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6th Grade Math

3rd, 4th and 5th Periods

Ms. Ruzicka

Greetings,

Welcome to 6th Grade Math, I am looking forward to working with your student this year! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Here is a link for parents about our math program. Here is a link for students that includes homework help, games, and practice quiz/test items.

Click Here to check grades. Grades were updated Friday 5/31 before I left for the weekend. If you have any questions please have your student check with me.

6/3/13--There will be no new packet or homework this week (unless students need to work on their tessalation project). Students can work on missing work if they have any. To be graded all work must be turned in by Friday unless a student has made prior arrangements. I will be dropping each student's lowest homework grade before I do grades next week.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Start Tessalation Project	Missing Work
Tues	Continue Tessalation Project	Missing Work
Wed		Missing Work
Thur		Missing Work
Fri

5/27/13--Packet is Pink this week--Students can turn in ALL Math textbooks to the library

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	NO School Memorial Day
Tues	Easy CBM testing	1st page of pink packet--no challenge
Wed	Finish Easy CBM Problem Solving	2nd page of the pink packet--no challenge
Thur	Critique Problem Solving examples and Practice Problems	4th page of pink packet--no challenge
Fri	Problem Solving Work Samples	None have a great weekend!

5/20/13--Packet is Green this Week

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Review graphing--rules, plotting coordinate pairs	In GREEN Packet--6th page (has a number 8 on it--most students renumbered it) Find the rule AND graph #'s 1, 2, 4, 5 Challenge: Add #6
Tues	Coordinate Plane--adding negative numbers to graphing	In GREEN Packet--7th page (has a number 58 on it--most students renumbered it) Evens (okay if students did odds) Challenge: Add 19 and 20
Wed	More graphing on the coordinate plane and Battleship Game	In GREEN Packet--8th page (has a number 59 on it--most students renumbered it) 1-4 Challenge: Add #5
Thur	Problem Solving--strategies and recording	Packet page 9--There is no challenge tonight. If students do a complete job they will get 5 points, a less than complete job they will get 4 points.
Fri	Problem solving continues	None

5/13/13--Packet this week is blue

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Story Problems for subtracting Integers OR Some students are doing second round of OAKS	All Classes the same this week! Elements Page 177: #'s 18, 26-28 Challenge: #29
Tues	Practice Worksheet for subtracting Integers	Odds were done in class, evens are homework. Challenge problems are 16 and 18.
Wed	Introduction to Multiplying Integers	Elements Page 181: #'s 12, 13, 15, 16 Challenge: #24
Thur	Multiplying Integers	Elements Page 181: #'s 21-23, 25 Challenge: #29
Fri	Mulitplying/Dividing Integers Review Add and Subtract	None--enjoy your weekend!

5/6/13--Packet this week is yellow

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Start new unit on Integers--number line, absolute value, ordering intergers.	All Classes the same this week! Page 163: #'s 25, 38; Page 166: #'s 16, 19. Challenge add p. 167 #2
Tues	Adding integers: modeling with counters and number lines	All Classes the same this week! Elements Page 171: #'s 5, 7, 16, 23 Challenge add #31
Wed	Adding integers game	All Classes the same this week! Elements Page 171: #'s 25-27, 30 Challenge add #32
Thur	Subtracting Integers	All Classes the same this week! Elements Page 177: #'s 17, 21, 24, 25 Challenge add #30
Fri	Continue Subtracting Integers	None

4/29/13

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	3rd/4th: Probability Trees 5th: Evaluating Fairness	3rd/4th--Page 30: 7-9, 12 for challenge add #32 5th--Page 45: 2-5 for challenge add #6
Tues	3rd/4th Start probability poster planning 5th Wrap up probability, OAKS mini review	3rd/4th--Page 36: 33, 36 , 37 5th--None
Wed	3rd/4th: Probability Posters 5th OAKS Testing	3rd/4th--Page 45: 2-4, challenge add #5 5th None
Thur	3rd/4th Wrap up probability 5th OAKS Testing	All periods No Homework
Fri	No School Progress Reports

4/22/13--This week is a little odd because my 3rd and 4th period classes are doing OAKS testing Monday and Tuesday and some students Wednesday. My 5th period class will test next week Wednesday and Thursday. Over the next two weeks all classes will end up at the same point!

