January 14
2014
Math
6th Grade Math Units
- Unit 1: Area and Surface Area
- Unit 2: Introducing Ratios
- Unit 3: Unit Rates and Percentages
- Unit 4: Dividing Fractions
- Unit 5: Arithmetic in Base Ten
- Unit 6: Expressions and Equations
- Unit 7: Rational Numbers
- Unit 8: Data Sets and Distribution
Grading Policy
Daily lessons (a combination of classwork and homework) are graded out of 4 points as follows:
- 0-2.5 points – Classwork incomplete, homework not attempted
- 3 points – Classwork complete, homework not attempted
- 3.5 points – Classwork complete, homework attempted but shows some confusion
- 4 points – Classwork and homework complete, lesson objective achieved
- 4.5 points – Classwork and homework completed correctly and extra credit attempted
- 5 points – Nailed everything including the extra credit!
Assessments, roughly 25 points each: 2-3 per unit
Math Lesson Resources
- Math Games for every topic
- Khan Academy Teaching videos
- Polyup.com
- HoodaMath
- Go Math Website
- Times Tables Song Video
- IXL
- Manga High (need login)
- BrainPop Games
- Math is Fun
- Math Playground
- Cool Math
- Middle School Math Forum
- WebMath
- Online Math Dictionary
- Math Goodies
- Table Talk Math newsletters
- Other Math Resources