Welcome to Creative Thinking A for SY 2009-2010

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.

11/19/09

WS Reading Comprehension Fraction Word Problems

Work on Drama

11/17/09

WS Big 6 Fraction Word Problem

Work on Drama

11/13/09

Fraction Packet Worth 100 point Test grade due

Work on Drama Performance

11/10/09

Solving Fraction Word Problems WS

Fraction Packet Worth 100 points test grade due 11/13/09

11/6/09

Fractional Word Problems with proportions

11/4/09

Test on Changing Fractions, Decimals to Percents

11/2/09

Changing Decimals to Percents

Changing Fractions to Percents

10/29/09

Fraction Post Test

Changing Fractions to Decimals

10/27/09

Fraction Story signing

Review of Fractions WS

10/22/09

Post Test on Fractions

End of Frist Quarter 10/23/09

10/20/09

Percents

10/14/09

Test on Mult and Division of Fractions

Lab: Finalize Fraction Story Presentation and turn in for test grade

10/9/09

Mult and Div through Cancellation

WS 20

Lab:  work on Fraction story, Picture and Bio

Fraction Story Due 10/14/09

notebook Check 10/14/09

10/7/09

Go to lab to edit fraction story

WS 20 Mult and Div Fractions Paired

10/5/09

Ratio Proportions and Percent

WS ratios, proportions

10/1/09

Go to Lab to type story

Test on mult and div Fractions

9/28/09

Test on Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators

Work on fraction story, prepare for typing

9/26/09

Test on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominator

Multiplying and dividing fractions

Ws 18

Work on Fraction story developing plot

9/25/09

Add and subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominator

WS 17

Test next class period on Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

9/23/09

Test on Simplify in Fractions, Equal Fractions Improper / Mixed Fractions

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

WS 16

Vocabulary search for Fraction Story project.  Due Friday Oct 16

Notebook Check Friday Oct 16

End of the quarter Friday Oct 23

Mid Term First Quarter Progress Reports will be sent home via your child on September 21

9/21/09

Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

WS 15

Quiz # 5 100 Mult Facts

09/19/09

Test on Simplifying Fractions

Changing Fractions from improper to mixed and mixed to improper

WS 15

09/17/09

WS Simplifying Fractions 6

09/15/09

Test: GCF and LCM

Simplifying Fractions

WS 6

Student Progress Reports will be hand carried by students home on 9/21

Mult Facts Chaos Doodle Project Due Sept 21

09/12/09

Equivalent Fractions

Defferent But Equal

WS 5

9/10/09

WS 7

LCM

Mult Facts Quiz 2

9/4/09

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 and Relaxing Weekend

9/2/09

Frction Collage extended to today:

Warm Up Quiz

8/31/09

Prime and Composite numbers

Prime Factorizations WS 3

8/27/09

Fraction Collage Due

Magaic Square Extra Credit

Finish WS # 2 Divisiblity Back Side Pg 4

Finish Division facts

Finish Mult Tables

8/25/09

Divisibility Test WS 2

Mult Facts Quiz

Fraction Collage

8/20/08

Notebook Check

Fraction Pre Test

8/19/09

Set Up notebok binders

Review Yellow sheets with your child

Looking at common and uncommon ways of writing fractions