Last week we started diving into Chapter 1, numerical expressions and factors. 

 

The small groups are moving and the students will be learning about the following math skills:

- Order of Operations

- Prime Factorization

- Greatest Common Factor

- Least Common Multiple

 

Last Thursday, Mrs. Cundari came in and practiced with the students the process of what math workshop will look like.  The students did amazing following directions!  This week we will dive into a math skill using math workshop model on Thursday. 

 

Have an amazing week!

This week we will begin Chapter 1 in the Big Ideas 6th grade curriculum.  

Monday we will start by creating a prime/composite and perfect square math tool sheet. We will also look at specific vocabulary words for the Chapter 1, Numerical Expressions and factors. 

 

The students will take a pretest for Chapter 1 content.  I will then grade the pretest and the math skills that they haven't learned yet will be the lessons that they will be taught. Students will then be placed in a small group based on the skills that they need to learn.  On Friday, the students will be taking the MAPS math assessment to see where their math skills are at this point.  I use this data to help form small groups and work on math skills that may be missing. 

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to 6th grade Big Ideas Math!

 

I am thrilled to be adding some new teaching strategies this year.  

The first week of school the students will be taking the Pre-Course Assessment from the Big Ideas curriculum.  This will give me great information of what each student already knows about the 6th grade math skills. 

 

Throughout the course of the year, your child will take a pretest for each Chapter so that I know what they already have learned, and they will be taught the new math skills that they haven't learned yet. 

 

Every Monday, the students will be introduced the skill and write vocabulary cards with definitions and examples to refer back to any time that they may need. 

 

On Thursday each week, Mrs. Cundari will be coming in to do a Math Workshop model that encourages students to dig deeper into their math understanding.  We will be starting with the end of the math book skills so that students can have an understanding of all the math skills for 6th grade. 

 

If you ever have any questions or concerns, the best way to contact me is via email, [email protected]