Unit 1: Numeration
I Can Statements
I can recognize the pattern of repetition of ones, tens and hundreds within each
period of the place value system.
I can use the pattern of the place value system to explain, read and write
numbers of any size.
I can give examples of where large and small numbers are used; e.g., media,
science, medicine, technology.
I can decide which operation to use to solve a problem and solve it.
I can decide if my answer is reasonable.
I can estimate and solve problems involving whole numbers and decimals.
I can decide when a calculator is needed to solve a problem and explain why.
I can use a calculator to solve problems involving whole numbers and decimals.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 2: Number Relationships
I Can Statements
I can list multiples of a whole number and explain the strategy I used to find
them.
I can use arrays to find all whole number factors of a number.
I can find the factors of a number and explain the strategy I used; e.g., models,
factor trees, factor rainbows, arrays.
I can give an example of a prime number and explain why it is a prime number.
I can give an example of a composite number and explain why it is a composite
number.
I can decide if a number is prime or composite.
I can solve problems involving factors or multiples.
I can explain why 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite; they are special
numbers.
I can use a number line to show numbers that are greater and less than zero.
I can identify real-life examples of integers.
I can use a number line to compare two integers.
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I can use symbols (<,>,=) to write the relationship between two integers.
I can order integers from greatest to least, and least to greatest.
I can explain why we need an order of operations.
I can use the order of operations to solve problems.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 3: Patterns
I Can Statements
I can use a pattern rule and the values in one column to complete the values in
the other column.
I can use mathematical language to state the pattern rule.
I can create a picture or a model to represent the relationship shown in a table
of values.
I can predict a value using a pattern rule expression and then check my answer.
I can use the given values in a table of values to write a pattern rule expression.
I can complete the missing values in a table of values.
I can identify the errors in a table of values.
I can describe the pattern in each column of a table of values.
I can create and complete a table of values to solve a problem.
I can write and explain the formula for finding the perimeter of rectangles.
I can write and explain the formula for finding the area of rectangles.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
I can use addition to show the preservation of equality using numbers, pictures
and words.
I can use subtraction to show the preservation of equality using numbers,
pictures and words.
I can use multiplication to show the preservation of equality using numbers,
pictures and words.
I can use division to show the preservation of equality using numbers, pictures
and words.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 4: Data Relationships
I Can Statements
I can decide a method to collect data to answer a given question and tell why I
decided on that method.
I can design and carry out a questionnaire for data collection to answer a given
question and record the results.
I can perform an experiment, record the results and make a conclusion of a
given question.
I can explain when it’s a good idea to use a database as a source of data.
I can use internet and other electronic sources of media (including data bases)
to gather data for a given question.
I can determine an appropriate type of graph to display a set of data and
explain why I chose that type of graph.
I can solve a problem by graphing data and interpreting the graph from that
data.
I can label the axes of the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane and name the
origin.
I can plot a point, using its ordered pair, in the first quadrant of a Cartesian
plane.
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I can match points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane with its ordered
pair.
I can plot points of ordered pairs in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane with 1,
2, 5 or 10 on its axes.
I can draw shapes or designs in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, using the
given ordered pair.
I can determine the distance between points along the horizontal and vertical
lines in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane.
I can draw shapes or designs in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane and
identify the points used to make them.
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Unit 5: Motion Geometry
I Can Statements
I can show how a 2-D shape and its transformation are congruent.
I can model consecutive translations, rotations or reflections of a 2-D shape.
I can model a combination of two different types of transformations of a 2-D
shape.
I can draw and describe a 2-D shape and its image after combining some
transformations.
I can describe a set of transformations of a 2-D shape and its image.
I can model a set of transformations of a 2-D shape.
I can carry out and record one or more transformations of a 2-D shape that will
give me an image.
I can examine a design created by transforming 2-D shapes. I can identify the
original shape and the transformations used to create the design.
I can create a design using one or more 2-D shapes and describe the
transformations
I can tell the coordinates of the vertices of a 2-D shape in the first quadrant of a
Cartesian plane.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
I can carry out a transformation of a 2-D shape and tell the coordinates of its
image’s vertices.
