Sixth Grade: Over the Break Use these activities with students over the summer break to practice their math skills with...		Home Activities: Patterns and Number Theory Use food items around a home to quiz students on fractions, then have them record the numbers...
Sixth Grade Community Project Ideas Make real-life connections to math: have your students participate in community-focused...		Home Activities: Adding and Subtracting Fractions Estimate the distances to places a family often visits, then have students total how many miles...
Time Management Tips for Students (Grade 6) This list of time management tips will help students create a balanced schedule for all...		Home Activities: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Use favorite recipes to have students practice fractions; calculate how much of each ingredient...
Sixth Grade Community Project: Grocery Shopping Have your students complete this math-based project in their community's grocery stores.		Home Activities: Geometry of Polygons Create designs on a sheet of paper by dividing it into equal sections then folding and coloring...
Sixth Grade Summer Math Encourage students to use math in the summertime by planting a garden, reading maps, and...		Home Activities: Integers and Coordinate Planes Record the temperature throughout the week so students can review comparing integers.
Sixth Grade: Using Technology at Home Use the technological devices in a home, such as a calculator, VCR, and CD-ROM with students...		Home Activities: Solids and Measurement Collect rectangular prisms from home and have students calculate their surface areas.
Home Activities: Statistics (Gr. 6) Students practice using statistics and graphs at home by looking for information in the...		Home Activities: Probability Find the probability of the possible outcomes of hands in a game of cards students like.
Home Activities: Connecting Arithmetic to Algebra Give the student a clothing budget, then have him pick out things he would like to purchase...		Home Activities: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent With grocery receipts, calculate the unit cost of a serving of food that your students enjoy.
Home Activities: Decimals (Gr. 6) Find old grocery receipts for students to practice using decimals for various arithmetic...		Friends Students draw a picture of themselves with a friend and write about what they like to do with...
Home Activities: Measurement (Gr. 6) Plan to redecorate the windows and doors in a home by having students find the area and the...		Know Your Author, Title and Subject Cards Try a library-skills activity that focuses on identifying parts of card catalog cards.