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Dance and Text Unit PlanDance and Text Unit Plan
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New York City Department of Education
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5th - 7th
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Math
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1 mo 5 days
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Dance and Text

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Use texts and dances to teach inequalities and equations. A sixth-grade unit covers using variables in equations and inequalities to solve problems. Learners show what they know at the end of the unit using two performance tasks, one using texts as a context and the other using a dance. Lesson outlines provide teachers with useful material to use to present instruction.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

algebraic equations, equations, inequalities, inequality sign, greater than, less than, solution set, solutions, substitution, variables, independent variables, dependent variables, number lines

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a skills assessment to go along with the performance task
  • Use the annotated responses with fellow teachers in a study of the intent of the standards

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires pupils understand the concept of variables

Pros

  • Includes examples of scored responses for the performance task
  • Provides a list of teacher resources

Cons

  • None

Common Core

MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP6 MP7 6.EE.B.5 6.EE.B.6 6.EE.B.7 6.EE.B.8 6.EE.C.9

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