2025-26
9.11.25
We started with a MMM and then students continued with the practice from yesterday. Pages 3 and 4 are due for tomorrow. On the last page where we are finding the quotient of fractions doing the cross product reduction can be very helpful.
9.10.25
We had a lesson on all operations and fractions today. Notes were put on the board and students recorded in their math notebook. Students then began working on some practice related to the less. The first two pages are due for tomorrow, many students completed in class ("what is the DIFFERENCE..." and "what do you call a sleeping bag?")
9.9.25
We started with a check in regarding hw, we went over solutions and took questions. We then did a MMM. No new additional work pushed out. No hw.
We also started doing daily feedback forms for the week on how each student is doing regarding classroom expectations. We will do these through the week and students will get a score for the whole week which will go in synergy and students will get a parent signature on this sheet.
9.8.25
We continued with our Warm Up from Friday . If students did not complete this in class it is homework and due for tomorrow (Tuesday). When students completed the work they checked their solutions in the hall. When all were complete they moved onto the follow up . The follow up is not hw.
9.5.25
We started with MMM and then moved onto a lesson on all operations with whole numbers and whole numbers with decimals. There were examples and then ten practice problems . No hw have a nice weekend
9.4.25
All students have completed their fall MAPS math test! Tomorrow we will start to roll our normal program. No hw
6B - Walking Field Trip forms went home today. Please fill those out and turn them into me.
9.3.25
MAPS math testing today. We will continue tomorrow. Students should bring charged chromebooks, charger and something to do if and when complete. No hw
9.2.25
We started with a warm up today and shared within our groups and as a class. We then corrected the rounding hw and took questions. We followed this up with MMM and did binder construction. Binders should go to all core classes and serve as a way to organize handouts.
We also spent some time getting students login passwords for their Chromebooks who did not have one and made sure everyone could login (this always takes longer than expected).
Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will be starting our Fall MAPPS standardized testing. These are not part of students grades but serve as an effective measure of where students are at mathematically and the progress students have made (although the test is different in middle school than elementary and the scores cannot really be compared). For tomorrow ALL students need to bring:
charged chromebook and a charger
a book or something to do quietly when completed with the assessment (cannot be on Chromebook).
No hw for tonight
8.29.25
Short classes today with the early release. We started with a MMM, went over yesterday's homework and took questions and we then had a lesson on rounding and some practice . The rounding practice is due for Tuesday (many students finished in class or got very close).
Please remember to bring in your binder on Tuesday as we will be setting those up. If you have any extra that you would like to donate that would be GREAT! We are also still doing our pencil drive as we will be needing many more. Those can come in at anytime. Have a great long weekend and great job during this first week!
8.28.25
We started with a MMM today. We then explained how to use our math notebook and organize. We then had a warm up on place value, went over the warm up, had some practice (even only and this is due tomorrow/Friday). Students that finished worked on some follow up problems and we went over the website.
8.27.25
Today we continued to establish our daily routine and went through in detail how to start organizing our lab notebook. We then did a warm up and shared that out with our table group. No hw
8.26.25
We had a very positive first day here at Winterhaven. We went through classroom expectations, did a couple of activities to help facilitate getting to know students and their names. No hw. Tomorrow we will have a 'normal' schedule and begin more with academics. Thanks everyone for their cooperation!
2024-25
6.11.25
We started today with our "Practice Plunge" and ended the day with the "Big Barbie Bungee Plunge". The entire Barbie Bungee packet is due tomorrow morning except items IX and X.
6.10.25
We had a lesson on point slope form and how to utilize this with our Barbie Bungee data. Students should have up to XI on Barbie Packet done for tomorrow. Big Plunge is tomorrow, Barbie Bungee packet due Thursday morning. Do not need to do IX and X in packet
6.9.25
We started with a recap of where we should be and what is coming up. Due tomorrow:
Q method line of best fit and slope of the line for Burn Baby Burn (for labs will be turned in tomorrow)
Manual line of best fit and slope of that line for Barbie Bungee
Q method line of best fit and slope of that line for Barbie Bungee
next steps to figure out:
LOBF manual and q method of means (not everyone needs to do this but someone in the group should.
How calculating y-intercept, we discussed options to do this today. I will present one other option tomorrow
what is your equation going to be for tomorrows practice plunge in y = mx+b format
be able to sub in a distance for x and solve for number of rubber bands (y).
Test your equation
Tomorrow group work to get all caught up, we will end the day with the practice plunge. Wednesday you will have time to make revision and we will do , "The Big Plunge!"
6.7.25
Today we went over how to generate a line of best fit using the Q-method.
6.5.25
Groups that had not completed Barbie Bungee data collection had time to complete this. In 6b students then started graphing their data and discussing how to interpret the y-intercept. No hw.
6.4.25
No new work today, focused on Invasive project
6.3.25
Barbie Bungee data collection day! No homework
6.2.25
Today's focus was on creating groups procedure, station and testing procedure for Barbie Bungee. No hw
5.29.25
We introduced and began our final project of the year: Barbie Bungee
5.28/29.25
state testing
5.27.25
State Testing Practice Link (select 6th grade and work through CAT and PT practice tests)
No homework. Today we did a quick review of 6th grade math concepts and looked at the practice tests for tomorrows state Testing. Make sure to bring a charged Chromebook, charger and independent work to do if finish early. This is the expectation for at least the next two days.
5.23.25
We started with a lesson on how to graph an equation when it is point slope format. Notes and warm up
5.22.25
We had a longer lesson on finding the general equation of a line: y=mx+b. We discussed why our initial equation worked for Bouncy Ball (or worked pretty well) and why it did not work for Burn Baby Burn. We went over how to solve for b and use our equation to make predictions. Students then worked on finding the equation of the line (y=mx+b ) for all four graphs, corrected any LOBF that are off and answered any follow up questions that asked to make predictions (use the equation of your line to solve these questions). All work for this should be done in color (marker or pencil) and this is due on Tuesday.
Video of equation of a line and solving for slope
5.20.25
We had our third Daily Review assessment today. They were graded in class. We then had a lesson looking at slope, LOBF and fitting an equation to the line. Students are working on two lab currently. Below is the sequence of steps for working on this
Burn Baby Burn
collect data
graph data
generate LOBF
calculate slope
follow up questions (work up to number 9 and try and figure out why equation we have doesn't work, if cant figure it out move onto Bouncy Ball)
Bouncy Ball
Graph data
generate LOBF
calculate slope
Follow up (when done compare to BBB and go back and try and figure out remaining follow up)
Due for Thursday is everything except the follow ups that are more challenging. 6b has not been as focused and in generally will probably have more homework to complete this.
5.19.25
We started with a Daily Review. Tomorrow we will be having our Daily Review Assessment.
We did our, Burn Baby Burn activity today. No hw, we will continue with the follow up on this and Bouncy Ball tomorrow.
5.16.25
We started with a Daily Review, then went over solutions from yesterday. Today's Daily Review .
We then started our third data collection activity: Bouncy Ball . We will continue on Monday, no homework
5.15.25
We started with our proportions assessment. When students were done they did the days Daily Review. The daily review is hw for tomorrow (most students completed this in class after the assessment.
5.14.25
We started with a Daily Review. We then moved onto Warm Up I (which is to support our assessment on proportions tomorrow) and students moved onto WU II. Links to all Three are here . Warm Up I is very similar to what tomorrows assessment will look like so being comfortable with this is important. WU II is also hw for tomorrow. Students are generating a manual line of best fit and solving mathematically for its slope.
5.13.25
Today's Daily Review and optional proportion practice .
We had a longer lesson on looking at relationships between the data with our two labs, how to generate and define a line of best fit and how to mathematically define that line using slope. No specific hw today but we will be having a proportion test on Thursday. All content that needs to be understood has been handed out for practice and gone over. It is also available on the website (you may need to scroll back a bit - this includes the warm up with solutions from 5.9.25).
5.12.25
Today's Daily Review - we went over solutions with detail. Students had independent work to complete Building Bridges. HW for tomorrow, all of Building Bridges - don't need to come up with the equation. This is challenge and we will discuss in more detail tomorrow.
5.9.25
We started with our Daily Review Assmt and then went over solutions. Students then worked on a warm up. I recommend students work through up to number 7, solutions provided. We then continued with building Bridges.
5.8.25
We started with a Daily Review today (retakes from first quiz are tomorrow during recess and we will be having our second Daily Review quiz in class).
We had a further discussion on proportional relationships and evaluating/making sense of our Fast Talker Data and graph. Fast Talker follow up 1-7 is due for tomorrow.
We also started "Building Bridges " today. We will continue tomorrow. Today's handouts/work.
5.7.25
We started with a Daily Review, went over solutions to the proportion word problems and took questions, we then went over the solutions to the proportions quiz and students began working on Fast Talker Data. HW: is to make a graph and plot the points for Fast Talker.
Daily Review and Fast Talker handout
5.6.25
Started with a Daily Review , went over and explained solutions. Students had I.w. to complete the proportion word problems from yesterday. These are hw for tomorrow. We then handed back the Science Test, Daily Review Test and Proportion Test. Daily Review retakes for students who did not demonstrate proficiency (Prof was 9) will be on Friday during recess (so if you did not demonstrate proficiency Friday is the day for retakes and there is only one retake). Proportion Quiz was also handed back (no retakes as we will be having a larger Assmt on this material next week and will adjust scores accordingly,.
We then wrapped up with, "Fast Talker", we will continue this tomorrow.
5.5.25
We did a Daily Review, had a lesson on proportions word problems and then students did some practice related to proportion word problems. No hw. Today's Handouts
5.1.25
We started by going over the hw and then taking questions and working through problems on the board. We then had two short quizzes, one on our Daily Review so far which we corrected in class and the other a check in with our proportion work. We then did a warm up looking at Lake Erie and we went over the solutions. No hw.
4.30.25
We started with a Daily Review and went over solutions. We then had a review/follow up lesson on proportions. We went over solutions with the hw and took any questions, working through those problems on the board. HW is to complete pages 3 and 4 of yesterday work. When students finished they went onto the next practice. Tomorrows hw is in yesterday's link, the follow up is in today's link along with the daily review.
4.29.25
We started today with a "Daily Review" went over solutions, took questions and recorded our score in back of math notebook. We then continued our lesson on proportions and build on it with solving for an unknown and using the distributive property. Here is today's work . The first two pages are homework for tomorrow, many students finished in class (1-6 and then just do the even's).
4.28.25
We started with a "Daily Review" today, this is something that we will be starting with pretty frequently to reinforce skills we have already covered as we get ready for state assessment in math. We then did a warm up on probability tree's. Both are here . We went over the solutions to both in class and took questions. We then started a lesson on proportions that we will continue tomorrow. No hw
4.18.25
Science Assessment today. Leave for Outdoor School this Sunday!
4.17.25
No new work pushed out, we have been very science heavy lately as to wrap up our unit before Outdoor School. That will change when we return.
4.11.25
We started with a warm up looking at the number of potential outcomes and what those are outcomes are. We used a probability tree as a way to organize our process. No hw.
4.10.25
We went through and awarded results for our March Madness competition. Congrats Osiah, Conan, Ann, Oakley (2x), Alden, Sabina, Asa, Adrian, Owen (2x), Elsie, Nancy, Temple and Zoe! No hw
\4.9.25
No new work pushed out.
4.8.25
Today we went through our original March Madness brackets to determine the percentage of games each student predicted correctly for the mens and womens brackets. If a student did not complete this in class (most did) this is hw and needs to be turned in first thing tomorrow to be considered for awards. Remember, round to the millionth and show work as described in class on a post-it note.
4.3.25
No new work pushed out today.
4.2.25
The algebraic word problem assessment was handed back. HW is a parent signature on this. 6B got their geometry assessment back as well (parent signature on this as well). Parent signatures are due tomorrow on these assessments.
4.1.25
No new work pushed out. Bit of a science heavy focus as we are going to wrap this unit up before Outdoor School.
3.31.25
No new work pushed out.
3.21.25
We wrapped up our, Penny Toss activity. Calculating the means and looking for any patterns. We then tied this to the Law of Large Numbers. No hw have a nice break
3.18.25
"Penny Toss" and background - We started this activity today but did not complete it. HW: Complete collecting your data for 5,25, 50 and 100 tosses and record your work and results on the sheet. Tomorrow up date your data on the dry erase board in the correct location.
We also took our algebraic word problem assessment today.
I completely lost my voice so I appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation! Thank you
3.17.25
Today we went into some, "Bracketology" as a warm up, introducing our probability unit and students filled out a mens and womens bracket for our 6th Grade March Madness competition. If you did not complete in class they are due tomorrow. We also have our algebraic word problem assessment tomorrow.
3.14.25
We did a pi day activity today called, "seedelicious:. No new work pushed out. Algebraic word problem test on Tuesday.
3.11.25
We had our peer lessons today. Great job presenters and audience members! No hw
6B Geometry solutions (assessment on Friday)
3.10.25
Today was a math heavy day. Students worked on their algebraic word problems and peer teachers worked on putting together their lesson plans. Tomorrow lesson on one and two step equations will be given by student teachers along with solutions. No hw
3.7.25
We started with a 4 minute diamond math problem, we then went over the inequality assessment solutions and finished up with a group math activity involving volume, meatballs and pasta sauce. No hw
3.6.25
Students continued to work on algebraic word problems when they completed the science activity. The inequality assessment was handed back as well. Signed parent signature is due on these for tomorrow. Overall students did really well on this assessment!
3.5.25
We continued in partner pairs on one and two step word problems (linked below). If you are not done with those your hw is 15 minutes focused work on this
3.4.25
Students worked in their 'partner pairs' on our algebraic word problems. The practice is here. The link has one step and two step, the objective is the two step but students that were struggling with this focused on the one step. This is NOT hw, we will continue to work on in class.
2.28.25
No new work today, big science lab
2.27.25
We had a lesson on solving algebraic word problems. Students then worked on these problems when complete with the science work. This is not HW.
2.25.25
We took the inequality assessment today, students that did not finish will complete it tomorrow. No new work pushed out.
2.24.25
We started out with our NEW MMM (4MDM - 4 minute diamond math) today. We then had a practice test, students then worked together to solve for the answers and then solutions were handed out. The practice test and answers are here. Tomorrow will be out assessment on inequalities.
HW is to prep for tomorrows test, if you did well on the practice test then you probably do not need to do much. If you did not complete or misses responses you should spend more time. Use the practice test and answers, Inequality word problem worksheet, "what did the beaver say to the tree", what happens when the king of beasts..." and the link from last week to prep.
2.21.25
No new work pushed out today, we took a break post science fair and watched the movie, "Hidden Figures".
Math inequality final test will be on Tuesday. Practice test on Monday.
2.19.25
No new work pushed out today, science heavy day. Here is some extra practice on inequalities related to our upcoming assessment. We have gone through some of these already but these are extra practice if needed. I have included the solutions and the last page is definitely the most challenging and beyond our grade level but there for additional challenge is wanted/needed.
2.18.25
We started with a MMM. We then went onto a Warm up . Students worked together and we went over these problem by problem getting through the word problems. This is not hw and we will continue. We are planning on having our inequality assessment on Friday.
2.12.25
No new work pushed out.
2.11.25
We continued with the warm up from yesterday and went over all the solutions and taking questions. Students then got into partner pairs and worked on some inequalities more independently. If students are not complete with the front side ('what did the beaver say...") they should spend about 20 minutes on it tonight getting 3-5 problems complete.
6A we returned and went over the quiz.
2.10.25
We started with a warm up . We went over numbers 1-3. We will continue tomorrow, starting with going over number 4.
6A we took a look at last weeks solutions and had a short quiz.
2.7.25
We had a an additional lesson/review on inequalities. The practice is here. 6B completed this and we went over solutions. This is hw for 6A (odd or even, you choose). No hw 6B
2.5.25
We had a longer lesson introducing inequalities, graphing and one and two step equations. We will have practice tomorrow.
