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RATIO & PROPORTION

How Big is Barbie?

Concept of Ratio
CC SMC 6.RP.1, 3a

Solve Problems
Reasoning Quantitatively
Using Tools
CC SMP 1, 2, 5

 

M & M Count and Crunch

Apply Ratio and Percentages
CC SMC 6.RP.1, 3c

Solve Problems
Use Structure
CC SMP 1, 7

Don’t Break My Stride

Unit Rates
CC SMC 6.RP.3b

Solve Problems
Use Structure
CC SMP 1, 7

 

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NUMBER SYSTEMS

Beef Jerky

Dividing Fractions
CC SMC 6.NS.1

Reasoning Quantitatively
Using Tools
Recognizing Patterns
CC SMP 2, 5, 8

Candy Bars & Brownies

Review of Adding/Multiplying Fractions

Number Tricks

Divide Multi-Digit Numbers and
Operations with Decimals
CC SMC 6.NS.2, 3

Reasoning Quantitatively
Attend to Precision
CC SMP 2, 6

 

 

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EXPRESSIONS & EQUATIONS

4-Digit Problem

Order of Operations with Exponents
prelude to CC SMC 6.EE.1

Solving Problems
Justifying Conjectures
CC SMP 1, 3

also see
Pure Number

Tic-Tacs and Kisses

Recognizing Quantities within an Expression
CC SMC 6.EE.2

Reasoning Quantitatively
CC SMP 2b

Number Tricks

Identify and generate Equivalent Expressions
CC SMC 6.EE.2, 3, 4

Reasoning Quantitatively
Modeling
Seeing Structure
CC SMP 2, 4, 7

Thinking of a Number

Writing and Solving 1-Step Equations
CC SMC 6.EE.5-7

Reasoning Quantitatively
Recognizing Patterns
CC SMP 2, 8

Red Dot, Green Dot

Writing & Graphing Inequalities
CC SMC 6.EE.8

Modeling
CC SMP 4

Pig Pens

Writing and Solving Equations (1-, 2-, and Multi-Step)
CC SMC 6.EE.9  

Modeling
Recognizing Patterns
CC SMP 4, 8

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STATISTICS

How Tall Are We? (to be published)

Unit Encompassing all of 6th Grade Statistics
CC SMC 6.SP.1-5

Reasoning Quantitatively
Seeing Structure
CC SMP 2, 7