6th Math Archive Page 2018-2019

By Kyle Kordon
15/06/19 at 08:17
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Here is the archive page for all posts from the 2018-2019 school year for Kordon’s 6th Grade Math class

Week of 6/10/2019 – 6/17/2019: Finishing 6th Grade Math: E-Book Project

Monday 6/10: Introduce E-Book Project & Assigned Problems
CW: Units 1-7 Example Problems
HW: None

Tuesday 6/11: E-Book Project
CW: Units 1-7 Example Problems
HW: None

Wednesday 6/12: E-Book Project
CW: PILOTS in Math
HW: None

Thursday 6/13: E-Book Project
CW: PILOTS in Math
HW: None

Friday 6/14: Finish & Export E-Book
CW: Final Math Reflections, Finish & Export Project
HW: None

Monday 6/17: Last Math Class Together!
CW: Saying Goodbye
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Final Day for make-up work is Friday 6/14.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Grading E-Book Project this upcoming weekend & any make-up work.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to the last full week of 6th Grade Math! This week we are all-in working on our comprehensive final project for math. Students are creating an e-book that demonstrates their learning over the course of the year by selecting from a sample of problems from each unit we have completed and showing how they exemplified the attributes of PILOTS in their work. This e-book will then be exported to Google Drive and sharable with you so that you can see what they have learned over the course of the year. This will be my last newsletter for our class. I have thoroughly enjoyed being your student’s math teacher this year, and will miss seeing them everyday next year. I have been told by our administration that I will be teaching 8th Grade Science & the 8th Grade Pilot Leadership class next year, so I won’t have the opportunity to work with your student, however, I would urge them to apply for 7th Grade AVID (I have applications currently available) as well as the 8th Grade Leadership program (applications will be available in February 2020) which is where I might have the chance to work with them again. This was a wonderful group to work with. I told them time and time again that they reminded me of why I fell in love with teaching middle school. They were constantly very positive with me and each other, worked hard, had good focus, and responded well to constructive feedback. They demonstrated excellent growth throughout the year, and I am proud of what they have been able to accomplish. They should do very well in 7th grade. Even though I will not be your child’s teacher next year (with the exception of those who have my advisory class), I will always consider them to be my students. They will always have a place to get assistance in my classroom whether it is on math, science, or anything else. In the future, please let me know if you need anything, and I will do everything I can to support you, your student, and their time here at Kelly. Thank you, and have a wonderful summer!

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Week of 6/3/2019 – 6/7/2019: Unit 7 & Unit 8

Monday 6/3: 6th Grade Field Trip
CW: None
HW: None

Tuesday 6/4: Points on the Coordinate Plane
CW: IM 7.11 pages 59-60
HW: IM 7.11 page 63 problems 1-4

Wednesday 6/5: Shapes on the Coordinate Plane
CW: IM 7.15 pages 84-86
HW: IM 7.15 pages 88-89 problems 1-4

Thursday 6/6: Got Data?
CW: IM 8.1 pages 3-7
HW: IM 8.1 pages 10-11 problems 1-4

Friday 6/7: Representing Data Graphically
CW: IM 8.3 pages 12-16
HW: IM 8.3 pages 19-20 problems 1-6

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Final Day for make-up work is Friday 6/14.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Grading through IM 8.3 this weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will do a few lessons from Unit 7 and Unit 8. Next week we will be doing an e-book project using the iPads that allows the students to showcase how they have modeled PILOTS in what we have done in math class this year. They will complete a variety of problems based on the units that we have done, show how these problems have demonstrated their Perseverence, Imagination, Learning, Ownership, Teamwork, and Support. When these are done students will be able to export them to their google drive and you will be able to view them from home. It should be a fun project, and a good way to wrap up the school year. I hope you all are having a wonderful week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 5/27/2019 – 5/31/2019: Unit 7 & EasyCBM

Monday 5/27: No School – Memorial Day
CW: None
HW: None

Tuesday 5/28: Solutions of Inequalities
CW: IM 7.9 pages 47-50
HW: IM 7.9 pages 51-52 problems 1-6

Wednesday 5/29: Spring EasyCBM
CW: EasyCBM
HW: EasyCBM

Thursday 5/30: Spring EasyCBM
CW: EasyCBM
HW: EasyCBM

Friday 5/31:
CW: IM 7.10 pages 53-56
HW: IM 7.10 pages 57-58 problems 1-6 (assigned as warmups throughout the week)

Upcoming Calendar Dates: No School – Memorial Day Monday 5/27, EasyCBM Testing May 29 & 30.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Grading through IM 7.10 CW this weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we have the last round of EasyCBM testing, and will sandwich testing with a couple lessons from unit 7. Over the next couple of weeks we will we finish up Unit 7 and touch on some of the material from Unit 8 before breaking for the summer. A handful of students did not have their notebooks turned in to me at the end of last week, and their scores are recorded as “missing” in Synergy. I let the kids know that if they give it to me over the next two days while we’re doing EasyCBM that I can get them scored and entered. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 5/20/2019 – 5/24/2019: Continuing Unit 7

Monday 5/20: Ordering Rational Numbers
CW: IM 7.4 pages 20-21
HW: IM 7.4 pages 22-23 problems 1-7

Tuesday 5/21: Using Negative Numbers to Make Sense of Contexts
CW: IM 7.5 pages 24-26
HW: IM 7.5 pages 27-28 problems 1-5 (assigned as warm ups throughout the week)

Wednesday 5/22: Absolute Value of Numbers
CW: IM 7.6 pages 29-31
HW: IM 7.6 pages 32-33 problems 1-6

Thursday 5/23: Comparing Numbers & Distance from Zero
CW: IM 7.7 pages 34-36
HW: IM 7.7 pages 37-39 problems 1-6

Friday 5/24: Writing & Graphing Inequalities
CW: IM 7.8 pages 40-44
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: No School – Memorial Day Monday 5/27, EasyCBM Testing May 29 & 30.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Grading through IM 7.8 CW this weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th grade math! This week we are getting a heavy dose of unit 7. Next week we will split our time between unit 7 and the last round of EasyCBM testing. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 5/13/2019 – 5/17/2019: State Testing

