6th Grade Report Overview

The instructional materials reviewed for The Utah Middle School Math Project Grade 6 meet expectations for alignment to the CCSSM. The materials meet expectations for Gateway 1: focus and coherence by assessing grade-level content, spending the large majority of instructional time on major work of the grade, being coherent with the progressions of the standards, and making meaningful connections between supporting and major work of the grade. The materials are viable for one school year and present all students with opportunities to engage in extensive work with grade-level problems to meet the full intent of grade-level standards. The materials meet expectations for Gateway 2: rigor and the Mathematical Practices as they develop conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts, give attention throughout the year to procedural skill and fluency, spend sufficient time working with engaging applications, and do not always treat the three aspects of rigor together or separately. The materials partially attend to practice-content connections by attending to the full meaning of most of the mathematical practices. The materials do not attend to the full meaning of MP4 and MP5, and they do not assist teachers in engaging students to construct viable arguments and analyze the arguments of others concerning key grade-level mathematics.