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Turning Shapes Adventure

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Turning Shapes Adventure

Shapes turning in different directions

🎯 WALT: Identify Quarter and Half Turns

1. Look at each arrow. Circle the correct turn size:

Arrow pointing right → then down ↓

Quarter turn

Half turn

No turn

2. Arrow pointing up ↑ then down ↓

Quarter turn

Half turn

No turn

3. Arrow pointing left ← then up ↑

Quarter turn

Half turn

No turn

4. Arrow pointing down ↓ then left ←

Quarter turn

Half turn

No turn

🔄 Direction Detective: Clockwise or Anticlockwise?

5. A shape turns from pointing right → to pointing down ↓. Which direction did it turn?

Clockwise

Anticlockwise

6. A shape turns from pointing up ↑ to pointing left ←. Which direction did it turn?

Clockwise

Anticlockwise

7. Draw an arrow to show a quarter turn clockwise from this starting position: ↑
8. Draw an arrow to show a half turn from this starting position: →

🌟 Turn Instructions Challenge

9. You are facing the whiteboard. Follow these instructions and write where you end up facing:

Start facing the whiteboard → make a quarter turn clockwise

I am now facing: ________________

10. Complete this sentence using the words: quarter, half, clockwise, anticlockwise

To turn from facing the door to facing the window on my left, I need to make a _______ turn in an _______ direction.

11. Explain in your own words: What is the difference between a quarter turn and a half turn?
12. Extension: How many quarter turns make one complete full turn?

Answer: _______ quarter turns = 1 full turn

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