Grade 3

What does it mean to turn?

turn

To rotate something around a point.

For example

The long hand of a clock turns right round each hour.

In Grade 3

Children turn themselves and objects through quarter and half turns before drawing any rotation.

Watch out for

Children often think turning changes a shape. A shape keeps its size and its sides however far it is turned.

Say it at home

Ask your child to make a quarter turn on the spot and say which way they now face.

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