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	3rd/4th OAKS 5th Probability Trees	None for 3rd/4th 5th: Page 28 1-3, 5 for challenge add #6
Tues	3rd/4th OAKS 5th Probability	None for 3rd/4th 5th: Page 30: 7-9, 12 for challenge add #32
Wed		No Homework
Thur	3rd/4th Probability Trees 5th Checking Fairness	3rd/4th:5th: Page 28 1-3, 5 for challenge add #6 5th: p. 36 #33, 35-37, challenge #11
Fri		None

4/15/13--Packet is Blue this week!

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Starting a new unit on probability! Problem 1.1 Choosing Cereal	How Likely Is It? Regular: Page 13 #'s 1, 3-5 Challenge: add #31
Tues	Investigation 1.2--More proability--Is it Fair?	How Likely Is It? Regular: Page 14 #'s 7-9, 20 Challenge: add #19
Wed	Investigation 1.3--Tossing TWO coins--Experimental Probability	How Likely Is It? Regular: Page 14 #'s 10, 21-23 Challenge: add #32
Thur	Using Experimental Probability to predict Investigation 2.1	White Review Packet--sounds like a lot of problems, but they are review, should go fairly quickly: 1st page(p.30) 1,2,5,7,9 Back of 1st: 3,8 2nd page (p. 24): 1,2,3,4,6,8 Back of 2nd page (p.208): 1,2,6,8,9,10 Don't do 3rd page
Fri	Reveiw for OAKS	None

Week of 4/8/13--Packet is Yellow this week! New grades were uploaded that included the green packet from before spring break and the pink packet from last week. Students who have questions about anything missing should check with me.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Using percents to calculate a tip	Bits and Pieces III Regular: Page 55 #'s 4, 7, 13, 14 Challenge: add #19
Tues	Using percents to calculate a tax	Bits and Pieces III Regular: Page 55 #'s 2, 5, 6, 20 Challenge: add #28
Wed	Using percnets to find savings when items are on sale	Bits and Pieces III Regular: Page 56 #'s 9-12 Challenge: add #34
Thur	Using percents to go on a shopping trip with a budget	None
Fri	No school, teacher work day and furlough afternoon

Week of 4/1/13--The new packet is pink this week, most work will be done in the packet and in Bits and Pieces III.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	No School--Teacher Work Day and Budget Reduction
Tues	Start Bits and Pieces III--Multiplying decimals and estimation	Bits and Pieces III Regular: Page 28 #'s 1-6, 15 SHOW WORK Challenge: add #16
Wed	Continue Multiplying decimals	Bits and Pieces III Regular: Page 30 #'s 25-29 Challenge: add #30
Thur	Mulitplying decimals and Powers of 10	Bits and Pieces III Regular: Page 30--look over problems 27, 28 and 29 from last night and make any corrections you think you need to. Do problem 32--using a calculator is fine. Challenge: add #53
Fri	Dividing Decimals	None!

Week of 3/18/13

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Proportions and Scale Problems	Workbook page 45 #'s 1-16 all, Challenge add #17 Note: These problems are review from the fall, students should try every one and we'll talk about in class on Tuesday.
Tues	Ratio: Relationships between parts of a circle	No Homework!
Wed	More Circles	Back of Green Packet Page 36, #'s 1-11, Challenge add #12 (we didn't get quite as much practice as I had hoped due to a special schedule, students should do the best they can)
Thur	Circle Circumference Practice	Practice Sheet 9-5 Circles should be done--most students finished in class.
Fri	Story Problems with Circles	None--enjoy your spring break!

