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I teach special education and 6th grade regular math. I see huge holes in proportional reasoning in my special ed students to where they truly do not understand even basic concepts such as what a fraction even means. My sixth graders are all over the board in their understanding but even some of the top students have gaps. As with the fifth grade comments- the sixth grade curriculum is based on large quantities of proportional reasoning,.