Along with SPIRIT WEEK (see post below), this week includes a unit test in math, their first substitute in 6th grade, and a quiz on two standards in social studies.... First, the quiz on Friday in social studies will cover the first two standards: SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela. Students have been locating the features of Latin America in class using several different types of maps, and the maps are in their social studies binder to use to study. I am also reattaching the two PPTS used in class for these standards. Other sites to offer practice are: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm#.Uj9Y9b7D_IU http://www.freeworldmaps.net
In math, unit 1 is finally coming to an end! The students will practice some more this week on the areas that I have identified as weaknesses, finish correcting any assignments from unit 1, and study with partners/groups in class. The standards on this test will include:
MCC6.NS.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, debits/credits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real‐world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation. MCC6.NS.6 Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number. MCC6.NS.6a Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself, e.g., –(–3) = 3, and that 0 is its own opposite. MCC6.NS.6b Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize that when two ordered pairs differ only by signs, the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes. MCC6.NS.6c Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane. MCC6.NS.7 Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers. MCC6.NS.7a Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram. MCC6.NS.7b Write, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real‐world contexts. MCC6.NS.7c Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real‐world situation. MCC6.NS.7d Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than –30 dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars. MCC6.NS.8 Solve real‐world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. I am excited for the students to show me what they have learned! :-) Finally, I will be out Wednesday attending the Georgia Charter Schools Association Conference. I look forward to attending multiple presentations and learning all I can to share with my colleagues upon my return. Additionally, I am so proud of our very own staff presenting at this conference: Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Caro, and Mrs. Engleson! WOOHOO! That being said, this means there will be a substitute in the classroom. Please remind your child to continue their excellent behavior and engaging attitude while I am out! :-)
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