Come join me for 6th Grade Math! You are welcome to join for the entire course or just for specific topics. 

This is an ongoing class designed to cover a full year of 6th Grade Math. Class will be held 2 days each week. Ongoing classes are helpful because students are welcome to join and stay throughout the course, or come and go week to week if they need help with a specific concept or simply want more practice. If learners enroll at the beginning and stay throughout the course, they will receive the full year of 6th Grade math instruction. All are welcome! If a flex class format works best, please contact me for a link. 

BONUS TUTORING TIME: I truly want my students to feel successful in math. I know it can be frustrating to feel "lost" and not be able to get the help they need. Therefore, I am offering free additional help for those who want to take advantage of it. I will be in the classroom 10-15 minutes before class begins to answer any questions from previous homework or concepts. I will also stay in the classroom for an extra 10-15 minutes after class ends to be available for my students. Learners may have specific questions or math problems they would like to address, or they might just choose to stay in class and work on homework. Whatever the case, I will be there for anyone who wants to take advantage of this extra math time. 

Although students may never say they love math, I'd like to help them to not hate it. :)   My goal is to help them feel comfortable with the concepts and show their understanding with what they are learning. When students are happy, engaged, and feel comfortable in the class, they are more apt to learn. Sometimes a student just needs a different approach or some extra help in order to excel and flourish in a given area. 

I believe that both individual and group discussion/learning is important - so as I model the new concept, we will discuss the lesson while students ask/answer questions. Students will also work on some math problems independently in class to help them feel comfortable doing these tasks while I am still there to give assistance or answer questions as needed. Occasionally, I may divide the students into breakout rooms (in small group rooms or in individual rooms) so they can either work together, work quietly on their own, or receive individual help from me. 

On Mondays, I will send weekly guided notes with practice problems as well as pages for homework for the current week. Printing these pages or having a way to view them during class is highly recommended for note-taking and practice. The homework is designed to help them practice and reinforce what they are learning. If a printer is not available, students may use lined paper to do their work. 

Class Structure: 
5 Minutes: Review
20-25 Minutes: Instruction
15-20 Minutes: Student Practice, Ask/Answer Questions, 

Homework: 
For those who would like the option of turning in homework, I will correct homework for students who submit these assignments within one week from the date they were assigned.

Quizzes and tests are available for each unit and will be sent to individual students upon request. 

Letter grades/percentages can be given for students if requested. Homework assignments must be turned in for a letter grade to be given. Quizzes and tests are still optional, but can be calculated into the grade if requested.

Students should come prepared to class each day with the printed notes or notebook/lined paper, a pencil (with a good eraser), and a calculator. Students will also need to have graph paper available, which will be used throughout the year in different units or lessons. Homework assignments have graphs printed on them, but sometimes it is helpful to have additional graph paper. 

If students are not able to attend class, the video recordings will be made available for them to watch. 

WEEKLY CLASS SCHEDULE:
September 17: Powers and Exponents
September 24: Properties: Commutative, Associative, Distributive; Prime Factorization
October 1: Greatest Common Factor; Least Common Multiple 
October 8: Adding and Subtracting Integers
October 15: Multiplying and Dividing Integers
October 22: Integer Applications, Order of Operations; Coordinate Plane and Graphing 
October 29: Mixed and Improper Fractions; Equivalent Fractions
November 5: Fractions with Like and Unlike Denominators 
November 12: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 
November 19: *** NO CLASSES ***
November 26: Comparing, Rounding, Adding, Subtracting Decimals, and Multiplying Decimals 
December 3: Dividing Decimals, Fractions and Decimals 
December 10: Evaluating and Translating Expressions
December 17: Combining Like Terms; Distributive Property
December 24: *** NO CLASSES ***
December 31: Simplifying and Factoring Expressions
January 7: Properties and Expressions Review 
January 14: Mid-Year Review
January 21: Equations
January 28: Equations and Inequalities
February 4: Inequalities and Applications
February 11: Ratios; Tables, Graphs
February 18: Rates and Proportional Relationships
February 25: Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
March 3: Converting and Comparing Fractions and Percents
March 10: Percents of a Number, Review of Fractions/Percents
March 17: Congruency and Perimeter
March 24: Area of Triangles and Trapezoids; Coordinate Plane Polygons
March 31: Area of Composite Figures; Circles and Circumference
April 7: Area of Circles, 3D Figures and Surface Area
April 14: Surface Area of Prisms, Squares, and Pyramids; Volume of Prisms
April 21: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range; Outliers and Data
April 28: Dot, Stem, and Leaf Plots; Mean Absolute Deviation
May 5: Plot Graphing, Quartiles and Range; Frequency Tables
May 12: Circle Graphs; Data Displays
May 19: End of Year Review



PLEASE NOTE:  
I do not tolerate bullying or teasing because I want everyone to feel safe and happy in my class. I love teaching and want students to feel comfortable with one another and enjoy being together.