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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
5.NBT.B.7
13-15 days
13-15 days
13-15 days
18-20 days
18-20 days
6.EE.A.2b
6.NS.C.5
6.NS.C.6b
6.SP.A.1
6.EE.C.9
6.EE.A.3
6.EE.A.4
6.NS.B.4
6.NS.C.6a
6.NS.C.6c
6.NS.C.7
6.NS.C.6c
6.NS.C.8
6.G.A.3
6.SP.A.2
6.SP.A.3
6.SP.B.4
6.RP.A.3a
6.RP.A.3b
MP.2
6.EE.B.8
MP.6
MP.2
MP.2
6.SP.B.5
MP.4
5.OA.A.1
MP.2
MP.7
MP.6
MP.4
MP.2
MP.8
5.NF.B.6
5.NBT.A.2
MP.4
5.OA.A.1
5.NBT.A.3
MP.6
MP.3
5.OA.B.3
5.NF.B.7
5.MD.C.3
5.NF.A.1
MP.5
5.NF.B.5
5.MD.C.4
5.NF.A.2
5.MD.C.5
5.NF.B.4
5.NF.B.6
5.NF.B.7
13-15 days
8-10 days
13-15 days
13-15 days
6.RP.A.3d
6.EE.A.1
6.G.A.1
6.EE.A.2a
6.NS.A.1
MP.1
MP.3
6.EE.A.2c
6.G.A.2
MP.4
6.G.A.4
MP.4
MP.6
6.EE.B.5
6.EE.B.6
6.EE.B.7
MP.7
MP.8
MP.6
MP.5
5.NBT.A.1
5.NF.B.5
MP.7
5.NBT.B.7
5.NBT.A.4
5.NF.B.3
5.NBT.B.5
5.NF.B.5
5.NF.B.3
5.NF.B.5
5.NF.B.7
Major Clusters
NS – The Number System
(1, 5, 6, 7, 8)
EE – Expressions and Equations
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
RP – Ratio and Proportional Reasoning
(1, 2, 3)
Unit 12
Writing Equations in
Two Variables
MP.4
Unit 11
Univariate Statistics
6.NS.B.2
6.NS.B.3
MP.6
Unit 10
Rational Numbers and
the Coordinate Plane
6.RP.A.3d
MP.6
MP.7
5.NBT.A.1
Unit 9
Rational Numbers:
Introduction of
Negative
6.NS.B.3
6.RP.A.2
6.RP.A.3
MP.1
Unit 8
Equivalent Expressions
6.RP.A.1
Unit 7
Equations and
Inequalities
13-15 days
Unit 6
Area and Surface Area
8-10 days
Unit 5
Expressions with
Whole Number
Exponents
13-15 days
Unit 4
Dividing Fractions
Multiplying and
Dividing Multi-Digit
Numbers and Decimals
Unit 3
Adding and Subtracting
Decimals
Unit 2
Ratios and Rates
Unit 1
Supporting Clusters
G – Geometry
(1, 2, 3, 4)
5.OA.B.3
5.MD.B.2
Additional Clusters
NS – The Number System
(2, 3, 4)
Other
MP – Standards for Mathematical Practice
SP – Statistics and Probability
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Potential Gaps in Student Pre-Requisite
Knowledge
OA – 1, 3
NBT – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
NF – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
MD – 2, 3, 4, 5
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
This plan is meant to support districts creating their own curriculum or pacing guides. The scope and sequence of curricular resources such as Eureka Math and others will
likely not match this sample plan exactly. The standards do not require only one order to achieve mastery. Thus, many curricular tools will suggest different scope and
sequences for the standards. Districts should follow the guidance they feel is most appropriate for their students.
Summary of Year for Grade 6 Mathematics
In grade 6, students should be engaged with rich experiences in four critical areas: (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts
of ratio and rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes
negative numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical thinking.
The beginning of the year will focus on developing the concepts of ratios and rates as well as operations with decimals. Students will also extend their work in multiplying and
dividing fractions to begin dividing a fraction by a fraction. Students will then apply their arithmetic skills to evaluate numerical expressions involving whole number exponents.
