Our Classroom Positions - Foundation

Use real classroom demonstrations, clear picture comparisons and practical partner tasks to build position and location language. Students learn in/inside, on, under, above, next to/beside, between, in front of and behind. Outside supports the contrast with in.

The teaching sequence makes the reference explicit: on means contact with the top, above leaves a gap, between needs two references, and front/behind uses an agreed chair front. Students make, compare, describe and check positions before applying the ideas to fresh classroom and reading-corner examples.

Five detailed 45-minute lessons provide modelling, guided practice, application, discussion, exit checks, differentiation and focused follow-up. The one-page quick-start brings preparation, implementation, access and assessment together.

What's included

• Unit Plan PDF, 59 pages: one cover/contents page, one quick-start page, ten pages of detailed plans for five lessons, and 47 resource pages.
• Editable teaching presentation, 24 slides.
• Editable quiz, 22 slides: cover, ten question/answer pairs and closing.
• Four colour reference pages.
• Nine black-and-white practice worksheets with nine adjacent matching red answer/sample pages.
• Place and describe kit, ten pages: rules, worked model, two empty builder boards, two token banks containing twelve pieces, twelve task cards across two pages, and two checking guides.
• Move, freeze and describe kit, eight pages: rules, twelve cues across two pages, three station setup cards on one page, own-position record and matching sample answer, partner observation record and checking guide.
• Assessment/rubric section, seven pages: two fresh paper tasks with matching answer/sample pages, actual own-position practical record, marking guide and rubric.
• Clean Table of Contents JPEG and separate 105-page watermarked Preview PDF.

Learning focus

Interpret one-step position clues; make and describe accurate object positions; identify a meaningful reference and both references for between; describe an actual own location relative to a familiar person or object; compare a clue with the real or pictured arrangement and correct a mismatch.

Classroom use

Whole-class modelling, guided small groups, practical partners and independent picture/placement tasks. Adult-read prompts keep reading demand appropriate for beginning readers. Support speech, pointing, pictures or a communication device, drawing, placing and adult recording. Independent reading, extended writing, left/right and coordinates are not prerequisites.

Use ordinary classroom furniture and small objects. Print the supplied token-page scale at 100%; cut along the dotted contours. The two empty board pages are rotated left within the portrait PDF and are read in landscape. Keep model/checking and answer pages separate until students respond. Use clear routes, stable furniture, safe reach and accessible seated choices; no climbing, crawling, racing or touching peers.

Teacher benefits

One coherent teaching week; concrete contact/containment/reference contrasts; complete reusable practical kits with empty student boards; accessible ways to respond; immediate matching worksheet answers; both object and actual own-location evidence; a rubric based on mathematical meaning.

Digital product and licence

Digital download; no physical item. For teaching use. Do not redistribute or resell the files. Use the public preview when showing the resource to others. Obtain Sukindi's permission for any wider distribution.

Formats, page counts and answers

59-page Unit Plan PDF, editable 24-slide Presentation PPTX, editable 22-slide Quiz PPTX, separate 105-page Preview PDF and Table of Contents JPEG. The 47 resource pages are included within the 59-page Unit Plan PDF.

Twelve red answer/sample-answer pages: nine worksheet answers, one own-position sample and two fresh assessment answers/samples. The three colour practical-kit checking guides are additional components within the 47 pages. Open-task samples identify one possible answer and accept other accurate arrangements.

Printable student resources are PDF pages; only the presentation and quiz are advertised as editable teaching files. PowerPoint-compatible software is needed to edit the decks.