First Unit Test this Wednesday the 24th

Your first big unit test is this Wednesday. You will be given a study guide on Tuesday that will help you prepare and succeed. If you have questions, please see me. 

Order of Operations!

Click on the Order of Operations site below to find out more about them and how to use that silly acronym: P.E.M.D.A.S!


Order of Operations

Starting Order of Operations tomorrow.

Today we took a quiz on exponents, perfect squares, and integers. Tomorrow we start solving problems with multiple steps or operations. In order to be successful, you need to know your multiplication facts. The students will have a small quiz on Order of Operations on Friday and the big assessment will be next Tuesday.

How to Log On to Study Island

1. Visit www.studyisland.com
2. log in:  
     username:   StudentID@FMS
     password:   StudentID

3.  Under VA Programs, click 6th Grade
4.  Click: Math (2009 Standards) Updated
5.  Click the box that says, "Pretest" then "Start Studying". You have to take this first before you can visit individual standards
6.  On the next screen, select Game Mode and you can play games when you get the problems correct. Have Fun!

Thank You

Thank you for a great first two weeks of school at Freedom. Hopefully you are getting into the transition of things and you are coming to class on time and with your materials. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to send me an email and if you need help with anything, please let me know. Next week is your first quiz. It will be on integers, exponents, and powers of ten. Have a great weekend. 

Another look at the 3 forms of Exponents.

Exponent        Expanded              Standard

form                 form                        form

Exponential Form	Factor Form	Standard Form
22 =	2 x 2 =	4
23 =	2 x 2 x 2 =	8
24 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	16
25 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	32
26 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	64
27 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	128
28 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	256

Remember: Squared means to the power of 2 and cubed means to the power of 3.

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