2.4.25
We wrapped up MAPS math testing today. No new work pushed out.
2.3.25
No new work today, we are doing MAPS math testing, will continue tomorrow.
1.23.24
No new work pushed out, focus was on Science Fair Write up.
1.22.25
Height, Wingspan data to practice making scatterplot in Google sheets and Desmos. .
Today we went over what the (ht, wingspan) data should look like and how to interpret this data. We then used an online program to help us with interpreting the data.
1.21.25
The warm up from Friday is due for tomorrow as well as the interpretation of the the data. What is the relationship between height and weight? How are you coming to this conclusion?
6A has a geometry test on surface area and volume.
1.17.25
We started with a warm up which included making a scatterplot of our (wingspan, height) data. Students did not complete this so we will continue on Tuesday.
1.16.25
We started the day collecting some data some quantitative data for our statistics unit. We will have a warm up tomorrow where we will start to make sense of it. No hw
1.14.25
Today was a lesson heavy day going over stem and leaf graphs, mean absolute deviation and finding outlers. Class notes are here . Tomorrow will be the application of these. No hw
1.13.25
We started with a warm up which was to make two vertically organized box and whisker plots of 6A and 6B data. There should be one number line for both box and whisker plots. Students should also interpret the box and whisker plots to one another speaking to skewness of the data and comparing their classes data to their classes histogram. Specifically addressing similarities/differences and if one graph allows a different interpretation of the data. HW for tomorrow
1.10.25
Students worked on their mean/median/mode work and we had a lesson on making and interpreting box and whisker plots, notes are here .
Some additional box plot notes
1.9.25
We started with a warm up where students calculated the 5 number summary for their classes heart rate data. Students then made a histogram from this data, being thoughtful as to how to establish bin size, taking into consideration how the mean and median compare. Students then wrote 2-3 sentences interpreting the histogram. Students then transitioned onto some practice , one side of the practice is due for tomorrow.
1.8.24
Today we had a review on mean, median, mode and range. We also introduced, 5 number summary's and a histogram. We also discussed how to interpret a histogram and talked about positive/negatively skewed (left/right) and distribution of data. Class notes from today are here . No hw
1.7.25
We had an intro lesson on some quantitative data analysis. Range, Mode, Mean, Median and n. For hw students should take their classes HR Data and solve for the range, mode, median and mean. Show work, due for tomorrow.
1.6.25
No new work pushed out, 6a complete one side of the diamond problems.
12.19.24
No new work pushed out, Science Fair focus.
12.18.24
No new work pushed out, early dismissal
12.17.24
Science test today
12.16.24
Test prep for science
12.13.24
No new work pushed out, science heavy day
12.12.24
No new work pushed out today, heavy science day.
12.11.24
Students had time to work on our percent word problems practice . This is hw for tomorrow, we will go over solutions and take questions. When students completed they began working on the follow up , this IS NOT hw.
12.10.24
We had a detailed lesson on how to decode percent word problems and create an algebraic sentence. We then had some practice, this is not hw. We did out 2nd FOS and everyone performed marvelously; congrats to our winners Andrea, Dot and B. Updated scores are posted in Reference section.
12.6.24
We went over solutions for the decimal/fractions practice. No new work pushed out.
We did our first Festivus Feats of Strength. Congrats to all! And special congrats to our FOS 1 finalists; Andrea, Hans, Anaya and Naomi!
FOS 6B and FOS 6A - these are in the resources page and will be updated after each FOS
12.5.24
6A did a MMM. We had a lesson on Practice 7.EE.B.3, numbers 1-5 should be complete if not done.
12.4.24
No new work pushed out today
12.3.24
We did math activity that involved a video prompt and group problem solving. This looked at decimals, percents word problem. No hw pushed out.
12.2.24
We started with a math warm up and transitioned to science activity. No hw,
11.22.24
We started with a MMM, I collected some MMM data to look at progress and students started some percent/decimal work. No hw
11.21.24
Students completed their Leaf Lab Self Reflection and Ratio Work today and turned in their Leaf Lab. Nice job! No new work pushed out.
11.20.24
Students met with their Leaf Lab partners and went through the protocol of exchanging info, giving feedback and problem solving where any mistkes were made. Students then filled out the Leaf Lab Reflection Form . This form and all Leaf Lab items are due for tomorrow (Thursday).
11.19.24
We started our wrap up for Leaf Lab. Students completed the Leaf Lab Feedback form in class on the points they plotted of their partner. We will continue tomorrow with this.
11.15.24
MMM and Leaf Lab today. Leaf Lab is due on Tuesday (tomorrow). Bring in your packet, your traced leaf, partners ordered pairs and the points you plotted of theirs.
11.14.24
We started with a warm up and a lesson. Students then had independent work to work on plotting their partners ordered pairs.
11.13.24
Students wrote final instructions on their Leaf Lab ordered pairs and turned them in. They then got their partners ordered pairs and began plotting their points. Only hw is if students have a lot of ordered pairs to plot from their partner and they are behind on area perimeter, spend some time on area/perimeter.
11.12.24
Started with a MMM and then students had independent work for Leaf Lab. All ordered pairs are due tomorrow, I will be collecting the sheet that students have written their ordered pairs on.
11.8.24
We did a MMM today. For Tuesday students should complete or be very close to completing all ordered pairs.
11.5.24
We started with a MMM. We then had a longer lesson on the strategies to finding the area and perimeter of our leaves. Students will be working on this over the course of the next two days while I am out at a district training. Fraction tests were also handed back. Parent signature due on these for Friday.
10.31.24
We started with a warm up and moved into new groups, then did a MMM and had a lesson on plotting points on our traced leaf and recording ordered pairs for Leaf Lab . Students then had independent work to begin this process. No hw.
10.30.24
We started with a MMM and then did a graphing warm up related to yesterday's lesson. . I then introduced our Leaf Lab project and gave the first set of instructions. We will continue tomorrow, students that were out today I will catch you up tomorrow.
10.29.24
We took notes on the Cartesian Plane today
HW - bring in a leaf tomorrow that gets close to filling up a 8.5x11 sheet of paper and has a good amount of "movement" to it. Oak and Maple leafs are good. Avoid round leaves with serrated edges.
10.28.24
No new work pushed out today. Tomorrow is the last chance to take a test retake to count towards quarter 1 grade.
10.25.24
Fractions assessment today. No hw. Anyone that did not demonstrate proficiency on a math test and wants to do a retake that will count towards Q1 grades needs to do the retake during lunch on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
10.24.24
We had a lengthy warm up reviewing our fraction work. Our fraction assessment will be tomorrow. There was extra practice in class for students that felt they needed it. There are links below and links to tutorials if needed....
10.17.24
Today we began with a math warm up (no one finished and that is ok) and then we did a team test practice. Students that completed this then did additional prep for tomorrows fraction assessment. warm up and practice
10.16.24
No new work pushed out. Our fraction assessment will be this Friday. Tomorrow will be a review day.
10.15.24
No new work pushed out. We took questions and worked through problems on the partner math practice. No hw
10.14.24
Students worked in their partner groups to complete the practice from 10.10.24. This is hw for tomorrow. Most students completed in class. No new work pushed out.
10.10.24
We started with a MMM. We had a lesson on decoding word problems. Students were then split into partner pairs and worked on some fractions word problems. This practice is not homework.
The long weekend is a great opportunity to do some extra practice with fractions if one feels the need. There are links and work has been handed out along with links to videos on an earlier date. Have a nice weekend.
10.9.24
No new work pushed out
10.8.24
We had a warm up based on our lessons from the last couple of days, some students started yesterday. The first and second page should be half done at a minimum for tomorrow. Practice
10.7.24
We started with a warm up focused on dividing/multiplying fractions and mixed numbers. We went over this as a class and took questions. When students completed the analysis they started some fraction practice. Not many got to this point so I will link this tomorrow.
10.4.24
We had a lesson on dividing fractions as well as how to multiply and divide mixed numbers. No new work pushed out. Below are review lessons of what we have been going over:
10.3.24
Students started with some math practice related to our lesson on fractions. We also did a MMM and had a lesson on multiplying and dividing fractions and going from mixed # to improper and back. For tomorrow students should have the following completed:
"Crack Code"
"DAffnition Decoder"
half of "Greek Decoder"
four problems from "Find Math"
Info on lessons we have had for students gone:
10.2.24
If students completed the analysis from the science activity they started some math practice related to yesterday's practice on fractions. Not many students got this far.
10.1.24
We started with a warm up looking at more challenging diamond problems. We then had a lesson on factors, prime factorization and adding/subtracting decimals.
9.30.24
We started with a warm up and then a practice. The practice is homework for tomorrow if it was not completed in class.
9.27.24
6B continued with yesterday's warm up and 6A we went over the assessment. Some students wanted extra practice on working with decimals and negatives. I handed it out in class and link available above. We then did a group activity that was a bit of a competition at the end of class.
9.26.24
Students worked on a warm up after having independent work to complete yesterday's science. The warm up is not hw. Students did not complete and that was not the expectation, will continue tomorrow. We then went over all solutions with our negative work and took questions (6a did not get to this). Students that earned 24 or less are elegible for a retake. Students need to prep on their own and let me know that they would like to take a retake and give me at least a day's notice.
The math review Assessment was discussed and then we went over each problem and took questions. Students are to take this home tonight, get a parent signature and bring back for checking tomorrow. This is worth points and points can only be received if it is brought back tomorrow.
9.25.24
No new work pushed out
9.24.24
We had a lesson on all operations with negatives. Students had time to work on the practice. 6A , you just need to don the odds or evens, you choose. Practice
adding subtracting negative numbers
multiplying/dividing negative numbers
9.23.24
We had a lesson on adding/subtracting negative values today. Students had time in class to complete the following practice . Only 6B got to this, we will start/continue tomorrow.
9.20.24
Students took our review assessment today. They had independent work when the completed. No new work pushed out.
9.19.24
We started with a warm up, went over solutions, discussed what will be on our test tomorrow then broke into partner groups to prepare for tomorrows test. Students that were fluent with material received some challenge work. HW would be to work on practice problems that a student feels they needs a bit more practice in to be prepared for tomorrows assessment.
On the assessment:
rounding to a given place value
knowing place value and pronouncing values
all operations with whole numbers and decimals including long division
9.18.24
Final review practice before assessment on Friday . Students worked on this after completing analysis questions in class. Bring any questions in Thursday, there will also be time to work on in class on Thursday. The goal is understanding of material, not necessarily completion.
9.17.24
No new work pushed out. Students who did not complete both sides of yesterdays practice should spend 30 minutes continuing with the work, expectation is not to complete but to spend 30 minutes focused work on the material.
9.16.24
We did a MMM today followed by 'partner practice". Students worked with a partner somewhere in the environment on some math review concepts, students showed their work on graph paper to work on vertical organization. Both sides should be complete by Wednesday. Practice
9.13.24
We started with going over the solutions from our Warm Up from the last couple of days. We then took questions and went through several problems on the board. Students were to backtrack with their own work, if they did not get to the problem they should have recorded it. If extra practice is needed I use the warm up posted yesterday or let me know and I will provide. Have a nice weekend!
9.12.24
Warm Up from the last couple of days , students do not need to finish all but getting up to H and I would be good, if a student is only on say D, skip ahead and attempt H and I. We will go over tomorrow. Students worked on these for about 40 minutes in class today.
9.10.24
We are in the process of doing a review of primarily 5th grade mathematical concepts. Below is a list of the concepts we have had lessons and practice on. These are links to kahn academy lessons and practice will follow the lessons. This is a resource for area's that students need some extra practice on. No new work pushed out today, continued a bit with yesterday's warm up.
9.9.24
We started with a MMM, we then went over the responses from last weeks warm up, took quesion's and put some of the problems on the board. No hw.
9.6.24
No new work pushed out, have a nice weekend
9.5.24
More MAPS math testing, no new work pushed out.
9.4.24
We started our first round of MAPS math testing today! Not all students finished so we will continue tomorrow. Please bring charged chromebook, charger and something to do when done. Thanks for everyone bring their chrombook today!
9.3.24
We started with a warm up that students shared out, we continued with our warm up from the other day and did a wrap up activity with it and concluded with a MMM.
MAPS math testing tomorrow, please bring a charged chromebook, charger and something to do if you finish.
9.1.24
We started with a warm up and shared these out. We continued with last weeks warm up that was on the board, students did a self evaluation of this and then turned in their work. I am more looking at student process and where they are at.
Tomorrow we will be starting our Fall Math MAPS testing. Students should bring a charged chromebook, charger and something to do quietly when they finish (work from another class, book, drawing etc).
8.30.24
We continued with yesterday's practice and then we did a warm up looking at all four operations. We are working on organizing our work so we did all problems on larger celled graph paper. We then set up binders with tabs and talked about how to use them. 6B we got to going over the website but we did not in 6A, we will on Tuesday. Have a nice long weekend.
8.29.24
We did a MMM today, discussed place value and did some practice related to place value. Should be complete for tomorrow (even's only). Make sure to bring in your 3 inch binder tomorrow for setup.
8.28.24
We continued to work on classroom expectations, did a Mad Minute Math (MMM), set up our tracking device for this activity and learned how to set up our science lab notebook. No hw
8.27.24
We had a great first day of class. We went over classroom expectations, received a message from Principal Sandilands and got familiar with Winterhaven. No hw, congrats on surviving your first day of Middle School!
6.13.24
Barbie Bungee packets were turned in and awards handed out! Nice job everyone. No new work pushed out.
6.12.24
We did the, "Big Plunge" today. Results and awards tomorrow. Nice job everyone. Barbie packets are due tomorrow. All calculations, graphs and the self reflection. This is homework for everyone.
6.11.24
Barbie Bungee independent work today, we did a practice plunge and students debriefed and made changes as a group. Big Plunge is tomorrow. There will be 10-15 i.w. to prep but equations should be set and ready to go!!
6.10.24
Today we started with a lesson on some important things to consider while modeling Barbie Bungee data. No hw. Students will have more time tomorrow.
6.6.24
No new work pushed out today. Tomorrow is final Barbie Bungee data collection day!!
6.5.24
No new work pushed out, today was an independent work period for our science project.
6.4.24
Second to last Barbie Bungee data collection day!
6.3.24
Students continued to work on their "Barbie Bungee" station, some groups started testing and getting data. No hw
5.31.24
We started "Barbie Bungee" today. No hw. If students are planning on making/bringing anything for data collection in needs to come in on Monday and have approval.
5.30.24
Students will turn in their labs tomorrow. They should be organized in the following order with the handout first and the graphs behind. The order is as follows:
Fast Talker
Ht, Wingspan
Burn Baby Burn
Bouncy Ball
No other work pushed out
5.28.24
No new work pushed out. Due to my voive I did not collect the labs today. We will do that tomorrow.
5.24.24
We started with a lesson that applies to the warm up. We went over how to use the equation pt slope form (y-y1 = m(x-x1) to mathematically solve for b (y-int) and get our work into slope intercept form. The warm up was to use the pt slope form equation to mathematically solve for b and generate an equation for our line with "Fast Talker", "Ht, wingspan", "Burn Baby Burn" and "Bouncy Ball" (including 1 points) labs. This is due for Tuesday. Students had a lot of time to work on this in class, some have hw as a result of how they used their i.w. time.
5.23.24
No new work pushed out. We started by checking signed assessments and then went over the test. No hw
5.22.24
Linear Assessments were handed back today. These should have a signed parent signature sharing how students did. This needs to be done and turned in tomorrow 5.23.24 for credit (I am weighting this one a bit more). For a small percentage of students in class focus has become more of an issue the last month plus and is showing up on some assessments.
5.17.24
When done with the assessment spend some time doing next weeks practice test
Click this link to get started
click the green button, "sign in"
select 6th grade
select green OSAS Summative Math
select math CAT and then go back and select math PT (performance Task)
go back to signing in and select teh
5.20.24
State testing today, no new work pushed out. We will continue tomorrow. Make sure to have charged chromebook, charger and something to do if complete.
