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BREAKING NEWS - It's a fact that students that show their work are 90% more successful than those who do not.

We began working on the test today in class and I am seeing a very large number of students not showing any work and thus just guessing an answer. This is very careless and usually leads to a horrible grade. This test is a learning check for the last 6 weeks of school. If a 70% is not achieved then those students will be assigned mandatory tutoring for the remainder of the 9-weeks.

Because of the outbreak of carelessness I have made a new rule. STUDENTS MUST SHOW THEIR WORK ON SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. I HAVE PUT THAT LIST ON THE BOARD IN THE CLASSROOM. IF THIS IS NOT DONE, THEY WILL BE GIVEN A ZERO. I know this is harsh but I just cannot figure out why kids are ok with making bad grades.

GRADES ARE MADE NOT GIVEN, THEY ARE EARNED, SO WORK HARD FOR THEM!

Welcome Back, It's Been A Long Time

The 6-Week Exam is tomorrow. I hope you're ready! This grade will count as a Unit Test. If a 70% or above is not made on the test, students will have to attend mandatory tutoring for the remainder of the 9 weeks.

If more reviewing is needed please please please work the problems listed on the Study Guide Answer Sheet (you can find a copy on the blog). Also there are many games to help you with like terms and the mathematical properties.

MATH TEXTBOOK ONLINE

FYI - JUST IN CASE YOU FORGET YOUR MATHBOOK THIS WEEKEND

6th Grade Math

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6-WEEK STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS & EXTRA PRACTICE

THE 6-WEEK EXAM IS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29

Below you will find the answers to the study guide problems and some extra practice problems. If you work the practice problems all the answers are in the back of the textbook.

"So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it."

Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what movie this quote came from. Submit your answers to me on a 1/2 sheet of paper in class. :)

So its time again to gear up for the 6-week exam. Are you ready? I hope you are. Remeber if you don't make a 70% or higher you will be in mandatory tutoring until the end of the 9 weeks.

Today in class I have a study guide for you to complete. Everything on it is fair game for the exam. I will even being selecting 10 questions from the Study Guide for the test. Below you will find the study guide that will be given out in class today.

DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY

Of all the math properties we use it is EXTREMELY important that the 6th graders know how to use the distributive property correctly. At this time I don't believe we have had success reaching this goal. We are going to continue working on this so don't give up. Below are some activities that will help you get better at using the distributive property.

Distributive Property

Distributive Property

Distributive Property - along with like terms and simplifying expressions

LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE TERMS?

Last nights assignment was about simplifying expressions. To do this you first must know how to combine like terms. For example, in 5x, the term is x.

If I have:

I color coded the like terms. Like Terms means that the terms are the same (terms are the variables and/or exponents that are behind the numbers (coefficients)

In the following example I am going to show you how to combine like terms in order to simplify the expressions. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SIMPLIFY DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN YOU WILL GET A FINAL ANSWER.

I color coded the like terms again just to show you what I combined. Notice that I did not get a final numeric answer. There is nothing else that can be done to this expression, this is as simplified as it can get.

FOR MORE PRACTICE ON IDENTIFYING LIKE TERMS CHECK OUT THIS GAME

Like Terms Game

Mathcing Terms Game

Combining Like Terms and Distributive Property Game

Combining Like Terms Game