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6th grade Math class page

 

Spring Trimester

 

Final exam review information  6th Math Final Exam Prep.pdf

Sample problems here at Hotmath.com http://hotmath.com/help/gt/mini6and7gt/index.html

 

 

Weeks 12 and 13: June 1 - June 9

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 6/1

Review

 

Tuesday 6/2

Review  

Wednesday

6/3

Review

 

Thursday 6/4

Review

 

 

Friday 6/5

Final Exam

 

Monday 6/8    
Tuesday 6/9    

 

Week 11: May 25 - May 29

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 5/25

No Class

 

Tuesday 5/26

Division Equations  and

Two Step Equations
Worksheet 

Wednesday

5/27

Review

 

Thursday 5/28

Quest: Solving Simple Algebra Equations

 

 

Friday 5/29

No Class 

 

 

 

Week 10: May 16 - May 22

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 5/18

Review.  Use review at the end of Chapter 11 as well as multiplying and dividing integers

 

Tuesday 5/19

Test: Chapter 11: Integers, Operations with Positive and Negative Numbers

p.588 #1-11

p.594 #1-11 

Wednesday

5/20

Inverse Operations.  What is the opposite?

Worksheet 

Thursday 5/21

Addition and Subtraction Equations

p.595 #1-18 

Friday 5/22

Multiplication Equations

Worksheet (Skip #5-12) No Calculator.  Show steps and check each answer.

 

Week 9: May 11 - May 15

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 5/11

Birdhouse plans and Problem Solving 

Workbook Practice 4.8 (NO CALCULATOR) 

Tuesday 5/12

Multiplying Integers

Worksheet Multiplying Integers Side (10.5)

Wednesday

5/13

Dividing Integers

Worksheet Dividing Integers Side (10.6) 

Thursday 5/14

Exponents

Worksheet 

 

Friday 5/15

No class

Test Tuesday 5/19 Integers 

 

Week 8: May 4 - May 8

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 5/4

11.5 Graphing relationships in the Coordinate Plane

p. 561 #5-16 Use Graph Paper, p.562 #2-16 Even (Review

Tuesday 5/5

11.6 Solving Geometry problems in the Coordinate Plane

p. 566 #7-23 Use Graph Paper, Due Thursday

Wednesday

5/6

No Class

 

Thursday 5/7

 Absolute Value

Worksheet

Friday 5/8

Quiz Graphing

Multiplying Integers

 

 

 

Week 7: April 27 - May 1

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 4/27

11.2 Adding Integers

Workbook Practice 11.2 No Calculator, Make sure you write addition equations (like 3 + (-2) not 3 - 2)

Tuesday 4/28

11.3 Subtracting Integers

Workbook Practice 11.3.  Bring Calculator to Class Wednesday

Wednesday

4/29

Review, Using a Calculator

p. 551 #1-25

Thursday 4/30

Quiz Ordering, Adding, Subtracting Integers

11.4 Coordinate Plane

p. 550 Spiral Review #1-20

Friday 5/1

Coordinate Plane: Continued

Workbook Practice 11.4  

 

Week 6: April 20 - April 24

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 4/20

Review for Test

Be Ready for Test,

Bring Calculator

Answers to Practice Available Here

Tuesday 4/21

Test on 3D Figures, Surface Area and Volume

 

Wednesday

4/22

Test Review

Integers 11.1

p. 534 #8 - 18

Test Corrections Due Monday

Thursday 4/23

Integers

Bird Houses Introduction

Practice 11.1

Test Corrections Due Monday

Friday 4/24

No Class

 

 

 

Week 5: April 13 - April 17

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 4/13

3D Figures

Handout (Page 9.1)

Tuesday 4/14

Surface Area of a Prism

Handout (Page 9.2) 

Wednesday

4/15

Surface Area of a Cylinder

Handout (Page 9.3)

Thursday 4/16

Volume of a Prism

Handout (Page 9.5) 

Friday 4/17

Volume of a Cylinder

Handout (Page 9.6)

Test 4/21 Surface Area and Volume

 

 

Week 4: March 30 - April 3

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 3/30

Circle Graphs

Text p.660 #5-8, p.514 #7-14

Tuesday 3/31

Test Review 

Text p.521 #1-19  Make sure you use correct units

 

Wednesday

4/1

Area of Irregular Figures

Worksheet

Thursday 4/2

Review for Test

 

Friday 4/3

Test on Chapter 10 (except 10.8 Surface Area and Volume

 

 

Week 3: March 23 - March 27

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 3/23

Area of Parallelograms.

