State of New Jersey Department of Education

TEST SPECIFICATION
STANDARD 4.2 (GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT): by Grade 2

Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Geometric Properties [4.2.2.A]
Sample Question
  1. Identify and describe spatial relationships among objects in space and their relative shapes and sizes.
    • Inside/outside, left/right, above/below, between
    • Smaller/larger/same size, wider/ narrower, longer/shorter
    • Congruence (i.e., same size and shape)
  2. Use concrete objects, drawings, and computer graphics to identify, classify, and describe standard three-dimensional and two-dimensional shapes.
    • Vertex, edge, face, side
    • 3D figures - cube, rectangular prism, sphere, cone, cylinder, and pyramid
    • 2D figures - square, rectangle, circle, triangle
    • Relationships between three- and two-dimensional shapes (i.e., the face of a 3D shape is a 2D shape)
  3. Describe, identify and create instances of line symmetry.
  4. Recognize, describe, extend and create designs and patterns with geometric objects of different shapes and colors.
B. Transforming Shapes [4.2.2.B]
Sample Question
  1. Use simple shapes to make designs, patterns, and pictures.
  2. Combine and subdivide simple shapes to make other shapes.
C. Coordinate Geometry [4.2.2.C]
Sample Question
  1. Give and follow directions for getting from one point to another on a map or grid.
D. Units of Measurement [4.2.2.D]
Sample Question
  1. Directly compare and order objects according to measurable attributes.
    • Attributes - length, weight, capacity, time, temperature
  2. Recognize the need for a uniform unit of measure.
  3. Select and use appropriate standard and non-standard units of measure and standard measurement tools to solve real-life problems.
    • Length - inch, foot, yard, centimeter, meter
    • Weight - pound, gram, kilogram
    • Capacity - pint, quart, liter
    • Time - second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year
    • Temperature - degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit
  4. Estimate measures.
E. Measuring Geometric Objects [4.2.2.E]
Sample Question
  1. Directly measure the perimeter of simple two-dimensional shapes.
  2. Directly measure the area of simple two-dimensional shapes by covering them with squares.