Sixth Grade Learning Expectations

Essential Learning 1: The student understands and applies the concepts and procedures of math.

Math Skill 1.1.5: uses objects, pictures, and symbols to create and solve equivalent ratios and proportions

Resources:

• Addison-Wesley - Chapter 10

  • Ratio Concept: p. 280 -281;
    • Practice: p. 103
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 103
    • Reteaching: p. 103
    • Challenges: p. 103
    • Problem of the Day: p. 103

     

  • Equal Ratios: p. 282-283
    • Practice: p. 104
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 104
    • Reteaching: p. 104
    • Challenges: p. 104
    • Problem of the Day: p. 104
    • Solving Proportions: p. 284-285

     

    • Practice: p. 105
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 105
    • Reteaching: p. 105
    • Challenges: p. 105
    • Problem of the Day: p. 105
    • Using Proportion to Find Height: p. 286-287

     

    • Practice: p. 106
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 106
    • Reteaching: p. 106
    • Challenges: p. 106
    • Problem of the Day: p. 106, 117
    • Scale Drawings: p. 288-289, 308

     

    • Practice: p. 107
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 107
    • Reteaching: p. 107
    • Challenges: p. 107
    • Problem of the Day: p. 107
    • Using Map Scales to Estimate Distancing: p. 290

     

    • Practice: p. 108
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 108
    • Reteaching: p. 108
    • Challenges: p. 108
    • Problem of the Day: p. 108
    • Understanding Percents: p. 294-295

     

    • Practice: p. 110
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 110
    • Reteaching: p. 110
    • Challenges: p. 110
    • Problem of the Day: p. 110, 115
    • Estimating a Percent of Something: p. 296-297

     

    • Practice: p. 111
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 111
    • Reteaching: p. 111
    • Challenges: p. 111
    • Problem of the Day: p. 111
    • Percents, Fractions, and Decimals: p. 298-299

     

    • Practice: p. 112
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 112
    • Reteaching: p. 112
    • Challenges: p. 112
    • Problem of the Day: p. 112, 114
    • Writing Fractions and Decimals as Percents: p. 300-301

       

    • Practice: p. 113
    • Building Thinking Skills: p. 113
    • Reteaching: p. 113
    • Challenges: p. 113
    • Problem of the Day: p. 113
    • Collection and Analysis: p. 304-305

     

• Marilyn Burns: About Teaching Mathematics: A K-8 Resource
  • Sense of Nonsense?, p. 235
  • Using Graphs to Build Understanding of Percents, p. 237
  • Mental Calculations with Percents, p. 238
  • Percents in the Newspaper, p. 239
  • Figuring Tips in Restaurants, p. 239
  • Comparing Advertisements, p. 239
  • The Photocopy Problem, p. 239
  • The Discount Coupon, p. 240
  • The Warehouse Problem, p. 241
  • Percent Stories, p. 241

Assessment:

• Addison-Wesley
  • Chapter Tests:
  • Multiple Choice Tests Core Objectives, Chapter 10, p. 27-29
  • Free-Response Tests Core Objectives, Chapter 10, p. 33-35
  • Alternative/Performance: Alternative Assessment Booklet: p. 19-20
  • Journal - Have students write out the processes as though they are explaining them to other students who do not understand ratios, proportions, and percents.
  • Teacher-Made Quizzes
  • Quick Quiz/Close and Assess, p. 281, 283, 285, 289, 291, 293, 295, 297, 299, 301, 303
  • Informal Assessment, p. 307
  • Power Practice Test, p. 307