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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.