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Text Book -  Glencoe/McGraw Hill – Math Connects – Course 1 / Course 2

Website for Text-  www.glencoe.com (see inside cover of text for instructions)


Curriculum Overview- We are following the Common Core State Standards for 6th grade math.  

Ratios and Proportional Relationships
        Rates and Unit Rates,
        Ratios and Ratio Tables,
        Proportions and Word Problems
        Percent of Quantities
Number System
          Compute Quotients of Fractions
          Solve Problems in Context (word problems)
          Divide Multi-Digit Whole Numbers and Decimal Numbers
          Find Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple
          Distributive Property and Equivalent Expressions
          Opposite Integers and Absolute Value
          Number Line Graphing - Inequalities and Integers
Expressions and Equations          
         Read, Write and Evaluate Numerical Expressions with Exponents
         Read, Write and Evaluate Expressions with Variables
         Identify Parts of an Expression with appropriate Vocabulary
            (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient, constant)
         Solve Equations and Inequalities with one Variable within Constraints   
Geometry 
         Find Area of Triangles, Quadrilaterals and Compound Polygons
               Volume of Right Rectangular Prisms
         Determining Points on the Coordinate Plane to Complete Figures
         Represent 3-D Figures using Nets and Finding Surface Area
Statistics and Probability    
         Dot Plots, Histograms, Box Plots  
         Describing Overall Patterns of Data
         Relating Measures of Center to Data Distribution in Context         
 
 

Extra Help is held on Fridays at 7:00am in room 209. 

        Other opportunities for extra help include Peer Tutoring and Homework Club. 

 

Grading Policy

Tests  (50%) are announced one week in advance and noted on the homework board

            each night that week. 

Classwork  (30%) includes quizzes (up to 2 per unit), notebook, castle learning online, and participation. 

Homework   (20%) is assigned most nights and checked daily.  There is a 24-hr     grace period for late assignments to receive partial credit.  (Assignments are shorter on Fridays and special consideration is given for holidays and school events.)   There is an allowance for a 30 minute time limit on Math homework.  If your child has been working for 30 minutes and is unable to complete the homework, please sign the work that was done and it will not lose credit for being incomplete. 

 

MAP testing takes place in September and May             NYS Math Assessment will take place in April.

 

Guidance – Ms. Brown -  (516) 733-2261                        Team Meetings  - 1:00 – 1:30