Week of 3/11/13

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Proportional Ratios--Cat Weight and Food	Workbook page 41 #'s 1-11 all, challenge add #12
Tues	Work on correcting Ratio and Graph from Monday Practice writing ratios and finding unit rates	Workbook page 42 all, challenge--make up a ratio to share
Wed	Story problems about unit rates	Workbook page 43 1-13 all, challenge add #14
Thur	Scale Factors	Workbook page 44 1-12 all, challenge add #13
Fri

Week of 3/4/13--Students got tests back, packet is yellow this week, new grades will be uploaded before 10 PM including the test.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Start new unit on ratio and rates Tests back	Yellow Packet Practice Sheet 7-1 problems 1-10, challenge is #13 Test corrections--done on a separate piece of paper
Tues	Look at Piggy Bank ratios Dog Collar Unit Costs	Yellow Packet Practice Sheet 7-2 odd problems 1-9, challenge is #'s 12 and 13 Test corrections--done on a separate piece of paper
Wed	More unit rates--Ocean animals swim speed and Party Beverages	Yellow Packet Practice Sheet 7-2 even problems 2-10, challenge is #' 11 Test corrections--done on a separate piece of paper
Thur	Equivalent Ratios--Dog Weight and Amount of Food	None! Enjoy the 3 day weekend!
Fri	No School Grading Day

Week of 2/25/13

Videos that might be helpful:

Overview of equations about 11 minutes
Overview of solving equations using addition and subtraction about 2 minutes
Overview of solving equations using multiplication/division (reciprocal) about 2 minutes

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Solving equations with variables by addition and subtraction Describe a pattern in numbers, words, with a rule and in a graph	Workbook page 10: 11-19 odds Workbook page 11: 11-19 odds Elements page 106: 1-8 Challenge: Workbook page 10 #20
Tues	Introduction to solving equations with variables using a reciprocal	Worksheet reviewing Order of Operations 1-10 ; number 8 is the challenge and number 2 is challenging
Wed	Continue solving equations with variables using a reciprocal	Workbook page 12: 11-19 odds Workbook page 13: 11-19 odds Challenge: Workbook page 12 #20
Thur	Continue solving equations with variables using a reciprocal Review	Students received a chapter review today in class. They had class time to do the odd numbered problems (plus number 12) and check their answers and get help. They should finish the odds for homework. If they want to review they could do some evens numbered problems. Challenge was #22
Fri	Quiz on Algebra Unit	None

Week of 2/18/13--Sorry for the delay, Monday is my web page day and with the week starting on Tuesday I just forgot.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon
Tues	More expressions	Workbook page 7 #'s 1-11, 15, 16 Challenge add 12-14
Wed	Expressions for everyone Breakout into two groups--one extension, and one more expression practice	Workbook page 8 #'s 1-6, graph number 6 on a piece of graph paper in your green packet Challenge add #7
Thur	Solving one step equations using properties of equality	Workbook page 9 #'s 1-23 ODDS Challenge add #24
Fri	More equations	None

Week of 2/11/13--We will continue our Algebra unit studying order of operations, distributive property and evaluating expressions. Packet is blue this week. We will be using both the "Elements" book and "Workbook"

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Order of Operations and Exponents	Regular: Elements Page 88 #9-12, 17-22 Workbook Page 3--4th and 5th periods all problems (3rd period 1, 2 ,4, 5, 10-13, 15-17, 21, 22) Challenge: Elements page 89 #29
Tues	Order of Operations Distributive Property	Regular: Workbook page 4 odd numbered problems (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19) Challenge: Add #20
Wed	Evaluating Expressions	Regular: Workbook page 5 odd numbered problems (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23) Challenge: Add #22 and 24
Thur	Using Expressions to Describe Patterns	Regular: Workbook page 6 odd numbered problems (1, 3, 5, 7) Challenge: Add #8
Fri	Make a Table and Graph	None

Week of 2/4/13--We are starting a unit on Algebra! Packet is yellow--all work for this week will be in the packet. Stuents should finish data test and corrections and turn back into the basket Tuesday.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Number Tricks--Starting Algebra--representing operations with symbols	Yellow packet page 17 Challenge add packet page 18 Finish or correct Data test from Friday
Tues	Representing operations with variables Toothpick T's	Yellow packet page 37, challenge is the extension question at bottom, also--3rd period page 17 Algebraic expression column, 4th period page 18 Algebraic expression column, 5th period page 18 Algebraic expression column (if not done)
Wed	Toothpick T's	Yellow packet page 43: Day 3 Homework Penny Legs, challenge is the extension question at teh bottom.
Thur	Penny L's	Yellow packet page 49: Day 4 Homework Crouching Dog, Hidden Pattern, challenge is the extension question at the bottom.
Fri	Catch up, Making Own Number Tricks

Week of 1/28/13--We're doing easyCBM testing this week. Packet is pink. We'll be wrapping up data analysis!

