MRS. SANDRA NOGUERA - SIXTH GRADE

Visit the following link to practice how to convert fractions into decimals.

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/fractions_convert_to_decimal_001.pdf

Sixth A:

Remember to bring a bag of candies tomorrow for the kids of preschool.
Thank you very much!!!!

RUAH for Sixth Grade will be on Friday, Nov. 6.   For this reason, you are going to have your Social Studies and Language Arts Trimester Exams on Monday, Nov 9.

1. DIVISIBILITY RULES


2. PRIME AND COMPOSITE NUMBERS


3. PRIME FACTORIZATION / FACTOR TREES


4. GCF – FIND THE GREATEST COMMON FACTORS OF A SET OF NUMBERS BY LISTING AND BY USING PRIME FACTORIZATION.


5. SIMPLIFY FRACTIONS


6. LCM – FIND THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLES OF A SET OF NUMBERS BY LISTING AND BY USING PRIME FACTORIZATION.


7. LCD – FIND THE LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR OF A SET OF FRACTIONS.


8. COMPARE AND ORDER FRACTIONS BY FINDING THE LCD AND THE EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS.


9. TURN IMPROPER FRACTIONS INTO MIXED NUMBERS AND MIXED NUMBERS INTO IMPROPER FRACTIONS.


10. ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS.


11. ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF DECIMALS.


12. COMPARE AND ORDER DECIMALS.


13. FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS WORD PROBLEMS.


14. TURN FRACTIONS INTO DECIMALS AND INTO PERCENTS.

1. WHAT IS SCIENCE?


2. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?


3. SCIENCE SKILLS


4. SCIENTIFIC METHOD


5. LIVING THINGS TRAITS AND NEEDS


6. KINGDOMS OF LIFE


7. PARTS OF AN ANIMAL CELL AND PARTS OF A PLANT CELL AND THEIR JOBS.


8. PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS


9. PROCESS OF RESPIRATION


10. TYPES OF ANIMAL CELLS AND TYPES OF PLANTS CELLS AND THEIR JOBS.


11. CELL LEVEL ORGANIZATION: CELL, TISSUE, ORGAN AND ORGAN SYSTEM.


12. PARTS OF THE MICROSCOPE


13. STUDY ALL THE VOCABULARIES.

Here are some exercises of comparing and ordering decimals.  Remember to align the decimals acoording to the decimal point and to begin comparing from left to right each place value (you compare the ones with the ones, the tenths with the tenths, the hundredths with the hundredths and so on).


http://www.math-drills.com/decimal/decimals_comparing_thousandths_004.pdf


http://www.math-drills.com/decimal/decimals_ordering_thousandths_003.pdf

Dear Students:
This information will help you determine your variables, create your hypothesis and begin working on your project.

WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?


Scientific Method is the process of thinking through possible solutions to a problem and testing each possibility to find the best solution. It is the “tool” that scientists use to find answers to questions.

There are FIVE STEPS to follow the Scientific Method:

1. Observe and ask questions: Be curious, research and select a question to be answered by the experiment. How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?

2. Form a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a statement that tells what will happen and why. It must be testable. “If __________ (I do this) __________, then________ (this) _________ will happen.”

3. Plan an Experiment: You have to test your hypothesis through an experiment. Think in the variables:

The independent variable is the variable you purposely manipulate (change).

The dependent variable is the variable that is being observed, which changes in response to the independent variable.

The controlled variable is the variable that do not change.


EXAMPLE: Under which conditions plants grow better: water, milk or orange juice?

* Independent Variable - Water, milk, orange juice

* Dependent variable - Water helps my plant grow

* Controlled Variable - Pot, plants, sun

4. Conduct an experiment: Carry out the experiment. Remember to record everything you do.

5. Drawing Conclusions and Communicate Results: The project conclusion is a summary of the results of the project experiments and a statement of how the results relate to the hypothesis. To complete your Science Fair Project you will communicate your results to others in a final report and the display board.

Estimados Padres de Familia de 6º:


Les recuerdo que el próximo 6 de Noviembre es el último día para entregar el reporte escrito en inglés (written report), de los proyectos para la Feria de la Ciencia, 3 copias físicas y 1 copia por medio magnético. Deben escribir cada paso en hoja diferente.

