Homework and Announcements
2/10/2020
Happy Monday! This week all classes will be taking a benchmark on Thursday. The benchmark exams that we take in middle school are only intended to inform my instruction, so don't stress out for this test. The test is not graded and will not be used for placement. However, please be sure to do your best as the test provides great feedback on how we are doing as a class. Read below to see what your week looks like in math:
Math 6 This week, the sixth graders are taking a little break from the normal routine to complete a mini-Geometry unit. They will be working with partners to design and build candy cartons. No part of this project will come home for homework and should be completed entirely in class. Your only math homework is MathXL. Math 6 Topics Covered The candy carton unit will cover the following Math 6 Geometry topics: finding the areas of triangles and rectangles, nets, calculating surface area of 3D solids, and finding the volume of prisms. Math 7 This week, the seventh graders will be wrapping up the percentages unit. We only have a few more lessons left and will probably take the unit test next Thursday after spending a couple days reviewing. Your only math homework is MathXL. Math 7 Topics Covered Your student is learning to describe increases and decreases as a percentage of the starting amount. For example, two different school clubs can gain the same number of students, but have different percent increases. The cooking club had 50 students. Then they gained 6 students. This is a 12% increase because 6 out of 50 is 12% (6/50). They now have 56 students, which is 112% of the starting amount. The computer club had 8 students. Then they gained 6 students. This is a 75% increase, because 6 out of 8 is 75% (6/8). They now have 14 students, which is 175% of the starting amount. Here is a task to try with your student: The photography club had 20 students. Then the number of students increased by 35%. How many students are in the photography club now? Comments are closed.
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