Week of December 2 - 5: Trimester 2 begins

TRIMESTER 2 begins today and I am thinking it's time we start buckling down and developing strong work habits, so starting this week, there is an expectation of doing math homework 20 minutes  - 3 times a week. Yes, homework. But only 20 minutes - 3 times a week. Reminder: all IXL sections listed here are live links. You can go directly to IXL by clicking on the section number.

6th grade math - working on Shapes and Designs

TUESDAY: 

In IXL, do these sections:
Sixth grade Z.9    Z.2     Z.13   Z.14   Z.18   Z.24

I mean it. Do this work. You have enough time to complete it in your classrooms when I'm not there IF YOU FOCUS. If you don't finish during math class, work on it at home for 20 minutes. 

Those students who come down from MRs. LB's class - work on this as well. Log in to IXL with your NEW account - See Mrs. LB for your log in.

WEDNESDAY homework: My apologies. It slipped my mind to post this earlier. You were to investigate the difference between reflexive angles and exterior angles, and find out the name of an angle larger than 180 degrees. But since, I am posting this a tour bedtime, there is NO expectation that you will even read this before tomorrow. We will investigate this together tomorrow morning. 

THURSDAY: We are going to be doing supplementary and exterior angles today (angles whose sums are 180deg) and making parallelograms with paper strips to model those angles. 

Your homework is to make a beautiful diagram of a REFLEX ANGLE so that we might hang it on the wall. A reflex angle is one that measures greater than 180deg and less than 360deg.

Algebra - working on Chapter 4

TUESDAY (Independent work):

EK & ZF - review Examples 1 and 2 in Section 4.5 then do S.4 and S.5 in IXL - Algebra 

All - read the Examples 3, 4, and 5 in Section 4.5. Work through the given examples (escalator, television, parallel lines) until they make sense to you, until you understand what to do. Then do the Guided Practice question 6 (p. 246), "What if?".
If this doesn't make much sense to you, talk to your homeroom math teacher. Changing slope is an important concept. 

All - in the textbook, work on these short problems from p. 247-8: 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17-19, 20, 21-23, 30-31,32-35, 37, 38, 39. 

All - in IXL, do Algebra S.12      S.2       S.3 

Whatever you do not finish in class, you must do for homework. Before we can move on, these skills need to be secure (we are building a math house and need a solid foundation :) 

WEDNESDAY: No homework tonight, after all. 

THURSDAY: You will test out of Chapter 4 on Friday. If you have time, work on the Chapter Review during Academic Focus. For homework, look at the problems in 4.6 and 4.7. Practice some of the questions in order to be ready for the upcoming Chapter exit test (next Tuesday).


Geometry - working on Chapter 5

If you are both here today, work on the design of your 3D spherical chess game.
This is a graded assignment. Plans are due by December 14.

If you are unable to work together on it today due to absences, continue working on Chapter 5. 

Also,in IXL, log 20 minutes of practice from Geometry - sections K and L. It's your choice as to what you work on from these sections on Congruent Triangles and Transformations.

You will review Chapter 5 tomorrow (Friday) during math class. On the weekend you will continue to review the Chapter. Use your Resource Book for "C" level problems similar to those on which you will be tested. You can test out on Monday or Tuesday (your choice). 


Spelling Bee - meet on Wednesday during Academic Focus

We are getting close to the Spelling Bee!

I will have for you a study packet that you should study on you own over the next 2 weeks in order to prepare: You need to learn the rules of spelling.


GIP Students

Check out this link: 

ROTATING TESSERACTS

What do you think?

Everybody watch (I made sure this is school-friendly):

6th graders: Read throughout the Galileo google doc. You do not need to look at the videos. We will do that together on Monday. You do not need to do the Written Assignments. That will be your homework starting on Monday.