6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Dear Family,

Today our class began Chapter 1. We will learn about place value. Let’s do

the activity below together so I can review the skills I will need in order to

understand the math in this chapter. Then we can read some of the new

vocabulary I will learn in Chapter 1.Love, ____________________

How Many Tens, How Many Ones?

With your child, list the age of everyone in your familyon a sheet of paper. Ask your child to say how many

tens and howDraw a frame like the one at the right for many ones there are in each age. each family

member. Tell your child to write in each frame thenumber of tens and ones for each age. Then have

her/him write an addition with the number of tens andthe number of ones for each age, and find the sum.

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in a 600 number  40  7

standard form 647

thousand

nearest tenthe number achieved after rounding

to the nearest ten

251 250

nearest hundredthe number achieved after rounding

to the nearest hundred

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Progress in Mathematics.

Chapter 1

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users of

Progress in Mathematics.

DeaToday our class completed Chapter 1. We learned how to read, write,rFamily,

compare, and order numbers to hundred thousands. These skills areneeded to work with numbers and to understand place value.

We explored patterns of skip counting with 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 10s, whichwill help us to learn multiplication facts. We practiced rounding 3- and

4-digit numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand. This skill isnecessary for estimating with numbers. We also worked with money,

which will help us make and count change.Love,________________________

KeySkillsand Concepts

Students’ learning in Chapter 1 was guided by giving particular emphasis to thefollowing key skills and concepts:

NS 2.

• Identify the place value for each digit innumbers to 10,000. •Use expanded notation to represent numbers.

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tics, para reproducir esta página para sus estudiantes.

QueHoy nuestra clase terminó el capítulo 1. Aprendimos a leer, escribir, compararrida familia:

y ordenar números hasta los cientos de miles. Este conocimiento es necesariopara trabajar con números y para entender el valor posicional. Aprendimos

a contar de 2 en 2, de 3 en 3, de 4 en 4, de 5 en 5 y de 10 en 10, lo que nosservirá para aprender operaciones de multiplicación. Aprendimos a redondear

números de 3 y 4 dígitos hasta la decena, centena o millar más cercano. Esteconocimiento es necesario para hacer estimaciones con números. También

practicamos con dinero, lo cual nos ayudará a la hora de dar o recibir cambio.Con cariño, _____________________________

Destrezasyconceptos claves

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Lo que aprendieron los estudiantes en el capítulo 1 se hizo poniendo énfasisen las siguientes destrezas y conceptos claves:

NS 2.

• Identificar el valor posicional de cada dígito denúmeros hasta el 10,000. •Usar la forma desarrollada de representarnúmeros.

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Click Take-Home Activities.

Keep your family involved in

what you are learning. For

each chapter, there are two

letters to your family. Use the

fi rst letter at the beginning

of the chapter, to review

previously learned skills with

a family activity, and read

about the new skills you will

learn. The second letter tells

your family about the skills you

learned in the chapter and has

another fun activity that you

and your family members can

do together.

Both letters are in English and

in Spanish.

MATH ALIVE AT HOME

SGT 8

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