5.16.24
We took questions and went over yesterday's warm up. We then had a warm up today that involved in finding the equation is slope intercept form (y=mx+b) given the following ordered pairs: (-5,8), (-6,9), (-4,4), (-4,0), (-3,0), (-2, -1), (0,-4), (5, -7), (-2,10) and (-11,18). This is due for tomorrow.
We also have a quiz tomorrow on the following; proportions, all operations with fractions, percent problems, generating a LOBF, finding slope and b, and also finding m when given two points.
5.15.24
Started with a warm up. Warm up is hw
part I (complete circled problems and all of column 3)
Quiz has been moved to Friday
5.14.24
We started with a warm up that included some review problems (fractions) and related to our current unit with some challenge as well. We will have a quiz on finding m, b, LOBF and graphing on Thursday.
Monday we will begin state testing and them MAPS. Make sure to have a charged chromebook.
5.13.24
We started by reviewing and taking any questions with finding the equation of our manual and Q method LOBF from "Bouncy Ball". We then had a warm up and went over it. Our warm ups this week will be a bit of review as we will be doing our state math testing starting next Monday. No new work pushed out.
5.10.24
We continued with "Bouncy Ball" data collection and follow up work in class today. We also had a lesson on generating a line of best fit using the Q-method . For Monday students should have equations of their line for manual and Q method line of best fit. Have work on the graph and do each in a different color.
5.9.24
We started with going over the solutions to the homework and taking any questions. We then had a review on proportional reasoning. We then did a group warm up followed by starting, "Bouncy Ball". No hw.
5.8.24
Students worked on a variety of slope problems This is hw (odd or even). Follow up is not hw.
5.7.24
We had a lesson with some class practice on slope, y intercept, equation of a line and how to graph the data. No hw.
5.6.24
We started with a lesson reviewing Line of Best Fit, went through some strategies on selecting the two points on the line and a review of how to find slope. Students then did a warm up. Generate a LOBF for each data cluster (one in each quadrant). Show all work per class instructions. The second sheet on the link above is also due. Plot the points, generate a LOBF and find the slope.
5.2.24
Checked homework and then we had a longish lesson on proportional relationships, line of best fit and slope. No hw
5.1.24
Students completed "Burn Baby Burn" and the follow up in class today. If not finished it is hw for tomorrow. I will be checking for completion at the start of class.
4.30.24
We collected, "Burn Baby Burn" data today and students started graphing. This is NOT hw. All work for (ht, wingspan) is due for tomorrow; scatterplot and follow up are due tomorrow. Links to this are under days prior.
4.29.24
Students completed their scatterplot and moved onto the Follow Up. Follow up is due Wednesday, note the change from tomorrow 6b.
4.26.24
We started with a warn up . This is a bit more of detailed warm up, for Monday students should have axis scaled, labeled and at least half of the points plotted. Ideally all pts plotted.
4.25.24
"Fast Talker" hw was checked and (height, wingspan) data was collected. Some folks did not finish hw, that should be done tonight. No new work pushed out.
4.24.24
We had a warm up and went over results as a class
We continued with, "Fast Talker" today. The graph and follow up questions are due for tomorrow. We then went over directions for tomorrow's data collection. 6a and 6b data for "Fast Talker"
4.23.24
We did two warm ups today, including some data collection. No hw
4.22.23
Welcome back from Outdoor School. Students did a great job!
Today was a bit of a transition day with a series of different activities and some background info on Earth Day. No hw.
4.12.24
No new work pushed out today, science assessment. HW: get ready for Outdoor School!
4.11.24
No new work pushed out, today's focus was on prep for tomorrow's science assessment.
4.9.24
We went through and checked with how students did on their March Madness predictions. No new work pushed out.
4.8.24
No new work pushed out.
4.4.24
We started with a warm up and went over the solutions in class. We may not get all the way through the warm up in 6A with the Running activity in the afternoon.
4.3.24
We finished yesterday's warm up and did a new Warm Up today and went over the solution. No hw.
4.2.24
We did a probability tree practice cool down. We did not get all the way through it, we will continue tomorrow. cool down
4.1.24
We did a warm up on proportions and a proportion word problem. No new work pushed out.
3.22.24
We had a short lesson on proportion word problems. The link is to the proportion practice and word problems. Ideally students have worked through the odd or even for the packet (except the last few that are more challenging) and worked on some of the word problems. Have a great spring break.
3.21.24
We used the class data to get means of 5, 25, 50 and 100 flips. We made a table that showed student data, class means, calculated the absolute value of the prior mentioned differences to the theoretical probabilty and used this to explore the Law of Large Numbers (LLN) and discussed what this means and its applicability. No hw.
3.20.24
warm up , all solution were put on the board
No hw
3.19.24
Algebraic world problems assessment was returned and students put into hw folder. Signed parent signature's due for tomorrow. No new work pushed out.
3.18.24
Brackets need to be completed by tomorrow (male and female), this is a hw assignment and is worth points. We are treating this as a bit of a competition (awards to those with highest percentage of outcomes picked correctly. We discussed how to interprete brackets, the history of outcomes and a bit of bracketology in class.
3.14.24
I am out sick today. Students did practice on equivalent fractions and solving proportions (this was what our lesson yesterday was on. Practice here, this is not hw , although students that are out should try and get half done if you can. Check videos from yesterday if unclear.
3.13.24
We had a lesson today on ratios, equivalent fractions, proportions and a couple of ways to solving proportions. No hw pushed out, we will have practive tomorrow.
3.12.24
No new work pushed out
3.8.24
We had out assessment on algebraic word problems today. No new work pushed out.
3.7.24
Assessment on algebraic work problems tomorrow. Additional practice with answers for prep
3.6.24
No new work was pushed out today. 6B received your inequality assessment, these should come back tomorrow with a parent signature. Note the change, it is out of 35 pts. Reminder that students who did not demonstrate proficiency and are looking for a retake need to send me an email stating why they think they struggled, what changes they need to make to show improvement and how they will prep for a retake.
We will have our word problem assessment on Friday.
3.5.24
We did a peer teaching activity today on multi step algebraic word problems. HW is for students to reflect on their fluency with this work. If need additional practice there have been multiple practice pushed out. Continue to practice. We will be having a final assessment on these Th or Friday.
6A - inequality assessments were returned. These are to come back tomorrow with a parent signature and will go in hw folders. Note, it was out of 35 points. 6B - yours will be returned tomorrow.
3.4.23
We handed back and went over last Friday's check in quiz. These went into students HW Folders, parent signature is not necessary. Students worked in partner pairs on word problems, similar to the quiz, we will be having a final assessment on these in a couple of days. Students did one of the practice problems , this is hw for tomorrow. Number 8 is the most challenging, if students get stuck they can skip. We will go over all solutions tomorrow.
Kahn Academy lesson on algebraic word problems
Solving 2 - Step Algebraic equations lesson on Kahn Academy
3.1.24
Started by taking any questions related to the homework and going over on the board. We then a had quick, "check in" with two problems to see where students are at with this material. No new work pushed out.
2.29.24
Below are links to today's work. We had a lesson on solving for word problems after our 4MDM. HW is due tomorrow.
2.28.24
No new work pushed out. We started a 'new' MMM, "4MDM" (4 minute diamond math).
2.26.24
We had our final inequality assessment today. No new hw
2.23.24
Today's warm up and follow up practice to get ready for Mondays assessment on inequalities. The follow up isn't homework specifically, students worked on in class as prep. Do the problems that are challenging, especially on the last page with the distributive property.
Inequality test on Monday.All questions we have covered will be on the assessement. Just graphing, one step, two step, multi step, problems with distributive property and combining like terms and word problems. Won't be very long, 10 questions or less but all concepts will be on the test. No calcs/closed notes.
2.22.24
We started with a lesson on inequality word problems. Students then had time to practice and ask questions. If students are not done with, "what did the beaver say to the tree?" then this is hw for tomorrow (#4, 6 and 7-13). Practice is here, last page is what students should be working on today
2.21.24
We started with a longer warm up, got group consensus and then shared answers out along with explaining the process. We had a short lesson inequalities with dividing the variable by a fraction. Students then had some independent work on inequalities. Tomorrow we will have a lesson on inequality word problems. We are looking at having our assessment on inequalities probably on Monday. Students who have not worked up to the word problems should spend around 30 minutes so they are familiar and capable of solving for all problems up to the word problems on the practice.
2.19.24
We started with a warm up and mixed our groups up. We talked about and went over our inequality quiz from last week. Collectively students struggled with this a bit, a large part due to focus during independent work. We went over each problem and took questions. HW is signed AOF for tomorrow.
We then had time for independent work on inequalities. Students who did not demonstrate proficiency (6 out of 8), should have one sheet of the practice due for tomorrow. Students that got 8/8 generally moved ahead to more challenging problems.
2.13.24
Started with a inequality warm up, we then had our inequality quiz. No hw.
2.12.24
We had a review lesson on inequalities, graphing and solving multi step problems. Students then had i.w. to practice. We will have a short check in quiz on this tomorrow.
2.9.24
We focused on science fair today. Reviewed some pieces and I met with students.
2.6.24
MAPS testing today, no new work pushed out. Will continue and wrap up tomorrow.
2.5.24
We had a lesson on working with negatives and graphing inequalities. Practice is here, due tomorrow
Tomorrow we start MAPS testing, all students need a charged chromebook and their charger. When done students will work on science fair
2.2.24
Students continued working on doing the graphs and analysis for the other class. We had a lesson on finding outliers using IQR as well as defining outliers and how to construct dot plot graphs. No hw, focus on science fair data.
We will start winter MAPS testing next Tuesday. Bring a charged computer.
2.1.24
Today we had a longer lesson on Stem and leaf graphs, Box and Whisker graphs and Mean Absolute Deviation. Students then worked on graphing and solving for the other class. Not hw, will be warm up tomorrow.
example of showing work for MAD
1.31.24
We did a pretest on our statistics unit, talked about IQR, random sampling and started stem and leaf graphs in 6A. No hw. We will have a big lesson tomorrow on a couple of graphs and analysis. No hw
1.30.24
We did a couple of math warm ups and a quick review lesson on stats. No hw, however, in 6A if you did not finish the algebra partner warm up you should finish that at home.
1.25.24
We had our first of several statistical lessons today. We collected student heart rate and eye color to use as our data.
Statistics notes part I (5 number summary, mean, median, mode, range, histogram)
Practice based on today's lesson (this is not hw)
HW: get your Science fair question dialed in, check in with parental units regarding what you are doing and work on materials/procedure/background.
1.24.24
Assessments were handed back today, they should be going home to get a parent signature for tomorrow. Retake for students that scored under 18 is available tomorrow during recenss, and only tomorrow since its the end of the term.
1.22.24
No new work pushed out, focus on science fair today. Did a MMM today.
1.12.24
Haven't updated due to all day science test on Wed and conferences after school. No hw has been pushed out. Today we introduced science fair. Talked about generating a question, independent and dependent variables, things to consider and things to avoid. Lotta links on Resource page that we will be using. Students generated a folder in google drive titled, "Science Fair" and copied pasted Testable questions into the folder. Over the long weekend students should start coming up with ideas and typing them out in this doc. Have a great long weekend, maybe snowy weekend!
1.9.24
No new work pushed out, today was focused on the science test tomorrow.
1.5.24
We started with a warm up , students did not complete this. It is NOT hw, we will continue with this on Monday. No new work pushed out after the quiz.
1.4.24
Started with a warm up and went over results (we ran out of time to do this in 6A so will start with it tomorrow). Quiz tomorrow on all operations with negatives, combining like terms, distributive property and some basic order of operations. We have been working on these concepts for several weeks. No hw pushed out.
1.3.24
Today's main focus was giving written and verbal feedback to leaf lab partner, meeting with leaf lab partner and writing a reflection. Leaf Labs were collected at the end of class. For those that were absent or whose partners were not present you will do it as soon as everyone is back. No hw
1.2.24
No new work pushed out We did a MMM, make sure to bring in all "Leaf Lab" material tomorrow.
12.22.23
Leaf Lab's due upon return. Have a great Festivus Break!
12.21.23
Started with a MMM, went over what constitutes a complete "Leaf Lab" at this point and then we had a lesson on tessellations. There are three parts to this.
Leaf Lab Complete when:
partners points are plotted
area/perimeter complete
record this in packet
solve for aspect ration
solve for form factor
solve for percent of your graph paper that the leaf covers and percent that is not covered. Put this on the black back page of the Leaf Lab packet
the last three bullet points, show all work and you can use calcs.
12.20.23
Students had independent work to wrap up Leaf Lab. There will be some more time tomorrow for those that need it. These need to be complete by after winter break.
12.19.23
Below is the warm up we have been working on with extensions. The expectation is that students are checking in with me at least every 15 minutes with either a question or seeing if they got the correct answer. Not hw. Students are making great progress at showing their work, backtracking and endurance with longer more challening problems!
12.18.23
We continued with a warm up from last week and added onto it. Students checked in with me through about every 3 problems or if they had a question. No homework.
12.15.23
There was a warm up for once students completed the science. We completed our final Festivus Feat of Strength. Congrats to Evelyn and Naomi for winning the days FOS. Congrats to all for participating. Our awards from top step down in 6b is; Hanali, Luca, Camille, Laurel and Mia! In 6a we had a very close contest with the podium seeing a lot of movement on the last day. Our awards from top step down is; Naomi, Sidney, Elise. Sunny, Atreyu and Noomi!
12.14.23
We took questions regarding the homework and dove a little bitter deeper with combining like terms when multiplying. No new work pushed out. If behind in any work then tonight is a catch up night.
Last FOS tomorrow!
12.13.23
We started with a review less on negatives , combining like terms and introduced the distributive property. We did several examples of these problems and took questions. Students then worked on completing yesterday's warm up. This should be done for tomorrow. We will be having another quiz on working with negatives, combining like terms and intro distributive property before next Wednesday.
Final FOS will take place at the start of class this Friday.
12.12.23
We started by handing back yesterday's quizzes and going over answers. These were put in hw folder, no parent signature needed on these. We then did a warm up to practice these skills more. HW 20 - 30 minutes practice on warm up.
We did our penultimate Feat of Stregth today. No one is secure in their podium places going into the last FOS. Congrats Laurel on your 3rd FOS win and Elise!!
12.11.23
We started by going over the homework and seeing if there were any questions. We then had a closed not short quiz on problems directly from the homework. Students then had iw on Leaf Lab. HW = thirty minutes on plotting partners ordered pairs. If done = no hw, ideally finish plotting these pts but some folks have more ordered pairs than others. No new work pushed out.
6B did a Feat of Strength so both classes are caught up. Congrats to Laurel on her second FOS win! We had some movement in our leader board for 6B. We will have one more Feat of Stregnth before our final FOS. Both will likely take place outside, if you are wanting to be competetive bring shoes with traction and a warm layer. We will wrap up Festivus Feats of Strength this week given people are out of town tomor
12.8.23
Started by taking any questions on yesterday's hw. Students then had 30 minutes independent work time to complete this (both sides should be complete by Monday. Students then transitioned to leaf lab. We had a lesson on finding the area and perimeter once students are done plotting their partners points. HW: both sides of yesterday's warm up should be complete by Monday.
12.7.23
Started with a warm up related to yesterday's lesson, combining like terms when adding and subtracting. One side of this is due for tomorrow, both sides are due by Monday. Students then transitioned to leaf lab
12.6.23
We had a lesson on combining like terms via addition and subtraction, we went through several examples and student work problems with this. Most students did not get to the practice with this. This will be our warm up tomorrow.
12.5.23
Geometry Assessments were handed back and students had time to put these into HW Folders. HW is to get a parent signature on this. Pts can only be earned if returned by tomorrow. No new work pushed out.
12.4.23
Partners ordered pairs were handed out; we went over directions and expectations. Roughly a quarter of the points should be plotted by tomorrow (internal deadline). Folks that have over 125 pts may have less.
