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- Glencoe Math Website This is a great sight that follows the textbook that we used last year. Use this site to for extra practice.
- Prentice Hall Textbook site This is a link to our AT HOME textbook.
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MATH AND MRS. WALTERS M&Ms ATTENTION PARENTS: The students will be taking the MCT2 on May 8, 9, and 10. It is important that the children go to bed early, so that they will be ready for the tests each day. If at all possible, can you try to have your children in bed ready to go sleep on or before 9:00 p.m? Also, breakfast is the meal that feeds your brain for the day and gives you energy. Please plan for your children to have good protien breakfasts each day during the week of the tests. (Eggs are brain food.) Please do not feed your child doughnuts or food with a great deal of sugar on the testing days, because they will fall asleep at about 10:30. And this is not a good thing! We do not want your child to stress about the tests. We have all worked very hard to prepare the children for these tests, and we are confident that as a whole we will do very well. Thanks for your help in this matter and all that you do. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Wednesday – Eat a good dinner tonight. Go to bed early with a good book. Stay calm on Thursday morning. Eat a good breakfast. Do not eat a lot of sugary food. Bring a snack for after the test. Lunch will be late on Thursday. Bring a light jacket or sweater! Thursday – Enjoy your night off. We are done!! Thanks for all of your hard work this year. Friday – Relax and begin thinking about the Final Exam. Formulas to memorize: Circumference of a circle C=πd C=2πr Area of a circle A=πr2 Volume of a rectangular prism V=lwh Area of a square A=lw or A=s2 Area of a rectangle A=lw Area of a triangle A=bh/2 Area of a parallelogram A=bh Perimeter of a triangle P= s s s Perimeter of a rectangle P=2(l w) Perimeter of a square P= 4s Perimeter of any quadrilateral P= s+ s+ s+ s
Parents,
We are so ready to be done with this test. The children worked really hard last week, and we made a great deal of progress. I feel like the children will do well on the test. They have worked very hard this year, and I am really proud of their hard work.
I had to pull some of them kicking and screaming through the test review, but I feel that all of the children made some gain.
Remind your child to bring a light jacket or sweater to school during the testing week. It is very important that your child have a jacket or sweater the days of the testing, because when they get absorded in the test their body temperatures will drop and they will suddenly realize that they are cold. Most of our classrooms are kept cool. This helps to promote attentiveness in class (i.e. They don't fall asleep.).
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any comments or concerns. The children are just great and are working so hard in class. This is a great group of children, and they are really starting to work hard and are learning a great deal of math.
Sincerely,
The AR Book list is on the Oak Grove Middle School homepage and reflects ALL the tests we have available. There are four different lists, sorted by title, author, reading level, and points. The list is under the 'Parent' drop down menu from our Oak Grove Middle School homepage. The direct link is here: PLEASE NOTE: Math Facts are essential to a child's success with mathematics. No matter what your style of learning, the goal for every student is the same. Students must end up knowing their facts, and more importantly, understanding the facts! If a child doesn't know them, the result for every student is the same --- difficulties in math! It is very important that all beginning 6th Graders have memorized all of the multiplication and division fact tables from 1-12.
Memorized multiplication facts are a necessary "mental tool" for any math student to be successful. A calculator simply does not replace this need. Picture yourself as a carpenter building a house. Can you imagine knowing how to build a house but not having a hammer? As a carpenter needs a hammer, the math student needs the tool of memorized multiplication facts.
Although division may seem difficult to students, be assured that it's not difficult if you remember that division is the opposite of multiplication. If you know a multiplication fact, then you know the corresponding division fact. Being able to recall the multiplication and division facts quickly will help you when you multiply and divide greater numbers in 6th Grade. Knowing your facts will also help when shopping, doing craft projects, participating in sports, and in many other activities.
See these sites for division flashcards and practice:
http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/division/div_tables_charts.htm http://www.waitsburgsd.org/elementary/fourth/math/Div_files/div_practice.htm http://www.aaamath.com/div.html#topic1 Susie M. Walters 6th Grade Math DIVISIBILITY RULES TO MEMORIZE: A number is divisible by: 2: if the ones digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8. (EVEN Numbers). 3: if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. 4: if the last two digits of the number form a number that is divisible by 4. 5: if the ones digit is 0 or 5. 6: if the number is divisible by both 2 and 3. 8: if the last three digits of the number form a number that is divisible by 8. 9: if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9. 10: if the ones digit is 0. PRIME NUMBERS FROM 0 - 100: (Memorize these numbers !) 2, 3, 5, 7,11,13,17,19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97 VOCABULARY TO KNOW: algebra - a mathematical language that uses letters along with numbers. The letters stand for numbers that are unknown. 10x - 3 = 17 is an example of an algebra equation. algebraic expression - a combination of variables, numbers, and at least one operation. area - the number of square units needed to cover a surface base - In a power, the number used as a factor. In 103, the base is 10. That is 103 = 10 x 10 x 10. center - the middle point of a circle or sphere.The center is the same distance from all points on the circle or sphere. circumference - the distance around a circle. cubed - the product in which a number is a factor three times. Two cubed is 8 because 2 x 2 x 2 = 8. 23 = 2 cubed diameter - the distance across a circle through its center point. distributive property - for any numbers a, c, and c, a (b c) = ab ac and (b c)a = ba ca equation -a mathematical sentence that contains the equal sign, =. evaluate - to find the value of an expression by replacing variables with numerals. exponent - In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor. In 53, the exponent is 3. That is 53 = 5 x 5 x 5. factor - When two or more numbers are multiplied, each number is a factor of the product. (factor x factor = product) length - the longest way an object can be measured; how long an object is. multiple - The product of a number and any whole number. order of operations - The rules to follow when more than one operation is used. (1) Do the operations enclosed in PARENTHESIS. (2) Figure all the numbers with EXPONENTS. (3) Do all MULTIPLCATIONS and DIVISIONS in order as you come to them from left to right. (4) Do all ADDITIONS�and SUBTRACTIONS in order as you come to them from left to right. perimeter - the perimeter of any closed figure is the distance around the figure power -a number that can be written using an exponent. The power 32 is read three to the second power or three squared. radius - the distance from the center of a circle to any point on the circle side - a line segment or surface that encloses something. A triangle has 3 sides. solution - any number that makes an equation true. The solution of x - 5 = 8 is 13. solve - to replace a variable with a number that makes an equation true. squared -a number multiplied by itself; 4 x 4 or 42 variable -a symbol, usually a letter, used to represent a number. width - distance across; how wide an object is.
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