This is the last push before the first break. Keep up the good work, everyone!
I will be working at the District Office on Wednesday 9/24 with other 6th grade teachers in the district grading the first unit test (the district wants all teachers of the same course to grade together, so that we can calibrate and ensure that assessments are being graded consistently). I dislike being out of the classroom, but this is an important (and mandatory) absence. The substitute teacher will be Mr. Ayala, a former Muir teacher of nearly 40 years whom I trust will be an excellent teacher in my absence.
6th Accelerated (https://sjusd.app.box.com/s/4da00xgz3wfsxk92o874)
As I will be grading the Unit 1 Tests on Wednesday 9/24, students will receive their scores when I return.
Since we had some technology issues on Friday, I have given everyone an extension: Presentation Materials will be due at the end of the day on Monday 9/22. I have reserved the laptop cart for Monday. Presentations will occur on Tuesday 9/23.
Our next unit will be on pictorial division. This is a brand new topic, so your children might be coming home showing you something different from what you have learned in the past. The common core standard for this topic is as follows:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.A.1
Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.
While we all grew up dividing fractions by multiplying the reciprocal (and students definitely need to know how to do this fluently), the standard states that students must be able also to use visual fraction models. Students need both. They can use the algorithm to check their answer (and I recommend this). But the visual model explains why the algorithm works.
If you want some help or extra videos (each one is about 5 minutes long) for yourself or your child, here is what I recommend (it's free to watch, but now you have to register an account):
Interpreting Remainders When Dividing
Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers
Dividing Mixed Numbers by Fractions
Dividing Fractions by Fractions
7th Grade (https://sjusd.app.box.com/s/fvpzcxpzao0bdhrp86pg)
This week, we will be preparing for our first unit test, which is on Thursday, September 25. Students will receive a Study Guide and Review on Monday and Practice Test on Wednesday. If they want a head start, they can download and print their own from the Box. Since I will be out on Wednesday, I would recommend students to come to Office Hours on Monday 9/22 after school in my room for a special review session. I am also available during lunch on Monday and Tuesday. We will begin our second unit (Equations, Expressions, and Inequalities) after the October break. The Unit 1 Tests will be graded on October 14 after the break, so students will receive their results afterwards.
Below are the skills from Unit 1 with the corresponding practice WS and answer keys.
I will be working at the District Office on Wednesday 9/24 with other 6th grade teachers in the district grading the first unit test (the district wants all teachers of the same course to grade together, so that we can calibrate and ensure that assessments are being graded consistently). I dislike being out of the classroom, but this is an important (and mandatory) absence. The substitute teacher will be Mr. Ayala, a former Muir teacher of nearly 40 years whom I trust will be an excellent teacher in my absence.
6th Accelerated (https://sjusd.app.box.com/s/4da00xgz3wfsxk92o874)
As I will be grading the Unit 1 Tests on Wednesday 9/24, students will receive their scores when I return.
Since we had some technology issues on Friday, I have given everyone an extension: Presentation Materials will be due at the end of the day on Monday 9/22. I have reserved the laptop cart for Monday. Presentations will occur on Tuesday 9/23.
Our next unit will be on pictorial division. This is a brand new topic, so your children might be coming home showing you something different from what you have learned in the past. The common core standard for this topic is as follows:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.A.1
Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.
While we all grew up dividing fractions by multiplying the reciprocal (and students definitely need to know how to do this fluently), the standard states that students must be able also to use visual fraction models. Students need both. They can use the algorithm to check their answer (and I recommend this). But the visual model explains why the algorithm works.
If you want some help or extra videos (each one is about 5 minutes long) for yourself or your child, here is what I recommend (it's free to watch, but now you have to register an account):
Interpreting Remainders When Dividing
Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers
Dividing Mixed Numbers by Fractions
Dividing Fractions by Fractions
7th Grade (https://sjusd.app.box.com/s/fvpzcxpzao0bdhrp86pg)
This week, we will be preparing for our first unit test, which is on Thursday, September 25. Students will receive a Study Guide and Review on Monday and Practice Test on Wednesday. If they want a head start, they can download and print their own from the Box. Since I will be out on Wednesday, I would recommend students to come to Office Hours on Monday 9/22 after school in my room for a special review session. I am also available during lunch on Monday and Tuesday. We will begin our second unit (Equations, Expressions, and Inequalities) after the October break. The Unit 1 Tests will be graded on October 14 after the break, so students will receive their results afterwards.
Below are the skills from Unit 1 with the corresponding practice WS and answer keys.
- Add Integers (Sum It Up | Answers)
- Subtract Integers (What Should You Do When you Can't Sleep | Answers)
- Add/Subtract Positive Decimals (Decimal List Addition and Subtraction | Answers)
- Add Positive/Negative Decimals (Hidden Message | Answers)
- Subtract Positive/Negative Decimals (Subtracting Rational Numbers | Answers)
- Multiply/Divide Integers (Multiplying and Dividing Integers | Answers)
- Multiply Decimals (Multiplying and Dividing Decimals | Answers)
- Divide Decimals (Multiplying and Dividing Decimals | Answers)
- Multiply Fractions (Multiplying and Dividing Fractions | Answers)
- Divide Fractions (Multiplying and Dividing Fractions | Answers)
- Divide Integers with a Remainder (Division Fraction Answer Practice | Answers)
- Integer Gard Game (Unit 1 Review page 4 | Answers)
- Number Line Reasoning (Unit 1 Review page 1 | Answers)
- Unit 1 Study Guide | Answers
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