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Mrs. Connie Lewis – Contact at lewisc@westprairie.org

My Lesson Plans – Subject to change

Week of October 6 - 10, 2008

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Period 1 6^th GRADE MATHEMATICS	Find perimeter and area in basketball Which requires more paint? A rectangular ceiling 30 feet by 40 feet OR a highway median strip 3 inches wide by 1 mile long? Assign: Master 15, Journal p.37	Complete an ISAT extended response math problem about area and perimeter Assign: TEST Wednesday and Thursday	Unit Test	Unit Test	NO SCHOOL!
Period 2 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	Represent square numbers as square arrays and as numbers written as exponents, Journal p.18-19 Properties of squares and exponential notation Assign: Journal p.20	Quiz over rounding, subtraction, and greater than/less than Continue square numbers Master 220, “Exploring Square Numbers”	Find the square root of a square number and use the square root key of a calculator, Journal p.21 Assign: Decimals and Place Value Worksheet	Find factor rainbows, squares, and square roots Place Value Activities
Period 3 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	Find perimeter and area in basketball Which requires more paint? A rectangular ceiling 30 feet by 40 feet OR a highway median strip 3 inches wide by 1 mile long? Assign: Master 15, Journal p.37	Complete an ISAT extended response math problem about area and perimeter Assign: TEST Wednesday and Thursday	Unit Test	Unit Test	NO SCHOOL!
Period 4 PE, ART, MUSIC, TECH	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time
Period 5 LUNCH
Period 6 6^TH GRADE STUDY/HALL		Library
Period 7 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2
Period 8	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep
Period 9 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1

WE LOVE MATH!

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

YOUR MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FACTS!!!

Week of September 29 – October 3, 2008

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Period 1 6^th GRADE MATHEMATICS	RAIN FOREST MATH Read: Outside and Inside Snakes Snake Climb – Length of snake, Distance to tree top, and Rate Design and color a pattern using Geometry Template to camouflage a snake living in the rainforest	Continue rainforest activities	Use Geometry Template to measure the sectors of a circle graph, Student Reference Book p.139 “Reading Circle Graphs,” Journal p.30 Assign: Masters 244-245	Find the perimeter and area of a rectangle, Journal p.32 Make drawings of rectangles on grid paper Assign: Journal p.31, #1,2,3	Use a graph to investigate the relationship between perimeter and area What do you get? A PARABOLA
Period 2 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	RAIN FOREST MATH We have ‘grown’ several rainforest animals in water. Today we will find the new area of object by tracing and estimating in square centimeters. Assign: Divisibility Rules Worksheet	Continue rainforest activities	“Factor Captor” Strategies, Journal p.16 Practice rounding numbers, fraction/decimal/percent chart, “Math Boxes,” Journal p.14 Assign: Journal p.17	Round to the nearest place value Fraction/decimal/percent, Journal p.20 Assign: Master 219, “Prime and Composite Numbers”	Practice place value Multiplication Facts
Period 3 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	RAIN FOREST MATH Read: Outside and Inside Snakes Snake Climb – Length of snake, Distance to tree top, and Rate Design and color a pattern using Geometry Template to camouflage a snake living in the rainforest	Continue rainforest activities	Use Geometry Template to measure the sectors of a circle graph, Student Reference Book p.139 “Reading Circle Graphs,” Journal p.30 Assign: Masters 244-245	Find the perimeter and area of a rectangle, Journal p.32 Make drawings of rectangles on grid paper Assign: Journal p.31, #1,2,3	Use a graph to investigate the relationship between perimeter and area What do you get? A PARABOLA
Period 4 PE, ART, MUSIC, TECH	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time
Period 5 LUNCH
Period 6 6^TH GRADE STUDY/HALL		Library
Period 7 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2
Period 8	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep
Period 9 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1

WE LOVE MATH!

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

YOUR MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FACTS!!!

