6th Grade Math
Alice Drive Middle School
(803) 775-0821
Hillary Griffin – Extension 130 Patrick Shirah – Extension 146
I. Course Description
Math is a collection of skills students must learn and practice more than a subject to be taught. Students will be given the opportunity to practice skills and gain knowledge in the related areas that make up the math class. Skills and content will be taught and reviewed in context on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis.
II. Course Goals
In Grade 6, instructional time should focus on four critical areas: (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical thinking.
III. Curriculum Content
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Ratios and Proportional Relationships
• Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
The Number System
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
• Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
• Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Expressions and Equations
• Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
• Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
• Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
Geometry
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
Statistics and Probability
• Develop understanding of statistical variability.
• Summarize and describe distributions
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IV. Course Materials
A. Text: Math:Course1, Volume 1 & 2. Ohio: Glencoe, 2013.
B. Supplemental resources to support instruction can be found at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com. Use redemption code B1YS-634G-QD8O for book access at home!
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V. Grading Scale - Weighted Grading System has been determined by Sumter School District
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A = 90% - 100%
B = 80% - 89%
C = 70% - 79%
D = 60% - 69%
F = 0%- 59%
Major (Tests/Projects) 40%
Minor (Quizzes/Classwork/Participation) 50%
Homework 10%
Total 100%
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VI. Classroom Rules
The class rules are the same as the Alice Drive Middle School Rules:
· S.O.A.R. (Show respect, Obey the rules, Accept responsibility, Rise to excellence)
· Respect yourself and others.
· Be on time and come prepared.
· Follow all teacher instructions promptly.
· Be a responsible learner.
· Leave unnecessary items (including gum and candy) at home.
Students will be rewarded with positive recognition and rewards for adherence to the rules.
Except for severe infractions (which will result in immediate referral to the office) consequences for failing to follow school rules will be documented on a Classroom Referral Intervention Log which includes:
· Verbal Warning
· Refocus form
· Parent Contact
· Guidance/Staff Referral, Detention
· Administrative Referral
VII. Supply List:
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· 5 subject spiral notebook
· #2 pencils
· erasers
VIII. Extra Credit
Providing extra credit opportunities is not a research-based best practice. Sumter School District provides students multiple opportunities to demonstrate mastery over time through reteach/retest and other methods, when necessary.
IX. Reteach/Retake Opportunity
Students scoring below 60% on an assessment in the major grading category must be given an opportunity to be retaught and reassessed. The student who fails an assessment in the major category will be given one more opportunity to earn a passing grade on the same grade level standards after re-teaching has been provided. The teacher will determine, based on the circumstances, if a student should retake the entire assessment, a portion of the assessment or an alternative assessment on the same grade level standards. The student will receive the higher of the two scores (original assessment grade v. re-assessment grade) not to exceed a passing grade of 60%.
X. Make-Up Work Guidelines
Makeup Work Guidelines: Makeup work is available to all students.
• Students are responsible for asking teachers for the makeup work upon returning to class.
• When students are absent, a zero will be recorded by the teacher until the student completes his/her makeup assignments.
• The zero is averaged by PowerSchool until the teacher updates the electronic gradebook after the student submits makeup assignments.
• A student should not, on the day of returning to school, be required to take a quiz or test that was announced during his/her absence.
• Makeup work, including tests, may be an alternate version to assess what the student has learned.
• Missed assignments must be turned in by the next grade progress report.
• Extenuating circumstances are at the discretion of the school.
I have read and understand the syllabus. I agree to adhere to the policies and procedures as outlined.
Student signature: ______
Parent/legal guardian signature: ______
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