This is the one-stop location to get everything you need to support your sixth-grader at Norup International. You will find daily entries (highlighting what students did in each of the four, core-curricular classes) as well as downloads and links to help your student stay on top of their sixth-grade year.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Math 6
Kettner - Science - 3/10/2017
Rossiter/Werber - 03/10/17
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 03/08/2017
Kettner - Science - 3/8/2017
Math 6
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 03/07/2017
We finished learning about Curitiba, then taught other students about our area of specialty.
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
Curitiba.
Kettner - Science - 3/7/2017
Math 6
Stein - Math 6 Plus - 3.7.17
What We Did Today:
Students completed 2.2: Comparing Distributions With the Same Mean. Students were given the number of groups and the mean of a set of data and students had to create their own set of data. Students then created ordered-value bar graphs, dot/line plots and answered questions regarding their data.
Focus Question:
How do you interpret, compute, and use the mean?
Vocabulary:
mean
ordered-value bar graph
Homework:
None.
Monday, March 6, 2017
La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 03/06/2017
We began studying about some of the solutions city planners of Curitiba, Brazil have used to fight problems related to urbanization.
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
Curitiba; parks; transportation; social services; zoning; citizenship.
Stein - Math 6 Plus - 3.6.17
What We Did Today:
Students discovered the meaning behind the formula for average. Students "evened" out blocks to decide the mean on Friday. We discussed different ways to visually represent data and worked with an ordered-value bar graph. Notes are available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/math-6-plus-homework-and-answers .
Focus Question:
How do you go about finding a number that is a good estimate of typical household size based on the given data?
Homework:
None.