Jim Dougherty

  • IM / Open Up Grade 6
    • Grade 6: Unit 1 Area and Surface Area
    • Grade 6: Unit 2 Introducing Ratios
    • Grade 6: Unit 3 Unit Rates and Percentages
    • Grade 6: Unit 4 Dividing Fractions
    • Grade 6: Unit 5 Arithmetic in Base Ten
    • Grade 6: Unit 6 Expressions and Equations
    • Grade 6: Unit 7 Rational Numbers
    • Grade 6: Unit 8 Data Sets and Distributions
    • Grade 6: Unit 9  Putting it All Together
  • IM / Open Up Grade 7
    • Grade 7: Unit 1 Scale Drawings
    • Grade 7: Unit 2 Introducing Proportional Relationships
    • Grade 7: Unit 3 Measuring Circles
    • Grade 7: Unit 4 Proportional Relationships and Percentages
    • Grade 7: Unit 5 Rational Number Arithmetic
    • Grade 7: Unit 6 Expressions, Equations and Inequalities
    • Grade 7: Unit 7 Angles, Triangles, and Prisms
    • Grade 7: Unit 8 Probability and Sampling
    • Grade 7: Unit 9 Putting it All Together
  • IM / Open Up Grade 8
    • Grade 8: Unit 1 Rigid Transformations and Congruence
    • Grade 8: Unit 2 Dilations, Similarity, and Introducing Slope
    • Grade 8: Unit 3 Linear Relationships
    • Grade 8: Unit 4 Linear Equations and Linear Systems
    • Grade 8: Unit 5 Functions and Volume
    • Grade 8: Unit 6 Associations in Data
    • Grade 8: Unit 7 Exponents and Scientific Notation
    • Grade 8: Unit 8 – Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers
    • Grade 8: Unit 9 – Putting It All Together

Grade 6: Unit 6 Expressions and Equations

This is a compilation of resources built from the IM/Open Up 6th curriculum.

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Lesson

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6.1 Tape Diagrams and Equations

6.EE.B.5 6.EE.B.6
6.EE.B.7
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Video 1: Understanding Equations (Lessons 1–3)Lesson 1: Tape diagrams and equations
6.2 Truth and Equations

6.EE.B.5
6.EE.B.6
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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– coefficient
– solution to an equation
– variable

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Lesson 2: Truth and equations
6.3 Staying in Balance

6.EE.B.5 6.EE.B.6
6.EE.B.7
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vocab
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– coefficient
– solution to an equation
– variable
Desmos
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Lesson 3: Staying in balance
6.4 Practice Solving Equations and Representing Situations with Equations

6.EE.B
6.EE.B.5
6.EE.B.6
6.EE.B.7
6.NS.B.3
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vocab
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– coefficient
– solution to an equation
– variable
Desmos
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Video 2: Writing and Solving Equations (Lessons 4–7)Lesson 4: Practice solving equations and representing situations with equations: Unit 6: Expressions and equations
6.5 A New Way to Interpret a over b

6.EE.B
6.EE.B.5
6.EE.B.6
6.EE.B.7
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
Google
Powerpoint
– coefficient
– solution to an equation
– variable
Desmos
Geogebra
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html (English)
html (Spanish)
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Points to emphasize
Desmos
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Lesson 5: A new way to interpret a over b

Extra practice: Equations
6.6 Write Expressions Where Letters Stand for Numbers

6.EE.A.2.a
6.EE.A.2.c
6.EE.B.6
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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Lesson 6: Write expressions where letters stand for numbers
6.7 Revisit Percentages

6.EE.B.6
6.EE.B.7
6.RP.A.3.c
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vocab
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Lesson 7: Revisit percentages
6.8 Equal and Equivalent

6.EE.A.4
6.EE.B.5
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vocab
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– equivalent expressionsDesmos
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Video 3: Writing Equivalent Expressions (Lessons 8–11)
6.9 The Distributive Property, Part 1

6.EE.A.3
6.EE.A.4
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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– equivalent expressions
– term
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Lesson 9: The distributive property, part 1
6.10 The Distributive Property, Part 2

6.EE.A.2
6.EE.A.3
6.EE.A.4
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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– equivalent expressions
– term
Desmos
Geogebra
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Press pause
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Lesson 10: The distributive property, part 2
6.11 The Distributive Property, Part 3

6.EE.A.2
6.EE.A.3
6.EE.A.4
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
Google
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– equivalent expressions
– term
Desmos
Geogebra
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Points to emphasize
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Lesson 11: The distributive property, part 3optional
6.12 Meaning of Exponents

6.EE.A.1
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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Video 4: Expressions with Exponents (Lessons 12–15)Lesson 12: Meaning of exponents
6.13 Expressions with Exponents

6.EE.A.1
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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Lesson 13: Expressions with exponents
6.14 Evaluating Expressions with Exponents

6.EE.A.1
6.EE.A.2.c
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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Lesson 14: Evaluating expressions with exponents
6.15 Equivalent Exponential Equations

6.EE.A.1
6.EE.A.2.c
6.EE.B.5
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vocab
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Lesson 15: Equivalent exponential expressions
6.16 Two Related Quantities, Part 1

6.EE.C.9
6.RP.A.1
6.RP.A.3.a
6.RP.A.3.b
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vocab
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– independent variable
– dependent variable
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Video 5: Relationships Between Quantities (Lessons 16–18)Lesson 16: Two related quantities, part 1
6.17 Two Related Quantities, Part 2

6.EE.C.9
6.RP.A.3.a
6.RP.A.3.b
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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– coordinate plane
– independent variable
– dependent variable
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Lesson 17: Two related quantities, part 2
6.18 More Relationships

6.EE.C.9
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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– coordinate plane
– independent variable
– dependent variable
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Lesson 18: More relationships

Extra practice: Expressions
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6.19 Tables, Equations, and Graphs, Oh My!

6.EE.A.2
6.EE.B.7
6.EE.C.9
lesson plan (pdf)

vocab
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IM 6–8 Math was originally developed by Open Up Resources and authored by Illustrative Mathematics®, and is copyright 2017-2019 by Open Up Resources. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). OUR’s 6–8 Math Curriculum is available at https://openupresources.org/math-curriculum/.

Adaptations and updates to IM 6–8 Math are copyright 2019 by Illustrative Mathematics, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Adaptations to add additional English language learner supports are copyright 2019 by Open Up Resources, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

The second set of English assessments (marked as set “B”) are copyright 2019 by Open Up Resources, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Spanish translation of the “B” assessments are copyright 2020 by Illustrative Mathematics, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).