6 th Grade Math Ms. Crow’s Class Back to School 2015

About Special Education Special Education is a place, not a person. Special Education is a service, not a person. Special Education specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disabilities People/students first, not disabilities Providing positive environment with positive role models for students

About the Class Focus on student needs Building automaticity, firming areas of need, and providing whole group, one-on-one, small group, differentiated and modified instruction Focus on kinesthetics and tactile learning through use of manipulatives

Common Core Standards CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.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 for every 2 wings there was 1 beak." "For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes." CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.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 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger."1 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.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. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.2 Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7 Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.EE.A.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.

Concepts Factors, multiples, primes, and composites Fractions Firming multiplication and arithmetic skills Ratios Simple geometry Integers Analyzing & interpreting data Graphing Units of Measure

About the Class Use of Carnegie curriculum textbook Khan Academy Modified envision math curriculum Focus on student strengths and areas of need Skill building

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