6-8 Flexible Learning Activities
Jennifer has 85 square buttons, 119
circular buttons, and 170 triangular
buttons. What is the greatest
number of bags into which Jennifer
can put the buttons so that each bag
will have the same number of
buttons for each shape? Draw a
picture to show your work.
Find right, acute, and
obtuse angles in or
around your house. List
the items and angle
type on a piece of
paper.
Research a career you
are interested in.
Create a brochure
about the career.
www.careers.org
Write a narrative
about your favorite
memory with
someone special.
Create your “Dream House”
using only squares or
rectangles. Write the name
of each room and include
the length and width
measurements in feet.
Go on a virtual field trip.
Write a narrative about
your experience.
www.gpb.org/education/
georgia-studies/virtual-
field-trips
Research centimeter,
meter, and kilometer.
Picture a bus. Which is
the best unit of
measure to describe its
length? Why?
Change the fraction
3/8 to a decimal and
a percent.
Write 9/10 and 9/100 as
decimals. Include a decimal
model for each fraction. Then
compare and contrast the two
decimals. How are they
similar? How are they
different?
Write a story from the
perspective of animal who
lives with or was exposed
to pollution. Describe the
source of the pollution
and the effects.
Write your
x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7
multiplication facts
Create a book poster
for a book you read.
Include elements that
show the tone, theme,
characters, and major
events.
Using one of your
favorite recipes,
rewrite it so that it
will feed twice as
many people.
Identify a metaphor,
simile, personification,
or imagery in your
book. What does the
author’s use of this
reveal?
Mr. Taylor wants to buy hot
dog buns for his cookout. He
wants each of his 11 guests and
himself to have 3 hot dogs. The
buns come in packs of 8 each.
How many packs of buns
should Mr. Taylor purchase for
his cookout?
Find the area of each After reading, create a
room and the total area story board of the
of the house in square major events in the
feet. Be creative! story. Add captions for
each picture.
Visit
https://www.geogebra.org/
Write your
m/G6lJd543 and watch the
x8, x9, x10, x11, x12
video about the chocolate
bar paradox. Try it out on a multiplication facts
friend or family member.
Write a letter to your
Look at the clouds
grown-up self. Be sure
each day. Record the
you tell yourself
different types you
important things that
you want your future see.
self to know.
Analyze this number: 732,568
Write a number that has an 8 in it
James and his friends have been
collecting baseball cards for a
that is 10 times the value of the 8 week. James has 8 cards. His
in the number and a 3 that is 10 friend, Sam, has six times as many
times the value of the 3 in the cards as James. Michael has three
number. Prove how you know
your number meets the
times as many cards as James. How
many cards do the three boys have
requirements. combined?
Camden is going to a birthday party
this weekend. The party location is
and create a brochure
approximately 35 minutes from to teach others about
where he lives. If he leaves his house
at 1:16 pm, what time will he arrive it.
at the party if the drive takes exactly
35 minutes? If the party started at https://kids.nationalge
1:30 pm, how late would Camden ographic.com/animals/
be?