The Phantom Tollbooth

The sixth grade students will be reading the drama version of the novel The Phantom Tollbooth. The drama is a fantasy that contains one or more fantastic or unreal elements. It features fantastic characters and settings. For example, the main character, who is a boy, meets Tock, a talking "watchdog" with an alarm clock in his belly. Together thses characters travel through imaginary lands: the Land of Wisdom, Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, and the Land of Ignorance.

Percents %

The 6th grade students will continue to work with percents as we finish Chapter 8 in the textbook.

On Monday, the students will write fractions and decimals as percents. A chart of the common percents, decimals, and fractions is on page 431 in the textbook.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the students will find the percent of a number by changing the percent to a fraction or a decimal before multiplying. The students will continue the lesson with some real-world applications. They will find the sale price of items using a given discount, and calculate simple interest when given the principal, rate, and time.

Thursday and Friday will be review days for the test next week.

Research Project in LA

Over the next few weeks the sixth grade students will be selecting and researching a sport or hobby that you are interested in or want to learn more about! When your research is complete, you will be creating an outline and a demonstration speech that you will present to your classmates!

Research Requirements
1.Research Library Days – Monday, May 9 -111 (4 days total)
During this time you are expected to stay on task, work quietly (remember this is a library), and gather enough information about your sport/hobby.
2.When researching you will need to fill out a “Bibliography Sheet” for each source you find. (ex. , Internet, CD-ROM). You will need to use at least one print source ( Book, magazine, encyclopedia) and at least one scholarly data base (EBSCO, World Book Online). You must use at least three different sources.



Bibliography Sheets

Once you have decided a fact will be used from a source, you must complete a bibliography sheet. ONE sheet must be filled out for EACH source.

Note Card Requirements
1.You will be required to turn in a minimum of 30 note cards. Many of you will need to use more than 30 due to the abundance of information you will discover about your sport/hobby.

2.Your note cards should include the following themes from your sport or hobby.
a.History & Origin (where/how the sport originated)
b.How To... (this is what you will use for your demonstration speech! Use 10-15 cards for this section)
c.Interesting Facts

Ratios and Rates

This week the sixth grade students have completed the Chapter 12 unit on solving equations are moving to Ratios and Rates.

A ratio can be written to compare two things. A ratio can be written 3 different ways: a to b, a:b, or as a fraction a over b.

Students will write ratios and equivalent ratios.

A rate is a ratio of two measures that have different units, such as 15 miles/3 seconds.

A unit rate has a denominator of 1 unit, such as 20 words/1 minute.

Lit Roles in Reading

Your literature role will change for every meeting. There are six roles and you will complete each one only once. The roles will rotate so that each role is only completed once per meeting. The Illustrator and Investigator role will be completed at the same time.

Connector-find connections between the book and you, and between the book and the wider world.

Literary Luminary- locate a few special sections or quotations in the text for your group to talk over.

Summarizer-prepare a brief summary of the assigned readings.

Scene Setter-track where the action takes place during the assigned reading.

Illustrator-draw some kind of picture related to the reading. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flowchart, or stick-figure scene.

Investigator-dig up some background information on any topic related to your book

Solving Equation Test next week

Addition Equation - add the opposite to both sides
EX: 2 + m = -3
+ -2 = +-2
m = -5

Subtraction Equations - Turn into an addition equations and add the opposite to both sides.

w - 2 = 5
w + -2 = 5
+ 2 = +2
w = 7

Multiplication and Division Equation- do the opposite operation to both sides.

Ex:
5w = 15
5w = 15
-- = --
5 = 5
w = 3


EX:
y = -25
--
5
5*y = -25 *5
--
5
y = -125

Subtraction Equations

The sixth grade students started subtraction equation yesterday in Math class. There are a few simple rules they need to follow to be successful.

Turn all subtraction equations into addition equations:
1. Leave 1st number alone (usually the variable).
2. Change addition to subtraction.
3. Change the sign of the 2nd number (positive to negative, negative to positive)

Then follow addition equation rules:
1. Add the opposite to both sides.
2. Solve equation remember your integer rules (same sign=add and keep sign OR different sign=what you have more of? and Subtract to find out how much more.)