Monthly Archives: November 2010

Nov. 29 – Dec. 3

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Overview: Students will model and use percents in real-life situations.  Connect the understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals and apply that knowledge to percentages and the conversions between these different forms of rational numbers. 

Focus: Students will apply their understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals to percentages and the converisons between these different forms of rational numbers.

TEKS: 6.1(A), 6.12(b), 6.11(d)

Lessons:

  • Monday: Review of all conversions. Assignment is Review 27 & 50.
  • Tuesday: Compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents.
  • Wednesday: Cumulative Review.  Work together.  No assignment.
  • Thursday: Cumulative Benchmark #5.  No assignment
  • Friday: Finish Benchmark

Nov. 22-23

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Overview: Students will model and use percents in real-life situations.  Connect the understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals and apply that knowledge to percentages and the conversions between these different forms of rational numbers.  Students will use their knowledge of percents to analyze and display data in a circle graph.

Focus: Using prior knowledge of proportions and percents, students will be able to transfer data between tables and circle graphs.

TEKS: 6.03(b), 6.10(c), 6.11(c), 6.12(a)

Lessons:

  • Monday: Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Quiz. No HW assignment.
  • Tuesday: Review
  • Wednesday: Thanksgiving Break
  • Thursday: Thanksgiving Break
  • Friday: Thanksgiving Break

Nov 15-19

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Overview: Students will model and use percents in real-life situations.  Connect the understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals and apply that knowledge to percentages and the conversions between these different forms of rational numbers.  Students will use their knowledge of percents to analyze and display data in a circle graph.

Focus: Students will use their prior knowledge of fractions and decimals to make a connection between the models of fractions, decimals, and percents.

TEKS: 6.03(B), 6.11(C), 6.11(D)

Lessons:

  • Monday: Work on Semester Project. Assignment is to work on project at home.
  • Tuesday: Work on Semester Project. Assignment is to work on project at home.
  • Wednesday: Modeling Percents.  Assignment is R7-6.  Also, notes handout skills review 10-8.  Also give Fractions to Decimals Quiz.
  • Thursday: Project Due for bonus points. Converting Fractions and Decimals to Percents.  Assignment is Pg. 328 (20-33) and pg. 339 (24-33, 50-53)   Give 1/2 sheet notes handout.
  • Friday: Project Due!!Converting Percents to Fractions and Decimals.  Assignment is pg. 328 (12-19, 36, 41) and pg. 339 (14-23, 35-37)

Nov 8-12

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Overview: Students will connect the understanding of the relationships between fractions and decimals.

Focus: Students will use their prior knowledge of fractions and decimals to make a connection between the models of fractions and decimals.

TEKS: 6.11(c), 6.12(a)

Lessons:

  • Monday: Review for 6-week exam. No assignment.
  • Tuesday: 6-week exam. No assignment.
  • Wednesday: Converting decimals to fractions. Assignment is P. 205 (10-31) Note: Read the decimal “properly,” write as a fraction, and reduce. 
  • Thursday: Converting fractions to decimals. Assignment is P. 209 (1-10, 23-27, 31-33)
  • Friday: Check writing assignment. Introduce semester project.

Nov. 1-5

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Overview:Students will use prior knowledge of equivalent fractions in the introduction of ratios and proportions.  Students will use models and tables to identify proportional relationships in various situations, using 5th grade prior knowledge of basic perimeter and area of geometric figures.  Missing information will be found using proportions.

Focus: Students will use models and tables to identify proportional relationships in various situations, using 5th grade prior knowledge of basic perimeter and area of geometric figures.  Proportions will be introduced as a method to convert units of measurement.

TEKS: 6.04(A), 6.04(B), 6.11(c), 6.12(A)

Lessons:

  • Monday:Review over ratios and proportions.  Assignment is Ch. 7A review packet.
  • Tuesday: Test over ratios and proportions.  No assignment.
  • Wednesday: Patterns.  Assignment is P2-1.  Notes handout.
  • Thursday: Modeling and Solving Variable Expressions.  Assignment is Variables and Equations worksheet.  Notes handout.
  • Friday:Formulating expressions from a table.  Assignment is Formulate Equations worksheet.  Notes handout.