6th Grade Algebra Curriculum

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Date

 Topic

Assignment

1

Aug. 19

 Introduction and Expectations

 

 

Aug. 20

 Scientific Notation

Worksheet

 

Aug. 21

 1) Reporting Frequency

P 6-7; #1-13

 

Aug. 22

 2) Making Bar and Line Graphs

P 10-11; #1-17

 

 

 

 

2

Aug. 25

 3) Spreadsheets and Data Displays

P 14-15; #1-11

 

Aug. 26

 4) Mean, Median and Mode

P 19-21; #1-7 & 8-15

 

Aug. 27

 Quiz 1-4   5) Stem and Leaf Plots

P 24-25; #1-15

 

Aug. 28

 6) Use Logical Reasoning

P 28-29; #1-9

 

Aug. 29

 7) Random Samples and Surveys

P 32; #7-14, P 33; #1-8

 

 

 

 

3

Sep. 1

 No School Labor Day

 

 

Sep. 2

 8) Using Data to Persuade

P 36-38; 1-11

 

Sep. 3

 9) Exploring Scatter Plots

P 41-42; #1-9

 

Sep. 4

 Review Chapter One

P 44-45; Wrap Up #1-10

 

Sep. 5

 Chapter One Test

P 47 Cumulative Review #1-11

 

 

 

 

4

Sep. 8

 1) Comparing and Rounding Decimals

P 52-53; #1 & 2-36 even only

 

Sep. 9

 2) Problem Solving: Using Estimation Strategies

P 56-58; #1 & 2-36 even only

 

Sep. 10

 3) Adding and Subtracting Decimals

P 61-62; #2-36 even only

 

Sep. 11

 4) Too Much or Too Little Information

P 65-66; #1-7

 

Sep.12

 Quiz 1-4   5) Multiplying Decimals No Calculators Please

P 69-70; #2-34 even only Show Your Work

 

 

 

 

5

Sep. 15

 6) Dividing Decimals No Calculators Please

P 73-74; #2-28 even only Show Your Work

 

Sep. 16

 7) Terminating and Repeating Decimals

P 77-79; #2-22 even only & 34

 

Sep. 17

 8) Order of Operations & Distributive Property

P82-84; # 2-36 even only

 

Sep. 18

 Review Chapter Two

P 86-87; Wrap Up 2-44 evens

 

Sep. 19

 Chapter Two Test

P 89 Cumulative Review 1-8

 

 

 

 

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Sep. 22

 1) Evaluating and Writing Variable Expressions

P 94-95; #1-55 every third

 

Sep. 23

 2) Comparing and Ordering Integers

P 99-100; # 1-52 every third

 

Sep. 24

 3) Using Models: Adding Integers

P 104-105; #2-44 even only

 

Sep. 25

 4) Subtracting Integers

P 108-109; # 1-67 every third

 

Sep. 26

 5) Multiplying and Dividing Integers

P 114-115; #1-58 every third

 

 

 

 

7

Sep. 29

 Quiz 1-5   6) Solving Equations by Adding and Subtracting

P 120-121; #2-46 even only

 

Sep. 30

 7) Solving Equations by Multiplying & Dividing

P 124-125; # 1-40

 

Oct. 1

 8) Writhing Equations

P 127-129; # 2-40 even only

 

Oct. 2

 9) Solving Two Step Equations

P 131-133; # 2-54 even only

 

Oct. 3

 10) Make a Table

P 135-136; #1-12

 

 

 

 

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Oct. 6

 Review Chapter Three

P 138-139; Wrap Up #2-42 even

 

Oct. 7

 Chapter Three Test

P 141; Cumulative Review #1-12

 

Oct. 8

 1) Relating Fractions to Models

P 145-146; #1-17

 

Oct. 9

 2) Equivalent Fractions

P 149-150; #2-50 even only

 

Oct. 10

 Diocesan In-service No School

 

 

 

 

 

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Oct. 13

 3) Comparing and Ordering Fractions

P 153-154; #2-50 even only

 

Oct. 14

 4) Exponents and Order of Operations

P 157-158; # 2-44 even only

 

Oct. 15

 Quiz 1-4   5) Prim Factorization

P 162-163; #2-42 even only

 

Oct. 16

 6) Simplifying Fractions

P 166-167; #2-54 even only

 

Oct. 17

 7) Looking for a Pattern

P 169-170; #1-15

 

 

 

 

10

Oct. 20

 8) Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions

P 174-175; #1-55 evens

 

Oct. 21

 9) Fractions and Decimals

P 178-180; #1-55 evens

 

Oct. 22

 Review Chapter Four

P 182-183; Wrap Up #2-42 even

 

Oct. 23

 Chapter Four Test

P 185; Cumulative Review #1-12

 

Oct.24

 1) Estimating with Fractions and Mixed Numbers

P 190-191 # 2-44 evens + 45

 

 

 

 

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Oct. 27

 2) Adding and Subtracting Fractions

P 195-196 # 2-46 evens + 47

 

