HOMEWORK: August 20

Math: finish mean, median and mode problems on your "M&M Challenge" worksheet, complete "Pickle graph"

Science: none

Week 2: August 18-22

Math: We will be working our way through an "M&M challenge" this week to review our skills with pictographs, bar graphs, line plots, mean, median and mode.  We will also start to discover the importance of question structure when designing a survey to obtain information.

Science:  We have done one iteration of the boat challenge so far.  This week we will work on critiquing our criteria and constraints and editing our designs.  We will further discuss the idea of "copying vs. credit" and learning from our peers.  We will complete the boat challenge this week with our final boat design on Friday.

Science: Unit 1 "Digging In"

Science: We have also begun our first unit in Science this week.  The first unit is titled "Digging In" for several reasons.  First, the students will begin diving into the Scientific Process and Method through some introductory activities and experiments.  Second, the students will begin their study of the various content centered around the Earth's surface.  During this unit, students will: 

• Discover buoyancy and density through the "Boat Challenge"
• Work with erosion and lava with the "Basketball Court Challenge"
• Begin to discover how scientists work with-- "Copying vs. Credit," "Independent Variables vs. Dependent Variables"

Math: Unit 1 "Gathering and Using Data"

Math: We are beginning our first unit in math this week, "Gathering and Using Data."  As a part of this unit students will be:

• Posing questions that can be answered by data
• Collecting data by taking surveys and conducting experiments
• Organizing data using tables including frequency tables and frequency distributions
• Representing data by choosing appropriate graphs from pictographs, line plots, bar graphs (including double and stacked bar graphs), line graphs and histograms
• Analyzing data
• Interpreting the results of data analysis as it relates to original questions posed

Standards covered: M6D1, M6M2, M6P1, M6P2, M6P3, M6P4, M6P5

As a part of this unit students will be working with many different types of graphs during various activities inside class and at home.  Look for end of unit project outlines coming home soon!

Welcome to the 6th grade!!!

I would like to welcome everyone to the 6th grade here at ACMS.  The first week was great for me and I hope it was for you too!  I have completely enjoyed getting to know everyone and I think we are ready for a great year!