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Welcome to 6th Grade Advanced Math
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Homework
...for 6th Grade Advanced Math, First Period, Mrs. Nettling's Class
February 7, 2007
Show your work!
Sometimes students think they are taking shortcuts by not showing their
work, but the truth is that they are shortcutting their probability for
success, both short- and long-term. By showing their work, students
think through the problem-solving process, strengthen their
equation-building process, provide themselves with a framework for
solving for variables, and leave behind a "trail" for checking their
work. It is imperative that students show their work! One of my sayings
is "If you don't have time to do it right, you must have time to do it
over." Students who do not show their work will be asked to do it over.
I am sending home a letter on "showing work" for parents and students to
sign. Read
the letter..
Snow day and weekend opportunities. Snow days and weekends can be great
opportunities for students to play with some of the great (and fun!) links
I have listed on my website. Students can strengthen their skills in
math and problem solving, while having fun with interactive technology.
These days also can provide bonus opportunities for those students who
still need to polish off memorizing those last stubborn math facts with
which they struggle -- a memory bank that speeds up their work and
increases success in problem-solving. Link resources:
Math Lessons:
Ratios and proportions. Chapter 8, our current chapter of study, is
one of the main sources for learning new concepts in algebra readiness
this year. Back in Chapter 2, students learned how to construct and
solve equations with variables, and have been practicing those skills
since. Now we are putting equations to work in solving proportions and
ratios. At first glance, some of the problems look similar to word
problems we did in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades, but they are actually
forerunners to solving much more complex problems using algebra. By
understanding cross products and building these equations to solve
problems in ratios and proportions, we are establishing important
thinking on a more abstract level -- a prerequisite to success in
algebra!
Proportions are
simply statements that two ratios are equal. Students use cross products
to build and solve equations to find an unknown in equal ratios.
Explanation
and Graphics by "Math.com"
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