We had a festive "Feats of Strength" today with some shake-ups to the leaderboard in 6a and things developing in 6b. Congrats to our Feats of Strength winners today Naomi and Evelyn!
12.1.23
No new work pushed out.
11.30.23
We went over hw, took questions. Did a warm up. We then started our Festivus Feats of Strength. Everyone did a great job participating with some heated competition. No hw. The score board for the Feats of Strength (FOS) is in the "Resources" section if interested.
11.29.23
Started with a warm up, went over the warm up and the homework along with taking any questions. HW is multiplying and dividing integers . Some students started this yesterday and wrapped up, most did not.
11.28.23
We started with a lengthy warm up, we then went over each problem. These problems got progressively more challenging which led to a lesson on multiplying and dividing with negatives. We then went over directions that students put on their ordered pairs for their partner and then I collected these. Students then did practice related to the lessons we have had. We also did a MMM. Hw is to complete negatives practice .
11.27.23
Welcome Back! We started with three warm ups and shared these out. Students made a number line as a potential strategy to learning how to work with negative values. We then had a short lesson on negatives. We will continue.
Only hw is that students need to bring in their written out ordered pairs tomorrow. These should be on a separate piece of paper.
10.31.23
We had our geometric assessment today. If there is no school tomorrow then students should complete plotting and recording all points for their leaf lab.
10.30.23
Started with a MMM and then went onto four Warm Up problems which took a bit of time. Students checked in with me on solutions and moved onto leaf lab when done. If this was not finished it is hw.
Geometric assessment tomorrow:
circle = area and perimeter
triangle = area
rectangle = area and perimeter
square = area and perimeter
parallelogram = area
To be highly proficient (90%) you need to have all equations memorized. If not going for that I will provide equations. Decide before class.
10.27.23
Started with MMM. We then had a more detailed lesson on Leaf Lab and organizing graph, scaling and generating ordered pairs. Students then had independent work on Leaf Lab. No hw.
10.26.23
Students had time to finish problems 14, 15 and 16 on yesterday's warm up. We then put all the solutions on the board and went over each problem and took questions.
Introduced Lead Lab . Gave a lesson on the first part where students are to trace their leaf, set up cartesian plane and start plotting points. Almost all students completed the tracing of their leaf and some started setting up cartesian plane. Not hw.
10.25.23
Started with a warm up , this is hw. Students should show all work in math notebook per class instructions (equation, knowns, sub in and solve). Most students finished this in class.
Also hw- bring in a leaf tomorrow that fills most of a 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper. Maple and oak leaves work the best with a lot of different shapes. Simple leaves and leaves with serrated edges do not work as well. Ideally leaf is not falling apart, is not wet and can be helpful if pressed flat.
10.24.23
Started with MMM, we then had a lesson on the cartesian plan and adding subtraing negatives. We then did a warm up which is hw for tomorrow, info below:
10.23.23
No new work pushed out, did a MMM.
10.20.23
Did a MMM, went over solutions of circle work, took questions and went over the last four problems in detail. No hw
10.19.23
Started with a MMM, lot of progress made since the start of the year! No new work pushed out, circle work from yesterday due tomorrow.
10.18.23
We started with a MMM, went over yesterday's warm up in detail and then went over the area of a triangle in detail and showed highly proficient ways to solve. Circle work is due on Friday (odd or even), most finished in class today.
10.17.23
Started with MMM, then had a longer lesson on the geometric concepts we are working on. Students finished yesterday's warm up and then did triangle practice (odd or even). Show all work as shown below in link, this is hw for tomorrow and calcs are ok. Some students worked ahead on the circle concepts, this is NOT hw.
HW Folders also should be coming home today, students should get a signed parent signature on the fractions assessment for tomorrow. Can only earn the pts if the parent signature is turned in tomorrow (excepts students that were out today).
Notes I, Notes II, Notes III, Notes IV
HW, odd or even, show work per example (equations, knowns, sub in and solve) calcs ok
10.16.23
Started with MMM. We had a warm up introducing some geometric concepts and how to show our work. We did not complete this. We will continue tomorrow. No hw.
10.12.23
Started with MMM and then we had the fractions assessment. No new work pushed out.
10.11.23
Quiz tomorrow on all operations with fractions, moving from mixed numbers to improper and vice versa, all operations with mixed number and improper and adding subtracting word problems.
10.10.23
Students are to do a solid 20-30 minutes of work at home on one of these sheets, doesn't matter which. Some students started yesterday, others got them today.
10.9.23
We started with a lesson and some practice on reducing fractions before we apply the operation and cross simplifying fractions. We then broke into partner pairs and did team practice on adding/sub fraction word problems. Students had either practice A or practice B . These should be complete for tomorrow, almost all students finished in class.
10.6.23
"Find the Bingo" due by tuesday - we have had a lesson on this
10.4.23
MMM, we ran out of time for lesson and next steps. Will resume
10.3.23
Students had time to work on the mult/div fraction/whole number practice titled, "horoscope" and "hows business". These should be completed by tomorrow. We did a MMM (6a) and finished with, "Are we paying attention" assessment. This was an open notes assessment primarily testing if we are recording info on the board when instructed to support with our learning.
10.2.23
No new work today, the "horoscope and "hows business" work from last friday should be at least half done. We will be having an assessment on fractions at some point this week.
9.29.23
We did two MMM today!
Students had independent work time to complete yesterdays Natural Hazard SS 4.1 and analysis 1 and 2 as well as yesterdays warm up. These should be completed. We then paired up and worked on practice with mult/div fractions and mixed numbers (here ) - this is not hw.
9.28.23
Started with MMM then a warm up.
Today's warm up (one side is HW for Friday, recommend getting more than one side done).
9.27.23
Started with MMM. We had a long lesson and some group practice on moving from mixed numbers to improper and back; also all operations with mixed numbers. Tomorrow's warm up will be on this. No hw.
9.26.23
Review assessments were explained, gone over and handed back. Students are to take these home, share with parental units, get a parent signature and return tomorrow. These are worth points and points can only be earned if turned in tomorrow. Retakes are available for students who did not earn proficiency, 24 was the cutoff. In order to take a retake parent signature needed and turned in to me.
We then went over today's hw in detail, these would make great quiz questions.
Only hw is parent signature on math assessment.
9.25.23
All students had a chance to complete the MAPS test today. We then switched up groups and talked about daily participation points which we will implement this week to get class expectations to round a corner. HW and notes is below
notes I , notes II , notes III
HW I and HW II the challenge problem is optional
9.21.23
MAPS testing today.
math hw due on Monday (the value that has the whole punch through is 24)
Finding lowest common denominator notes
9.20.23
Started with MMM, went over hw and then had a lesson on adding/sub fractions with common denominator and finding lowest common denominators. Practice was handed out, will have link to it tomorrow. This is due Monday.
Thursday and Friday is MAPS math testing. Bring charged chromebook and something to do when done the next two days.
9.19.23
Started with a MMM, went over the hw and took questions on hw. Fractions and decimals due tomorrow. No new work pushed out.
9.18.23
Started with a warm up. Then had a review lesson on prime factorization with practice to follow (this is due for tomorrow). We then had a less on fraction to decimals and decimals to fractions. Practice was handed out, do only even; due Wednesday.
practice that was handed out today
We had a lot of folks out today so put some links below on lessons we had
We will be doing MAPS math testing on Th and Fri students should bring a charged chromebook with something to do if they finish early.
9.15.23
Today we took an assessment on material we have been covering and had a short lesson on prime factorization. No hw
9.14.23
Started with MMM, had a review lesson. Quiz tomorrow on all operations with whole numbers and decimals. Then had practice for final prep for quiz. HW - about 20 minutes on practice. Self reflect on what you feel you need to work on to be ready for tomorrow. For some students it may be less, others more time.
9.13.23
We started by going over yesterday's warm up as a class and took questions. We then did a MMM and moved on to a warm up. When students completed the warm up they checked with me on accuracy. Students that completed moved onto follow up questions. Warm up I is hw
Back to School night is tonight starting at 6 in the auditorium with info on elective classes. At 630 parents of students in 6b will start with me and 6a with Ms. Tran, we will then swap after 25 minutes.
9.12.23
We did a lesson on finding the quotient of two values and demonstrated different notations to express this.
In class practice and hw if not complete, goes in math notebook
9.11.23
When students completed the analysis they continued with the math packet practice, "For Your Amazement" - this is not hw
9.8.23
We started with a mad minute math, no new work pushed out. No hw, although folks who are not getting around ten or more should be practicing at home. Use the MMM link under resources.
9.7.23
We started with a collaborative warm up, one student from each group shared their groups work and we went over correct answers. We focused on an organizational strategy for solving each problem. We then went over how the class website is organized, students pulled the site up on their chrome book and bookmarked it. No hw.
9.5.23
We started by organizing binders with tabs, students then transitioned to a warm up on rounding. We went over the results and took questions. We then had some review lessons on properties of multiplication with and without decimals. No hw.
I have jury duty for the first time starting tomorrow so there will be a sub. Students will start with math practice related to todays lessons and then watch a video.
9.1.23
Congrats on a very positive first week 6th graders! We went over the hw and did a lesson on rounding. No hw, have binders on Tuesday and a nice long weekend!
8.31.23
We started with a couple of warm ups and a follow up. Small lessons were given to students that needed. Warm Up II is hw for those that did not complete. Most students completed, only need to do odd OR even.
8.30.23
We started with a warm up looking at place value and pronouncing values. We then made trifold name tags to help me learn student names. Students that finished early started some practice related to the warm up, this was not hw.
Please try to have 3 inch 3 ring binder by Friday if possible! thanks
8.29.23
Great first day 6th graders. We did a math warm up, went over classroom and building expectations, did a writing warm up about what we had for breakfast and did our first "Mad Minute Math (MMM),
6B - please have your field trip form filled out by a parental unit and return. Otherwise no homework......
Except - bring in a 3 inch binder as soon as possible.
6.12.23
We wrapped up tests today and started watching a video on invasive species in the Great Lakes.
No hw, we are pretty wrapped up. Tomorrow morning is the last time to turn anything in for final grades.
School picnic tomorrow, remember to bring sack lunch, snacks, beverage for the picnic unless you ordered a cold school lunch.
6.8.23
Science test and lab notebook collected today. Math test and 4 labs due tomorrow.
6.7.23
Yesterday's warm up solutions and today's warm up
We started by going over yesterday's warm up and taking any questions. Students then worked on a warm up, when complete did yesterday's follow up and for those that finished there was some additional problems on the board. We will go over the warm up after the test tomorrow or before the math test on Friday.
6.6.23
We started with a short lesson related to the warm up and follow up . Students then had a good amount of ind work time to make progress. Warm up should be complete for tomorrow and good progress made on follow up (maybe spend 15-20 minutes on follow up). Students can anticipate problem like this work on Friday's test.
6.5.23
Class notes on Q points, Q lobf and slope intercept form
Students should have all Q work done for bouncy ball, also solving for the problems with manual lobf and q lobf for tomorrow.
All four labs including graphs will be collected on Friday.
6.2.23
We started by going over the math and science hw, and taking questions. Students then had some time to work on Bouncy Ball. All Bouncy Ball work should be complete by Monday, this does not include using the Q method/pts. We will go over this on Monday.
6.1.23
Started by going over the solutions to the hw and taking any questions. When students finished science analysis they went onto the follow up which is below and hw for tomorrow. There are still a handful of students struggling to use their time well and ending up with more hw. We then introduced and started collecting data with Bouncy Ball . This is not hw, we will continue tomorrow.
5.31.23
We started by going over the hw and then taking any questions on it. We had a warm up where students take, Building Bridges, Fast Talker, and Burn Baby Burn; generate a LOBF, mathematically solve for slope, graphically solve for b and then write out the equation of your LOBF. This should be done in a different color and can be done right on the graph. If this was not completed in class it is hw (if not completed more than likely this was an issue of being off task). In addition the Follow Up is hw for tomorrow.
Update for rest of year (tentative)
Th 6.1 - content day
Fr 6.2 content
M 6.5 content
T 6.6 content (science study guide handed out)
W 6.7 content
Th 6.8 Ecology test (lab notebook collection)
F 6.9 Math test (most recent unit, not cumulative)
M 6.12 wrap up, content
T 6.13 school picnic, shortened classes
W 6.14 last day waiting for updates....
5.30.23
We had a longer lesson and activity on solving for m and how we need the y-intercept to determine the equation of a line (y = mx + b)
Homework (17-26 solve for m and b)
Review:
5.26.23
Today's notes, lesson, hw and extra practice
Short classes with Field of Fun in afternoon. Have a nice long weekend!
5.25.23
Students had time to complete, "Fast Talker" and "Burn Baby Burn". If you did not finish this it is hw (you do not need to generate an equation for "Burn Baby Burn").
We then went over how to solve for slope and generate a line of best fit (LOBF). Class notes for 6a and 6b
5.24.23
"Fast Talker" data was collected yesterday, students had time to work on this today. We collected data for, "Burn Baby Burn" .
No hw - we will continue tomorrow.
5.23.23
Students continued working on, "Building Bridges". The graph and follow up questions are due for tomorrow. We had a lesson on the follow up questions.
We collected data for, "Fast Talker", will continue tomorrow.
5.22.23
Started, "Building Bridges" activity, will continue tomorrow.
No hw.
5.10.23
State testing cont., no hw
5.9.23
State testing today, will continue tomorrow. No new work pushed out
5.8.23
Our second warm up we collected some quantitative wingspan data and reviewed graphs and analysis to interprete. No hw. State math testing tomorrow. Bring charged chromebook, charger and something to do if finish early.
5.5.23
Went over homework, took questions and then had inequality assessment. No hw
5.4.23
Started by going over yesterday's hw and then taking questions and going over problems on the board. Students then had time to work on and ask questions about the practice. The first page is hw (if 15 is challenging that's ok, we will go over tomorrow). The second page on the link is extra challenge for those that are ready for it. On the inequality test tomorrow these will not be included except a possible extra credit problem.
Inequality test tomorrow
We will be state testing next Tuesday and Wed (bring charged chrome book with something to do if finish early).
5.3.23
Went over answers from hw, took questions. Students had 30 minutes on practice . If not finished this is hw.
Inequality test will be on Friday.
6A - signed Probability test due tomorrow, these are coming home in students hw folders, feel free to look at some of the past work/quizzes. 6b will get these tomorrow
5.2.23
Took questions on yesterday's hw, did quick review.
5.1.23
Today's warm up, students had 35 minutes to work on in class. If not complete this is HW.
4.28.23
4.27.23
Inequality HW Solutions - took questions in class
warm up ! , warm up II , III , IV , V - went over how to solve these, if not done this is hw. we will look at solutions tomorrow
4.26.23
We had our second lesson on inequalities today and the practice is directly related to the lesson and examples we went over in class. Remember, when you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a negative the direction changes.
4.25.23
Students took the probability assessment. No new work pushed out.
4.24.23
We started with a warm up ; We went over the results and took questions, notes below.
warm up results and warm up part II
Probability assessment tomorrow. Questions on probability tree, ind and dependent probability like in todays warm up and area maps like we went over last week to earn highly proficient.
4.20.23
6B - had a lesson on inequalities, graphing and solving with one step equations. The practice is due on Monday.
6A- no hw
4.19.23
Today we started with a warm up. We went over the warm up in detail, students should have taken notes if they did not get the solution. No hw.
4.18.23
We started with a group warm up looking at using a probability map to solve a game. We then went over the answer in detail. No hw.
4.17.23
No nw
4.14.23
We started with updating our hw folders with the quiz from Wednesday, we then had a warm up, we went over the warm up and took questions and then had a short quiz on scientific notation. No hw.
4.13.23
We started with a lesson on scientific notation. Students then did some practice related to lesson. This is hw for tomorrow in addition to 3.2 and 3.2 follow up from probability packet. Yesterday's quizzes were handed back. If you scored below12.8 you should retake. Remember, this was the day's prior warm up.
