Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of March 8, 2010

ISAT testing will take place this week.  Proper rest and a good breakfast will be very important this week.  Please schedule this week’s activities to guarantee that your student goes to bed early each night, and eats a good breakfast each morning.  Finally, please make sure that your student comes to school on time each day during testing. 

Due to our testing schedule I will not see Room 302 until Wednesday when testing is over.  On Wednesday we will resume our normal schedule and continue studying Unit 5.  This week we plan to cover lessons 5.2 and 5.3 which focus on finding missing angles in triangles and quadrangles.  There will NOT be a quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of March 2, 2010

ISAT testing will take place this week.  Proper rest and a good breakfast will be very important this week.  Please schedule this week’s activities to guarantee that your student goes to bed early each night, and eats a good breakfast each morning.  Finally, please make sure that your student comes to school on time each day during testing. 

Due to our testing schedule I will not see room 302 this week.  As a result, no new material will be taught this week, and there will NOT be a quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of February 22, 2010

This week students will continue reviewing for next week’s ISAT assessment.  Specifically, students will review algebraic and geometric concepts.  In addition students will play ISAT jeopardy in preparation for next week’s assessment.  There will NOT be a quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of February 16, 2010

This week students will continue reviewing for our March assessment.  Specifically, students will review solving word problems and solving ratios.  In addition, students will continue Unit 5, and will review using Geometric principles to find missing angles.  There will be a brief quiz on Thursday covering the ISAT prep we have done this week and last.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of February 8, 2010

This week students will continue reviewing for our March assessment.  Specifically, students will review ordering fractions and recognizing the associative and commutative properties of multiplication and addition.  In addition, students will continue Unit 5, and will review using Geometric principles to find missing angles.  There will NOT be a quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of February 1, 2010

This week students will begin reviewing in earnest for our March assessment.  Specifically, students will review prime and composite numbers, ordering fractions and decimals, and exponential notation.  In addition, students will begin Unit 5, and will review drawing and measuring angles.  There will be a brief quiz on Friday reviewing what we cover this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of January 25, 2010

This week students will complete Unit 4, and review for the Unit 4 test on Thursday.  Specifically, students will work on finding percents of numbers as they work to calculate sale prices of items.  In addition, students will continue converting fractions into percent and decimal form.  In preparation for the test, students should review adding, subtracting, and multiplying mixed numbers and fractions.  The Unit 4 test will be on Thursday.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of January 18, 2010

This week students will continue converting fractions into percent and decimal form.  In addition, students will review making circle graphs of the data they convert.  Students will take a quiz on Thursday reviewing what was covered this week and last.  In addition, students will be given their ISAT prep books as we begin preparing for the March assessment.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of January 11, 2010

This week students will continue with our studies of Pre-Algebra.  Specifically students will continue exploring fractions, and how they work algebraically.  This week, students will continue studying how to multiply fractions and mixed numbers.  In addition, students will review converting fractions into percent and decimal form.  Students will also take the Learning First Winter Benchmark Assessment.  There will NOT be a quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of January 4, 2010

Happy New Year!!

This week students will continue with our studies of Pre-Algebra.  Specifically students will continue exploring fractions, and how they work algebraically.  This week, students will work on multiplying fractions and mixed numbers.  In addition, students will review converting fractions into percent and decimal form.

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of December 14, 2009

This week students will continue with our studies of Pre-Algebra.  Specifically students will begin exploring fractions, and solving for unknown numerators and denominators.  There will be no quiz or test this week.  I wish everyone a safe and wonderful holiday season!

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of December 7, 2009

 I am asking for donations of boxes of Kleenex.  Any donations will be greatly appreciated!

This week students will continue studying Pre-Algebra.  Specifically students continue turning verbal math sentences into Algebraic expressions.  In addition, students will begin learning how formulas are derived, and work to evaluate the formulas.  As usual, there will be a brief quiz on Thursday reviewing what we cover this week.

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of November 30, 2009

I am asking for donations of boxes of Kleenex.  Any donations will be greatly appreciated!

This week students will begin Pre-Algebra.  Specifically students will begin turning verbal math sentences into Algebraic expressions.  Students will also turn general patterns into Algebraic expressions.  In addition, students will begin learning how formulas are derived, and work to evaluate the formulas.  There will be a brief quiz on Thursday reviewing what we cover this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of November 23, 2009

Due to the short nature of this week, students will review their Learning First test booklets from earlier this fall.  Students will review concepts which will return this March on the ISAT.  In addition, students will review last week’s Unit 2 math test.  There will NOT be a math quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of November 16, 2009

 This week students will review all of Unit 2 in preparation for Thursday’s Math test.  Specifically, students should review reading and writing large and small numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals, along with scientific and exponential notation.  A study packet will be sent home, so please assist your student in studying for Thursday’s Unit 2 test. 

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of November 9, 2009

 This week students will begin using calculators for scientific and exponential notation.  In addition, students will continue practicing long division.  There will be a quiz on Thursday covering what we have studied thus far in Unit 2.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of November 2, 2009

 This week students will review scientific and exponential notation.  In addition, students will review long division.  There will NOT be a quiz this week.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of October 26, 2009

This week students will practice multiplying by powers of 10, and will review multiplying with decimals.  In addition, students will review long division.  There will be a brief quiz on Thursday covering what we practice this week.

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

  Math Weekly Overview for the week of October 19, 2009 

This week students will continue to practice naming and writing very large and very small numbers.  In addition, they will review adding and subtracting decimals and multiplying by powers of 10.  There will be a brief quiz on Thursday covering what we practice this week.

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of October 12, 2009

This week, we plan to begin Unit 2, which focuses on exponential, and scientific notation.  In addition, it reviews multiplication and division of decimals.  This week, we plan to cover lessons 2.1 – 2.2, which focus on naming and writing very large and very small numbers.  There will NOT be a quiz this week.

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of October 5, 2009

 This week students will finish studying our first unit of the year, and prepare for Friday’s math test.  Specifically students will study ways to persuade people to different belief sets by displaying data in different ways.  Students will also study how using different types of samples can also lead people to different beliefs.  Students will then review all of Unit 1 in preparation for Friday’s Unit test.

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of September 28, 2009

This week in math students will finish working in Unit 1.  Specifically students will finish reviewing ways to display data and study ways to persuade people to different belief sets by displaying data in different ways.  Students will also study how using different types of samples can also lead people to different beliefs.

In addition to studying persuasive data, students will also examine representative and biased samples, and learn to identify the difference between the two.  There will be a brief math quiz on Thursday, covering what we study this week. 

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

Sincerely,

Ms. Webb

Room 307 Math Weekly Overview for the week of September 21, 2009

To: Sixth Grade Students and Parents

From:  Ms. Webb

This week in math students will continue working in Unit 1 and reviewing how to display data, as well as Statistical Landmarks.  Specifically students will complete lessons 1.6 – 1.8 and learn how to make broken line and step graphs.  Students will also continue reviewing all of their Statisitical Landmarks.  There will be a brief math quiz on Thursday, covering what we study this week.  I am looking forward to meeting all of you this Wednesday at Open House, see you there!

 If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at:  <a href="mailto:mmwebb@cps.edu">mmwebb@cps.edu</a> or call me at (773)535-0970.

 Sincerely,

Ms. Webb