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Ratios Lesson PlanRatios Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
6th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Types
Assessments
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2015
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Language
English, Arabic
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Ratios

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Create ratios using the boys and girls in the class. The first instructional activity in a 29-part series introduces ratios. Pupils learn to create ratios, write them, and model them with tape diagrams. Class members realize that there are different ways of writing ratios and that the order of the numbers does make a difference.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

ratios, equivalent ratios

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use manipulatives and objects to create ratios
  • Have individuals model each ratio with tape diagrams

Classroom Considerations

  • It is helpful if the class has used tape diagrams

Pros

  • Provides a detailed description that ratios are numbers not quantities
  • The resource comes in pdf and doc formats

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.3.a MP6

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