8/25/2015 - Weekly Update

QUIZ
Tomorrow the students will be receiving their decimals quiz they took on Friday, August 21st.  All students will have the opportunity to earn back 1/2 of the points they missed on the quiz.  In order to earn these points the students must accurately complete the study island assignment "Decimals Quiz 1 Extra Credit".

UPCOMING CONTENT
We will be starting to work on multiplying and dividing with decimals.

8/19/2015 - Math Class Update

What we have been doing:
Your students have started to get into a somewhat normal schedule.  We have been working on adding and subtracting decimals this week.  We have also focused on estimating what our answer should be before working the problems.  Some links to practice games are listed below:

Adding Decimals Soccer Game


Subtracting Decimals Soccer Game

General Updates:
Grades will start to be posted in Infinite Campus this week for classwork/homework.

What is coming up:

Study Island
Tomorrow and the beginning of next week all students will be taking the 6th grade math pre-assessment on study island.  The students will be able to access study island from home for completing specific study island assignments and for extra practice.

Multiplying Decimals and Dividing Decimals
Next week we will be focusing on multiplying decimals and dividing decimals.  



Dividing Decimals:

7/30/15

MR. CANN IS AWESOME!

3/18/2015 - General Update

Tomorrow is Career Day at ACMS.  Your 6th grade students will be learning about different career opportunities from special guests.

Grades

• All grades have been updated with all late work.
• Many students have not turned in their Restaurant Project.  All students were given time in class to complete the project.  The project is counted as a test grade.  I do have extra copies if any student needs one.  The last day to turn in this project is Wednesday, March 25th.
• The 3rd 9 weeks grading period ends Friday, March 27th.

Upcoming Projects/Content
The students will be starting a Surface Area & Volume Project soon.  :)  This project will be graded and included in the 4th 9 weeks grading period.

We will also be starting our Statistics Unit after we complete the Geometry unit.

ESS Reminder
Please remember that Math ESS is offered after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 4:10p.m.

02/26/15 - Update

Mid-term reports will be going home with the students tomorrow.

Quiz tomorrow for all classes - Percents, Decimals, and Ratios

Today the students started a "Design your own Restaurant" activity.  This activity will help the students review how to calculate area and perimeter.  The activity also extends converting units into a real world scenario that your student is designing.  I cannot wait to see all the restaurant designs!

Our next unit will be on Geometry.

• We will be working on finding area of polygons by decomposing shapes into triangles and quadrilaterals.  
• We will be learning how to find the volume of a right rectangular prism.
• We will solving real world problems by drawing/graphing polygons on a coordinate plane.
• We will be calculating surface area by using nets.  We will also be applying surface area calculations to real life.

If you have any empty boxes (for example cereal, shoe, etc.) that you do not need, please send them in with your student.  We will break them down and use them to calculate surface area during our next unit :)

02/11/2015 - Grade Reports

Math grade reports and a math update information sheet was send home with each student today.  All students will receive extra credit for bringing back a signed information sheet.  Students that have a current grade of a D or F are required to obtain parent/guardian signatures.

General Math
Today we starting working on converting between fractions, decimals, and percents.  The students have to finish their practice (one page) for homework tonight.

Accelerated Math
Today we worked on finding a percent of a number....no homework tonight for 6th period.

Helpful Links:

Define % as Ratios

Several links on AAA math for percents, decimals, and ratios

02/09/2015 - Quiz Tomorrow

General Math (Periods 1, 2, 4, & 5) will have a short quiz tomorrow on converting and comparing unit rates.  The students will be allowed to use their reference sheets and/or their agendas along with calculators.

Accelerated Math started working on converting percents, decimals, and fractions.

Extra Credit Opportunities - Ask your student about the weekly challenge work they can earn extra credit for.  Several students have taken advantage of this opportunity the last two weeks.

Grade Reports
**After all quiz scores are posted I will be sending home math grade reports with students.  Students that have a parent or guardian sign the report will receive extra credit.  If a student has a D or F it is mandatory that the grade report be signed and returned.

ESS
Just a reminder that ESS is offered for math, language arts, and social studies/science after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 4:10pm.