Students will enjoy plotting and connecting points on a coordinate grid to create a fun image! This activity focuses on students’ understanding of the coordinate grid and where ordered pairs are located. It is great for graphing practice, math centers, and even substitute plans! You can have students graph this on paper or on PDF on their tablets!

The download includes two files, the Graphing Fast Food Activity and Coordinate Grids. This activity is great for a fast food, barbeque, or picnic theme. The activity is differentiated to best fit the needs of the learner. There are three different levels of graphing fast food; each increases in difficulty. Graph one (a hot dog and a drink) has integer points only. Graphs two (fries) and three (cheeseburger) have several points involving decimals, for example, (7.5, 13). All graphs have versions in both the first quadrant only and all four quadrants.

In the file “Coordinate Grids” that you have also downloaded, there are three graphs that involve the first quadrant only and three graphs that involve all four quadrants (each is more detailed in interval markings to best accommodate your specific students). For the struggling students, I would recommend using the coordinate grids with every unit numbered, the middle-level students have the grids with every five units numbered, and the higher-level students use the grids with no labeled numbers.

- PLEASE NOTE - this download is a zip file.