El REPORTE ESCRITO DEBE CONTENER LOS SIGUIENTES PASOS EN HOJA DIFERENTE:

1. COVER PAGE: Portada con un título breve, claro y atractivo.

2. INDEX: Índice con la numeración ordenada de los contenidos del trabajo.

3. SUMMARY: Breve resumen que describe los pasos de la investigación.

4. PROBLEM QUESTION: Pregunta problema que NO debe ser contestada con un sí o nó.

5. OBJECTIVES: Objetivos generales que deben desprenderse del problema.

6. HYPOTHESIS: Lo que creemos que va a suceder. Siempre debe comenzar con:

If ____________, then ______________ Si (esto sucede)___, después (cuál es el efecto)…….

7. EXPERIMENT IN PROGRESS:

a. Materials: Materiales utilizados

b. Procedure: Descripción de cada paso del experimento.

c. Data Collection: Recolección de datos, por ejemplo lo que pasó el primer día, el segundo día,

o en la mañana, en la tarde, etc.

d. Photos and Graphics: Fotos y gráficos (si los hay).

e. Results: Resultados obtenidos.

8. CONCLUSION: Constituye la respuesta que propone el investigador para el problema que originó la investigación. Conclusión del experimento.

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bibliografía consultada.EL COVER PAGE O PORTADA DEBE APARECER DE LA SIGUIENTE MANERA:



EL COVER PAGE DEBE INCLUIR LO SIGUIENTE:



El display debe ser idéntico al modelo que aparece en el brochure, el cual fue enviado la semana pasada.
Pueden enviar un borrador del reporte y yo los ayudo revisando y corrigiendo la traducción al inglés.

Saludos y buena suerte!

Mrs. Sandra Noguera

Profesora de Science

Students explained the cell level organization, by creating different representations of a school, a rainbow, a pile of lockers, an ice cream, an elevator, a building and many others, in which they compared and presented the relationship between the cells, tissues, organs and organ systems of the human body.

THE TRIMESTER EXAMS BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 6. DISMISSAL DURING THIS WEEK WILL BE AT 11:00AM.




TRIMESTER EXAMS SCHEDULE:


November 6 - Social Studies
November 9 - Language Arts
November 10 - Science
November 11 - Spanish
November 12 - Sociales
November 13 - Math

These are some links in which you can practice multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/frac_multiply_fraction_by_whole_002.pdf

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/frac_multiply_reduce_005.pdf

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/frac_multiply_mixed_by_fraction_004.pdf

In the following links you can practice division of fractions and mixed numbers:

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/frac_divide_to_twelfths_004.pdf

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/frac_divide_mixed_by_fraction_002.pdf

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/frac_divide_fraction_by_whole_004.pdf

Estimados padres de familia:

De acuerdo con las decisiones tomadas en la última reunión del Departamento de Ciencias y el Departamento de Matemáticas, los siguientes son los porcentajes que tendrán las diferentes actividades realizadas por los estudiantes en la nota final de dichas asignaturas:

Matemáticas:

Examen Trimestral - 20%
Quices - 25%
Tests - 20%
Participación en clase - 10%
Talleres y classworks - 20%
Tareas y cuadernos - 5%

Ciencias:
Examen Trimestral - 20%
Quices - 20%
Tests - 20%
Proyectos y Classworks - 20%
Tareas - 5%
Cuaderno - 5%
Participación en clase - 10%

For those of you who haven't decided what problem to choose for the science fair, or you want to change your project, don't fill the form yet, present the new problem or question on Oct 13 and bring your form filled and signed no longer than Oct 16. Here are some ideas:

http://www.terimore.com/6th-grade-science-project-ideas/ (I like the one of how the body movements can tell if you lie)

http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojectideas/a/6thgradeproject.htm (I like the one of the antibacterial)

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml (Here you can find excellent ideas)


Review the Scientific Method:

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml


By the way, from now on, you can write comments to my blog, whenever you want to.

On Friday,Oct. 16, you will have the math quiz about addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. Here are some exercises:

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/fractions_addsub_mixed_easy_001.pdf

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions/fractions_addsub_mixed_easy_002.pdf

Also you can review, by solving exercises 1 through 12 of Lesson 7-3, in pg. 586.
Don´t forget to give the answers in the simplest form.

Dear parents and students:

Dear students:

Remember that on Thursday, October 15, you will have the test about cells. Here is the study guide:

Vocabulary No. 3
Vocabulary No. 4
Process of photosynthesis
Process of Respiration
Parts of a cell
Types of animal's cell and their job
Types of plant's cell and their job
Cell Organization

Everything is in the notebook, so study and good luck!!!