Monday, Dec. 11th -- Choose any 10 fractions.  For each, without your calculator, predict what decimal you'll get by dividing its numerator by its denominator.  Then use your calculator to divide.  Explain why it makes sense for the fraction and decimal to relate for three of the fractions you choose.  If you find any you can't explain, mark them to discuss with the class.

Tuesday, Dec. 12th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 53 #5-13
• Workbook p. 54 #20-23

Wednesday, Dec. 13th -- no homework

Thursday, Dec. 14th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 55-56 #1-12, 14, 23
• Workbook p. 55-56 #14-23

Friday, Dec. 15th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 59-60 #1-5, 10, 11, 15
• Workbook p. 59-60 #11-18

 Dear Newspaper Staff,

Please leave any comments below related to how we should publish the newspaper.  How could we create a print version?  What about an internet version?  Should we have both?  Does it make sense to create 2 divisions?

Thanks!

Ms. Michael

Dear Newspaper Staff,

Here are the ideas we have had so far for the name of our school paper.  Please leave your comments/ideas below.  Next Friday, I will send out a survey so that we can pick a name.  

Potential Names:

• Informer
• Brooklyn Prospect Piggy Paper
• Prospector
• Brooklyn Prospect Perspective
• Prospect Perspective
• Nuggets
• Brooklyn Prospect Nuggets
• Citrus Lemon Paper
• Lemon Paper

Potential Mascots:

• Caterpillar on leaf
• Leaf
• Lemming
• Prospector
• Puma
• Panther
• Piggy

Thanks!

Ms. Michael

 Dear Newspaper Staff,

Please leave a comment in response to this post with a more detailed idea of what you might like to write about or take pictures of for our first edition of the paper.  You may also respond to other students' comments if you would like to build off of their ideas.

Thanks!

Ms. Michael

 Monday, Dec. 7th -- Choose one:

• Textbook p. 178-179 #11-15, 42, 43 (Explain your answer to #43 in two complete sentences!)
• Textbook p. 180 #45 and 46 (Explain your answers to #45 and #46 in two complete sentences!)

Tuesday, Dec. 8th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 49 #1-6, 9
• Algebraic Thinking Sheet

Wednesday, Dec. 9th -- no homework

Thursday, Dec. 10th --  Choose one:

• Workbook p. 51 #1, 2, 7, 8, 10 (Draw each and write as a mixed number or improper fraction.)
• Workbook p. 51 #1-12, optional challenge #15

Monday, Nov. 30th -- Puzzle Sheet

Tuesday, Dec. 1st -- Comparing Pairs (you may take home a fraction kit to use as you complete these problems.

Wednesday, Dec. 2nd -- No homework

Thursday, Dec. 3rd -- Workbook p. 45-46 #1-4, 8, 11, 20-22

Friday, Dec. 4th -- Puzzle Sheet

Monday, Nov. 23rd -- Puzzle Sheet (in packet)

Tuesday, Nov. 24th -- Puzzle Sheet (in packet)

Wednesday, Nov. 25th -- Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Monday, Nov. 16th -- Measurement Puzzle Sheet 

Tuesday, Nov. 17th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 25-26 #1-17
• Estimating Metric Measurement HW Sheet

Wednesday, Nov. 18th -- No homework

Thursday, Nov. 19th --Conversions Homework Sheet

Friday, Nov. 20th -- Quiz on Metric Measurement in class

HW:  Chapter 2 Review Sheet

  Here are some more fun decimal games that you can play online!

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Monday, Nov. 9th -- Multiplication Algorithms Reflection Sheet

Tuesday, Nov. 10th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 19 #1-3 and #13-15
• Workbook p. 19 #13-15 and p. 20 #18-20

Wednesday, Nov. 11th -- NO SCHOOL for Veteran's Day

Thursday, Nov. 12th -- Review for your quiz by completing the Quiz Review Sheet.  

(Check your answers here.)

Friday, Nov. 13th -- Quiz on Adding, Subtracting and Multiplying Decimals

• HW:  Puzzle Sheet 

 This web site has some fun activities with number lines to build number sense and estimation skills.  Check it out!

