Bowl-a-thon

You are invited to participate in a Bowl-a-thon at Countryside Lanes in Kernersville on May the 22^nd from 4:00-6:00. The money that is raised will be used to sponsor students from Southeastern Stokes Middle School who are going on a field trip to New York this summer.

For rules, to get a pledge sheet, for more information please e-mail Mrs. Burford or Mr. Capizzani. We will be looking forward to seeing you there! Thank You!! –NY 8^th Graders

Extra EOG Practice

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=mm1%20test%20prep%20north%20carolina

 

 

EOG review is here!!!

All this week all classes will be doing EOG review. You should expect students to be doing sample test items at home for practice. We will be going over these questions in class as well.

 

6th: This class was given back the "All About Geometry" test grades yesterday and will have test corrections this week on THURSDAY afternoon due to Relay for Life on Friday. Students who need to do test corrections should arrange to stay on Thursday unless they discuss it with me and need to stay before then.  We began EOG review yesterday by completing the Goal 1 Sample Test Items. Today in class we went over the correct answers and students were given the chance to ask questions if needed. Goal 2 and 3 Sample Test Items are HW for tonight.

7th: This class has a little bit of a head start on EOG review which is great. We have already covered Goals 1-3 Sample Test Items in class. Students are to finish Goal 4 Items for HW, if they did not finish them in class today and we will go over them tomorrow. We will also do an additional activity for Goal 4 since it is one of the most represented on the EOG for 7th grade. Goal 5 will be covered Thursday and Friday.

8th: This class was given back the Common Assessment #7-Algebra test grades yesterday and will have test corrections this week on THURSDAY afternoon due to Relay for Life on Friday. Students who need to do test corrections should arrange to stay on Thursday unless they discuss it with me and need to stay before then. We began EOG review yesterday by completing the Goal 1 Sample Test Items. Goal 4 Items were assigned for HW last night. We went over the correct answers for Goal 4 in class today, and students were given the chance to ask questions if needed. Goal 2 and 3 Sample Test Items are HW for tonight.

So close, but yet so far.

Wow we are so close to the end of this year, but there is still so much to be done! Please help me remind your children that even as the days draw nigh to summer and we are all excited, we must still focus on the task at hand just a few more weeks!

 

6th: Today we went over the correct answers from the quiz students took yesterday on Transformations. Many students admitted to not studying for this quiz and lots of careless errors were made. Everyone need more study on this concept before the test on Friday. We also began 3D figures today with a review of elementary school 3D figure curriculum. We will cover Surface Area and Volume of Rectangular Prisms tomorrow and have a test on all of Geometry on Friday. Below are the topics that will be covered on this test and suggestions for study.

 

Lines and Angles-

http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/angles.htm

http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/pairs-of-angles.html

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829635-8&chapter=6&lesson=1&headerFile=4&state

 

Classify 2D figures

Jeopardy Game - http://www.quia.com/cb/12366.html

Polygons - http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/polygons.htm

Triangles - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=10&lesson=4&headerFile=4&state=

Quadrilaterals - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=10&lesson=5&headerFile=4&state=

Circles - http://www.quia.com/rr/29604.html

 

Area, Perimeter, and Circumference

Perimeter- http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=6&lesson=8&headerFile=4&state=

Parallelogram - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=11&lesson=4&headerFile=4&state=

Triangles and Trapezoids - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=11&lesson=5&headerFile=4&state=

Circles - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=11&lesson=6&headerFile=4&state=

Circumference - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829633-1&chapter=6&lesson=9&headerFile=4&state=

 

Transformations

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/trans/tranwork.htm

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/reflect/refwork.htm

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829635-8&chapter=6&lesson=7&headerFile=4&state=

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829635-8&chapter=6&lesson=8&headerFile=4&state=

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829635-8&chapter=6&lesson=9&headerFile=4&state=

 

3D Figures

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829631-5&chapter=14&lesson=4&headerFile=4&state=

Surface Area - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829631-5&chapter=14&lesson=6&headerFile=4&state=

Volume - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829631-5&chapter=14&lesson=5&headerFile=4&state=

 

 

7th: Today we looked at applications of the Pythagorean Theorem. Students will have a quiz on Pythagorean Theorem tomorrow.  You could study this http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/fpyth/PracPyth.htm

 

8th: Both classes covered Graphing Quadratic Functions today in class. We will review tomorrow and have a Common Assessment test on Friday. This test will include the following Algebra topics:

Graphing Linear Function using a table,

Graphing Linear Equations in Slope Intercept and Standard Forms,

Writing an equation given the slope and y-intercepts, slope and a point, or two points.

