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Ms. Lounsbury, Math, 6th Grade

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Week if January 16th 2024

Dear Family,
Many families enjoy exploring their own towns and cities instead of going far 
away on vacation. Some of those activities may include visiting a movie 
theater, a local museum, or community theater. Making sure you have enough 
money to take the outing is important.
Before you head out to watch your favorite movie on the Big Screen, you can 
use an expression to estimate the cost. For example, if one ticket costs you 
$7, you can use the expression, 7x, where x is the number of tickets you will 
need, to determine the amount of money you will need to take to the theater.
You and your student can discuss how to calculate the amount of money that 
will be needed to enjoy the following local family activity. For example, you 
might ask your student:
 “A family is going to visit the local art museum. The cost for children 
is $5.50. The cost for adults is $8. What is the expression used to 
determine how much money it costs for a child to visit the museum? 
What is the expression used to determine how much money it costs 
for an adult to visit the museum?” Your student may answer, “The 
expressions will be 5.5x, where x is the number of children attending, 
and 8y, where y is the number of adults attending.”
 “A family has 3 children and 2 adults visiting the museum. How much 
money will the family spend on each type of ticket?” Your student may 
answer "The cost for the children is 5.5 × 3, which is $16.50. The cost 
for the adults is 8 × 2, which is $16.”
You and your student can then talk about how to find the total cost of visiting 
the art museum. This process can be used to find the cost of visiting a 
number of other family activities. Have your student practice finding the 
cost of visiting other local attractions. Which attraction costs the least? 
Which attraction costs the most?
Enjoy exploring your city as a family
 
Mrs. Lounsbury 

Week of January 8th 2024

Hello!
 
Happy New Year! This week, we will be finishing up Unit 4 or fractions and percentages. Our unit test will be on Wednesday. We will then begin Unit 5, writing algebraic expressions.  Here is video that reviews converting fractions, decimals, and percentages. https://youtu.be/-Xt4UDk7Kzw?feature=shared
 
Mrs. Lounsbury

Fraction,Decimal,Percent Optional Review

During break, here is a power point students can work through to review the Math concepts we have been studying.  This is also located on the Math Teams. The power point has videos and explanations for each topic. Any completion of this work would be a great review, even if it is just watching the videos. 

Week of November 27th

Dear Family,
We often shop for groceries, clothing, school supplies, or even a car. When
we are spending our money, we always try to get the best deal. This is where
the use of percents can be valuable.
How often have we waited for a sale before making a purchase? Don’t we get
excited when we receive a coupon discounting the price of something we want
to buy? It is important to compare the prices when looking at two different
brands of something. Which item gives us more for our money (a better
value)?
Spend some time with your student looking at the sale prices or coupon
discounts for things you want to buy, and talk about how they affect the
price and the value of your purchases. For example, you and your student
might talk about the following:
 This pair of shoes is regularly priced $45. It is on sale for 15% off
the regular price. How much will we save if we buy the shoes while
they are on sale?
 We have two different coupons to buy that box of cereal. One coupon
is for $0.50 off the regular price. The other coupon is for 30% off
the regular price. The regular price of the cereal is $3.99. Which
coupon should we use to save the most money?
The next time you go shopping, ask your student how he or she can help you
determine the best way to save money on the purchase and how much you will
save. Have your student keep track of the total amount you save on the
shopping trip.
Enjoy your savings!

Week of 10/30

Dear Family,
Sports and games provide an opportunity to relax and have fun with our
families and friends. The nature of competition gives us an opportunity to
explore mathematics at the same time.
When we are competing, we are often thinking about how we are doing. Are we
hitting the ball as well as we did last year? Are we running faster now than at
the beginning of the season? Are we currently winning, or is our opponent
winning? Even if we are only watching a game, many of us tend to obsess over
our favorite player’s and team’s performances.
Spend some time with your student talking about your family’s favorite sport
or game. What kinds of “stats” are kept about the players and events? How
does that help you understand the game? For example, you and your student
might talk about the following:
 How are batting averages figured out in baseball and softball? What
does this tell you about the next time your favorite player is at bat?
 What does the ratio of red pieces to black pieces tell you about how a
game of checkers is going? Who’s winning?
 How fast can you run a 100-meter sprint? Do you think you could run
the same speed in the 200-meter or the 400-meter?
Next time your team is playing their big rival, ask your student how he or she
could predict who will win. Do you think it matters more what each team’s
average score is, or what the win-loss ratio is for the two teams? What kind
of information could help you decide which team is better?
Enjoy the game! 
 
Here is a video that shows what we will be focusing on in this unit.  https://youtu.be/RQ2nYUBVvqI?si=1v03wqZTZI4RGRKr 

Week of October 23rd

Hello!
 
This week we will be finishing up our 2nd unit on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions and decimals.  I have attached a video to review multiplying and dividing decimals. We will be reviewing in groups and all together. Our test will be on Wednesday.