Monday 5/13: Positive & Negative Numbers
CW: State Testing – Practice Test
HW: None

Tuesday 5/14: State Testing
CW: State Testing – Performance Task
HW: None

Wednesday 5/15: State Testing
CW: State Testing – Computer Adaptive Test
HW: None

Thursday 5/16: State Testing
CW: State Testing – Computer Adaptive Test
HW: None

Friday 5/17: State Testing (if necessary, if not then we will start IM 7.4)
CW: State Testing (if necessary, if not then we will start IM 7.4)
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: State Testing week of May 13-17, No School – Memorial Day Monday 5/27.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Grading through IM 7.3 CW this week.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we have state testing, and will take most of the week to finish that up. If most of the students finish by the end of Thursday, we will move forward to the next section in our content with the 4th lesson of unit 7. Short announcements today. I hope you all have a wonderful week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 5/6/2019 – 5/10/2019: Start Unit 7 – Rational Numbers

Monday 5/6: Positive & Negative Numbers
CW: IM 7.1 CW, Pages 3-6
HW: IM 7.1 HW, Pages 7-8, Problems 1-5

Tuesday 5/7: Points on the Number Line
CW: IM 7.2 CW, Pages 9-12
HW: IM 7.2 HW, Pages 13-14, Problems 1-7

Wednesday 5/8: No School
CW: None
HW: None

Thursday 5/9: Comparing Positive & Negative Numbers
CW: IM 7.3 CW, Pages 15-17
HW: IM 7.3 HW, Pages 18-19, Problems 1-6

Friday 5/10: 6th Grade Field Trip
CW: None
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: State Testing week of May 13-17.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Starting Unit 7 this week.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be starting unit 7 on rational numbers starting with a lesson on what it means to have a positive versus a negative number. Next week we have state testing, and will be spending a few days devoted to that. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 4/29/2019 – 5/3/2019: 7th Grade Pre-Assessment

Monday 4/29: Pre-Assessment
CW: 7th Grade Pre-Assessment
HW: None

Tuesday 4/30: Pre-Assessment
CW: 7th Grade Pre-Assessment
HW: None

Wednesday 5/1: Start Unit 7
CW:
HW:

Thursday 5/2:
CW:
HW:

Friday 5/3: No School – Mid-Trimester Grading
CW: None
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: 7th Grade Math Placement Test on Monday 4/29 & Tuesday 4/30, State Testing week of May 13-17.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Third set of grades for unit 6 were posted this last weekend.

Announcements:

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Week of 4/22/2019 – 4/26/2019: Finishing Unit 6, Reviewing for 7th Grade Math Placement Test

Monday 4/22: Finish Unit 6
CW: Finish 6.14 and Unit 6 Review
HW: Finishing 6.14 homework problems as warmups

Tuesday 4/23: Unit 6 Test
CW: Unit 6 Test
HW: None

Wednesday 4/24: Math 6 Review
CW: 6th Math Review in CSG
HW: None

Thursday 4/25: Math 6 Review
CW: 6th Math Review in CSG
HW: None

Friday 4/26: Math 6 Review
CW: 6th Math Review in CSG
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: 7th Grade Math Placement Test on Monday 4/29 & Tuesday 4/30, State Testing week of May 13-17.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Third set of grades for unit 6 were posted this last weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be wrapping up Unit 6 and then turn our attention to the 7th grade placement test. We will spend a couple of days reviewing for the test – specifically doing a holistic review of the material that we have covered so far this year. We are completing the test as late in the window as possible so as to give students the best opportunity to be successful on it. We will split the test over two days on Monday 4/29 and Tuesday 4/30. I updated scores in the Unit 6 workbook over the weekend. Students can have until Friday 5/3 to update/fix any scores they scored low on – all they have to do is fix what is missing/incomplete and put a sticky note on the scoring sheet that indicates what lessons/pages they fixed. I hope you all have a wonderful week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 4/15/2019 – 4/19/2019: Intro to algebraic equations

Monday 4/15: Grades & Program Discussion
CW: Numbers VTS
HW: None

Tuesday 4/16: Equal & Equivalent
CW: Lesson 6.8 Pages 38-40
HW: Lesson 6.8 Pages 41-43, Problems

Wednesday 4/17: Meaning of Exponents
CW: Lesson 6.12 Pages 47-48
HW: Lesson 6.12 Pages 49-50, Problems

Thursday 4/18: Expressions with Exponents
CW: Lesson 6.13 Pages 51-52
HW: Lesson 6.13 Pages 53-54, Problems

Friday 4/19: Evaluating Expressions with Exponents
CW: Lesson 6.14 Pages 55-56
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: 7th Grade Math Placement Test coming soon over next two weeks (more details to come), State Testing week of May 13-17.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Second set of grades for unit 6 were posted this last weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This will be our last full week of unit 6. I fully expect us to get through the rest of the unit next week, and have our unit 6 test thereafter. On Monday we had a in-depth discussion about effort, following through on what is asked of us, and why it is so important – in class, school, and beyond. It was an excellent discussion, and I am proud of how the students handled themselves. I am going to be giving students a study guide for the 7th Grade Math Placement Test later this week – effectively a review of the major concepts that we have covered this year. We will spend some time working in class on these review items after Unit 6 before we jump into Unit 7 and state testing. I do not have an exact test date for the placement test just yet; I need to talk to the other teachers in our building as the district wants these to be given at basically the same time. This meeting is going to occur at the end of the week. I will have more details for you in my next newsletter. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 4/8/2019 – 4/12/2019: Intro of the intro to algebraic equations

Monday 4/8: Practice Solving & Representing Situations with Equations
CW: Lesson 6.4 Pages 17-19
HW: Lesson 6.4 Pages 20-21, Problems 1-5

Tuesday 4/9: New Ways to Interpret a over b
CW: Lesson 6.5 Pages 22-23
HW: Lesson 6.5 Pages 24-25, Problems 1-7

Wednesday 4/10: Write Expressions Where Letters Stand for Numbers
CW: Lesson 6.6 Pages 27-29
HW: Lesson 6.6 Pages 30-31, Problems 1-6

