Lesson video

Hello everybody.

My name is Mrs. Johnson.

I am so excited to be here today to help you with some of your maps learning.

I hope you're ready to work hard and have lots of fun.

Let's see what we're going to be learning about today.

This lesson is called Using Directional Language.

It comes from the unit Position and Direction, Including Fractions of Turns.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the words left, right, up and down to follow and give directions.

If you haven't given any directions before, don't worry because we're going to learn about it together, and I'm here to help you.

There are four keywords in this lesson, and we're going to practise saying them now.

It will be my turn first and then your turn.

Ready? My turn, left.

Your turn.

My turn, right.

Your turn.

My turn, up.

Your turn.

My turn, down.

Your turn.

Well done.

You're going to use these words lots of times in this lesson today, and you're going to become experts in using left, right, up and down by the end of this lesson.

There are going to be two parts to this lesson.

To begin with, you are going to learn about left and right.

And then in a little while, you're going to learn more about directions.

Let's start by looking at left and right.

There is one friend who we are going to meet in this lesson today.

Her name is Izzy.

Look out for Izzy today because she's got lots of really helpful things to show you.

Izzy has drawn some arrows.

Let's have a look at them.

These are all of Izzy's arrows that she's drawn.

Do you notice anything about these arrows? Let's have a look what Izzy can do with her arrows.

She can sort them into two groups.

Let's see, how do you think she's going to sort them? Let's have a look.

She's going to put these arrows together, and she's going to put these arrows together.

Can you see why Izzy might put those arrows together into those two groups? The first group of arrows are pointing left, and the other group of arrows are pointing right.

Left and right can be used to describe direction.

Look at these arrows.

Can you see all of those arrows? Even though they look different, they are all pointing in the same direction.

Which way do you think it is? These arrows are all pointing left.

Now let's look at some more arrows.

These arrows are pointing in a different direction, aren't they? These arrows are all pointing right.

Let's give you a chance to practise saying left and right.

You're going to look really carefully at the arrows that come up on the screen.

When you see an arrow, I would like you to say if it is pointing left or pointing right.

You're going to say, "Left" or "Right." I also want you to get your finger and point your finger in the same direction as the arrow each time, ready? Well done, this arrow is left, right, left, right.

You are doing a good job.

Keep going.

There's some more arrows coming.

Right, right, left, left, right, well done.

Everybody has a left side and a right side.

Look at this picture of Izzy.

We're going to think about which is Izzy's left side and right side.

See if you can move these parts of your body on the left side.

This is Izzy's left arm.

Can you move your left arm? This is Izzy's left leg.

Can you move your left leg? This is Izzy's left hand.

I bet you can wiggle your left hand.

This is Izzy's left foot.

Can you wiggle your left foot? And this is Izzy's left shoulder.

Can you move your left shoulder? Well done.

All of these parts of Izzy's body were on her left side.

Now let's see if you can move each part of your body on the right side.

This is Izzy's right hand.

Can you move your right hand? This is Izzy's right foot.

Can you move your right foot? This is Izzy's right arm.

Give your right arm a wiggle.

This is Izzy's right leg.

Can you move your right leg? And this is Izzy's right shoulder.

Can you move your right shoulder? Now you know a little bit more about finding your left side and your right side.

Sometimes it can be a bit tricky to remember which side is left and which side is right, so I'm going to show you something that might help you.

Izzy says, "Try using your hands to help you.

Hold them up in front of you like this." You need to be looking at the back of your hand, so you need to be able to see your fingernails.

Hold them out in front of you like you're about to give somebody two big high fives.

That's it.

Look at both of your hands carefully, and you might notice that one hand has the shape of a letter L, that ll.

That's your left hand.

Your left hand has the shape of a letter L.

How do you think the letter L on your left hand would help you remember which side is which? Izzy says that, "Left starts with the letter L." Left starts with a ll sound, doesn't it? That might help you remember.

The hand that has the L shape is your left hand.

Ll and L is for left.

Izzy's gone out for a walk now.

What is on her left and what is on her right? Izzy can see a car on her left and there is a house on Izzy's right.

Izzy has thought about her left hand and her right hand.

If Izzy knows where her left hand is, she knows her left side.

And if Izzy knows where her right hand is, she knows her right side.

So Izzy can see that the car is on her left and the house is on her right.

Izzy carried on walking a bit more, and she has some different things on her left and right.

What do you think is on her left and on her right this time? Have a quick think.

Let's have a look.

The tree is on Izzy's left, and the church is on Izzy's right.

Let's check if you can see what is on Izzy's left and right.

You are going to complete these sentences.

The tree is on Izzy's hmm? The flower is on Izzy's hmm? There is also a hmm on Izzy's hmm.

Pause the video and have a think about how you could finish these sentences.

Good thinking, everybody.

Let's have a look at what you could have said.

The tree is on Izzy's right.

The flower is on Izzy's left.

Those are the only words that you can use to complete those sentences correctly.

The tree is on the right and the flower is on the left.

This last sentence, though, you might have thought of a couple of different ways that you could finish this sentence.

You might have said there is also a snail on Izzy's left.

Or you might have spotted something on top of the tree.

You could have said there is also a bird on Izzy's right.

Well done If you were able to use left and right correctly in those sentences.

