Homework and Announcements
1/28/2020
Happy Tuesday! I hope you all enjoyed another long weekend. This week will be business as usual as 6th grade nears the end of their unit and 7th grade continues through the first section of their unit. Please read below for details.
Math 6 This week, the sixth graders will be finishing up their unit on fraction operations with a few lessons on word problems. For the last few weeks, we've been reviewing and learning all of the operations on fractions. Now, we will be applying these skills to solve word problems. All sixth grade classes will end the week with a partner quiz for practice. Next week, we will be ready to take the unit test on fraction operations and this will likely fall on Tuesday or Wednesday (February 4 or 5). Your only math homework is MathXL. Math 6 Topics Covered This weeks lessons are being pulled from the Let's Be Rational book in your home textbook. If you would like to review them, read through pages 68 - 72. These are the lessons we are covering in class. Math 7 This week, the seventh graders will continue working through the first section of their percentages unit and we will end the week with a quiz on Friday. Your only math homework is MathXL. Math 7 Topics Covered This week your student is learning about proportional relationships that involve fractions and decimals. For example, a baker decides to start using 1/6 less than the amount of sugar called for in each recipe. If the recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, the baker will leave out 1/6 x 2, or 1/3 cup of sugar. That means the baker will only use 2 - 1/3, or 1 2/3 cups of sugar. The amount of sugar the baker actually uses is proportional to the amount of sugar called for in the recipe. The constant of proportionality is 5/6. Here is a task to try with your student: The baker also decides to start using 1/6 more than the amount of liquid called for in each recipe.
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