Solve and graph systems of linear equations,

Graph and understand the solution to a linear inequality.

Interpret the slope, y-intercept, and x-intercept in from a real life setting

Graph Non-Linear (Quadratic) Functions

 

2 weeks till EOG's!!!

WOW! Can you believe there are only 2 more weeks until EOG's. 10 instructional days!

6th: Today in 6th grade we covered the concepts and rules for reflections and rotations in a plane. Students will need to do the evens on their worksheet for HW. We will have a quiz tomorrow on all 3 types of transformations (Translations -Slides, Reflections -Flips, and Rotations -Spins). Please encourage them to study the rules in their notes! We will go over HW before the quiz for any last minute questions.

7th: This class was given back their Tests from Friday today. Anyone who needs to stay for Test Corrections may stay this Friday after school. If other arrangements need to be made they must be made ahead of time! Students also had the chance today to get a glimpse of what they may see on the EOG by looking on the NC DPI accountability website. http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/accountability/testing/eog/2003scstestgr7mathtis.pdf  We read together parts of the information and I encouraged students to look over each objective from the Standard Course of Study http://www.learnnc.org/scos/print.php?scos=2004-MAT-0007 and pick two of the goals that they felt they could work on before EOG days come. Students are encouraged to study these two goals independently over the next week and come to me with any questions if needed. We will do EOG review all next week. Here are some sample problems to get them started. http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eog/sampleitems/mathprevposted

8th: Both 8th grade classes got the quizzes they took on Friday back today. Please be sure  they look over any problems they miss. We will have a Common Assessment Test on Friday!! Both classes talked today about real life uses for independent and dependant variables, slope, y and x-intercepts. They will need to complete the worksheet we started in class for HW.  

Bowl-a-thon

Your child may be coming home talking about going to the "bowl-a-thon". Please read over the invitation with them and consider allowing them to participate. This is a great fundraiser for our 8th grade gifted program's trip to New York City. I especially encourage all the 6th and 7th grade students in the gifted program to participate as they may be going on this trip in years to come.

 

6th: Today we covered other polygons. Students will have a quiz tomorrow!

7th: Today we continued with volume of pyramids and cones and students were able to do practice problems. We will talk about volume of complex figures tomorrow and students will have a TEST on Friday.

8th: Both 8th grade classes covered solving systems of equations with substitution today. We will continue to graphing inequalities tomorrow. Please encourage your students to stay for help on Thursday if they need it! Both classes have a worksheet with HW problems tonight.

FINISH EDUTEST!!!!!

ANYONE who has not already finished the Edutest, must finish it by Wednesday! 8th graders, especially, do it at home if possible. I will stay after school for anyone who has not completed it tomorrow afternoon. If you do not complete it by Wednesday morning you will have to finish during lunch or PE.

 

6th: Today students were passed back all work on quadrilaterals. We covered classifying and area of triangles today and students should complete 10.4 evens and 11.5 Triangles only for HW. We will discuss other polygons tomorrow and have a quiz on everything from April 17th to now on Wednesday. 

7th: Today in class we tested and proved that if a pyramid/cone has the same base area and height of a prism/cylinder, the prism's volume is equal to three times the pyramid's volume. This could also be worded, a pyramid's volume is one third the volume of a prism with the same base area and height. We will do practice problems on this concept tomorrow. 7th grade will have a test on 3D figures Friday!

8th-2nd Block: I am now assuming that your student can graph equations when given in either slope intercept form or standard form. Please talk to them about this. IF they can not do these graphs with confidence they need to stay after school for help sessions on Tuesday or Thursday or both! Today we began talking about systems of equations. This is a simple extension of graphing and solving equations. Without the bases of graphing students will struggle for the rest of the year and all through Algebra 1 next year. Please help me be sure they feel very comfortable with graphing! This class should complete the worksheets 11.7 #1-4 and 8.1 #7-10 for homework!

