Math 6 Lesson

What's the Relationship? Introducing Ratios

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6th gradeUDL with gradual releaseCCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.1, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.2, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.340 min

Learning Objective

Students will be able to write, interpret, and compare ratios (part-to-part and part-to-whole) and identify equivalent ratios in real-world contexts.

Lesson Overview

Students move from identifying part-to-part and part-to-whole ratios in garden contexts to writing equivalent ratios and applying unit rates, using UDL principles of multiple means of representation and gradual release from teacher-guided to fully independent reasoning.

Materials

Whiteboard or vertical surface and markers
Pencil and paper

Scaffolded Task Progression

1Task 1

A garden has 3 tulips and 5 roses. Write the ratio of tulips to roses in all three forms. Then write the ratio of tulips to total flowers in all three forms.

Word form: ___ to ___
Fraction form: ___/___
Colon form: ___:___

2Task 2

Maria's garden has tulips and roses. The ratio of tulips to total flowers is 3:8. Decide whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE. Be ready to explain.
A) The ratio of roses to tulips is 5:3.B) The ratio of total flowers to tulips is 8:3.C) For every 8 flowers, there are 3 roses.D) There are more roses than tulips.

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