TriadCommunity Unit #2

• Understand ratios and rates and use this understanding to solve problems involving proportional relationships (e.g., unit pricing, constant speed, percent of a quantity)
• Use knowledge of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions
• Deepen understanding of positive and negative numbers and their relationship to one another on the number line
• Apply mathematical properties to write equivalent expressions (e.g., 24x + 18y is equivalent to 6(4x + 3y)
• Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents
• Understand how to solve inequalities and equations with one variable
• Solve real-world problems involving area, surface area and volume
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically
• Attend to precision
• Look for and make use of structure
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

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• Students will build reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, using grade 6 complex texts and other media formats
• Analyze text explicitly using elaborate support and inferential observations
• Determine the theme and summarize text omitting personal opinions and judgments
• Determine the connotative and figurative meanings of words/phrases and analyze the impact of vocabulary on story elements, perspective, theme and tone of text
• Compare and contrast relevant claims in text and across genres, topics and other media formats
• Plan, write, revise and share argumentative, informative and narrative pieces in a clear, organize manner using relevant evidence, content, domain-specific vocabulary, descriptive details and a conclusion
• Use conventions of standard English grammar with particular attention to pronouns when writing or speaking
• Clarify meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words/phrases with a range of strategies including the use of Greek/Latin roots or affixes, word relationships and nuances
• Engage in a range of collaborative discussions on various issues, topics and texts with diverse partners
• Present ideas and claims to an audience using facts, details, adaptive speaking skills and multimedia components

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• Novel Studies: Maniac McGee, Woodsong, Bud, Not Buddy, Number the Stars
• Guided Reading Library/Classroom Library
• www.newsela.com
• Shurley English
• IXL for English

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• ALEKS/Big Ideas
• IXL for math