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    Question Bank p. 93-95 Glossary p. 172 Family Letter p. 164

    Bits and Pieces 1 -- Unit Planni ng Overview 6

    th

    Grade

    Investigations &

    Assessments

    Days

    Materials for

    Students

    Materials for

    Teachers

    Transparencies

    ACE

    Questions

    Copies for

    Students

    Miscellaneous

    1.

    Fundraising Fractions Read TE p. 18 a-k

    5

    8 �� strips of

    paper (9/student)

    Transparent cm ruler

    8 �� fractions strips for

    overhead

    1.1-1.5Transparency of Labsheet 1.5

    1.1:SF p.9-101.2: SF p11- 12 1.3: #13-261.4: #8-111.5: #1-7, 12,

    reflection p.18

    Labsheet 1.5Notebooks Checklist,

    p.99

    Save fraction strips from

    Labsheet 1.5 for future

    lessons. Folding the

    fractions in 1.2 takes

    most of the period.

    2

    Comparing Fractions Read TE p. 30 a-k

    5

    Labeled fraction

    strips from

    Labsheet 1.5

    Large number line (see 2.3)

    2.1-2.5Transparency of Labsheet 1.5

    2.1: Add. Practice

    p.174 & Quest.

    Bank #12.2: #1-7, 19, 38-402.3: # 20-27, 37

    Check -Up 1

    1/2 Day

    Fraction Strips

    p. 86-7

    Answers on p.101

    3

    Cooking with Fractions Read TE p. 45 a-g

    2

    Rulers or other

    straight edges

    3.1-3.2BTransparency of Labsheet 3.1

    3.1: #13, 18-323.2: # 14-17, SF

    p.81

    Quiz A

    1

    p. 88-89

    Answers P. 101

    4.

    From Fractions to

    Decimals

    Read TE p. 52 a-k

    3

    Colored cubes or

    tiles (optional,

    100/group)

    Distinguishing

    Digit Cards, p.

    165-70

    4.1-4.4

    4.1: #38-414.2: #1-94.3: #10-36, 43 , 444.4: See teaching

    note s

    To make Distinguishing

    Digit Cards: copy p. 165-

    170 for each group, cut

    out put in envelopes

    marked with puzzle

    number.

    5.

    Measuring

    Parallelograms

    Read TE 55 a-g

    4

    Colored tilesScissorsStraight Edges Chart paper or

    transparen cies or

    Labsheet 5.2

    5.1-5.3Transparency of La bsheet 4.2DTransparency of Labsheet 5.2

    5.1: #17-24, 39 &

    reflections p.52

    5.2: #1-165.3: #25-31, 33, 34,

    40-50

    Check-Up 2

    1/2

    Markers

    (15/student)

    p. 89-90

    6.

    Out of One Hundred Read TE p. 83 a-g

    4

    Hundredths

    Strips (from

    Labsheet 5.2)

    Fraction Strips

    (optional)

    6.1-6.4BTransparency of

    newspaper advertisement

    (optional)

    6.1: #1-8, 126.2: #9-11, 14-15,

    SF p.376.3: #13, 17-20, 22-

    28 & reflection p.83

    Self Assessment

    Take Home

    p. 101

    Unit Test

    1

    p. 98-99

    Answers on p.104-105

    Newspapers and/or magazines will be needed for the Unit Test: Individual Research p.98 at the end of the unit. If students won�t have these items at home, start collecting them at the beginning of the

    unit. See p. 2 for suggestions of s omething students start several days before the beginning of this unit.

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