Denisse Harris

Unit 6: Scale & measurement

How'd we get to Unit 6 already? Whew! It's been an adventure-plenty of ups and downs, challenges and accomplishments. We've been plugging away at Unit 6 for quite some time so I am anticipating some great post test scores this Friday 3//10.

This post test will assess the following lessons/chapters out of the textbook:

9-1 & 9-3 customary units of measurement and thier converstions (students should be familiar with "Gallon Man" to help remember the conversions)

9-2 & 9-4 metric units of measurement and their converstions (students should be familiar with "King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk" to remember the order of the metric units).

7-4 Similar figures

7-5 Indirect measurement

7-6 Scale Factor

Unit 5: Symmetry and Plane Figures

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone is sticking to their goals and are keeping in alignment with their aspirations for 2010. I trust that you enjoyed the King Holiday Download King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew - King Holiday (Long) and made it a day "on" and not a day "off" because "EVERYONE CAN SERVE"..Dr. MLK, Jr.

This week we are starting Unit 5: Symmetry and Plane Figures

Download Math6Unit5parentletter

Download C1_ch08_11

BrainPOP and Study Island are here (plus some additional web resources)!

Good news! Campbelll Middle School students have BrainPOP! Our school has a subscription to this award-winning web-delivered resource, enhancing children's engagemnet in te classroom.

BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. Hundreds of topics within Science, Social Studies, English, MATH, Technology, Arts & Music and Health are all brought to life through short, animated movies and related interactive quizzes and features. All content is aligned to and searchable by state standards.

www.brainpop.com      user name: cmsedu         password: education

The Study Island CRCT Preparation Program is specifically designed to help students master the content specified in the Georgia Performance Standards. Study Island's focus on the GPS enables students to improve their performance in all skill areas tested on the CRCT. The user-friendly interface allows students to move through the program step-by-step. Each section has a pre-test and a post-test, as well as topics that cover each of the GPS. Topics consist of questions, answers explanations, and lessons that address the specific skills required in order to master the GPS.

www.StudyIsland.com    user name: firstnamelastname@cms (no spaces)    

                                   password: student's lunch number

Holt Math Textbook online tutorial videos for homework help

http://go.hrw.com/gopages/ma/msm1_08.html

My Skills Tutor, practice makes permanent!

http://my skillstutor.com           user name:  firstnamelastname@cms (no spaces)    

                                               password: student's lunch number

                                                site: campbell02

Online Assessment System

http://www.georgiaoas.org       login id: 10-digit GTID            password: education

Unit 3b: Percents, Decimals and Fractions

The Unit 3b Post test will be Friday, November 21, 2009. This unit corresponds with the textbook lessons listed below. Students are encouraged to review their notes, classwork & homework assignments, and complete additional practice problem in preparation for the exam.

Download C1_ch07_07

Download C1_ch07_08

Download C1_ch07_01

Download C1_ch07_03

as well as lesson 4-4

End of Unit 3a

The students have done well on the last 2 post tests. I forsee the same, if not better amount of success on Unit 3a: Fractions and Decimals. Our Post test will take place this Friday, October 30, 2009. I encourage to use the review to study and prepare. Download MathGr6Unit3a Review Guide The test correlates with textbook lessons 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-6, 5-7, 5-9, and 4-4.

End of 1st Quarter: 6-3 Update

We've successfully completed our first 9week period! Hip Hip Hooray! Many of my math students have risen to the challenge and are meeting the standards set here at CMS as well as in the classroom. They are working consistently to achieve the academic goals AND the behavioral goals. Other students require more time and attention so we will continue to our diligence.

CMS Math Night was October 15th. It was great to see such parent involvement. If you were unable to attend, I encourage you to get involved. You can set an apppointment to come and visit our school and classrooms so that you can get a feel for what we do here daily.

Our Hispanic Heritage Month observation was remarkable: with morning latin music; decorations throughout the building; announcements done in spanish; and Hispanic heritage activities across the curriculum in several classes . On October 13th we had a culminating fesiival that included presentations from the U.S. Embassies of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, informational sessions and a fabulous FEAST. Many students and parents brought cultural dishes to indulge in. It was DELICIOUS! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all the organizers and participants. Our next cultural celebration will be Black History Month during February!

As always, thank you for your support. With the best intentions...D. Harris

Unit 3a: Fractions and Decimals

With the beginning of the new 9week period comes the beginning of a new unit of study--Unit 3a: Fractions. We will examine multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers and focus on the standards of this unit for approximately 3 weeks: OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS

    M6N1:

    d.Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.

    e.Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers.

Please find related information about our plan of study in the Parent letter (link below). Studys will include lessons 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9 and 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4. Remember that the Holt textbook's website is a fantastic resource for tutorials & practice.

Students can expect a quiz next Thursday, October 22nd (lessons 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, and 5-9) and the Post Test Friday, October 30th.

Download Math6Unit3parentletter 09-10

Additional Math Resources

There are a number of resources that are available for to strengthen students' math apptitude and understanding.

Text book: Our math book offers tan online version which offers tutorials (an actual video of a teacher explaining the lesson), extra practice problems and quizzes. http://go.hrw.com/gopages/ma/msm1_07.html. Students are expected to go through the lessons in the math book themselves to understand, practice and review 6th grade math concepts that are presented in class.

Gizmos offers tutorials and activities for the 6th grade math standards. http://cicobb.typepad.com/cobbt1math/math-6-gizmos.html

Notes: Each lesson is presented to students in class sometimes as a powerpoint presentation (see unit blogs). Students are expected to take notes and utilize their notes to successfully complete assignments, quizzes and tests.

End of Unit 2: Factors and Multiples

The end of the unit test will be this Wednesday and Thursday (depending on which class progress). Please feel free to use the attached Powepoint presentations. Students should review and study:

Lesson 4-1: Divisibility; Download C1_ch04_01

Lesson 4-2: Factors and Prime Factorization Download C1_ch04_02

Lesson 4-3: Greatest Common Factor (GCF) Download C1_ch04_03

Lesson 5-1: Least Common Multiple (LCM) Download C1_ch05_01

Lesson 1-3: Exponents Download C1_ch01_03

The end of the grading period is quickly approaching. Students will be given the opportunity to review and  make sure that their assignments are in one day this week. Parents and students are encouraged to check student agendas--as they are to write the guiding question and homework assignements in it daily.

Begining Unit 2: Factors & Multiples

This week we are begining Unit 2: Factors & Multiples. The standard for this unit is  M6N1: Students will understand the meaning of the four arithmetic operations as related to positive rational numbers and will use these concepts to solve problems.

This unit will be covered in the textbook lessons: 4-1 Divisibility;  4-2 Factors and Prime Factorization; 4-3 Greatest Common Factor; and 5-1 Least Common Multiple. The Parent Letter Download Math6Unit2ParentLetter 09-10 may also offer some insight on this unit.

Divisibility rules Download Divisibility Rules

Divisibility rules activity (homework 9/14) Download DIVISIBILITY-PHONE NUMBERS