Area is base times height.  Base is not one of the sides

Worksheet

Tuesday 3/24

 

Area of Trapezoids

Area is 1/2 (base 1 + plus base 2) * height

Worksheet

Wednesday

3/25

Circumference of Circle

Text p.502 #6-24  Use 3.14 for Pi

Thursday 3/26

Area of Circle

Text p.505-507 #6-22

Friday 3/27

No class

Test on 4/3 for Chapter 10

 

Escher Project Description

 

Week 2: March 16 - March 20

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 3/16

10.2 Angles -- Complementary, Supplementary, Congruent

Textbook p. 482 8-28 NO CALCULATOR

Escher Project Due Thursday

Tuesday 3/17

10.3 Parallelograms

Workbook Practice 10.3 NO CALCULATOR

Wednesday

3/18

10.4 Area of Triangle

Workbook Practice 10.4 NO CALCULATOR 

Thursday 3/19

Review of Angles, Parallelograms, Area of Triangle

Study for Quiz 

Friday 3/20

Quiz on 10.1 to 10.4

 

 

Week 1: March 9 - March 13

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 3/9

Review for Test on Chapter 9

Study for the test.  Use pages 463-467

Bring back borrowed protractors

Tuesday 3/10

Test on Chapter 9: Geometric Figures, Symmetry, Triangles, Angles

Work on Escher Project

 

Wednesday

3/11

Review of Fraction Arithmetic and Geometry

Textbook p.468-469

Thursday 3/12

10.1 Parallel, Intersecting, and Perpendicular Lines

Textbook p.478 #7-26.  Use the edge of your HW paper for #21 

Friday 3/13

Classwork on Escher Figures

Project Due in Class on Thursday 3/19

 

 

 

Winter Trimester

 

Week 12: March 2 - March 6

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 3/2

 

 

Tuesday 3/3

9.6 Classifying Triangles

Textbook p.452 #7-30

Wednesday

3/4

9.7 Angles in a Triangle

Workbook Practice 9.7

Thursday 3/5

Test Review and Project work on Escher

Textbook p.466 All 

Friday 3/6

No Class -- Early Dismissal

Test moved to Tuesday 3/10

 

Week 11: February 23 - February 27

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 2/23

9.4 Line Symmetry

Workbook 9.4 and finish 3 figures with line of symmetry (face, nature, unsymmetrical figure) 

Tuesday 2/24

Tessellations

Textbook p.442 Spiral Review 1-10, p. 443 All

Wednesday

2/25

Slides and Coordinate Plane 9.5

Textbook p.448 #7-24.  Draw your own grid.  Share a grid for all parts of #11 and all parts of #12

Thursday 2/26

Quiz on 9.1 to 9.4

 

Friday 2/27

Escher Portfolio Project

Test Thursday 3/5 on Chapter 6 

 

Week 10: February 16 - February 20

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 2/16

No Class

 

Tuesday 2/17

9.1 Geometric Figures

p. 422 #6-21.  Challenge: Find area of #12-14.

Test Corrections Due Friday:  For each problem marked wrong or partially wrong:

  1. Rewrite the problem
  2. Completely work out the solution
  3. Write a statement beginning "I got this wrong because I ..."  This should be concluded by writing things like "... multiplied 3 and 8 and got 24 or I didn't simplify because I didn't see that 7 was a factor of both the numerator and denominator or I multiplied instead of dividing"

Wednesday

2/18

9.2 Angles and Their Measures

WB Practice 9.2  Use Protractor

Thursday 2/19

9.3 Congruent and Similar Figures

Textbook p. 434 #8-19, p.430 #1-17

Friday 2/20

Lines of Symmetry 

 

 

 

Week 9: February 9 - February 13

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 2/9

8.7 Area of Rectangles and Triangles -- Using Fractions

p.408 #12-22  In #22, draw your own triangle that isn't a right triangle, split it into two right triangles by drawing a height, and then measure with a ruler and calculate the area.