Now it's time for you to go and practise using left and right.

You're going to go and play a funny game.

You are going to choose a part of your body that is on the list that you can see here.

You could choose your shoulder, your arm, your hand, your thumb, your foot, your knee, your leg, your big toe, your ear, your cheek, your eye or your eyebrow.

Lots of different body parts to choose from.

You've got to choose one, and then you're going to choose left or right, so your left side or your right side.

And then you've either got to touch that part of your body or you've got to see if you can wiggle that part of your body.

See if you can practise finding your left side and your right side.

Off you go.

You might have played the game a little bit like this.

Let's have a look.

Izzy wiggled her right hand.

This is her right hand here.

And then she touched her left shoulder.

This is her left shoulder.

Did you choose different parts of your body on the left side and the right side and try to touch them or wiggle them? Well done for practising finding your left side and your right side, good job.

Now it's time to look at the second part of this lesson.

You are going to find out a little bit more about giving directions.

You can use the words left and right to give directions.

You can also use the words up and down in your directions, too.

Directions can tell someone which way to go.

They're really helpful if you are lost or if you are looking for something.

Have a look at Pedro.

He looks like he might be a little bit lost, doesn't he? I wonder what he has lost.

He's lost his family.

Pedro is lost, and he wants to find his family, but he's not sure how to find them.

Izzy is going to help him by giving him some directions.

Let's watch that happen now.

Izzy says, "Go right three squares." One, two, three.

Then Izzy says, "Go up two squares." One, two.

The directions helped Pedro to find his family.

He's found them.

They're all back together again.

Hooray.

Oh dear, Pedro has gotten lost again.

Let's see if you can help him this time.

There are two choices.

Which set of directions do you think would help Pedro to find his family? Go down one square and go right three squares, or go down one square and go left three squares? Pause the video and work out which set of directions will help Pedro to find his family.

Let's watch Pedro move and then decide which set of directions is going to help him.

He's going to go down one square.

Now, does he need to move left, or does he need to move right? That's right, he needs to go to the left, one, two, three.

He went down one square and left three squares.

That means the bottom box was the correct set of directions that Pedro needed to follow.

Well done if you said that.

Watch this mouse follow the directions to find the cheese.

The first time, the mouse is going to go up two squares and go left one square, and he's found the cheese.

The second time, the mouse is going to go left two squares, up, two squares and right one square.

Both sets of directions helped the mouse to find the cheese, even though the directions were different.

So you can give different directions to find the same place.

What directions could you give Pedro to help him find his family this time? Could you try to find as many different ways as you can? Pause the video and think about what directions you could give to Pedro.

Good thinking, let's have a look.

You could have said, "Go up two squares and go right three squares." That would be an easy way for Pedro to find his family.

But you could have done it a different way.

Maybe you said, "Go up one square, go right two squares, go up one square and go right one square." That's a different way for Pedro to follow directions to find his family.

I wonder if you found any more different ways to give him directions.

Well done for thinking carefully about that.

Now it's time for you to do some more practise at giving directions.

Pedro wants to find his family.

He's got lost again.

Poor Pedro, he's always getting lost, isn't he? Let's help him out by giving him some directions.

I would like you to try and find more than one way to give directions to Pedro so that he can get home to his family.

When you have finished helping Pedro, you're going to play a game with a partner.

I would like you to find the box that says, "Start" and colour a pathway across to the box that says, "Finish." You can go in any way that you want to.

You don't have to go in a straight line.

You can go up and down and left and right until you get to the box that says, "Finish." Now, you mustn't show your partner your path, okay? You colour it in, but you don't show anybody else.

Then you are going to describe your path to a partner.

You're going to use the words up, down, left and right, and your partner is going to see if they can colour the same path that you have, based on your directions.

When you have finished, then your partner could describe a new path, and you could have a go at colouring.

Are you ready to go and practise giving those directions now? Excellent, off you go.

Okay, well done, everybody.

Let's have a look at the directions that you might have given Pedro to help him find his family.

You could have said, "Go down two squares and go right two squares." That would help him find his family.

You could have done it a different way.

You might have said, "Go right three squares, go down two squares and go left one square." I wonder if you found any more different ways to do it.

I bet you did.

You're getting really good at giving directions now.

Well done.

When you started playing the game on the second practise, you might have coloured in a path something like this.

Remember, you had to describe it to your partner without letting them see it.

If you were describing this path, you might have said, "Down two squares, left two squares, up one square, left one square, up one square and left one square." Then your partner had to listen really carefully to your directions and see if they could colour in the same path as you.

Did your directions help your partner to colour the same path as you? Well done if you used the words up, down, left and right in your directions.

Those were the really important words that you needed to use today.

Good job, everybody.

Now that you're at the end of the lesson, you have learned that everybody has a left side and the right side.

You have learned that you can use your hands to help you find your left side and your right side.

If you hold your hands up in front of you with your thumbs together, your left hand will have the shape of an L, and we know that the word left begins with an L.

You have learn that left, right, up and down are really useful for giving directions.

And you know that directions can help someone to find something.

Well done for thinking so carefully about left and right and directions in this lesson today.

You have done a really good job.

Well done.

I hope that I will see you again soon for some more maps learning.

Bye, everybody.