I can describe the change of the vertices of a 2-D shape and its image as a
result of a transformation.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 6: Ratio and Percent
I Can Statements
I can use a model or a picture to represent a ratio.
I can write a ratio from a model or a picture.
I can identify ratios in everyday life.
I can explain the difference between part-to-part and part-to-whole ratios.
I can use ratios to solve problems.
I can explain that percent is a part-to-whole ratio.
I can use models and pictures to explain ratio and percent.
I can write the percent when given an example.
I can write percents as fractions and decimals.
I can give examples of percents in everyday life.
I can solve problems using percents.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 7: Fractions
I Can Statements
I can use models to show that an improper fraction is greater than 1.
I can show improper fractions as mixed numbers.
I can show mixed numbers as improper fractions.
I can place fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions on a number line
and explain why I placed them where I did.
I can show an improper fraction using pictures, numbers and models (pattern
blocks, snap cubes, fraction pizza, etc.)
I can show a mixed number using pictures, numbers and models (pattern blocks,
snap cubes, fraction pizza, etc.)
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 8: Multiplication and Division of Decimals
I Can Statements
I can use front-end estimation to place the decimal when I need to find the
product of a decimal number and a whole number.
I can use front-end estimation to place the decimal when I need to find the
quotient of a decimal number and a whole number.
I can use different estimation strategies (front-end estimation, compatible
numbers, rounding and compensation) to predict products and quotients of
decimal numbers.
I can solve problems using multiplication and division of decimal numbers.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 9: Measurement
I Can Statements
I can find examples of angles around me.
I can classify angles by their measurement (acute, obtuse, right, straight and
reflex)
I can sketch 45°, 90° and 180° angles without using a protractor. I can describe
the angles with respect to each other.
I can estimate the measure of an angle using 45°, 90° and 180° as guides
I can measure angles (using a protractor) in different orientations.
I can draw and label angles (acute, obtuse, right, straight and reflex) using a
protractor.
I can explain that the interior angles of all triangles have the same sum.
I can explain that the interior angles of all quadrilaterals have the same sum.
I can explain how the perimeter of any polygon can be found.
I can find and use a rule or formula to find the perimeter of all polygons
(including rectangles and squares)
I can explain how to find the area of rectangles.
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I can use a formula to find the area of rectangles.
I can find and use a rule to calculate the volume of a right rectangular prism.
I can use a formula to find the volume of right rectangular prisms.
I can solve perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles and volume of right
rectangular prism problems.
I can use an expression to describe a table of values.
I can write an expression to represent a pattern rule.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 10: 2D Geometry
I Can Statements
I can sketch 45°, 90° and 180° angles without using a protractor. I can describe
the angles with respect to each other.
I can measure angles (using a protractor) in different orientations.
I can draw and label angles (acute, obtuse, right, straight and reflex) using a
protractor.
I can name the characteristics of a set of triangles by their sides and/or their
interior angles.
I can sort a set of triangles and tell how I sorted them.
I can draw a specific triangle (scalene, isosceles, equilateral, right, obtuse or
acute)
I can reproduce a specific triangle in a different orientation and show that both
triangles are congruent.
I can sort a set of 2-D shapes into polygons and non-polygons and tell how I
sorted them.
I can explain that the sides of a regular polygon are the same length and that
the angles are the same measure.
I can sort a set of polygons as regular or irregular and tell how I sorted them.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
I can find and describe regular and irregular polygons in my surroundings.
I can show how a regular polygon has congruent sides and angles by placing
one on top of the other.
I can show how a regular polygon has congruent sides and angles by
measuring.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 11: Probability
I Can Statements
I can list possible outcomes of a probability experiment.
I can decide the theoretical probability of an outcome from a probability
experiment.
I can predict the probability of an outcome of an experiment by using
theoretical probability.
I can carry out an experiment and compare its results with the theoretical
probability.
I can explain that as the number of tests in an experiment increases, the
experimental probability will be closer to the theoretical probability.
I can determine and explain the difference between theoretical and
experimental probability.
Grade 6 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015