Tuesday 2/10

Review of Rectangles and Triangles

Study for the test.  Use pages 411-415 

Wednesday

2/11

Test on Chapter 8: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Make a Snowman (Worksheet)

Thursday 2/12

Review of Logic and Fractions

 

Friday 2/13

No Class

See you Tuesday

 

Week 8: February 2 - February 6

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 2/2

Quiz Multiplying Fractions

8.5 Using Reciprocals to Divide Fractions

WB 8.5 All

Tuesday 2/3

Dividing Fractions

 

Wednesday

2/4

No Class

 

Thursday 2/5

No Class

 

Friday 2/6

No Class

Test Wednesday 2/11 on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

 

Week 7: January 26 - January 30

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 1/26

8.1 Multiplication of Whole Numbers and Fractions

Textbook p.372 #6 to 29 

#6,#7 each column represents a portion of a whole and the number of columns represents the whole number the portion is multiplied by.  See #1 which is 5/6 X 2 = 10/6 = 1 4/6 = 1 2/3 

Tuesday 1/27

8.2 Multiplying Proper Fractions

Textbook p.378 #6-30

Finish Renaissance Minds Math Problem 

Wednesday

1/28

8.3 Multiplying Mixed Numbers

Practice WB 8.3 #3-16 and What's a lazy rooster worksheet.  Be sure to simplify and show work.  Calculators may be used to multiply and divide numbers but not in fraction mode.

Thursday 1/29

8.4 Dividing Fractions with Common Denominators

Practice WB 8.4 

Friday 1/30

No Class. Renaissance Minds Presentations 

Quiz Monday on Multiplying Fractions 

 

 

Week 6: January 19 - January 23

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 1/19

NO CLASS

 

Tuesday 1/20

Snow Day

 

Wednesday

1/21

Review of Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Study pages 358 to 362 

Thursday 1/22

Test on Chapter 7 Moved one Day Later to Thursday due to Snow Day

 

Friday 1/23

Complete Renaissance Minds Math Project

 

Textbook p.372 #6 to 29 

#6,#7 each column represents a portion of a whole and the number of columns represents the whole number the portion is multiplied by.  See #1 which is 5/6 X 2 = 10/6 = 1 4/6 = 1 2/3

 

 

 

Week 5: January 12-16

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 1/12

7.4 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

WB Practice 7.4 All.  Try not to laugh at the "riddle" in # 23.

Tuesday 1/13

Fraction Review. Project work on Renaissance Minds

Textbook p.341 All.  Check the answers at the back.

Wednesday 1/14

Quiz on 7.1 to 7.4

7.5 Regrouping and subtraction with common denominators.  How to use it to solve real-life problems.

Textbook p.344 #7-33

Thursday 1/15

7.6 Regrouping and subtraction with different denominators.  Step 1: Rewrite with common denominators.  Steps 2+: See yesterday's lesson.

Textbook p.351 #6-24

Friday 1/16

7.7 Problem solving with addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals.  If needed, first solve a simpler problem without fractions to see how to solve it.

Test Wednesday 1/21 on Chapter 7

Textbook p.357 #8-16 

 

 

Week 4: January 5-9

Day

In Class Homework

Monday 1/5

Mid-year Review

Due Wednesday -- Textbook p.312-313 All -- To Be Turned In (10 pts)

Test Corrections due Friday

Tuesday 1/6

7.1 Length using US Customary Measurments

WB Practice 7.1.  Use inch ruler on #6 and #7.  Find the perimeter on #22-24 (Use estimates to check reasonability).

Wednesday 1/7

7.2 Least Common Denominators

Textbook p.324 #7-26

Thursday 1/8

7.3 Adding and Subtracting Fractions 

Quiz Wednesday 1/14 on 7.1 to 7.4

Textbook p.332 #6-27

Friday 1/9

Continued work on Renaissance Minds Project 

 

 

 

Week 3: December 15-19

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 12/15

Mixed and Improper Fractions 6.6

Textbook pp.298-9 #7-15, 16-36 even

Tuesday 12/16

Probability 6.7

Textbook p.304 #11-22, p.310 All

Wednesday 12/17

Review for Test

Study.  Use review on pp.306-311

Thursday 12/18

Test Chapter 6 Fractions, Ratios, and Proportions

No homework

Friday 12/19

Fraction Games

 

 

Week 2: December 8-12

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 12/8

Fractions, Division, Ratios 6.1 and 6.2

WB Practice 6.1 and 6.2

Tuesday 12/9

Equivalent Fractions 6.3

WB Practice 6.3

Wednesday 12/10

Proportions 6.4

WB Practice 6.4

Thursday 12/11

Comparing Fractions 6.5

WB Practice 6.5

Friday 12/12

Quiz 6.1 to 6.4, Complete Graph for Animal Diversity Project

Print table and one best graph for Animal Diversity Project

  

