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Preview of Chance & Probability Activities: Hands-On Theoretical & Experimental Probability

Chance & Probability Activities: Hands-On Theoretical & Experimental Probability

Created by
Chalk and Apples
Make teaching probability exciting with these hands-on fun probability activities! This set includes 6 low-prep chance and probability stations perfect for exploring theoretical and experimental probability and critical thinking. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too!Lead your students to discover concepts of probability by exploring it on their own before teaching probability rules. Students will love exploring proba
Preview of Stars & Constellations Coordinate Plane Graphing Pictures Activity Ordered Pairs

Stars & Constellations Coordinate Plane Graphing Pictures Activity Ordered Pairs

Created by
Science Spot
Graphing the Constellations: This activity integrates Math and Science by teaching students about coordinate graphing as well as the constellations! The constellations are precisely positioned so that their positions match that of their actual positions in the sky! This can even be used as a constellation star map! UPDATE (10/12/16): I have tweaked many of the pictures to make it easier for students to connect the dots for each constellation. Please re-download to receive this update.This act
Preview of Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators - 5.NF.1

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators - 5.NF.1

Created by
Love Learning
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators using the Four-Square MethodWhen I first started teaching adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators to my fifth graders about 14 years ago, I quickly realized that they needed some concrete step-by-step directions. They also needed a way to organize their work. I racked my brain for a little while before coming up with this graphic organizer. My students loved it! When we moved to multiplying and dividing fractions, they n
Preview of Art Lesson: Tessellations

Art Lesson: Tessellations

Included in this package are several tessellation activities and resources...1. Tessellation PowerPoint: An introduction to what tessellations are, a brief history, M.C. Escher (with a link to a interview he did), his influences, his artwork, and the three main types of transformations used in making tessellations – translation, rotation, and reflections. This PowerPoint includes animated slides, which make it easier for students to visualize the shape’s movements.2. Color Your Own Worksheets: G
Preview of Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade Number & Operations Fractions

Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade Number & Operations Fractions

What are Interactive Math Notebooks?Interactive math notebooks are teaching pages used to introduce and teach math concepts and skills. Each set of notebook pages includes definitions, explanations, rules, and algorithms that may be needed to address each standard. Practice problems are included to be used for guided practice. Once completed, these pages serve as a great reference tool for students to refer back throughout the year.  How do I use them with my students?Notebook pages can be used
Preview of Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade Measurement & Data and Geometry

Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade Measurement & Data and Geometry

What are Interactive Math Notebooks?Interactive math notebooks are teaching pages used to introduce and teach math concepts and skills. Each set of notebook pages includes definitions, explanations, rules, and algorithms that may be needed to address each standard. Practice problems are included to be used for guided practice. Once completed, these pages serve as a great reference tool for students to refer back throughout the year.  How do I use them with my students?Notebook pages can be used
Preview of Back to School Math Activities for Middle School

Back to School Math Activities for Middle School

Created by
Rise over Run
The first week of math class is coming! Want to engage students, create community, and get to know your students… all while doing some math? Look no further! Included are 4 resources that will help you tackle back to school:The Graph of MeThis is an activity students love! Students determine if statements are true or false about themselves. Each statement has a corresponding ordered pair. Students graph the points for each true statement to create a unique shape. The result is "the graph of me!”
Preview of Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade OA and NBT

Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade OA and NBT

What are Interactive Math Notebooks?Interactive math notebooks are teaching pages used to introduce and teach math concepts and skills. Each set of notebook pages includes definitions, explanations, rules, and algorithms that may be needed to address each standard. Practice problems are included to be used for guided practice. Once completed, these pages serve as a great reference tool for students to refer back throughout the year.  How do I use them with my students?Notebook pages can be used
Preview of Ratios, Rates, and Proportions Galore

