Sam worked through many translation problems on the computer. She was able to count on the coordinate plane the number of spaces to vertically and horizontally move. This is sometimes difficult to do, though, because our eyes get tricked and mistakes can be made with counting. I explained to her that a more accurate way to perform the translation is to write the coordinates of the original point, then add the translation values to get the coordinates of the image points. Some questions required deeper thinking, in that they gave the preimage and image points, and Sam had to find the value of the translation. It was great to see her work through and have some "a-ha" moments as she understood the process better.