Homework and Announcements
9/23/2019
Happy Monday! Here is a brief overview of the upcoming week:
Math 6 This week, we are going into our last exploration of factors as we take a brief look at prime factorization. We are cutting down this investigation to just the first couple sections and then we are looking to take the Prime Time unit test. At the earliest, we will review for the test on Wednesday and take the test this Thursday. Your only homework is MathXL this week unless you need to take home an in-class assignment to be completed on your own. It is essential that you keep up with the class work assigned, or you will not be able to keep up with the concepts covered. On Wednesday, you will be taking home a test review sheet if we are going to take the test on Thursday. You can study from this review sheet as you see fit. Math 7 This week, we will be diving further into our new Stretching and Shrinking unit. No quizzes or tests this week, we will be taking our time to get through each new lesson. Below you will see an extensive overview of the first lessons we are covering. This will make for a great reference in the event that you miss a day. Your only homework is MathXL this week unless you need to take home an in-class assignment to be completed on your own. It is essential that you keep up with the class work assigned, or you will not be able to keep up with the concepts covered. Math 7 - Topics Covered this Week This week your student will learn about scaling shapes. An image is a scaled copy of the original if the shape is stretched in a way that does not distort it. In each scaled copy, the sides are a certain number of times as long as the corresponding sides in the original. We call this number the scale factor. The size of the scale factor affects the size of the copy. A scale factor greater than 1 makes a copy that is larger than the original. A scale factor less than 1 makes a copy that is smaller. (source: Open Up Resources) Homework and Announcements
9/16/2019
Happy Monday! Here is a brief overview of the upcoming week:
Math 6 We are continuing to explore problem solving with factors and multiples. Last week, we learned about Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple. This week, we will continue to practice our new skills as we complete a variety of problems. We will be ending this week with our first partner quiz on Friday and it will be focused on problem solving with factors and multiples. As part of each unit, students will take two to three quizzes one of which will always be a partner quiz. When I first started teaching from this text, I was very hesitant to give a partner quiz. After all, quizzes are intended to see what the individual student understands. However, I decided to give it a shot and I found was that the students engaged in rich and meaningful discourse during the quiz as they negotiated and worked diligently to obtain correct answers. The partner quizzes truly enhance student learning and they only occur once per unit. We assess the students independently on such a frequent basis that one partner quiz a unit serves as a nice break from the normal routine That said, the students do have the option of working alone instead of with a partner. Your only homework is MathXL this week unless you need to take home an in-class assignment to be completed on your own. It is essential that you keep up with the class work assigned, or you will not be able to keep up with the concepts covered. Math 7 We are continuing to learn about ratios and proportions this week. We will taking our first partner quiz tomorrow and it will focus on proportional reasoning. As part of each unit, students will take two to three quizzes one of which will always be a partner quiz. When I first started teaching from this text, I was very hesitant to give a partner quiz. After all, quizzes are intended to see what the individual student understands. However, I decided to give it a shot and I found was that the students engaged in rich and meaningful discourse during the quiz as they negotiated and worked diligently to obtain correct answers. The partner quizzes truly enhance student learning and they only occur once per unit. We assess the students independently on such a frequent basis that one partner quiz a unit serves as a nice break from the normal routine That said, the students do have the option of working alone instead of with a partner. Your only homework is MathXL this week unless you need to take home an in-class assignment to be completed on your own. It is essential that you keep up with the class work assigned, or you will not be able to keep up with the concepts covered. Homework and Announcements
9/9/2019
Happy Monday! It was fantastic meeting everyone who was able to come out for Back to School Night. There was one piece of information I only touched on in a few classes and it's going to be important for many of you: OFFICE HOURS. Every year, I offer up regular hours for students who need to come in for tutoring. This year, I will be available for extra help Tuesday through Thursday starting at 8:05 am. I only ask that if you give me notice before you plan to attend. I don't want to be in a parent teacher conference or in the copy room preparing for the day if someone is waiting outside my room.
Now for this week's announcements: Math 6 We are going to apply what we've been doing with factors and multiples for the past two weeks and apply it to problem solving, GCF, and LCM. Today, we did a problem solving activity involving GCF (greatest common factor). We took a quiz last Friday and the results will be posted tomorrow afternoon. I have them graded, but I always wait to post the scores until each student finishes the quiz and gets to see their errors. I'm planning on this occurring tomorrow. Please check Student Connect/ Parent Connect sometime this week (not yet). Your only homework is MathXL. No quiz this week. Math 7 We are going to apply what we've been doing with ratios and scaling and take it further with unit rates and constant of proportionality. We took a quiz last Friday and the results will be posted tomorrow afternoon. I have them graded, but I always wait to post the scores until each student finishes the quiz and gets to see their errors. I'm planning on this occurring tomorrow. Please check Student Connect/ Parent Connect sometime this week (not yet). Your only homework is MathXL. No quiz this week. Back to School Night
9/5/2019
Happy Back to School Night! I am thoroughly looking forward to meeting you tonight. I want to make all of my back to school resources readily available so that (1) you do not have to write notes tonight (10 minute presentations go quickly), and (2) in the event you miss Back to School Night, you can still see what we are doing in math this year.
Here is a link to my Back to School Night slideshow: SLIDE SHOW Here are instructions to sign up for Remind:Remind is a fantastic tool for staying in touch this year! Not only can you receive text message reminders from me regarding upcoming tests, quizzes, and assignments; you can also text me back should you have any questions. Please reserve these text messages to quick and easy questions as I usually receive them when I am at home taking care of my kids. Can't wait to meet you! First Homework Assignment
9/3/2019
It has been a fantastic first two weeks of school with all of you! As you know, the first two weeks can be slow as we go through classroom expectations and protocols; but, we have found the time to engage in some really fun problems, activities, and math games. I hope you have gotten a taste of what math will be like this year. I am truly looking forward to the year ahead! That said, let's talk about this week:
Math 6 We officially have our first homework assignment this week. Every week, we will have one MathXL assignment. The assignment will be available on the first day of the week and it will be due the last day of the week. You will have the entire week to complete all of the problems and ask me for help should you get stuck. This week you will have 12 problems that should help you review all of the topics we have been talking about this past week. I took the time in class to teach the students how to access the assignment, but please come see me if you are still having trouble. Please click here to access the site: MathXL. We will also have our first quiz on Friday. The quiz will cover factors and multiples (Investigation 1 of Prime Time). I will be giving additional practice problems in class on Thursday that should help you review for the quiz. These will only be completed as homework if a student does not complete them in class. Math 7 We officially have our first homework assignment this week. Every week, we will have one MathXL assignment. The assignment will be available on the first day of the week and it will be due the last day of the week. You will have the entire week to complete all of the problems and ask me for help should you get stuck. This week you will have 10 problems that should help you review all of the topics we have been talking about this past week. I took the time in class to teach the students how to access the assignment, but please come see me if you are still having trouble. Please click here to access the site: MathXL. We will also have our first quiz on Friday. The quiz will comparison statements, ratios and proportions (Investigation 1 of Comparing and Scaling). I will be giving additional practice problems in class on Thursday that should help you review for the quiz. These will only be completed as homework if a student does not complete them in class. |