Hello, my name is Chris Hayes and I am proud to be a member of the Northen Middle School Excalibur/Wizards 6th grade team this Year.

I am the current 6th grade Math-Plus teacher who your son and/or daughter will have twice during the school year.

I look forward to working with each and everyone of your children this year!

Welcome Back from Fall Break!! I hope all of my students are well rested and ready to go this 2nd 9 weeks. I welcome all the Wizard students and look forward to working with you all !!


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Week 1
Monday

Addition:
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Addition Problem- An operation that gives the total number when you put together two or more sets of numbers.

Addend- One of the numbers added in addition problems.

Plus- To add. The symbol +.

Regrouping- The process of renaming one place value to another (1 ten to 10).

Sum- The answer to an addition problem.

Counting Numbers/Natural Numbers- Counting Numbers are Whole Numbers, but without the zero. Because you can't "count" zero. So they are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, '85 (and so on).

Whole Numbers- Whole Numbers are simply the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, '85 (and so on).

Integers- Positive numbers, their opposites, and zero

Base Ten- A number system in which each digit has ten times the value of the same digit one place to its right.

Compatible Number- A pair of numbers that are easy to work mentally (25 + 75 = 100, 7 + 3 = 10, 600 + 400= 1000).

Even numbers- A whole number ending with 2, 4, 6, 8, 0

Odd Numbers- A whole number ending with 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9. (Does not have 2 as a factor).

Number Line- A diagram that represents numbers as points on a line.

Tuesday
Subtraction:

Subtraction- An operation that tells the difference between two numbers. It has a minuend and a subtrahend.

Difference- The answer in a subtraction problem.

Minus - To subtract. The symbol -.

Wednesday
Multiplication:

Multiplication- Two factors are used to get a product (5 x 3 = 15). Often referred to as repeated addition.

Product- The answer to a multiplication problem.

Factors- The numbers being multiplied.

Thursday
Division:

Division- An operation of making equal groups and finding the number in each group or the number of groups.

Dividend- The number that is being divided by another

Divisor- The number by which the dividend is divided in
a division problem

Quotient- The answer to a division problem.

Remainder- The number left over when things are divided into equal shares.



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