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Pacing calendar for 6th Grade: Big Ideas and Units of Study

September

Understanding Whole Numbers

Estimating with Whole Numbers

Properties of Numbers (include the zero

property)

Order of Operations

Quiz

Understanding Decimals

Comparing and Ordering Decimals

Estimating with Decimals

Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Quiz

Multiplying Decimals

Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, and

1000

Dividing Decimal

Order of Operations with Decimals

Unit Test

October

Describing a Pattern

Variable and Expressions

Writing Algebraic Expressions

Using number sense to solve One-StepEquations

Solving Addition Equations

Quiz

Solving Subtractions Equations

Solving Multiplication and Division

Equations

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Solving Two Step Equations

The Distributive Property

Unit Test

Divisibility and Mental Math

Exponents (Order of Operations)

Quiz

Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization

November

Greatest Common Factor

Equivalent Fractions

Mixed numbers and Improper Fractions

Quiz

Least Common Multiple

Comparing and Ordering Fractions

Fractions and Decimals

Unit Test

Estimating Sums and Differences(Benchmarks)

Fractions with like Denominators (Adding

and Subtracting)

Fractions with Unlike Denominators

(Adding and Subtracting)

Quiz

Adding Mixed Numbers

Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Quiz

Multiplying Fractions

Multiplying Mixed Numbers

Dividing Fractions

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Dividing with Mixed Numbers

Unit Test

December

Ratios

Unit Rates

Quiz

Understanding Proportions

Solving Proportions

Scale Drawings

Unit Rates

Percents, Fractions, and Decimals

Finding the Percent of a Number

Estimating with Percents

Unit Test

January

Points, Lines, Segments, and Rays

Angles

Classifying Triangles

Quiz

Exploring and Classifying Polygons

Congruent and Similar Figures

Unit Test

February

Metric Units of Length, Mass, and Capacity

Converting Units in the Metric System

Quiz

Perimeter and Areas of Rectangles

Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles

Quiz

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Circles and Circumference

Area of a circle

Quiz

Three-Dimensional Figures and Spatial

Reasoning

Surface Areas of Prisms

Volumes of Rectangular Prisms

Quiz

Surface areas and Volumes of Cylinders

Unit Test

March

Exploring Integers

Comparing and Ordering Integers

Quiz

Adding Integers

Subtracting Integers

Quiz

Multiplying Integers

Dividing Integers

Quiz

Solving Equations with Integers

Graphing in the Coordinate Plane

Graphing Functions

Unit Test

April

Tree Diagrams and the Counting Principle

Probability

Quiz

Experimental Probability

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Making Predictions from Data

Quiz

Independent Events

Dependent Events

Unit Test

May

June