Opposite of Number

Today sixth graders are working with finding the opposite of a number.  Numbers that are opposites are the same distance from zero, but on different side of the number line.  For example, 4 and -4 are opposites because they are both 4 units from zero---positive four is the the right and negative four is to the left.  Another way to look at it is the opposite of -15 is 15.  

Check out this slide from learnzillion.com for more information.

Working with Integers

Today we worked with positive and negative integers in our real life.  He is a snapshot of a review we have done on the Smarboard to review terms that could indicate positive or negative numbers.  We have been looking at banking and sport examples!

Then we also worked on writing events as integers.  

We are also working on creating more in depth story contexts when given a set of integers. 

Rational Numbers Unit

Here are some videos to review our lessons about Rational Numbers Thursday and Friday...just in case you need a reminder at home this week!

Go to learnzillion.com and type in the following codes in any search field:

LZ480

LZ697

LZ698

LZ699

More Mesopotamia Links

Did you finish your webquest and are you looking for Mesopotamia links?  Well, look no further--here they are!  

Click and browse any of the links below!

University of Chicago Mesopotamia Interactive website

More about Mesopotamia 

Online Dig for Artifacts

The British Museum link about Mesopotamia

Cuneiform Digital Library


A Jeopardy Game to test what you know!

You can also go to Quizlet and study your Daily Geography terms for the quiz on Friday!

Mesopotamia Link

Looking for the link for the Mesopotamia Webquest?  Click here!

Viking Power Battleship Game

Here is the link to the battleship game we will play in Viking Power.  Have fun and good luck!

Order of Operations

Here is a link to the Order of Operations (or PEMDAS) rap we will listen to in class on Thursday.  This is something students find tricky in Study Island, so we had a mini lesson about it today.  Also, you can ask a sixth grader about the new app we used today!  Most of them found it very interesting!

Has your knowledge increased?  Students, click here to take a survey so we can be sure these problems won't trick us up anymore!  

Lastly, for homework, students had an option between two puzzles!

Percent Quiz Wednesday

We will have a Math quiz over Percents on Wednesday.  Students will have a review sheet with 8 problems on it that they will get back Tuesday.  If students can do these types of problems, they will be good to go for the quiz!  Please email Mrs. Springer with any questions.  

Here are a couple more of the "tricky" problems like #8 on the review.

Have a great week!

Percent of a Number Game!

On Tuesday and Wednesday, students had time to play a version of Monopoly with a different gameboard.  In order to be successful in this game, students had to solve percent expressions correctly.  Ask you child what properties he/she was able to purchase!