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Stem and Leaf--Travel Time p. 33 in Data Book	Data Book Regular: page 44 12a, 12b Challenge: page 35 A. B. C.
Tues	Easy CBM testing	Work Book page 39 all, no challenge
Wed	Easy CBM testing Links for early finishers Data Fractions and Decimals Measurement easier Measurement challenging Area and Perimeter	Work Book page 37 all, no challenge
Thur	Coordinate Graph for Time and Distance to School Data	Workbook Page 36
Fri	Overview of Data Analysis--I'm calling it the non-test test--open note, partners questions allowed--we've had enough testing this week!	None!

Week of 1/21/13--Short week, packet is Green. We will continue to study Data Analysis this week.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Martin Luther King Day holiday--no school
Tues	Finish up bar and line graph overview in blue packet	Data Anaylysis Regular: page 22 #'s 8-12 Challenge: page 28 #40
Wed	Introduction to Stem and Leaf plots	None
Thur	Stem and Leaf Plots Data Analysis Vocabulary Activity	None--enjoy your weekend!
Fri	No school Mid Term Progress Reports

Week of 1/14/13--Packet is blue this week! Students will get their fraction test back either Tuesday or Wednesday and have an opportunity to make corrections. We are starting a new unit on Data Analysis. We will be turning in the Bits and Pieces II book and checking out a new book called Data About Us.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Introduction to "Mean" using blocks	Regular: Page 21 in blue packet Examples #'s 2, 3 Quick Check #2 Challenge: Add Quick Check #3
Tues	Practice problems "Mean" Tests Back--analyze types of problems still needing work	Test Corrections--students may earn some points back by making corrections on a separate piece of notebook paper stapled to their test. I have asked them to do the corrections independently and if they need help to see me. If a student got less than a C--9 or fewer correct--they should schedule a time to meet with me.
Wed	Median and Mode Blue packet page 22-23	Blue Packet: Regular: page 219 problems 1, 6, 7-10 Challenge: add problem 11
Thur	Frequency Tables and Line Plots	Blue Packet: Regular: page 221 all problems Challenge: Find the mean, median, and mode for the data in Questions 2-5
Fri	Bar Graphs and Line Graphs	None! Enjoy the 3 day weekend!

Week of 1/7/13--Welcome back! I hope everyone had a rejuvenating winter break. We will be wrapping up fractions this week with a test on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. New Warm-up sheet is yellow!

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	No school day--Teacher Inservice Day
Tues	Review dividing and multiplying fractions	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 56 # 4 a, b; # 5 a, b, #6 a, d, e Challenge: add # 38
Wed	Making sense of story problems	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 58 #'s 15, 17, 19, 20, 36 a-d Challenge: add # 39
Thur	Review all	Chapter Test Review Packet--we worked on for most of the period in class today. Students should work on the circled (or labeled) problems they didn't get to. Challenge problems are two story problems labeled "Bonus" on the last page of the packet.
Fri	Fraction Test	None--have a great weekend!

Week of 12/17--New warm-up sheet is pink!

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Review multiplication of fractions	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 41 #'s 9-12, 17 Challenge: add # 18
Tues	Background work for dividing fractions--reciprocals	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 58 # 24, 25, 30-34 Challenge: add # 35
Wed	Dividing Fractions	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 55 # 1 a-j THINK about what the problem means. Challenge: add # 8
Thur	Dividing Fractions	No new homework, any missing work could be done as homework
Fri	Project Day	None have a great holiday!

