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6 TH GRADE October 16, 2017 Mrs. Muller Math/Science HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY CLASS… IN THIS ISSUE Math: Students are formally introduced to proportional reasoning with the building blocks of ratios, rates, and proportions. Students examine and distinguish between ratios and rates as they give examples of ratios as multiplicative comparisons of two quantities describing the same attribute and examples of rates as the comparison by division of two quantities having different attributes. Students extend previous work with representing percents using concrete models and fractions. Additionally, students are introduced to generating equivalent forms of fractions, decimals, and percents using ratios, including problems that involve money. Students solve and represent problem situations involving ratios and rates with scale factors, tables, graphs, and proportions. Students also represent real-world problems involving ratios and rates, including unit rates, while converting units within a measurement system. These representations allow students to develop a sense of covariation when using proportional reasoning to solve problems, which means they are able to determine and analyze how related quantities change together. Science: Students will be introduced to scientific processes are used to explore and understand a system. What makes a process scientific? In what ways can a system be scientifically examined? Which scientific processes are most appropriate when studying a system and why? Mark Your Calendar! October 18.............................. Afterschool Tutoring Begins 3:30-4:30 PM 23-27…. Red Ribbon Week 23……… Report Card Distribution Week 25…………. Early Release (Students Only) 26…. Parent/Teacher conference, 5- 7pm 31……… Story Book Parade Nucleation experimentation with Mentos and Coke.
