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These free thanksgiving coordinate graphing mystery pictures give you 10 pictures to plot on a coordinate grid, each in its own Word document with an answer page, on US Letter and A4, in colour and in black and white. Every template is human-made by a teacher: I’m Patrick Elliott, a teacher and Inclusion Lead, and I designed and built each one myself in Microsoft Word, then printed and measured them to check the sizes on the label.

In this guide, you’ll find how the mystery pictures work, how to teach plotting points with them, and how to use the answer pages.

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What’s in the Thanksgiving Coordinate Graphing Mystery Pictures

Paper	What you get	Best for
US Letter	10 mystery pictures, each with an answer page (US wording: ordered pairs), in color and black and white	Ages 8 to 12
A4	The same 10 mystery pictures and answer pages (UK wording: coordinates), in colour and black and white	Ages 8 to 12

👉 The coordinates are typed into a Word table, so you can print the pictures as they are or change a point in seconds.

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What Is a Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture?

A coordinate graphing mystery picture is a list of points to plot on a grid. Children plot each point, join the points in order, and a picture appears. Because the picture only appears if every point is right, it is a fun way to practise reading coordinates carefully.

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What Is in the Pack?

• 10 mystery pictures: a turkey, pumpkin pie, pilgrim hat, acorn, maple leaf, ear of corn, sailing ship, pumpkin, sunflower and harvest basket.
• A 0 to 20 grid: whole numbers in the first quadrant, so children only need positive coordinates.
• Points listed line by line: each new line starts fresh, so children never join the wrong points.
• An answer page for every picture: the finished picture on the grid, for marking or self-checking.
• US and UK wording: the US Letter files say ordered pairs, and the A4 files say coordinates.
• Black and white versions: every template also comes in a printer-friendly black and white version with grey headings, to save ink.

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How to Use the Mystery Pictures

1. Teach the rule first: along the x-axis, then up the y-axis.
2. Give each child one picture and a sharp pencil and ruler.
3. Plot every point in a line, then join them in order before starting the next line.
4. Check with the answer page, then let children colour in their picture.

Mark each point with a small dot or cross before joining, so mistakes are easy to spot. If a picture looks wrong, the most common slip is swapping x and y. UK teachers say along the corridor, then up the stairs.

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How to Print at the Right Size

1. Open the template in Word and press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on a Mac).
2. Choose the paper size in the file name: A4 for UK and Australian sheets, US Letter for US sheets.
3. Set scaling to 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page.
4. Print one sheet and measure a row with a ruler before you print a class set.

Every sheet keeps a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) margin on all sides, so nothing is cut off on home inkjets, school laser printers or older printers with a wide edge.

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FAQs

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Conclusion

These thanksgiving coordinate graphing mystery pictures make plotting points a puzzle children want to finish, human-made by a teacher and ready to print from Word.

Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP, and for more coordinate practice try the coordinate grid worksheets.

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