Prob hw and solutions from Wed quiz
4.12.23
We started with a short quiz directly related to yesterday's warm up. Students who were struggling I then said could use their notes. No new work pushed out.
4.11.23
Today was a math heavy day. We started with a warm up, students shared their work on the board and explained their process.
We then has check up I and an Investigation 3 packet. The check up should be done for tomorrow as well as 3.1 and 3.1 follow up.
4.6.23
Today's warm up - NOT hw, will have time tomorrow
HW for tomorrow - students started yesterday and had time today. I have asked students to not get help on problems. If they are unclear on how to solve they should put a question mark by it and ask tomorrow and we will go over
4.4.23
We started by correcting our March Madness brackets. When complete students worked on the warm up. 6b had students share solutions on the board and then we took questions.
4.3.23
We started the day with a reflection warm up and then one more mathematically based:
A) 3.0426)(2.2)(-3.21423)
B) 2/3(1/3x - 4/7) = 2/3
C) -5(4x - 3 + 6y)
D) ((4x - 3)(-3x + 7)
c and d evaluate and simplify
No hw pushed out
3.24.23
No new work pushed out, have a great spring break!
3.22.23
3.21.23
warm up 1, warm up 2, warm up 3
warm up 2 solution, warm up 3 solution
Practice, due tomorrow , most completed in class
3.20.23
Today we did penny toss activity
Class data - 6b on first sheet, 6a on second
3.17.23
Math test returned, went over, took questions, signed parent signature for Monday is only hw
3.15.23
Science test today, no new work pushed out.
3.14.23
We spent the first half of class doing a pi day activity and then discussing it.
Tomorrow: men's and women's brackets due, study guides due and science assessment
3.13.23
We had our math proportions work today. We introduced some of the math behind March Madness, discussed some of the statistics behind the tournament and studetns started filling out their bracket. Students will have some time in class tomorrow to complete, about 20 min
3.10.23
Students completed a warm up and the practice from yesterday in their partner pairs. Upon completion began prepping for science test. HW - nothing specific pushed out other than test prep as students feel they need to prepare.
Math test - Monday
ience Test - Wednesday3.9.23Students worked in pairs on the following problems . Most completed or got close to completing the first side. Tomorrow we will focus on the word problems. No new hw pushed out unless someone is prepping for next weeks assessment on Proportions. Multiple resources on website.
Solutions to the warm up from 3.7.23
3.8.23
We started with a 'check in' quiz to determine individual level of understanding with the work we have been doing.
We then went over each problem in great detail.
We have decided to postpone the math and science tests to next Monday and Tuesday so we have a little more practice.
I encouraged students who did not do well on today's quiz to take it home and practice the problems. They should have recorded solutions so they can self check.
3.7.23
We had a warm up to help prepare for Thursday's test on proportions. 6a we ran a bit short with the Outdoor School presentation, we will wrap it up tomorrow.
3.6.23
We started with four warm up problems looking at solving for proportions. We went over the solutions and took questions.
Looking ahead we will be planning on having our proportions assessment on Thursday. Warm up's will continue to focus on the skills needed to be successful on this assessment. No hw pushed out (unless students need practice on proportion word problems, they should practice from Friday's quiz).
3.3.23
We started with a quiz looking at proportion word problems. Students then used the link below to check their work and evaluated their work on a proficiency scale. This was collected and will be returned on Monday. Students that were below proficiency should practice on their own with the quiz (students kept the problems) and use the answer key as a reference point. No hw pushed out
solutions for quiz. Go through and self evaluate your work on a proficiency level based on completion and showing work.
Copy of the quiz we took for those that misplaced or were absent
3.2.23
We started by going over solutions from yesterday's proportion work. We then went over any questions students had on the board. Students then worked in partner pairs through some similar proportion word problems. These proportion word problems are hw if they did not get finished.
2.28.23
We went over the last 6 problems from the proportion hw looking at how to set up proportions from a word problem. No new work pushed out.
2.27.23
We went over solutions from last Wednesday's proportion problems and showed solutions to any questions on the board.
2.22.23
Today's warm up is hw if it was not completed. Students selected odd or even, calc's ok.
2.21.23
We started with a warm up looking at progressively more challenging proportion problems. We went over each problem as well. No new work pushed out.
2.16.23
No new work pushed out today. Big lab
2.15.23
We had another lesson on similar figures, using ratios and percent as a way to solve for the unknown side. We went into a bit more depth with using proportional reasoning. HW for tomorrow , show all work in your math nb, calcs are ok (Just do the "What do you call a palace window?" side). The other piece of HW is students are taking home their HW Folders. They should get parent signatures on the warm up and percent quiz for tomorrow.
2.14.23
We started with a warm up. These were collected and will be returned/evaluated based upon proficiency. No new work pushed out.
2.13.23
We started with three warm up problems involving area of cyclinders and spheres. We then went over the solutions to Fridays warm up as well as a review of the scale factor practice. No new work pushed out.
2.10.23
We had a sub yesterday, in both 6a and 6b there were some issues. We needed to spend some class time going over this.
We started today with a warm up Most students completed, if not hw. Once students finished their was iw to finish the following which are due on Monday:
Warm up
Similar figures practice
"Human Impacts on the Water Cycle" analysis 1-5
either the sphere practive, "why are mathematicians..." or the cyclinder work, "what kind of music do...."
Students have had multiple iw sections to complete these.
2.8.23
Started with a warm up that was directly related to todays test. Went over on the board in detail. Students then took the percent test.
No hw pushed out
2.7.23
We started with the following warm up , we went over solving for volume of a cylinder and a sphere as well as the solution on the board.
We will be having our percent test tomorrow. We have had a lot of practice for students to use as a resource and solutions to several of these practice were put on the website on Friday. The quiz is closed notes.
2.6.23
Math test on Wednesday. This will be on the percent work we have been doing as well as % increase/decrease. This will also serve as a retake for students who did not demonstrate proficiency. This will be closed note. We started with another percent warm up . Students did one of these. For those still struggling, practice! and look at solutions from Friday.
Info on Friday's Dance:
Teachers - please share the following information with your homeroom classes (6th grade 1st period class; 7th & 8th grade 3rd period class) on Tuesday, January 31, 2023:
Winterhaven will be having a middle school dance on Friday, February 10, 2023 from 3:15 pm to 5 pm.
This dance is free for Winterhaven students in grades 6-8.
No student visitors from other schools will be allowed.
The dance will be from 3:15 pm to 5 pm. It is expected that students either are picked up by parents/guardians or leave school grounds by 5:10 pm. The DJ will stop playing music at 5 pm and the dance will be over at that time.
Students are expected to stay at the dance for the entire duration of the dance. If students leave the building during the dance, they will not be allowed back into the building.
Students who exhibit unacceptable behavior during the dance may not be allowed to attend future dances and additional consequences will be assigned.
Here are other details regarding the dance:
School ends at 3:15 pm. Students will place their items in their lockers and move to the front yard of the school. All students should be out of the building by 3:20 pm.
Once all students are out of the building, we will begin to allow them to re-enter by the exterior doors closest to the flagpole. We will be taking attendance of which students are attending the dance as the students re-enter the building.
Upon re-entering the building, students will receive a complementary single slice of pizza and a bottle of water. Students will move to the main hallway to consume their food and drink.
Once all students in attendance at the dance receive their slice of pizza and bottle of water, any extra slices of pizza or bottles of water may be distributed to students who may want more. This will be on a first come, first served basis.
The primary wing and upstairs are off limits to students during the dance. If a student needs to get things out of their locker upstairs to leave early from the dance, they will need permission from a Winterhaven staff member. At the end of the dance, at 5 pm, students will be permitted to go upstairs to retrieve their items from their lockers.
The DJ will be playing music in the auditorium. The gym will have basketballs available for shooting baskets or playing basketball. Mr. Dyer’s room may have a movie playing during the dance.
At the end of the dance, students can exit the building out the front door or the back doors closest to the nurse’s office.
If students have any questions about the dance, they can check with Mr. Sandilands.
2.3.23
Students started by having some independent work to complete the percent increase/decrease from yesterday. We then handed back yesterdays quiz and they went into students HW Folder. After that students were broken up into groups of two where they did a collaborative % word problem practice. % problem practice
For students who struggled on the quiz, they should review the prior practice and the solutions we went over in class.
6a - % increase/decrease is due for Monday
We will be having another quiz on this next week.
2.2.23
We started by going over the percent hw and taking questions. We had a percent quiz. When students completed they began looking at solving for percent increase/decrease. We had a lesson on this as well. Percent increase/decrease is not hw
2.1.23
No new work pushed out today. Yesterday's percent practice is due for tomorrow. We will go over solutions. Students will then have a short, open notes quiz on percent problems.
1.31.23
We started by going over the solutions from yesterday's percent hw. When students finished part A from the science, their observations and recorded procedure # 10 in their lab notebook they started on some percent practice.
HW = 15 minutes focused work on math practice (that should be 3-5 problems)
1.30.23
We started with a warm up and then percent problems. These are homework, we went over several problems in class.
1.26.23
We went over the math practice results and took questions, going over several problems in detail. We then did a collective percent problem and students did diamond practice problems. The diamond problems should be complete for Monday.
1.25.23
Finished up in class MAPS math testing today. HW: complete math packet from 1.23.23 for tomorrow.
1.24.22
MAPS testing today. No new work pushed out. We will continue tomorrow.
HW 20 minutes focused work on math practice from yesterday. If done, no hw. If unclear as to how to solve pu a question mark by it.
1.23.23
We started with a warm and went over solutions. We had a small lesson on diamond problems and inequalities on a number line. HW is 30 focused minutes on todays math practice
1.19.23
Nothing new pushed out today, focus on wrapping up science fair.
1.18.23
We started with a warm up looking at a quantitative data set and students were asked to find the 5# summary, if there were any mathematical outliers, construct a box and whisker plot (interpret), find and interpret the m.a.d.
No math hw, focus on science fair
1.7.23
We started with a warm up . Students could work in small groups with this. If a student did not complete in class it is hw. Most finished.
1.13.23
Today we went over how to make a circle graph from raw data. Circle graph notes
1.12.23
We started with an activity that worked to get us to be positive consumers of data and look back to our question, type of data we have and make sure we are generating a graph that best suits our needs. HW was also collected. No new work pushed out.
1.11.23
Stats practice from yesterday, due thursday
Students had a good amount of independent work time in class to make progress on this, most finished. Students transitioned to science fair work when complete.
1.9.23
No new work pushed out, focused on science fair.
1.6.22
We started the day with a lesson on 5 # Summary, making a box and whisker plot, Inter Quartile Range and determining outliers using the IQR. Today's class notes . This was followed with independent work on science fair as I gave students feedback.
1.5.22
We started today with a quick review of yesterday and then moved into a lesson and example on mean absolute deviation (M.A.D.) Notes from the lesson
1.4.22
We started today with a warm up looking at a couple of ways to collect heart rate. Each student got there hr in bpm and we used that class data to find some basic descriptive statistics and make a histogram. Some general class notes and images from class are below:
class notes - these are from 6a and 6b
image 1 , image 2 , image 3 , image 4 , image 5 , image 6
HW - continue making progress on science fair up through background and organizing data in table.
12.15.22
We started the day going over each problem in the hw. We then had a short math quiz that was based directly off the percent word problem quiz. There was another problem on the quiz related to yesterday's science hw and lesson on dead zones. HW is science related and to work on science fair with directions on the science page.
12.14.22
We did a detailed lesson with examples and explanations on solving problems with percent's. HW is to not just get the answer but write out the algebraic sentence. Calculator's ok. Due for tomorrow.
12.13.12
Started with a warm up, went over answers and went over the quiz responses on the board and took questions. No hw pushed out.
I am noticing a progression with students who are using their own time on Kahn Academy MAPS Accelerator. This could be helpful especially for students who have some, 'holes' in elementary math content.
12.12.12
For students that completing their homework folder early they began the warm up. We will continue tomorrow. Quiz 3 was returned and students should get a parent signature on that. We did not go over but will tomorrow.
12.7.22
Last weeks quizzes were handed back. HW is to do corrections directly on the quiz. Then check the solutions . If students are confused put a question mark by the problem and ask a question at the start of class tomorrow. We will likely have another quiz tomorrow. I pushed out several videos on these topics on the MAPS Accelerator today for students to review if they feel they need it.
12.6.22
HW:
12.5.22
We started with a warm up of working on Friday's math practice and then some work on the board. We then went through directions and process of sharing our recreated leaves and feedback to partners.
HW: All of leaf lab packet including reflection sheet from today (this will be collected tomorrow)
We did FOS # 2 on week 2 of Festivus! Congrats to all and our respective 6b and 6a winners Ada and Amalia. Scores are updated in resources, need to click sheets to see other class.
12.1.22
We started by taking any questions on yesterday's home work and worked through these on the board. We then went over all the solutions and students had the opportunity to ask any additional questions. We then had a quiz, the quiz was based directly on the hw practice that we went over.
We then spent about 40 minutes working on getting students signed into the MAPS ACCELERATOR in Kahn Academy. I brought this up in some conferences as a potential way for students to do some additional practice and it is linked to their standardized math test scores. This is a bit of a work in progress as to how this resource can be used.
No new hw pushed out. Work on Leaf Lab if not done.
11.30.22
We started today with a long review lesson on working with negatives, combining like terms and the distributive property. Students then did some practice directly linked to this lesson. What you did not finish is hw. If you are unclear as how to do a problem, put a question mark by it and ask tomorrow.
We also had our first Festivus Feat of Strength! Scores will be kept in the resources section from here on out.
11.29.22
Leaf Lab Due Dates:
Monday, Dec 5 your partners ordered pairs should be plotted
Tuesday, Dec 6 Leaf Lab packet (all work) due
11.28.22
It was great seeing everyone at conferences and I hope everyone had a nice break.
We have a lot of students out today so will post the warm up, there are two parts:
Part I: Warm Up I
How was your long Thanksgiving weekend? What did you do and with whom? With some detail, what were some highlights and lowlights?
How did conferences go for you? Were you nervous? Why or why not? What was it like for you to do a student led conference? Do you feel you received feedback that was helpful? What feedback? Was there anything about conferences that was challenging for you (this doesn’t need to be a bad thing, challenge is good)?
Warm Up Part II . number 2 , number 3 , number 4
We went over in detail, 5-7 are a bit of new material. Students then had independent work time on leaf lab.
HW: 30 minutes focused work on any remaining leaf lab.
11.18.22
We started class giving students the time to complete the 6NSA Milestone Post test. For students that are out these are available on your mypps page and click on MSM (mid school math) and there is work assigned. There is no hw over break, except for those who are not demonstrating proficiency. I have multiple forms of practice links below for folks who are struggling a bit.
For students that have not demonstrated proficieny, getting 75% or higher I have handed out additional practice (there are also links to tutorials and practice below). These are important concepts to get. They are not new however, we have had a lot of lessons/practice with these. If you are below proficiency it is important to get up to speed on your own time.
Answers to the additional practice are here and here .
multiplying mixed numbers practice
dividing mixed numbers practice
add subtract negative numbers lesson
multiply divide negative numbers lesson
add subtract positive and negative numbers practice
mult/div positive and negative numbers practice
11.17.22
We did a long warm up where students worked in groups to solve yesterday's warm up questions (word problems with fractions). We then went through each problem and took questions. Students then took our quiz and the post questions from yesterday's warm up. Students who are out there are some online practice problem sets for you to do. This is the same place you find the "LabAids" link. Look for Mid School Math (MSM), click on that and you should see what has been assigned.
No new hw
11.16.22
Today we started with some online math practice. For those that are out, you should be able to go to your mypps page and click on MSM (mid school math) and you will see what has been assigned.
We will also be having a quiz tomorrow based on the practice we have been doing. This will cover:
all operation with whole numbers using positive and negatives
combining like terms
substituting in for a value
some order of operations
We also started by swapping our ordered pairs and recreating their leaf (this was work time in class and not hw at this time)
11.14.22
We had a good number of students out today. There was a long chunk of independent work to let everyone get caught up.