 Monday, Nov. 2nd -- Decimal Number Lines Worksheet

Tuesday, Nov. 3rd -- NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, Nov. 4th -- Quiz on Writing, Comparing, Ordering and Rounding Decimals

Thursday, Nov. 5th -- Workbook p. 18 # 19-24, and estimate answers to #25-37 

Friday, Nov. 6th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 17 # 1-9
• Workbook p. 17 # 10-18

Monday, Oct. 26th -- Choose one:

• Write one paragraph describing the strategy that you used in class today (at least 8 sentences)
• Cover the Whole Reflection Sheet

 Tuesday, Oct. 27th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 15 #2-16 even
• Create a decimal number line from 0 to 1.  Include 15 decimals on your number line.  

Wednesday, Oct. 28th -- no homework

Thursday, Oct. 29th -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 16 #17-24
• Rounding Challenge Problems 

Friday, Oct. 30th -- Puzzle Sheet

6th Grade HW for Oct. 19th to Oct. 23rd

Monday -- Choose one:

• Workbook p. 9 #1-16
• Workbook p. 10 #17-22 

Tuesday/Wednesday (due Thursday for all students):

• Workbook p. 11 #5-12   Note:  you must find area and perimeter for each figure. 

Thursday -- Study for unit test!

• Complete the Chapter 1 Test #1,2, 5-9, 11-14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23.  Show your work on lined paper and check your answers using the answer sheet on the back of the weekly HW sheet. 

Friday -- Decimal Operations Pre-Test (Note:  Please complete this on your own.  If you don't understand a problem, write a note saying, "I haven't seen this yet," or " I don't remember this." 

 In class today and tomorrow, students are working on encrypting messages using a multiplicative cipher.  In class, we used a multiplicative key of 3.  To decode a message created with this key, you would follow the same procedure but would multiply by 9 instead of by 3.  What do you think the strengths of this encoding system are?  Were there any letters that it didn't change?  Can you see why that is?

If you want to try encoding more messages at home, the website was www.cryptoclub.math.uic.edu.   Happy encrypting!

Tuesday -- Create a card for your parent for parent night.  You can decorate the card anyway you choose, but it must have the following:

• Front -- Write your parent's name in large letters.
• Inside -- Write a nice greeting and then make up a challenge problem for your parent to solve. 
• Back -- Explain the solution to the challenge problem using words and/or symbols.

Thursday -- Cumulative Practice #2-12 odd, #14-17.  Show your work on lined paper.

Friday -- Puzzle sheet

Monday, October 5th -- Workbook p. 4 #9-17 ... Read more

 All assignments subject to change based on what happens in class!
Tuesday, Sept. 29th -- 1st day of Mock State Test in class.  HW:  Pre-Test for Chapter 1
Wednesday, Sept. 30th -- 2nd day of Mock State Test in class.  No homework.
Thursday, Oct. 1st -- HW:  Workbook p. 1 #2-12 even
Friday, Oct. 2nd -- HW:  Workbook p. 3 #1-8 all.  Organize your work like we did in class.
 

Some of you have noticed the freerice.com web page that is up on the computer at the back of my and Mr. Cetrulo's rooms.  Free rice is a web site through which you can answer math and other questions.  For each correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program.  For math, there is a basic math section that has pre-algebra questions and a multiplication facts section that is great for practicing your facts.  Check it out at www.freerice.com!
 

 All assignments subject to change based on what happens in class!
 
Monday, Sept. 21st -- First draft of 1-2 paragraphs for Profile of a Brooklyn Prospect Student project.
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All assignments subject to change based on what happens in class!

Monday, Sept. 14^th / Tuesday, Sept. 15^th - Workbook p. 29 #2-7 (find the mode and range only) ... Read more

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In Japan, students go to school 243 out of 365 days per year.  The average school year in the United States is about 180 days -- 63 days shorter than in Japan!  On Thursday night, you had a choice of graphs to make, and  many of you choose to graph the length of the school year in a variety of countries.  Click here to see a model graph.   ... Read more

"Random" means having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.  That said, Brooklyn Prospect students know that there is a definite pattern when people are asked to choose a "random" number between 1 and 10 (or between 1 and 20 or 1 and 100).  Did any students get a chance to try our ... Read more

  All assignments subject to change based on what happens in class!  

Our first unit of the year will be on working with data, and we will be using graph paper regularly. Did you know that you can create your own graph ... Read more