Georgia 6.MP
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
Display perseverance and patience in problem-solving. Demonstrate skills and strategies needed to succeed in mathematics, including critical thinking, reasoning, and effective collaboration and expression. Seek help and apply feedback. Set and monitor goals.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards
Cluster contents
Expectations in This Standard
6.MP is a Georgia mathematics standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 6.MP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
- 6.MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
- 6.MP.3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
- 6.MP.4
Model with mathematics.
- 6.MP.5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
- 6.MP.6
Attend to precision.
- 6.MP.7
Look for and make use of structure.
- 6.MP.8
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tackle unfamiliar problems, test strategies, and revise their work when a plan fails. They explain their reasoning, collaborate productively, ask for specific help, and apply feedback. They set a goal and monitor their progress.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students keep working when the first plan fails and can explain what they tried. They ask specific questions, use feedback to revise, and track progress toward a clear goal.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think being good at math means solving problems quickly. They may repeat the same failed step and call it persistence, or copy feedback without understanding it.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: “A rectangle has area 48 square units and whole-number side lengths. Find all possible perimeters, then name one strategy change you made.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs 24 square tiles to build every possible rectangle, recording each attempt, dead end, and strategy change.
Ask students to write: “When did you get stuck, what help did you request, and how did feedback change your work?”
Run an error-analysis relay where teams identify a wrong step, explain why it failed, and revise the solution before passing it on.
Have groups plan snack packs within a fixed budget, compare options, revise after peer feedback, and justify their final choice.
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