Bath School Department 2003
Content Area: Mathematics

Grade: 6

Content Standard F. Measurement:
Students will understand and demonstrate measurement skills.
Common Assessment(s):
MAP Task, Stained Glass Window 

Performance
Indicators

Students will be able to:

Essential Elements

(Specific grade level learning objectives)

Suggested
Performance Activities
Suggested
Classroom Assessments
Vocabulary

1. Demonstrate the structure and use of systems of measurement.

Understand both customary and metric systems of measurement: kilometers through millimeters, miles through 1/8 inch, kilograms through milligrams.

Convert metric units from kilo, to standard unit, to centi to milli.

Glencoe:

Ch. 3-3: Length in the metric system

Ch. 5-5: Capacity and Mass in the metric system

Ch. 6-7: Length in the Customary System

www.aaamath.com

www.mathforum.org

Exemplars: Marshmallow Peeps All in a Row.

Glencoe: Chapter 4 Performance Assessment.

Glencoe: Chapter 5 Performance assessment

meter,
centimeter,
millimeter,
kilometer,
inch,
foot,
yard,
mile,
gram,
kilogram,
milligram,
liter,
milliliter.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of length, area, volume, and the corresponding units, square units, and cubic units of measure.

Use formulas to find area and perimeter of rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and circles.

Apply appropriate units of measure.

Use whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.

Use manipulatives.

 Glencoe: Ch. 4-6; perimeter.

Glencoe: Ch. 4-7; Area

Glencoe: Ch 4-9; radius, diameter, circumference, pi.

www.aaamath.com

www.mathforum.org

Exemplars: Box Dilemma.

Maine Assessment Portfolio Performance Task: Cats and Canaries.

Glencoe Interdisciplinary activity with Build a Boat add-on.

perimeter,
area,
volume,
square units,
cubic units,
pi,
radius,
diameter,
circumference