Week of 12/10--Packets are Green this Week! We are moving on to mulitplying fractions and understanding what 1/2 x 2/3 means. We did a "check-in" around adding and subtracting fractions, students may be doing additional practice with some types of problems.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Start Investigation 3.1 Muliplying Fractions--what does a part of a part mean? Adding and Subtracting fractions check-in	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 40 #'s 1 and 4 Challenge: add # page 44 #33
Tues	Continue Investigation 1--Making sense of multiplying fractions	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 40 #'s 2, 3, 40 and 45 Challenge: add # page 44 # 36
Wed	Using fraction strips to model multiplication	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 40 #'s 5-8, 30 and 31 (4th period only was assigned 5, 7, 30 and 31) Challenge: add # page 44 # 47
Thur	Multiplying mixed numbers	Green Packet: Regular: Page 80, problems 9 and 10--students should have a picture of each even if they can't figure out the math--we'll start there tomorrow Challenge: Bits page 42 # 13
Fri

Week of 12/3--We will use the yellow packet for Monday and then have a Blue packet for the rest of the week.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Wrap up Investigation 2.1 Fractional area of land Garden problem page 24	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 25 #'s 4, 31-35, 36 Challenge: add 37-38
Tues	Investigation 2.2 Visiting the Spice Shop	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 25 #'s 2, 13, 27, 41-44, 45 Challenge: add 48 a, b
Wed	Investigation 2.3 Fact Families for Addition and Subtraction	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 24 # 1 a-f Challenge: add 50
Thur	Investigation 2.4 Describing algorithms for adding and subtracting fractions. Practice adding and subtracting fractions	Bits and Pieces II Regular: page 25 # 7, 8, 11, 12, 18, 23, 25 Challenge: add # 47
Fri	Adding and Subtracting--mini quiz	None

Week of 11/26--This week we will be doing activities reviewing adding and subtracting fractions before moving on to multiplying and dividing next week. Packet is YELLOW.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Test Corrections Enrichment	Workbook Regular: page 26 #'s 1, 4, 7, 10-16, 20 Challenge: add 17-19, 21
Tues	Estimating Fraction Sums with "Clothesline" Game Checking out Bits and Pieces II	Workbook Regular: page 27 #'s either 1-3 and 10-12 OR 1, 4, 7 and 10, 13, 16 Challenge: add 19, 20
Wed	Housekeeping--clean out binders from Bits I unit and put packets into hanging file folders Estimating Additon problems	Bits II Regular: start on page 10 #'s 1-9, 27, 35, 41 Challenge: add # 42
Thur
Fri

Week of 11/19--No new packet this week, we will continue to use the pink packet and a new workbook for review.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Percents more than 100% Start Review for test Wednesday	Students received a workbook today: Regular Page 14 #'s 1-5, 11-15 Challenge add 16, 17
Tues	Review	Workbook: Regular Page 46 #'s 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 22 Challenge add # 23
Wed	Test	None enjoy weekend!
Thur	No School Thanksgiving
Fri	No School Thanksgiving Holiday

Week of 11/12--Packets are PINK this week. We will be working on connecting fractions and decimals to percents. Work is in Bits I and in the packet.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Veteran's Day No School
Tues	Problem 4.1 Who's the Best? p. 55	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 61 #'s 1 & 2, either draw bars or use bars in packet Challenge: Page 66 #'s 34 & 35
Wed	Problem 4.3 Finding a General Strategy p. 58	*Pink Packet* Regular: Page 29 #'s 3, 6, 17-20 Challenge: Page 29 #'s 23-26
Thur	Continue Problem 4.3	*Pink Packet* Regular: Page 30 #'s 1-12 Challenge: Page 30 # 13
Fri	Problem 4.4 Changing Forms p. 59	None

Week of 11/5--Packets are GREEN this week, we will continue to use our blue packet from last week for classwork Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Wrap up Investigation 3.3 Benchmark Fractions	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 48 #'s 22, 28 + circle problems in green packet on pages 25 and 199 (you'll see what I mean when you see the packet) Challenge: Add Bits Page 52 #53
Tues	Investiation 3.5 Ordering Decimals	Regular: green packet page 201 #'s 1-13 No Challenge Homework tonight
Wed	Investigation 3.4 Moving From Fractions to Decimals	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Bits page 50 #'s 31, 33-38 WRITE OUT, 47, 48 Challenge: Bits page 52 #'s 55-60
Thur	No School Parent Conferences
Fri	Wrap up Investigation 3 and Review	None

