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Better Lesson: Making Equivalent Ratios!
Making equivalent ratios using multiple representations.
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Better Lesson: Writing Ratios the Right Way!
Sixth graders will write ratios using a variety of formats.
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Better Lesson: Make Mine Metric!
The students will be working on a hands-on exploration of the metric system where the scholars will be developing their own benchmarks to navigate through choosing the best unit of measurement.
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Better Lesson: Visualizing Integers in Our World
Making connections between art, math, and the real world helps students understand integers in our daily lives.
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Better Lesson: Understanding Integers
What is the lowest elevation in United States? How would you represent it as an integer?
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Better Lesson: Capacity or Weight....it's Full of Beans!
Sixth graders will be using a hands-on approach to learning about length, capacity and weight.
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Better Lesson: It's a Ruler You Know!
Sixth graders will be working with rulers to measure real life objects along with manipulating a ruler in a Smart Board activity!
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Better Lesson: Metric and Time Review and Quiz
The students will be reviewing the metric system in a cooperative group activity and then using the review and applying it to an assessment.
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Better Lesson: Power to the 10 Again! Real Life Application Problems
Smart Board technology will assist students with metric system conversions.
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Better Lesson: Power to the 10! Conversions With the Metric System
Sixth graders will be using ratio tables to convert units of metric measurements and looking for patterns to help make the problems easier.
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Better Lesson: Introduction to Ratios
What is a ratio? How can we create equivalent ratios? Students work to express and extend relationships using ratios.
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Better Lesson: Pre Test
What do students already know about integers, rational numbers, and the coordinate plane? What gaps do students have in their understanding? Students take the Unit 3 pretest in order to inform instruction.
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Better Lesson: Unit Test
What have students learned during this unit? What gaps do students have in their understanding? Students take the Unit 2 test.
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Better Lesson: Unit Closure
What's the best deal? How do you represent equivalent amounts? Students work on these questions as they wrap up Unit 2.
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Better Lesson: Budgets
What is a budget? How do we use it and why is it important? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.
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Better Lesson: Loans and Savings
What are loans and how do they work? How do banks encourage people to save money? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.
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Better Lesson: Multiplying With Decimals Day 2
If 24 x 63 =1512, then what will be the product for 0.24 x 6.3? Students work on answering these questions and solidifying an algorithm for multiplying decimals.
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Better Lesson: Multiplying With Decimals
How do you multiply decimals? Where does the decimal point go? Students work on answering these questions and developing an algorithm for multiplying decimals.
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Better Lesson: Multiples, Lcm, and Gcf
What are multiples? How do they compare with factors? Students work to answer these questions and develop an understanding of greatest common factor and least common multiple.
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Better Lesson: Brownies & Factors
How many different rectangular boxes can you design to fit 100 brownies? Students explore the relationship between factors and area models.
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Better Lesson: Tiles and Toothpicks
How can you describe this shape's perimeter and area? Students review expectations and work together to solve problems about area and perimeter.
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Better Lesson: Visiting the Magic Kingdom!
Have you ever wondered what the magic kingdom would look like on a coordinate grid?