Week of May 27th
Hello!
Happy last week of school. Students will be taking home many supplies. Please make sure they have backpacks with space to bring home their notebooks and folders.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Ms. Lounsbury, Math, 6th
Assignment Calendar
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Week of May 19th
Hello,
Students will be taking their benchmark assessment. Please make sure they have a good breakfast before arriving at school. Please make sure if students need things like glasses, they have them for the whole week.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of May 12th
Hello,
This week students will be reviewing all ten chapters of Math in preparation for their Math final benchmark.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of May 5th
Hello,
This week we will be focusing box and whisker plots. This video explains what they are and how to read them. https://youtu.be/nV8jR8M8C74?feature=shared
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of April 28th
Dear Family,
Mathematical literacy is a key skill students should learn to make sense of the
world. We are bombarded every day with information: about the economy, the
environment, even about simple pleasures like sports and the foods we eat.
How can we think critically about the information we receive? Spend some time
with your student reading the paper or watching the news. Chances are that you
will be presented with a graph, a table of facts, or a statistic. Is the information
fully explained? Could there be more than one way of interpreting the data?
Choose a newspaper article that contains graphical information. Here are some
questions you can ask your student about the article.
Did the author choose the best graph for the data? What other types
of graphs could have been chosen?
Does the graph make the information clear? Is any part of it
misleading? How could the graph be improved to make the information
more clear?
Is any of the data based on a survey? If so, does the sample represent
the population described in the article? Could there be other conclusions
that the sample supports? Does the article make any conclusions that the
sample does not support?
Every type of graph shows some types of information better than others. What
else would be interesting to learn about the topic in the article? You and your
student can use the Internet or the library to find out more about the subject
at hand.
Conversations with your student will be more interesting when you know the facts
are solid.
Have fun researching
Mathematical literacy is a key skill students should learn to make sense of the
world. We are bombarded every day with information: about the economy, the
environment, even about simple pleasures like sports and the foods we eat.
How can we think critically about the information we receive? Spend some time
with your student reading the paper or watching the news. Chances are that you
will be presented with a graph, a table of facts, or a statistic. Is the information
fully explained? Could there be more than one way of interpreting the data?
Choose a newspaper article that contains graphical information. Here are some
questions you can ask your student about the article.
Did the author choose the best graph for the data? What other types
of graphs could have been chosen?
Does the graph make the information clear? Is any part of it
misleading? How could the graph be improved to make the information
more clear?
Is any of the data based on a survey? If so, does the sample represent
the population described in the article? Could there be other conclusions
that the sample supports? Does the article make any conclusions that the
sample does not support?
Every type of graph shows some types of information better than others. What
else would be interesting to learn about the topic in the article? You and your
student can use the Internet or the library to find out more about the subject
at hand.
Conversations with your student will be more interesting when you know the facts
are solid.
Have fun researching
Week of April 21st
Hello,
This week we will be learning about the Mean Absolute Deviation. This video explains what we will be discussing. This week we will be taking the Math MAPS. Mean Absolute Deviation ( MAD ).
Mrs. Lousnbury
Week of April 14
Hello,
This week students will be practicing find the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range of a set of data. They will also be working on reading and creating their own Dotplot.
Week of March 17th
Hello,
This week students will be wrapping up their unit 8 on Graphing and take their assessment. On Monday we will review positive and negative integers, absolute values, graphing inequalities.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of March 10th
Hello,
This week students will be working on graphing polygons on a coordinate plane. They will also talk about flipping and rotating different points on a coordinate plane.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of March 3rd
Dear Family,
Have you ever watched the countdown for a space shuttle launch? The time
remaining to the launch gets smaller and smaller as the launch approaches,
ending in the countdown "3....2....1....Blastoff!" For those working on the mission,
time is divided into time before and after the launch. Blastoff is the zero.
Time before the launch is negative, and time after the launch is positive.
We use a similar method with temperature—both the Fahrenheit and Celsius
scales set a zero that is within the normal range of temperatures for a cold
climate. Warmer temperatures are positive, and temperatures colder than
zero are negative. A similar method is used to describe elevation, with sea level
as the zero and positive and negative elevations on either side. Geographically
the equator is set as zero latitude, and other latitudes reference north and
south of that zero. For longitude the choice of a natural zero was less
apparent, and so the zero was set through the Royal Astronomical Observatory
in Greenwich, England. Other longitudes are measured east and west of this
zero. Richmond, Virginia, for example, is located at
>0146+.$6,67'($0'>
west longitude. Its sister city Windhoek, in Namibia, is found at >south
latitude and >east longitude.