Leaf lab ordered pairs were collected today, if you were out these should be completed and ready to turn in when you return. If area and perimeter is not complete students should be spending about 30 minutes a night getting that done. We are shooting for this work to be complete by Thursday.
11.9.22
Started with a 3 part warm up and went over. Students then had some independent work on leaf lab. Ordered pairs should be done by Monday. Many students are on area/perimeter work. There will be i.w. time tomorrow.
No hw pushed out unless you feel you are behind on leaf lab.
11.8.22
HW was collected and evaluated on completion, students had time to answer any questions. We did a short warm up and went over in detail.
For leaf lab we went over some strategies for finding area and perimeter and then students had independent work time to make progress.
Ideally students have more than half their points plotted, many do and have started with area.
11.7.22
We started with a lesson on negatives that is related to today's practice. We went over the warm up in detail. Students then worked on completing, "Why is it good to have holes in your t-shirt?". If you did not finish this is hw. Many students finished and started working on leaf lab.
11.3.22
Students had about 50 minutes to work on Leaf Lab. Students should be about half way through plotting points and recording ordered pairs. If you are not, spending some time over the long weekend to get caught up would be a good idea. Almost all students are at this point.
11.2.22
Students did some practice with negatives when completed with the science test. No hw
11.1.22
We did a longer warm up with all operations and positive and negative values. We went over each one. No new math work pushed out.
10.31.22
No new work pushed out
10.27.22
We went over and started "Leaf Lab" . No hw with this
10.26.22
Yesterday's graphing warm up was collected, no new work pushed out.
10.25.22
We started today with a warm up on the cartesian plane, plotting points... If you are doing this at home, ignore finding the perimeter of the triangle. If this was not completed in class, it is hw for tomorrow.
We then did a gallery where students moved around the room silently, reviewing their peers' work ("Theory of Plate Tectonics" #3 and the warm up). Students wrote a reflection on the warm up and turned this in.
The last thing we did was trace our leaf on graph paper, I collected these.
HW:
Complete warm up if you did not in class.
6b signed parent signature on geometry assessment
10.24.22
We started with a warm and went over in detail, warm up with solutions below:
HW:
students should bring in an intact leaf that will come close to filling up a 8.5x 11 piece of paper. We want leaves that resemble less than a circle rather than more. Think an oak leaf or maple. Leaves that have serrated edges are not good. I gave some examples in class. Ideal if collected on Monday so it is dry by class time. We want it intact and not falling apart.
6A, your math tests were returned, parent signature on those tomorrow for points. 6B will get yours tomorrow.
10.21.22
We started taking notes on the Cartesian Plane and how to plot points. We did not finish, we will complete notes and I will post image on Monday.
10.20.22
I was out today, there was no new math material pushed out.
10.19.22
A good part of class today was dedicated to the geometric assessment. When students were done they had some independent work. No new math was pushed out.
10.18.22
We continued with our warm up from yesterday working on the problems we did not complete. We will be having a test tomorrow on the geometric concepts we have been working on. The test will be closed notes, calcs ok on:
perimeter - polygons
area = triangles, polygons and circles
circumference - circles
be able to find the area when given the circ
potentially with some work problems
If students did not finish the warm up it is their choice to complete. If they feel they need more practice to be successful on the test tomorrow than finish/review.
No new work pushed out other than that
10.17.22
We started today with a warm up that was done primarily individually to facilitate independence with the geometric work we have been doing. Students did the work on graph paper to have room for showing equation, knowns, sub in and evaluate.
Homework is to have one of the sides complete for tomorrow, the other side will be tomorrow's warm up.
10.13.22
We with students doing a self reflection on completion and showing work with, "what can you use to tie up a spaceship?". The reflection and work was then turned in. Students then did the warm up in their groups. We went over the answer in detail.
10.12.22
Link with solutions to, "What can you use to tie up a spaceship?" When students are done with this, they will look at solutions, use a color pen/pencil and circle circle in there work wherever they see similarities in the solutions.
HW is to complete number 1-9 a or b with the practice that we have been on in partner pairs for a couple of days. This is due for tomorrow along with work mentioned above. Most students finished the problems in class. There are some students who were gone yesterday, they have till Monday.
10.11.22
Students continued to work on yesterday geometry word problems in pairs. Students are really doing a great job collaborating with this! Most students are on about problem 7/8. This is NOT hw. We also did a MMM
No hw
10.10.22
We started working on geometry word problems. . Students are working in partner pairs and showing their work on the graph paper. Students will be evaluate based on their process (showing; Equation, Knowns, Sub in and Evaluate). Calculators are ok with this. This is NOT hw and most students just got through 2 or 2 problems. We will continue tomorrow.
10.7.22
We started by collecting hw, it was evaluated based on completion and showing work per class instruction. Students then did a warm that had two parts. Part 1 and Part II . Solutions Part I and Part 2 . Overall students did very well with the warm up!!
We went over hw solutions and took any questions. No hw
10.6.22
We completed our circle notes from yesterday, did examples of finding area/circumference and then did some practice. What students did not complete is homework (most that were on task finished or came very close). Link to notes and hw handout
Image of example from class and how to organize work.
10.5.22
We wrapped up MAPS testing today. Students then had IW on science. We wrapped up by starting a lesson on parts of a circle. We did not get all the way through. Will post the notes tomorrow when complete. No new work pushed out.
10.4.22
MAPS testing
10.3.22
We started with a longer lesson, examples and practice on moving fluently from decimals, percent's, fractions/ratio's. We then applied this to finding the percent of a value which is content we need to complete the science work we started today.
No new hw pushed out. Tomorrow we will be doing MAPS testing so make sure to bring charged chromebook, power chord and something to do when complete.
9.30.22
We started by collecting hw, I evaluated based upon completion and following class directions for showing work. We then went over, took questions and showed examples of highly proficient work. Students did a warm up which is outlined below. We went through each problem in detail. No new work pushed out
Warm Up #1 , WU #2 and WU#3
9.29.22
We started the day with a warm up . Students are expected to organize their work as follows:
equation
knowns
substitute in
evaluate
answer with units
This is hw for tomorrow.
We also handed back the assessment from earlier this week. We talked about what the scores mean. These are to go home and be shared with parents. The hw is for students to get a parent signature on the answer key and return by tomorrow (Friday) for points.
Students that did not demonstrate proficiency (24 out of 33 or better), can prep and ask to retake.
9.28.22
Today we started with a warm up and did a MMM. No new work pushed out.
9.27.22
Students took the mathematical review quiz today. These should be graded and gone over tomorrow. No new work pushed out
9.26.22
We went over and took questions on the math packet. Tomorrow we are having a quiz on the review we have been going over this year (all operations w whole numbers/decimals, long division, operations with fractions, rounding, place value and area/perimeter).
9.22.22
I was out today but there was a lesson on area and perimeter of polygons. Practice is here . HW is 30 minutes focused work over the weekend. Most students got far enough where they should finish.
9.21.22
Today we started with a longer warm up looking at all operations with fractions, what those rules are and explored some work with negatives. We went over the factors/multiples/prime factorization hw and took questions on it.
No new work pushed out
9.19/20.11
I got a nasty cold over the weekend so was out Monday and today (Tuesday). Here is what students have been doing:
complete "Volcano" lab analysis
the factor/multiple/prime factorization sheet was completed yesterday
today students are reading, "Understanding Plate Boundaries" (pg 63-71) and completing analysis 1-3. analysis 3 requires a good deal of evidence and should be a well developed paragraph - if this was NOT completed in class it is NOT hw
Watch, "Making North America"
9.16.22
We started the day with a less, examples and sample problems on prime factorization. No new work was pushed our so no HW
9.15.22
Students did the reading, "Natural Hazards caused by Earthquakes and Volcanoes" in partner pairs. Students filled out SS 4.1 which was glued into their lab notebook, filled out more of SS 1.1 and did one analysis question in the lab notebook. HW is to complete this by tomorrow, many students finished in class or came very close to finishing.
9.14.22
When student's finished their analysis they transitioned to the long division practice below. The hw expectation is 30 minutes focused uninterrupted work. Many students should end up completing or getting to the final problem. If a student is not on problem 4 or further that is an indicator that they are not using their independent work time effectively or having some challenges with the work and should be asking questions!
9.13.22
We started with a warm up focusing on long division with and without decimals. We went over these problems in detail. We then went over, took questions and collected the decimal hw.
No new work pushed out
9.12.22
We started with a lengthy warm up and went over it in class. We have transitioned to long division and dividing with decimals which often takes a bit of time to refresh students on the process.
Math Specific HW: Decimal practice
9.9.22
We started the day with a MMM. No new work pushed out, science heavy day
9.8.22
Today was a math heavy day! We started with going over the hw by students sharing work on the board. We then took questions and turned in work, students evaluated by completion. We then did a partner problem solving activity where we had a writer and a communicator. This was followed by MMM and 6A did binder assembly (6B did yesterday).
HW: 30 min focused uninterrupted work on decimal practice . If you have completed this, no hw!
9.7.22
We started with a warm up today. If students did not finish both sides of it they need to spend 30 minutes of focused, uninterrupted work. Students than transitioned to working on the science section on 'storing nuclear waste'. When completed with that students did some work with decimals.
6b put together there binder system. 6A had a sub this afternoon so we will do it tomorrow.
9.6.22
We started today with a warm up and did a review of finding the product of large numbers with decimals. No hw, we will have practice tomorrow.
9.2.22
We started by correcting, taking questions and collecting yesterdays homework. We then did our second Mad Minute Math (MMM)
and recorded our scores. No HW have a great long weekend and great job during our first week!
9.1.22
We started with a warm up that students shared within their group.
We then did some practice on the concepts we covered yesterday. With this practice student self selected the odd or even problems. If this was not finished in class it is HW. Most students completed this in class. We then did "Mad Minute Math".
8.31.22
Today we took care of some organizational pieces that help facilitate getting to know students and making table 'name tags'. We then did a math warm up looking at place value, rounding and multiply two plus digit numbers. We showed solutions on the board.
HW: bring in a 2 - 3 in three ring binder by next Wednesday. Let me know if you are having issues getting one and I will have one for you.
8.30.22
Welcome back everyone! We had a very positive first day orienting 6th graders the math, science and middle school! Students received their science lab notebook, math notebook, planner and Field Trip permission form (which should be filled out and returned to their first period teacher).
No HW.
2021/2022
6.8.22
Assessment day, no new work pushed out. Those that didn't finish will tomorrow
6.7.22
Math homework , students select to do odd or even. Video example of today's lesson
Assessment tomorrow on proportional reasoning/proportions.
6.6.22
We did a warm up activity today looking at what is and what is not a proportional relationship. We then had a lesson solving proportions. Solving Proportions is the practice students did in class and is homework. Show work and students select odd or evens.
If you were out today here is a online lesson for solving proportions
The final science test and math quiz will be on Wednesday.
6.2.22
No new work pushed out today.
6.1.22
No new work pushed out today.
5.27.22
Short day with field day in the afternoon. Students had independent work time. Due tuesday:
Building Bridges
Boomtown Topography
Modeling Cliff Erosion
5.26.22
No new work pushed out today. Change in due dates, Building Bridges due on Tuesday. Tomorrow short classes with Field Day and students will have independent work.
5.25.22
Students continued and should have wrapped up data collection for, Building Bridges . We had a lesson on the follow up. All work including data, scatterplot and follow up questions is due for Friday.
5.24.22
We continued with, "Building Bridges", no hw, will continue tomorrow.
5.23.22
We started our, Building Bridges" activity in math today. We did not get very far so will continue tomorrow. No hw.
5.20.22
Did a science lab today, no new work pushed out.
5.19.22
Last day of testing in class. Stats project due tomorrow if you haven't turned it in.
5.18.22
State math testing today. No new work pushed out. We will continue and probably wrap up tomorrow. Make sure your stats project gets turned in by Friday.
5.17.22
Started with a math warm up. We then walked through state testing and students had some time to work through some of the practice problems. We then worked through the final question on the proportional reasoning sheet and collected completed projects. Tomorrow we will begin state math testing. Please bring a charged chrome book and something to do if you finish early. Feel free to spend more time working on the practice test with the link below. If you are not done with the stats project use your time to make sure that is turned in on Friday at the latest.
proportional reasoning notes from today
5.16.22
Proportional Relationship Notes
Proportional Relationship Table
We started with a group math activity today. We then went over the proportional relationship work from Friday again and went over how to set up the table. HW is a bit variable, if a student is planning on turning in all stats project work tomorrow for extra credit then they should have all work done through proportional relationship work. They may be a bit confused by the last two questions. I will go over those tomorrow and provide time to update and then turn in.
5.13.22
We started with a longer warm up where groups worked together to come to consensus with a problem then a recorder wrote it out on the dry erase board.
We had a lesson on proportional relationships, gave some examples and linked to our height/wingspan data. Students who are done with everything began creating a table to show the ration of y/x, the range and mean and are trying to answer the question of what Lebron James' wingspan would be using our data and his height of 6ft 9in.
HW: have all graphs done, most are.
5.12.22
We had a bit of a strange day today with shortened classes to adjust for attending the 8th grade play in the afternoon. We had a warm up and went over that, students turned in histogram, worked on stem and leaf and analysis from 'making topo's'. I will take a look at all complete graphs tomorrow. Would be ideal to get through all of those by tomorrow.
Statistics project due date: Complete projects can be turned in on Monday. If you turn it in Monday you will get 4 bonus pts. Otherwise due by the end of next week.
5.11.22
We started with a warm up, collecting/evaluating and returning line plots. We went over the warm up. No new work pushed out today. Will be checking histograms at the end of class tomorrow. If line plot was not proficient then make corrections and submit tomorrow.
5.10.22
We had a lesson on histograms and stem and leaf graphs today. Students had i.w. time after. Line plots are due tomorrow. Box and whisker were collected and evaluated at the start of class.
5.9.22
We started with an image of the day and went through this as a class.
We then had a lesson on how to construct and interpret line plots. All work up to line plots is due for tomorrow. I will collect box and whisker to evaluate first thing. Students had independent work after lesson.
Link for most math notes from the last couple of days.
5.6.22
No new work pushed out today. Stats work through box and whisker plot is due Tuesday, I changed the due date, it is also updated on the table.
5.5.22
Scatterplots were collected, evaluated and handed back. Proficiency must be demonstrated on these before moving on. Students had independent work to work on stats project.
Work through box and whisker graphs are due on Monday. See table in 'Resources' for updates.
On a separate note the 6th grade is going to be doing a field trip on June 3rd with the 5th grade. Students have the option of a hike or bike ride. The permission form with field trip info went out today. Students should turn this into their am class teacher by Thursday, May 12th, 2022. Parents are welcome to join! Just need to indicate on the form and make sure background check is up to date with PPS.
5.4.22
Started with a warm up on finding outliers from a data set. We went over the process as a class on the board. Then had a lesson on how to make and interpret box and whisker plots. Students then had independent work time.
HW: complete through scatterplot. Make sure scaled and plotted correctly. Will be checking tomorrow.
5.3.22
We started by switching our groups up and then taking a open notes quiz that was directly from the homework that was due today. We then went into a lesson on 5 number summary, IQR and finding outliers. HW is any hw from yesterday that was not complete.
5.2.22
For our statistical project students should be complete with material through finding the mean absolute deviation for tomorrow. See table in resources for more info. Today students had a large independent work period to prioritize work completion.
4,25.22
I came down with a nasty cold over the weekend so will be putting some notes on the website to supplement what we are doing with the (height, wingspan) data project. The sub should show this mean absolute deviation video in class as a refresher. Feel free to watch more than once if helpful. When doing this analysis, make sure you have plenty of room. You can organize the same way as the video, but I would put the sum of the deviations below the work then divide by n.
