Thursday, December 11, 2013

Today we will be introducing division for fractions, here are the key vocabulary for this section.

Dividend - The number being divided.
Divisor - The number of parts the dividend is being divided into.
Quotient - The result of dividing two numbers.
Reciprocal - Two numbers whose product is one.

IXL that we will be working on.

V.3Fractions of a number: word problems

V.7Multiply fractions: word problems

V.8Multiply three or more fractions and whole numbers

V.9Estimate products of fractions, whole numbers, and mixed numbers

V.10Multiply mixed numbers and whole numbers

V.11Multiply mixed numbers

V.12Multiply mixed numbers: word problems

W.1Divide by fractions - with models

W.2Reciprocals

W.3Divide fractions

 

In Class Practice

 

P.  262    14 - 43

November 19, 2013 - Tuesday

We will be adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators.

P. 198  Problems 10 - 28; 36, 37, 38

Ready to Go On?

P. 204  Problems 1 - 23

Bonus Points
P. 204  Problems 24 - 30

November 5, 2013

Book Assignment

• P. 167    Problems  8 - 18
• P. 177    Problems  12 - 32 even

Worksheet

• Greatest Common Factor - Practice B
• Decimals and Fractions - Practice B

IXL

• N.7 
• T. 10

This week we are going to put our divisibility rules to work as we explore factors and prime factorization.

Assignment:

• P. 163     Problems 9 - 24

• Practice B Worksheet

• IXL -

• L.1Divisibility rules

• N.3Prime or composite

• N.4Identify factors

• N.5Prime factorization

• N.6Prime factorization with exponents

Monday, October 21, 2013

Football players will be dismissed at 2:30 today, so we will be going over the worksheets on division that were assigned last Thursday.  We will also be working on IXL in class.  Good luck Wildcats!

ASSIGNMENTS:

O.1 Multiply decimals

O.4 Divide decimals by whole numbers

O.5 Divide decimals by whole numbers: word problems

O.7 Division with decimal quotients

 

 

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Today we will be continuing to hone our  multiplying decimals skills.

I would like you to work on and finish the packet that you were given on Thursday of last week.  Also I would like you to start working on the IXL objective O.1.  Those of you attending the music festival, I hope you have a good time.  I will see you at the concert tonight!  Those of you not attending the concert I will see you at 2:00.

 

Assignment:

Finish the packet that was given to you on Thursday, October 10.

1. Problem Solving Page  (8 questions)
2. Reading Strategies Page (5 questions)
3. Challenge (6 questions)
4. Puzzles, Twisters and Teasers

IXL Objective

1. O.1 Multiply decimals
2. Should be completed without the use of a calculator.

October 4, 2013

Hand in math packet that we worked on in class on Wednesday.

Today we will be taking a quiz over the last three sections on decimals. 

After we finish the quiz I would like you to work on the following IXL objectives:

J.1   Add and subtract decimal numbers

J.2   Add and subtract decimals: word problems

September 30, 2013

Assignment

P.  112  -  113

• 12 - 48 even
• 49 - 55 odd

P.  114 

• 1 - 25 all   Lesson Quiz for 3.1 - 3.3

Monday, September 23

Today we will correct the following assignments:
P. 101           Problems    17 - 37

Pages 106 & 107       Problems  1 - 35  odd  & 36 - 43 all



PROBLEM OF THE DAY -

Find a three-digit number that rounds to 440 and includes a digit that is the quotient of 24 and 3.  Is there more than  one possible answer?  Be ready to explain your thinking.




IXL ASSIGNMENT -

• Add and subtract decimals: Estimate sums and differences of decimals (Sixth grade - J.3)
• Multiply and divide decimals: Estimate products of decimal numbers (Sixth grade - O.2)
• Division: Estimate quotients (Sixth grade - L.4)

September 19, 2013

Today we will be estimating decimal sums, differences, products and quotients using three new methods:  Clustering, Compatible Numbers & Front-end estimation.

Clustering - means rounding the numbers to the same value.

Compatible Numbers - these are numbers that are close to the numbers that are in the problem and are helpful when you are solving the problem mentally.

Front-end estimation - used when searching for the range for the sum

Assignment

Pages 106 & 107

• Problems  1 - 35  odd  & 36 - 43 all

September 17, 2013

Today we will be making test corrections during the first part of class.

