Expressions Activity Bundle 6th Grade

This Expressions Activity Bundle includes 9 classroom activities to support exponent notation, order of operations, evaluating expressions, properties of operations, writing expressions, the distributive property, and using expressions in real life.

These hands-on and engaging activities are all easy to prep! Students are able to practice and apply concepts with these expressions activities, while collaborating and having fun! Math can be fun and interactive!

Standards: CCSS (6.EE.1, 6.EE.2, 6.EE.3, 6.EE.4) and TEKS (6.7A, 6.7B, 6.7C, 6.7D)

What is included in the 6th grade Expressions Activity Bundle?

Nine hands-on activities that can be utilized in pairs or groups of 3-4. All activities include any necessary recording sheets and answer keys.

• Modeling Activity: equivalent expressions
• Scavenger Hunt: order of operations
• Solve and Color: order of operations
• Task Cards: evaluating expressions with variables
• Find Someone Who: writing expressions
• Card Match: writing verbal expressions
• Puzzle: distributive property
• Cut and Paste: exponent, expanded and standard form
• Stations: expressions unit review

How to use this resource:

• Use as a whole group classroom activity
• Use in a small group for additional remediation, tutoring, or enrichment
• Use as an alternative homework or independent practice assignment
• Incorporate within our CCSS-Aligned Expressions Unit or TEKS-Aligned Expressions Unit to support the mastery of concepts and skills.

Time to Complete:

• • Most activities can be utilized within one class period. Performance tasks summarize the entire unit and may need 2-3 class periods. However, feel free to review the activities and select specific problems to meet your students’ needs and time specifications. There are multiple problems to practice the same concepts, so you can adjust as needed.

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