If you complete the MAD work during independent work and everything up to that (see table) you can move onto creating your scatterplot. Up to you if orient landscape/portrait. You only need to show quadrant I, make your origin 3 lines up and 3 lines over. Remember to scale appropriately (you should use up almost a whole sheet of paper in your scaling). When writing down the values on the x and y axis remember to write down every other value, title your x and y axis as well as a title to your graph. Of course you need to use a ruler and be neat.
Everything on the table up to, mean absolute deviation is due by tomorrow 4.25.22, this has also been updated on the statistics table.
4.22.22
We introduced out statistical analysis project, went over expectation, shared organizational table (which is also in the "References" section) and handed out the data .
Students had independent work time, no hw.
4.21.22
We went over the math quiz and brainstormed ideas of what we could do with the height/winspan data.
HW: signed math and science quiz. Must be turned in Friday for credit.
4.20.22
Today we started with the quiz on the Mississippi River Dead Zone and Probability questions. We then collected some data that we will be using.
Math hw is the first diamond problem sheet, there were two but only the first is homework
4.19.22
No new work pushed out today. We went over the homework at the end of class. Grades were entered based upon completion. Quiz tomorrow, couple of probability questions, closed notes
4.18.22
Students had independent work time to complete some old work and make progress on new work. Due for tomorrow:
"game 2" probability
"why is gigi..." numbers 9-14
check up I
4.15.22
No new work pushed out today, we did a large lab in science that took the entire time.
4.14.22
We started with a series of diamond problem warm ups. We then introduced probability trees. How to set up and use to solve probability problems. When did a probability tree warm up and went over results. Students then got some practice , the front side is due for tomorrow for 6b and both sides for 6a.
4.13.22
We started by go over the probability homework and see if there were any questions. No new work was pushed out.
4.12.22
Today we completed the, Penny Toss activity. We then used individual data, calculated class means to look at the theory of large sizes.
Probability HW # 1-8, show work
4.7.22
We started a probability activity called 'Penny Toss' in 6b, we did not finish and did not get to it in 6a, we will begin/resume on monday.
4.6.22
HW problem set: 1-45 through 1-49
4.5.22
textbook problems up to 1-39 are due for tomorrow. That is 4 additional problems from before. Several students finished in class.
4.4.22
Signed signatures were collected today. No new hw
4.1.22
We went over and corrected the quiz. Proficiency is 22.5. If you want to retake because proficiency was not reached it needs to be done by the end of next week to count in quarter 3.
We then took questions on the text book questions and students had independent time to make progress.
Work from text
Carefully read page 10 Problems: 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15
Read page 12 problems 1-16,through 1-22
Read pg 15 do problems 1-23 through 1-29 (can skip 1-24)
Read bottom of pg 19 do problems 1-35 through 1-39
HW - up through 1-35, you may need to skip the penny problems because you don't have them at home. Signed signatures on the quiz is also due for Monday. You can only receive the pts if you turn it in on Monday (unless you haven't received it back because you took it today).
3.30.22
I was out today. The math is not hw. If you did not get proficiency on the inequality quiz (24 pts) you can retake it on Friday to have it count for this quarter.
3.29.22
Data from class in selecting cubes for both classes was: 4 blue, 8 green and 12 red cubes. You will need this info to respond to some of the questions. We did a couple of the questions in class.
3.28.22
Welcome Back!
We had three warm-ups today. Two being mathematically related (one a bit of review and one building upon the probability conversation and March Madness basketball that we started talking about before break).
No hw.
3.18.22
Yesterday's quiz has been graded and entered into synergy. Proficiency was 223/24. If you did not meet proficiency I highly recommend practicing with the links below, answers are at the bottom. Doing a Kahn Academy search with the key terms will give you a lesson. No new hw pushed out. Have a great break!!!
one step inequalities mult/div
3.17.22
women's brackets with location
Today we had our quiz and introduced our probability unit using March Madness and filling out brackets. We will continue with this after break. No new hw.
3.16.22
Had a quick lesson and took questions on inequality practice thus far. Students had independent work time to complete the practice. What has not been complete is due for tomorrow. We will go over solutions and take questions before tomorrows quiz. . Questions will be very similar to practice, there will also probably be a question related to our pi day activity. Maybe the formula for pi, solving for area of a circle.....
3.15.22
We reviewed and took questions on the inequality practice we have been working on. Students than had time to do iw in class. Due for tomorrow is pages 5-6.
3.14.22
We did a group activity called, 'seedelicious' as a way to derive pi from radius squares and seeds. No hw as long as done with pages 1-4 of inequalities
3.11.22
No new work pushed out today
3.10.22
Students had some independent work to ask questions and continue working on inequality practice , the first four pages are due for tomorrow's hw. Many students completed in class
3.9.22
Had a sub today, student's started working on inequality inequality practice
3.8.22
No new work, we took notes on graphing and solving inequalities. We will do practice on this tomorrow.
3.7.22
No new work was pushed out. If any work from 3.3.22 is not done for tomorrow that is hw
3.3.22
Today we had a long independent work period to work on, "The Theory of Plate Tectonics" analysis questions 1-5 and the remaining questions from volume II. We had a specific structure to measure on task behavior at random moments.
HW for Tuesday (note the change 6C)
analysis 1-5 from, "The Theory of Plate Tectonics"
math volume II
read page 303
pg 310 # 6-120 and 6-122 to 6-128
3.2.22
Students started a 'group quiz ' today. They did not finish and it is not hw.
HW out of Volume II
pg 274 #6-33 to 6-41
read pg 287
pg 288 # 6-69 to 6-75
Many students have completed this, for those that have not it is hw.
3.1.22
We started with a warm up , went over responses then handed back the quizzes and went over the answers. If you did not demonstrate proficiency it is highly recommended you do some more practice, determine when you can take during studies skills with Mr. Shaw and let me know.
HW out of volume II if you have not completed:
read pg 263-265
pg 265 #6-5 to 6-14
pg 270 #6-21 to 6-25
2.28.22
I made a typo on the math work, so don't worry about it, we will take care of it tomorrow! Sorry
2.25.22
We went over in detail. No hw (unless you haven't finished the work from volume I)
2.24.22
We started with a qui today and students transitioned to independent math work when complete. Work out of Volume I is due for tomorrow (except students that have been out and get an extension)/
Volume I
pg 216 #5-14 to 5-17
read bottom of page 246
pg 247 #5-91 to 5-95
pg 251 #5-101 to 5-105
pg 253 $5-106 to 5-113
2.23.22
We did a lengthy warm up today and went over in detail and had an additional lesson. There will be a quiz tomorrow on the math we have been working on the last couple of weeks. If proficiency was not met on previous couple of quizzes and is tomorrow I will have that reflected in prior quizzes. HW is to look over warm ups and prior quizzes to prep for tomorrow (maybe 20 minutes depending upon proficiency).
Last quiz was returned today
2.22.22
Students who completed the science did math out of the text book. There is no homework expectation regarding math.
2.17.22
Hello 6th graders. Obviously I was out today, I want to clarify that NONE of the math is hw. And if you did not finish please do not spend more than 20 minutes on hw. What you don't finish we will take care of when I return on Tuesday.
2.16.22
No new hw today. We did a longer hw where we introduced some new concepts related to combining like terms.
1) -3(2x-2) + 4x(-2) - - 11(-2) +-2
2) 3x (-1-2x) +3x^2 +2(-x-4x) +-2(-2)
3) 2x(-2+3) +-4(-2y +6) +2y +-2x(-2)
4) -6(-2+-2x) +-3(-4) +-6(2x-4y +-2) +6x^2 - 2x^2
2.14.22
MAPS Math testing today. We will wrap up tomorrow. For students who are done bring a book or other classwork to do. I will have some math practice for those that want.
2.11.22
I did a short lesson related to the concepts needed for ẃhat is heavy forward but not backwards´. Watch the negatives? Students can turn this in Monday or Tuesday.
Remember - Monday we will be taking the MAPS math test. Students need to bring a charged chrome book, their charger and something to do if they finish early. I will have some math practice if students want.
2.10.22
Below is The Grind for today (this was printed out and given to students, they filled out/updated and glued into lab notebook), this is also a list of everything that is due for tomorrow (keep in mind students started these on Wednesday and today was an independent work period for students to get caught up. So really just two new pieces for tomorrow. We will be going over analysis revisions tomorrow, so if you did not complete you get an extra day!
Also note that we will be doing MAPS math testing next Monday and probably Tuesday (2.14.22 and 2.15.22). Students should bring a charged chromebook with charger.
link to all handouts and practice from Wednesday 2.9.22
Note - I made a change and students will have time in class tomorrow to work on, "what is heavy forward but not backward"
The Grind 2.10.22
Glue this into your lab notebook, look through your work and check off what has been completed. The expectation was that all was completed for today except, ´Beneath earthś surface' analysis and ´what is heavy forward but not backwards´
_____ “observing earth’s moving surface graphs and analysis 1-6 (with specific detail on 4)
_____ Student Sheet 8.1
_____ Student Sheet 8.2
_____ “Beneath earth’s surface” Analysis 1-4 complete (with written detail on number 4)
_____ “why was the pail pale”
_____ “what is heavy forward but not backwards”
_____ 3 analysis revisions done with detail
_____ incorporated question into response (first sentence)
_____ minimum of four sentences
_____ multiple pieces of evidence
_____ At least two strengths and 2 weaknesses for ‘modeling volcanic eruptions”
2.9.22
I was out today so there was a sub. All documents and hw expectations is under 2.10.22
2.8.22
We started by having an open notes quiz on yesterday's warm up. No new hw.
2.7.22
We started with a lengthy warm up. We went over each problem in detail. The expectation being no different than usual, if you didn't get it correct copy it down the same way mine looks.
Quiz on warm up tomorrow.
Warm Up questions and answers - as I said in class, highly recommend having these notes in your math notebook. We learn by writing things down!
HW: complete, "Why did the chicken..." - this is available on the 2.3.22 post
2.4.22
We started by going over the answers for '2 step equations with decimals' and 'did you hear about...". Student questions were gone over on the board. No new hw
2.3.22
We started by handing out and going over yesterday's quiz. These were put in students hw folders. Student's then transitioned to working on, "did you hear about...", this is hw for tomorrow
2.2.22
We started today by taking any questions students had on the homework and worked through them on the board. We then had a quiz on the material we have been covering. There was a lesson on 2 step equations with decimals and students hw is to finish either the odd or even of the handout (9 problems total). Students can use a calculator but must show the steps.
handouts from today (science 4.2, math and science 1.1)
2.1.22
We went over solutions from today's hw. I took questions on problems but this time only showed the first step to set the problem up into a one step problem. HW is to make corrections with the problems that students got wrong.
1.27.22
We started by going over the homework and then taking questions. There were a lot of questions and we went over those on the board. We then had a lesson on solving for 2 step equations. HW is to complete the handout problems #1-28. Students that were focused during the lesson and independent work time made good progress and some finished.
1.26.22
We started by going over the homework and taking any questions. HW is to complete the rest of the questions of. "One step equations with fractions". We then handed back the quiz, projected the work for how to complete so students could take notes and ask questions. Quizzes went in homework folder. There will be additional opportunity to demonstrate proficiency on this in the coming days.
See the link under 1.25.22 if you are missing the sheet to complete hw.
1.25.22
We began by going over the homework and taking any questions students had and going over them on the board. We then had a lesson on the next step which is solving one step equations with fractions. We then had a short quiz on the work we have been doing the last week and half. Students then had iw time for the practice.
HW :One step equations with fractions #1-10
1.24.22
We started with a warm up and went over each problem on the board. Students then transitioned to completing Add/sub fractions and mixed number. Due for tomorrow is problems 11-20 from Add/sub fractions and mixed number. The first page was due today (#1-10). We will be having a quiz this week on what we have covered last week and this week.
1.21.22
We started by going over the decimal and mixed number hw. Students asked questions and we went over several problems in detail on the board. We did a detailed lesson on adding/sub mixed numbers.
HW #1-14 with adding/sub numbers
class notes, hw problems example work
1 step equations with decimals
1.20.22
We started with independent work time to complete yesterdays decimal work. I was available for questions as they came up. What was not completed with one step equations with decimals is hw for tomorrow (Friday).
We then had a lesson on multiplying and dividing mixed numbers and moving fluently from mixed numbers to improper and back. HW is to complete the circled problems for Mult/Div Fractions and Mixed Numbers.
1.19.22
We started by going over the homework for today and taking questions. HW is with one step equations with decimals #1-4 and 6-10. We are putting a strong emphasis the process of showing work.
Documents from todays class (math hw, Nuclear Waste table and hw solutions)
1.18.22
We started with a warm up and went through each problem. We are really focusing on the process and showing out work which is essential for success with more challenging problems.
1.13.22
Final big day with a focus on science fair. Students have worked really hard, showed a lot of persistence and progress in the write up! There will be a short period of time tomorrow based upon student feedback. HW: Students should have their content in the google slides by tomorrow.
Students that have been out. Please send me the link to your science fair google slides document. Make it view only. If you could do that by tomorrow that would be great!
1.12.22
HW is to make sure students are on track to complete by Friday, Tuesday at the latest. There will be independent work time in class tomorrow. Depending upon where foks are at it may be our last independent work day.
Today in class we went over how to format your Science Fair Project in google slides and how to submit. These documents are available in references and below:
1.11.22
Big science fair work day. Tomorrow how to put into google slides and format.
HW - be through tables and figures, starting on results. If not then you have hw,
1.10.22
Focus continues to be on science fair project. Student have independent work and I meet with students giving feedback. Students should be through figures and tables by tomorrow ideally. HW: 20-30 min focused work unless complete with figures/tables, then no hw.
1.7.22
Today was mostly an independent work period for students to work on science fair. We started by going over info on what to do when tables/graphs are complete. This document is on the web site. Science Fair projects are due a week from today (1.14.22), if necessary students could use that weekend and turn in 1.18.22, Tuesday but we are shooting for Friday. If a student feels that they are behind then they should do work over the weekend. Next week's focus will be completion and me supporting students with this process by looking at work.
1.6.22
We started today by going over the hw and collecting yesterday's hw. I then showed some of the graphing and analysis features on google sheets and how to make a table in google docs. The rest of class was independent work time to work on science fair. While students were doing this I gave feedback to students on their work. We will continue this process tomorrow. HW: minimum of 20 minutes on science fair project. There are a couple of students who do not have to do this as a result of how far they have come.
1.5.22
Height data from 6A and 6b. HW is to find the min, max, range, mode, mean, median, mean absolute deviation.
1.4.22
In 6b in started with the bar graph lesson that we didn't get to. Students then completed a Science Fair table check in sharing what they have complete so far and any questions they have. Students then did the warm up
HW: complete the warm up
Bar Graph and Circle Graph notes
1.3.22
Welcome back, good to see everyone today. We started going through ways to represent qualitative data. We went over the entire process of a circle graph and bar graph (just 6a got to this). Tomorrow we will have a warm up where you will graph some data I provide.
12.17.21
Started with the assessment. No hw over break. Have a great break!
12.16.21
Spent a lot of time going over each question from yesterday's practice. Quiz/test tomorrow on same info and decimals, ratio % work. HW used the group quiz, all practice and yesterdays practice to prep.
12.14.21
Collected math warm ups from Monday and Friday. Big science fair work day. No new work pushed out
12.13.21
The warm up is homework if you did not finish. Use the suggestions I provided! I will be collecting the warm up from Friday and today on Tuesday.
12.10.21
Students collaboratively worked on the warm up . We went over and then transitioned. warm up solutions.
12.9.21
Students worked independently out of the math book while I was meeting with students.
6b - no homework
6a - 4-9 to 4-12 (skip d) - note- this is 13 new problems from yesterday that students had over an hour to complete
4-20, 4-29
4-34 to 4-43
4-49. 4-50, 5-51, 4-54
4-58 to 4-62
4-63 to 4-66
12.8.21
Started with a longer warm up, we went over as a class in detail.