From there the students will begin their work with algebra by writing, reading, and evaluating expressions involving variables. Students will solve one step, single-variable
equations. Students will also generate equivalent expressions and factor expressions. Students then work with negative rational numbers by reasoning about their position on
the number line and in the coordinate plane. Students will not perform arithmetic operations with negative numbers in this course. This course concludes with an introduction
to univariate statistics and equations in two variables which will build the foundation for students’ later work in high school mathematics.
Mathematical Practices Recommendations for Grade 6 Mathematics
Mathematical practices should be evident throughout mathematics instruction and connected to all of the content areas addressed at this grade level. Mathematical tasks
(short, long, scaffolded, and unscaffolded) are an important opportunity to connect content and practices. Some brief examples of how the content of this grade might be
connected to the practices follow.
• Reading and transforming expressions involves seeing and making use of structure (MP.7). Relating expressions to situations requires making sense of problems (MP.1)
and reasoning abstractly and quantitatively (MP.2).
• The sequence of steps in the solution of an equation is a logical argument that students can construct and critique (MP.3). Such arguments require looking for and
making use of structure (MP.7) and, over time, expressing regularity in repeated reasoning (MP.8).
• Thinking about the point (1, r) in a graph of a proportional relationship with unit rate r involves reasoning abstractly and quantitatively (MP.2). The graph models with
mathematics (MP.4) and uses appropriate tools strategically (MP.5).
• Area, surface area, and volume present modeling opportunities (MP.4) and require students to attend to precision with the types of units involved (MP.6).
• Students think with precision (MP.6) and reason quantitatively (MP.2) when they use variables to represent numbers and write expressions and equations to solve a
problem (6.EE.6–7).
• Working with data gives students an opportunity to use appropriate tools strategically (MP.5). For example, spreadsheets can be powerful for working with a data set
with dozens or hundreds of data points.
Fluency Expectations or Examples of Culminating Standards for Grade 6 Mathematics
6.NS.B.2 : Students fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. This culminates several years’ worth of work with whole number division.
6.NS.B.3 : Students fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation. This is the culminating standard for several
years’ worth of work relating to the domains of Number and Operations in Base Ten, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, and Number and Operations — Fractions.
6.NS.A.1: Students interpret and compute quotients of fractions and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions. This completes the extension of operations
to fractions.
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 1: Ratios and Rates
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
The concepts of ratio, rate, unit rate, and percent will all be introduced in this unit. Students will extend their understanding of fractions to include the ratio of two quantities
and will use ratio language to describe the relationship between the quantities. Students will apply their understanding of equivalent fractions to create tables of equivalent
ratios, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Students will also focus on the rate per 1 (unit rate) and the rate per 100 (percent).
The students will solve real-world problems involving unit rates and percents.
Major Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
5.NBT.A.4 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for Grade 6.
5.NBT.B.5 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for Grade 6.
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
5.NF.B.5 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.RP.A.1.
6.RP.A.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The
ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because or every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received,
candidate C received nearly three votes.”
5.NF.B.3 5.NF.B.7 Click to see wording of potential gaps whose content is a prerequisite for 6.RP.A.2.
6.RP.A.2 Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio
relationship. For example, “This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is 3/4 cup of flour for each cup of sugar.” “We
paid $75 for 15hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.”
6.RP.A.1 Students will continue
to use the concepts of ratio as
they use multiplication and
division to solve real-world
problems.
6.RP.A.2 Unit rates are limited
to non-complex fractions.
5.NF.B.5 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.RP.A.3.
6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios,
tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
a. Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole-number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the
pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.
b. Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit pricing and constant speed. For example, if it took 7 hours to mow 4 lawns,
then at that rate, how many lawns could be mowed in 35 hours? At what rate were lawns being mowed?
c. Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving
finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.1 Make sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.
MP.4 Model with mathematics.
MP.5 Use appropriate tools
strategically.
MP.7 Look for and make use of
structure.
The content standards for this unit require that students make sense of real-world and mathematical problems (MP.1) by modeling
relationships with ratios (MP.4) using a variety of tools strategically (e.g., equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line
diagrams, or equations) (MP.5). As students work with unit rates and interpret percent as a rate per 100, and as they analyze the
relationships among the values, they look for and make use of structure (MP.7).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 2: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Possible time frame:
8-10 days
In this unit students will extend their work with decimals from previous grades to master the standard algorithm for adding and subtracting decimals and increase fluency with
addition and subtraction of decimals (to any place value). Additionally, students will use addition and subtraction of decimals as they solve real-world problems. Units should be
included throughout the process of problem-solving as well as in the answer.
