game

I believe that theme lessons are more fun.  I also believe that students have more buy-in when treats are involved.    Split the student into groups.  On a large graph paper, you can  have students place candy eggs on a coordinate planes.  Students then switch papers and have to label the coordinates to be able to take the candy off. You will have to large graph paper for every group you have.  The obvious buy -in from the students is they get to pull the candy off when they get it correctly.

I thought this a great way to get students to remember how to move on a coordinate plane.

There are great worksheets for resources on super teacher worksheets and math-salamander

Standards Met:

CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.1
Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.2
Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.