Welcome to 6th Grade Math!

Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!  My name is Mrs. Sayles.  I studied education at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, received my Master's in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and will be starting classes towards my Educational Leadership Master's Degree from Lewis University this fall.  This is my tenth year teaching here at Hickory Creek, and I am looking forward to having you in my class.  This is going to be an exciting and fun-filled school year. Sixth grade is an exciting journey as students gain more independence and transition to middle school life.  Students that are in my 6th/7th period block will be fortunate enough to have two teachers. This math block will be co-taught with Mrs. Osberg. Please feel free to reach out to both of us with any questions regarding our classroom.

For additional math practice, we will be using a variety of on-line resources including IXL and Khan Academy.  Students will be able to use their classlink.com portals to get into both accounts.  Below is the Khan Academy information to initially log-in/use if a computer may be reset throughout the school year.  Students should reference their One Note accounts for math class each evening.  There will be "Check Your Understanding" (aka Homework) posted every day.  This is an integral part of the learning process to allow students the opportunity to practice what we are working on in class independently.  The answers will always be provided in order for students to truly check their understanding of the concepts being taught in class.  In addition, the students' One Note accounts will also have instructional videos for all new concepts taught.  These videos are a great way to make a home-school connection when students may not be grasping concepts as quickly as they would like.  

Khan Academy Log-in information:
www.khanacademy.org
Username: first initial+last name28 (msayles28)
Password: HCMSTIGERS
***Some students have a username first initial+last name2028.... See The front of your student's assignment notebook for login information once accounts have been activated for the school year!***

Please e-mail us with any questions, comments, or concerns.

Mrs. Sayles: [email protected]

Mrs. Osberg: [email protected]