Oct. 28

 3) Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

P 198-199 # 2-46 evens + 47

 

Oct. 29

 4) Solving Equations with Fraction by Adding      and Subtracting

P 202-203 # 2- 38 evens + 39

 

Oct. 30

 Quiz 1-4 5) Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers

P 208-209 # 2-46 evens + 43

 

Oct. 31

 6) Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

P 211-212 # 2-40 + 41

 

 

 

 

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Nov. 3

 7) Work Backward

P 215-216 # 1-11 all

 

Nov. 4

 Election Day No School

Parent Conferences 1pm – 7pm

 

 

Nov. 5

 8) Changing Units in the Customary System

P 220-221 # 2-32 + 31

 

Nov. 6

 Quiz 5-8 9) Solving Equations with Fractions by Multiplying and Dividing

P 223-224 # 2-42 + 43

 

Nov. 7

 Review Chapter 5

P 226-227 # 2-54 evens

 

 

 

 

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Nov. 10

 Chapter Five Test

P 229 Cumulative Review # 1-12

 

Nov. 11

 1) Exploring Ratios Using Data

P 234-236 # 2-34 evens + 35

 

Nov. 12

 2) Unit Rates and Proportional Reasoning

P 239-240 # 2-28 evens

 

Nov. 13

 3) Proportions

P 242-244 # 1-29 all

 

Nov. 14

 Quiz 1-3 4) Using Similar Figures

P 248-249 # 1-13 all

 

 

 

 

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Nov. 17

 5) Exploring Maps and Scale Drawings

P 252-254 # 1-22 all

 

Nov. 18

 6) Modeling Percents

P 258-259 # 2-50 evens + 49, 51

 

Nov.19

 7) Percents, Fractions, and Decimals

P 261-263 # 2-62 evens + 31, 61

 

Nov. 20

 8) Using Multiple Strategies

P 265-266 # 1-12 all

 

Nov. 21

 9) Finding percent of a Number

P 268-270 # 2-36 evens + 33, 35

 

 

 

 

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Nov. 24

 Quiz 4-9 10) Using proportions with Percents

P 273-274 # 2-26 evens + 12, 14, 26

 

Nov. 25

 11) Finding Percent of Chance

P 278-280 # 2-56 evens

 

Nov. 26

 Review Chapter 6

P 282-283 # 2-28 evens + 11, 29

 

Nov. 27

 Thanksgiving Day - No School

 

 

Nov. 28

 Day After Thanksgiving Day No School

 

 

 

 

 

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Dec. 1

 Chapter Six Test

P 258 Cumulative Review all

 

Dec. 2

 1) Exploring Visual Patterns

P 289-290 # 1-6 all

 

Dec. 3

 2) Classifying and Measuring Angles

P 293-294 # 2-20 evens plus # 21-33 all

 

Dec. 4

 3) Triangles

P 299-301 # 1-23 all

 

Dec.5

 Quiz 1-3 4) Draw a Diagram

P 303-304 # 1-11 all

 

 

 

 

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Dec. 8

 Immaculate Conception - No School

 

 

Dec.9

 5) Congruent Triangles

P 306-307 # 1-11 all

 

Dec. 10

 6) Polygons and Quadrilaterals

P 310-312 # 1-33 all

 

Dec. 11

 7) Circles

P 316-317 # 1-14 all

 

Dec. 12

 8) Circle Graphs

P 320-321 # 1-18 all

 

 

 

 

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Dec. 15

 Quiz 4-8 9) Constructing Bisectors

P 325-326 # 1-15 all

 

Dec. 16

 Review Chapter 7

P 330-331 # 1-22 all

 

Dec. 17

 Chapter Seven Test

P 333 Cumulative Review all

 

Dec. 18

 1) Estimating Length and Area

P 338-339 # 1-14 all

 

Dec. 19

 2) Area of Parallelograms

P 342-343 # 1-19 all

 

 

 

 

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Jan. 5

 3) Area of Triangles and Trapezoids

P 346-348 # 2-26 evens EC # 27

 

Jan. 6

 4) Circumference and Area of Circles

P 351-353 # 2-28 evens + 27, 29

 

Jan. 7

 Quiz 1-4 5) Exploring Square Roots

P 356-357 # 2-48 evens + 37,49

 

Jan. 8

 6) Exploring the Pythagorean Theorem

P 362-363 #1-20 all

 

Jan. 9

 7) Applying the Pythagorean Theorem

P 365-367 # 1-24 all

 

 

 

 

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Jan. 12

 8) Three-Dimensional Figures

P 370-371 # 1-8 all # 10-24 even

 

Jan. 13

 9) Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders

P 375-376 # 1-13 all

 

Jan. 14

 10) Volume of Rectangular Prisms and Cylinders

P 379-380 # 1-15 all

 

Jan. 15

 Quiz 5-10 11) Guess and Test

P 382-383 # 1-12 all

 

Jan. 16

 Review Chapter 8

P 386-387 # 1-23 all

 

 

 

 

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Jan. 19

 Martin Luther King Day - No School

 

