Durham Intermediate School, Southlake, TX         Sixth Grade Mathematics         Lance.Mangham@southlakecarroll.edu

HOMEWORK CALENDAR: ACCELERATED MATH 2026-2027
Q = Quizzle      +/- 1 day
  Week of August 10 Week of August 17
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M MEET THE TEACHER   Exponents  
T First day of school - Welcome!
  Order of Operations  
W Classroom Orientation / Rational Numbers   STAR WARS DAY
Algebraic Expressions and Variables
 
Th Operations with Decimals   Expressions and Equations  
F Squares and Square Roots   Properties of Numbers  
  Week of August 24 Week of August 31
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M TEAMBUILDING DAY   Subtracting Integers  
T Fraction Basics/F->D/Factors & Multiples   MAP Testing Day  
W Ordering Positive Fractions /
Adding and Subtracting Positive Fractions
  Adding and Subtracting Integers  
Th Integer Basics/Adding Integers   FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFT DAY
Multiplying and Dividing Integers
 
F TEST 1
  All Integers Operations  
  Week of September 7 Week of September 14
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M HOLIDAY   Dividing Fractions  
T Scientific Notation   Dividing Fractions Word Problems /
Fantasy Football Scoring
 
W Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers NFL First Game All Fraction Operations  
Th Multiplying Fractions   Hands-On Equations  
F Multiplying Fractions Word Problems   How To Show Work / One-Step Equations  
  Week of September 21 Week of September 28
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M TEST 2   Dsitribuitve/Equation Word Problems  
T Two-Step Equations   Equivalent Expressions  
W Equation Word Problems   Equations with Variables on Both Sides  
Th Equation Word Problems   Equation Word Problems  
F Combining Like Terms/Distributive Property   Star Wars Equations Escape Room  
  Week of October 5 Week of October 12
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Introduction to Inequalities/
One-Step Inequalities
  HOLIDAY  
T TEST 3   Multi-Step Inequalities  
W Two-Step Inequalities   Inequality Word Problems  
Th FIELD DAY   Ratios, Rates & Unit Rates  
F HOLIDAY   Unit Rates / Bargain Hunters  
  Week of October 19 Week of October 26
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Proportions   Percentages/Fraction-Decimal-Percent  
T Proportion Word Problems   Big Blank Number Line  
W Scale Drawings   TEST 4  
Th Customary/Metric Conversions   FDP, Percent Lines, Percent of a Number  
F Customary/Metric Conversions   Sales and Discounts I  
  Week of November 2 Week of November 9
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Percent Equations / Percent Lines   Best Math Student in the World  
T Percent Equations / Percent Lines   Percent Change/Markup & Markdown  
W Iron Chef Mangham hosts Chopped!   Coordinate Plane / Direct Variation  
Th Percent Equations Word Problems   Writing an Equation for a Proportional Relationship  
F Sales & Discounts II/Percent Change   TEST 5  
  Week of November 16 Week of November 23
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Proportional Relationships & Graphs   THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY No HW
T Analyzing Graphs   THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY No HW
W Introduction to Rate of Change & Slope [3.2]   THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY No HW
Th Slope [3.2]   THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY No HW
F Unit Rate & Slope [3.3]   THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY No HW
  Week of November 30 Week of December 7
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Linear Non-Proportional Equations [4.1] (Q13)   TEST 6 (through 4.5)  
T Slope & y-Intercept [4.2]   MAP Testing Day  
W Graphing Using Slope & y-Intercept [4.3]
Prop. vs. Non-Prop. [4.4]
  Design Your Water Park  
Th Systems of Linear Equations [4.5]   Design Your Water Park  
F Linear Equations [5.1]   Fall Exam Review  
  Week of December 14  
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Fall Exam Review   WINTER HOLIDAY No HW
T FALL MATH EXAM PART I   WINTER HOLIDAY No HW
W FALL MATH EXAM PART II   WINTER HOLIDAY No HW
Th Holiday Activities   WINTER HOLIDAY No HW
F Holiday Activities   WINTER HOLIDAY No HW
  Weeks of January 4 Week of January 11
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M WINTER HOLIDAY   Barbie Bungee  
T Review of Linear Equations [5.1]   Barbie Bungee
 
