Week 16 - Two More Weeks Until Break!

On Saturday, nearly the entire math department (Ms. Helguera, Ms. Vickery, Ms. Langner, Mrs. Young, Mr. Butler, Mr. Runkle, Mr. Mintz, and I) met at John Muir at 5:45am to drive down to the Asilomar math conference.  I attended three sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon and came back with many great ideas that I will work into the classroom.  Even though we had to get up very early in the morning and return after dark, it was a Saturday well spent and we are hoping to improve our instruction.


This week, we are getting back to normal.  It's a normal 5-day week with no substitutes or assemblies and both the 6th graders and Pre-Algebra students have a quiz on Friday.


6th Grade Announcements & Homework

This week we will be continuing our study of proportions.  We will begin by writing proportions from word problems.  Next, we will be looking at similar figures and writing proportions from the drawings.  The quiz on Friday will cover writing and solving proportions.

Monday (12/6): Writing Proportions W.S.
Tuesday (12/7): Problem Solving W.S.
Wednesday (12/8): Similar Figures W.S.
Thursday (12/9): Quiz 8 Practice Problems
Friday (12/10): No HW (Quiz today)

Pre-Algebra Announcements & Homework
This week we will be continuing our study of percents.  We will see how they are used in calculating commission, sales tax, profit, and simple interest.  The quiz on Friday will cover those topics.

Monday (12/6): WB 6-6 #1 (5%), 2 (8.5%), 3, 4, 5, 7
Tuesday (12/7): TB Pg. 308 #4-7, #11-14
Wednesday (12/8): WB 6-7 odds
Thursday (12/9): Review WS
Friday (12/10): No HW (Quiz today)