Hello Campbell Spartans:
We are rapidly approaching our Thanksgiving holiday and I know that each of you are all looking forward to a week of rest and spending time with your family. Each student will receive a math packet of assignments to work on during the holiday. The packet will be done on Monday, December 1, 2008. Students will pick the activities that they want to complete and assignments will be scored on the amount of assignments completed.
Mr. Shakir
Attached is a vocabulary puzzle that students can work on at home to help build skills.
Download vocabulary_village_crisscross_puzzle.doc
Mr. Shakir
Hello Campbell Spartans:
This week is progressing along very quickly. This is just a reminder that our Unit 2 Post-Test will be scheduled on Monday, 10/06/2008. The test will cover all topics listed in Unit 2. I am placing a special emphasis on vocabulary with my students. Therefore, all students need to know the meanining(s) of the following words:
Vocabulary:
Prime Number
Composite Number
Factor
Multiple
Prime Factorization
Greatest Common Factor
Least Common Multiple
Additionally, I would like for parents to help encourage students to use their mathematical vocabulary words in sentences. This will help to make the definitions more meaningful to students, as well as give them practice with writing across the curriculum. I will post the Unit 2 study guide to my page so that parents can view the content material that will be covered on this upcoming exam. Have a great week Campbell Sparatans!!! :)
Mr. Shakir
Greetings Campbell Spartans:
This week has been off to a great start. I am very pleased with the progress I am seeing with my students and the effort they are putting into learning this "Divisibility Rules." Parents, please continue to help support your children in their efforts of memorizing and practing these rules.
I wanted to post a few friendly reminders this week for parents and students.
- I am still grading Data Analysis Projects and should have them all finalized by Monday, 09/22/2008.
- Math students will have a "Divisibility Rules Quiz" this Friday, 09/19/08. Please rehearse these rules with your children each night for at least 20 minutes. All of my students have been given hand-outs to study from.
- Math Lessons for the reminder of this week will deal with students learning how to decompose numbers into its prime factorization. We will be working with the math concepts of "prime" and "composite" numbers, as well as begining to use factor trees for breaking down numbers.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns please dont hesitate to contact me.
Mr. Shakir
Download practice_a_for_students_unit_1_test.pdf
Download problem_solving_idea_practice.pdf
Please be advised that the 6th grade students will have their first Unit Test on Friday, 09/05/08. Students' will be tested on concepts covered in the Data Analysis Unit for Mastery of the content. I am anticipating all of my students' to do exceptionally well! I have also attached some handouts for students' to review that can be helpful with studying.
Additionally, the Performance Task Project due date has been changed to Monday, 09/08/08. I will be posting a final rubric on my blog later on this week so that everyone can review what the expectations are for the project.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me... Have a great rest of the week!!!
Mr. Shakir
Parents and 6th grade students':
The Math Summer packet for rising 6th graders are due on Tuesday, 09/02/08. This will count as a test grade. I have given all of my students' a copy of this packet. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you.
Mr. Shakir
Hello and welcome to my page! I am excited about joining the Campbell family this year. My name is Adib S. Shakir and I am the special education (math) teacher for the 6-3 team here at Campbell. I am thoroughly excited about working with the 6th grade students' on my team. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. I can be contacted by calling Campbell Middle School directly or via email correspondence at (adib.shakir@cobbk12.org). I love education and look forward to helping students' learn to become lifelong learners. Let's make the 2008-2009 school year a great one where learning is our top priority!!!