8th-4th Block: I am now assuming that your student can graph equations when given in slope intercept form. Please talk to them about this. IF they can not do these graphs with confidence they need to stay after school for help sessions on Tuesday or Thursday or both! Today we talked about how to convert from Standard Form equations back to slope intercept form equations. This is a connection between algebra that we covered earlier in the year and the algebra we are covering now. Students who paid attention in class today seemed to grasp this concept well. They have no HW other than completing edutest. We will begin talking about systems of equations tomorrow.

 

 

Edutesting and More

All Classes began taking the Edutest Benchmark Exam online yesterday.  Any 8th grader who did not finish will need to do so on their own time before Monday 4-28.  8th graders who are going to the beach, you will have to finish at home or if you do not have internet access, you will need to plan a trip to the library. 8th graders who are not going to the beach, you will have some time in labs on Thursday and Friday, but if you do not finish then, you will need to finish on your own as well.  6th and 7th grade classes will have another period to finish Edutest here at school on Thursday.

 

6th: Today in class we began talking about basic geometric figures. today we covered quadrilaterals. We will discuss measures of and how to find area of quadrilaterals tomorrow. Students have a HW sheet tonight that is a review from Friday's lesson on transversal lines. We will move onto triangles on Friday. Reminder: Friday will be test correction day!!

7th: Today in class students began taking the Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test. This is simply a standardized test that allows us to better place your student for next year. If an Algebra 1 class is offered at SEMS, this test will be part of the criteria used for placement. This test is not being used as part of the grade for this quarter in my class and is not a test that students could have studied for. We will finish this test tomorrow hopefully and finish edutest on Thursday, then go over both test on Friday. There is no homework for 7th grade this week.  

8th: Both 8th grade classes were given back quizzes from Friday and we were able to go over the correct answers. Students will need to study these quizzes for their next test! No HW. Beach trippers, happy packing! Everyone else, see you tomorrow!

Good Luck BOB TEAM!

SEMS Battle of the Books team will be taking on the regional tournament tomorrow! 8 of my students will be participating! Good luck to them all!

 

6th: Today 6th graders received the tests graded from yesterday. Test corrections for this test will be Friday April 25th due to conflicts with BOB, Students Government, and the short notice of tomorrow. 6th graders have no HW tonight!

7th: just ask your children how math is related to making Kool-Aid and I hope they will all explain to you how to find the volume of a cylinder! Today in class we discussed volume of prisms and cylinders and students were to complete 7.5 Study Guide and Word Problems for HW.

8th-2nd Block: Some students in my 2nd block are struggling with the pace we have taken now that we have started major Algebra topics. Please remind them that I am available to help after school if they ask! Some have taken advantage of this, others need to! Today in class we graphed equations in standard form using intercepts. There is a short HW sheet to practice this concept. Many of them finished in class but some still need to do it. We will have a quiz on Graphing Linear Equations tomorrow. STUDY!

8th -4th Block: Students in this class  are doing GREAT with the new algebra topics we are covering. They are clicking right along with graphing lines in slope-intercept form. Several of them however have missing HW and need to get that turned in! Please ask your child if they are missing work for my class! We will have a quiz on Slope-Intercept Form tomorrow! STUDY! 

Taxing Tuesday

Ok no play on words, my day really was! Plus, my taxes are still not done......hey, what? I have a few more hours!

 

6th: We did a great review today on the CPS unit. If you don't know what that is, just ask your kids, they love it! We will have a TEST tomorrow on Customary and Metric Measures. Some students still really need to study! Below are some great sites for study and practice!

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/measurement/measurement_unit.htm

http://www.harlan.k12.ia.us/mrsc/measurement.htm

http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/topic5.cfm?TopicID=116

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769580.html

http://www.edhelper.com/metric_system.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/con_math/g03c25.html

7th: Today in class we used objects taken from real life and measured the surface area. There will be a Quiz on Surface Area of 3D figures tomorrow.

8th-2nd Block: Today we learned another form that linear equations can be written in -Standard Form. Students have 6 problems to do for HW taken from the board where they will need to use Algebra skills to convert from standard form (Ax+By=C) of the equation to slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) of the equation. We will learn another way to graph equations written in standard form tomorrow and have a quiz on graphing on Friday.