Thursday 4/11: Revisit Percentages
CW: Lesson 6.7 Pages 33-35
HW: Lesson 6.7 Pages 36-37, Problems 1-7 (Problems assigned as warm-ups throughout the week)

Friday 4/12: International Day Event & Assembly
CW: None
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 4/12 @ 5:30 PM at River Road Elementary, State Testing week of May 13-17.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: First grades for unit 6 were posted this weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will get about to the halfway point of unit 6. I expect us to have another week or two to finish it out before the unit 6 test. I updated scores through lesson 6.3 today. There were several students who did not give me their workbook to grade at the end of the week – their scores show as “missing.” Please remind your student to get these to me ASAP at the start of the week so that I can update their scores. If your student earned low scores on this first workbook grade, have them fix the missing/incomplete items, and ask for a regrade prior to the May 3 mid-trimester grading day. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 4/1/2019 – 4/5/2019: Starting Unit 6 – Expressions & Equations

Monday 4/1: Winter Trimester Reward Lesson
CW: Team Building Activity
HW: None

Tuesday 4/2: Tape Diagrams & Equations
CW: IM Lesson 6.1 Pages 3-4
HW: IM Lesson 6.1 Pages 5-6, problems 1-7

Wednesday 4/3: Truth & Equations
CW: IM Lesson 6.2 Pages 7-9
HW: IM Lesson 6.2 Pages 10-11, problems 1-6

Thursday 4/4: Staying in Balance
CW: IM Lesson 6.3 Pages 12-14
HW: IM Lesson 6.3 Pages 15-16, problems 1-7

Friday 4/5: Practice Solving & Representing Situations with Equations
CW: Lesson 6.4 Pages 17-19
HW: Spring Break Extra Credit Packet (due Friday 4/5 by 4:00)

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 4/12 @ 5:30 PM at River Road Elementary, State Testing week of May 13-17.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Starting new student workbook this week. First grades of unit 6 posted upcoming weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be starting unit 6 on Expressions & Equations. I have attached the digital version of the unit 6 workbook that I created to the email so that you can have a copy of it. Unit 6 should take us approximately 3-4 weeks, we will have a couple weeks of unit 7, state testing, and then will be onto our last major unit/project of the school year. This spring trimester is going to fly by. I have really enjoyed having your kids in my class so far this year, and hope that we all can finish the school year strong. I will be giving students back their unit 5 tests later this week. I will give them until mid-trimester grading on May 3 to do test corrections on it to improve scores if they need to earn some points back. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 3/18/2019 – 3/22/2019: Finishing Unit 5

Monday 3/18: Dividing Numbers that Result in Decimals
CW: IM Lesson 5.11 Pages 81-88
HW: None

Tuesday 3/19: Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers & Decimals
CW: CSG for IM Lesson 5.12/5.13
HW: Unit 5 Review Problems

Wednesday 3/20: Unit 5 Test
CW: Unit 5 Test
HW: None

Thursday 3/21: Math Reflection & Forecasting for Spring Trimester
CW: Math Timeline Activity/Spring Goals
HW: Spring Break Extra Credit Packet (due Friday 4/5 by 4:00)

Friday 3/22: No School – Winter Trimester Grading Day
CW: None
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Deadline for Winter Trimester make-up work and test corrections Thursday 3/21, Winter Trimester Grading Day Friday 3/22, Spring Break 3/23-3/31, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 4/12 @ 5:30 PM at River Road Elementary, .

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Graded through IM 5.10 this last weekend – some students forgot to give me their workbook over the weekend to grade. I will touch base with these students on Monday.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we are wrapping up Unit 5 on Decimals and will have our unit test on Wednesday 3/20. All the work that we complete this week, including the unit 5 test, will become the first scores for the spring trimester. Students have until Thursday 3/21 to turn in any make-up/incomplete/missing work to be included in the winter trimester grade. We will do Units 6 & 7 after spring break before state testing. I have recently been informed that state testing for math will be the week of May 13-17. That week we will take a day or so to practice, and then 2-3 days to complete all portions of the state assessment. I have a big math project that the students will be working on the last 2-3 weeks of school that should be very interesting for the students, and hopefully will send them into summer on a high note looking forward to math for the following year. I hope you all have a wonderful week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 3/11/2019 – 3/15/2019:

Monday 3/11:
CW: Finish IM Lesson 5.7
HW:

Tuesday 3/12:
CW: IM Lesson 5.8
HW:

Wednesday 3/13:
CW: IM Lesson 5.9
HW:

Thursday 3/14:
CW: CSG for IM Lesson 5.10 HW problems 1-6
HW: CSG for IM Lesson 5.10 HW problems 1-6

Friday 3/15:
CW: Proficiency Improvement Day
HW: none

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Graded through IM 5.6 this last weekend.

Announcements:

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Week of 2/25/2019 – 3/1/2019:

Monday 2/25: No School – Snow Day
CW:
HW:

Tuesday 2/26: No School – Snow Day
CW:
HW:

Wednesday 2/27: No School – Snow Day
CW:
HW:

Thursday 2/28: No School – Snow Day
CW:
HW:

Friday 3/1: Finishing Adding & Subtracting Decimals…Few Zeros
CW: Finish Lesson 5.3 + Extended Warm Up On Decimal Diagrams
HW: IM Lesson 5.3, Pages 15-16 Problems 1-5 (given time to complete in class)

Upcoming Calendar Dates: First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Deadline for Winter Trimester make-up work and test corrections Friday 3/8, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Graded through IM 5.3 this last weekend.

