Mr. Alfieri's 6th Grade Math!

EOG Links

2010-05-10T09:35:00.003-04:00

Welcome to the week before EOG's! Our preparation is going very well, but there are a few more resources available to you to prepare on your own. I would STRONGLY encourage you to use them in the time between today and actually sitting for the EOG's.

1) This link is from the North Carolina DPI website. It gives sample questions from all five mathematics goals, and the answers, and some tips for answering the questions. Click this link here.
2) This link is last year's EOG Exam in its entirety. You can use this as another reference to study from and get a feel for the type of questions and how they are presented. This is also the test we are using on Tuesday to practice from. The link is here.

I will be having after school tutoring on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. I encourage all students to join us. Our daily work in my EOG Review Workbook will continue this week with the last assignment given on Friday. If you have any questions at all, please email me.

Regarding calculators, if any students wish to use their own calculator for the EOG exam on Wednesday (calculator active) they are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to do so. Your calculator must be handed in on Monday, May 17th so it can be prepared for the exam on Wednesday. Again, any questions, please email me.

Thanks, and keep working smart!

Week 6 (12 April to 16 April 2010)

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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.)

Introduction to Probability (Section 11-1, pages 554-557)
Experimental Probability (Section 11-2, pages 558-561)
Theoretical Probability (Section 11-3, pages 564-567)
Organized Lists (Section 11-4, pages 570-573)
Compound Events (Section 11-5, pages 574-577)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #163, 164, 171
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #170 & 174
Wednesday Night (due Thursday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #175
Thursday Night (due Friday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #176

Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week) can be scanned any day this week, but is due on Friday morning.

Assessments:
Wednesday - Quiz 11A - 50 points (on experimental and theoretical proportions)

Week 4 (22 March to 26 March 2010)

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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.)

Ratio & Rates (Section 8-1, pages 392-395)
Proportions (Section 8-2, pages 398-401)
Proportions and Customary Measurement (Section 8-3, pages 402-404)
Similar Figures (Section 8-4, pages 405-408)
Indirect Measurement (Section 8-5, pages 409-411)
Scale Drawings and Maps (Section 8-6, pages 412-415)
Percents (Section 8-7, pages 418-421)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #89, 90 & 92
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #95, 96 & 97
Wednesday Night (due Thursday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #93 & 94
Thursday Night (due Friday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #108

Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week) can be scanned any day this week, but is due on Friday morning.

Assessments:
Wednesday - Quiz 8A - 50 points (on ratio & proportions)

Math News - Week 1 (1 March - 5 March 2010)

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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.)

Perimeter (Section 10-1, pages 500-503)
Area (Section 10-2, pages 504-507)
Comparing Perimeter and Area (Section 10-4, pages 511-513)
Circles (Section 10-5, pages 516-519)
Solid Figures (Section 10-6, pages 524-527)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #134, 135 & 136
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #190, 191 & 192
Wednesday Night (due Thursday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #193, 194 & 195
Thursday Night (due Friday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #138, 141 & 142

Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week) can be scanned any day this week, but is due on Friday morning.

Assessments:
Wednesday - Quiz 10A - 50 points (on perimeter and area)
Friday - Quiz 10B - 50 points (on circles and solid figures)

Math News - Week 11 (16 February - 19 February 2010)

2010-02-16T08:38:00.002-05:00

Quadrilaterals (Section 7-6, pages 348-351)
Polygons (Section 7-7, pages 352-355)
Congruence (Section 7-9, pages 362-364)
Transformations (Section 7-10, pages 365-368)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. Due to extraordinary athletic event conflicts on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, there will be no extra help this week. Extra help will resume next Wednesday before our Chapter 7 exam on Thursday.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #125 & 126
Wednesday Night (due Thursday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #130
Thursday Night (due Friday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #131, 132, 133, 201, 202, 203.

Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week) can be scanned any day this week, but is due on Friday morning.

Assessments:

Wednesday - Quiz 7B - 50 points (On triangles and quadrilaterals)

PLEASE HELP US

2010-02-09T15:20:00.002-05:00

Urgent help is needed in our class. We are in need of a class set of dry erase markers and glue sticks. These items are needed every day in class.

If it is within your ability to help us out, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much.

Math News - Week 10 (8 February - 12 February 2010)

2010-02-09T15:08:00.002-05:00

Points, Lines & Planes (Section 7-1, pages 322-325)
Angles (Section 7-2, pages 326-329)
Angle Relationships (Section 7-3, pages 332-335)
Classifying Lines (Section 7-4, pages 336-339)
Triangles (Section 7-5, pages 344-347)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. Due to a home basketball game, extra help will be on Thursday this week. This week on Friday by appointment. All are welcome, just let me know that you are coming.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #111
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #112 & 113
Wednesday Night (due Thursday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #116, 177, 188 & 119
Thursday Night (due Friday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #115, 120, 121, 122, 123 & 124.

Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week) can be scanned any day this week, but is due on Friday morning.

Assessments:

Thursday - Quiz 7A - 50 points

Math News - Week 9 (1 February - 5 February 2010)

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Ordered Pairs (Section 6-6, pages 294-296)
Line Graphs (Section 6-7, pages 297-300)
Misleading Graphs (Section 6-8, pages 301-304)
Stem & Leaf Plots (Section 6-9, pages 305-307)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. Due to an away basketball game, extra help will be on Tuesday this week. This week on Friday by appointment. All are welcome, just let me know that you are coming.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #151 & 153
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #154 & 155
Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week)

Assessments:

Tuesday - Quiz 6C - 50 points
Thursday - Chapter 6 Exam - 100 points

Math News - Week 5 (11 January - 15 January 2010)

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Adding and subtracting with Unlike Denominators (Section 5-7, pages 242-245)
Adding and subtracting Mixed Numbers (Section 5-8, pages 246-249)
Renaming to Subtract Mixed Numbers (Section 5-9, pages 252-255)
Solving Fraction Equations: Addition and Subtraction (Section 5-10, pages 256-259)

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. This week on Tuesday and Friday by appointment. All are welcome, just let me know that you are coming.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - Homework sheet 5-7
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - Homework sheet 5-8
All week (due Thursday) - Accelerated Math packet (worth 18 points this week)

Assessments:

Tuesday - Quiz 5C (Sections 5-6 and 5-7) - 40 points
Thursday - Chapter 5 Exam - 100 points

The topics for the rest of the year!