Additional Cluster Standards
Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
5.NBT.A.1 5.NBT.B.7 Click to see wording of potential gaps whose content is a prerequisite for 6.NS.B.3.
6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
Standards Clarification
6.NS.B.3 Students will also use
addition and subtraction of
decimals in Unit 6 as they
calculate surface area. This
standard is limited to addition
and subtraction in Unit 2.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.6 Attend to precision.
MP.7 Look for and make use of
structure.
As students compute fluently with multi-digit decimals, they need to look for and make use of structure (MP.7). As they solve realworld problems, students will need to attend to the units throughout their work and in their answers (MP.6).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 3: Multiplying and Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers and Decimals
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
In this unit students will extend their work with decimals in previous grades multiplying decimals (to any place value) using the standard algorithm. Additionally, students will
extend their conceptual understanding of division as they learn the standard algorithm for dividing multi-digit numbers. Students will use multiplication of decimals and division
of multi-digit numbers and decimals to solve real-world problems. In solving real-world problems, students will convert measurement units using ratio reasoning and will
transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities. The units should be included throughout the process of solving the problems (not only included with the
final answer).
Major Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
5.NF.B.5 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.RP.A.3d.
6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios,
tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
d. Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing
quantities.
Students will continue to use
the concept of ratio as they use
multiplication and/or division
to solve real-world problems
(6.RP.A.1 from Unit 1)
Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
5.NF.B.3 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.NS.B.2.
6.NS.B.2 Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.
6.NS.B.3 Students will also use
multiplication and division of
decimals in Unit 6 as they
calculate area. This standard is
limited to multiplication and
division in Unit 3.
Additional Cluster Standards
5.NBT.A.1 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.NS.B.3.
5.NBT.B.7 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content can be integrated with 6.NS.B.3.
6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
Standards Clarification
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.6 Attend to precision.
MP.7 Look for and make use of
structure.
As students compute fluently with multi-digit numbers, they need to look for and make use of structure (MP.7). As they solve realworld problems, students will need to attend to the units throughout their work and in their answers (MP.6).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 4: Dividing Fractions
th
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
In 5 grade students divided unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions. In this unit students will extend work to include division of a fraction by a
fraction. Students will use their understanding of fractions, multiplication, and division to explain why the procedure for dividing fractions makes sense. Additionally, students
will use division of fractions to represent a real-world scenario. As students continue to work with fractions they will generalize the pattern of dividing fractions to (a/b) ÷ (c/d) =
ad/bc.
Major Cluster Standards
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
5.NF.B.5 5.NF.B.6 5.NF.B.7 Click to see wording of potential gaps whose content is a prerequisite for 6.NS.A.1.
6.NS.A.1 Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using
visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, create a story context for (2/3) ÷ (3/4) and use a visual fraction
model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (2/3) ÷ (3/4) = 8/9 because 3/4 of 8/9 is
2/3. (In general, (a/b) ÷ (c/d) = ad/bc.) How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 3/4cup servings are in 2/3 of a cup of yogurt? How wide is a rectangular strip of land with length 3/4 mi and area 1/2 square mi?
Standards Clarification
6.NS.A.1 Areas of rectangles
with one fractional side length
and one missing side length
should be included as an
application of this standard.
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
5.NF.B.5 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.RP.A.3d.
6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios,
tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
d. Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving
finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.1 Make sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.
MP.3 Construct viable arguments and
critique the reasoning of others.
MP.8 Look for and express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
Students will make sense of mathematical and real-world problems which represent division of fractions (MP.1). Students should be
given the opportunity to explain their understanding of division of fractions and critique the reasoning of others (MP.3). As students
work with division of fractions, they will begin to generalize a pattern and develop the standard algorithm (MP.8).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 5: Expressions with Whole Number Exponents
Possible time frame:
8-10 days
Students will expand their understanding of exponents by writing and evaluating expressions with whole number exponents and positive rational bases. As students evaluate
expressions in this unit involving exponents, they will expand their understanding of the conventional order of operations to include exponents. Additionally, students will
evaluate formulas which include whole number exponents arising from real-world situations (such as area and volume formulas). Students will explore volume by packing the
figure with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge length to show that the formulas for volume hold. Students should apply both the formula V=lwh and V=bh where b
is the area of the base.
