Clarifications:
Essential Understandings
Concrete:
- Understand that a number with no sign or the plus sign (e.g., 3 or +3) represents a positive number on a number line.
- Understand that a number with a negative sign (e.g., -3) represents a negative number on a number line.
- Understand the following concepts, symbols, and vocabulary: positive, negative.
| Number: MAFS.6.NS.3.AP.6c | Category: Access Points |
| Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 |
Cluster:
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers. (Major Cluster) : Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters. |