The 12 Days of Christmas

PNC, a Pittsburgh-based (GO STEELERS) bank, calculates the true cost of Christmas each year based on the classic song, "The 12 Days of Christmas."

Click HERE to test your knowledge of market prices for a partridge in a pear tree, seven swans a swimming, and all the rest!

Play Action Fraction!

Action Fraction

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

ALL GROUPS

1. Go to "I Can Practice #13."
2. Complete Round 1, #1-6.
3. Check your answers & make corrections.
4. Complete Round 2, #1-6.

You will receive Moretti Money for each correct answer in Round 2.

IF YOU COMPLETE ALL OF THE ABOVE...you may go to:
Building Similar & Congruent Triangles

Tuesday December 2

1. I Can Practice #15 Round 1
Use graph paper!
Check your answers
2. Play the Alien game!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008: Guess the View

1. Click here to play Guess the View. Click on what view of the object is shown (Top, Front, Right, Left, etc.).

2. Let's have a little fun. Click here to play Thanksgiving hangman or here to play the Thanksgiving Match Game.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Have a safe and happy holiday!

TUESDAY, November 25

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN UNDER THE SEA MATH WORKSHEET!

Click HERE to play Rotating Houses.

Look at the shape on the left. Rotate it by clicking and dragging until it matches the shape on the right. What is the view? Top, front, right, or left? Write it down on your worksheet.

If you finish early, you may complete one of the activities from yesterday.

MONDAY, November 24, 2008

Make sure you have a CHALLENGE worksheet!

Part 1

Click HERE to start Cube Houses. Click the drop-down menu and select shapes one at a time. Draw the front, top, and right views of the shape in your Cube-n-ometry View Grids. Then check your answers by clicking the button that says "drawing."

Part 2
Click HERE.
Scroll down to Explore & Play with prisms. Watch the prisms unfold to become nets. Fill in the answers on your Challenge Worksheet, Part 2.

BONUS Challenge: Work backwards. Click here to see 2-D views, then click the boxes on the right to create your own 3-D shape.

FRIDAY CLICK HERE!

http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/nets.html

Stock the Shelves!

ALL GROUPS

Today's game is one of my favorite activities.

Click HERE to play Stock the Shelves.
Record your scores in your Math Notes book.

Friday, November 7, 2008

PART ONE: EVERYONE!
1. Click HERE to complete a Symmetry activity. Answer all questions and record your score in your Math Notes Book.
2. Thought question: what is special about all regular polygons when it comes to symmetry?
Why? (Write answer in Math Notes Book.)


PART TWO:
Aweoweo - Click HERE. Follow instructions & complete Write About It and Activity in Math Notes book.
Humuhumu & Opihi, complete the following activity:

Thursday November 6, 2008

1. Click here. Watch tutorial. Answer questions in Math Notes book.
2. If you finish, click here to complete Activity #2.

Monday, November 3, 2008

REMEMBER TO WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR MATH NOTES BOOK! If you forgot your book, you need to get out a blank sheet of paper.

Aweoweo

• I Can Practice #2, Round 2
• Use your estimation skills to play Alien Angles
• If you get 8 correct angles, you may play the Pumpkin game

Humuhumu

• I Can Practice #2, Round 2
• Check your answers
• Make corrections
• Practice computation with the Pumpkin game!

Opihi

• Click here. Answer the questions, then click "Check Answers." Record your score in your math notes book.
• Pumpkin Game

Tuesday, October 21

Part I
Use the arrow buttons to navigate through THIS activity. Write the answers to the questions in your Math Notes book.

Part II
Click HERE for an activity. Find the congruent shapes. Write the answers to the questions in your Math Notes book.

Monday, October 20

Remember, write ALL of the following answers in your Math Notes book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aweoweo
1. Draw an angle with a measure of 37 degrees.
2. Construct an angle with a measure of 125 degrees.
3. Construct two angles with degrees of less than 90 degrees.
4. Construct one angle with a measure between 70 and 80 degrees, then write down the measure of the angle.

Humuhumu
Draw the following:
1. 97 degree angle
2. 33 degree angle
3. 141 degree angle
4. 35 degree angle

Opihi
1. Draw one acute angle.
2. Draw one right angle.
3. Draw two obtuse angles.
4. Measure the acute angle and write down how many degrees it is.

Manini
1. Draw one acute angle and measure it.
2. Draw one right angle.
3. How many degrees is in a right angle?
3. Draw one obtuse angle and measure it.

ALL GROUPS
When you are finished you may play the Anti-Homework game! Use your protractor or estimate the measure of the angles. Be careful - you must be very precise to keep playing! Click HERE to play!

Friday, October 17

Part 1
Aweoweo: Use your protractor to draw 2 acute, 2 right, and 2 obtuse angles. How did you make sure the angles were acute, right, or obtuse?

When you are finished, go to Part 2.

Humuhumu: Use your protractor to draw 1 acute, 1 right, and 1 obtuse angle. What is the difference between an acute and an obtuse angle?

When you are finished, go to Part 2.

Opihi/Manini: Use your protractor to draw 1 acute, 1 right, and 1 obtuse angle.

