In this lesson students explore rotating a single point about the origin and notice patterns they see as far as how the x and y-values are changing. They then create a table with all their newfound shortcuts for rotating a single point. In the practice problems they apply this to rotate triangles with and without a graph.

Pairs perfectly with tracing paper (patty paper) can be found at Smart & Final. Having students trace and rotate their paper really helps them see the transformations. If no patty paper available, you can just have students rotate the paper itself instead.