District 11 Division of Operations & Instruction
Mathematics


Grade 6: February Unit  (@ 15 days)

Overview 
During the next three weeks of quarter 3, 6th graders will use unit rates to decide which deal is better when buying clothes.  Students will investigate probability by creating a fair game that uses dice, cards, or spinners to play the game.  Pay close attention to the Essential Questions. You may be asked to answer the questions at the end of this unit.

Standards

Enduring Understanding

  • Patterns are a way of understanding the world.

  • Variable relationships influence each other.

  • Algebra is a language.

  • Probability can determine fairness. Through probability predictions are made. Probability can predict likelihood.

  • Models or counting techniques assist in determining outcomes. 

Essential Questions

  • How would you translate a pattern into a table and/or graph?

  • How would you predict and describe how the change in one quantity affects another?

  • How do you select, apply, and explain the methods chosen to solve equations?

  • What types of games are fair?

  • How would you use a probability experiment to predict future events?

  • How would you determine the likelihood of an event?

  • How do you select, apply, and explain the strategies chosen to predict the outcome of a simple event?

Standards: Highest Frequency High Frequency Other Standards and E-Skills

Standard 2:  (Algebra) Students use algebraic methods to explore, model and describe patterns and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.
Represent and describe how a change in one quantity results in a change of the other quantity in a linear relationship 
Use unit rate to find total number
Solve real world problems by analyzing and describing patterns
Determine the cost of items using previous purchase information

Standard 3:  (Probability and Statistics) Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and probability in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning and processes used in solving these problems.
Develop an activity/game using a chance device and explain its fairness.
Make predictions based on probability data.
Describe and explain the likelihood of an event.
Determine the number of possible outcomes of a simple event.

Lessons

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Duration: @ 1 class period

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