Major Cluster Standards
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
5.OA.A.1 5.NBT.A.2 Click to see wording of potential gaps whose content is a prerequisite for 6.EE.A.1 and 6.EE.A.2c.
6.EE.A.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
c. Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems.
Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no
3
2
parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s and A = 6s to find the volume and
surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.
NOTE: 6.EE.A.2c When discussing the conventional order of operations, the acronym PEMDAS tends to create the misconception in students
that multiplication should be performed before division and addition before subtraction. Instead, use the meaning of exponents to expand
expressions involving exponents and other operations to help students see where exponents fit into the conventional order of operations. The
emphasis should be that when grouping symbols do not specify order, exponents are evaluated first, multiplication/division next (from left to
right), and finally addition/subtraction (from left to right).
Standards Clarification
6.EE.A.1 Students will continue
to write and evaluate
expressions with exponents as
they work with area and
surface area in Unit 6.
6.EE.A.2c Students will
continue to evaluate formulas
with whole number exponents
in Unit 6 as they work with
surface area.
Supporting Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
5.MD.C.3 5.MD.C.4 5.MD.C. 5 Click to see wording of potential gaps whose content is a prerequisite for 6.G.A.2.
6.G.A.2 Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction
edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = l
w h and V = b h to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical
problems.
6.G.A.2 Students should use
volumes with fractional side
lengths in a real-world context.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.4 Model with mathematics.
MP.6 Attend to precision.
Students will model volume problems with equations and manipulatives as they create new understandings (MP.4). Students will
attend to precision as they use units appropriately throughout their work and in their answer (MP.6).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 6: Area and Surface Area
th
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
Students will come into 6 grade with a strong conceptual understanding of area. The concept of area of rectangles is tied closely to multiplication. However, this unit will be
students’ first in-depth exploration of area of other figures and surface area of three-dimensional figures. Students will use what they know about area to find the area of right
triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons. As students explore finding area they will discuss, develop, and justify the formulas for areas of triangles and
parallelograms. Students will also use area to represent and solve real-world problems. Students will represent three-dimensional figures with nets. Nets will only be made up of
rectangles and triangles and students should use surface area to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
Supporting Cluster Standards
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
6. G.A.1 Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into
triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
6.G.A.4 Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these
figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world
and mathematical problems.
Standards Clarification
Students will continue to
write and evaluate
expressions and evaluate
formulas with exponents
nd
(2 power only) as they
work with area and surface
area. (6.G.A.1 and 6.G.A.2c
from Unit 5)
Students will continue to
use addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division
of decimals to calculate
surface area. (6.NS.B.3
from Units 2 and 3)
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.4 Model with mathematics.
MP.6 Attend to precision.
Students will model volume problems with equations and manipulatives as they create new understandings (MP.4). Students will
attend to precision as they use units appropriately throughout their work and in their answer (MP.6).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 7: Equations and Inequalities
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
In this unit students will write expressions, equations, and inequalities using variables to model and solve real-world and mathematical problems. Students will also develop a
conceptual understanding of solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality
true. From there students will begin solving single-step equations (not inequalities) using any one of the four. Finally, students will use inequalities to represent constraints on
the possible values of the variable for real-world and mathematical problems. This will help the students see the application of inequalities in a real-world context as well as help
them develop the understanding that inequalities have an infinite number of solutions.
Major Cluster Standards
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
a. Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation
“Subtract y from 5” as 5 – y.
Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
6.EE.B.5 Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make
the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality
true.
6.EE.B.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a
variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
5.NF.A.1 5.NF.A.2 5.NF.B.4 5.NF.B.6 5.NF.B.7 Click to see wording of potential gaps whose content is a prerequisite for 6.EE.B.7.
6.EE.B.7 Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q
and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.
6.EE.B.8 Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem.
Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c or x < c have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line
diagrams.