Week of 10/29--Packets are BLUE this week, we will continue to work in Bits and Pieces I, transitioning to converting fractions to decimals.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Problem 3.1 Making Smaller Parts p. 35	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 47 #'s 1-5, 7 Challenge: Add Page 51 #52
Tues	Wrap up Problem 3.1	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 47 #'s 6, 8, 9-12 + finish investigation 3.1 in blue packet Challenge: Add Page 49 #27
Wed	Getting Started for Problem 3.2--Making Even Smaller Parts p. 39	None if caught up!
Thur	Continue 3.2	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 48 #'s 13-18, 23, 24 Challenge: Add Page 50 #30
Fri	Problem 3.3 Decimal Benchmarks p. 41

Week of 10/22--Packet this week is Yellow. We did some housekeeping today--each student received a hanging file folder and they put their packets and quiz from the Prime Time unit inside. This should free up some room in their binders. If they have another system at home for keeping track of graded work that is fine as well.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Housekeeping--organizing papers from 1st unit Investigation 2.2 Equivalent Fractions	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 28 #'s 3-9 Challenge: Add Page 28 #2
Tues	Wrap up Investigation 2.2--this is all we got done:-) (may move this to Wednesday)	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 28 #'s 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22 Challenge: Add Page 31 #'s 46, 47
Wed	Investigation 2.3 Comparing Fractions to Benchmarks	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 29 #'s 12, 14, 17, 21, 23, 49, 50, 51, 55 Challenge: Add Page 32 # 48
Thur	Investigation 2.5 Naming Fractions Greater than 1	Bits and Pieces I Regular: Page 29 #'s 25-27, 34, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43 Challenge: Add Page 32 #'s 59, 60
Fri	Investigation 2 Wrap-up	None--enjoy your weekend!

Week of 10/15--Packets are pink this week. Students got their "Prime Time" quizzes back today in class. I will chat with them tomorrow about test corrections.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Bits and Pieces I: Investigation 1.3 Measuring Progress--working with whole and part	Bits and Pieces I Regular: page 12 #'s 3-6, 7, 8 Challenge: add page 15 #24
Tues	Egg Carton Activity for modeling equivalent fractions	Bits and Pieces I Regular: page 13 #'s 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 Challenge: add page 14 #18
Wed	Wrap up egg carton activity	Bits and Pieces I Regular: page 14 #'s 12, 18, 36, 37 Challenge: add page 15 #'s 25, 26
Thur	Bits and Pieces I: Investigation 2.1 Equivalent Fractions and Eqaul Shares
Fri	No School 6 week grading day

Week of 10/8--Sorry I'm a day late this week, we didn't have any homework so I forgot to do the update. Since it is a short week and we had a quiz, there won't be an assignment sheet this week.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Quiz on Prime Numbers	None
Tues	Finish quiz or Challenge Check out books for next unit	None
Wed	New Unit! Bits and Pieces I--Review Fractions, Decimals and Percents Problem 1.1 Whole Numbers and Fractions	Write down in your spiral at least 4 ways fractions are used on a daily basis.
Thur	Problem 1.2 Fraction strips	None, enjoy your long weekend!
Fri	No School--Statewide Inservice Day--Furlough

Week of 10/1--Packet is Green this week

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Divisibility Rules and Introduction to Prime Factorization	Regular: Green Packet page 1 #'s 4, 5, 6, 23, 28 Challenge: Add #'s 25, 26, 27
Tues	Exponents and Prime Factorization	Regular: Green Packet page 2 #'s 13-17 Challenge: Add #'s 18-19
Wed	Using Prime Factorization	Regular: Green Packet page 4 #'s 3 and 2 Challenge: Add # 3 The problem numbers should be circled on the students' work sheets, the numbering will make sense when you look at it.
Thur	CHANGE: Continue Using Prime FactorizationReview for Quiz	Regular: Green Packet page 6 #'s 22, 23 25 and 34 Challenge: Add #'s 19 and 20 The problems ask students to use prime factorization to find the Least Common Multiple (LCM). Students should be able to find the prime factorization if they are having trouble then finding the LCM it is okay--we'll discuss in class.
Fri	CHANGE: Review for Quiz, Quiz will be on Monday--open notes