Ratios, Rates, and Proportions Galore

Everything you need to introduce students to ratio, rate, unit rate, and proportion concepts and ensure they understand and retain them! This product addresses sixth, seventh, and eighth grade common core standards, but can also be used for advanced fifth grade students. Follow the teacher instructions and use the various materials step-by-step, and your students will not only learn how to solve ratio, rate, and proportion problems, but also discover why we use them and their incredible value
Preview of End of Year STEM Project Forces Motion Newtons Laws Assessment Bottle Rockets

End of Year STEM Project Forces Motion Newtons Laws Assessment Bottle Rockets

This product is one of the most engaging and meaningful activities I do all year long! What kid wouldn’t want to build and launch rockets!?! Just take a look at an email I received from a former student about her memories of the bottle rocket lab and how it changed her life: Hi Mr. Williams,“How is Oak Crest lately?I was in your physical science class a loooooong long time ago (2008) and I thought I'd let you know that your bottle rockets project was what first got me into space propulsion. It w
Preview of Finding Surface Area Using Nets

Finding Surface Area Using Nets

In this hands-on activity, students create 3-dimensional models using nets. Students are required to identify the type of prism (cube, rectangular, triangular) and find the surface area of the prism using the net. There are 8 nets included in this activity (3 cubes, 3 rectangular prisms, and 2 triangular prisms). This activity does a great job targeting CCSS 6 GA 4. Student worksheet and answer key is included.
Preview of Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective Cityscape Streetscapes

Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective Cityscape Streetscapes

Updated and Improved: May 31, 2018Students will learn how to create the illusion of depth in their drawings by applying one-point perspective techniques.They will start with a simple one-point perspective shape drawing exercise to ease into the ideas behind one-point perspective, then move onto a practice streetscape, and then finally craft their own imaginative streetscapes!Included in this package: • Easy to read teacher directions• Student project samples• PowerPoint presentation with animate
Preview of Classroom Routines and Expectation Slides

Classroom Routines and Expectation Slides

Created by
Professor Patsy
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: You MUST have a Canva Membership to open the link to this product. Canva is FREE and the pro version is FREE for teachers also. This product contains a 43 page presentation of my own personal classroom Routines and Expectations. It also contains a blank 30 page presentation of General Routines and Expectations that can be completed to your personal preference.
Preview of Kaleidoscope Lettering Symmetry Project - Designs with Names or Inspiring Words

Kaleidoscope Lettering Symmetry Project - Designs with Names or Inspiring Words

Created by
Teach Kids Art
Kaleidoscope Lettering uses the concepts of bilateral (reflective) symmetry, tessellation, and positive/negative space to transform a name, initials, or an inspiring word into a unique design that looks much more complicated to create than it actually is! This project was so successful and so well-loved by my students that I did it year after year... until I figured out we were doing it the hard way! Here I’m sharing my new and improved method that is faster, easier, and virtually mistake-proof!
Preview of End of Year Math Coordinates City Project

End of Year Math Coordinates City Project

Created by
Wise Guys
Are you looking for an engaging end of year activity to teach coordinates to your upper elementary and middle school math students? Your upper elementary and middle school students will become engaged as they are asked to design a city based on using a coordinate plane. This is a teacher-friendly resource and minimal prep is involved.This resource contains 9 total documents (12 pages total) that are intended to be a creative math lesson plan that has students create their own city using coordina
Preview of Multi-Digit Multiplication Resource Bundle

Multi-Digit Multiplication Resource Bundle

Multi-Digit Multiplication Resource Bundle { Differentiated & Common Core } Your students will master multi-digit multiplication with this bundle of three of my popular Multi-Digit Multiplication Resources. This bundle comes at a discounted price, PLUS a set of free bonus differentiated game boards and extensions.The following individual products are included in the bundle:Resort Report: A Multi-Digit Multiplication Project Differentiated Multi-Digit Multiplication Task Cards Multi-Digit Mu
Preview of Starter STEM Activities Engineering Design (Take Home STEM)

Starter STEM Activities Engineering Design (Take Home STEM)