Standards Clarification
Students should write
equations and inequalities as
well as solve equations
involving fractions and
decimals. (6.NS.A.1, 6.NS.A.2,
6.NS.A.3 from Unit 2, 3, 4)
6.EE.B.8 It is not the
expectation of this standard or
unit for students to solve
inequalities. Although the
mathematical examples in the
standard only show the less
than and greater than signs, it
is appropriate to use the less
than or equal to and the
greater than or equal to signs
as well.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.2 Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP.4 Model with mathematics.
As students model real-world and mathematical problems with equations and solve the equations they write, they will reason about
the constraints and the reasonableness of their solutions (MP.2 and MP.4).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 8: Equivalent Expressions
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
The focus of this unit is on recognizing and creating equivalent expressions. This will be a natural extension of the students’ work with equivalent numerical expressions and will
be primarily based on students’ conceptual understanding of operations and the distributive property. Students will understand that two expressions are equivalent if they
name the same number for any value substituted for the variable in the expression. Also, students should start to recognize that parts of expressions can simultaneously be
described in multiple ways. As students are writing equivalent expressions, they will use the greatest common factor of coefficients and the distributive property to rewrite
expressions.
Major Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
b. Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts
of an expression as a single entity. For example, describe the expression 2(8 + 7) as a product of two factors; view (8 + 7) as both a
single entity and a sum of two terms.
5.OA.A.1 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content can be integrated with 6.EE.A.3.
6.EE.A.3 Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. For example, apply the distributive property to the expression
3(2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent
expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y.
6.EE.A.4 Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is
substituted into them). For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which
number y stands for.
Additional Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
6.NS.B.4 Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole
numbers less than or equal to 12. Use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers 1–100 with a common factor as a
multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factor. For example, express 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2).
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.6 Attend to precision.
MP.7 Look for and make use of
structure.
As students talk about and work with expressions they will use accurate mathematical vocabulary to describe pieces of or entire
expressions (including sum, term, product, factor, quotient, and coefficient)(MP.6). Students will make use of structure as they learn
to view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity (MP.7).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 9: Rational Numbers: Introduction of Negative
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
In this unit students will be introduced to the concepts of absolute value and negative rational numbers. While students should be exposed to a variety of rational numbers,
primarily students will work with integers. Negative numbers will be introduced as a way to represent real-world quantities that can be above or below some center or neutral
value (e.g. temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electrical charge). Students will use both positive and negative
numbers to represent quantities in a real-world context. Students will extend their understanding of a number line diagram to locate negative numbers on the number line
(both horizontal and vertical). Students will then begin to compare rational numbers (including negative numbers) and represent the comparison using inequality symbols.
th
Students will interpret statements of inequality in terms of the context they represent. (Note: Students do not develop operations with rational numbers until the 7 grade.)
Major Cluster Standards
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
6.NS.C.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g.,
temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative
numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.
Standards Clarification
6.NS.C.6c Limited to finding
positions of integers and other
rational number on horizontal
or vertical number lines.
6.NS.C.6 Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from
previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.
a. Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of
the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g., –(–3) = 3, and that 0 is its own opposite.
c. Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of
integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.
5.NBT.A.3 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.NS.C.7.
6.NS.C.7 Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.
a. Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram. For example,
interpret –3 > –7 as a statement that –3 is located to the right of –7 on a number line oriented from left to right.
b. Write, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real-world contexts. For example, write –3°C > –7°C to express
the fact that –3°C is warmer than –7°C.
c. Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude
for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation. For example, for an account balance of –30 dollars, write |–30| = 30 to
describe the size of the debt in dollars.
d. Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than –30
dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.2 Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP.6 Attend to precision.
Students will reason as they determine the position of rational numbers on the number lines and describe how rational numbers
relate to one another in real-world contexts (MP.2). Students should be encouraged to use precise language as they discuss the
relationships (MP.6).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 10: Rational Numbers and the Coordinate Plane
Possible time frame:
13-15 days
After developing a conceptual understanding of negative numbers and their location on the real number line, students will extend their understanding of negative numbers to
work with the coordinate plane. This will be the first time that students work in quadrants II, III, or IV since they have not been introduced to negative numbers prior to this
course. Additionally students will solve real-world and mathematical problems (including geometric problems involving polygons on the coordinate plane) by graphing points in
all four quadrants finding the distance between two points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.
