Watch for this Tutorial Notice by the end of this week :)

 MATH TUTORIAL NOTICE—Meadows 6^th Grade VMS meadowsb@van.sprnet.org

Your student has been invited to math tutorials, two days each week. Tutorials will offer help on homework and practice on topics we have or are currently covering in class. Homework is important because it helps students make the most of their experience in school. Homework is given because it is useful in reinforcing what has been learned in class, extends and generalizes concepts, provides practice time, teaches responsibility, and helps students develop positive study habits. Students are expected to show up on time and prepared for tutorials. 

Student:  ______________________________              

Tutorial Days:  Boys 5^th or 8^th period Mon/Tues—Girls 5^th or 8^th period Wed/Thurs (however, students may attend on either set of days when they need help)

Why Tutorials: 1. Absent? Come find out what you missed! 2. Not Passing due to low grades    3. Need to make corrections? 4. You don’t get IT!!  (IXL will be used in most cases)

You can keep up with your student’s attendance through Class DojoJ

Please sign and return that you have read this notice, Thank you.

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Classify Quads

Classify Quadrilaterals

Friday Nov. 20, 2015

REPORT CARD TODAY! Tutorials begin after break.  Happy Thanksgiving!!

Tutorials will be casual the next 3 weeks between holiday breaks. Your child will receive a notification the week we return if they are expected to attend weekly. Students that are not passing math class will be notified to attend.  I will also look at the last two benchmark grades for notifications as well.
Tutorials:
Absent-come see what you missed
Corrections-this is a time I can help you
Not passing-mandatory
Zeroes-mandatory until made up

Schedule for Tutorials (students can always see me at recess or ask to come on a different day)
Monday-Boys 5th period or 8th period
Tuesday- """"""""""""
Wednesday-Girls 5th or 8th period
Thursday-    """""""""

5th and 8th period catches a lot of student from PE or Music but they may only miss two days. If they do not have a class I can pull from 5th or 8th they are asked to come in during PE time but I will have a class and they will need to be self-motivated and work in IXL independently.

Math Commandments

Triangle Test Thursday

Students need to review notes and practice problems from their journal or papers we have completed in class.
Classify types of triangles by Angles and Sides
Find a missing angle: <a+<b+<c=180 degrees
Angle Side relationships= largest angle opposite largest side; smallest angle opposite smallest side
Three lengths make a triangle:
a+b>c
b+c>a
c+a>b
Area of a triangle: A=1/2 BH

Parent/Student Friendly 6th Teks-What students need to be able to do :)

What students need to be able to do at the end of 6th Grade

Happy Friday! End of the Six Weeks- Monday starts 3rd six weeks!

http://mathantics.com/index.php/section/lesson/Area
Area of Triangles , Oh my!!
Area=1/2 base*height
We practiced together in class and this page will go in their journal as an example page.
They have 4 steps:
Write the formula
plug in numbers for the variables (letters)
operate/solve
write the answer with units labeled and squared

Happy Verteran's Day

The Daily Math Page is due tomorrow, complete and for a grade.
The 6/7 class was able to play a game to determine if 3 lengths make a triangle.

More Triangles

Angle & Sides-Triangles
Largest angle is always opposite to the longest side.
Smallest angle is always opposite to the shortest side.

Triangle Inequality Theroem
a+b>c
a+c>b
b+c>a
For any triangle, the sum of any two sides must be greater than the length of the third side.

Test Thursday-get review signed!!

Students need to have their review for the test  Thursday signed and should study anything they had trouble answering.

Triangles

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/geometry/classify-triangles.htm

Classifying triangles by sides and angles. Please  see the video above.
To find the missing angle in a Triangle:
add the angles you know and subtract that sum from 180.