When you are finished, go to Part 2.

Part 2 - All Groups!

Math & Science Family Fun Night!

Aloha, parents! Just wanted to let you all know about a very special event that is coming up in November at Wheeler Middle School.

Math & Science Family Fun Night
November 19, 2008
5:00 - 7:30 PM, WMS Cafeteria

The registration forms will be distributed in math classes on October 20 and are due back to the teachers by October 24. We hope to see you at this exciting and engaging event - fun for the entire family!

Thursday, October 16

Aweoweo

1. Draw three acute angles in your Math Notes book.
2. Draw two right angles in your Math Notes book.
3. Draw two obtuse angles in your Math Notes book.
4. What is the difference between the acute and the obtuse angles?
5. Click HERE. "Skip Intro." Under "Teacher Controls, click "Make and Measure." Record your answers in your Math Notes book.

Humuhumu

1. Draw two acute angles in your Math Notes book.
2. Draw one right angle in your Math Notes book.
3. Draw two obtuse angles in your Math Notes book.
4. What is the difference between the right angle and the obtuse angles?
5. Click HERE. "Skip Intro." Under "Teacher Controls, click "Make and Measure." Record your answers here.

Opihi-Koele

1. Draw an angle.
2. Was your angle acute, right, straight, obtuse, or reflex? Why?
3. Click here. Record how many you got correct in your Math Notes book.


Manini

1. Click here. Record how many you got correct in your Math Notes book.

Quarter 2: Bigger, Stronger, Faster!

Fall Break is over and we're ready for the challenge of Quarter 2!

Homework, Week of October 13

Monday, October 13: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, October 14: NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, October 15: Check your account balance. Check all of your computations.
Thursday, October 16: Angles I Worksheet
Friday, October 17: Angles II Worksheet

Fantastic Contraption

Aweoweo/Humuhumu: I Can #4 & 5, Finish Round 1 & Complete Round 2
Opihi: I Can #6, Round 1

After you have finished, todays Math Exercise is VERY fun!

Click HERE to start. You will complete a tutorial, then start playing the game.

Friday, September 26

T.G.I.F.!

Homework: Finish Worksheet
Sign Up on Engrade.com

Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework

Skill 2: Practice Worksheet

Remember...to find the MEAN, you add and divide!

Wednesday, September 17

Aweoweo

• Do "I Can Practice #4 & 5" Round 1, Problems 1-6
• Check your Round 1 answers
• Re-work the problems you got wrong
• If you finish early, click here to play a math game.

Humuhumu

• Try these two problems
• Write them in your Math Notes composition book
• If you finish early, click here to play a math game.

Opihi/Manini

• Click Here to play a math game.


• Write down your scores in your composition notebook.

Finding the Mean

Monday, September 15, 2008

Opihi

• Complete these problems in your Math Notes composition book:
  

1. 2300 - 1600
2. 137 - 63
3. 496 - 397
4. 1872 - 987
5. What is the place value of 394?
6. What digit is in the THOUSANDS place for 796,438?

• If you finish, click here to play a math game.
  

Manini

• Complete these problems in your Math Notes composition book:
  

1. 2300 - 1600
2. 137 - 63
3. 496 - 397
4. 1872 - 987
5. What is the place value of 394?
6. What digit is in the THOUSANDS place for 796,438?

• If you finish, click here to play a math game.
  

Aweoweo

• Click "I Can Practice #3"
• Complete Round 1 in Math Notes composition book.
  
• Check your work (scroll to bottom of page)
  
• If you finish, you can click here and play a math game.
  

Humuhumu

• Click "I Can Practice #3"
• Complete Round 1 in Math Notes composition book.
  
• Check your work (scroll to bottom of page)
  
• If you finish, you can click here and play a math game.
  

Ms. Moretti's Math Calendar

Homework Week of September 15

Monday
Aweoweo & Humuhumu: Page 400, 10-13
Opihi & Manini: Page 406, 1-4

Tuesday
Aweoweo & Humuhumu: Page 400, 14-16
Opihi & Manini: Page 406, 7-10

Wednesday
Aweoweo & Humuhumu: Page 399, 1-4
Opihi & Manini: Page 407, 27-30

Thursday
Aweoweo & Humuhumu: Page 399, #5 Only
Opihi & Manini: Page 399, #5 Only

Friday
Aweoweo & Humuhumu: Page 403, 43-45
Opihi & Manini: Page 403, 43-45

Stem and Leaf AND Data Collection

All Groups - Complete this activity!
Then, write THREE sentences summarizing what you learned in your MATH NOTES composition book. You need to do this to earn a CHECK on your MathPort.

Homework, Week of September 8

Monday:
Aweoweo/Humuhumu: Page 400, 10-13
Opihi-Koele: Page 402, 1-6
Tuesday:
All Groups: Page 381, 1-3
Wednesday:
All Groups: Page 381, 4-7
Thursday:
All Groups: Page 381, 8-10
Friday
No School!

The Place Value Pirates (Opihi & Others)

The Opihi group is working on Place Value.

Click HERE for a sweet PIRATE game!