Major Cluster Standards
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
6.NS.C.6 Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from
previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.
b. Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize that when two
ordered pairs differ only by signs, the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes.
c. Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of
integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.
6.NS.C.8 Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of
coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.
Supporting Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
6.NS.C.8 Students will plot
ordered pairs on the
coordinate plane in Unit 12 to
model the relationship
between two quantitative
variables that change in
relation to one another.
Standards Clarification
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
5.OA.B.3 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.G.A.3.
6.G.A.3 Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points
with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical
problems.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.2 Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP.4 Model with mathematics.
MP.6 Attend to precision.
Students will attend to precision as they plot points and reason that the order of the coordinates is important in the ordered pair
(MP.6 and MP.2). Students will model real-world and mathematical problems on the coordinate plane (MP.4).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 11: Univariate Statistics
Possible time frame:
18-20 days
This unit will establish students’ foundation in statistical concepts and statistical thinking which they will build upon all the way through Algebra II. Students will understand that
a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape. Students will display numerical data in
plots on a number line including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. Students will connect their new understanding and skills to summarize numerical data sets as it relates to
the context. Students will also pay close attention to how the data were gathered and what units of measure were used.
Additional Cluster Standards
Standards Clarification
Develop understanding of statistical variability.
6. SP.A.1 Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For
example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one anticipates
variability in students’ ages.
5.MD.B.2 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.SP.A.2.
6. SP.A.2. Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread,
and overall shape.
6. SP.A.3 Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of
variation describes how its values vary with a single number.
Summarize and describe distributions.
6.SP.B.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
6.SP.B.5 Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:
a. Reporting the number of observations.
b. Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.
c. Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as
describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were
gathered.
d. Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were
gathered.
6.SP.B.5 Students will
have a better chance of
mastering this standard
and leaving with a higher
level of transferable
knowledge if they are
allowed to play an active
role in collecting and
analyzing the statistical
data.
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.3 Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others.
MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
As students analyze data they will engage in conversations about the measures used to describe data and reason about
how these measures relate to the data collected (MP.3 and MP.2). Students will use appropriate tools to both collect
data and analyze the data they collect (MP.5).
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Mathematics
Grade 6 – Year in Detail (SAMPLE)
Unit 12: Writing Equations in Two Variables
Possible time frame:
18-20 days
In this unit students will model the relationship between two real-world quantities that change in relation to one another. This unit will form the foundation for students’ work
with functions which is one of the major topics for high school mathematics. Students will use unit rates to write equations that model the relationship between the
independent and dependent variable. Students will also analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables and relate the
graphs and tables to the equation. Students should leave this unit with a deep conceptual understanding of how the different representations (table, list, graph, equation, and
verbal description) of the relationship between two quantitative variables connect to each other and be able to create the other representations given any single
representation.
Major Cluster Standards
Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
5.OA.B.3 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.EE.C.9.
6.EE.C.9 Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to
express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze
the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation. For example, in
a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times, and write the equation d = 65t to represent
the relationship between distance and time.
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
5.NF.B.5 Click to see wording of a potential gap whose content is a prerequisite for 6.RP.A.3a-b.
6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios,
tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
a. Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole-number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the
pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.
b. Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit pricing and constant speed. For example, if it took 7 hours to mow 4 lawns,
then at that rate, how many lawns could be mowed in 35 hours? At what rate were lawns being mowed?
Standards Clarification
Students will use tables
and graphs to explore the
relationship between the
independent and
dependent variables.
(6.RP.A.3a from Unit 1)
Students will use unit rates
to write equations that
model the relationship
between the independent
and dependent variables
(6.RP.A.3b from Unit 1 and
6.NS.C.8 from Unit 10)
Focus Standards of Mathematical Practice
MP.2 Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP.4 Model with mathematics.
MP.8 Look for and express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
Students look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning (MP.8) as they generate algebraic models (MP.4) to represent
relationships. Students will also reason about the relationship between the dependent and independent variables in real-world
contexts (MP.2).
