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Skills available for Northwest Territories grade 6 math curriculum

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PR Patterns and Relations

  • PR.1 Use patterns to describe the world and to solve problems.

    • PR.1.1 Represent and describe patterns and relationships, using graphs and tables.

      • PR.1.1.1 Translate a pattern to a table of values, and graph the table of values (limited to linear graphs with discrete elements).

      • PR.1.1.2 Create a table of values from a given pattern or a given graph.

      • PR.1.1.3 Describe, using everyday language, orally or in writing, the relationship shown on a graph.

    • PR.1.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within tables of values to solve problems.

      • PR.1.2.1 Generate values in one column of a table of values, given values in the other column and a pattern rule.

      • PR.1.2.2 State, using mathematical language, the relationship in a given table of values.

      • PR.1.2.3 Create a concrete or pictorial representation of the relationship shown in a table of values.

      • PR.1.2.4 Predict the value of an unknown term, using the relationship in a table of values, and verify the prediction.

      • PR.1.2.5 Formulate a rule to describe the relationship between two columns of numbers in a table of values.

      • PR.1.2.6 Identify missing elements in a given table of values.

      • PR.1.2.7 Identify errors in a given table of values.

      • PR.1.2.8 Describe the pattern within each column of a given table of values.

      • PR.1.2.9 Create a table of values to record and reveal a pattern to solve a given problem.

  • PR.2 Represent algebraic expressions in multiple ways.

    • PR.2.3 Represent generalizations arising from number relationships, using equations with letter variables.

      • PR.2.3.1 Write and explain the formula for finding the perimeter of any given rectangle.

      • PR.2.3.2 Write and explain the formula for finding the area of any given rectangle.

      • PR.2.3.3 Develop and justify equations using letter variables that illustrate the commutative property of addition and multiplication; e.g., a + b = b + a or a × b = b × a.

      • PR.2.3.4 Describe the relationship in a given table, using a mathematical expression.

      • PR.2.3.5 Represent a pattern rule, using a simple mathematical expression such as 4d or 2n + 1.

    • PR.2.4 Express a given problem as an equation in which a letter variable is used to represent an unknown number.

      • PR.2.4.1 Identify the unknown in a problem where the unknown could have more than one value, and represent the problem with an equation.

      • PR.2.4.2 Create a problem for a given equation with one unknown.

      • PR.2.4.3 Identify the unknown in a problem; represent the problem with an equation; and solve the problem concretely, pictorially or symbolically.

    • PR.2.5 Demonstrate and explain the meaning of preservation of equality, concretely and pictorially.

SS Shape and Space

  • SS.1 Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.

    • SS.1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of angles by:

      • SS.1.1.a identifying examples of angles in the environment.

      • SS.1.1.b classifying angles according to their measure.

      • SS.1.1.c estimating the measure of angles, using 45°, 90° and 180° as reference angles.

      • SS.1.1.d determining angle measures in degrees.

      • SS.1.1.e drawing and labelling angles when the measure is specified.

      • SS.1.1.1 Provide examples of angles found in the environment.

      • SS.1.1.2 Classify a given set of angles according to their measure; e.g., acute, right, obtuse, straight, reflex.

      • SS.1.1.3 Sketch 45°, 90° and 180° angles without the use of a protractor, and describe the relationship among them.

      • SS.1.1.4 Estimate the measure of an angle, using 45°, 90° and 180° as reference angles.

      • SS.1.1.5 Measure, using a protractor, given angles in various orientations.

      • SS.1.1.6 Draw and label a specified angle in various orientations, using a protractor.

    • SS.1.2 Demonstrate that the sum of interior angles is:

    • SS.1.3 Develop and apply a formula for determining the:

      • SS.1.3.a perimeter of polygons.

      • SS.1.3.b area of rectangles.

      • SS.1.3.c volume of right rectangular prisms.

      • SS.1.3.1 Explain, using models, how the perimeter of any polygon can be determined.

      • SS.1.3.2 Generalize a rule (formula) for determining the perimeter of polygons, including rectangles and squares.

      • SS.1.3.3 Explain, using models, how the area of any rectangle can be determined.

      • SS.1.3.4 Generalize a rule (formula) for determining the area of rectangles.

      • SS.1.3.5 Explain, using models, how the volume of any right rectangular prism can be determined.

      • SS.1.3.6 Generalize a rule (formula) for determining the volume of right rectangular prisms.

      • SS.1.3.7 Solve a given problem involving the perimeter of polygons, the area of rectangles and/or the volume of right rectangular prisms.

  • SS.2 Describe the characteristics of 3-D objects and 2-D shapes, and analyze the relationships among them.

    • SS.2.4 Construct and compare triangles, including:

      • SS.2.4.a scalene in different orientations.