You can explore the idea of plotting with integers using a globe. First find the
point that is >latitude and >longitude. How would you describe the location
of a favorite spot, such as your home or a favorite vacation destination? What
is on the opposite side of the globe from that place?
Happy hunting!
Have you ever watched the countdown for a space shuttle launch? The time
remaining to the launch gets smaller and smaller as the launch approaches,
ending in the countdown "3....2....1....Blastoff!" For those working on the mission,
time is divided into time before and after the launch. Blastoff is the zero.
Time before the launch is negative, and time after the launch is positive.
We use a similar method with temperature—both the Fahrenheit and Celsius
scales set a zero that is within the normal range of temperatures for a cold
climate. Warmer temperatures are positive, and temperatures colder than
zero are negative. A similar method is used to describe elevation, with sea level
as the zero and positive and negative elevations on either side. Geographically
the equator is set as zero latitude, and other latitudes reference north and
south of that zero. For longitude the choice of a natural zero was less
apparent, and so the zero was set through the Royal Astronomical Observatory
in Greenwich, England. Other longitudes are measured east and west of this
zero. Richmond, Virginia, for example, is located at
>0146+.$6,67'($0'>
west longitude. Its sister city Windhoek, in Namibia, is found at >south
latitude and >east longitude.
You can explore the idea of plotting with integers using a globe. First find the
point that is >latitude and >longitude. How would you describe the location
of a favorite spot, such as your home or a favorite vacation destination? What
is on the opposite side of the globe from that place?
Happy hunting!
Week of February 24th
Hello,
This week students will be reviewing and taking their Benchmark assessment. this will cover content from Chapter 1 - Chapter 7.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of February 18th
Hello,
This week we will be reviewing finding the area of multiple polygons. Students will take their chapter 7 assessments.
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of February 10th
Hello,
This week students will learn how to find the surface area of 3D shapes. Students will also learn how to build 3D shapes from their net models. Here is a video discussing what we will be working on. https://youtu.be/s7GrS0b3FRw?feature=shared
Mrs. Lounsbury
Week of February 3rd
Dear Family,
Does your student help you with projects in the house or yard, perhaps
installing floor tiles or spreading grass seed? Many home projects involve
finding areas so that you can purchase the correct amount of materials needed
for the project. For example, how many bags of mulch would you need to buy to
cover your raised garden bed? How many rolls of wallpaper do you need to
cover the walls of a room?
You and your student can discuss how to find areas for projects you might
tackle around your home. You can ask the student:
“Suppose we covered a large section of wall with chalkboard paint.
How would we find the area we wanted to paint?” Your student might
answer, “Measure how high and how far across, then multiply.” Then
ask, “If one quart of paint covers 65 square feet of wall, how many
quarts would we need to paint the blackboard section with 2 coats?”
Your student would multiply the area by 2 and compare that number
to 65. For example, a blackboard 8 feet wide and 5 feet high is 40
square feet, and 2 coats would be 80 square feet. One can of paint
would not be enough.
“Suppose we put new carpet in your bedroom. How many square feet
would we need to buy? How would we figure this out?” Your student
might answer, “Measure each wall of the room and multiply. If the
room isn’t a perfect rectangle, divide it into smaller pieces that are
easier to work with.”
Getting your student involved with home projects develops useful skills for
helping around the house, finding a part-time job, and eventually being
responsible for his or her own home.
Enjoy your time working together
Does your student help you with projects in the house or yard, perhaps
installing floor tiles or spreading grass seed? Many home projects involve
finding areas so that you can purchase the correct amount of materials needed
for the project. For example, how many bags of mulch would you need to buy to
cover your raised garden bed? How many rolls of wallpaper do you need to
cover the walls of a room?
You and your student can discuss how to find areas for projects you might
tackle around your home. You can ask the student:
“Suppose we covered a large section of wall with chalkboard paint.
How would we find the area we wanted to paint?” Your student might
answer, “Measure how high and how far across, then multiply.” Then
ask, “If one quart of paint covers 65 square feet of wall, how many
quarts would we need to paint the blackboard section with 2 coats?”
Your student would multiply the area by 2 and compare that number
to 65. For example, a blackboard 8 feet wide and 5 feet high is 40
square feet, and 2 coats would be 80 square feet. One can of paint
would not be enough.
“Suppose we put new carpet in your bedroom. How many square feet
would we need to buy? How would we figure this out?” Your student
might answer, “Measure each wall of the room and multiply. If the
room isn’t a perfect rectangle, divide it into smaller pieces that are
easier to work with.”
Getting your student involved with home projects develops useful skills for
helping around the house, finding a part-time job, and eventually being
responsible for his or her own home.
Enjoy your time working together