Textbooks are due on Tuesday, May 17. We will be going to the Library to check the books back in. The replacement fee for lost textbooks is $68 for 6th grade and $70 for Pre-Algebra.
Career Day on Monday
Monday is Career Day. During 1st period, we will hear the coach of Stanford's women's basketball address the school. In period 2, 3, and 4, students will hear different local volunteers talk about their careers. In my class, Mr. Robert (Bob) Garnero from IBM's Power Systems Software Technical Professionals division will be talking about different types of engineering.
Jog-A-Thon on Friday
To promote healthy living, John Muir is holding the second annual Jog-A-Thon. Students are being asked to raise $1 in order to participate. It will be a fun afternoon of walking, jogging, and/or running.
Extra Credit
There are two extra credit opportunities. Each one is to think reflectively and write a letter in response. The first letter is one to a new teacher (I will be training new teachers this summer and would like to give them letters from students giving them advice) and the second letter is to me on how improve (things to continue, things to try). The letters are due on Friday. Click here for the prompts.
6th Grade Announcements & Homework
This week we will be applying our fraction, decimal, and percent skills to design a house plan (blueprint). On Thursday and Friday, we will be exploring fractions using graphs (this principle leads into the 7th grade Pre-Algebra topic of slope). Homework each day is simply the whatever is not completed during class.
Monday (5/16): Bring textbook tomorrow
Tuesday (5/17): House Plan (10 x 10)
Wednesday (5/18): House Plan (12 x 12)
Thursday (5/19): Fraction Graphs
Friday (5/20): Extra Credit due today (Jog-A-Thon)
Pre-Algebra Announcements & Homework
Beginning on Tuesday, students will be working in different stations that review the Pre-Algebra topics that are most important for Algebra 1. There are 6 stations and each one has a different worksheet or activity. Every day, students will go to a different station and complete the work. Any work that is not completed in a day's station is homework. Students will have 6 days to complete the stations (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, next Monday, and next Tuesday). The final exam will be after the stations are completed. Upcoming important dates are listed below:
Wed. 5/25: Pre-Algebra Final Exam
Thu. 5/26: 7th Grade Field Trip
Fri. 5/27: 6th Grade Field Trip
The packet of stations worksheets will be due on Friday 5/27. 6th grade students will have Thursday to make up any missing worksheets and 7th grade students will have Friday to make up any missing worksheets.
Algebra Readiness (6th Grade Pre-Algebra only)
Pre-Algebra 6th grade students took the Algebra readiness on Friday. Results are in Infinite Campus (not counted in the grade, but published for your information). Students needed to earn at least 80% (or 36 out of 45 questions) correct in order to qualify for Algebra 1 HE (High School Equivalent) next year.
Next Steps:
Students who passed the test will take Algebra 1 HE (High School Equivalent) next year. They will be in a class of only 7th graders that is taught at an accelerated pace.
Students who did not pass the test will be individually examined. Based on data from this test, other unit tests, and overall grades, they will be placed into one of two classes.
- They may be placed in an 8th grade Algebra 1 class which is same material as the 7th grade Algebra 1 class, but is taught at the regular pace.
- Or they will repeat Pre-Algebra with other 7th graders next year.
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