Textbooks: Saxon Math 76 ($37.00); authors: Stephen Hake and John Saxon; published by Saxon Publishers. Visit the publisher's site for interactive games, puzzles and practice problems related to the text.

Math Advantage published by Harcourt-Brace. The publisher's website has activities to supplement several of the book's chapters and a Multimedia Math Glossary: a reference for math terms and definitions.

Course outline: We cover the following topics during the year: Numeration; Fundamental Processes; Data, Graphs, Statistics; Fractions; Geometry; Ratio, Proportion & Percent (Using Percent); Integers; Measurement; Perimeter, Area, Volume; Probability; Introduction to Algebra

Grading procedure: A student's grade consists of 35% daily work (mostly homework) and 65% tests.

Great websites: For extra math practice, answers to your math questions or some great math games, check out the following websites:

• Ask Dr. Math
• NCTM Illuminations -- from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Internet resources that can be used to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics
• Selected Web Resources -- a list of more than 400 web resources for 6th grade math students recommended by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics