I am elated about teaching 6th grade math at CSD this school year. I wanted to introduce myself a little and give you some information about math in 6th grade.
First, I graduated from Meredith College (an undisclosed amount of years ago) with a B.S. in mathematics and a minor in education. I then taught high school math in Raleigh, Winston-Salem and Gastonia. While teaching in Gaston County, I was approached by a parent to pursue a job educating adults in the corporate world. After four years in corporate America, I found myself in a new and wonderful role, a mother. I stayed home with my children for three years, but I needed something to do with the long days. On a whim, I started teaching at my children's preschool. I ended up loving it and stayed for eight years. In 2008, we were in the process of moving and I started a search to find my son and daughter a new place of learning. This journey brought me to CSD. I love CSD and all that it represents.
Sixth grade math is full of a lot of great units. Here are some of the important highlights of the curriculum:
- Negative rational numbers
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- Addition and subtraction of non-negative rational numbers
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- Transformations in the coordinate plane
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- Equations and inequalities
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- Bar graphs and leaf plots
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- Multiplication and division of non-negative rational numbers
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As you can see, there is a lot to learn. While reviewing the standard course of study, I realized that having a good sense of fractions and decimals will be very important. I have included some websites below that give students some great instruction and practice with these concepts. Please use these websites to help your child review fractions and decimals. Providing practice will give your child a great start to our school year.
www.mathsisfun.com (Go under numbers. You can choose from the decimal menu or fraction menu. This website is great for guided instruction.)
www.mathplayground.com (Go to computation. There is a whole section on fractions and decimals.)
www.purplemath.com (This website has a wealth of help. You can explore it all, but I like the "free online tutoring and lessons" section that lists a ton of helpful websites.)
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ (This website has a student help section. You can ask Dr. Math for instruction. If this link doesn't work directly, go to mathforum.com and go under the student section.)
I'm looking forward to a fun year of math.
- Shannon Davis (The kids call me Ms. Shannon)
sdavis@csdnc.org
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