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-Step

Equations

• Solving Addition Equations

Quiz

• Solving Subtractions Equations

• Solving Multiplication and Division

Equations
 • 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
 • 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
 • 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
 • Making Predictions from Data

Quiz

• Independent Events

• Dependent Events

Unit Test

May

June