miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2008

MATH CONTENTS FOR SECOND PERIOD

Hello dear parents and students,

Here you will find the contents for this second period. These contents are going to be applied in solving word problems.

Whole and Decimal Numbers:
1) Multiplication and division with decimal and whole numbers
2) Order of Operations
3) Translate Expressions
4) Evaluate Algebraic Expressions
5) Equations and Inequalities

martes, 18 de noviembre de 2008

IMPORTANT! FIRST MATH TEST OF SECOND PERIOD

Hello dear parents and students,

We are having the first test on Friday November 28th. It is going to be about solving word problems that involve multiplication, division, addition and subtraction with decimal and whole numbers. In other words, EVERYTHING WE HAVE STUDIED THIS SECOND PERIOD.

Practice by reviewing the quizzes and the home work from the book.

Thank you,

Raúl Hernández
Mathematics Certified Teacher
University of Houston-Victoria (Texas)

viernes, 14 de noviembre de 2008

MATH QUIZ NEXT WEEK!

Hello dear parents and students,

We spent this week practicing different strategies to solve word problems. We are going to have a quiz on this topic next week. Practice at home solving the problems from your workbook. If you think that you need some extra practice, then solve the odd problems from the same pages 12, 13, 20, 21, 35 and 35. Sixth B students will have the quiz on Tuesday November 18th and sixth A students on Wednesday November 19th.

Thanks and have a good weekend!

Raúl Hernández
Certified Mathematics Teacher
University of Houston-Victoria, Texas.

miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2008

SIXTH B: GOOD NEWS! YOU HAVE MORE TIME FOR THE MATH HOMEWORK!

Dear parents and students of Sixth B,

The math homework is now for Friday November 7th.

Since this Thursday we are going to learn how to estimate a quotient, then you have an extra day to do your homework.

Homework: Pages 23 and 24.

Don´t forget the quiz this Friday.

Thanks

RAÚL HERNÁNDEZ
Certified Mathematics
TeacherUniversity of Houston-Victoria (Texas)

martes, 4 de noviembre de 2008

MATH QUIZ THIS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7TH

Hello parents and students,

We have a quiz this friday about:

Multiplication with decimals
Division by 10, 100, 1000, etc
Division of whole numbers (cheking the answer)
Estimation of quotients.

Study from your notes and the homework we have done about these topics.

Thanks,

Raúl Hernández
Certified Mathematics Teacher
University of Houston-Victoria (Texas)