Miss Tarchara introduces two online math programs - IXL and GeoGebra - that will be used in her 6th grade classroom this year. IXL allows students to practice different math skills and receive personalized assignments. It tracks student progress and helps guide teaching. GeoGebra is a computer program for visualizing geometry and algebra concepts like shapes, number lines, and graphing. Students will complete activities using both programs in class and as homework throughout the year.
Miss Tarchara introduces two online math programs - IXL and GeoGebra - that will be used in her 6th grade classroom this year. IXL allows students to practice different math skills and receive personalized assignments. It tracks student progress and helps guide teaching. GeoGebra is a computer program for visualizing geometry and algebra concepts like shapes, number lines, and graphing. Students will complete activities using both programs in class and as homework throughout the year.
Miss Tarchara introduces two online math programs - IXL and GeoGebra - that will be used in her 6th grade classroom this year. IXL allows students to practice different math skills and receive personalized assignments. It tracks student progress and helps guide teaching. GeoGebra is a computer program for visualizing geometry and algebra concepts like shapes, number lines, and graphing. Students will complete activities using both programs in class and as homework throughout the year.
Miss Tarchara, 6th Grade Mathematics Teacher tarchara@bc.edu
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IXL: At a Glance an answer. However, if students go to complete a skill that they IXL is a learning website that allows do not feel comfortable with yet, students to practice skills in there is a section with Mathematics, ELA, Science, and recommended skills to complete Social Studies across grades Pre-K that will help build the through 12. Through their school background knowledge that Google account, students have students could use to complete access to IXL and all of its resources. WELCOME IXL is a great personalized learning tool that helps students practice and the assigned skill. As your student’s teacher, I can see what skills students are working on or BACK TO build their confidence in the mathematics that we will be learning have completed, how long it is taking students to complete each about this school year. Starting next SCHOOL! week, I will be assigning students skills that will coincide with what we skill, and how many questions it took for students to complete each skill. IXL will be used to not are learning in class. These skills will Hello parents/guardians! My name only help students practice the be presented to students as either is Danielle Tarchara and I am your skills we are learning, but to help multiple choice, fill in the student’s sixth grade mathematics guide my teaching instruction. teacher this school year. I am so excited to welcome your students and all of you into my classroom this year. Practice with In the first edition of our class newsletter, I wanted to highlight two online mathematical programs IXL! that we will be using this year. Technology has become a valuable tool throughout the school building, Students will be assigned one About 392 different 6th grade to three skills per week that will and this is especially true in our mathematics skills either be completed in school or mathematics classroom. The two at home. most popular programs that we will Covers topics like multiplication, be utilizing in and outside of the division, geometric measurement, Possible topics include: classroom this year are IXL and statistics, and more - Adding or subtracting GeoGebra. decimals Ability to complete similar skills - Multiplying fractions within different grade levels to - Interpreting line plots build mastery - Solving multi-step word problems 6T Class Newsletter
GeoGebra is a computer program of topics we will be using
that students will be using to learn GeoGebra for are to help us draw more about geometry and algebra. number lines, interpret rational This computer program is numbers on these number lines, downloaded on each student’s and practicing graphing points on Chromebook and on school a coordinate plane. Starting in two computers as well. A few weeks, I am going to begin to examples of topics we will be teach mini lessons and provide using GeoGebra for are to help us activities for students to begin draw 2-Dimensional and 3- learning about GeoGebra. Dimensional shapes like squares, Students will be placed into pairs rectangles, triangles. We will also to start experimenting with be practicing our problem solving GeoGebra and when they are
GeoGebra: What skills solving mathematical
problems that involve area, comfortable they will be individually completing activities
is it? perimeter, volume, and surface
area. In algebra, a few examples and assignments throughout the school year.
Why Use GeoGebra?
tools that can be applied in future GeoGebra is a new tool that we will be classes or their future careers. introducing to students this school year. GeoGebra will allow students to This interactive program allows students become more creative in the to visually see, manipulate, and gain a mathematics classroom. By using greater understanding of the the GeoGebra computer program mathematics that we will be learning this school year, students will gain about. GeoGebra also provides students practice navigating through a computer a new insight to seeing and Comments or understanding mathematics. program; building their skillset in Questions? navigate through technology. This practice will benefit students not only in Is there anything in this this classroom, but will give them the newsletter you would like to learn more about? Are there any topics and/or information that you would like to have in upcoming newsletters?
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any time with comments or - Draw shapes questions! My contact - Find area and perimeter information can be found at the - Find measurements of angles top of the first page. I look - Graph points and/or lines forward to working and learning - Interpret graphs with you and your student this What can you do on - Create number lines year! GeoGebra? - And much more!