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5th Grade
May- Ratios, Proportions and Probability
April- Integers and Measurement
Adding/subtracting integers on # line game (click here)
Adding/subtracting integers using counters activity (click here)
Integer games (click here)
March- Geometry
We are beginning our study of geometry. There will be a lot of new vocabulary words in this unit. I have listed all of the new words for this unit below. Click on the links below to see definitions and examples of each of the words.
Day 1: Point, Line, Plane, Line segment, Angle, Parallel lines, Perpendicular lines (click here)
Day 2: Acute angle, Right angle, Obtuse angle, Straight angle (click here)
Day 3- Protractor (click here)
Day 7- Equilateral triangle, Isosceles triangle, Scalene triangle (click here)
Day 9- Parallelogram, Rhombus, Trapezoid (click here)
Day 11- Polyhedron, Face, Edge, Vertex, Base (click here)
Day 12- Rectangular prism, Triangular prism, Pentagonal prism, Pentagonal pyramid (click here)
Day 16- Integers, Opposites, Positive, Negative, Absolute value (click here) (videos)
Day 19- Opposite pair (click here)
Day 22- x-axis, y-axis (click here)
Day 23- Origin, Coordinate plane, Coordinates (click here)
Day 24- Conversion charts (click here)
Day 30- Fahrenheit (F), Celsius (C) (click here)
Day 34- Height, Base (click here) (more)
Day 36- Volume (click here)
Day 1: Point, Line, Plane, Line segment, Angle, Parallel lines, Perpendicular lines (click here)
Day 2: Acute angle, Right angle, Obtuse angle, Straight angle (click here)
Day 3- Protractor (click here)
Day 7- Equilateral triangle, Isosceles triangle, Scalene triangle (click here)
Day 9- Parallelogram, Rhombus, Trapezoid (click here)
Day 11- Polyhedron, Face, Edge, Vertex, Base (click here)
Day 12- Rectangular prism, Triangular prism, Pentagonal prism, Pentagonal pyramid (click here)
Day 16- Integers, Opposites, Positive, Negative, Absolute value (click here) (videos)
Day 19- Opposite pair (click here)
Day 22- x-axis, y-axis (click here)
Day 23- Origin, Coordinate plane, Coordinates (click here)
Day 24- Conversion charts (click here)
Day 30- Fahrenheit (F), Celsius (C) (click here)
Day 34- Height, Base (click here) (more)
Day 36- Volume (click here)
Feb. 22- 25
This week we will continue to work with fractions. We are learning to estimate using benchmark numbers like 0, 1/2, & 1. We are also learning how to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. Please click on the links below for more help with these concepts.
Adding & Subtracting Fractions Game (click here)
Fraction Help (click here)
Adding fractions (click here)
Adding & Subtracting Fractions Game (click here)
Fraction Help (click here)
Adding fractions (click here)
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4
This week we are working on prime and composite numbers, exponents, and equivalent fractions. Please see the links below for more help with these concepts.
Prime & Composite Numbers (Click here)
Exponents (Click here)
Equivalent Fractions (Click here)
Prime & Composite Numbers (Click here)
Exponents (Click here)
Equivalent Fractions (Click here)
Jan. 10 - 14
We are working on dividing decimals and changing fraction into decimals this week. Please see the helpful links below to check out our strategies for solving these kinds of problems.
Dividing Decimals
Changing fractions into decimals
Jan. 3 - 7
We are working on partial quotient division. This is a very different way of dividing. I know it may seem strange to many parents, but it is actually easier for students to understand. The "old school" way may be fast, but too often kids do not really understand what they are doing. Check out these youtube videos for more help with this strategy.
Dec. 6 - 10
We are going to be working on multiplying decimals. We are starting by using number strings. This is when we start with a fact we already know and then keep ,"kicking it up a notch" until we get to the original problem. For example: 100 x 0.3, we would start with 1 x 0.3 = 0.3 so 10 x 0.3 = 3, so 100 x 0.3 = 30
We are also using 10 x 10 grids to multiply. Check out the links below for more help with this strategy.
Grid Strategy for multiplying decimals (click here)
More Multiplying decimals help (click here)
We are also using 10 x 10 grids to multiply. Check out the links below for more help with this strategy.
Grid Strategy for multiplying decimals (click here)
More Multiplying decimals help (click here)
November 15 - Dec. 3
We are finishing up our unit on organizing data and graphing. We will now be starting our new unit on multiplying whole numbers and decimals. Please check out the links below to see some of the new strategies we are using.
Multiplication Arrays
more Multiplication Array help (click here)
Number Strings (This is not a link) This is how we are learning to work out bigger problems.
4 x 3 = 12
4 x 30 = 120
4 x 300 = 1,200
40 x 300 = 12,000
Multiplication Arrays
more Multiplication Array help (click here)
Number Strings (This is not a link) This is how we are learning to work out bigger problems.
