Thursday and Friday April 18-19

Thursday:

We finished up Area of 2-D figures and looked at how to decompose or breakdown compound figures into rectangles or triangles to find the area of the complete figure.

Handout used:
http://www.graniteschools.org/depart/teachinglearning/curriculuminstruction/math/elementarymathematics/K6%20Support%20Documents/6th%20Grade%20Support/Decomposing%20Polygons%20to%20Find%20Area.pdf


Then we began our 3-D unit. The students worked on matching nets to the 3-D figures. the students created a foldable.

Foldable:
http://www.graniteschools.org/depart/teachinglearning/curriculuminstruction/math/elementarymathematics/K6%20Support%20Documents/6th%20Grade%20Support/Surface%20Area%20%20and%20Nets%20Foldable%20-%20Teacher%20Copy.pdf


Friday:

Looked at Prisms and Pyramids and named their bases, and numbered their surfaces, edges, and vertices. The students constructed figures from nets they were given.

Here are great links to look at the 3D figures:

Prisms: http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/prisms.html


Pyramids:

Square: http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/square-pyramid.html

Tetrahedron: http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html

Monday- Wednesday April 15-17

During these three days we are going to be looking a area of polygons and using the formulas to solve. Many times the students are going to have to decompose these polygons (break them up) into simpler polygons like triangles, trapezoids, or parallelograms.

here are some videos to help review area and formulas:

Area overall:

 http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/find-the-area-of-triangles-quadtrilaterals-and-polygons-by-composing-rectangles-or-decomposing/find-the-area-of-a-parallelogram-by-decomposing

Finding the area of a triangle:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MathMeeting?v=Dt5fi89gA-0

Finding the area of a right triangle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAbtdFXwtU

Find the area of a parallelogram:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVFwRA7kcLY

Finding the area of a trapezoid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvI3yDL89_A

Students will view website on area to complete their study guide. 

http://math.about.com/library/blmeasurement.htm

 

Monday Handout

Tuesday Handouts

 

 

Monday and Tuesday April 8-9

Welcome back from Spring break! I hope you all have a wonderful time off and relaxed!

We are 4 weeks away from testing!!! Can you believe it? And only 6 weeks from the end of school!!!


Now is crunch time and the last stretch of a long race we have run all year! Please remember that we are not finished just yet and I need to you to hand in there and push a little harder until we make it to the end!!

This week we begin our Coordinate Geometry and Geometry units this is the last of out units for the year!

Monday:

Plotting and identifying coordinates.

Here are some sites to help you practice!

http://www.geometry.uconn.edu/5th%20grade%20geometry/LocatingPoints.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/stockshelves/

Tuesday:

This day we will review coordinates and plotting those, then we will move our focus to polygons on a coordinate plane. We will need to be able to identify their vertices' coordinates.

Here's a video about polygons on a coordinate plane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GSvVao_dO8

Monday & Tuesday, March 25-26

Monday:

Worked in teams to practice writing inequalities and graphing inequalities.

Within these pages students used the examples and then answered questions on page 106- 1, 5, 9, 13-16, 19, 21, 23, 25, on page 107 - 28, 35, 36

Tuesday:
We reviewed packet and students took a quiz.

Friday, March 22

Inequalities!

We viewed this video clip about inequalities to introduce the lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgDe_D8ojxw

Then we completed a few notes on inequalities and graphing them.
http://www.graniteschools.org/depart/teachinglearning/curriculuminstruction/math/elementarymathematics/K6%20Support%20Documents/6th%20Grade%20Support/Graphing%20Inequalities%20Foldable%20-%20Teacher%20Copy.pdf


Next we worked on a few real world situations when inequalities could be used.

http://www.graniteschools.org/depart/teachinglearning/curriculuminstruction/math/elementarymathematics/K6%20Support%20Documents/6th%20Grade%20Support/Graphing%20Inequalities%20-%20Real%20Life%20Problems.pdf

Practice problems can be found here too:

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/inequalities-on-number-lines

Thursday, March 21

Reviewed the Exit Slip from Wednesday, (two real world problems from post below)

The we took a quiz on equations!

Tomorrow we move on the Inequalities!

Monday-Wednesday March 18 & 19

Tuesday:

Introduced Algebra Unit with vocabulary and one step equations:

 

 

 Solve with given solutions

Solve using opposite operations to isolate the variable.

We are solving one step and  one variable equations using opposite operations while solving.

We are focusing on real life problems and writing and solving equations as well!


1. Anita was selling Girl Scout cookies for the local Girl Scout Troop.

Each box of cookies costs $2.95. Mrs. Brown's total purchase cost $14.75.

Choose the equation that would determine how many boxes of Girl Scout

cookies were purchased by Mrs. Brown.

A. 2.95 (c) = 14.75

B. 2.95 + c = 14.75

C. 2.95 = 14.75 (c)

D. 2.95 (14.75) = c

Answer is A

2. Antonio has $45.00. He has $27.00 more than Jeramine.

Using "j" for Jeramine, which equation represents how much money Jeramine has?

A. 45 = j + 27

B. 45 + 27 = j

C. j + a = 54

D. j - a = 54

Answer is A