Announcements:

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Week of 2/18/2019 – 2/22/2019: Starting Unit 5, Unit 4 Test Corrections

Monday 2/18: No School – President’s Day
CW: None
HW: None

Tuesday 2/19: Decimals in the Real World
CW: IM 5.1, Pages 1-5
HW: IM 5.1, Pages 6-7, Problems 1-7

Wednesday 2/20: Proficiency Improvement Day
CW: Test Corrections for Unit 4 Test
HW: None

Thursday 2/21: Decimals in the Real World – Estimating
CW: Finish IM 5.1 as warm up
HW: None

Friday 2/22: Adding & Subtracting Decimals…Few Zeros
CW: IM 5.3, Pages 18-22
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: President’s Day Monday 2/18, First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Deadline for Winter Trimester make-up work and test corrections Friday 3/8, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Starting Unit 5 Notebooks this week. Will grade through lesson 5.3 this weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will start our unit on decimals and doing multiple functions with them. I will give students back their tests early this week so that they have the chance to do corrections if they so choose. They can earn back points up to the 80% mark by doing corrections. The way they do corrections is that they redo a problem that they got incorrectly by using resources at their disposal. To get the credit, they take another copy of the test and staple it to their original, have to find the correct answer, and explain what they did wrong in their solution (ex.: I accidentally multiplied my fractions rather than divided them, or I put 2/3 rather than 1/2 early in the problem, and that caused my solution to be smaller/greater than the actual answer, etc.). What I tell them is that it is not enough to just end up at the right answer, but even more important to know how or why the right solution is indeed correct or how/why we messed up to begin with. The how and the why make the learning meaningful rather than simply knowing that something was right or wrong. Students will have until Friday, March 8 to get me any and all test corrections from this trimester – all can earn back up to 80% on their assessment scores by doing the test correction process.

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Week of 2/11/2019 – 2/15/2019: Finishing up Unit 4

Monday 2/11: Algorithms
CW: IM 4.11, Pages 88-90
HW: IM 4.11, Pages 93-94, problems 1-6

Tuesday 2/12: CSG
CW: Collaborative Study Group Fractional Division Activity
HW: None

Wednesday 2/13: Kordon Gone – Child illness
CW: Proficiency Improvement Day
HW: None

Thursday 2/14: Unit 4 Review
CW: Review Activity – CSG
HW: None

Friday 2/15: Unit 4 Test
CW: Unit 4 Test
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Kordon Gone Tuesday 2/12, President’s Day Monday 2/18, First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Unit 4 Workbooks graded through Lesson 4.11 as of Tuesday 2/12. Some students had not turned their workbook in; they will have theirs updated at the end of the week.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we are finishing up Unit 4. We will have our review on Thursday and our test on Friday. I updated notebook scores over the past couple of days. If your student had not turned it in to me their scores have not been updated – there were only 2 or 3 who didn’t have it turned in for me to update. I fully expected to be at school today (Wednesday), but my 4-year-old woke up with a fever after being up most of the night fussing and coughing. My apologies for the unexpected absence. We will start Unit 5 next week which covers an assortment of functions using decimals. Unit 6 we start to introduce more concepts that they will investigate further once they start working with basic algebraic equations and some basic graphing in unit 7. Using some of the unit 6-8 material we will have a fun project over the last couple weeks of the year that involve our “mascot” that went missing. Stay tuned… I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 2/4/2019 – 2/8/2019: Evaluating Division Expressions

Monday 2/4: Using Diagrams to Find the Number of Groups
CW: IM Lesson 4.6 pages 45-46, problems 1-6 (in Collaborative Study Groups)
HW: None

Tuesday 2/5: Fractions of Groups
CW: IM Lesson 4.7 – pages 48-51
HW: IM Lesson 4.7 – pages 55-56, problems 1-6

Wednesday 2/6: How Much in Each Group?
CW: IM Lesson 4.8 – pages 58-62
HW: IM Lesson 4.8 – pages 66-67, problems 1-6

Thursday 2/7: Dividing by Unit & Non-Unit Fractions
CW: IM Lesson 4.10 – pages 78-84
HW: IM Lesson 4.10 – pages 85-86, problems 1-7 (will be given class time to work on & finish Thursday & Friday)

Friday 2/8: Dividing by Unit & Non-Unit Fractions
CW: Finish IM Lesson 4.10 – pages 78-84
HW: Finish IM Lesson 4.10 – pages 85-86, problems 1-7 (will be given class time to work on & finish Thursday & Friday)

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Trimester 2 Progress grade included scores through Unit 3. Unit 4 update over this week.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we are continuing our investigations around dividing by using fractions. The students are starting to “get it” a bit more with how to attack a division problem using fractions by utilizing multiple strategies. Today we had our latest round of collaborative study groups, and the students seemed to grasp how to attack their problems much better than last week – we love seeing improvement and progress. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 1/28/2019 – 2/1/2019: Evaluating Division Expressions

Monday 1/28: Meanings of Division
CW: IM Lesson 4.2 – pages 9-12
HW: IM Lesson 4.2 – pages 13-14 problems 1-7

Tuesday 1/29: Interpreting Division Situations
CW: IM Lesson 4.3 – pages 16-20
HW: IM Lesson 4.3 – pages 21-22, problems 1-7

Wednesday 1/30: How Many Groups? Part 1
CW: IM Lesson 4.4 – pages 24-27
HW: IM Lesson 4.4 – pages 28-30, problems 1-7 (assigned as Warm Up problems Wednesday & Thursday)

Thursday 1/31: How Many Groups? Part 2
CW: IM Lesson 4.5 – pages 32-36
HW: IM Lesson 4.4 – pages 28-30, problems 1-7 (assigned as Warm Up problems Wednesday & Thursday)

Friday 2/1: No School – Mid-Trimester Grading Day
CW: None
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Mid-Trimester Grading Day Friday 2/1, President’s Day Monday 2/18, First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Trimester 2 Progress grade to include scores through Unit 3.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we are hard at work in Unit 4 on Division Expressions. Most students took a track packet from me last week. If you have any questions about track please feel free to send me or Mr. Miller an email. The work that students complete in class this week will not impact the mid-trimester progress grade, but will instead affect only the trimester 2 final grade. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 1/21/2019 – 1/25/2019: Start Unit 4, EasyCBM Winter Benchmark

Monday 1/21: No School – MLK Jr Day
CW: None
HW: None

Tuesday 1/22: Introduction to Unit 4
CW: Start IM Lesson 4.1
HW: None

Wednesday 1/23: EasyCBM Winter Benchmark
CW: EasyCBM
HW: None

Thursday 1/24: EasyCBM Winter Benchmark
CW: EasyCBM
HW: None

Friday 1/25: Divisors & Quotients
CW: IM Lesson 4.1, pages
HW: IM Lesson 4.1, , problems 1-7

