6th Grade: Unit 6 Parent Resources

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Dear Parents, During the sixth unit of math instruction, your student will be learning the following new 6th grade skills: finding area, volume, surface area, modeling and drawing solids using nets, and solving real world problems that focus on area, volume, and surface area. Their success in mastering these new concepts is dependent on how well they understand the following standards from the previous unit as well as the previous grade level standards as outlined in the Unit 1 Parent Letter distributed earlier in the year:

1. Introduction to rational numbers 2. Ordering and Comparing rational numbers 3. Absolute value 4. Coordinate graphing all four quadrants

Below are some resources that you and your child can access at home to practice the above skills. Each resource has printable worksheets (and answer sheets) that correspond to the standard. Please make time to practice these skills each week. There are also links to enrichment activities and math games at the end of the document as well.

PREVIOUS UNIT CONCEPTS AND STANDARDS Skill Rational numbers Example Draw a number line showing all whole numbers from -6 to +6. Resource www.ixl.com/math. Click “6th Grade” then “Number lines with integers” under

“Integers” Skill Ordering rational numbers Example Place the following numbers in order from lest to greatest:

.56, 3.2, -0.21, -6.3 Resource www.dadsworksheets.com. Click “Ordering Numbers (Vertical)” then choose

any exercise under “Positive and Negative Ordering with Decimals” Skill Comparing rational numbers Example Compare using < or >

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Resource www.ixl.com/math. Click “6th Grade” then “Compare rational numbers” under

“Rational numbers” Skill Absolute value Example Name two numbers that have 4 as their absolute value. Resource http://studentaccessible.com/worksheets/absolute-value

6th Grade: Unit 6 Parent Resources

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PREVIOUS UNIT CONCEPTS AND STANDARDS CONTINUED

Skill Coordinate graphing all four quadrants Example Graph the 4 points (2, 3), (-3, -5), (-7, 6), and (4, 1) on the coordinate plane

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Resource www.ixl.com/math. Click “6th Grade” then “Graph points on a coordinate plane” under “Coordinate graphing”

6th GRADE UNIT 6 ENRICHMENT Two-Step Equations

Challenge your student to solve two-step equations. Online practice can be found at www.math-play.com. Click on “Algebra Games” then “Two-Step Equation Game”

6th GRADE UNIT 6 GAMES Brainteasers Brainteasers can be found at www.mathinenglish.com. Click on “Puzzles”

* If your student has trouble memorizing their math facts, you can sign them up for a free account on Xtramath.org to practice and track progress!