Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

 

Course Title: Grade Six Mathematics                                                    Grade: Six

 

Unit: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

 

Month Presented:  April-May                           Unit Length (in weeks): Three

 

Essential Question (s):

 

ü      What is the relationship among ratios, proportions, and percents?

 

Learning Objectives:

 

Students will be able to:

ü      express quantities using ratios and rates

ü      write and solve proportions

ü      identify similar figures and solve for missing lengths

ü      express percents as fractions and decimals

ü      find the percent of a number

 

 

Skills:

 

Students will be able to:

ü      express two quantities as a ratio

ü      find ratios equal to a given ratio

ü      express two quantities with different units as a rate

ü      identify what a proportion is

ü      test to see if two ratios form a proportion

ü      solve proportions using cross products

ü      solve proportions using unit rates

ü      identify what similar figures are

ü      use proportions to find lengths in a similar figure

ü      express a quantity as a percent

ü      estimate percents

ü      express percents as fractions and decimals

ü      express fractions and decimals as percents

ü      find a percent of a number

ü      find a whole when given a percent and a part

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructional Strategies & Activities:

ü      note taking

ü      games

ü      group work; cooperative learning

ü      competitive review games

ü      reflection and self-assessment

ü      solution sharing

ü      independent practice

ü      Enrichment Problems (“Stretches,” “Challenges”, “Mind Extensions”, “Bonus Questions”)

ü      Standardized testing

ü      Daily homework/Error analysis

 

Materials Utilized:

ü      textbook

ü      teacher generated worksheets

ü      calculators

ü      manipulatives

ü      flash cards

ü      games

ü      technology (Internet, software)

 

Assessment Strategies:

ü      discussion

ü      daily class performance

ü      openers; warm-ups

ü      tests and quizzes

ü      pop-quizzes

ü      notebook checks

ü      journal writing