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Curriculum Guides 2003-2004
Mathematics - CA: Grade 6

Algebraic Concepts
Expressions: Write/Evaluate
The learner will be able to write and/or evaluate algebraic expressions based on a certain scenario, and apply at most, three variables.
Strand Source Activities
Expressions CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.2 Classroom
  
Expressions: Order of Operations
The learner will be able to use the concept of order of operations, as well as properties (commutative, associative, distributive) to determine the value of expressions, justifying all steps in the process.
Strand Source Activities
Expressions CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.3 Classroom
  
Identify Sentence
The learner will be able to identify the number sentence to be used in solving a word problem.
Strand Source Activities
Identify Sentence California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Missing Element
The learner will be able to identify the missing part of an equation.
Strand Source Activities
Missing Information California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Missing Elements Order of Operations
The learner will be able to solve for the missing element in a given equation, using the correct order of operations when necessary.
Strand Source Activities
Missing Information California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Order of Operations: Determine
The learner will be able to determine the correct order of calculations when more than one operation is to be performed.
Strand Source Activities
Order of Operations California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Order of Operations: Solve/Calculator
The learner will be able to obtain problem solutions manually through the correct order of operations or by applying a scientific calculator.
Strand Source Activities
Order of Operations CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.4 Classroom
  
Linear Equations: Solve
The learner will be able to obtain solutions to elementary linear equations.
Strand Source Activities
Linear Equations CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.0 Classroom
  
Linear Equations: Solve/One Step
The learner will be able to obtain solutions to one step linear equations.
Strand Source Activities
Linear Equations CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.1 Classroom
  
Linear Equations: Write
The learner will be able to write basic one step linear equations.
Strand Source Activities
Linear Equations CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.1 Classroom
  
Expressions: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate algebraic expressions.
Strand Source Activities
Expressions CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.0 Classroom
  
Expressions: Variables
The learner will be able to apply variables in expressions that describe geometric quantities.
Strand Source Activities
Expressions CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 3.1 Classroom
  
Expressions: Write/Sentences/Equations
The learner will be able to write verbal expressions and sentences as algebraic expressions and equations.
Strand Source Activities
Expressions CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.0 Classroom
  
Rate: Demonstrate Understanding
The learner will be able to illustrate an understanding of rate being a measure of one quantity per unit value of another.
Strand Source Activities
Rates CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 2.2 Classroom
  
Computation: Precision
The learner will be able to perform precise computations.
Strand Source Activities
Computation CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Mathematical Reasoning, 2.7 Classroom
  
Computation: Problems/Arithmetic
The learner will be able to compute and obtain solutions to problems that involve the basic arithmetic operations.
Strand Source Activities
Computation CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Number Sense, 2.0 Classroom
  
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Data Interpretation
Bar Graphs: Identify/Compare
The learner will be able to identify or compare amounts in a bar graph.
Strand Source Activities
Bar Graphs California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Table: Compute
The learner will be able to identify values from the graph, compare values from the graph, determine the value of multiple entries, and perform the necessary calculations to find the missing parts of a table.
Strand Source Activities
Tables/Charts California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Graphing: Results
The learner will be able to graph and/or interpret results.
Strand Source Activities
Graphing CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 1.0 Classroom
  