Our lesson today will concentrate on the students writing , comparing, and ordering decimals using place value and number lines.

Assignment:

 

P. 101         Problems    17 - 37

Math Humor

Did you hear about the decimal that found studying very difficult?  It never seemed to get the point!

Friday, September 13, 2013

Chapter 1 Test

Grade Check

Missing Assignments - IXL

Children's Cancer Awareness Day

P. 47 1 - 37 Are You Ready?

September 9, 2013

1-6 Patterns and Sequences

Vocabulary

• Sequence
• Term
• arithmetic sequence

When identifying patterns look for a relationship between the 1st term and the 2nd term.  Check if this relationship works between the 2nd term and the 3rd term, and so on.

Assignment

• Book
• P. 31 - 32  problems 1 - 31 odd
• P. 34  problems 1 - 20

• IXL
• Continue working on the following:
• E.2 & I.3 are due on Wednesday
• M.1 is due on Thursday 

September 5, 2013

Did You Know?

Historically, people who studied mathematics also studied astronomy.  For example, Johannes Kepler and Sir Isaac Newton made contributions in both fields.

Problem of the Day

About 23% of 600 firefighters are not on duty on any particular day.  Steven estimates that about 200 firefighters have the day off.  Is his estimate too high or too low?  Explain.

 

 

Assignment

• Book - Read Pages 26 - 27 

• Do problems 1 - 14 and #16

  Order of Operations Worksheet

  IXL -  

  • M.1Estimate to solve word problems

   

  
  

  
  

September 3, 2013

I can do mental math with fractions and decimals, but I have trouble computing with wholes in my head!!!

Vocabulary

1. Commutative Property
2. Associative Property
3. Distributive Property

Read pages 22 & 23

Book assignment

•  p. 24 16 - 40 even

IXL Assignment

1. E.2Evaluate exponents
2. I.3Properties of addition

Worksheet

• Practice C - exponents
• Family Fun - order of operations

Wednesday, August 28th

Correct Page 14 problems 1-20.

Cover Blog Site

Introduce IXL Site - I will be handing out your usernames and passwords.  Please put these into your planners so that you have them at all times.

Lesson:  Order of Operations

Key vocabulary

• numerical expression  - a mathematical phrase that includes only numbers and operational symbols

• simplify -  find the value

• order of operations - the correct procedure to follow when more than one operation occurs in a numerical expression.

1. Perform operations in parentheses
2. Find the values of numbers with exponents
3. Multiply or divide from left to right as ordered in the problem.
4. Add or subtract from left to right as ordered in the problem.

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Assignment:  P. 20 problems 8 - 21

IXL        E.1 Write multiplication expressions using exponents
Students must get to at least 85 on all IXL assignments.

Week of April 2 though the 5th.

6 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

6.G.1 Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

• Geometry: Area (Sixth grade - Z.23)
• Geometry: Area of compound figures (Sixth grade - Z.24)
• Geometry: Compare area and perimeter of two figures (Sixth grade - Z.26)

6.G.2 Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = l w h and V = b h to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

• Geometry: Volume and surface area (Sixth grade - Z.33)

6.G.3 Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

• Coordinate graphing: Coordinate graphs review (Sixth grade - Q.1)

6.G.4 Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

• Geometry: Nets of 3-dimensional figures (Sixth grade - Z.32)
• Geometry: Volume and surface area (Sixth grade - Z.33)

Tuesday, March 27 & Thursday March 29

We will continue working on the following IXL in the classroom and outside of the classroom:

Charts and graphs

 

•    R.1 Interpret pictographs
•    R.2 Create pictographs   
•    R.3 Stem-and-leaf plots   
•    R.4 Interpret line plots  
•    R.5 Create line plots
•    R.6 Create frequency tables
•    R.7 Interpret bar graphs
•    R.8 Create bar graphs
•    R.9 Interpret double bar graphs
•    R.10 Create double bar graphs
•    R.11 Create histograms
•    R.12 Circle graphs with fractions
•    R.13 Interpret line graphs
•    R.14 Create line graphs
•    R.15 Interpret double line graphs
•    R.16 Create double line graphs
•    R.17 Interpret box-and-whisker plots  
•     R.18 Choose the best type of graph

 Statistics

 

S.1 Calculate mean, median, mode, and range   
S.2 Interpret charts to find mean, median, mode, and range  

• S.3 Mean, median, mode, and range: find the missing number
S.4 Identify representative, random, and biased samples

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Wednesday

With the Dakota Step Test coming up we will be working exclusively with our IXL program.  The following standards are what we will be working on in the classroom and outside of the classroom. 

