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Sincerely, Mrs. Kristen Hettel June 2018 Dear Parent/Guardian, Congratulations on your child’s acceptance to AMY Northwest Middle School! We are so excited he/she will be joining us for sixth grade in August! As your child’s sixth grade math teacher, I will be spending the year focusing not only on mathematical growth, but growth in mindset â€" understanding that we may not fully grasp everything the first time we see it, but with hard work and perseverance â€" we will get there! We will begin our school year with some growth mindset activities that challenge us and remind us that we all can do math, and then we will begin our content! In order to be best prepared for the rigor of sixth grade, I ask that the children come in with some 5th grade skills reviewed and ready to go. All of the topics students should have learned in 5th grade can be found here: Most specifically, students should enter in August with the following skills: • Understanding place value up to the hundred-thousands (and decimals to the hundredths) • Multiplying multi-digit numbers using the traditional algorithm • Dividing multi-digit numbers by a single or double digit number using the traditional algorithm • Finding equivalent fractions • Determining what operation to use and completion of the operation from a word problem (whole numbers, fractions AND decimals) • Find and label ordered pairs on a coordinate plane • Differentiate between 2-dimensional shapes by their characteristics/properties (i.e. triangles, quadrilaterals) To review these skills over the summer, students are encouraged to review their own text/workbook from 5th grade, as well as use various websites to assist. Some suggestions are: Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/ Math Playground - https://www.mathplayground.com/ IXL - https://www.ixl.com/ There are many more where that came from, and I’d love to see new ones that your child finds over the summer! Please feel free to email me at khettel@philasd.org with any questions/concerns you may have over the course of the summer, and I look forward to working with your family!

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