Grade 6 - Shape and Space
Standard 6.SS.4 - Practice graphing a point on a coordinate plane.
Included Skills: Graphing
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.