FAST Success Kit: Understanding Ratios

Teacher Guide

5-10 minute lesson plan

Learning objectives
Common misconceptions
Step-by-step lesson
IXL skill recommendations

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Concept Worksheet

Visual learning + guided practice

Big Idea explanation
Writing ratios three ways
Trap Alert warnings
Guided practice problems

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Practice Worksheet

Independent practice problems

Writing ratios from pictures
Converting ratio forms
Finding equivalent ratios
Word problems

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FAST Practice Quiz

Test-format questions

Multiple choice questions
Multi-select questions
Mirrors actual FAST format
6 assessment questions

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Parent Activity

10-minute home activities

Kitchen ratio activities
Sports statistics ratios
Conversation starters
Spanish summary included

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Answer Keys

Teacher use only

All worksheet answers
Quiz answer explanations
Scoring guide
Intervention suggestions

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About This Kit

This FAST Success Kit is designed to help Grade 6 students master understanding and writing ratios before taking the Florida FAST assessment. All content is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Standards and fact-checked for accuracy.

Standards Covered:

MA.6.AR.1.1 - Given a real-world context, write and interpret ratios to show the relative sizes of two quantities using appropriate notation: a/b, a to b, or a:b where b is not equal to 0
MA.6.AR.1.2 - Given a real-world context, determine a rate for a ratio of quantities with different units

Key Concepts: Ratio language, part-to-part ratios, part-to-whole ratios, equivalent ratios, ratio notation, comparing quantities