Created by
Vivify STEM
From catapults to cars to an egg drop challenge, this is your guide to getting started in STEM! Each activity has an in-depth student activity sheet along with a guide through the engineering design process. Materials are cheap, but the learning is fun, hands-on, and engaging! These low-prep engineering challenges are also great for sub plans in a STEM classroom!STEM for Distance Learning: You can also get the whole family involved with STEM learning by using these as take-home STEM challenges!
Preview of Elapsed Time: A Bundle of Activities

Elapsed Time: A Bundle of Activities

Created by
Deb Hanson
This elapsed time bundle is designed to teach students about elapsed time and how to convert time measurements in a way that will keep them engaged! The activities in this math bundle make learning elapsed time concepts fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These activities can be used for test prep, review, or introduction.The time concepts included in this bundle include:→ Time Units→ Converti
Preview of 5th and 6th Grade Math Projects Bundle, All Four Enrichment Sets, Print and Go!

5th and 6th Grade Math Projects Bundle, All Four Enrichment Sets, Print and Go!

Created by
Gina Kennedy
I have bundled all four sets of my challenging no-prep 5th and 6th grade math enrichment "Power Projects." The enrichment writing and research projects cover a multitude of math topics. Every set includes a project that explores a career and the usage of math in that particular occupation. The projects require students to analyze real world math in a fun and creative way. Print and go math enrichment! Perfectly suitable for distance learning.Each differentiated set allows the students to choose
Preview of 5th Grade Financial Literacy, Personal Finance Math Unit 5.10

5th Grade Financial Literacy, Personal Finance Math Unit 5.10

Created by
Gina Kennedy
Great personal finance/ financial literacy unit for 5th graders! Within this personal finance literacy interactive notebook for 5th graders, students will create a detailed budget, learn to differentiate between sales tax, income tax, and federal taxes. Students will also learn about checking accounts, savings accounts, stock markets, CD's, debit cards, credit cards, credit scores, "wants and needs" and learn about several other important topics that will help make them "Money-Wise" in the futur
Preview of Kinetic Energy Graphing and Analyzing Relationships of Mass and Speed MS PS3-1

Kinetic Energy Graphing and Analyzing Relationships of Mass and Speed MS PS3-1

Do you need to teach about kinetic energy? This resource is on kinetic energy and its relationship to mass and speed. Students will analyze graphs and construct graphs to show that mass and speed increase kinetic energy. This resource starts with a slide show on kinetic energy and phenomena. Students will love learning about kinetic energy.This resource includes:a slide showstrategic notetaking guideresponse pagesquizanswer keysTeachers Love This Resource!Edith ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Extremely Satisfied
Preview of End of Year Plan a Vacation Math Activity

End of Year Plan a Vacation Math Activity

Created by
Wise Guys
Are you looking for an engaging end of year math activity for your students that will allow them to plan their own vacation? Our end of year Math Vacation of a Lifetime is the perfect activity to bring fun to math class! This PBL resource will have your students go on "A Vacation of a Lifetime" where they will create their dream vacations! Students will get a budget and have to plan everything from hotels to souvenirs! Watch student excitement soar in your math classroom!This high interest Vaca
Preview of Percent Proportion Unit - Teaching Percentages Using Proportions

Percent Proportion Unit - Teaching Percentages Using Proportions

Percent Proportions - The Complete Unit:After teaching students how to solve percentage problems for many years, I have come to the conclusion that using proportions is the best way to do so. There are no decimal shifts (as there are when students use the percent equation, p = % • w) to cause errors, the amount of memorization is minimal (the percent proportion equation, part/whole = %/100, is all that is needed), and the problems can be solved simply using three easy-to-learn methods. Students
Preview of Math Sub Plans Packet for 6th Grade

Math Sub Plans Packet for 6th Grade

Created by
Rise over Run
Easily prepare for a substitute! The sub binder pages plus the 7 math activities included in this bundle can be used throughout the year in 6th grade math. Some resources review important concepts from previous grades, and some are sixth grade standards. Here's what is included:Fraction Operation Coloring ActivityOne Step Equations Practice (Valentine themed)Area of Triangles & Quadrilaterals Coloring ActivityEquivalent Fractions PracticeCoordinate Graph Mystery PictureOrder of Operations
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Importance of learning math in 6th grade

As students move from elementary school to middle school, they're introduced to a new set of challenges — including new math challenges. In 6th grade, students will start to be exposed to more complex math. However, since math forms the basis for many other subjects (like science, engineering, and technology), helping students master these skills will set them up for future success later on down the line.

