Grade 6 Materials List

Grade 6 Materials	Quantity (for a class of 30 students)	Lesson(s) where used
1/2 inch cubes	200	6.4.14
Base-ten blocks	15 sets with at least 10 shapes in each set	6.1.16, 6.3.3
Beakers	16	6.2.4
Cuisenaire rods	15 each	6.3.3
Decks of playing cards	8	6.8.11
Demonstration nets (with and without flaps)	30
Empty containers	30
Four-function calculators	30	6.3.1, 6.3.4, 6.3.9, 6.8.14
Gallon-sized jug	30	6.3.3
Graduated cylinders	30	6.2.4, 6.3.3
Household items (to be placed on digital scale)	15 in person, 30 if virtual	6.3.2
Inch cubes	20 each	6.3.3
Liter-sized bottle	30	6.3.3
Measuring tapes	15	6.4.17, 6.8.1
Meter sticks	15 (1 per pair)	6.2.9, 6.3.2, 6.3.3
Nets of polyhedra	30	6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.1.15, 6.3.3
Pattern blocks	570 pieces (2 hexagons and 6 each of triangles, rhombi, and trapezoids per group of 3-4)	6.1.1, 6.4.4, 6.4.5
Pre-assembled polyhedra	30	6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.1.15, 6.3.3
Pre-assembled tangrams	7 piece set, 8 sets	6.1.2
Quart-sized bottle	30	6.2.2
Rulers (cm and inch)	15 (1 ruler per pair)	6.1, 6.2.8, 6.2.16, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.4.17, 6.5.7, 6.5.15, 6.6, 6.7.2, 6.7.7, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.8.7, 6.9
Digital scale (g, kg, oz, lbs)	30	6.3.3
Scissors	30	6.1.13, 6.2, 6.3.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8.16, 6.9.4
Snap cubes	500	6.1.12, 6.1.16, 6.1.17, 6.2.15, 6.7.16, 6.7.17, 6.8.9
Stopwatches	30	6.2.9
Straightedges	30	6.1, 6.3.3, 6.4.13, 6.8.3, 6.8.6, 6.8.9, 6.8.17, 6.8.18
Teaspoon	30	6.2.3, 6.3.3
Tray	30	6.3.3
Yardsticks	7-8 (1 per 4 students)	6.3.2
1/4 inch graph paper	30 copies per activity	6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.13, 6.5, 6.6.19, 6.7.19, 6.8, 6.9
Blank paper	30 pages	6.1, 6.2, 6.3.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8.1, 6.9
Colored pencils	8 packs of 8	6.1, 6.2.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9.4
Dot stickers	32	6.8.2, 6.8.3
Circular stickers	32
Drink mix	30	6.2.3
Food coloring	2 bottles (2 oz each)	6.3.4
*Geometry toolkits: tracing paper, graph paper, colored pencils, scissors, and an index card to use as a straightedge or to mark right angles.**	30	used throughout grade level
Glue or gluesticks	30	6.1.8, 6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.1.15
Graph paper	30 pages	6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.13, 6.5, 6.6.19, 6.7.19, 6.8, 6.9
Grocery store circulars (Grocery store advertisements from the newspaper or that are picked up at the store. If students have Internet access, you could substitute an online version of this.)	30	6.5.1
Index cards	30	6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8.13, 6.8.16, 6.9
Markers	15 sets for in person, 30 sets if virtual	6.1, 6.2, 6.3.8, 6.3.11, 6.4.5, 6.4.9, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7.18, 6.8.18, 6.9.1, 6.9.2
Masking tape	15 rolls	6.2.9, 6.8.16
Metal paper fasteners	450 in person, 90 if virtual
Brass brads
Origami paper	30 sheets per activity	6.5.15
Paper cups	30 per activity	6.2.4
Salt	1 container	6.3.3
Sticky notes	varies- typically for partners and gallery walks- 15 per activity	6.1.12, 6.1,16, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7.7, 6.8.1, 6.8.3, 6.9
String	20 cm in person, 40 cm if virtual	6.2.9, 6.3.2, 6.8.16
Tape	15 rolls	6.1
Tools for creating a visual display (Any way for students to create work that can be easily displayed to the class. Examples: chart paper and markers, whiteboard space and markers, shared online drawing tool, access to a document camera.)		used throughout grade level
Tracing paper	30 sheets per activity	used throughout grade level
Bundles of "patty paper"		used throughout grade level
Water		6.2.3