Welcome to Creative Thinking A for SY 2008-2009

This is a quarter exploratory course inwhich 6th grade students study math enrichment in the area of fractions.  The course centers on looking at various methods of solving fractions and is process orientated, teaching students to seek patterns to help them become better problem solvers.

2nd Quarter:

1/14/08

Fraction Post Test

End of Quarter (Last Class)

1/12/08

Finding Percents

Practice Fraction Pre Test

1/9/08

Ratio Proportions and Percents

1/6/08

Changing Decimails to fractions

WS

Have a Happy Holiday

Notebooks Check Due Thu Jan 8th

12.19/08

Test on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

WS 22 On Mixed Operations

12/17/08

WS 21 Ddividing Fractions

12/15/08

Test of Adding and Subtractiing Fractions

WS 20 Mult Fractions

12/11/08

WS 19 Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Mult and Dividing Fractions

WS

12/9/08

Adding /Subtraction of Fractions with Unlike Like Denominators

WS 17

Fraction Story Due

12/5/08

Adding/subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

WS 16

12/3/08

Test on Simplifying Fractions

Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed numbers and Vice Vera

WS 15

Work on final draft of Fraction Story

12/1/08

Mult Fact Quiz # 5 (Last one)  Students still not mastering skills need to continue to work on the quiz to eliminate the F grade

Test: Equal Fractions

Simplifing Fractions

WS Simplifying Fractions

11/24/08

Equal Fractions

Test on LCM

Mult Facts Quiz 4

11/20/08

Lowest Common Multiples

Test on GCF

Mult Facts Quiz 3

Work on Fraction Story

11/18/08

Greatest Common Factors

Test on Prime fractorization

Draft of Fraction story

11/14/08

WS 3 Prime and composite numbers

Prime Factorizations

Test on Divibility

11/12/08

Division Facts

WS 2 Divisibility Tests

11/6/08

Idnetifying Fractions

Mult Fact Quiz 2

11/4/08  Start of 2nd Quater Creative Thinking Enrichment Class

Classroom mangement, overview and expectations of the course.

Set up Notebook. Grading policy

Multiplication 100 Facts quiz 1

Pre Test Fractions

10/24/08

Post Test on Fractions (2 Test Grades)

End of 1st Quater and 9 week exporatory course

Report Cards mailed 10/29/08

10/22/08

Review of Fractions

10/20/08

Review Fractions Pre Test

Test on Ratio, Proportions and Percents

Students that need to do make up work, retest should make an appointment with Dr. Tom after school this week.  Reminder-If you did not turn in your notebook to be checked, it is late and a letter grade is deducted when you turn it in late.  Must be turned in this week.  Last chance.

10/16/08

WS finding Percents

10/14/08

Notebook check Due (2 Test Grades)

Ws Percents

10/9/08

Ratio and Proportions

Percents

10/7/08

Mult and dividing Fractions Test

Ratio and Proportions

10/3/08

Dividing Fractions

WS # 21, 22

10/1/08

Add and Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominator Test

Multiplying Fractions

Ws # 19-20

9/29/08

Add and Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators Review

WS # 18

Add and Subtract Fractice Dice Project

9/26/08

Test:: Add and Subtract Fractions with Like Denominators

Add and Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators

WS  17

Notebook Check (100 points)  Oct 14-16

End of the 1st Quarter Friday Oct 24. Fractions Post Test

9/24/08

WS Subtraction of fractions with like denominators

9/22/08

Quiz Addition of Fraction with Like Denominators

Quiz Mult Facts #5

9/19/08

Quiz Mixed and Improper Fractions

Fraction Packet Due

Warm Up Quiz

9/17/08

Improper to Mixed numbers and mixed to improper

Test LCM (Changed to Friday 9/19)

Addition of Fractions with Common Denominators WS 16 in class

No additional homework except finish Fraction Packet 1-Due Friday 9/19/08 for a test grade

9/15/08

Fraction Packet

Mult Fact Quiz 4

9/11/08

LCM and GCF Review

WS 7

Equal Fractions and Simplifying Fractions

Progress Reports handed out on 9/24

9/9/08

Test: Prime/composite numbers, Prime Factorization. GCF and LCM

WS 6 Simflifying Fractions

Mult Facts Quiz 3

9/5/08

Math Olympiad 1 /Big 6 Problem solving Strategies

WS Division of whole numbers/Prime factorization

Project Mult Fact Picture Due 9/9

9/3/08

WS 5 Equal Fractions

LCM

Mult Facts Quiz 2

8/29/08

Greatest Common Factors WS 4

Warm Up Quiz

Study for 2nd Mult Facts 5 min test

Study for test on Divisiblity, Prime Numbers

Have a safe Holiday

8/27/08

Prime and Composite numbers

Prime Factorizations WS 3

8/25/08

Divisibility Test WS 2

Mult Facts Quiz

8/21/08

Notebook Check

Fraction Pre Test

8/19/08

Set Up notebok binders

Review Yellow sheets with your child

Looking at common and uncommon ways of writing fractions