Year 1 Position and direction including fractions of turns worksheet

“Left, right, up and down” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 maths unit “Position and direction including fractions of turns”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 34 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Left, right, up and down

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can use the words left, right, up and down to give directions.

A Look back3 min

1.
What comes after 14?
2.
Which shape has 3 sides? Circle the word.
trianglesquarecircle
3.
6 + 2 =

B Watch me, then you4 min

The robot needs to reach the goal. Follow its route with your finger.

Watch me

The robot starts at the bottom left.

It goes right 2 squares, then up 2 squares.

Now it has reached the goal.

Now you

1.
The robot goes 2 squares to the goal. Circle the word.
leftright

C Your turn6 min

Look at each grid. Find the way the robot goes.

1.
The robot goes 2 squares to the goal. Circle the word.
updown
2.
The robot goes 2 squares to the goal. Circle the word.
updown
3.
The robot goes 2 squares to the goal. Circle the word.
leftright
4.
Put the steps in order. The robot never goes on the same square twice. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the boxes.
1. Go up 1 square.
2. Go left 1 square.
3. Go right 2 squares.

Say it out loud: What changed in each grid, and what stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Two teddy bears sit on chairs facing each other across a small round table

Ava says: “Ben is facing me, so his left hand is on my left.”

1.
Ava is facing Ben. Which side is Ben’s left hand on, from Ava’s view? Circle the word.
leftright

E Think deeper3 min

1.
The robot starts at the top left and must reach the goal. Write one way to go. Use left, right, up or down.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Left, right, up and down · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 15

2. triangle

3. 8

B

1. left

C

1. up If your child circles down, ask whether the goal is above or below the robot. Point to the top of the grid together.

2. down

3. right If your child circles left, ask your child to put a finger on the robot, then slide it towards the goal.

4. 1 Go right 2 squares. · 2 Go up 1 square. · 3 Go left 1 square. Trace your child's order on the grid with a finger. If the robot goes on a square twice, try another order.

D

1. right If your child circles left, they are using their own left side. Ask your child to turn round and face the other person, then check again.

E

1. Look for: A route that goes right 2 and down 2 in any order, such as right, right, down, down. If your child writes only up or left, the robot has moved away from the goal. Ask which way the goal is, from the top left.

Words to use

Say“Show me your left hand. Which way is the other person’s left?”

Instead of“Tell them they have got it wrong.”

After the sheet

Sit facing your child at the table. Put a cup on each side and ask which cup is on your left, then on theirs.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Above, below and between(with a plan)
Quarter, half and whole turns(with a plan)
Directions and turns(with a plan)
Follow and give directions(with a plan)

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