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Lis Classroom Newsletter

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You may also contact me by school phone, 358-2214, Monday
Friday (8:00am-8:45am). These times will also be open if you
need to request a conference, but please contact me ahead of
time to schedule.

Reminders

Marked Tree Elementary School

Marked Tree, Arkansas
today!
January 12, 2015

Report Cards go home

1st Semester Awards Fri, 1/16
5th/6th begins at 9:30am

This Week in 5th Grade Math

This week, students will learn how to use tape diagrams to model fractions as
division and solve word problems involving division of whole numbers.

1. Mon, 1/12 Report Cards go Home

2. Mon, 1/12 School Board Meeting @ 6pm, HS Library
3. Fri, 1/16 1st Semester Awards, 5th/6th @ 9:30am
4. Fri, 1/16 5 th Grade Weekly Math Quiz
5. Fri, 1/16 6 th Grade Weekly Math Quiz
6. Mon, 1/19 MLK Jr. Day No School
7. Mon, 2/2 Fri, 2/6 Book Fair
8. Thurs, 2/5 Parent/Teacher Conference, 3:15 - 6pm
9. Fri, 2/6 Elementary Group Pictures
10. Mon, 2/16 Early Out, 1:15pm

Example: 14 gallons of water is used to completely fill 3 fish tanks. If each

tank holds the same amount of water, how many gallons will each tank hold?

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This Week in 6th Grade Math

This week, students will learn how to write and evaluate expressions using exponents. They will also learn the order of operations.
Example:

3x = x + x + x
!

= x x x

We use multiplication as a quicker way to do repeated addition if the addends are the same.
We use exponents as a quicker way to multiply if the factors are the same.

The repeated factor is called the base and the exponent is also called the power.
In the example, x is the base and 3 is the exponent. You can read ! as x to the third power or x cubed.
Order of Operations: When we evaluate expressions, we use one set of rules so that everyone arrives at the same correct answer.
PEMDAS (1) Parentheses, (2) Exponents, (3) Multiplication & Division, (4) Addition & Subtraction