4 x 3 = 12
4 x 30 = 120
4 x 300 = 1,200
40 x 300 = 12,000
November 8 - 12
This week we starting Unit 2 which is about graphing and organizing data. Students are working on creating graphs and figuring out appropriate scales and intervals to use for each one. See the website below for help with graphing vocabulary and concepts.
Charts & graphs (click here)
Charts & graphs (click here)
November 1 - 5
We will be finishing up Unit 1 this week. We will be working on writing expressions and solving equations using variables. Sound like something more than 5th grade math? Well, the kind of problems your children are working on now are probably the same kind you and I learned in junior high and high school. I will do my best to make sure they know what they are doing. For help understanding what types of problems we are doing click on the links below.
Variables http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/variable.html (click here)
Equations & Expression http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/definitions.html
Variables http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/variable.html (click here)
Equations & Expression http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/definitions.html
5th grade (cont)
October 18-22
This week we will be working on putting decimals on a number line. The students will first try to decide what decimals they already are familar with such as 0.5 (they should know that this is half or the same as 0.50). Then they will try to decide if the decimal is before or after the halfway point (0.5). For more help with this click on the Math is Fun or the IXL link below and search for decimals.
We will also be working on rounding. They need to know that if the digit before the one they are rounding to is a "5" or above than the number would be rounded up and if it is below "5" it would round down. For more help click on the IXL or Math is Fun links below and search rounding.
This week we will be working on putting decimals on a number line. The students will first try to decide what decimals they already are familar with such as 0.5 (they should know that this is half or the same as 0.50). Then they will try to decide if the decimal is before or after the halfway point (0.5). For more help with this click on the Math is Fun or the IXL link below and search for decimals.
We will also be working on rounding. They need to know that if the digit before the one they are rounding to is a "5" or above than the number would be rounded up and if it is below "5" it would round down. For more help click on the IXL or Math is Fun links below and search rounding.
October 25-29 This week we will be adding and subtracting decimals and whole numbers. Please see our strategies link below. It may seem like it would be easier to just use the "old school" methods, but we have found that the students simply were not making sense of the math. It is so important for the math to make sense so that they will do well in the higher level math classes.
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6th Grade
May- Ratios, Proportions, & Percents
April- Geometry & Measurement
March- Geometry: We will be working on geometry concepts this month. There will be a lot of new vocabulary words in this unit. I have listed all of the vocabulary words for this unit below. Please click on the links next to the words to read definition ans see examples of the words.
Day 1- Line segment, Ray (click here)
Day 2- Vertex/vertices (click here)
Day 3- Vertical angles, Congruent/congruence, Adjacent angles, Complementary angles, Supplementary angles (click here) (Practice)
Day 4- Parallel lines, Intersecting lines, Perpendicular lines, Skew lines (click here)
Exterior Angles of a triangle (with video) click here
More Exterior angles of a triangle (click here)
Day 5- Transversal, Interior angles, Exterior angles, Alternate interior angles, Alternate exterior angles,
Corresponding angles (click here)
Day 6- Polygon, Decagon, n-gon (click here)
Day 7- Acute triangle, Obtuse triangle, Right triangle, Equilateral triangle, Isosceles triangle, Scalene triangle (click here)
Day 12- Isosceles right triangle (click here)
Day 14- Congruent (click here)
Day 16- Transformation, Translation, Rotation, Reflection (click here) (game practice)
Day 17- Ton (click here)
Day 23- Area (click here)
Day 25- Polyhedron, Lateral faces, Bases, Vertex (click here)
Day 27- Net (click here)
Day 29- Surface area (click here)
Day 31- Volume (click here)
Day 2- Vertex/vertices (click here)
Day 3- Vertical angles, Congruent/congruence, Adjacent angles, Complementary angles, Supplementary angles (click here) (Practice)
Day 4- Parallel lines, Intersecting lines, Perpendicular lines, Skew lines (click here)
Exterior Angles of a triangle (with video) click here
More Exterior angles of a triangle (click here)
Day 5- Transversal, Interior angles, Exterior angles, Alternate interior angles, Alternate exterior angles,
Corresponding angles (click here)
Day 6- Polygon, Decagon, n-gon (click here)
Day 7- Acute triangle, Obtuse triangle, Right triangle, Equilateral triangle, Isosceles triangle, Scalene triangle (click here)
Day 12- Isosceles right triangle (click here)
Day 14- Congruent (click here)
Day 16- Transformation, Translation, Rotation, Reflection (click here) (game practice)
Day 17- Ton (click here)
Day 23- Area (click here)
Day 25- Polyhedron, Lateral faces, Bases, Vertex (click here)
Day 27- Net (click here)
Day 29- Surface area (click here)
Day 31- Volume (click here)
Feb 28 - March 4
This week we are starting Unit 5 -Geometry. We have a lot of new vocabulary words. We are learning about complimentary, supplementary, vertical, and adjacent angles. We also have learned how to name lines, line segments, and rays. We will end the week studying polygons and triangles. Please click on the sites for more help or practice with these concepts.
