Category Archives: 6.11c

select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy from a variety of different types, including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, acting it out, making a table, working a simpler problem, or working backwards to solve a problem

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.

Oct. 4-Oct. 8

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Overview: Using prior knowledge of Greatest Common Factors and Least Common Multiples, students will model, compare, add, and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators.  Answers should be judged for reasonableness.  Customary and metric rulers will be used to demonstrate knowledge of the use of fractions in measurement.

Focus: Students will be able to integrate their knowledge of equivalent fractions to the comparing and ordering of fractions and to the modeling of equivalent fractions to find their sums and differences.

TEKS: 6.01a, 6.02a, 6.11b, 6.11c, 6.12b

Lessons:

  • Monday: Comparing Fractions.  Assignment is Comparing Fractions wksht.   Notes Handout (Mimio Lesson) Make sure they change all fractions to equivalent fractions.
  • Tuesday: Ordering Fractions.  Assignment is Order Fractions wksht.
  • Wednesday: Modeling Add/Sub of Fractions.  Assignment is Fractions Models wksht.  Go over examples using fraction circles and also examples drawing the rectangle pictures on grid paper.
  • Thursday: Add/Sub of Fractions.  Assignment is P6-3.  Also, give 6-3 class notes handout and do extra examples in the spiral.
  • Friday: Addition of Mixed Numbers.  Assignment is C-44.

Sept. 27-Oct. 1

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Overview: Using prior knowledge of Greatest Common Factors and Least Common Multiples, students will model, compare, add, and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators.  Answers should be judged for reasonableness.  Customary and metric rulers will be used to demonstrate knowledge of the use of fractions in measurement.

Focus: Extending their knowledge of greatest common factors and least common multiples, students will generate equivalent forms of fractions.

TEKS: 6.01b, 6.11b, 6.11c

Lessons:

  • Monday: Review over models, GCF, LCM, exponents, prime factorization, and simplifying.  Also, give fraction model quiz, fractions must be reduced on #1-8.
  • Tuesday: Test over the above.  No assignment
  • Wednesday: Equivalent Fractions. Assignment is pg. 185 (10-17, 40-42) and pg. 670 (1-12)
  • Thursday: Converting from Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions.  Assignment is pg. 189 (1-4, 8-15, 36-42)
  • Friday: Converting from Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers.  Assignment is pg. 189 (5-7, 18-25, 34-35).  Also, give Mixed # quiz.

Sept 20-24

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Overview: Prior knowledge of multiplication and division skills and classification of numbers will be used to identify factors and multiples of numbers, including Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple.  Prime factorization of numbers will be found and expressed using exponents.

Focus: Using their knowledge of factors, students will be able to identify the greatest common factor of a given set of numbers.

TEKS: 6.01e, 6.11a, 6.11b, 6.11c

Lessons:

  • Monday:Review of GCF and Prime Factorization.  Assignment is GCF and Prime Factorization Review worksheet.  Must show work for each problem.  Also, give overhead quiz from GCF and exponents.
  • Tuesday: Least Common Multiple.  Show by listing out the multiples.  Assignment is Pg. 671 (10-27 but not #22)
  • Wednesday: 1st 6 Weeks Exam.  No homework.
  • Thursday: Modeling Fractions.  Assignment is R5-4, w/o reducing, except on answers that reduce to 1/2.  Also, do fraction hunt.
  • Friday: Simplifying Fractions.  Assignment is Simplest Form worksheet.  Make them show what they divide by on top and bottom.  Also, give 2nd benchmark.

Sept. 13-17

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Overview: Prior knowledge of multiplication and division skills and classification of numbers will be used to identify factors and multiples of numbers, including Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple.  Prime factorization of numbers will be found and expressed using exponents.

Focus: The students’ prior knowledge of prime and composite numbers will be used to express a number as the product of its prime factors, using exponents when necessary.

TEKS: 6.01d, 6.01e, 6.11b, 6.11c, 6.11d

Lessons:

  • Monday: Universal Screening. No Assignment.
  • Tuesday: Factors.  Assignment is Factor Towers worsheets A&B.
  • Wednesday: Exponents.  Assignment is pg. 34 (1-6, 10-25, 35-37, 41, 42, 49-57)
  • Thursday: Prime Factorization.  Assignment is Pg. 35 (26-33, 48) and pg. 662 (22-29).  Show using upside-down division.
  • Friday: Greatest Common Factor. Assignment is Pg. 177(3-6) Solve by listing and Pg. 662 (10-24) Solve by using upside-down division.