Upcoming Calendar Dates: MLK Jr. Day Monday 1/21, Kordon Gone Wednesday 1/23, Mid-Trimester Grading Day Friday 2/1, President’s Day Monday 2/18, Pilot Leader Applications Due Friday 2/15 by 4:00 PM, First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: No update this weekend. Scores updated through Unit 3 Notebook & Test.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we start Unit 4 as well as take care of the EasyCBM Winter Benchmark test. I have budgeted two days for it. If we finish earlier or later I will adjust the weekly schedule, but for now it is as is prescribed above. Track will be starting in a couple of weeks, and I hope that many of your students come out for it. If your student wants to participate we will have track packets ready to go by the end of the week – I will have some available in class for them. Mr. Miller, Mr. Douma, and I are the track coaches along with Mr. Longoria – who is a teacher at another school in Eugene. Mr. Miller coaches the throwing events, Douma the high jump and hurdles, Longoria the long jump and distance events, and I coach the relay teams and the sprinting events. Students need to have a doctor’s physical completed in order to participate. Doctor’s offices tend to book quickly for physicals, so if you know your student has not had one yet for the upcoming season get it scheduled soon so they can participate right away at track. Physicals are typically good for two years, so if they have one done for track this year, they typically do not need to have another one done until 8th grade.

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Week of 1/14/2019 – 1/18/2019: Finishing Unit 3

Monday 1/14: Percentages & Double Number Lines
CW: IM Lesson 3.11, pp. 77-80
HW: IM Lesson 3.11, pp. 81-82, Problems 1-5

Tuesday 1/15: Percentages & Tape Diagrams
CW: IM Lesson 3.12, pp. 84-85
HW: IM Lesson 3.12, pp. 88-89, Problems 1-6

Wednesday 1/16: Benchmark Percentages
CW: IM Lesson 3.13, pp. 91-94
HW: Unit 3 Review HW Handout, HW for IM Lesson 3.13 used as warm-up

Thursday 1/17: Equivalent Ratios & Unit Rates
CW: Go over Unit 3 Review HW Handout
HW: HW for IM Lesson 3.13 used as warm-up

Friday 1/18: Unit 3 Test
CW: Unit 3 Test
HW: None

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Student workbooks were recently graded, and will be graded again this upcoming weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we are finishing up Unit 3, and will conclude it with our test on Friday. Next week we have the winter round of EasyCBM for Math and will start Unit 4 on fractions. I just graded through lesson 3.10 in their notebooks, and will do another grading update this weekend for them. There were 5 kids who did not leave their notebooks with me to grade when I went through them, but they left them with me today – they will have an updated grade by the time we have class on Thursday this week. Mid-Trimester grades are coming up in about two weeks. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 1/7/2019 – 1/11/2019: Return from Winter Break

Monday 1/7: No School – Teacher In-Service
CW: None
HW: None

Tuesday 1/8: Team Building Challenge
CW: Team Building
HW: None

Wednesday 1/9: Post-Winter Break Review
CW: Review Activity
HW: None

Thursday 1/10: Equivalent Ratios & Unit Rates
CW: IM Lesson 3.7, pp. 53-57
HW: IM Lesson 3.7, pp. 58-59, problems 1-6 (time will be given in class to complete)

Friday 12/21: Percentages
CW: IM Lesson 3.10, pp. 69-73
HW: None

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Grading update this upcoming weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! I hope that winter break treated you all well. This week we will spend some time getting back into doing the math by having some review & team building activities and then back into our regularly scheduled curriculum on Thursday. There is not a lot of homework that is going to be assigned this week; next week will have a more “normal” look to it. The (optional) winter break review packet that I gave students before break is due by the end of the day on Friday of this week. I will be doing the next grading update of the notebooks this weekend. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 12/17/2018 – 12/21/2018: Last week before Winter Break

Monday 12/17: Finish IM 3.3 – Measuring with Different-Sized Units
CW: IM Lesson 3.3, pp. 16-22
HW: IM Lesson 3.3, pp. 23-24, problems 1-7 (was assigned last week)

Tuesday 12/18: Converting Units
CW: IM Lesson 3.4, pp. 25-30
HW: IM Lesson 3.4, pp. 31-32

Wednesday 12/19: Comparing Rates
CW: CPM 7.1.1, pp. 34-36
HW: CPM 7.1.1, pp. 38-39, problems 9-13

Thursday 12/20: Reward Lesson
CW: End of Fall Trimester Reward Lesson
HW: None

Friday 12/21: 6th Grade Awards Ceremony
CW: None
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Last day before Winter Break Friday 12/21, Winter Break 12/24-1/7, MLK Jr. Day Monday 1/21, Kordon Gone Wednesday 1/23, Mid-Trimester Grading Day Friday 2/1, President’s Day Monday 2/18, First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks:

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will wrap things up before heading off for winter break. We have a couple of new lessons, and I also want to go back through some of the material from Lesson 3.3 and using equivalent ratios and tables to find unit rates. I gave student’s their optional work packet for winter break last week, and they already started working on it. The deadline to turn that in will be the Friday after we return from break: Friday 1/11. I will have notebooks updated by mid-week so that students can take them home to fix over the break if they so choose. I hope you all have a wonderful week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 12/10/2018 – 12/14/2018: Starting Unit 3: Unit Rates & Percentages

Monday 12/10: The Burj Khalifa
CW: IM Lesson 3.1, pp. 1-6
HW: IM Lesson 3.1, pp. 7-8, problems 1-7

Tuesday 12/11: Anchoring Units of Measurement
CW: IM Lesson 3.2, pp. 9-12
HW: IM Lesson 3.2 pp. 13-15, problems 1-6

Wednesday 12/12: Kordon Gone
CW: Kordon Gone
HW: None

Thursday 12/13: Measuring with Different-Sized Units
CW: IM Lesson 3.3, pp. 16-22
HW: IM Lesson 3.3, pp. 23-24, problems 1-7

Friday 12/14: Collaborative Study Review w/ AVID 8s
CW: CSG covering IM 3.1-3.3
HW: None

