Category Archives: 6.01a

compare and order non-negative rational numbers

Nov. 29 – Dec. 3

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Overview: Students will model and use percents in real-life situations.  Connect the understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals and apply that knowledge to percentages and the conversions between these different forms of rational numbers. 

Focus: Students will apply their understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals to percentages and the converisons between these different forms of rational numbers.

TEKS: 6.1(A), 6.12(b), 6.11(d)

Lessons:

  • Monday: Review of all conversions. Assignment is Review 27 & 50.
  • Tuesday: Compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents.
  • Wednesday: Cumulative Review.  Work together.  No assignment.
  • Thursday: Cumulative Benchmark #5.  No assignment
  • Friday: Finish Benchmark

Oct. 4-Oct. 8

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Overview: Using prior knowledge of Greatest Common Factors and Least Common Multiples, students will model, compare, add, and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators.  Answers should be judged for reasonableness.  Customary and metric rulers will be used to demonstrate knowledge of the use of fractions in measurement.

Focus: Students will be able to integrate their knowledge of equivalent fractions to the comparing and ordering of fractions and to the modeling of equivalent fractions to find their sums and differences.

TEKS: 6.01a, 6.02a, 6.11b, 6.11c, 6.12b

Lessons:

  • Monday: Comparing Fractions.  Assignment is Comparing Fractions wksht.   Notes Handout (Mimio Lesson) Make sure they change all fractions to equivalent fractions.
  • Tuesday: Ordering Fractions.  Assignment is Order Fractions wksht.
  • Wednesday: Modeling Add/Sub of Fractions.  Assignment is Fractions Models wksht.  Go over examples using fraction circles and also examples drawing the rectangle pictures on grid paper.
  • Thursday: Add/Sub of Fractions.  Assignment is P6-3.  Also, give 6-3 class notes handout and do extra examples in the spiral.
  • Friday: Addition of Mixed Numbers.  Assignment is C-44.

Aug. 23-27

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Overview: Students will use 5th grade knowledge to compare and order decimals in written and numeric form. Reasonableness skills should be used in problem situations to judge sums, differences, products, and quotients of whole numbers. With decimals, operations are limited to addition and subtraction. Through real-life situations, students will classify numbers, including whole numbers, decimals, and integers.

Focus: Students will integrate decimals into their previous knowledge of ordering and comparing numbers.  Using prior knowledge of place value, they will also round decimal numbers.

TEKS: 6.01a, 6.02b, 6.02d, 6.11a

Lessons:

  • Monday: 1st Day of School.  Go over policies & procedures, pick up supplies
  • Tuesday: Writing and Modeling Decimals.  Assignment is Writing Decimal packet.
  • Wednesday: Comparing and Ordering Decimals.  Assignment is R/P 3-3.
  • Thursday: Rounding and Estimating Data.  Assignment is R/P 3-6.
  • Friday: Adding Decimals.  Assignment is Pz B-29.