3-8 Unit Dependency Chart
3-5 IM Scope and Sequence
Why these? Student Achievement Partners' instructional considerations & See Illustrative Mathematics' guidance
(21–22 days) (MA)
Optional Lesson: 16
Geometry
G.A Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
G.A: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
use different reasoning strategies to find the area of shapes
find the area of a parallelogram by breaking it apart and rearranging the pieces to form a rectangle
use knowledge of the area of parallelograms to find the area of triangles
reason about the area of any polygon by decomposing and rearranging it
know what the surface area of a three-dimensional object means and can find the surface area
explain how to find the volume of a rectangular prism using cubes that have a unit fraction as their edge length
Which One? (Stages 5, 6, 7)
How Are They the Same? (Stages 4, 5)
Can You Draw It? (Stages 4, 5, 6, 7)
Can You Build It? (Stages 2, 3)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
EE.A.2
G.A.1
G.A.2
G.A.3
G.A.4
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - Geometry
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
Not until after Unit 7 for items #1 and #5
(19 days)
Optional Lessons: none
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
RP.A Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
RP.A: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
use diagrams to represent a ratio
use number lines to represent equivalent ratios
use ratios to compare situations
use tables to represent equivalent ratios
use strategies to solve ratio problems
How Close? (Stages 6, 7, 9)
Compare (Stages 4, 5, 6, 8)
Five in a Row: Multiplication & Division (Stages 3, 4)
Number Puzzles: Multiplication & Division (Stage 2)
Rectangle Rumble (Stages 4, 5)
Rolling for Fractions (Stages 2, 4, 5)
Would You Rather (Stages 2, 3)
Creating Line Plots (Stages 3, 4)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
(18–19 days)
Optional Lesson: 2
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
RP.A Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
RP.A: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
calculate and interpret the two unit rates associated with a ratio
apply reasoning about ratios and rates to convert and compare (in writing) distances expressed in different units
use tape diagrams and double number lines to understand and represent percentages
explain how to solve problems involving the percentages 10%, 25%, 50%, and 75% by reasoning about the fractions
110,14, 12, and 34
solve different problems like “What is 40% of 60?” by dividing and multiplying
How Close? (Stages 5, 6)
Compare (Stage 3)
Five in a Row: Multiplication & Division (Stage 2)
Rectangle Rumble (Stage 3)
Rolling for Fractions (Stages 2, 4, 5)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
(20 days) (MA)
Optional Lessons: none
The Number System
NS.A Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
NS.A: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
use a tape diagram to represent equal-sized groups and find the number of groups
use diagrams and multiplication and division equations to represent and answer “how much in each group?” questions
apply dividing by fractions to calculate the side length of a rectangle, given its area and the other side length
describe and apply a rule to divide numbers by any fraction
Tic Tac Round (Stage 1)
Target Numbers (Stages 6, 7)
How Close? (Stages 4, 5, 6, 7)
Compare (Stages 4, 8)
Five in a Row: Multiplication & Division (Stages 2, 3, 4)
Rectangle Rumble (Stage 2)
Capture Squares (Stage 6)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - Divide Fractions by Fractions
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
(16–18 days) (MA)
Optional Lessons: 2, 15
The Number System
NS.B.2 Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.
NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
NS.B.2: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
use the partial quotients method to find a quotient of two whole numbers when the quotient is a whole number
use long division to find a quotient of two whole numbers when the quotient is a whole number and not a whole number
NS.B.3: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
use diagrams and place value understanding to represent and reason about addition and subtraction of decimals,
solve problems that involve addition and subtraction of decimals
know how to use a product of whole numbers to find a product of decimals
use an algorithm to calculate the product of two decimals, and explain (orally) the solution method
explain the division of a decimal by a whole number in terms of equal-sized groups
use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on decimals to solve problems
Get Your Numbers in Order (Stages 4, 5)
Greatest of Them All (Stages 3, 4)
Mystery Number (Stages 5, 6)
Tic Tac Round (Stage 3)
Target Numbers (Stages 8, 9)
How Close? (Stages 7, 8)
Compare (Stages 4, 5)
Number Puzzles: Multiplication & Division (Stages 1, 2)
Jump the Line (Stages 2, 3)
Would You Rather (Stage 2)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
6.NS.B.2
6.NS.B.3
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - Multidigit Numbers, Factors, and Multiples
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
(20–22 days) (MA)
Optional Lessons: 11, 18
Expressions and Equations
EE.A Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
EE.B Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
EE.C Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
EE.A: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
Understanding and evaluating algebraic expressions.
Writing and evaluating numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
Writing, reading, and evaluating expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
Identifying when two expressions are equivalent
EE.B: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
Understanding that solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true?
Using variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem
Solving real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations
Writing an inequality of the form x > c or x < c in the context of a real world or mathematical problem
EE.C: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
Using variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another;
Writing an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable.
Analyzing the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation. For example, in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times, and write the equation d=65t to represent the relationship between distance and time.
Compare (Stages 3, 4, 6)
Five in a Row: Multiplication & Division (Stages 2, 3, 4)
Number Puzzles: Multiplication & Division (Stages 1, 2)
Rectangle Rumble (Stages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Watch Your Remainder (Stages 1)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
EE.A.1
EE.A.2
EE.A.3
EE.A.4
EE.B.5
EE.B.6
EE.B.7
EE.B.8
EE.C.9
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - Algebraic Expressions
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
Or
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - One-Variable Expressions and Equations
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
Or
CAASPP Focused Interim Assessment Block: Grade 6 - Dependent and Independent Variables
Interim Assessment Item Portal (pdf/print) or Test Administrator Interface (digital)
(20–21 days)
Optional Lesson: 19
The Number System
NS.C Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
NS.C: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
Understanding that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values
Understanding a rational number as a point on the number line.
Understanding of ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.
Extending number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.
Which One? (Stages 5, 6, 7)
Picture Books (Stages 3)
How Are They the Same? (Stages 4, 5)
Can You Draw It? (Stages 4, 5, 6, 7)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
6.NS.B.4
6.NS.C.5
6.NS.C.6
6.NS.C.7
6.NS.C.8
(21 days) (MA)
Optional Lessons: none
Statistics and Probability
SP.A Develop understanding of statistical variability.
SP.B Summarize and describe distributions.
SP.A: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
Recognizing a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.
Understanding that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
Recognizing that a measure of center (e.g., arithmetic mean, median, mode) for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation (e.g., range, mean absolute deviation) describes how its values vary with a single number.
SP.B: Learning Goals and IM Assessments
Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.
How Close? (Stage 9)
Compare (Stages 5, 6)
Five in a Row: Multiplication & Division (Stage 3)
Number Puzzles: Multiplication & Division (Stage 2)
Rectangle Rumble (Stages 4, 5)
Rolling for Fractions (Stage 4)
Would You Rather (Stages 2, 3)
Creating Line Plots (Stages 3, 4)
These resource sheets adapted from Howard County Public Schools and commoncoresheets.com can be used for independent practice or homework. They are intended to reinforce procedures and concepts.
They should not be used as a source of direct instruction or whole-group practice.
SP.A.1
SP.A.2
SP.A.3
SP.B.4
SP.B.5