Standards Included: 6.3A, 6.3B and 6.3E This positive rational numbers unit will help students master the skills of multiplying and dividing rational numbers fluently, recognizing the impact of reciprocals and determining how a quantity is affected when multiplied by a fraction. Unit Overview Outlines the big ideas covered in the unit as well as essential questions to ...
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Numerical Representations
Standards Included: 6.2A, 6.2B, 6.2C, 6.2D and 6.2E This numerical operations unit will help students master the skills of classifying rational number values, identifying a number, its opposite, and its absolute value, comparing and ordering integers and rational numbers, and extending representations for division. Unit Overview Outlines the big ideas covered in the unit ...
Additional Resources
The following resources are a great fit for the curriculum and can be used in a variety of ways throughout the year. ...
Scope and Sequence
These planning documents will provide a suggested scope and sequence, as well as templates to customize your own. Keep in mind that class time, frequency of meetings, class size, testing, and other activities will impact your pacing calendar. Table of Contents This document displays each standard and the corresponding unit. Activity CalendarS These calendars display a scope and ...
Standards-Based Math Curriculum
Math can be fun and engaging! We are so glad that you have decided to use Maneuvering the Middle standards-based math curriculum. Select the grade level below to get started! ...
Activities for Engagement: The Scavenger Hunt
It should come to no one’s surprise that students like activities. I’m an adult, and I like activities! In fact, I outlined how you could turn any worksheet into an activity here. My particular favorite is the scavenger hunt. Let’s dive into why it is a favorite for both my students and me. ACTIVITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT: THE SCAVENGER HUNT How It Works Scavenger hunts work like this. ...
Time-Saving Tips for the New Year
What I love about being a teacher is that you get two new years every one year -- August and January. Since the new year has just begun, I thought I would share some of my go-to time-saving tips so you can start your new year in your classroom as efficiently as possible. TIME-saving tips for the new year 1. Plan your Planning Period How many times have you looked at the clock ...
How to Teach Part, Whole, and Percent
When I begin to teach part, whole, and percent problems, I explain to my students that there is nothing that I teach in my class that I use more often in my real life. Students reflect on where they see percents: the grocery store, sales and discounts, and their grades. 6.RP.A.3.C Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); ...
The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide
With Thanksgiving Break behind us and a mere 12 days until Winter Break (who's counting?!), it felt like the perfect time to kick off our 2017 Teacher Gift Guide. Last year, we categorized gifts by the type of teacher you might be shopping for, but this year, we are breaking down our gift guide by the amount of money you have to spend. Here we go! THE ULTIMATE TEACHER GIFT ...
Middle School Math Skills Students Must Master
Though I currently teach 6th grade math, I am well versed in high school math. I taught both Algebra 1 to freshman and Algebra 2 to sophomores a couple of years ago. Time and time again, I found myself reteaching math concepts students should have been proficient in before entering high school. The middle school transition to high school is going to be hard, but it shouldn’t be because ...