Percent of a Number

Today we introduced a way to model finding percents of numbers.  This image shows a drawing we did to find out what 25% of $32 is.  We drew a bar to represent 100% (top one) and a bar to represent $32.  Then we saw that there are 4 groups of 25% in 100%.  So we divided the $32 bar into 40 groups.  Therefore each group would be $8.  So, 25% of $32 is $8.

Check out the drawing below!

We also discussed a way to solve the problems by setting up ratios.  Here is a problem we had in class and below are some students' methods used to solve the problem.  Notice the ones that use a "%/100 = is/of" strategy!  

Journal for Math Workshop

During Math Workshop on Monday & Tuesday, the journal station will be electronic!  Go to this link to complete the online journal.

When you are finished, play any of these games on the iPAD.
The Golden Path
Zoo Designer
Speed Math - You must choose multiplication or division
Pizza Order Fractions
Fraction America

Thank you for staying on task!

Quiz Wednesday!

We will have a quiz over direct proportions on Wednesday.  Students may use any strategy for their quiz problems (drawing it out, double number line, make a table/chart, or find equivalent ratios or fractions).  Today we did a Scavenger Hunt activity and students have those problems and answers to use as a study sheet for the quiz.  Please ask Mrs. Springer if you have any questions about the quiz.  Have a great day!

Problem Solving Day!

On Monday we had a problem solving day where students were given the following image and needed to determine what fraction of the whole quadrilateral each piece was.

Students did a great job preserving through the problem solving!  Ask your sixth grader to tell you how he/she could find the solution to our problem solving task! 

Social Studies Quiz

Happy October!

Students in 6K have a Social Studies quiz on Friday over the 17 terms in the Introduction.  These words can be found in their textbook on pages 6-13.  Students also wrote the terms and definitions in their 3-subject notebooks.  An interactive way to study would be to review the terms on quizlet. Families may create their own login and ask to be added to the "TVMS 6th Grade" class to see our sets.  Or, if you don't have a login, you can use our generic login below to access sets for Literature, Science, and Social Studies.  

Login:  TVMS6thgrader
Password:  govikings