Sixth Grade Syllabus		1st Quarter
				Text: Middle Grades Math Course1
WK		Date		Topic		Assignment *
1		19-Aug		Intros & Overview & Scientific Notation		Handout + Read 1-1 + intro prob
		20-Aug		Ch 1  Displaying Data		Pg 6 # 1-30
		21-Aug		Making a Table		Pg 9 #2-14 Even
		22-Aug		Mean, Median, and Mode		Pg 14 #1-42
2		25-Aug		Project		Questions
		26-Aug		Spreadsheets		Pg 20 #1-33
		27-Aug		Reading Graphs		Pg 24 #2-20 Even
		28-Aug		Project		Compile data
		29-Aug		Building Graphs		Pg 29 #1-33
3		1-Sep		Off Labor Day
		2-Sep		Other Methods of Display		Pg 32 #1-7 All
		3-Sep		Misleading Graphs		Pg 34 #1-27
		4-Sep		Review		Study Guide
		5-Sep		Test		Read 2-1 and problems
4		8-Sep		Chapter 2 Patterns and Number Sense		Pg 46 #1-30
		9-Sep		Finding a Pattern		Pg 49 #2-14 Even
		10-Sep		Bucket Project
		11-Sep		Order of Operations		Pg 53 # 1-48
		12-Sep		"		Pg 54 #1-8 All
5		15-Sep		Variables and Expressions		Pg 58 #1-42
		16-Sep		Writing Variable Expressions		Pg 63 #1-45
		17-Sep		Subtracting with Zero		Pg 65 #2-24 Even
		18-Sep		Modeling Equations w/ + & -		Pg 68 #1-30
		19-Sep		"		Pg 69 #33-54
6		22-Sep		Multiplying Whole Numbers		Pg 71 # 1-39
		23-Sep		Modeling Equations w/ * & /		Pg 74 #1-48
		24-Sep		Chapter Wrap Up		Pg 79 #1-36
		25-Sep		Review		Study Guide
		26-Sep		Test		Read Chapter 3-1
7		29-Sep		Chapter 3 Exploring Decimal Models		Pg 86 #1-45
		30-Sep		Reading and Writing Whole #'s and Dec		Pg 90 #1-48
		1-Oct		Comparing and Ordering Decimals		Pg 94 #1-33
		2-Oct		Guess and Test		Pg 97 #2-18 Even
		3-Oct		Modeling the Add and Sub of Dec		Pg 101 #1-42
8		6-Oct		Rounding Whole Numbers		Pg 103 #1-28 Even
		7-Oct		Rounding and Estimating Data		Pg 106 #1-39
		8-Oct		Adding and Subtracting Decimals		Pg. 110 #1-42
		9-Oct		Speadsheets and Bank Statements		Pg 112 #1-4 All
		10-Oct		Off / Professional Development
9		13-Oct		Metrics		Pg 115 #1-33
		14-Oct		"		Pg 120 #1-42
		15-Oct		Measuring Elapsed Time		Pg 125 #1-33
		16-Oct		Review		Study Guide/ Pg 131 #1-10 All
		17-Oct		Test		Read Ch 4-1
	*	Note: all assignments are for every third problem for example 1, 4, 7, 10 etc.
		unless otherwise specified.  Also it is understood that in preparation
		for the next day the student is to read the next section and do any/all
		practice problems contain in the text.
				2nd Quarter
1		21-Oct
		22-Oct
		23-Oct
		24-Oct
		25-Oct
2		27-Oct
		28-Oct
		29-Oct
		30-Oct
		31-Oct
3		3-Nov		Changing Metrics
		4-Nov		Election Day Off
		5-Nov		Quiz/Remediation
		6-Nov		Review
		7-Nov		Test
4		10-Nov		Divisibility
		11-Nov		Factor Trees
		12-Nov		Greatest Common Factor
		13-Nov		Using Fraction Models
		14-Nov		Equivalent Fractions
5		17-Nov		Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
		18-Nov		Least Common Multiple
		19-Nov		Comparing and Ordering Fractions
		20-Nov		Fractions and Decimals
		21-Nov		Working Backwards
6		24-Nov		Remediation Day
		25-Nov		Review
		26-Nov		Test
		27-Nov		Thanksgiving Off
		28-Nov		Day After Off
7		1-Dec		Ch 6 Estimating Sums and Differences
		2-Dec		Like Denominators
		3-Dec		Unlike Denominators
		4-Dec
		5-Dec
8		8-Dec		Immaculate Conception Off
		9-Dec
		10-Dec
		11-Dec
		12-Dec		Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
9		15-Dec		Remediation Day
		16-Dec		Changing Units in the Customary System
		17-Dec		Review
		18-Dec		Test
		19-Dec		No Class
10		5-Jan		Adding Mixed Numbers
		6-Jan		Subtracting Mixed Numbers
		7-Jan		Draw a Diagram
		8-Jan		Modeling the Multiplication of Fractions
		9-Jan		Multiplying Mixed Numbers
				3rd Quarter Topics
1		12-Jan		Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
		13-Jan		Changing Units in the Customary System
		14-Jan		Review
		15-Jan		Review
		16-Jan		Test
2		19-Jan		Off
		20-Jan		Ch 7 Ratios
		21-Jan		Unit Rates
		22-Jan		Proportions
		23-Jan		Simpler Problems
3		26-Jan		Scale Drawings
		27-Jan		Percents
		28-Jan		Percents, Fractions and Decimals
		29-Jan		Estimating with Percents
		30-Jan		Percent of a Number
4		2-Feb		Circle Graphs
		3-Feb		Review Test
		4-Feb		Ch 8 Geometry - Terms
		5-Feb		Angles
		6-Feb		Special Angles
5		9-Feb		Triangles
		10-Feb		Polygons
		11-Feb		Quadrilaterals
		12-Feb		Review
		13-Feb		Quiz
6		16-Feb		Off
		17-Feb		Logical Reasoning
		18-Feb		Congruency and Similarity
		19-Feb		Symmetry
		20-Feb		Circles
7		23-Feb		Transformations
		24-Feb		Review
		25-Feb		Test
		26-Feb		Ch 9 Area and Perimeter
		27-Feb		Rectangles
8		2-Mar		Triangles
		3-Mar		Gathering Data
		4-Mar		Circles
		5-Mar		The Third Dimension - Height
		6-Mar		Surface Area
9		9-Mar		Prisms
		10-Mar		Models
		11-Mar		Review
		12-Mar		Test
		13-Mar		Off
				Fourth Quarter Topics
				More Geometry Topics
				Integers and Graphing
				Probability