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Curriculum Framework - Grade 6

 

Session

BenchMark

Topic

Number sense, Concepts, and Operations

1 MA.6.A.5.2,
MA.5.A.6.5
Relative size of numbers - Compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents, including finding their approximate location on a number line Use exponents and scientific notation to write large and small numbers and vice versa and to solve problems.
Number estimate - Solve non-routine problems using various strategies including “solving a simpler problem” and “guess, check, and revise”.
2 MA.6.A.5.1 Fractions/percents - Use equivalent forms of fractions, decimals, and percents to solve problems.
3 MA.5.A.6.5 Exponential notation - Solve non-routine problems using various strategies including “solving a simpler problem” and “guess, check, and revise”.
4 MA.6.A.3.1,
MA.5.A.6.2
Effects of operations - Write and evaluate mathematical expressions that correspond to given situations.
Order of operations - Use the order of operations to simplify expressions which include exponents and parentheses.
5 MA.6.A.3.5 Distributive property - Apply the Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Properties to show that two expressions are equivalent.
6 MA.4.A.6.1 Whole number computation - Use and represent numbers through millions in various contexts, including estimation of relative sizes of amounts or distances.
7 MA.6.A.1.3 Decimal computation - Solve real-world problems involving multiplication and division of fractions and decimals.

Measurement

 
8 MA.6.G.4.2,
MA.7.G.4.1
Area - Find the perimeters and areas of composite two-dimensional figures, including non-rectangular figures (such as semicircles) using various strategies.
Change in Area - Determine how changes in dimensions affect the perimeter, area, and volume of common geometric figures, and apply these relationships to solve problems. 
9 MA.7.G.4.1 Change in perimeter - Determine how changes in dimensions affect the perimeter, area, and volume of common geometric figures, and apply these relationships to solve problems.
10 MA.7.G.4.1,
MA.7.A.1.6
Change in dimensions - Determine how changes in dimensions affect the perimeter, area, and volume of common geometric figures, and apply these relationships to solve problems.
Scale drawing -
Apply proportionality to measurement in multiple contexts, including scale drawings and constant speed.
11 MA.3.G.5.3,
MA.5.G.5.2
Time - Tell time to the nearest minute and to the nearest quarter hour, and determine the amount of time elapsed.
Time conversions - Compare, contrast, and convert units of measure within the same dimension (length, mass, or time) to solve problems.
12 MA.5.G.5.2,
MA.5.G.5.2
Weight - Contrast, and convert units of measure within the same dimension (length, mass, or time) to solve problems.
Customary weight - Contrast, and convert units of measure within the same dimension (length, mass, or time) to solve problems.

Geometry and Spatial Sense

13
MA.8.G.2.2,
MA.4.G.5.1
Angles - Classify and determine the measure of angles, including angles created when parallel lines are cut by transversals.
Angles - Classify angles of two-dimensional shapes using benchmark angles (45°, 90°, 180°, and 360°) 
14 MA.912.G.6.1 Circles - Determine the center of a given circle. Given 3 points not on a line construct the circle which passes through them. Construct tangents to circles.
15 MA.7.G.4.2,
Transformations - Predict the results of transformations, and draw transformed figures with and without the coordinate plane.
16 MA.3.G.3.3, Symmetry - Build, draw, and analyze two-dimensional shapes from several orientations in order to examine and apply congruence and symmetry. 
17 MA.5.G.5.1,
MA.7.A.1.3
Translations - Identify and plot ordered pairs on the first quadrant of the coordinate plane.
Similarity - Solve problems involving similar figures.
18 MA.8.G.2.2,
MA.5.G.5.1
Perpendicularity - Classify and determine the measure of angles, including angles created when perpendicular lines are cut by transversals.
Coordinate plotting - Identify and plot ordered pairs on the first quadrant of the coordinate plane.

Algebra Thinking

19 MA.7.A.1.4 Functions - Graph proportional relationships and identify the unit rate as the slope of the related linear function.
20 MA.5.A.4.1. Number sequences - Use the properties of equality to solve numerical and real world situations
21 MA.6.A.3.1,
MA.6.A.3.1
Generalizing rules/expressions - Write and evaluate mathematical expressions that correspond to given situations.
Evaluating expressions - Write and evaluate mathematical expressions that correspond to given situations.
22 MA.6.A.3.3 Translating equations or expressions - Work backward with two-step function rules to undo expressions. 
23 MA.6.A.3.2,
MA.6.A.3.6
Equations - Write, solve, and graph one- and two- step linear equations and inequalities.
Linear equations - Construct and analyze equations to describe linear functions and other simple relations using both common language and algebraic notation.
24 MA.6.A.3.2 Solving equations - Write, solve, and graph one- and two- step linear equations and inequalities.

Data Analysis and Probability

25 MA.5.S.7.1,
MA.5.A.6.5
Line graphs - Construct and analyze line graphs and double bar graphs.
Charts - Solve non-routine problems using various strategies including “solving a simpler problem” and “guess, check, and revise”.
26 MA.5.S.7.1 Multiple bar graphs - Construct and analyze line graphs and double bar graphs.
27 MA.6.S.6.1,
MA.6.S.6.1
Median - Determine the measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and variability (range) for a given set of data.
Mean - Determine the measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and variability (range) for a given set of data.
28 MA.7.P.7.1 Determining outcomes - Determine the outcome of an experiment and predict which events are likely or unlikely, and if the experiment is  fair or unfair.
29 MA.7.P.7.1 Probability - Determine the outcome of an experiment and predict which events are likely or unlikely, and if the experiment is  fair or unfair. 
30 MA.5.S.7.1,
MA.7.S.6.1
Interpretation of data - Construct and analyze line graphs and double bar graphs.
Collection of data - Evaluate the reasonableness of a sample to determine the appropriateness of generalizations made about the population.