Circle Graphs: Identify/Amounts
The learner will be able to identify amounts shown in a circle graph.
Strand Source Activities
Circle Graphs California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
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Add 2 Numbers: 3 Decimals
The learner will be able to add 2 numbers with 3 decimals (regrouping when necessary).
Strand Source Activities
Add Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Add Decimals/Whole Numbers
The learner will be able to add decimal numbers and whole numbers.
Strand Source Activities
Add Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Add 2 Numbers: 1-2 Decimals
The learner will be able to add 2 numbers with 1-2 decimals as part of real-world scenarios (regrouping when necessary).
Strand Source Activities
Add Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtract Decimals: Regrouping
The learner will be able to subtract decimals that require regrouping.
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtract 2 Numbers: 1-2 Decimals
The learner will be able to subtract 2 numbers with 1-2 decimals (regrouping when necessary).
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtract Decimal from Whole Number
The learner will be able to subtract a decimal number from a whole number.
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtract 2 Numbers: 3+ Decimals
The learner will be able to subtract 2 numbers with 3 or more decimals, in the context of real world scenarios (regrouping when necessary).
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Multiply 2 Numbers: 2 Decimals
The learner will be able to multiply 2 numbers with 2 decimals (regrouping when necessary).
Strand Source Activities
Multiply Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Decimals for Part of a Set
The learner will be able to identify the decimals that correspond to partially shaded figures.
Strand Source Activities
Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Decimals and Equivalent Fractions
The learner will be able to determine equivalent fractions and decimals.
Strand Source Activities
Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Divide Decimal by Whole Number
The learner will be able to divide a decimal number by a whole number.
Strand Source Activities
Divide Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Compare Decimals: Up to 0.000001
The learner will be able to compare decimal numbers up to the millionths place (0.000001) using the order symbols (<, >, =).
Strand Source Activities
Compare Decimals California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
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Compare/Order Fractions
The learner will be able to order and compare fractions, compare fractions with different denominators, compare a fraction with its lowest term, find a missing number in a fraction equation, and identify, from a list of fractions with different denominators, which fraction is the largest.
Strand Source Activities
Compare Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Problem Solving: Basic Operations
The learner will be able to obtain solutions to problems involving the basic operations with positive fractions and describe why a particular operation was applied in a given scenario.
Strand Source Activities
Problem Solving CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Number Sense, 2.1 Classroom
  
Multiply/Divide Fractions: Describe
The learner will be able to describe the process used to multiply and divide positive fractions and perform the calculations.
Strand Source Activities
Multiply/Divide Fractions CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Number Sense, 2.2 Classroom
  
Add 2 Fractions: Like Denominators
The learner will be able to add two fractions with like denominators where denominators are less than 10.
Strand Source Activities
Add Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Add 2 Fractions: Different Denominators
The learner will be able to add two fractions with different denominators.
Strand Source Activities
Add Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Adding: Mixed Fractions
The learner will be able to add mixed fractions.
Strand Source Activities
Add Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtract: Like Denominators/Less Than 40
The learner will be able to subtract two fractions with like denominators where denominators are less than 40.
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtract Fractions: Unlike Denominators
The learner will be able to subtract two fractions with different denominators.
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Subtracting Mixed Fractions
The learner will be able to subtract two mixed fractions.
Strand Source Activities
Subtract Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Multiply 1 Whole Number and 1 Fraction
The learner will be able to multiply a whole number by a fraction.
Strand Source Activities
Multiply Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Multiply 2 Fractions
The learner will be able to multiply 2 fractions.
Strand Source Activities
Multiply Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Fraction Parts: Understand/Match
The learner will be able to show an understanding of fractions by matching fractions with the appropriate diagrams of partially shaded figures.
Strand Source Activities
Fraction Parts California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Compare Fractions: To 1
The learner will be able to compare a fraction to 1.
Strand Source Activities
Compare Fractions California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Problem Solving: LCM/GCF
The learner will be able to obtain solutions to problems involving fractions through the application of the least common multiple and/or greatest common factor concepts.
Strand Source Activities
Problem Solving CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Number Sense, 2.4 Classroom
  
Problem Solving: Fractions
The learner will be able to solve problems that involve fractions.
Strand Source Activities
Problem Solving CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Number Sense, 1.0 Classroom
  
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Figures: Identify
The learner will be able to identify squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, ovals, cubes, spheres, and/or cones.
Strand Source Activities
Figures: Identify California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Figures: Extend Knowledge
The learner will be able to extend their knowledge of geometric figures (2D/3D) and apply this knowledge in obtaining problem solutions.
Strand Source Activities
Figures CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 1.0 Classroom
  
Angles
The learner will be able to identify, describe, estimate, and apply knowledge of various angles (including adjacent, vertical, straight, acute, right, obtuse, supplementary, and complementary).
Strand Source Activities
Angles California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Angles: Problem Solving
The learner will be able to apply the properties of complementary and supplementary angles, as well as the angles of a triangle to obtain solutions to problems involving an unknown angle.
Strand Source Activities
Angles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.2 Classroom
  
Figures: Identify/Real World
The learner will be able to identify shapes in real world objects and drawings.
Strand Source Activities
Figures: Real World California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Lines: Describe/Relationships/Identify
The learner will be able to describe the relationships between different lines and identify properties of intersecting, diagonal, horizontal, vertical, parallel, and perpendicular lines.
Strand Source Activities
Lines California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Angles: Adjacent
The learner will be able to identify and define angles which are adjacent.
Strand Source Activities
Angles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.1 Classroom
  