W Linear Equations from Tables [5.2] / [5.3]   Comparing Functions Day 2
[6.3]
 
Th Linear Relationships and Bivariate Data [5.3]
Input/Output and Functions [6.1]
  Additional Functions Day  
F Describing Functions [6.2]
  BEGIN BATTLE OF THE BIGGEST POP HITS
Measures of Center of Data + Range
 
  Week of January 18 Week of January 25
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M HOLIDAY   Battle of the Biggest Pop Hits Day 1  
T Measures of Spread of Data (Quartiles, MAD)   Battle of the Biggest Pop Hits Day 2  
W TEST 7   Battle of the Biggest Pop Hits Day 3  
Th Measures of Spread of Data (MAD) +
Shape of Data
  Battle of the Biggest Pop Hits Day 4  
F Graphs + Scatter Plots   Battle of the Biggest Pop Hits Day 5  
  Week of February 1 Week of February 8
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Battle of the Biggest Pop Hits Day 6/
Geometry Vocabulary
  Transformation Emblems  
Tu Similar & Congruent Figures   Angles (Measuring, Complementary/Supplementary)  
W TEST 8   Triangles (Side Lengths, Sum of Angles)
Triangle (Sides of Triangles, AA Similarity)
 
Th Transformations: Translations & Reflections   Transversals & Angles  
F Transformations: Rotations & Dilations   HOLIDAY  
  Week of February 15 Week of February 22
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M HOLIDAY   Area of Circles  
T Transversals & Angles   Area of Circles  
W Perimeter, Area of Rectangles, Parallelograms   Area of Composite Shapes/25 Putt-Putt Holes  
Th Area of Triangles and Trapezoids   3D Shape Vocabulary  
F Circle Basics and Circumference   TEST 9  
  Week of March 1 Week of March 8
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Volume of Prisms & Pyramids   Surface Area of Cylinders  
T Surface Area of Prisms   Volume and Surface Area Activity (Ice Cream)  
W Surface Area of Pyramids   Volume & Surface Area Activity  
Th Volume of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres   CATCH UP DAY  
F Volume of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres   SPRING BREAK  
  Week of March 15 Week of March 22
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M SPRING BREAK   Simplifying Radicals  
T SPRING BREAK   TEST 10  
  SPRING BREAK   Pythagorean Theorem  
W SPRING BREAK   Applications of Pythagorean Theorem  
F SPRING BREAK   HOLIDAY  
  Week of March 29 Week of April 5
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M HOLIDAY   BEGIN HUNGER GAMES
Hunger Games Reaping (Intro to Probability)
 
Tu Coordinate Distances   Simple Events/Expected Outcomes  
W Fencing & Football   Theoretical & Experimental Probability  
Th Simple & Compound Interest   Tree Diagrams & Lists / The Counting Principle  
F Simple & Compound Interest / Fin Lit   Independent Events & Dependent Events  
  Week of April 12 Week of April 19
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M BEGIN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Architecture 1: Scale Drawings
  Architecture 4 & 5  
Tu 6th Grade Reading STAAR   Architecture 6 & 7  
W Architecture 2: Apartment Size   8th Grade Review Assignment 6
Category 1/2 Most Missed
 
Th TEST 11   8th Grade Review Assignment 8
Category 2/3 Most Missed
 
F Architecture 3: Floorplanner   8th Grade
Category 3/4 Most Missed
 
  Week of April 26 Week of May 3
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Online Practice / Calculators   Architecture: Final Project  
T 8th Grade Math STAAR   MAP Testing Day  
W Architecture: Final Project   Architecture: Final Project  
Th Architecture: Final Project   Architecture: Final Project  
F SIX FLAGS   Architecture: Final Project  
  Week of May 10 Week of May 17
Day Class Activities Homework Assignment Class Activities Homework Assignment
M Final Project / Exam Review   Architecture: Final Project  
T Final Project / Exam Review   Architecture: Final Project  
W SPRING MATH EXAM PART I   EARLY RELEASE / GRADUATION  
Th SPRING MATH EXAM PART II   EARLY RELEASE  
F DRAGON DAY   Summer!