Mean, Median, and Mode

Benchmark 6.12.1 Determine and interpret measures of center (mean, median, mode) of a data set and explain what each measure indicates about the data set.



If you get done early, you may visit this educational math site by clicking here. You must stay on this site and play mathematics games.

Week of September 2

Short week this week! I hope everyone had a relaxing and fun Labor Day weekend. Here is this week's homework:

Tuesday, September 2: Page 10, 1-10 (REWRITE the problems, you do not have to solve!)
Wednesday, September 3: Page 21, 1-3
Thursday, September 4: Page 31, 1-5
Friday, September 5: Page 31-32, 6-12

Posting Drought is Over

Many apologies for the past 20 days - somehow, there have been NO POSTS!

Never fear, the posting is back - in a big way!

Homework: Page 372, #1-3

This HW assignment requires you to find the MEAN. Need help? Check out the voicethread below.

P.S. Can't hear the audio clearly? Think the explanation is confusing? Leave a comment or send an e-mail to Ms. M - feedback will make this site better and more useful to the students and parents!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Tonight's Homework: Mathathon Worksheet

Note: If students have questions they cannot answer, they can come to Ms. M's room from 7 - 7:35 AM each morning for tutoring/homework assistance.

Today we had 83% of students turn in their homework. Not bad, but we are shooting for a 100% turn-in rate! Whenever all of the students turn in homework, every student in the class receives $20 in Moretti Money.

Tuesday, August 6

HW: Finish Multiplication Worksheet.
NO CALCULATOR!!!*

*If it's your second attempt, you can use a calculator if your parent allows you to.

Parents, a letter went home today on a YELLOW sheet with my contact information. Please call or e-mail me with any questions!

-Ms. M.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Today we will be reviewing procedures and principles of mathematics.

Homework:

• Finish Multiplication Worksheet (if needed)
• Complete Word Problems Sheet (review)
  

Reminder: School Pictures for 6th Graders are on THURSDAY, August 7 through the Social Studies classes. Students received picture information in their homeroom classes.

Welcome to Sixth Grade! 2008-09 School Year

Welcome to the 6th Grade! I am very excited for a productive year. Through hard work, dedication, and determination, we will make academic gains in math class. See you in class!

I will be using this website to inform parents of our progress and as a resource for students to use as a review. Explore the links on the right side of the page for practice problems and VoiceThreads.

I Can Computation

Click here to practice your computation skills!

1. Select addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or mixed.
2. Select visual, easy, medium, or hard.
3. Select "Play Game."
4. Select "1 minute."
5. Play game and record the following:
Date
Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Division/Mixed
Level: Visual/Easy/Medium/Hard
Rating: Poor/Fair/Good/Very Good/Excellent/Outstanding!

I Can Do Sixth Grade Math

I Can! Check List
6th GRADE MATH: WE CAN!

Quarter 1
1. I can find the mean, median, and mode of a set of numbers.
2. I can read and create a stem and leaf plot.
3. I can use data to make predictions and learn info about a group of numbers.
4. I can complete missing values in an input/output table.
5. I can analyze an input/output table to find the rule of the table.
6. I can read, construct, and answer questions about bar graphs.
7. I can read, construct, and answer questions about line graphs.
8. I can read, construct, and answer questions about circle graphs.

Quarter 2
9. I can construct angles of a given type (i.e., acute, right) or measure.
10. I can prove that two shapes are congruent.
11. I can describe shapes with line symmetry and draw lines of symmetry.
12. I can describe shapes with rotational symmetry & state degree of symmetry.
13. I can construct 2-D representations (top, side, front) of a 3-D shape.
14. I can plot coordinates [example: (-2, 2) (4, 4)] on a graph.
15. I can predict the points formed by coordinates on a coordinate plane.

Quarter 3
16. I can find the greatest common factor of two or more numbers.
17. I can find the least common multiple of two or more numbers.
18. I can break down non-prime numbers into prime numbers (factorization).
19. I can find numbers that are divisible by other numbers.
20. I can define and give examples of prime numbers.
21. I can compare and order fractions.
22. I can compare and order decimals.
23. I can compare and order percents.
24. I can compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents.
25. I can add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
26. I can add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
27. I can multiply and divide fractions.
28. I can add and subtract decimals.
29. I can multiply and divide decimals.
30. I can convert fractions into decimals and percents.
31. I can convert decimals into fractions and percents.
32. I can convert percents into fractions and decimals.
33. I can determine when it is appropriate to estimate or compute exact answer.
34. I can find the probability of simple events.
35. I can find the probability of simple compound events.

Quarter 4
36. I can estimate the area and circumference of a circle.
37. I can find the area and perimeter of regular polygons.
38. I can find the area and perimeter of complex polygons.
39. I can solve algebraic equations for a single variable.
40. I can interpret and solve algebraic equations involving two variables.

Under the Sea Assessment Program

The Under the Sea Assessment Program is designed for students to enhance their value of hard work, independent practice, and self-initiative. Look on this site in the coming weeks for sixth grade math problems, answer keys, activities, and practice tests. With all of us working together, we are sure to find success in the 'slimy sea' of Sixth Grade Math!