10/7/08
Traditional (1st period): Warm Up #27 today. Students practiced finding the GCF (Greatest Common Factor) for classwork today. Homework Assignment #32 today pg 26 and 23 (GCF).
Magnet (4th Period): Warm Up #26 today. Students practiced finding the LCM of values today in class with handouts and on the computer using Microsoft Excel Document. Homework Assignment #29 today pg 34 (practice finding the LCM of a set of values.
Warm up quiz for 1st and 4th Period will be on Friday from warm ups #21-25.
Skills (7th Period): Students were introduced to nettrekker today using the computer. This is a valuable resource that students can access at home. This website has many different resources to choose from for all academic and exploratory classes. Nettrekker even has homework help (step by step) for those students who need further assistance. Students have access to Nettrekker from Arnold website, or they can type in the address at http://school.nettrekker.com
the user name: arnmcsd
Password: initpass
No homework today.
10/6/08
Traditional (1st period): Warm Up #26 today. We went over answers to Friday's Unit #2 Quiz (students were given back graded quizzes). Students were given back classwork from Friday to make corrections and turn back in for a classwork grade (pg 89 from red worktext book in classroom). No homework today; we will be going over finding the Greatest Common Factor tomorrow in class.
Magnet(4th Period): Warm Up #25 today. Students were given back graded Unit #2 quiz from Friday; we went over the answers in class. Students practiced finding the Least Common Multiple of values in class today with practice problems and with dice game. No homework today. Study for upcoming Unit #2 test which will be Friday or early next week (Prime factorization, Divisibility Rules, Prime and Composite Numbers, GCF and LCM).
Both 1st and 4th period Math Class: Warm Up Quiz #4 will be Friday on Warm Ups #21-25.
Skills (7th Period): Students were given back classwork from last week on Prime Factorization/LCM and GCF, they made corrections then turned back in for a final grade. No homework today.
10/3/08
Traditional (1st Period): Warm Up #25 today. Students were given a quiz on prime factorization and divisibility rules. Students practiced finding the greatest common factors of different values. No homework this weekend.
Magnet (4th period): Warm Up #24 today. Students were given a quiz on prime factorization, divisibility rules, and finding the greatest common factors of values. No homework this weekend.
7th Period: Journal Entry #28, students practiced prime factorization and prime and composite numbers. No homework this weekend.
Have a good weekend.
10/2/08
Traditional (1st Period): Warm Up Quiz #3 today on #15-20 (students may throw out these warm ups), we went over last night's homework #30, students worked from the Math Worktext today, pg 89 practicing Prime Factorization, this will be for a classwork grade. No homework today. I have reminded students to be ready for a possible quiz tomorrow on prime factorization and the divisibility rules.
Magnet (4th Period): Warm Up Quiz #3 today on #15-20 (students may throw these warm ups away), students worked in groups of three on Unit 2 Vocabulary Illustrations, then worked on the Least Common Multiple Crossword Puzzle. No homework today.
Skills (7th Period)- Journal #27 today, students worked in groups of three today with a variety of stations (decimals, multiplication of decimals, division problems, and changing fractions to decimals and percents). No homework.
10/1/08
Traditional (1st Period): Warm Up #24 today. Students practiced prime factorization both independently and with a partner today. Homework #30 pg 18 and 19 Reading Strategies. Warm Up Quiz #3 tomorrow on #15-20.
Magnet(4th Period): Warm Up #23 today. Students practiced finding the Least Common Multiple of a set of values today. Homework #27 Finding the LCM, pg 230 in Textbook,
1-30, odd problems. Warm Up Quiz #3 tomorrow on #15-20.
7th Period Skills- Students were given back Number Theory and Prime and Composite Number Assignment to make corrections and turn back in for a grade. Students also worked with a partner to reveiw prime factorization, exponents, finding GCF and LCM of a set of values. No homework.
9/30/08
Traditional (1st Period): Warm Up #23 today. Students took notes on finding Prime Factorization; please check student notes. Students will have a warm Up Quiz on Thursday from Warm Ups #15-20 so please be sure to have all of these. If you were absent during any of these warm ups, you must make sure you get these before Thursday. Homework assignment #29 today, pg 14-15 Factors and Prime Factorization.
