MARS: Evaluating Statements About Number Operations CCSS 6.NS, 6.EE

From Mathematics Assessment Project CLASSROOM CHALLENGES A Formative Assessment Lesson COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS 6.NS: Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers. 6.EE: Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions. Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities. Mathematics Assessment Resource Service University of Nottingham & UC Berkeley For more details, visit: http://map.mathshell.org This task has 3 parts: 1. pre-assessment (not graded) 2. matching and ordering task (done with partner, consider not grading it or give credit for completion) 3. assessment (graded) The full PDF of this lesson with instructional support: https://www.map.mathshell.org/download.php?fileid=1608 This is my normal routine for a MARS task like this, about 3 class periods (most of it is devoted to part 2): - assign pre-assessment in class, set timer for 15 minutes, emphasize that it's not graded, no worries if not finished - immediately go into part 2, the matching task, randomly assign students in groups of 2 or 3 - go over the task as a whole class, facilitate class discussion - go over the pre-assessment as a whole class, facilitate class discussion - assign part 3, the assessment - based on how students did on the assessment, consider next steps

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