Welcome to Sixth Grade Math! My name is Mrs. Burmeister and this is my second year teaching math at GET, but is my 25th year of teaching. I strive to make sure all students are doing their best work and encourage them to do more. Every child can succeed! 

Our Math Resource is Open Up. We will also be using a new program to us called Magma Math. This will allow us to incorporate more technology in the classroom and meet the needs of all students.

Extra Skills for Practice:

Multiplication Facts through 12x12

Resource: 99 Math (app on Ipads)

Magma Math (app on Ipad)

Import Dates:

Feb. 11th- Final Assessment Unit 5

Feb. 28th- Mid Unit Assessment Unit 6

Mar. 12th- Final Assessment Unit 6

Units of Study

Unit 5: Arithmetic in Base Ten

Below is the guaranteed standard for this unit. 

M.6.NS.B.3. Flexibly and efficiently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using strategies or algorithms based on place value, visual models, the relationship between operations and the properties of operations

Unit 6: Expressions and Equations

Below is the guaranteed standard for this unit. 

M.6.EE.B.5
Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true

 Welcome to sixth grade science!  My name is Ms. Jones,  and I am new to GET. However,  I am not new to teaching, as this is my 29th year.  I  absolutely love this profession, and I am excited for this new adventure!

We have a new curriculum for science, and our first unit will be Cycles Influencing Weather and Climate.  I have posted the guaranteed standards for this unit below.  These are also posted in the classroom for the students as "I Can" statements.  

Guaranteed Standards/I Can Statements:

• I can use a model to explain how weather and atmospheric conditions determine varying climates.

• I can develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

• I can apply scientific principles to design and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

October Update:

We are working on finishing up our first unit. The students have created some amazing projects! We will put the finishing touches on our PSA project this week, and then will be working on the last standard for this unit which is:

• I can use a model to explain how weather and

  atmospheric conditions determine varying climates.

We will return to the standard: I can apply scientific principles to design and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer, in the spring.

December and January

We have been learning about force and motion. This starts with learning about energy, and tying it back to the previous unit of Weather and Atmosphere. Energy is at the center. We now are taking energy to forces and motions. Our standards for this unit are:

• I can explain and give evidence to support the relationship between, energy, force, work, motion, and power.

• I can understand data to provide evidence of how forces respond between objects.

• I can plan construct, and apply Newton's Laws of Motion to interactions of different forces.

Updates: January - February

Our study of energy and forces takes us into discovering more about protons, neutrons, and electrons. We will be learning about electricity, electric currents, and electric circuits. Our I can statements/standards of focus are:

• I can conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

• I can ask about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

• I can analyze data to determine how forces exist and interact between objects.

We will be conducting many labs on these standards, as well as completing claims, evidence, and reasoning (CER) for the labs.