 

Jan. 20

 Chapter Eight Test

P 389 Cumulative Review all

 

Jan. 21

 1) Experimental Probability

P 394-395 # 1-19 & 21-23 all

 

Jan. 22

 2) Simulate a Problem

P 399-400 # 1-7 all

 

Jan. 23

 3) Theoretical Probability and Proportional Reasoning

P 403-405 # 2-42 even

 

 

 

 

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Jan. 26

 4) Sample Spaces

P 409-410 # 1-21 all

 

Jan. 27

 Quiz 1-4 5) Independent and Dependent Events

P 414-415 # 1-27 all

 

Jan. 28

 6) Permutations

P 417418 # 1-18 all

 

Jan. 29

 7) Combinations

P 420-421 # 1-22 all

 

Jan. 30

 Quiz 5-7 8) Estimating Population Size

P 425- 426 # 1-13 all

 

 

 

 

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Feb. 2

 Review Chapter 9

P 428-429 # 1-16 all

 

Feb. 3

 Chapter Nine Test

P 439 Cumulative Review all

 

Feb. 4

 1) Number Patterns

P 436 –437 # 1-26 all

 

Feb. 5

 2) Scientific Notation

P 439-440 # 1-30 all

 

Feb. 6

 3) Solve a Simpler Problem

P 443-444 # 1-8 all

 

 

 

 

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Feb. 9

 Quiz 1-3 4) Simple and Compound Interest

P 448-449 # 1-15 all

 

Feb. 10

 5) Using Tables, Rules, and Graphs

P 452-453 # 1- 18 all

 

Feb. 11

 6) Functions Rules

P 456-457 # 2- 26 evens

 

Feb. 12

 Quiz 4-6 7) Interpreting Graphs

P 460-463 # 1-13 all

 

Feb. 13

 Review Chapter 10

P 466-467 # 1-20 all

 

 

 

 

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Feb. 16

 Presidents Day - No School

 

 

Feb. 17

Test Chapter Ten

P 469 Cumulative Review all

 

Feb. 18

1) Graphing Points in Four Quadrants

P 474-476 # 2-36 evens

 

Feb. 19

2) Graphing Linear Equations

P 479-481 # 2-36 evens

 

Feb. 20

3) Finding the Slope of a Line

P 483-484 #1-12 all

 

 

 

 

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Feb. 23

4) Exploring Nonlinear Relationships

P 487-489 # 1-20 all

 

Feb. 24

Quiz 1-4 5) Write an Equation

P 491-492 # 1-10 all

 

Feb. 25

(Ash Wed.) 6) Translations

P 497-498  #2-24 evens

 

Feb. 26

7) Symmetry and Reflections

P 501-502 # 2-26 evens plus 27

 

Feb. 27

Quiz 5-7 8) Rotations

P 507- 508 # 1- 20 all

 

 

Starting March 4th a book called Transition Mathematics will be used.

Assignment legend: R→Read pages; Q→Covering The Reading pages Answer all Questions; A→Appling the Mathematics pages work all Problems: On Progress Self Test Assignments do All Problems.

 

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Mar.2

Review Chapter 11

P 510-511 all

 

Mar. 3

Test Chapter Eleven

New Text R 6-7; Q 7-8

 

Mar. 4

1) Decimals for Whole Numbers

A 8-9; R 10-13; Q 13-14

 

Mar. 5

2) Decimals for Numbers Between Whole Numbers

A 14-15; R 16-17; Q 18

 

Mar. 6

3) Estimating by Rounding Up or Rounding Down

A 18-19: R 21-22: Q 23

 

 

 

 

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Mar. 9

4) Estimating by Rounding to the Nearest

A 23-24; R 26-28; Q 28-29

 

Mar. 10

5) Knowing Your Calculator

A 29: R 31-34; Q34-35

 

Mar. 11

Quiz 1-4 6) Decimals for Simple Fractions

A 35-36; R 37-38; Q 38-39

 

Mar. 12

7) Decimals for Mixed Numbers

A 39: R 41-43; Q 44

 

Mar. 13

No School

 

 

 

 

 

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Mar. 16

8) Negative Numbers

A 44-45; R 46-48; Q 48

 

Mar. 17

9) Comparing Numbers

A 49; R 50-52; Q 53

 

Mar. 18

Quiz 5-8 10) Equal Fractions

A 53-54; Progress Self Test 58

 

Mar. 19

Review Chapter 1

 

 

Mar. 20

Test Chapter One

R 64-65; Q 66

 

 

 

 

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Mar. 23

1) Multiplying by 10, 100, …

A 66-67; R 68-70; Q 70-71

 

Mar. 24

2) Powers

A 71; R73-76; Q 76

 

Mar. 25

3) Scientific Notation for Large Numbers

A 76-77; R 78-80; Q 81-82

 

Mar. 26

4) Multiplying by , , . . .

A 82, R 84-85; Q 86-87

 

Mar. 27

Quiz 1-3 5) Percent of a Quantity

A 87; R 89-91; Q 91