2009-12-10T15:59:00.002-05:00

Friday 12/11 - HMWK DUE - Lesson 4-7 Practice B & Homework also AM Packet - Topic to be covered in class: Lesson 4-8 (Adding & Subtracting with Like Denominators - page 188).

Monday, 12/14 - HMWK DUE - Lesson 4-8 Practice B & Homework - Topic to be covered in class: Lesson 4-9 (Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers - page 192).

Tuesday, 12/15 - HMWK DUE - Lesson 4-9 Practice B & Homework - QUIZ TODAY - Topics 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8 & 4-9.

Wednesday, 12/16 - CHAPTER 4 EXAM TODAY.

Thursday, 12/17 - Test corrections.

Friday, 12/18 - Holiday celebration.

All students are reminded that they have a daily assignment in AM. See me if you do not have this assignment or if you cannot print it at home.

Have a terrific holiday and I will see you all in 2010!

Math News - Week 12 (16 November - 20 November 2009)

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Interpret the Quotient (Section 3-9, pages 131-133)
Solving Decimal Equations (Section 3-10, pages 134-137)
Divisibility (Section 4-1, pages 152-55)

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - Homework sheets 3-9 & 3-10
Thursday Night (due Friday) - Homework sheet 4-1
All week (due Friday) - Accelerated Math packet

Assessments:

Tuesday - Quiz 3B (Sections 3-5 through 3-10) - 50 points
Wednesday - Chapter 3 Exam - 100 points

These scores for these assessments will count towards the student's first term grade.

On Monday, 16 November, a meeting was held with each student who was missing work and each student clearly knows what work is missing and what is required to be done in order to receive credit for the first term. Scoring for this term ends on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 3:00 p.m. All late homework will be accepted until that time for credit. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!

Math News - Week 11 (9 November - 13 November 2009)

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Scientific Notation (Section 3-5, pages 114-117)
Multiplying Decimals (Section 3-6, pages 120-123)
Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers (Section 3-7, pages 124-126)
Dividing by Decimals (Section 3-8, pages 127-130

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - Homework sheet 3-5
Tuesday Night (due Thursday) - Homework sheet 3-6
Thursday Night (due Friday) - Homework sheet 3-7
All week (due Friday) - Accelerated Math packet

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.

Math News - Week 10 (26 October - 30 October 2009)

2009-10-23T08:34:00.002-04:00

Multiplying Integers (Section 9-6, pages 473-475)
Dividing Integers (Section 9-7, pages 476-479)
Solving Integer Equations (Section 9-8, pages 482-485)

Students have homework in Accelerated Math. They should be completing objectives 29 & 30 for Monday, 31 & 32 for Tuesday and 33 for Wednesday. 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. Students should do everything they can to catch up in Accelerated Math so that they are doing the work assigned on the day it is assigned. All students should know their login information and how to connect to the Accelerated Math website.

Assessments:

Quiz 3B - Tuesday, 27 October (Sections 9-4 to 9-8). (50 points)
Test #3 - Chapter 9 - Thursday, 29 October. (100 points)

Reminders:

I will be available on Wednesday, 28 October from 3:00 until 3:45 for after-school extra help. Please send me an e-mail to let me know that yuor child will be attending this session.
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.

Math News - Week 7 (5 October - 9 October 2009)

2009-10-05T09:39:00.004-04:00

Inequalities (Extension, pg. 76-77)
Understanding Integers (Absolute value) (Section 9-1, pages 450-453)
Comparing and Ordering Integers (Section 9-2, pages 454-457)

Quiz 2B - Monday, 5 October. (50 points)
Test - Chapter 2 - Wednesday, 7 October. (100 points)

Reminders:

As of today, students will be taking assessment #3A on sections 9-1, 9-2 and 9-3 on Wednesday, 14 October. There will be a time for review before the quiz, but students should be prepared for the quiz.
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.

STUDY!!

2009-09-29T15:29:00.002-04:00

Guidelines for Studying in 6th Grade Math

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.
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)

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Solving Addition Equations (Section 2-4, pages 62-65)
Solving Subtraction Equations (Section 2-5, pages 66-69)
Solving Multiplication Equations (Section 2-6, pages 70-72)
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!

2009-09-23T15:10:00.003-04:00

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

2009-09-22T08:42:00.005-04:00

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)

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

Assessments:

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

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.
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.
Please e-mail me at ron.alfieri@carteretk12.org if you have any questions at all about this class.

Welcome to MCMS!

2009-08-21T13:30:00.003-04:00

I enjoyed meeting some of you yesterday at 6th Grade Orientation and am looking forward to meeting all of you next week. I hope everyone had a wonderful vacation and had a full summer of fun and adventures. I hope to hear all about it.

My goal is to have this website be an easy-to-use tool for all students and parents to use. We will be working together this year to create tremendous accomplishments for all of our students.

Please continue to visit this page and watch for updates. Please feel free to leave comments or e-mail me. Also take the time to check the calendar below for further information about open house, homework, etc.

Also, check out my profile to learn more about me, your math teacher!

Mr. Alfieri