6th Grade Math Syllabus 2017-2018 School Year
Mrs. Noon
Grading Policy
Responsibility / Students will earn a completion grade for submitting Homework and Projects complete and on time. Assignments turned in late will lose 10% points for each day they are late. / 10%Homework / Daily assignments designed to help students process and practice newly learned skills. These will be graded daily for correctness. / 25%
Warm Ups / Daily problems to start each class. These will be graded for correctness and completion/effort. / 15%
Quizzes and Writing Assignments / Bi-weekly quizzes and quarterly writing assignments will be given. These will provide students with the opportunity to show mastery of recent and ongoing topics covered in class. / 25%
Tests and Projects / At the end of each quarter students will take a benchmark style cumulative test. Students will also complete 1 or 2 projects each quarter. / 25%
Homework Policy
Mrs. Noon assigns homework every Monday-Thursday and sometimes on Fridays. Completion of homework assignments in Mathematics is crucial to students developing math fluency and problem solving skills. Mrs. Noon grades every homework assignment, everyday. Homework counts for 35% of a student’s grade in Math. Students earn a Responsibility grade for completing homework on time. If homework is late, 10 percentage points will be subtracted from the Responsibility grade for each late day. Students also earn a Homework grade based on correctness. Responsibility (homework completion) counts for 10% and Homework correctness counts for 25% of each student’s overall average. Students should show work on every homework assignment. If work is completed on a separate sheet of paper, it should be attached to the homework sheet.
Tutoring
Mrs. Noon will provide daily tutoring and homework help during Brain Power. Mrs. Noon will identify students needing help and pull them in small group during this time. Additionally, students wishing to receive homework help may ask for a Brain Power pass at any time.
Pre-AP
In Pre-AP Mrs. Noon will teach and assess 6th grade Math concepts at an accelerated pace. Using the students as her guide, Mrs. Noon will incorporate 7th (and sometimes 8th) grade concepts whenever possible. Often, homework assignments will have a Pre-AP extension, Pre-AP students should complete the entire assignment.
Course Outline
Quarter 1 / Classifying Rational Numbers (Fractions, Decimals, Percents and Integers)Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Converting Between Rational Numbers
Operating with Integers
Quarter 2 / Operating with Rational Numbers
Simplifying Numerical Expressions using Order of Operations
Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using the Properties of Operations
Representing Additive and Multiplicative Relationships using Graphs, Tables,
Words, & Equations
Solving and Graphing Algebraic Equations and Inequalities
Quarter 3 / Solving Problems Using Proportional Reasoning
Triangles Properties
Area of Quadrilaterals and Triangles
Volume of Rectangular Prisms
Displaying Data Using Histograms, Dot Plots, Box Plots, Stem and Leaf Plots
Analyzing Categorical and Numerical Data from Displays
Analyzing Data using Mean, Median, Mode, Range and Interquartile Range
Quarter 4 / Paying For College
Credit Cards and Debit Cards
Balancing a Check Register
Credit Reports
Salary and Lifetime Income
STAAR Review
Probability Labs