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Better Lesson: Stem and Leaf Plots Activity
This activity is designed so that the students create their own Around the Room activity. They will be collecting data, displaying it in a stem and leaf plot, and then developing questions around their display for other students to answer!
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Better Lesson: Misleading Leading Graphs
Through the use of real life data, the students will be looking at a variety of graphs to decide if they are displaying misguided information.
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Better Lesson: Circle Graph Activity
This lesson will allow the student to work through three stations. The stations will focus on creating and analyzing circle graphs. The students will be using technology to create their graphs along with a hands on activity using M &...
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Better Lesson: Review 4: Converting Measurements Using Ratios
Why are there two systems of measurement? How do we move between units in the same system? Students create and use foldables to convert measurement units.
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Better Lesson: Review 1: Eating Out at the Hamburger Hut Working With Decimals
For this lesson, 6th graders will review the procedures involved in calculating with decimals and they will have to apply that knowledge to answer questions about eating at a restaurant.
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Better Lesson: What's in Your Name?
The students will be collecting data from other students to represent in a bar graph.
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Better Lesson: Dewey Decimal System for Ordering Decimals
The Dewey Decimal System is used in libraries all around the world. The foundation of this system is based upon ordering decimals.
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Better Lesson: Reading and Writing With Decimals
Knowing how to read and write decimals is a life skill.
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Better Lesson: Multiplying Decimals by Whole Numbers
Multiplying decimals is a life skilled used in purchasing goods, cooking, and spending money.
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Better Lesson: Review & Assessment 6.ns.a.1 and 6.ns.b.4
This lesson brings all the pieces together to have students show the how's and why's by using GCF,LCM, Distributive property and dividing fractions.
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions Within Word Problems
This instructional activity completes the conceptual understanding of dividing with fractions by using it with real life problems.
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions Stations
Computing with fractions allows students to develop a strong number sense
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions
Developing a concrete and conceptual way to divide fractions helps students understand the "why" part of the process.
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Better Lesson: Benchmark Fractions and More
When students understand how to use their benchmark fractions they can work more fluently to compute, compare, and order them.
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Better Lesson: Lcm Stations Activity
Learning about factors and multiples allows students to see number relationships and apply those number relationships to multiplication and division.
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Better Lesson: Checking Your Quotient
Making connections between multiplication, the distributive property, and division will help students learn to divide with ease.
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Better Lesson: Division of Multi Digit Numbers
Practice makes perfect and in this instructional activity students will be practicing long division using the standard algorithm plus they will be interpreting remainders!
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Better Lesson: What's Really Going on With Division?
Sixth graders will be using stations to develop an understanding of division.
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Better Lesson: What Does the Data Tell Us? Describing Data
Understanding how to interpret data by its shape, spread, and center helps students to understand statistics.
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Better Lesson: Remembering Summer
Sixth graders will be working in stations creating a summer scene, working on basic math facts, and exploring SMP 2!
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Better Lesson: Learning About Stations
Using stations in class is a great way to work with the students in small groups while still engaging them in mathematical problems.
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Better Lesson: Box and Whiskers Activity
The students will be working in stations to construct and analyze box plots. All activities are of high interest and rich in content.
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Better Lesson: Histogram Activity
Sixth graders will see how an actuary uses histograms to analyze the frequency of events to determine risk.
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Better Lesson: Review 3: Who's Faster? Comparing Ratios & Rates
Who's faster? What is the better deal? How do you know? Students apply their knowledge of ratios and rates in order to determine how they relate to each other.