• P2  -  P3  -  P8  -  P10  -  P11  -  P12  -  P15  -  P16  -  P21  -  P22  -  P23 
• E1  -  E2  -  E3   - E4  -  E5
• P.2Evaluate variable expressions with whole numbers
• P.3Solve word problems involving two-variable equations
• P.7Evaluate multi-variable expressions
• P.8Solve two-step equations
• P.10Write linear functions
• P.11Linear function word problems
• P.12Evaluate expressions involving integers
• P.15Identify terms, coefficients, and monomials
• P.16Add and subtract like terms
• P.21Inequalities on number lines
• P.22Solutions to variable inequalities
• P.23Solve one-step linear inequalities
• E.1Write multiplication expressions using exponents
• E.2Evaluate exponents
• E.3Exponents: solve for the variable
• E.4Exponents with decimal bases
• E.5Exponents with fractional bases
• Y.10Convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit
   

 

 

 

Friday March 8, 2013

IXL - P17 - P1 - P9 - P5 - P6 - P4 - P7

These are all IXL's that the students should be working on during the week.

P. 72 8 - 28 even and 30 &31

P. 75 7-29 odd

IXL due -  I3, K9, P18

We will correct P. 52    2 - 24 even.

Finish Discussing Placement Tests

Discuss Translating from word expressions to algebraic expressions.
Assign P. 57  12 - 27 all


We will do these assignments depending on time so make sure you look at sections 2.5 & 2.6

 Solving equations using addition and subtraction.



P. 72  8 - 28  even and 30 &31

P. 75  7-29 odd

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Please answer the following questions and email your answers to richard.osborn@k12.sd.us
A student got 22 out of 25 questions correct on a test.  What was his/her percentage?

What quadrant would the point (-4,-7) be in? 




There are 1,932,704 cars in Oklahoma.  Which of the states in the table have more cars than Oklahoma?

State	Number of Cars
Kentucky	1,914,028
Louisiana	1,960,105
South Carolina	1,933,281

The table shows what Elena spends each day during a business trip.  About how much does she spend altogether during the four-day trip?
 

Category	Daily Cost
Hotel	$108
Food	$29
Transportation	$11

Today we will be working on the following IXL's as we continue to get ready for the Dakota Step test in April.

• Divide fractions: Divide fractions and mixed numbers (Sixth grade - W.5)
• Divide fractions: Divide fractions and mixed numbers: word problems (Sixth grade - W.6)

Monday, February 4, 2013

• Baltimore Ravens Win the Super Bowl 34-31!  Sorry Zach! :-(
• Joe Flacco threw 33 passes and completed 22 of those passes for 287 yards.  What is the ratio of passes completed to passes attempted?  What percentage of passes did Joe Flacco complete?  How many yards per pass did Joe have on Sunday?  Please email me your answers.
• Review division of fractions, reciprocals, translations, rotations, reflections, absolute value,

• Correct p. 455 1- 16.

• IXL - assignment
• Divide fractions: Divide by fractions - with models (Sixth grade - W.1)
• Divide fractions: Reciprocals (Sixth grade - W.2)
• Divide fractions: Divide fractions (Sixth grade - W.3)

Thursday, January 24, 2012

6.NS.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.   


6.NS.6.a Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g., -(-3) = 3, and that 0 is its own opposite.   

IXL

• Integers: Understanding integers (Sixth grade - C.1)
• Integers: Absolute value and opposite integers (Sixth grade - C.2)
• Integers: Number lines with integers (Sixth grade - C.3)Measurement: Working with
• temperatures above and below zero (Sixth grade - Y.9)

Week of January 7 - 11, 2013

IXL

• Number theory: Least common multiple (Sixth grade - N.8)
• Number theory: GCF and LCM: word problems (Sixth grade - N.9)
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Packets

• Least Common Multiple Packet - 5-1 
•  Dividing proper fractions packet - 5-2
• Dividing mixed fractions packet - 5-3

Book Assignments
P. 230  15-31 odd
P. 231 50-59