Week 20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

On Friday, the 6th grade students took their Unit 2 Test on Integers.  Our Big Goal was for each student to demonstrate at least 80% mastery of the objectives.  There were several outstanding performances from students that I would like to recognize.

There were no students with perfect scores.

There were 3 students who were near perfect, answering 19 out of 20 questions correctly: Mako Goldston, Adrianna Ng, and Anny Tran.

And the following 16 students also achieved the Big Goal of 80% mastery, answering at least 16 questions correctly:Karly Brooks, Gisselle Calderon, Matthew Canepa, Aidan Corral, Braden Dalit, Balsharan Dhillon, Rafael Diaz, Brendan Flores, Eliel Garcia Gonzalez, Angela Kurysh, Kristin Madruga, Danny Martinez Buenros, Nhu Nguyen, Catherine Salazar, Adin Sabanovic, and Roman Sanchez.

Congratulations to all of our hard-working students!

Below are some brief statistics by class period.

Period	# Students  who earned at least 80%	# Total  students	Average  score
1	6	23	70%
2	7	21	66%
6	8	28	66%

I will be returning the tests on Tuesday and students will have a chance to re-work the problems that they got wrong (as practice and review) and will be able to re-take the test (for full credit).  Students needing assistance can get help in the homework center and math lab.  The re-take will take place in the Math Lab on Wednesdays or by appointment.

New Parent Portal Access (replaces PIV)
Students should have received the new log-in information from their 6th period teacher today. The instructions each have the student's name and unique Activation Code at the bottom. Once you activate the code, you can create your own username and password that you will use from now on.

6th Grade Announcements & Homework
This week we will be beginning a new unit on percents.  It's a short unit (only 3 weeks long).  Actually, the next few units (percent, geometry, and probability) will be about three weeks each.  This week will be an introduction to percents and percent problems.  Homework is as follows:

Monday (1/17): No HW
Tuesday (1/18): WB 6-1 #1-7, #19-21
Wednesday (1/19): WB 6-2 odds
Thursday (1/20): WB 6-5 #1-9
Friday (1/21): No HW (Quiz today)

Pre-Algebra Announcements & Homework
This week we will build on the foundation of slope.  We will be looking at linear equations in slope-intercept form and identify the slope and y-intercept and learn to graph lines using that information.  The book does not have a lot of problems and information, so we will be supplementing with worksheets.  Homework is as follows:

Monday (1/17): No HW
Tuesday (1/18): Identifying Slope and Y-Intercept Worksheet
Wednesday (1/19): Graphing Slope and Y-Intercept Worksheet
Thursday (1/20): TB Pg. 355 # 5-10, #17-20
Friday (1/21): No HW (Unit 4 Quiz 3 today)