Learning objectives for 6th grade math

Below is a rough outline of the learning objectives that teachers and students can work toward in 6th grade math class:

  • Understanding the basics of algebra
  • Learning how to evaluate expressions and simplify them
  • Comparing and ordering decimals, fractions, and whole numbers using a number line
  • Knowing how to use ratios and rates to compare data
  • Locating and plotting points on a coordinate graph
  • Understanding the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents

Key topics covered in 6th grade math

Numbers and Basic Operations

Numbers and operations are the foundation of math, and it's important for students to have a solid understanding of them before moving on to more complex courses. At this point, student should have mastery of basic addition and subtraction, but it's important to continue practicing them in 6th grade to build their competency even further.

Additionally, students should also have mastery of basic multiplication and division. However, in 6th grade, students will build on these foundations even further by learning more about the properties of multiplication, including the commutative property and the distributive property.

Sixth graders will also learn about positive and negative integers, and learn how to identify positive and negative numbers on number lines.

Fractions and Decimals

Fractions and decimals are important concepts in 6th grade math, and they are used in many real-world situations. Sixth graders will learn how to multiply fractions, solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, and find equivalent fractions by finding the missing variable and applying concepts used to find equivalent fractions for improper fractions and mixed numbers They might also learn how to compare and order fractions by finding the value of each fraction and putting them in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. Students will

Ratios and Unit Rates

Ratios and unit rates involve comparing quantities and finding equivalent values. Sixth graders will learn how to write and describe a relationship as a ratio. They'll also learn that unit rates represent measurement as a ratio of x to a single unit. Teachers may use tables, diagrams, and/or equations to solve unit rate and rate problems.

Geometry

Geometry involves the study of shapes and the measurement of their properties. Sixth graders will start to solve mathematical problems that involve area, surface area, and/or volume of two-dimensional and three-dimensional non-circular shapes, including cubes, rectangles and rectangular prisms. As part of 6th grade geometry, students might also begin to graph polygons, and learn how to find the lengths of sides by subtracting coordinates.

Statistics and Probability

In 6th grade math, students should learn more about basic statistical concepts such as mean, median, range, and mode, as well as basic probability concepts such as the probability of events and simple experiments.

Algebraic Expressions and Equations

In 6th grade math, students will apply and extend skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, to solving algebraic expressions. They'll learn things like how to read, write, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers, and how to apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.

How to find 6th grade math resources

Educators can save time preparing lessons by using math worksheets, activities, and other types of resources created by experienced Sellers on TPT. Simply search the TPT marketplace for "6th grade math," and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find print and digital materials that've been proven to work in classrooms around the country.

Frequently asked questions

What types of 6th grade math resources are available on TPT?

There are many different types of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math worksheets, games and resources can be found on topics like: fractions, decimals, algebra, geometry, ratios, unit rate, and statistics.

What are some good resources for practicing math in 6th grade?

Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources, including worksheet, for 6th grade students practicing math. You can also find refresher lessons for concepts learned in earlier grades.

What is the most important concept to master in 6th grade math?

In 6th grade math, there are several important concepts that students should master to build a strong foundation for future math learning. However, one of the most critical concepts to master is understanding and working with fractions.

What does a 6th grader learn in math?

The major topics covered in 6th grade math include numbers and operations, fractions, decimals, algebra, geometry, ratios, unit rate, and statistics.

How hard is math for 6th graders?

Sixth grade students may find it difficult to master some of these topics, even they've previously done well in mathematics. Teachers can encourage a positive attitude and celebrate small successes to help prevent students from feeling discouraged.