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Grade 6 Potential Gaps in Student Pre-Requisite Knowledge
This document indicates pre-requisite knowledge gaps that may exist for Grade 6 students based on what the Grade 5 common core math standards expect.
Column four indicates the Grade 6 common core standard(s) or units which could be affected if the Grade 5 gap exists. Other gaps may exist for other reasons;
therefore, it important that teachers diagnose their students’ needs as part of the planning process.
Grade 6
Domain
Grade 5 CCSS
Wording of Grade 5 CCSS Potential Gap
CCSS
Operations and
Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these
6.EE.A.1
Algebraic
5.OA.A.1
symbols.
6.EE.A.2c
Thinking (OA)
6.EE.A.3
Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between
Go to Unit 5
corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and
Go to Unit 8
graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting
6.EE.C.9
5.OA.B.3
number
0,
and
given
the
rule
“Add
6”
and
the
starting
number
0,
generate
terms
in
the
resulting
6.G.A.3
Go to Unit 10
sequences, and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other
Go to Unit 12
sequence. Explain informally why this is so.
5.NBT.A.1
Number and
Operations in
Base Ten (NBT)
5.NBT.A.2
Go to Unit 1
5.NBT.A.3
Go to Unit 2
Go to Unit 3
5.NBT.A.4
Go to Unit 5
Go to Unit 9
5.NBT.B.5
5.NBT.B.7
Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it
represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and
explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a
power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.
Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
a. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded
form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000).
b. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and <
symbols to record the results of comparisons.
Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.
Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and
strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and
subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
6.NS.B.3
6.EE.A.1
6.EE.A.2c
6.NS.C.7
Grade 6
PreRequisite
Grade 6
PreRequisite
6.NS.B.3
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Grade 6 Potential Gaps in Student Pre-Requisite Knowledge
5.NF.A.1
5.NF.A.2
Number and
Operations—
Fractions (NF)
5.NF.B.3
Go to Unit 1
Go to Unit 3
Go to Unit 4
Go to Unit 7
Go to Unit 12
5.NF.B.4
5.NF.B.5
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given
fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of
fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d =
(ad + bc)/bd.)
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole,
including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the
problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the
reasonableness of answers. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that
3/7 < 1/2.
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems
involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g.,
by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret 3/4 as the
result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared
equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of
rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole
numbers does your answer lie?
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number
by a fraction.
a. Interpret the product (a/b) × q as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the
result of a sequence of operations a × q ÷ b. For example, use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) ×
4 = 8/3, and create a story context for this equation. Do the same with (2/3) × (4/5) = 8/15. (In
general, (a/b) × (c/d) = ac/bd.)
b. Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the
appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by
multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent
fraction products as rectangular areas.
Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
a. Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor,
without performing the indicated multiplication.
b. Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater
than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar
case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product
smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n×a)/(n×b) to
the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.
6.EE.B.7
6.EE.B.7
6.RP.A.2
6.NS.B.2
6.EE.B.7
6.RP.A.1
6.RP.A.3
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Grade 6 Potential Gaps in Student Pre-Requisite Knowledge
5.NF.B.6
Number and
Operations—
Fractions (NF)
Go to Unit 1
Go to Unit 4
Go to Unit 7
5.NF.B.7
5.MD.B.2
Measurement
and Data (MD
Go to Unit 5
Go to Unit 11
5.MD.C.3
5.MD.C.4
5.MD.C.5
Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual
fraction models or equations to represent the problem.
Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and
whole numbers by unit fractions.
a. Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, and compute such quotients. For
example, create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient.
Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3) ÷ 4 = 1/12 because
(1/12) × 4 = 1/3.
b. Interpret division of a whole number by a unit fraction, and compute such quotients. For example,
create a story context for 4 ÷ (1/5), and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the
relationship between multiplication and division to explain that 4 ÷ (1/5) = 20 because 20 × (1/5) =
4.
c. Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and
division of whole numbers by unit fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to
represent the problem. For example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2
lb of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?
Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use
operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots.
For example, given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid
each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally.
6.EE.B.7
6.RP.A.2
6.NS.A.1
6.EE.B.7
6.SP.A.2
Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.
6.G.A.2
Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.
6.G.A.2
Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical
problems involving volume.
6.G.A.2
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