Magnet(4TH Period): Warm Up #22 today. Students practiced working on Greatest Common Factors with a partner in class. Students will have a warm Up Quiz on Thursday from Warm Ups #15-20 so please be sure to have all of these. Homework Assignment # 26 pg 24 and 25 Finding the GCF.
For my 1st and 4th period classes, please make sure you turned in your Graph Book Project. This was due on Monday; if you have not turned it in, for every day it is late, 10 points will be deducted.
7th Period Skills: Students practiced finding the Greatest Common Factor with classwork- Magical Factor Cruise and Prime Factorization. No homework.
9/29/08
Traditional: Warm Up #22 today. Students turned in their Graph Book Projects today. Please remember, if you did not turn it in today, 10 points will be taken off each day that it is late. Students worked with modeling factors today in class drawing out the factors in rectangular/square. Homework #28 today, Divisibility Rules pg 6 and 7.
Magnet: Warm Up #21 today. Students turned in their Graph Book Projects today. Please remember, if you did not turn it in today, 10 points will be deducted for each day that it is late. Students took notes on Prime Factorization using mind mapping today. Homework #25 today pg 16 and 17 on Prime Factorization.
Welcome to 6th grade, welcome to team 602, welcome to Arnold, and welcome to my classroom!
This is my third year teaching. This is also my third year teaching 6th grade Math here at Arnold Magnet Academy.
This year we will be adding a daily Math Skills class for all of our students. The skills class will consist of Accelerated Math, journal entries, math centers, and homework time. More information to come.
Supplies (needed each day!)
1. Presharpened pencils (several with erasers), absolutely no pens! (If pen is used I will not accept assignment.)
2. Loose leaf Notebook paper
3. Organized Math Notebook
4. Hand held pencil sharpener
5. Student Handbook (this is one method we will use to communicate with parents)
6. AR book (for those who finish assignments early)
We will be working from the Georgia Performance Standards, which can be found, at the following website: www.georgiastandards.org
The math notebook is required to help students keep up with their assignments; we will organize this together in class. The students know where to find their math assignments and where to write down their assignments(agenda book/AMA hand book). There is no excuse for students to not hand in assignments.
When a student is absent from class, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what the missed assignment/s were. The assignments are posted at the student center along with their missed assignments, they just have refer to the student center. If the assignments are not turned in by the third day after the student returns to class, those grades will be recorded as zeroes. There will be no makeup assignments!
For those students who simply fail to hand in assignments when due their grade will suffer. For students who have not been absent, they have three days to hand in assignments, after the third day I will no longer accept the assignment and it will become recorded as a zero. These zeroes drastically lower student’s math grades.
One day late: I will deduct 10% off assignment grade
Two days late: I will deduct 20% off assignment grade
Three days late: I will deduct 30% off assignment grade.
After the third day the assignment becomes a zero.
Again here are my expectations of students in the classroom.
1. Come to class prepared to work each day.
2. Raise your hand and wait for permission to speak.
3. Begin work immediately (warm up) and remain on task.
4. Complete all assignments as instructed.
5. Keep your hands, feet, objects and negative comments to yourself. If I see a student try to physically harm another I will immediately send them up to the office. If it is horseplay, the student will still get into trouble. Horseplay can lead to something more serious. Horseplay does not belong in the classroom!
6. Clean up your area before leaving; no trash in or around desks.
7. No gum, candy, or food unless I give it out.
8. Do not talk when I am talking.
9. Follow all Arnold Magnet Academy and MCSD Rules.
Consequences for failing to follow expectations:
1. 1st offense- Verbal warning will be given, unless it is a serious offense.
2. 2nd offense- Teacher counsel
3. 3rd offense- Note to parents in agenda book/phone call home.
4. Timed out .
I will also give silent lunch or team detention to those students who are continually off task
Please note: severe misconduct may result in immediate office referral.
Sincerely,
Darla J. Ledwick
Team 602 Math
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