Weekly Math Homework Help - 6th grade
Drop in after school to get help on your math homework.
Monday 2:30 - 3:05 pm, Ms. Fairfield (Room 125)
Wednesday 2:30 - 3:15 pm, Ms. Fairfield (Room 125)
Thursday 2:30 - 3:15 pm, Ms. Vandever (Room 123)
Thursday 2:20 - 3:30 pm, Mrs. Wilcox (Room 211)
Binder Buddies
Get help with organizing your binder and backpack. AVID students will help you clear away stuff you don’t need, and then sort, organize and repack everything!
Monday 2:20 - 2:50 pm, Ms. Morris (Room 121)
ONLINE GAME AND INTERACTIVE SITES
Try out these interactive Probability Websites. Just copy and paste the web address in your browser.
Probability Game http://www.math-play.com/Probability-Game.html
That Quiz http://www.thatquiz.org/tq-d/math/probability/
Fish Tank (Try Levels 1, 2, and/or 3)http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html
Interactive Spinner http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BasicSpinner/
Experimental Probability
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ExpProbability/
Racing Game with Two Dice http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RacingGameWithTwoDie/
Probability Videos http://www.neok12.com/Probability.htm
Careers that use Basic Probability http://www.xpmath.com/careers/topicsresult.php?subjectID=1&topicID=8
Probability Simulations http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS at the KHAN ACADEMY!
1) Finding Factors
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/factors-multiples/v/finding-factors-of-a-number
2) Prime factorization
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/factors-multiples/v/prime-factorization
3) Greatest Common Divisor (Factor)
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/factors-multiples/v/greatest-common-divisor
Math Playground: This site provides practice in finding prime factorization of numbers using factor trees. Try the one that focusing on only 1 number.
http://www.mathplayground.com/factortrees.html
AAA Math: This site gives a description of factors and then at the middle of the website, in a blue box, you can practice finding factors of numbers. See how many you can do in one minute!
http://www.aaamath.com/g8_66fx1.htm
This is the same website as above, but now you can practice finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of two numbers.
http://www.aaamath.com/fra66gx2.htm
Math-Play.Com: The questions in this game focus on concepts of factors, multiples, prime factorization, GCF, and LCM.
http://www.math-play.com/Factors-and-Multiples-Jeopardy/Factors-and-Multiples-Jeopardy.html
This game is a fun way practicing problems about factors and divisibility.
http://www.math-play.com/Factors-Millionaire/Factors-Millionaire.html
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, parent, or principal. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge. You may need to set up an account and create a login to view the videos. If so, ask your parent for help.
The list below targets the 6th grade math standards. Go to the Khan Academy website and review the various math topics in this list. Select a few videos to view. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long and set up for viewing on your computer.
Arithmetic and Pre-Algebra
- Negative numbers
- Order of operations
- Factors and multiples
- Fractions
- Percents
- Ratios and proportions (basic)
ALGEBRAIC THINKING
Practice your algebraic thinking skills by trying these online games:
- Model Algebra Equations
Here are some other ongoing ways to practice your math.
Basic fact practice: By middle school, students should know there basic facts – adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing for 0-12. Use flashcards, card games, or internet games to practice basic facts. My favorite website for basic fact practice is A+Math found here:
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/
Common Fractions, Decimals, and Percents: Use flashcards or another method to memorize common fractions, decimals and percents for 1/2’s, 1/3’s, 1/4's, 1/5’s, 1/8’s, and 1/10’s.
Math in daily life: Take notice of times that you see math that we have learned in 6th grade in your daily life. For example, gaining yards and losing yard in football relates to adding and subtracting integers; finding a tip at a restaurant; finding the cost for one unit when items are sold together.
Practice the released 6th CST questions: Each year in May students take the California Standards Test in Math and Language Arts. Practicing the released questions helps you to know how the questions will be asked and what kinds of questions will appear. Google “6th grade released CST questions math” to find the released questions.
Learn something new: There are a lot of videos online that you can watch to learn a new math topic. You can ask an older family member to teach you something.
SuccessMaker: Students can use SuccessMaker to practice English Language Arts and Mathematics targeted to their level. CCMS students should be able to access the program using their school ID number. The website is:
http://smcentral.ccusd.org
Review what you’ve learned: Look over your notes and make sure that you know everything that has been covered so far this year. Our major topics are integers, percents, proportions, rates, fractions, factors, and probability.