HW is to finish the problem set from yesterday. Most students finished in class
4-9 to 4-12 (skip d)
4-20, 4-29
4-34 to 4-43
12.7.21
I was out today and there was a sub. Students worked on a math problem set
12.6.21
We started by going over the group quiz from Friday and taking questions. This then led into a discussion and example problems related to the distributive property. The warm up was problem4-27 and 4-28 from the math text.
Students then started problem set from text book:
4-9 to 4-12
4-20, 4-29
this is NOT homework
12.3.21
We started today by taking an open note group quiz. Some students shared their responses. We will go over in detail on Monday. No hw
12.2.21
Started with a warm up today and then we went over it together. We had a lesson with examples on how to combine like terms. Students then worked on, "why did the football coach...". This is homework for tomorrow.
"farmer john" and "why did the football coach" practice
12.1.21
We started with a short lesson on negatives and substituting in for an unknown and then evaluating. Students then did a warm up and some practice. Yesterday's hw was graded and students had time for questions.
HW: complete, "Why did farmer john..."
11.30.21
HW: 6b half of the practice with negatives. 6b all of the practice with negatives. If you do not know how to do one circle it and bring it up at the start of class.
11.29.21
We started with a warm up today. We went over the warm up and the quiz from before break. No new hw. We ran out of time so if hw from before was not completed than you have another day.
3-73 to 3-77
3-94 to 3-94
3-118 to 3-122
3-128 to 3-132
3-133 to 3-142
6A will be starting with a quiz tomorrow!
11.19.21
We started by going over hw and taking any questions, there were a good amount. Students then had some independent work time. We chatted about conferences and students filled out a short self eval related to the classes they have with me. They should bring this to conferences, I do have a copy as well. Students then took the math quiz.
The problem set for math I added a couple of problems to and extended the deadline till Monday, November 29th.
The problems are below, keep in mind we have been working on these for awhile.
3-73 to 3-77
3-94 to 3-94
3-118 to 3-122
3-128 to 3-132
3-133 to 3-142
Have a great break and see everyone at Conferences!
11.18.21
Quiz tomorrow.
Complete the problem set we have been working on from text:
3-73 to 3-77
3-94 to 3-94
3-118 to 3-122
recommend 3-128 to 3-132 (during study skills)
Some students have completed, if so, no hw.
11.17.21
We started today with lessons on:
percent to a decimal
decimal to percent
percent to a fraction
fraction to percent
decimal to fraction and
adding/subtracting negatives and positives
Notes were put on the board for each of these with examples. Students were asked to take notes so they have a reference.
Todays practice and homework (due tomorrow 11.18.21). If student does not know know how to do should put a question mark by the problem
11.16.21
We started by correcting homework and then taking questions that students had on any problems.
Students then worked collaboratively on the following warm up:
Warm Up
For the warm up you must attempt and get work down. Write down the knowns, draw a picture, generate an equation etc. Try to find a process to make progress with the question/s and
Show your work!
Assuming that light travels at about 186 thousand miles per second, and the Sun is about 93
Million miles from the Earth, how much time does light take to reach the Earth from the Sun?
(Can use calculator but still show work) - seconds and minutes
What were your initial thoughts?
What did you find challenging?
What worked?
What didn’t work?
What is 1/2+2/3? How do you know?
Students presented solutions on the board. Students then started working on the next problem sets in the book but did not get far since we were short on time (3-73 to 3-77).
No math homework today, we will be having an assessment on decimals, fractions, percent's (the work we have been doing on Friday.
11.15.21
We started with a lesson on percents, decimals and moving fluently between them. We then discussed percent word problems, absolute value and adding subtracting with negatives
HW from the textbook (these are numbers in chapter 3:
3-31 to 3-35
3-45 to 3-54 (skip 3-50)
3-62 to 3-66
Lotta folks were out today so here are the scanned pages: link
11.10.21
Students continued math work looking at percents and ratio's. No hw was pushed out. I was out again today but plan on returning on Monday. Have a great long weekend!
11.9.21
I was out today trying to recover from getting hit by a car on my ride in on Monday. Students began looking at a section on percents. No hw.
11.8.21
We continued with the work we started last week. Students had independent work time in class to make progress and ask questions.
HW
pg 100-105 # 3-5 to 3-21 (you can skip 3-7 a and b as well as 3-14)
note that if students did not complete work due today they have a lot of work to due. Students that did hw and were on task only have 10-20 minutes of work.
11.4.21
We started with a math warm up, gave a short lesson and went over solutions.
HW is in the math text.
Pg. 91 #91, 92, 95, 96, and 98
Pg. 98 - 102 (there is an intro to read with examples and then problems start)
#3-1, to 3-4
All work in math notebook.
11.3.21
We did a warm up continuing with our work on equivalent fractions, all operations with fractions and introduced the negatives with multiplication and division. No hw pushed out.
11.2.21
Started with a warm up looking at equivalent fractions and all operations with fractions. We identified the rules with each. No hw
11.1.21
No new work pushed out today.
10.29.21
No new work pushed out today.
10.28.21
Students wrapped up leaf lab and turned in all work. No hw unless for whatever reason you were not complete...
10.27.21
6b struggles with hw completion (only 5 students done) so we needed to give time for students to be able to get to a point to swap leaf info. Those that were completed when onto "Identification of Planets". 6A - we went through meeting with our leaf swapping partner and students filled out reflection form.
HW for Th 10.28.21
All items in Leaf Lab are due and will be turned in, in the following order:
Leaf Lab Packet
Your Traced Leaf Area and perimeter
Your ordered pairs
Leaf you made from partners ordered pairs
Reflection Sheet
10.26.21
No new work today, we were participating in Outdoor School all day. Homework for tomorrow is explained under 10.25.21
10.25.21
Students worked on plotting their partners points for the Leaf Lab. We will not be meeting in class tomorrow because we will be outside for Outdoor School. It is looking like rain so students should dress for being outside in the elements for 2 hours!
HW for Wednesday (10.27.21)
all ordered pairs plotted
on the back of the graph:
With detail identify things your partner did well (positive feedback!). Neatness, organization, finding origin, commas and decimals easy to identify...)
Write out areas that they can improve upon. Be specific! If there are specific ordered pairs that you couldn't read or maybe they forgot a negative state which ordered pairs they were.
Take the reflection piece seriously and think of yourself a bit as a detective. Look at the graph to guide you in the feedback
10.22.21
We started by discussing expectations with swapping our ordered pairs with a classmate from our leaf lab. I facilitated the swapping of ordered pairs. Students had more than the first half of class to work on these. We then watched a Cosmos that took a look at gravity, spacetime and the speed of light. No hw.
Reminder that Monday through Wednesday of next week Outdoor School staff will be doing programming with 6th graders. It will be 1 hour on Monday and 2 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students should have to be outside rain or shine!
10.21.21
Started with a MMM. No new hw
10.20.21
Started by collecting the Leaf Lab ordered pairs for students that are complete. For those that are not done, they are due tomorrow, in addition to all work through leaf area and perimeter. The majority of students turned in their ordered pairs today. If you did not, make sure to turn them in tomorrow!
10.19.21
Long work session today. We are still working on classroom expectations and evaluated students on a scale of 0-5 today.
Due at the start of class on Thursday, 10.21.21
leaf traced
coordinates plotted on leaf
ordered pairs recorded
directions recorded on ordered pairs paper
scale
which graph paper
how to find origin
how scaled
Numbers in leaf lab packed 2a, 2b, 7 and 8
calculated area
calculated perimeter
For those that are done with recording all ordered pairs and directions I will collect that tomorrow.
10.18.21
Big focus on independent work and leaf lab. Students should have completed
traced leaf
coordinates plotted on leaf perimeter
all ordered pairs recorded on separate sheet of paper with instructions on how to find origin, portrait/landscape and how to scale
and ideally 30 minutes or so into perimeter or area
Several students have a lot of work to due to catch up.
10.15.21
Went through detailed directions on finding the area and perimeter of our leaf. Students transitioned to leaf lab when complete with science work. No hw over the weekend
10.14.21
Today was dedicated to MAPS testing, no new material.
10.13.21
Tomorrow we will be doing our math MAPs Assessment. Make sure chromebooks come and are charged. If students would like do a bit of practice on the maps test they can use the link :MAPs math practice
username: grow
password: grow
Work through the prompts of grade level and math practice.
We began to talk about multiples and least common multiples with our warm up.
No new hw
10.12.21
Students received their tests back from last week (couple are still taking so did not get back). We discussed how the test was scored and what their score means. The proficiency point was 55 points out of 78. Students are to bring the tests home, share with a parental unit/s and have them sign the top right of the answer key and physical test indicating they have shared. Bring back tomorrow and I will record.
6b hw: complete factor/factorization sheet: HW first two pages
6a: if you were not proficient on the hw I returned it. Make corrections, turn in tomorrow for full credit. Also complete MMM that you did not finish in class.
10.11.21
Started with a MMM and a warm up on factors, multiples and prime factorization. 6A has a hw sheet on this.
Note that 6b developed math hw folders on Thursday and 6a has not because all the folders have not come in yet. That is why the groups are just at a bit of a different point. Hoping the folders come in tomorrow and we can get back on schedule
HW: 6a complete the factor/factorizations sheet. HW first 2 pages
10.7.21
Started with MMM. 6B we worked on putting together hw folders. 6A we did not, will do on Monday. Proceeded to work on leaf lab. No hw
10.6.21
Introduced, Leaf Lab . We will start tomorrow. This project is treated like an assessment in terms of evaluation.
10.5.21
The majority of today was dedicated to taking our end of unit math assessment.
HW: for tomorrow (Wed) bring in a leaf that will fill up most of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper. Oak and maple leaves work really good. Small leaves with jagged edges not so well. Best if intact and not falling apart. Good to dry it out over night.
10.4.21
Started with going over, taking questions and collecting todays hw (area and classification of triangles). We then went over what is fair game for tomorrows AOF (Assessment of Fun!)
using all operations with small and large numbers incorporating decimals
area and perimeter of triangle, square and rectangle
classifying triangles
rounding numbers to given place value
identifying place value
pronounce numbers using proper place value
id parts of a circle (circumference, diameter and radius
Closed notes, no calcs and bring something to do when done.
Practice problems were put on the board for students to work on (these are not hw), we went over and took questions. Any content that students wanted an additional lesson on I gave.
HW: prepare for test, look over notes and practice problems.
10.1.21
Students started by completing their area of triangles work while I came around and looked at hw. When done students began working on classifying triangles . Both are due for Monday and should have been completed in class
9.30.21
Started with correcting rounding hw and MMM. Then a review lesson on triangles and students received practice and specific showing work instructions related to area of a triangle. notes and hw
HW for tomorrow:
triangle area (complete all but odd or even, you choose, both sides)
complete MMM that didn't finish
if did not receive proficiency on rounding work, make corrections and turn in tomorrow for credit
9.29.21
We started today with a MMM. We then went over with some detail yesterday's warm up and explained how it was evaluated (I recollected these). From this we worked on establishing a formula for area of a triangle. We will continue with this conversation tomorrow.
HW
complete MMM problems you didn't finish
Rounding practice
All documents from today can be found here
9.28.21
We started today with a warm up . Students could use yesterday's notes and work within their table group. I collected them after about 45 minutes. We then talked about some of the specifics with the warm and provided a little more info on graphing. Warm up will be handed back tomorrow with feedback.
No hw
9.27.21
We mixed up our table groups today. We started with a warm up with the intention of highlighting the importance of neatness and to reinforce Friday's lesson. We then started a lesson on the Cartesian plane and wrapped up by finishing up the video on starts.
HW: complete corrections from warm up 1.5 which was handed back on Friday (due Tuesday)
WU -
a) 2.023149(32.216)
b) 78.168 divided by .24
9.24.21
Started with a warm up (below). Students presented correct answers while showing work. We spent some time on dividing with decimals. We then handed back yesterdays W.U. 1.5 and discussed what the scores mean. #7 was more challenging so it was out of 21 total but when looking at proficiency at grade level we used 18 as max score. Proficiency level was 13.5.
HW for Tuesday - make corrections to WU 1.5 in different color pen/pencil. Can be on a separate paper.
Warm up:
2.33(.146)
1.334(0.007)
758.4 divided by 0.2
2.211 divided by 6.7
What is the area and perimeter of a square with a side of 2.33 mm?
only 6A - 3.286 divided by 0.24
9.23.21
Started with warm up 1.0 -
A) write out the following number the way you would say it: 4,189,761,342
B) label each place value of the following number: 45,485,123,012.2856498
We had a warm up 1.5 where students independently completed problems directly related to content we went over.
Students then worked on Reading/writing whole numbers - this is homework for tomorrow
9.22.21
Math work was imbedded in the warm up related to our space unit and we went over in detail yesterdays work and the warm up. No new HW
9.21.21
We started by reviewing/going over area and perimeter of a rectangle and a square. We then did some hands on practice with out tables.
HW (from the textbook which was handed out yesterday) - show all work in math notebook!
pg 11 problem 1-11 a and b
pg 16 problem 1-21 a-f
complete your work and have a solution for the area and perimeter of your table, do not need to have averages done
9.20.21
Today we started talking with some detail about characteristics of a square and bringing in terminology like parallel lines, perpendicular lines, right angles, interior angle sum, area, perimeter and how to evaluate unit.
No HW was pushed out for math
9.17.21
We started with what turned into a lengthy 'warm up . While students were working on this I went around and evaluated homework. Students worked very efficiently with their table groups.
HW
complete any unfinished work up to this point, no new homework
9.16.21
Today we discussed the quiz we took yesterday, how to interpret scores and went over the answers. If students scored 14 or below they should make corrections.
HW
corrections (doesn't apply to everyone)
9.15.21
Today we took a 'what do you' know. Bit of an assessment to see where students are at with the concepts we have been going over.
HW: spend a minimum of 15 minutes on MMM . Students, select the operation and difficulty that you think you need to work on.
9.14.21
Today we got into a math groove and kept with it! We started by correcting the multiplication hw. Solutions were project and students checked any errors they had and had a chance to ask questions. Students who finished early had additional problems put on the board.
We then did MMM and transitioned to division practice along with small lessons for those that needed.
HW:
Work 15 focused minutes on the division practice , showing work on a separate sheet and organizing work per class instructions
Spent ten focused minutes on MMM website website working on math facts.
to start, set min to 2 and max to 9,
click on multiplication
set timer to ten minutes and questions to 60
feel free to play around with other settings once you have done 10 minutes focused work.
Now, if you are having trouble with the website spend 25 min on division work. If you are done with the division work spent 25 min on MMM website and select harder problems and maybe division as demo'd in class
9.13.21
Today in math was primarily an independent work period with one on one instruction. The homework for tomorrow is the multiplication page (9.13.21 hw )
9.10.21
We went over and collected hw from the last two days. Students then started but did not complete some long multiplication work. No hw
9.9.21
We started today by going over the work from Tuesday. We really focused on each step and how to show our work. We then put together a system to keep track of our Mad Math Minute (MMM). We are focusing on basic multiplication and division facts. Students then completed the subtraction side of yesterdays handout. If not done, it is homework.
9.8.21
We started math today with ' mad minute math' to work our mental math skills. We will be doing this with some frequency at the start of the year. I then handed back an evaluated copy of yesterdays practice. I shared some examples of student work that was proficient to highly proficient. Homework is to do the addition side of the handout .
9.7.21
We spent time getting some work samples from students so I can provide specific feedback. We are working on some basics like following directions, neatness and how to organize a page and show work. I will return student work tomorrow and show examples of proficient and hp work. No hw
9.2.21
Today in math we wrapped up our discussion with mean wingspan, showed hot to solve and translated mean wingspan to 3 ft distancing so we have a better representation. Included with this was a lesson on longer division. 6A had some extra time so we did some additional problems and students showed solutions on the board. No hw
9.1.21
Welcome, first day of class! We had a great first day of class. Students received their math notebook (stayed in room) and we began collecting and making sense of some data, Mean Wingspan to be specific. No homework