Grade 6 Math Games: Ontario Curriculum
These are the Grade 6 expectations from the 2020 Ontario math curriculum that one of our free games actually practises. Each card quotes the expectation, says plainly how much of it the game covers, and has one-click links that open the game already set to that skill. No account and nothing to install; you need a desktop or laptop with a keyboard.
Strand B: Number
6.B1.6Fractions and decimals to thousandths
"describe relationships and show equivalences among fractions and decimal numbers up to thousandths, using appropriate tools and drawings, in various contexts"
Part of itWith eighths in the set, Fraction Fleet's decimal matches reach thousandths (3/8 = 0.375). Only fractions that make exact decimals, so no repeating decimals.
6.B1.3Comparing and ordering fractions
"compare and order integers, decimal numbers, and fractions, separately and in combination, in various contexts"
Part of itThe fractions part: pick the largest or smallest from halves to twelfths. No integers, and no decimals in this mode.
6.B2.5Adding and subtracting fractions
"add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators, using appropriate tools, in various contexts"
Part of itA warm-up only: Fraction Fleet's sums all share one denominator, so the unlike-denominator half is not in the game. Simplifying is, and it is the step after every unlike sum.
Strand E: Spatial Sense
6.E1.1Types of quadrilaterals
"create lists of the geometric properties of various types of quadrilaterals, including the properties of the diagonals, rotational symmetry, and line symmetry"
Part of itGeo Storm names squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids and kites from their sides and corners, with no labels in quiz mode. No diagonals and no symmetry.
Review from Grade 5
Review: facts to 12 × 12
Grade 6 has no facts expectation, but the Grade 5 one (B2.2, facts to 12 × 12) is the warm-up most Grade 6 classes still need.
Not covered at Grade 6
No free game here practises Algebra and coding, Data, integers, ratios and percents, angles, area and surface area, and Financial Literacy. We would rather leave those out than stretch a game to fit.
Questions teachers ask
- Which curriculum is this?
- The Ontario Grades 1-8 mathematics curriculum (2020). Codes like B2.2 are the strand letter (B Number, E Spatial Sense, F Financial Literacy), the overall expectation and the specific expectation, as printed in that document.
- Does the game cover the whole expectation?
- Usually not, and each card says so. "Close fit" means the game practises what the expectation asks; "part of it" means it practises one piece, which is named. None of these games are an assessment.
- Are the games free?
- Yes. These links open games on the Arcade Deck, which are free for everyone with no account and nothing to install.
- What do students need?
- A desktop or laptop computer with a keyboard and an up-to-date browser. The games are not built for touch.
- Do the links change my saved settings?
- No. A link sets up the game for that visit only. Anything you saved in the game's Teacher Setup on that computer stays as it was.
- Who makes Starship Arcade?
- A small independent studio in Ontario. The games are built with AI and tested before they ship.
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