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Writing Expressions Activity | Write, Read, and Evaluate Expressions
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"This resource worked perfectly in my classroom! It was easy to implement, engaging for my students, and saved me so much prep time. Highly recommend!"
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Genesis B.

Description

This Find Someone Who Writing Expressions Activity is an awesome hands-on activity that is easy to prep! Students love being able to get up and move around the classroom and are more engaged and attentive than book work or a simple worksheet. This activity focuses on translating real life and mathematical expressions to algebraic expressions and vice versa.

Students are able to practice and apply concepts with this writing expressions activity, while collaborating and having fun! Math can be fun and interactive!

Standards: CCSS (6.EE.2, 6.EE.2a, 6.EE.6) and TEKS (6.7B)

More details on what is included:

18 writing expression problems that can be utilized in pairs or groups of 3-4 and any necessary recording sheets and answer keys.

  • Find Someone Who: Writing Expressions
  • Recording Sheet
  • Teacher Directions
  • Answer Key

***Please download a preview to see sample pages and more information.***

How to use this resource:

  • Use as a whole group classroom activity
  • Use in a small group for additional remediation, tutoring, or enrichment
  • Use as an alternative homework or independent practice assignment
  • Incorporate within our Expressions Unit to support the mastery of concepts and skills.

Time to Complete:

  • Most activities can be utilized within one class period. Performance tasks summarize the entire unit and may need 2-3 class periods. However, feel free to review the activities and select specific problems to meet your students’ needs and time specifications. There are multiple problems to practice the same concepts, so you can adjust as needed.

Looking for instructional materials? 

  • Check out the corresponding Expressions Unit, which includes student handouts, independent practice, assessments, and answer keys.

More 6th Grade Activity Bundles:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

More 6th Grade Units:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

Looking for more helpful teaching tips, ideas, and support? Check out Maneuveringthemiddle.com and join our online FB community MTM VIPS! 

Try out a FREE math resource! Grab your freebie here!

Licensing: 

This file is a license for ONE teacher and their students. Please purchase the appropriate number of licenses if you plan to use this resource with your team. Thank you!

Customer Service:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out for assistance.  We aim to provide quality resources to help teachers and students alike, so contact me before leaving feedback if you have a need. 

Maneuvering the Middle® Terms of Use

Products by Maneuvering the Middle®, LLC may be used by the purchaser for their classroom use only. This is a single classroom license only. All rights reserved. Resources may only be posted online in an LMS such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology. Students should be the only ones able to access the resources.  It is a copyright violation to upload the files to school/district servers or shared Google Drives. See more information on our terms of use here

If you are interested in a personalized quote for campus and district licenses, please click here

©Maneuvering the Middle® LLC, 2012-present

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Writing Expressions Activity | Write, Read, and Evaluate Expressions

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"This resource worked perfectly in my classroom! It was easy to implement, engaging for my students, and saved me so much prep time. Highly recommend!"
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Genesis B.

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Description

This Find Someone Who Writing Expressions Activity is an awesome hands-on activity that is easy to prep! Students love being able to get up and move around the classroom and are more engaged and attentive than book work or a simple worksheet. This activity focuses on translating real life and mathematical expressions to algebraic expressions and vice versa.

Students are able to practice and apply concepts with this writing expressions activity, while collaborating and having fun! Math can be fun and interactive!

Standards: CCSS (6.EE.2, 6.EE.2a, 6.EE.6) and TEKS (6.7B)

More details on what is included:

18 writing expression problems that can be utilized in pairs or groups of 3-4 and any necessary recording sheets and answer keys.

  • Find Someone Who: Writing Expressions
  • Recording Sheet
  • Teacher Directions
  • Answer Key

***Please download a preview to see sample pages and more information.***

How to use this resource:

  • Use as a whole group classroom activity
  • Use in a small group for additional remediation, tutoring, or enrichment
  • Use as an alternative homework or independent practice assignment
  • Incorporate within our Expressions Unit to support the mastery of concepts and skills.

Time to Complete:

  • Most activities can be utilized within one class period. Performance tasks summarize the entire unit and may need 2-3 class periods. However, feel free to review the activities and select specific problems to meet your students’ needs and time specifications. There are multiple problems to practice the same concepts, so you can adjust as needed.

Looking for instructional materials? 

  • Check out the corresponding Expressions Unit, which includes student handouts, independent practice, assessments, and answer keys.

More 6th Grade Activity Bundles:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

More 6th Grade Units:

Unit 1: Decimal Operations

Unit 2: Fraction Operations

Unit 3: Number System

Unit 4: Ratios Unit

Unit 5: Rates and Percents

Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

Unit 7: Expressions

Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

Unit 9: Geometry
Unit 10: Statistics 

Looking for more helpful teaching tips, ideas, and support? Check out Maneuveringthemiddle.com and join our online FB community MTM VIPS! 

Try out a FREE math resource! Grab your freebie here!

Licensing: 

This file is a license for ONE teacher and their students. Please purchase the appropriate number of licenses if you plan to use this resource with your team. Thank you!

Customer Service:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out for assistance.  We aim to provide quality resources to help teachers and students alike, so contact me before leaving feedback if you have a need. 

Maneuvering the Middle® Terms of Use

Products by Maneuvering the Middle®, LLC may be used by the purchaser for their classroom use only. This is a single classroom license only. All rights reserved. Resources may only be posted online in an LMS such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology. Students should be the only ones able to access the resources.  It is a copyright violation to upload the files to school/district servers or shared Google Drives. See more information on our terms of use here

If you are interested in a personalized quote for campus and district licenses, please click here

©Maneuvering the Middle® LLC, 2012-present

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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July 8, 2025
This resource worked perfectly in my classroom! It was easy to implement, engaging for my students, and saved me so much prep time. Highly recommend!
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Rated 5 out of 5
November 18, 2024
Great product! My students enjoyed using it. It reinforced concepts.
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Rated 5 out of 5
September 10, 2024
What a lifesaver of a resource when introducing this topic in class.
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August 17, 2024
Great resource, very engaging and thorough. Very well done!
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June 18, 2024
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation “Subtract 𝘺 from 5” as 5 - 𝘺.
Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
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