Angles (click here)
More angles with video lesson (click here)
Lines, segments, rays practice (click here)
Polygons (click here)
Triangles with video lessons (click here)
Angles (click here)
More angles with video lesson (click here)
Lines, segments, rays practice (click here)
Polygons (click here)
Triangles with video lessons (click here)
Feb 7 - 11
This week we will be working on algebraic properties of equality. Please click on the links below for more help with these topics.
Division Property of Equality (click here)
Click the brown box for Algebra problems using Algebra tiles.
Division Property of Equality (click here)
Click the brown box for Algebra problems using Algebra tiles.
Jan 31 - Feb 4
This week we will continue working on solving algebraic equations. Please click on the links below for more help with this concept. It may have been awhile since most parents have worked on algebra so I hope these links are helpful.
Algebraic equations (click here)
Solving Algebraic equations (click here)
Practice solving equations (click here)
Algebraic equations (click here)
Solving Algebraic equations (click here)
Practice solving equations (click here)
Jan 3 - 7
This week we will be working with comparing fractions and decimals. Students will need to use benchmark numbers like 0, 1/2, and 1. For example, we know that 3/4 is more than 1/2 because 2/4 would be half. It is also only one away from being a whole (4/4 would be a whole). We also know that 3/8 is less than half because 4/8 would be half. We will also be looking at how fractions and decimals are the same. They are just two different ways to show a number that is less than a whole. Check out the website below for more help with these concepts.
Dec. 6 - 10
This week we will be starting unit 3 which involves more division practice. We will be studying divisibility rules. See links below for more help with this.
Divisibility rules (click here)
Divisibility rules video (click here)
Divisibility rules (click here)
Divisibility rules video (click here)
November 15 - Dec. 3
We will be finishing up our statistics and graphing units this week. We will be studying stem-and-leaf plots, histograms, and box-and whisker graphs. We will be taking the test over this unit on Friday. Check out the links below for more information about each of these graphs & for a link to the test.
Stem-and-Leaf plot
Box-and-Whisker graphs
Final Test
Stem-and-Leaf plot
Box-and-Whisker graphs
Final Test
Nov. 8 - 12
This week we are doing "big math". We are working on the order of operations and exponents. (see links below for more explanation)
When solving complicated equations this is the order to do things:
1st- Do anything in (parentheses) example ( 2 + 3 )
2nd- Do anything with exponents
3rd- Do multiplication and division (from left to right)
4th- Do addition and subtraction (from left to right)
Order of Operations (click here)
Exponents (click here)
Exponents with zero (click here)
When solving complicated equations this is the order to do things:
1st- Do anything in (parentheses) example ( 2 + 3 )
2nd- Do anything with exponents
3rd- Do multiplication and division (from left to right)
4th- Do addition and subtraction (from left to right)
Order of Operations (click here)
Exponents (click here)
Exponents with zero (click here)
Nov. 1 - 5
We will be continuing to work on dividing decimals using our parital quotient strategy (see last week's links)
We will also be working on some algebra concepts. See links below for help with those concepts.
Variables http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/variable.html (click here)
Equations & Expression http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/definitions.html
We will also be working on some algebra concepts. See links below for help with those concepts.
Variables http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/variable.html (click here)
Equations & Expression http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/definitions.html
October 25-29- This week we will be multiplying and dividing decimals. This has been a very difficult concept to get students to understand. We are trying to use some of the same strategies we used when we work with whole numbers. We really want students to understand that you can break numbers up into easier parts. For example 3.4 x 0.8 (We can break up 3.4 into 3 + 0.4. Then we can multiply 3 x 0.8 -[think 0.80 cents 3 times]= 2.40 Now multiply 0.4 x 0.8- [this is where is gets tricky]= 0.32 Finally, put them both together [2.40 + 0.32= 3.72]
-We will also be dividing using a strategy using partial quotient division. See link for examples. (CLICK HERE)
DIVISION STRATEGY VIDEO (CLICK HERE)
-We will also be dividing using a strategy using partial quotient division. See link for examples. (CLICK HERE)
DIVISION STRATEGY VIDEO (CLICK HERE)
6th grade cont.
October 18-22
This week students will be working on multiplying whole numbers and decimals. We will be using arrays to do this.
Click on the links below. Make sure you scroll down toward the bottom of the pages where they give the examples of the arrays and show how to use them.
http://thinkmath.edc.org/index.php/Multiplication_and_division
(whole number multiplication)
http://www2.ups.edu/community/tofu/lev2/mathconcepts/fracdecperc/mulfrac.htm
(decimal multiplication)
This week students will be working on multiplying whole numbers and decimals. We will be using arrays to do this.
Click on the links below. Make sure you scroll down toward the bottom of the pages where they give the examples of the arrays and show how to use them.
http://thinkmath.edc.org/index.php/Multiplication_and_division
(whole number multiplication)
http://www2.ups.edu/community/tofu/lev2/mathconcepts/fracdecperc/mulfrac.htm
(decimal multiplication)