Greetings to all, if you're like me, your Christmas tree has already fallen over because the base is too small and you've been trying to mathematically figure out how big the base really should be to hold it up while one or two cats try to drink the gross tree water. :)
Here's an update of all things math.
Grades: All of the second term assessments have been added to
the online grade book. Please log in to your Family Access to check
them out. You'll see the first test and the second. The goal was to have everyone get a 2 or 3, but we still had some 1's. Although, after the re-teaching last week we saw big percentage improvements, just not enough in some cases to get that 2. I will continue to quiz those skills and keep working towards mastery with each student.
Homework: If you compare it to sports, homework (which is usually finished in class during work time) is meant to work on the skills and progress towards mastery (80% of material learned on the quiz/test) and the tests are entered into the gradebook. At times though, students do not complete it, lose it, or forget to turn it in. I will be entering a homework grade from this week on and if it's below a 3, it will mean that they are really struggling with the skill(s) or else they are not turing it in. It's a huge task to come up with quality assessments and also keep track of interventions needed, but it is impossible if I have no work to guide the process.
Chapter 4 Retest: There are still a few students to finish, but
most of the 6th graders that need to retest have done so. For the most
part, improvement has been shown! We'll keep plugging away at these
concepts until everyone gets it.
Extra Tutoring Time: Please let me know if you would be
interested in having your 6th grader stay after school to get extra help
with their Math. I am available from 3:00 - 3:30 Mondays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays. Some students could benefit from more one-on-one time,
or small group work, which they really don't get a lot of during regular
Math class. Think about it and let me know if you're interested. I'm almost always am available for 5 or 10 minute mini-practice sessions after school or lunch as well. This can help answer that one big question that makes the rest of the work make sense.
New Unit: Chapter 5 focuses on many review and new skills combined. We're
adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
Visit my.hrw.com to see practice sheets and online practice for Chapter 4.
Also, I'm highly encouraging ALL STUDENTS to go to xtramath.org daily to re-affirm or re-learn their basic math facts. It sends me emails when someone passes a level or even logs on to work. Those students who are using this are more confident and I've noticed they have done better on recent assessments.
This week's schedule is:
Monday: Pre-Test Chapter 5
Tuesday: 5-2 Adding and Subtracting Fractions with uncommon denominators.
Wednesday and Thursday: 5-3 Regrouping to Subtract Mixed Numbers
Friday: 5-4 Solving Addition and Subtraction Fraction Equations
Quiz on 5-1 through 5-4 is on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
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