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- 09/06/16 | Adjusted: 10/09/19 | 2 files
- Grades 6
- 09/06/16 | Adjusted: 10/09/19 | 2 files
Number System
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This mini-assessment is designed to illustrate aspects of standards 6.NS.B.2 and 6.NS.B.3, specifically the expectation that students perform computations with multi-digit numbers fluently. This mini-assessment is designed for teachers to use either in the classroom, for self-learning, or in professional development settings to:
As shown by this mini-assessment, students can and should continue to draw on their conceptual understanding both to evaluate reasonableness of computations and to use opportunistic strategies instead of procedures for problems that lend themselves to such approaches. This is true for 6.NS.B.2 and 6.NS.B.3 which are the capstone of work with operations in earlier grades. This consolidation of learning provides an opportunity for Grade 6 students to demonstrate fluency with whole numbers and decimals for all four operations. This mini-assessment centers on the required fluencies in the grade 6 standards. The problems highlight the four operations with whole numbers, decimals and fractions.
The standards call for the fluency using the standard algorithm for each operation. In earlier grades, the standards built students’ understanding of the mathematics leading to the standard algorithms. In grade 6, students should be using them to perform fast and accurate calculations. Students who leave grade 6 without meeting the expectations of 6.NS.B.2 and 6.NS.B.3 may have difficulty with operations on all rational numbers called for in the grade 7 standards and may struggle to evaluate the reasonableness of their answers to computation problems.
