Grade 3

What is a grid?

grid

A pattern of squares made by lines crossing each other.

For example

Graph paper in the exercise book is covered in a grid of squares.

In Grade 3

Children find squares on a grid by going across first and then up.

Watch out for

Children often go up before going across when reading a grid. The rule is across first, then up.

Say it at home

Play a grid game together and say the across number before the up number.

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