6th Grade Math

 

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Lesson Plans / Units

 

 

FLOOR PLAN ACTIVITY

 

In this activity, create a floor plan of the bedroom you wish you had! Include furniture, jacuzzi, entertainment system, and more. Try to draft it to scale and add dimension lines.

 

Variations:

 

Include descriptions and prices of all furniture and special features in a text file.

Add thumbnail images of your furniture/features using Google Images (Use Strict Filtering)

Set a budget of $1000 (or $1 million) to buy stuff. Keep a spreadsheet budget.

Design the room with no right angles to any of the walls.

Create a classified newspaper ad to rent the room.

Include the amount of carpet/paint/tiles to use.

 

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Read Alouds / Book Studies

 

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Online Resources

 

Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies

Math Help for Students

http://www.mathgoodies.com/students.html

 

National Library of Virutal Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_3.html

This site is SO worth the visit!

 

Math Tutor: Fractions

Need help with fractions? This site has fun math videos and games to help.

http://www.squidoo.com/Fractions/

 

Math Tutor: Order of Operations

http://www.squidoo.com/OrderOfOperations/

 

Math Tutor: Integers

http://www.squidoo.com/Integers/

 

Math Tutor:  YouTube Group

 If you enjoy YouTube, you'll appreciate this collection of how-to-do math videos. NOTE: YouTube is blocked by most school servers.

http://youtube.com/group/MathTutor

 

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Curriculum

 

HTMS 6th Grade Math Curriculum Map

 

 

Number and Operations

 

 

Students will:

 

1. Demonstrate computational fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals and fractions.

 

• Comparing rational numbers written as fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, and percents

• Converting fractions and mixed numbers to decimals and percents

• Converting terminating decimals and percents to fractions and mixed numbers

• Writing decimal numbers in expanded notation

 

Example: 52.37 = 50 + 2 + .37

 

• Using prime factorizations

• Identifying prime and composite numbers

• Using greatest common factor (GCF) to simplify fractions

• Formulating algorithms using basic operations on fractions and decimals

 

Example: determining a systematic set of steps that can be used to divide fractions

 

• Applying the distributive property to compute with fractions and decimals

Example: 4 x (8 ) = (4 x 8) + (4 x ) = 32 + 2 = 34

• Using least common multiple (LCM) to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators

 

 

2. Solve problems involving decimals, percents, fractions, and proportions.

 

Example: determining the sale price of a pair of jeans that regularly sells for $25 to be $22.50 if they are on sale at 10 percent off the regular price

 

• Estimating with fractions and decimals

 

 

 

Algebra

 

 

3. Solve problems using numeric and geometric patterns.

 

Examples: (a) predicting the cost of using a cell phone for 60 minutes when given a bar graph

 

 

 

(b) continuing a pattern for the 5th and 6th numbers when given the first four numbers in the pattern

 

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

 

• Determining a verbal rule for a function given the input and output

Example:

 

 

 

 

 

(Rule: number of dollars earned is five times number of hours worked)

 

 

 

Geometry

 

 

4. Identify two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures based on attributes, properties, and component parts.

 

• Classifying quadrilaterals based on their attributes

• Identifying line and rotational symmetries of polygons

• Classifying triangles as right, obtuse, or acute

 

 

5. Plot coordinates on grids, graphs, and maps.

 

• Identifying the coordinates of a point on the Cartesian plane

 

• Comparing parallel and perpendicular lines

 

 

 

Measurement

 

 

6. Classify angles as acute, obtuse, right, or straight.• Estimating angle measures using 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees, or 360 degrees as referents

 

• Measuring angles

 

7. Solve problems involving perimeter and area of parallelograms and rectangles.

 

• Estimating perimeter and area

• Developing formulas to determine perimeter and area of parallelograms and rectangles

 

8. Determine the distance between two points on a scale drawing or a map using proportional reasoning.

 

• Using different forms of notation to symbolize ratios and rates

 

9. Convert units of length, weight, or capacity within the same system (customary or metric).

 

 

Data Analysis and Probability

 

 

10. Interpret information from bar graphs, line graphs, and circle graphs.

 

11. Find the probability of a simple event.

 

• Expressing probabilities as ratios, percents, and decimals