Hard to believe that this is the last week of school!

 

What an amazing year that it has been!

The students have grown so much in the area of math, and I would enjoy the kids to keep working on Math skills this summer.  They can access their Big Ideas and Zearn at home.  

 

This week we will spend some time creating a picture using coordinates and completing an Escape room. 

 

I hope that you all have a safe and wonderful Summer! 

This week in Math students will be taking the final assessment for Big Ideas to show growth for the course of the year. 

 

Students are also making a board game to showcase their learning to share with you at Open House. 

Based on each student's math level they are working at their pace on Chapter 7, Geometry, Chapter 8, Coordinate Planes and Integers, and Chapter 9, Statistical Measures.

 

To help support all 6th grade math skills the students work on Skill Builders in Big Ideas.  This is also available to students to access at home. 

 

The students will create their own board game to share their math knowledge and exhibit this game board during Open House.  The students will also take an end of the year assessment for to compare to the beginning of the year assessment using the Big Ideas 6th grade curriculum. 

We will continue working through the Math curriculum: Chapter 6 Algebraic Expressions; Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area and Volume; and Chapter 8, Integers, Number Lines, and the Coordinate Plane. 

 

On Wednesday with our schedule being so messed up because 5th graders will be taking the Science CMAS we will work on a math lesson looking at drawing translations, reflections and rotations. 

 

Our math schedule will be a little different this week due to 5th graders taking the Science CMAS test.

 

Monday: regular schedule

Tuesday: Math will be from 2:15 to 3:15 

Wednesday: 9:15 to 11:05

Thursday: regular Math class time

Friday: Math MAP test 9:15-10:45

 

 

My hope is to get everyone at the end of the Chapter that they are working on so that when we return from Spring Break, we can start fresh on the next Chapter.  

 

If your child would like to practice extra skills, they can log into Big Ideas and go to Skill Builders to pick the math skill that they feel they need more practice with.  Last Wednesday, the students were to pick 5 different skills, so they are aware of how to navigate to the Skill Builders location. 

We are continuing our progress of Math skills by working through the Units. 

Each student is in a different place, some in Chapter 5, Algebraic Expressions; Chapter 6, Equations, and Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area and Volume.   

The individual groups are doing an amazing job of moving forward we are all in Chapter 6, Solving Equations and Chapter 7 Area, Surface Area and Volume. 

 

Last Wednesday on No Worksheet Wednesday we spent some doing playing Hot Seat practicing the questions from the Chapter 1 - 5 Benchmark test to once again look at the skills that 6th graders should master before the end of the year.  

 

 

We will continue working through Chapter 5, 6 and 7 depending on which group your child is in.  

 

Chapter 5, Algebraic Expressions

Chapter 6, Equations

Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area and Volume. 

 

On Tuesday the students will be taught by Mr. McGinnis as I will be with the 5th graders on a Field Trip.  The student's specific assignment will be assigned on Big Ideas. 

Chapter 5, Algebraic Expressions

Chapter 6, Equations

Chapter 7, Geometry 

 

Students will be working in the above chapters working at their own pace. Some students are taking the Benchmark test that assessing Chapters 1 - 5 to check for learning and giving me knowledge as to what I need to reteach on a No Worksheet Wednesday. The students are taking the Benchmark test on the computer which is also learning a new skill for them. 

In math this week, the students will continue working at their pace through small group instruction, practice each lesson, and then seek clarification for better understanding.  

 

The students are completing Chapter 5, Algebraic Expressions, moving into Chapter 6, Equations (putting into practice Chapter 5 learning, and some students are in Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area, and Volume.  

We are all in Chapter 5 and 6 working on Algebra. 

The students are making great progress in their math skills.  

In between Chapter 5 and 6 the students are completing the second Benchmark test to show their learning of the first 5 chapters of the math book.  The students are taking this assessment on Big Ideas online.  

 

For No Worksheet Wednesday, we will play Hot Seat game again to practice all operations that they have already learned.  We play last week, and the kids were all engaged and motived to show their knowledge.