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Kordon Gone Wednesday 12/12, KMS Title Program Presents: Exploring STEM with OMSI Friday 12/14 5:00-8:00 PM @ KMS, Last day before Winter Break Friday 12/21, Winter Break 12/24-1/7, MLK Jr. Day Monday 1/21, Kordon Gone Wednesday 1/23, Mid-Trimester Grading Day Friday 2/1, President’s Day Monday 2/18, First Day of Track Practice Monday 3/4, Benito Juarez Celebration Friday 3/8 @ 5:30 PM, Winter Trimester Grading Day Thursday 3/14, Teacher In-Service Friday 3/15.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Unit 2 Notebooks have been fully graded, and we are starting Unit 3 on Monday. If students did not leave their Unit 2 Notebook with me over the weekend, their scores have been reported as “missing,” but can still be turned in for full credit.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be starting our new unit on Unit Rates & Percentages. Students will be given new workbooks on Monday. Unit 2 Notebooks were fully graded, and will be returned to students on Monday as well. If students have work they want/need to fix from the last portion that impacts the winter trimester (see Synergy for assignment details), they have until Friday 12/21 to turn those in to receive credit; this includes lessons IM 2.7, IM 2.10, IM 2.12, CPM 4.2.3, and any test corrections on their test that we just completed. I will be giving an optional extra credit assignment over winter break if students choose to do it. My first desire would be for students to enjoy their break, but if doing the extra work would help them it will be provided as an option. This Friday 12/14 is our STEM event with OMSI at Kelly. I hope you all can make it! It is from 5:00-8:00 at Kelly. We will be starting in the Cafeteria for dinner at 5:00, and then OMSI will be here for a Chemical Reactions large-scale demonstration, and the science festival in the Outer Gym. The event is 100% free for those who attend. Your student should be bringing a RSVP flyer home with them early this week from their advisory teacher. If you are planning on coming we just ask that the RSVP section be sent back with an indication of approximately how many from your household will be attending so that we know how much food we need to purchase to accommodate. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 12/3/2018 – 12/7/2018: Finishing Unit 2

Monday 12/3: No School – Fall Trimester Grading
CW: None
HW: None

Tuesday 12/4: Class Mascot Activity
CW: Supplemental Ratio Activity
HW: None

Wednesday 12/5: Navigating Tables of Equivalent Ratios
CW: Unit 2 Review in Collaborative Study Groups
HW: Any unfinished Unit 2 Review Problems

Thursday 12/6: Unit 2 Test
CW: Unit 2 Test
HW: None

Friday 12/7: Unit 2 Partner Test & Test Corrections
CW: Test Corrections
HW: None Assigned

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Fall Trimester Grading Day No School Monday 12/3, KMS Title Program Presents: Exploring STEM with OMSI Friday 12/14 5:00-8:00 PM @ KMS, Last day before Winter Break Friday 12/21.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Will finish fully grading Unit 2 Notebook by this upcoming weekend. Will start Unit 3 Book on Monday 12/10.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be finishing Unit 2 on Ratios. We already have our Unit 3 workbook prepared and ready to go; students will get them from me on Monday 12/10. Not a lot of announcements this week. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 11/26/2018 – 11/30/2018: Application of Ratios

Monday 11/26: Finish Creating Double Number Line Diagrams, Proficiency Improvement
CW: IM Lesson 2.7 pp. 52-56
HW: None Assigned

Tuesday 11/27: Comparing Situations by Examining Ratios
CW: IM Lesson 2.10 pp. 60-63
HW: IM Lesson 2.10 p. 64, Problems 1-10 (Due Friday 11/30)

Wednesday 11/28: Navigating Tables of Equivalent Ratios
CW: IM Lesson 2.12 pp. 66-70
HW: IM Lesson 2.12 pp. 71-73, Problems 1-7 (Due Friday 11/30)

Thursday 11/29: Comparing by using Enlargement & Reduction Ratios
CW: CPM 4.2.3 pp. 75-79
HW: CPM 4.2.3 pp. 80-82 (will be given time to work on and finish in class)

Friday 11/30: Finish Comparing by using Enlargement & Reduction Ratios, Class Mascot Ratio Activity
CW: Finish CPM 4.2.3 pp. 75-79
HW: None Assigned

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Graded through IM 2.6 HW this last weekend. If students took their notebooks home over the extended weekend to work on material Lesson IM 2.4 HW through IM 2.6 HW were scored as “missing.” Students can turn the missing items in for full credit through Friday 11/30.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week is the last of the fall trimester, and we will be continuing our work on Ratios and their wide application. The work that we do this week will not impact the fall trimester final grade, but will instead be the first assignments that I score for the winter trimester. This will allow students to concentrate on getting their make-up work in for me, and not feel overburdened. Students have until Friday 11/30 to submit any make-up work from the 2nd half of the fall trimester for re-grading if they fix items that are incomplete/missing or do test corrections from either test that we took in the fall. At the end of this week we will be about 2/3 to 3/4 the way done with the unit on Ratios. The 3rd unit is on the further application of rates & percentages. We will start building the workbook as a math department in the coming weeks. On a side note, over the last several months I have been working with OMSI on getting a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)-related event at Kelly Middle School. I am proud to say that OMSI will be coming to Kelly on Friday 12/14 from 5:00-8:00 PM. This event would not be possible without the assistance of the KMS Title Program – which is led by Ms. Harn. We will be combining the Title Program’s Math & Engineering Night with OMSI to have a fun-filled evening of investigation & STEM-related activities. We have never had OMSI come to Kelly in all of our school’s history, so I am very excited to let you all know about it. The event is free, and dinner will be provided by the Title program. I hope you all are able to make it! More details to come over the coming weeks. I hope you all have a wonderful week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 11/19/2018 – 11/23/2018: Ratios & Number Lines

Monday 11/19: Defining Equivalent Ratios
CW: IM Lesson 2.5 pp. 35-39.
HW: IM Lesson 2.5 pp. 40-41, problems 1-6. (Due Wednesday 11/21)

