Guzinta Math: Order and Absolute Value

Math lesson for 6th grade for teaching inequalities. Video instruction, worked examples, guided practice, and instructor notes.

To download all of Grade 6 for Windows or Mac, see https://guzintamath.com/downloads/guzintamath6.html. For one-on-one or whole-class mathematics instruction, use this Guzinta Math lesson as a supplement for teaching about comparing and ordering rational numbers, estimating the magnitude of fractions, and absolute value--key concepts in 6th grade. NEW 5.0 version contains a slicker look, an exploratory module on modeling fraction comparison using an interactive modeling tool, and extra practice questions which appear progressively over 3 weeks from starting the app. This lesson app also includes the popular Practice Meter feature, which can keep track of each student's practice level for this app across sessions. The purpose of the Practice Meter is to motivate students to come back and revisit this content and complete modules at regular intervals. Revisit the lesson app to keep your Practice Meter out of the red (or in the blue). It becomes easier over time to maintain your practice level above the key levels of 80 or 25, because the meter depletes much more slowly after a week, then a month, then 3 months, has passed. The Order and Absolute Value lesson app also includes a NOTES feature: helpful tips for students, self-explanation questions, further information, and even suggestions for extension or family involvement--for every question and example! Guzinta Math: Order and Absolute Value focuses on comparing rational numbers with and without number lines, ordering rational numbers, and understanding absolute value expressions as well as comparing and ordering with absolute value. In this lesson, students have the opportunity to practice estimating the magnitude of fractions using a blank number line. For one-on-one or whole-class mathematics instruction, use this Guzinta Math lesson as a supplement for teaching about comparing and ordering rational numbers, estimating the magnitude of fractions, and absolute value--key concepts in 6th grade. The app includes detailed instructor notes for each guided practice problem, with notes about extending discussion around each worked example and problem. Instructors and/or students can turn on and use the new canvas feature (with improved writing functionality) in the app to write all over the screen--take notes, highlight key terms and ideas, show work, etc.