Great 1st Week of School in Room # 8017

Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2015

Honors Math:

Mighty Falcons,

I am pleased to say that I feel we had a great 1st week of school and I am sure you feel the same way too. I had been anxious to meet you over the summer and I am glad I finally did. You are wonderful kids and I can tell that you are very hard workers. I can't wait to see you progress throughout the school year. My goal was to know all your names by Friday and I proved to you guys that my goal was possible. You guys are the best and I hope you are ready to learn 6th Grade Math!

This week in math class we will begin to set up our interactive journals so I expect everyone to have them by Monday Aug. 31. We will also begin to work on identifying integers and their opposites, Comparing and ordering integers, and absolute value. Pay close attention so that you stay ahead of the game. Remember everyone is capable of working hard and earning an A!

Finding the Opposite of a Number

This is really easy... and it's going to be really important in the subtractions lessons for signed numbers.

The opposite of a number is just the number on the opposite side of zero on the number line. The opposite of a is -a. The opposite of -a is a.

Check it out:

The opposite of 5 is -5.

The opposite of -5 is 5.

The opposite of -3 is 3.

The opposite of 3 is -3.

Geometric Construction:

we will continue to decorate and personalize self class folders using 2-d shapes.  We will also begin working with angles. know your proper geometric vocabulary by heart in order to be successful in class.

the following pictures are when you guys worked on "meet your classmates" activity and wrote your futuristic math letter.