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6TH GRADE PACING GUIDE
MATH INNOVATIONS UNIT 4: A BALANCING ACT
January-Mid March
Standards:
6.EE.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
6.EE.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.
b) Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression 2(8+7) as a
product of two factors; view (8+7) as both a single entity and a sum of two terms.
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 parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations).
For example, use the formulas V = s3 and A = s2 to find the volume and surface areas of a cube with sides of length s = ½.
6.EE.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.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.
6.EE.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.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.
6.EE.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.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 a 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.
Standard/Target
6.EE.2b Knowledge Target: Identify parts of an expression
using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor,
quotient, coefficient). Knowledge Target: Identify parts of
Section/Lesson
Section 1: Making Sense of Equality
# Days
1.1 Understanding Equivalence Patterns
*Add: Identify parts of an expression
using mathematical terms (sum, term,
2
Lewis County Middle School
Formative Assessment
ACT: If bananas cost $0.24 and oranges cost $0.38, what is
the total cost of x bananas and y oranges? A. (x +
y)($.24+$.38) B. $.24x + $.38y C. $.62(x + y) D. $.24/x +
$.38/y
Standard/Target
an expression as a single entity, even if not a monomial.
6.EE.6 Knowledge Target: Recognize that a variable can
represent an unknown number, or, depending on the
purpose at hand, any number in a specified set. Reasoning
Target: Relate variables to a context. Reasoning Target:
Write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical
problem.
6.EE.2a Knowledge Target: Use numbers and variables to
represent desired operations. Reasoning Target: Translating
written phrases into algebraic expressions. Reasoning
Target: Translating algebraic expressions into written
phrases.
6.EE.2c Knowledge Target: Substitute specific values for
variables. Knowledge Target: Evaluate algebraic expressions
including those that arise from real-world problems.
6.EE.3 Knowledge Target: Generate equivalent expressions
using the properties of operations (e.g. distributive property,
associative property, adding like terms with the addition
property of equality, etc.). Reasoning Target: Apply the
properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
6.EE.7 Knowledge Target: Define inverse operation.
Knowledge Target: Know how inverse operations can be
used in solving one-variable equations.
6.EE.7 Reasoning Target: Apply rules of the form x + p = q
and px = q, for cases in which p,q and x are all nonnegative
rational numbers, to solve real world and mathematical
problems. (There is only one unknown quantity.) Reasoning
Target: Develop a rule for solving one-step equations using
inverse operations with nonnegative rational coefficients.
Reasoning Target: Solve and write equations for real-world
mathematical problems containing one unknown.
6.EE.1 Knowledge Target: Write numerical expressions
involving whole number exponents (e.g., 3 4 = 3x3x3x3).
Knowledge Target: Evaluate numerical expressions involving
Section/Lesson
product, factor, quotient, coefficient).
*Add: Identify parts of an expression as a
single entity, even if not a monomial.
# Days
1.2 Representing Balance with Scales, Bars
and Equations
2
Vocabulary
Geometry Quiz
1.3 Divide and Conquer
1
1.4 Combine, Simplify and Solve
*Add: More on properties, especially the
distributive property.
3
Study Guide
Quiz
Section 2: Using Models and Symbols to
Represent Situations
Geometry Quiz
2.1 Magical Expressions
1
1
2.2 Writing Equations Symbolically
2
2.3 Out of Order
4
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Formative Assessment
#8 Set 1
3
2
#1, 8, 15, 69
Standard/Target
whole number exponents (e.g., 34 = 3x3x3x3 = 81).
Knowledge Target: Solve order of operations problems that
contain exponents (e.g., 3 + 22 – (2 + 3) = 2).
6.EE.2c Knowledge Target: Apply order of operations when
there are no parentheses for expressions that include whole
number exponents.
6.EE.5 Knowledge Target: Recognize solving an equation or
inequality as a process of answering “which values from a
specified set, if any make the equation or inequality true?”
Knowledge Target: Know that the solutions of an equation
or inequality are the values that make the equation or
inequality true. Knowledge Target: Use substitution to
determine whether a given number in a specified set makes
an equation or inequality true.
6.EE.5 Knowledge Target: Recognize solving an equation or
inequality as a process of answering “which values from a
specified set, if any make the equation or inequality true?”
Knowledge Target: Know that the solutions of an equation
or inequality are the values that make the equation or
inequality true. Knowledge Target: Use substitution to
determine whether a given number in a specified set makes
an equation or inequality true.
6.EE.4 Knowledge Target: Recognize when two expressions
are equivalent. Reasoning Target: Prove (using various
strategies) that two equations are equivalent no matter what
number is substituted.
6.EE.9 Knowledge Target: Define independent and
dependent variables. Knowledge Target: Use variables to
represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change
in relationship to one another. Reasoning Target: Write an
equation to express one quantity (dependent) in terms of the
other quantity (independent). Reasoning Target: Analyze
Section/Lesson
# Days
Geometry Quiz
2.4 Solving Equations
1
2.5 Looking at Inequalities
2
Study Guide
Quiz
Section 3: Making Generalizations
3.1 Count on Me
3.2 What’s Next: Describing Recursive
Patterns
Geometry Quiz
3.3 Using Explicit Rules to Describe
Patterns
1
1
3.4 Guess My Rule
3.5 Charts and Graphs for Linear
Equations
*Add: Define independent and
dependent variables.
2
2
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Formative Assessment
#31
1
3
2
#23
Standard/Target
the relationship between the dependent variable and the
independent variable using tables and graphs. Reasoning
Target: Relate the data in a graph and table to the
corresponding equation.
Section/Lesson
Study Guide
Quiz
Study Guide
Unit Exam
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# Days
1
1
1
1
Formative Assessment
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