Week 1: December 1-5

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 12/1

Choosing an Appropriate Graph

WB Practice 5.7

Tuesday 12/2

Studying Phyla

Textbook p.260 and p.261 All

Wednesday 12/3

Review for Test

 

Thursday 12/4

Test Chapter 5 Statistics and Graphs

No homework

Friday 12/5

No Class

 

 

Fall Trimester 

Week 12 and 13: November 17 - November 25

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 11/17

Mean, Medians and Mode 5.3

 

WB 5.3 Use Calculator on Problems the worksheet tells you

Tuesday 11/18

Median and Mode 5.4

WB 5.4 May Use Calculator

Wednesday 11/19

Bar Graphs 5.5

TEXTBOOK p.244 #7-14

Thursday 11/20

Prepare for Portfolio Review, Review

TEXTBOOK p.241 All

Friday 11/21

QUIZ 5.1 to 5.4

Election Project Due MONDAY

Monday 11/24

Line Graphs 5.6

TEXTBOOK p.248 #5-11 p.250 Spiral Review 1-21

Tuesday 11/25

Problem Solving Activity

TEST Thursday 12/4 on Chapter 5 Statistics and Graphs

Note Date change

 

Week 11: November 10 - November 14 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 11/10

Percent of a Number review

Test Corrections and Test Signature Due Friday

p.206-207 #7-27

Tuesday 11/11

Scientific Notation

Worksheet

Wednesday 11/12

5.1 Statistics: Line Plots

WB Practice 5.1 (See Problem 7-10 for an example of what a line plot is)

Thursday 11/13

5.2 Statistics: Stem and Leaf

WB Practice 5.2

Quiz 11/19 on Line Plots, Stem and Leaf, Mean, Median, and Mode

Friday 11/14

 

Finish Project Work on Electoral College

 

 

 

Week 10: November 3 - November 7

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 11/3

Powers of 10, Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10 Section (4.6)

WB 4.6 All (Calculator can be use only to check answers) 

Tuesday 11/4

Dividing With Decimals (4.7)

WB 4.7 All (Do work on separate sheet of paper.  Make sure you line up your digits in long divsion.  Calculator can be used in #14 and 15 to solve problem.  Make sure your answers are reasonable.

Wednesday 11/5

Problem Solving With Decimals (4.8)

Text p.209-211 

Odd Round Decimals to One Decimal Place if it doesn't come out evenly

(Reduced 11/5 from ALL) (Review)

Thursday 11/6

Review for Decimal Test

Review for Test

Friday 11/7

Test Chapter 4 Decimal Operations

Continue Project Work on Electoral College

 

 

Week 9: October 27-October 31

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 10/27

Estimating Sums and Differences.  4.3 Front-end estimation-cut off numbers at biggest place of smallest number. Next-digit--then

Text p.178 #9-29 odd, 30-32 all

Tuesday 10/28

Decimal Multiplication 4.4

Text p.184 #7-14 all, #15-37 odd

Wednesday 10/29

Percent 4.4

Text p.185 #39-49 All, p.186 Spiral Review #1-7

Thursday 10/30

Quiz Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication of Decimals

Dividing Decimals By Whole Numbers 4.5, Quiz Sum, Difference, and Multiplication

WB 4-5 #3-16, No Calculator, Show work, No need to sketch (#3-6) DUE MONDAY

Friday 10/31

Problem Solving

 

 

 Week 8: October 20-October 24

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 10/20

Powers and Exponents (3.7)

p.153-155 #1-24 (all)

Tuesday 10/21

Review for Test

Review metric prefixes from Kilo to milli, Monday's homework, p.156-157 Sample Tests

Wednesday 10/22

Test Chapter 3 Decimals and Percents

 

Thursday 10/23

4.1, 4.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Practice 4.1 (odd) and 4.2(odd) Do not use calculator

Friday 10/24

Estimating Sums, Exercises in working with Decimals

 

 

 

Week 7: October 13-October 17

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 10/13

No Class: Columbus Day

 

Tuesday 10/14

Percents (3.4)

Practice 3.4 All, 10pt Quiz Wednesday Decimals to Percents

Wednesday 10/15

Quiz Decimals (3.1 to 3.4) (10 pts)

Ordering Decimals (3.5)

Practice 3.5 All

Thursday 10/16

Rounding Decimals (3.6)

Text p.140 #11-47 Odd

Use Calculator for #41-47.

