Math Games

Grade 6 - Shape and Space

Standard 6.SS.4 - Practice graphing a point on a coordinate plane.

Included Skills:

Demonstrate understanding of the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane and ordered pairs with whole number coordinates.
• Explain why the axes of the Cartesian plane should be labelled.
• Plot a point in the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane given its ordered pair.
• Analyze the coordinates of the ordered pairs of points that lie on the horizontal axis and generalize a strategy for identifying the ordered pairs of points on the horizontal axis without plotting them.
• Analyze the coordinates of the ordered pairs of points that lie on the vertical axis and generalize a strategy for identifying the ordered pairs of points on the vertical axis without plotting them.
• Explain how to plot points on the Cartesian plane given the scale to be used on the axes (by 1, 2, 5, or 10).
• Create a design in the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane, identify the coordinates of points on the design, and write or record orally directions for recreating the design.
• Generalize and apply strategies for determining the distance between pairs of points on the same horizontal or vertical line.