Week of 9/23--Warm-up Sheet is Blue, homework will be assigned from the worksheets attached to the Warm-up sheet. I went through spiral notebooks over the weekend--I taped a small check off sheet in each student's spiral to provide them with feedback.

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Problem 3.1 Riding Ferris Wheel--Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors Click here for a PDF for Investigation 3	Blue Packet, okay to do work on worksheets tonight: Regular: Page 9--1, 4, 7, 11 AND Page 10--1, 4, 7, 11 (The page numbers might be wrong in students' agendas, but we circled the correct problems before they left) Challenge: Add #17 on either page 9 or 10
Tues	Problem 3.2 Looking at Cicada Cycles--Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors	Blue Packet, okay to do work on worksheets tonight: Regular: Page 9--3, 6, 10, 13 AND Page 10--3, 6, 10, 13 Challenge: Add #17 on either page 9 or 10 (whatever one you didn't do last night!)
Wed	Problem 3.3 Bagging Snacks--Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors	Blue Packet, okay to do work on worksheets tonight: Regular: Page 8-- Problem 5 a-e Challenge: Add Page 8--Problem 6 a-e
Thur	Problem 3.2 Planning a Picnic--Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors	None--have a great weekend!
Fri	None--CY We Walk

Week of 9/17--Assignment Sheet is yellow

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Easy CBM Testing	None
Tues	Easy CBM Testing	None
Wed	Prime Time Problem 2.1 Rectangles and Factor Pairs Click here for a PDF of Investigation 2	NEW homework packet Regular: Page 30 1-4, 7 (sorry had wrong page--students should have it correct in their agenda) Challenge: add 5, 6
Thur	Wrap up rectangles made by factor pairs Prime Time Problem 2.2 Even and Odd Numbers	Regular: Page 30 10-13 Challenge: add Page 31 #14
Fri	Discuss even and odds Prime Time Problem 2.3 Classifying Numbers	None

Week of 9/10--Assignment Sheet is Pink this week

	Classwork	Homework
Mon	Get spirals Go over Parent Letter Start weekly assignment/warm-up sheet Play the factor game Play Factor Game online for fun	Bring back signed parent letter + two questions What factor is a pair with 6 to make 24? What factor is a pair with 5 to make 45? Click here if you would like a PDF of the lesson in the student book we're using this week.
Tues	Analyze the Factor Game Strategies	Students received a packet that has the homework problems in it. Students should NOT write on the packet--all work should be done in their spiral. Regular: pages 14-15, problems 9-13 Challenge: regular + add page 16 problem 28 Bring back parent letter if have not done so already
Wed	Prime and Composite Numbers	Regular: page 15 problems 15 & 17 Challenge: regular + page 17 #28 Bring back parent letter if have not done so already
Thur	Play the product game with partner Play the Product Game for fun	Regular: page 16 problems 19-22 Challenge: regular + page 18 problems 35-37
Fri	Using the Product Game to explore Multiples	None

Week of 9/3

Classwork

Homework

Mon

No school, holiday

Tues

No school teacher work day

Wed

1st day for 6th graders!

Overview of class

Getting to know you activity

Human Bar Graph--Elementary School--writing equations about the data

Mathography--moved to Thursday

Thur

Warm-up relating to bar graph

Human Bar Graph--Free Time--writing equations about the data.

Students should have a small yellow piece of paper asking them to write down 5 statements about themselves, 2 sentences about what they've liked about math in the past, and two sentences about what has been hard about math. There is also a bonus invent a work problem question

Fri

Warm-up

Sharing of Homework

Pool Problem

None, it's Friday!

	Classwork	Homework
Mon
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Wed
Thur
Fri