Tuesday 11/20: Double Number Line Diagrams
CW: IM Lesson 2.6 pp. 43-47
HW: IM Lesson 2.6 pp. 48-49, problems 1-5. (Due Wednesday 11/21)

Wednesday 11/21: Creating Double Number Line Diagrams
CW: IM Lesson 2.7 pp. 52-56
HW: IM Lesson 2.7 pp. 57-58 (will be given time to work on and finish in class)

Thursday 11/22: No School – Thanksgiving Break
CW: None – Thanksgiving Break
HW: None – Thanksgiving Break

Friday 11/23: No School – Thanksgiving Break
CW: None – Thanksgiving Break
HW: None – Thanksgiving Break

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Veteran’s Day No School Monday 11/12, Thanksgiving Break Thursday 11/22 & Friday 11/23, Fall Trimester Grading Day No School Monday 12/3.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Graded through IM 2.4 this last weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week is a short one as we continue our work on ratios. We will start to use number lines to describe equivalent ratios. We will be getting a lot done over the three days. The kids seemed to enjoy actually mixing different ratios of colors last week to make varying shades of green rather than simply simulate it on their iPads. The work that we do this week will be the last that I will include on the Fall Trimester grades. Every trimester I use the last week of the term as the first grades of the following trimester. This allows students to really concentrate on getting any and all make up work in before I do final grades for the trimester. I will allow students to turn in make-up work all the way until Friday 11/30. Furthermore, I am planning a proficiency improvement day for students during that last week – probably Wednesday for them to work on improving their scores on assignments they may have lost points on. This has been very beneficial to students in all classes that I have taught and offered it. I updated grades through Lesson 2.4 in our new workbooks. If your student does not have an updated score through IM 2.4, then they did not leave me their workbook when they left for the weekend. I will remind them on Monday that I need the opportunity to grade it. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 11/12/2018 – 11/16/2018: Starting Unit on Ratios

Monday 11/12: No School – Veteran’s Day

Tuesday 11/13: Ratios & Ratio Language
CW: IM Lesson 2.1 pp. 2-5.
HW: IM Lesson 2.1 pp. 6-7, problems 1-5 (Due Friday 11/16)

Wednesday 11/14: Representing Ratios with Diagrams
CW: IM Lesson 2.2 pp. 9-13
HW: IM Lesson 2.2 pp. 14-15 problems 1-5 (will be given time to work on in & finish in class)

Thursday 11/15: Recipes
CW: IM Lesson 2.3 pp. 17-22
HW: IM Lesson 2.3 pp. 23-24 problems 1-7 (Due Friday 11/16)

Friday 11/16: Color Mixtures
CW: IM Lesson 2.4 pp. 26-31.
HW: None assigned (problems for lesson used as warm-ups)

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Veteran’s Day No School Monday 11/12, Thanksgiving Break Thursday 11/22 & Friday 11/23, Fall Trimester Grading Day No School Monday 12/3.

Homework: See the prescribed HW schedule in the daily agenda above.

Student Workbooks: Will grade through IM lesson 2.4 this upcoming weekend.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th grade math! I hope that you had a good weekend. This week we are diving into our next unit on ratios. We started today, and the kids seemed to be getting it pretty well. I was happy with how they did with the volume problem before student-led conferences. I was hoping that they would be able to explain how to solve the problem 2-3 ways, and the kids easily found 10-15 ways to solve the problem in class – it was awesome, and really empowering for them. I will send you all the digital version of the workbook in the next few days. There was a formatting issue with the page numbers when they were printed, and I want to make sure that the digital version has them in case any student forgets their book. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 11/5/2018 – 11/9/2018: SLC Prep, Unit 1 Test Corrections

Monday 11/5: SLC: Volume

Tuesday 11/6: SLC: Volume

Wednesday 11/7: Proficiency Improvement Day: Unit 1 Test Corrections

Thursday 11/8: No School – Make-up Conferences

Friday 11/9: No School – Teacher In-Service

Upcoming Calendar Dates: No School Thursday 11/8 & Friday 11/9, Veteran’s Day No School Monday 11/12, Thanksgiving Break Thursday 11/22 & Friday 11/23, Fall Trimester Grading Day No School Monday 12/3.

Homework:

Student Workbooks: Finish grading Unit 1 workbook by end of the week.

Announcements:

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Week of 10/29/2018 – 11/2/2018: Volume, Surface Area, Unit Test

Monday 10/29: Finishing Volume

Tuesday 10/30: Surface Area

Wednesday 10/31: Fall Fest Problem: Exponential Growth Rates

Thursday 11/1: Final Unit I Review – CSG

Friday 11/2: Final Unit Test

Homework:

Student Workbooks: Finish grading Unit 1 workbook by end of the week.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be finishing up the end of our first unit, and have our end-of-unit test. Grading will be fully updated by the end of the week so that next week – the week of conferences – students can spend time preparing their volume problem to present to you. More information will be sent home soon from the office regarding conferences. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 10/22/2018 – 10/26/2018: Trapezoids & Volume

Monday 10/22: Trapezoids

Tuesday 10/23: Trapezoid: Park Problem

Wednesday 10/24: Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Thursday 10/25: Volume

Friday 10/26: Volume

Homework:

Student Workbooks:

Announcements:

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Week of 10/15/2018 – 10/19/2018: Polygons, Mid-Unit Assessment, Trapezoids

Monday 10/15: Polygons

Tuesday 10/16: Kordon Gone

Wednesday 10/17: Mid-Unit Review – CSG #2

Thursday 10/18: Mid-Unit Assessment: Bases, Heights, and Areas of Parallelograms & Triangles

Friday 10/19: Bases, Heights, and Area of Trapezoids

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Kordon Gone Tuesday 10/16, KMS Diversity Event Evening Friday 10/19, No School Thursday 11/8 & Friday 11/9, Veteran’s Day No School Monday 11/12, Thanksgiving Break Thursday 11/22 & Friday 11/23, Fall Trimester Grading Day No School Monday 12/3.

Homework: Mid-Unit Review Packet completed by Thursday 10/18, Pages 100-101 problems 1-6 completed by Friday 10/19.

