STUDY!!

Guidelines for Studying in 6th Grade Math

1. Students in my class should be studying 15 minutes per night. The studying should consist of reading the textbook section currently being learned in addition to reading returned homework, TOPS reports, class notes and class work.
2. Students should also be completing the exercises in the textbook section currently being learned. Many of these problems have their solutions in the back of the textbook. These problems should be done to complement learning and comprehension. Questions that arise from this work can be addressed in an e-mail to me or in class.
   

Math News - Week 6 (28 September - 2 October 2009)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Solving Addition Equations (Section 2-4, pages 62-65)
2. Solving Subtraction Equations (Section 2-5, pages 66-69)
3. Solving Multiplication Equations (Section 2-6, pages 70-72)
4. Solving Division Equations (Section 2-7, pages 73-75)

Homework will be assigned from worksheets handed to each student every day. Homework handed in on time and complete receives full credit, late homework receives half-credit, homework not handed in receives no credit. Each homework assignment is worth 6 points.

Assessments: None

Reminders: All grades are available via egrades. Click the link to go directly to e-grades. If you do not know the login, please contact me.

Thank you!

Dear Class,

Thank you for following instructions so well! Visiting my website every day will help you to stay current with the material you are expected to learn, the assignments you are expected to be doing and the assessments you will be taking. Visiting this site will help you to excel in my class this year!

Oh, and as a ~congratulations~ for coming to the site today, you are entitles to a five point bonus on Thursday's quiz. You can collect this 5 point bonus by simply writing +5
on the bottom of the test sheet.

Thanks, and good luck on the quiz.

Make Up Test

There will be a make-up test for Chapter 1 on Thursday 24 September 2009 in Room 12 at 3:00 p.m. All students are invited to re-test on the same objectives tested on Monday.

Your grade on the make-up test will be averaged with your grade on Monday's test to derive your score for this first unit assessment.

Please arrange for transportation home by about 3:45 p.m. Any questions, please respond to this post or e-mail me.

Math News - Week 5 (21 September 2009 - 25 September 2009)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Variables & Expressions (Section 2-1, pages 48-51)
2. Writing math expressions with words (Section 2-2, pages 52-55)
3. Equations (Section 2-3, pages 58-61)

Assessments:

1. Monday 21 September 2009 - Chapter 1 Exam (100 points)
2. Thursday 24 September 24 2009 - Chapter 2 - Quiz 2A (50 points) - Covering material from sections 2-1 and 2-2.

Reminders:

1. All grades are available via egrades. Click the link to go directly to e-grades. If you do not know the login, please contact me.
2. The grades achieved by my students comes from four sources: Homework (given daily using Accelerated Math or distributed in class), quizzes (worth 50 points each, two per chapter), tests (one per chapter worth 100 points) and projects.
3. Please e-mail me at ron.alfieri@carteretk12.org if you have any questions at all about this class.