Angles: Complementary
The learner will be able to identify and define angles which are complementary.
Strand Source Activities
Angles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.1 Classroom
  
Angles: Supplementary
The learner will be able to identify and define angles which are supplementary.
Strand Source Activities
Angles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.1 Classroom
  
Angles: Vertical
The learner will be able to identify and define vertical angles.
Strand Source Activities
Angles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.1 Classroom
  
Triangles: Draw
The learner will be able to make drawings of triangles when provided with information about them.
Strand Source Activities
Triangles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.3 Classroom
  
Circle: Understand Pi
The learner will be able to illustrate an understanding of pi.
Strand Source Activities
Circles CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 1.1 Classroom
  
Circle: Radius/Diameter/Chord
The learner will be able to determine possible values for either radius, diameter, or chords of a circle with given measurements.
Strand Source Activities
Circles California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Geometric Concepts: Pi Estimates
The learner will be able to know estimates for pi.
Strand Source Activities
Geometric Concepts CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 1.2 Classroom
  
Properties of Figures: Identify
The learner will be able to recognize the properties of two-dimensional figures.
Strand Source Activities
Properties of Figures CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.0 Classroom
  
Properties of Figures: Describe
The learner will be able to make descriptions of the properties of two-dimensional figures.
Strand Source Activities
Properties of Figures CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.0 Classroom
  
Quadrilaterals: Draw
The learner will be able to make drawings of quadrilaterals when provided with information about them.
Strand Source Activities
Quadrilaterals CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 2.3 Classroom
  
Geometric Relationships: Display
The learner will be able to display basic relationships with a basis in geometry in symbolic form.
Strand Source Activities
Geometric Relationships CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 3.2 Classroom
  
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Mathematics Processes
Reasoning: Approach Problems
The learner will be able to decide about the manner in which to approach a given problem.
Strand Source Activities
Reasoning CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Mathematical Reasoning, 1.0 Classroom
  
Mathematical Reasoning: Explain
The learner will be able to apply many different methods to describe mathematical reasoning such as words, numbers, symbols, graphical forms, and/or models.
Strand Source Activities
Reasoning CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Mathematical Reasoning, 2.4 Classroom
  
Conjecture: Create/Mathematical
The learner will be able to create mathematical conjectures based on a general explanation of the mathematical question or problem posed.
Strand Source Activities
Conjecture/Argument CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Mathematical Reasoning, 1.2 Classroom
  
Conjecture: Justify/Mathematical
The learner will be able to justify mathematical conjectures based on a general explanation of the mathematical question or problem posed.
Strand Source Activities
Conjecture/Argument CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Mathematical Reasoning, 1.2 Classroom
  
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Time: Story Problems
The learner will be able to calculate time changes, solve story problems, add, subtract, multiply, divide, and convert time, and solve multiple step problems.
Strand Source Activities
Time California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Money: Coin Value/Add Coins
The learner will be able to identify the value of a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny and complete the following: adding different coins, choosing correct combinations of coins to make an exact amount, and counting by nickels, dimes, or quarters.
Strand Source Activities
Money California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Temperature: Calculating
The learner will be able to read temperature, add and subtract degrees of temperature, identify coldest and warmest temperature, calculate the average/mean and range of temperature.
Strand Source Activities
Temperature California Achievement Test (CAT), Version 5, Level 16 week tested: 36. Classroom
  
Circumference: Estimate/Calculate
The learner will be able to apply estimates for the value of pi to estimate and compute the circumferences and areas of circles, and then make comparisons to measurements.
Strand Source Activities
Circumference CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 1.2 Classroom
  
Formula: Compare
The learner will be able to compare and describe the similarities between the formulas for the volumes of triangular prisms and cylinders with the formula for the volume of a rectangular solid.
Strand Source Activities
Formulas CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Measurement and Geometry, 1.3 Classroom
  
Distance/Rate/Time: Problem Solving
The learner will be able to obtain problem solutions that involve distance, rate, and/or time.
Strand Source Activities
Distance/Rate/Time/Acceleration CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Algebra and Functions, 2.3 Classroom
  
Problem Solving: Proportions
The learner will be able to obtain problem solutions by applying proportions.
Strand Source Activities
Problem Solving CA: STAR Blueprints, 2001, Grade 6, Number Sense, 1.3 Classroom
  
Perimeter: Square/Rectangle/Triangle
The learner will be able to find the perimeter of a square, rectangle, triang