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Questions about Khan Academy ???

Here some Frequently Asked Questions about Khan Academy and their answers:

  1. Q: Help! What is my username and password for Khanacademy.org..???                    Answer: Relaaaax; it’s the same username/password as your student gmail.
  2. Q: Help! What should I open first? Khan Academy or your blog?                                        Answer: The easiest way to do this is to open up 2 tabs. In the first tab, log onto your student gmail. In the second tab, open up this link https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/nweapractice/geometry-rit-ranges/. Find your score on this page and begin working on the list of lessons that are under your score.
  3. Q: But, the activities under my score are way too hard!                                                        Answer: Then practice the activities in the section before your score.  And if they are too easy, practice the section ahead of your score.
  4. Q: My Khan Academy isn’t working– what should I do?                                                       Answer: Try logging into your student gmail account first, then visit the NWEA practice link. You may have to disable popup blockers as well.
  5. Q: How does Mrs. Alasry know if I am even doing Khan Academy?                 Answer: What a FIXED MINSET question! But, I’ll have you know that I pull up reports on Khan Academy that tell me exactly how many minutes you spent ACTIVE on Khan Academy and what lessons your practices 😉 #noworries
  6. Q: How do I know my NWEA score?                                                                                           Answer: We wrote it in your planner (Math learning plan) during student conferences.
  7. Q:How do I log into my student gmail?                                                                                         Answer: Just like you log into a Chromebook at school. Use your student number@dearbornschools.org and the password you use for all computers at school.
  8. Q: How do I know how much time I have spent on Khan Academy?                          Answer: You must keep track of the time yourself. I am able to pull reports that will tell me exactly how much time you spent and what skills you practiced, but I can’t share this info with every student because there are so many of you all! Make sure to keep track of the time you spend either by writing down the times or having a schedule.

Winter Break Homework

Greetings! Winter break is a great time to be an AUTODIDACT and review skills you may have lost since elementary school, review skills that you just gained this year or move ahead in Math and learn more.

Use this link to find the Khan Academy skills you should practice based on your NWEA score: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/nweapractice/geometry-rit-ranges/

Homework includes:

  • IXL 5th grade L8 and L10
  • 4 TenMarks assignments
  • 2 hours on Khan Academy

Thanksgiving Break Homework REMINDER!

By the end of break, you should have the following completed:

1- Finding Surface Area From Nets with Dimensions #3

2- Surface Area Booklet

3- IXL BB35 6th grade (100)

RUN WITH IT! IXL BB37 6th grade (80)

I hope you enjoy your time with your families!!! I will miss you all and look forward to seeing you again on Monday, November 30th.

Surface Area and Nets District Test will be on Wednesday, December 2nd.

 

Folder Clean-out

Staying organized in our “physical space” plays a role in how organized we are in our “mental space.” In light of that, let’s recycle our unneeded practice work. You may recycle any work from the following units (except work that was graded and returned to you):

-GCF

-Divisibility

-Coordinate Planes

-Area (keep your surface area practice!)

Fraction Review

We have started our SLOT review unit on Fractions. This will help prepare us better for finding volume of polyhedra with fractional edge lengths. Here is a video on converting improper fractions into mixed numbers and another video on simplifying fractions.

Fractions HMWK

FractionsISNpg30

Converting Improper–>Mixed

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/mixed_numbers/v/changing-an-improper-fraction-to-a-mixed-number

Simplifying fractions:

Here is some IXL practice on Fraction skills:

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/convert-between-improper-fractions-and-mixed-numbers

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/simplify-fractions