Week of September 22-26, 2008

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Period 1 6^th GRADE MATHEMATICS	Interpret a broken-line graph that shows how a cup of hot tea cools over time Assign: Journal p.26	Draw, read, and interpret bar graphs, Journal p.19,20 Assign: Journal p.22	Draw and interpret a broken-line graph using positive and negative numbers, Journal p.21 Assign: Master 241, “Using Bar Graphs”	Use the Percent Circle, interpret circle graphs, and estimate percents on circle graphs, Journal p.28-29 Introduce the Percent Circle on the Geometry Template Assign: Journal p.27	Continue Percent Circle and define circle, interior of circle, arc, and sector Journal p.30, “Reading Circle Graphs”
Period 2 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	Practice multiplication facts/Play game “Factor Captor” Assign: Multiplication Facts Worksheet	Test for divisibility and introduce divisibility tests, Journal p.13 Assign: Multiply-by- Adding Worksheet	Continue divisibility, Master 218 Assign: Complete Master 218	Classify whole numbers as prime or composite, Journal p.15 Assign: Complete Journal p.15	Continue prime numbers/Make a chart of prime numbers for the Information Wall
Period 3 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	Interpret a broken-line graph that shows how a cup of hot tea cools over time Assign: Journal p.26	Draw, read, and interpret bar graphs, Journal p.19,20 Assign: Journal p.22	Draw and interpret a broken-line graph using positive and negative numbers, Journal p.21 Assign: Master 241, “Using Bar Graphs”	Use the Percent Circle, interpret circle graphs, and estimate percents on circle graphs, Journal p.28-29 Introduce the Percent Circle on the Geometry Template Assign: Journal p.27	Continue Percent Circle and define circle, interior of circle, arc, and sector Journal p.30, “Reading Circle Graphs”
Period 4 PE, ART, MUSIC, TECH	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time
Period 5 LUNCH
Period 6 6^TH GRADE STUDY/HALL		Library
Period 7 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2
Period 8	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep
Period 9 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1

WE LOVE MATH!

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

YOUR MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FACTS!!!

Week of September 15 - 19, 2008

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Period 1 6^th GRADE MATHEMATICS	Calculate median and mean, Journal p.10 Use calculators to find the mean of a list of numbers Assign: Journal p.11-12	Identify the minimum, maximum, range, and mode of various sets of data, discuss Journal p.12 Assign: Master 238, “Median and Mean”	Play a card game, “Landmark Shark,” in which points are scored based on the range, median, mode, and mean of the cards in hand Assign: Journal p.14 and “Olympic Calculations” worksheet	Draw line plots and identify landmarks Assign: Journal p.18	Draw, read, and interpret broken-line graphs, Journal p.16-17
Period 2 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	Find factors of a number, complete Journal p.9 Use Fact Triangles to practice multiplication facts Assign: Master 216, “Making Dot Arrays”	Practice and memorize multiplication facts Assign Journal p.11, “Math Boxes”	Find all factors of a given number and review divisibility	Play a game, “Factor Captor,” to practice finding factors of numbers Assign: Master 217, “Factors”	Test for divisibility and introduce divisibility tests, Journal p.12 Assign: Play “Factor Captor” with someone at home
Period 3 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	Calculate median and mean, Journal p.10 Use calculators to find the mean of a list of numbers Assign: Journal p.11-12	Identify the minimum, maximum, range, and mode of various sets of data, discuss Journal p.12 Assign: Master 238, “Median and Mean”	Play a card game, “Landmark Shark,” in which points are scored based on the range, median, mode, and mean of the cards in hand Assign: Journal p.14 and “Olympic Calculations” worksheet	Draw line plots and identify landmarks Assign: Journal p.18	Draw, read, and interpret broken-line graphs, Journal p.16-17
Period 4 PE, ART, MUSIC, TECH	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time	TEAM Time
Period 5 LUNCH
Period 6 6^TH GRADE STUDY/HALL		Library
Period 7 5^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2	See Period 2
Period 8	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep	Teacher Prep
Period 9 6^TH GRADE MATHEMATICS	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Period 1	See Per