Friday 10/17

Using Decimals, Fractions, and Percents

Test Wednesday 10/22 on Chapter 3 

 

Week 6: October 6-October 10

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 10/6

Test on Chapter 2-Place Value Systems and Operations

Work on Fractals

Color your fractal

Tuesday 10/7

Decimals and Metric System (3.1 and 3.2)

Text p.118 #9-12, #13-33 odd, #34-37 all

Wednesday 10/8

Modeling Decimals (3.3)

Text p.126 #6-20 All

Thursday 10/9

Metric system measuring

None

Friday 10/10

No Class: International Metric Day (10/10)

 

 

 

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 9/29

Quiz Sections 2.1 to 2.5

Work on Fractals

p.93 all

Tuesday 9/30

The Distributive Property 2.6

Text p.90 #5-25 ODD, #30-33

Wednesday 10/1

Exploring Number Bases 2.7

Text p.98  #8-19

Thursday 10/2

More work on Number Bases (Base 2)

Birthday.pdf can be used to determine the day your friend was born on

Text p.98 #21-35

Friday 10/3

Test Monday 10/6 on Chapter 2

Place-Value Systems and Operations

Test  Monday on Chapter 2

Review p.101 to 105. Answers here

 

Week 4: September 22-26 

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 9/22

Place Value (Sections 2.1 and 3.1)

Example: Expanded Notation: 42.1 = 4*10 + 2*1 + 1 * 0.1

Practice 2.1 All

Practice 3.1 #12-16

Test Corrections Due Friday. Get Parent Signature

Tuesday 9/23

Addition and Subtraction 2.2

Practice 2.2 All

No Calculator

Wednesday 9/24

Multiplication and Division 2.3 and 2.4

Practice 2.3 All

Practice 2.4 All

Notes for 2.3 #15: (draw on a grid. circle groups of 16 square feet.  each circle takes 12 minutes. how many circles are there).

Notes for 2.4 #3-10: represent two ways--13 divided by 4 is 3R1 or 3 1/4

Thursday 9/25

Order of Operations 2.5

Practice 2.5 1-17 ODD, #19-27 ALL

Friday 9/26

REVIEW OF Mathematical Operations

QUIZ  Monday on 2.1 to 2.5

 

 

 

 

Week 3: September 15-19

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 9/15

Algebra and Equations 1.6

Make quiz corrections on separate sheet

Test Friday Chapter 1

Practice 1.6 1-21 Odd, #20

Tuesday 9/16

Working Backwards 1.7

Practice 1.7 All

Make your own 5 step problem like #1 or #2 to share with the class.

Wednesday 9/17

Solving a Simpler Problem 1.8

Summary of Strategies 1.9

Practice 1.8 Pick at least 3 problems

Practice 1.9 Pick at least 4 problems

Thursday 9/18

Review of Chapter 1

Review.  Use p. 49-53 in Text and notes to help.  Answers to p.49-53 are available here to check.  You do not have to turn this in.  Use any or all problems to help you prepare.

Friday 9/19

Test, Chapter 1  

 

Week 2: September 8-12

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 9/8

Solving Problems Using Lists and Graphs 1.3 1.4

Practice 1.3 All  Use 100s chart.  Copies handed out in class or use 100 chart

Quiz Thursday on 1.1 to 1.5

Tuesday 9/9

Solve Problems Using Diagrams

Practice 1.4 All.  Color map for #4 and include key

Practice 1.5 All.  Use graph paper handed out in class.

Wednesday 9/10

Review for Quiz

Use Mid-Chapter Assessment on p.21 and answers in back of book to review

Thursday 9/11

Quiz 1.1 to 1.5

Codes

No Homework

Friday 9/12

No Class  

 

Week 1: September 1-5

 

Day

In Class

Homework

Monday 9/1

No School, Yet Come prepared to learn

Tuesday 9/2

Introduction

Warm Up Mind

- Cover Textbook.  Use just a paper bag (link) or use cover you already have.  Don't buy anything

- Look at book and (1) find at least one section that you already know,

(2) find at least one section that looks new, and (3) find at least one thing that looks cool

 

Wednesday 9/3

Looking for a Pattern 1.1 

Harry Potter and the Coding of Secrets

Practice 1.1 all (Workbook)

Make up ONE pattern (shape, number, letter, musical, whatever) and put it at the bottom of Practice 1.1

Thursday 9/4

Reading and Making a Table 1.2

Practice 1.2 all

Find and cut out or print ONE table in newspaper or internet.  Be ready to explain what it shows. Attach it to Practice 1.2

Friday 9/5

Trip to Greek Festival  

 

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