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Ms. Calder, Math, 6th

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May 26-29

For Tuesday and Wednesday, we will have regular class and the students need to complete their end of the year assessment for 6th grade math. 
 
Thank you for sharing your child with me this year!
I have seen great confidence and growth in all the kiddos!
 
Have an amazing Summer!

May 18-22

This week in math we will finish Chapter 10
  • 10.3 Shapes of Distributions
  • 10.4 Choosing Appropriate Measures
  • 10.5 Box-and-Whisker Plots
Next, the students will take the end of the course assessment over a span of several days to break up the assessment. 

May 18-22

This week we will spend time on Monday showcasing our Service-Learning reflection to the 3rd and 4th graders during Advocacy, and the 7th and 8th graders will share their experience of Service-Learning with us.  What a great way to share the service at Westgate which is building community within our school and surrounding community. 
 
For the rest of the week, we will be focusing on self-care and wellness strategies!
 
 
Reminders:
May 27 – Continuation 2:15-3:15 
May 28 - Half Day dismissal at 11:30, Carnival in the afternoon
May 29 - Hald Day dismissal at 11:30, Last Day of School
 
 
Our Spring Carnival is coming up on May 28th, and one of the most anticipated highlights is our themed classroom baskets for the silent auction! These baskets are a major part of our fundraising efforts, and we’d love your help in making them truly special.
This year, our basket themes are Brunch and A Taste of Italy.
Contributing is easy! We’ve created Amazon and Target registries (links are below) so you can simply click and purchase items. Even better—your items can be shipped directly to the school. If you prefer, you’re also welcome to shop on your own and drop off donations in the lobby during normal school hours.
Short on time? You can donate through the payment portal (please be sure to note which grade your donation is for), and we’ll take care of the shopping for you.
Please ensure all donations are received by Friday, May 22nd.
Thank you for helping us make this event a success!

May 11-15

This week in Math we will begin Chapter 10, Data Displays
  • 10.1 Stem-and-Leaf Plots
  • 10.2 Histograms
  • 10.3 Shapes of Distributions
Many of these skills will be review as we have spent time during our Thinking Classroom at the beginning of the year exploring and working with data displays!

May 4-8

This week in math we will finish Chapter 9
  • 9.4 Measures of Variation
  • 9.5 Mean Absolute Deviation
Next, we will review and take the Chapter 9 assessment, and begin Chapter 10
 
  • 10.1 Stem-and-Leaf Plots
  • 10.2 Histograms
The skills in Chapters 9 and 10 have been introduced earlier in the year when we did Thinking Classroom with Mrs. Cundari!
 
I am excited to see how the students can apply their knowledge to these chapters. 

April 27-May 1

This week we will begin Chapter 9, Statistical Measures
  • 9.1 Introduction to Statistics
  • 9.2 Mean
  • 9.3 Measures of Center
  • 9.4 Measures of Variation
  • 9.5 Mean Absolute Deviation
Reminder:
Wednesday, April 29 - Math MAPS testing starting at 9:15

April 20-24

This week in math we will work on the following skills:
 
  • 8.6 Polygons in the Coordinate Plane
  • 8.7 Writing and Graphing Inequalities
  • 8.8 Solving Inequalities
On Thursday and Friday, we will review Chapter 8 and take the Chapter 8 assessment and the Chapter 9 pretest

April 13-17

This week in math we will work on the following skills:
 
  • 8.3 Rational Numbers
  • 8.4 Absolute Value
  • 8.5 The Coordinate Plane
  • 8.6 Polygons in the Coordinate Plane
  • 8.7 Writing and Graphing Inequalities

April 6-10

This week in Math our schedule is different. 
 
Monday and Friday will be regular days, and we will start working on Chapter 8, Integers, Number lines, and Coordinate Planes. 
 
Tuesday through Thursday the students will be taking the Math CMAS.  
 
 

March 30 - April 3

This week we will finish up Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area and Volume.  On Wednesday we will take the Benchmark Assessment. Next, we will dive into Chapter 8, 
 
Chapter 8 - Integers, Number Lines, and the Coordinate Plane
  • 8.1 Integers
  • 8.2 Comparing and Ordering Integers
  • 8.3 Rational Numbers
  • 8.4 Absolute Value
  • 8.5 The Coordinate Plane
  • 8.6 Polygons in the Coordinate Plane
  • 8.7 Writing and Graphing Inequalities
  • 8.8 Solving Inequalities

March 9-11

This week we will finish up Chapter 7 with the following skills:
 
  • 7.5 Surface Areas of Prisms
  • 7.6 Surface Areas of Pyramids
  • 7.7 Volumes of Rectangular Prisms
When we get back from Spring Break, we will spend Monday reviewing and then the students will take a Benchmark Assessment over Chapters 1-7

March 2-6

We will continue working in Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area and Volume.
 
7.2 - Area of a Triangle
7.3 Area of a trapezoid and kite.
7.4 Three-dimensional figures
 
Thursday we will have the Thinking Classroom, and we will continue where we left off last week where students are using area to solve a word problem. 

February 23-27

The students will finish taking the Chapter 6 Assessment over Equations, and then take a pretest for Chapter 7, Area, Surface Area and Volume. 
 
Tuesday we will dive into Chapter 7
  • 7.1 Areas of Parallelograms
  • 7.2 Areas of Triangles
  • 7.3 Areas of Trapezoids and Kites
Thursday we will do a new lesson for Thinking Classroom with Mrs. Cundari. 

February 17-20

We will continue working on warm up review math skills at the beginning of class. 
We will finish Chapter 6, Equations material this week and take the Chapter 6 Assessment, and then move on to Chapter 7, area, surface area, and volume. 
 
Thursday Mrs. Cundari will come into to guide the students with the thinking classroom lesson. 

February 9-13

The Benchmark Assessment took longer than expected so we didn't get as far in Chapter 6 as I thought that we would.  
 
We will focus on Chapter 6. 
  • 6.2 Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction
  • 6.3 Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division
  • 6.4 Writing Equations in Two Variables
Thursday we will have our Thinking Classroom lesson.  Again, I am amazed by the greatness that the students accomplish during this time, and their ability to communicate their math thinking improves every week.