Grade 6 Lesson plan
Pellmore's Valve Crew: Expressions for a Week of Inspections
A grade 6 lesson built on a utility valve crew's weekly count: students write and evaluate expressions with a variable, then solve one-step equations about the work.
Common Core Math · Grade 6
6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions
Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students write an expression for total water cost as a rate times gallons used plus a fixed monthly fee, then evaluate it for a given month's usage. Writing a water bill as an algebraic expression is the bridge from arithmetic word problems to the equations of grade 7 and 8.
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9 materials aligned to 6.EE.A.2
Lesson plans
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Meadowvale Water Bill Expressions: A Grade 6 Lesson
A 45-minute grade 6 lesson where students write and evaluate an algebraic expression for a fictional town's water bill built from a rate and a fixed fee.
Grade 6 Lesson plan
Sable Ridge Water Tower Height and Stability Challenge
Teams design, build, and test a straw-and-tape model water tower across two rounds, meeting a height and load requirement for the fictional town of Sable Ridge.
Worksheets
Grade 6 Worksheet
Harmon Bluff Water Bills: Unit Rates and a Rate Increase
A grade 6 math worksheet using a fictional town's two-part water bill to practice unit rates, writing an expression, and finding a percent rate increase.
Grade 6 Worksheet
Ludbury Water District Logbook: Expressions for Hours
A grade 6 worksheet where students write and evaluate expressions such as 8d + 40 to track a trainee operator's hours toward a state license.
Grade 6 Worksheet
Quarry Ridge's Water Bill: Expressions and a Percent Rate Increase
A grade 6 worksheet where students write and evaluate an expression for a fictional town's two-part water bill, then compare percent increases in a rate change.
Projects
Grade 6 Project
The Petrosyan Water Bill: A Halverpine Home Savings Plan
A four-session grade 6 project in which students audit a fictional household water bill, pick three changes, and build a one-page savings plan for the family.
Grade 6 Project
Sunridge Community Garden: An Irrigation Budget Design Project
A grade 6 multi-session project where teams calculate a fictional garden's water demand, then design a watering plan that fits a fixed weekly gallon budget.
Quizzes & test questions
Grade 6 Quiz & test questions
Design Review of the Hearnside Dam Spillway Plan
A 20-point grade 6 review in which students check a fictional spillway plan against a flood rule and a freeboard rule, then evaluate a wider replacement design.