Student Workbooks: Students will have until Friday 10/19 to make anything up through page 91 in their workbooks. Check Synergy & the assignment descriptions for page numbers and problem numbers assigned so far.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week we will be finishing our investigations of the bases, heights, and area of parallelograms and triangles. We will review through Collaborative Study Groups towards the middle of the week, and test the following day. My hope is to get to Trapezoids by the end of the week before transitioning to talking about volume. As always, if your student needs a little extra assistance I am available before & after school most days, and am happy to help. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 10/8/2018 – 10/12/2018: Finish Area of Triangles, Introduce Polygons

Monday 10/8: Classroom Circle: First Impressions, and 1st Math Explanation

Tuesday 10/9: Kordon Gone

Wednesday 10/10: Finish Area of Triangles, start Polygons

Thursday 10/11: No School – Mid-Trimester Grading

Friday 10/12: No School – State-wide Teacher In-Service

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Kordon Gone Tuesday 10/9, Mid-Trimester Grading Thursday 10/11 (No School), State-wide Teacher In-Service Friday 10/12 (No School).

Homework: Pages 100-101 problems 1-6 completed by Wednesday 10/17.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th Grade Math! This week is an odd one as the kids only have three days of school, and I can only be there for Monday & Wednesday. I found out late on Friday that I would be required to be absent on Tuesday. Today I went over in detail with the students about how and why 1st impressions are so important as they will be making a first impression with my guest teacher on Tuesday. It just so happens that the person who is going to be my substitute is someone who was a teacher of mine from high school, and is one of a handful of people who inspired me to become a teacher. I also introduced the concept of “Math Explanations” to the kids today. Math Explanations (in AVID referred to a 3-Pi Explanations) have students find a solution to a question, go over the steps they went through to solve it, and then explain any formulas or strategies that they used or needed to solve it. These explanations have a strong connection to Scientific Explanations where students make Scientific Claims, supported by Evidence, and are explained by Reasoning – things students will learn later on with Kimball. We will spend a day or so next week after mid-Trimester grading reviewing for our mid-unit assessment, and then take it before moving further into Polygons and then area of Trapezoids. I hope you all have a great week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 10/1/2018 – 10/5/2018: Area of Triangles

Monday 10/1: Finish Area of Triangles

Tuesday 10/2: Inquiry in a Bag – moved from Friday 9/28

Wednesday 10/3: Formula for Area of a Triangle

Thursday 10/4: Bases & Heights of Triangles

Friday 10/5: No Class – Riverwalk

Upcoming Calendar Dates: Open House 5:30-8:00 on Wednesday 10/3, Riverwalk Friday 10/5, Mid-Trimester Grading Thursday 10/11 (No School), State-wide Teacher In-Service Friday 10/12 (No School) Kordon Gone Tuesday 10/16.

Homework: Pages 68-70 problems 1-5 completed by Tuesday 10/2, pages 79-80 problems 1-5 completed by Thursday 10/4.

Announcements:

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Week of 9/24/2018 – 9/28/2018: Area of Parallelograms & Triangles

Monday 9/24: Collaborative Study Group #1

Tuesday 9/25: IM 1.6: Area of Parallelograms

Wednesday 9/26: Parallelograms Quiz, IM 1.7: From Parallelograms to Triangles

Thursday 9/27: IM 1.8: Area of Triangles

Friday 9/28: IM 1.8: Area of Triangles

Upcoming Calendar Dates: BEST Program Starts Wednesday 9/26, Open House 5:30-8:00 on Wednesday 10/3, Riverwalk Friday 10/5, Mid-Trimester Grading Thursday 10/11 (No School), State-wide Teacher In-Service Friday 10/12 (No School) Kordon Gone Tuesday 10/16.

Homework: Pages 47-48 problems 1-5 due Thursday 9/27, Pages 57-58 problems 1-6 due Friday 9/28, Pages 68-70 problems 1-5 due Tuesday 10/2.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to another week of 6th grade math! This week we will move from talking about parallelograms to triangles. We also have completed the first Collaborative Study Group of the year. As we move forward to do more of these I will add components to them so that the students are getting into even further depth with the content. For the first couple they are essentially showing their group how to complete their problem, and going over any strategies & vocabulary terms that they needed to use or know to get to their solution. As we get more experience with them they will end up doing more and more examples, asking each other great questions to check for understanding, and will manage themselves wonderfully. We will also have a connection with Miller’s AVID class in a couple of weeks so that some of them can help facilitate conversation and work in the groups. I hope you all have a great week! Let me know if you need anything.

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Week of 9/17/2018 – 9/21/2018: Area of Parallelograms

Monday 9/17: Finding Area by Decomposing & Rearranging

Tuesday 9/18: Reasoning to Find Area

Wednesday 9/19: Parallelograms

Thursday 9/20: Bases and Heights of Parallelograms

Friday 9/21: Bases and Heights of Parallelograms

Upcoming Calendar Dates: School Pictures Monday 9/24, BEST Program Starts Wednesday 9/26, Open House 5:30-8:00 on Wednesday 10/3, Riverwalk Friday 10/5, Mid-Trimester Grading Thursday 10/11 (No School), State-wide Teacher In-Service Friday 10/12 (No School).

Homework: CPM 1.1.2 Packet 10-14 due Wednesday 9/19, Parallelograms pages 28-29 problems 1-5 due Friday 9/21.

Announcements: Hello, and welcome to 6th Grade Math! For most of you, this is your student’s first year having a class with me, but there are a few families that have older children in high school or have already graduated who had my class in middle school. Please expect an email like this nearly every week. I like to let people know what is going on in class so that it can start a conversation about what is going on at school. Sometimes we will go a little faster than the schedule I send, sometimes a little slower – it is 100% dependent on the students, what they need in order to be successful, and how I can support them to get there. I have spent this last week getting to know my students, providing a foundation of expectations (both for them and of myself) so they know how to function in our classroom, and getting started on our first unit. Students were given a copy of the syllabus in class, but I have also attached it to the email in case that works better for you. Please look for these emails (typically) around the weekend for the following week. I might miss one or be a bit late during track season, but I will do my best to make sure they happen with regularity. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Please let me know if you need anything.

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