      • SS.2.4.b isosceles in different orientations.

      • SS.2.4.c equilateral in different orientations.

      • SS.2.4.d right in different orientations.

      • SS.2.4.e obtuse in different orientations.

      • SS.2.4.f acute in different orientations.

      • SS.2.4.1 Identify the characteristics of a given set of triangles according to their sides and/or their interior angles.

      • SS.2.4.2 Sort a given set of triangles, and explain the sorting rule.

      • SS.2.4.3 Identify a specified triangle from a given set of triangles; e.g., isosceles.

      • SS.2.4.4 Draw a specified triangle; e.g., scalene.

      • SS.2.4.5 Replicate a given triangle in a different orientation, and show that the two are congruent.

    • SS.2.5 Describe and compare the sides and angles of regular and irregular polygons.

      • SS.2.5.1 Sort a given set of 2-D shapes into polygons and non-polygons, and explain the sorting rule.

      • SS.2.5.2 Demonstrate congruence (sides to sides and angles to angles) in a regular polygon by superimposing.

      • SS.2.5.3 Demonstrate congruence (sides to sides and angles to angles) in a regular polygon by measuring.

      • SS.2.5.4 Demonstrate that the sides of a given regular polygon are of the same length and that the angles of a regular polygon are of the same measure.

      • SS.2.5.5 Sort a given set of polygons as regular or irregular, and justify the sorting.

      • SS.2.5.6 Identify and describe regular and irregular polygons in the environment.

  • SS.3 Describe and analyze position and motion of objects and shapes.

    • SS.3.6 Perform a combination of translations, rotations and/or reflections on a single 2-D shape, with and without technology, and draw and describe the image.

    • SS.3.7 Perform a combination of successive transformations of 2-D shapes to create a design, and identify and describe the transformations.

      • SS.3.7.1 Analyze a given design created by transforming one or more 2-D shapes, and identify the original shape(s) and the transformations used to create the design.

      • SS.3.7.2 Create a design using one or more 2-D shapes, and describe the transformations used.

    • SS.3.8 Identify and plot points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, using whole number ordered pairs.

      • SS.3.8.1 Label the axes of the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, and identify the origin.

      • SS.3.8.2 Plot a point in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, given its ordered pair.

      • SS.3.8.3 Match points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane with their corresponding ordered pair.

      • SS.3.8.4 Plot points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane with intervals of 1, 2, 5 or 10 on its axes, given whole number ordered pairs.

      • SS.3.8.5 Draw shapes or designs, given ordered pairs, in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane.

      • SS.3.8.6 Determine the distance between points along horizontal and vertical lines in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane.

      • SS.3.8.7 Draw shapes or designs in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, and identify the points used to produce them.

    • SS.3.9 Perform and describe single transformations of a 2-D shape in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane (limited to whole number vertices).

      • SS.3.9.1 Identify the coordinates of the vertices of a given 2-D shape (limited to the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane).

      • SS.3.9.2 Perform a transformation on a given 2-D shape, and identify the coordinates of the vertices of the image (limited to the first quadrant).

      • SS.3.9.3 Describe the positional change of the vertices of a given 2-D shape to the corresponding vertices of its image as a result of a transformation (limited to the first quadrant).

SP Statistics and Probability

  • SP.1 Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems.

  • SP.2 Use experimental or theoretical probabilities to represent and solve problems involving uncertainty.

    • SP.2.4 Demonstrate an understanding of probability by:

      • SP.2.4.a identifying all possible outcomes of a probability experiment.

      • SP.2.4.b differentiating between experimental and theoretical probability.

      • SP.2.4.c determining the theoretical probability of outcomes in a probability experiment.

      • SP.2.4.d determining the experimental probability of outcomes in a probability experiment.

      • SP.2.4.e comparing experimental results with the theoretical probability for an experiment.

      • SP.2.4.1 List the possible outcomes of a probability experiment, such as:

        • SP.2.4.1.a tossing a coin.

        • SP.2.4.1.b rolling a die with a given number of sides.

        • SP.2.4.1.c spinning a spinner with a given number of sectors.

      • SP.2.4.2 Determine the theoretical probability of an outcome occurring for a given probability experiment.

      • SP.2.4.3 Predict the probability of a given outcome occurring for a given probability experiment by using theoretical probability.

      • SP.2.4.4 Conduct a probability experiment, with or without technology, and compare the experimental results with the theoretical probability.

      • SP.2.4.5 Explain that as the number of trials in a probability experiment increases, the experimental probability approaches theoretical probability of a particular outcome.

      • SP.2.4.6 Distinguish between theoretical probability and experimental probability, and explain the differences.