8th-4th Block: We are currently graphing functions using tables, this is the 7th grade way to graph. We have begun to look for patterns that can be used to graph with a short cut. We will learn this short cut and begin to graph "the 8th grade way" tomorrow. Students have 11.3 worksheet for HW. They need to graph each line, then find the slope and check to see if the pattern we discussed in class today works (Is the slope the same as the coefficient of the x?). Then students should look back at the constants in each equation and study the graphs to see if they have any special part on the graphed line. We will discuss this relationship further tomorrow.

Just for FUN

Ok so students are always scared when I say, "Today we re going to have some fun!" In fact I even had 7th grader ask me last, "Mrs. Burford is this going to be real fun or just your kind of fun?" Sooooo, I was searching for some things online today about 3D figures and ran across something that I think is fun. Did you know excercising your brain can be fun?!?!  Check it out here. http://www.mathplayground.com/logicgames.html

 

Wednesday = No Homework

 

Most classes have no HW today because it's Wednesday, however the 7th grade quiz was changed from Friday to tomorrow due to a guest brass quintet visit on Friday. 8th grade 4th block don't forget to complete your pretest so that we can go over it tomorrow and STUDY for your Test on Friday. ***Don't forget -Test Corrections this week are tomorrow due to Camp London on Friday!

Did you know we have less than 30 days left before the EOG's??

6th: For the past two class periods these students have been talking about Customary (English) units of measure. They will have a quiz on estimating length, weight, and capacity as well as converting from one unit to another tomorrow. They also have a worksheet to practice with for HW tonight.

7th: This class has gotten a lot of great hands on practice in the past two days talking about different views and ways to draw 3D figures. Ask them to show you their (for some of them, new found) art skills. We will have a quiz on Friday on views and ways to draw 3D figures. No HW tonight.

8th -2nd Block: Today we finished up the discussion on linear and non linear functions, then looked back over the pretest on this material for any last questions. TEST tomorrow on Functions, Slope, and Linear/Non Linear. STUDY!

8th -4th Block: Today we discussed how to tell if a function is linear or nonlinear. Students should have completed worksheet 12.1 and should use it to study this topic! We will do review centers tomorrow and students will be given a practice test to work on at home. We will go over the practice test and review one last time on Thursday for the TEST on Friday on Functions, Slope, and Linear/Non Linear. You should start to STUDY now! There are links to practice slope on the post from Friday the 4th and below are some links to practice linear and nonlinear.

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-873819-9&chapter=13&lesson=5&&headerFile=7

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-875051-7&chapter=12&lesson=1&headerFile=7

8th Grade Slope Practice

I promised the 8th graders that I would place some practice links on the blog for SLOPE! Here they are!

I encourage you to use these as you study! 2nd Block will have a test on Wednesday and 4th Block will have a test on Friday. Both tests will cover Functions, Slope, and Linear and Non-linear relationships.  

http://math.uww.edu/faculty/mcfarlat/slopesj.htm

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/col_alg_tut25_slope.htm

http://www.learningwave.com/lwonline/algebra_section2/slope3.html

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-825083-8&chapter=5&lesson=1&headerFile=4&state=na

 

6th and 7th grade classes took tests yesterday and will begin new concepts on Monday. Test corrections will be held on Thursday due to the Camp London March on Friday afternoon. Please ask your student how they did on our tests yesterday! Have a great weekend everyone!

Review....Review...Review

6th: Today in class students we able to review for tomorrow's test in centers set up around the classroom. for more review you may want to se the links on the March 19th posting. Also remember to go back over the Functions Quiz and review your notes!

7th: Students spent the day today doing presentations to help review their peers for tomorrow's test. For further study it would be a great idea to study the quizzes we have had on 2D figures so far as well as Chapter 10 and 11 self check quizzes on the text book website.

8th: Functions Rule?!? Oh wait, those are function rules.....In both 8th grade classes we reviewed the 8th grade notation of function rules today as well as talking about how functional relationships are used in real life. Students completed a worksheet with function practice in class. We will move on to talking about Slope (another review of 7th grade curriculum) tomorrow. We will have a test on Functions, Slope, and Linear vs. Non-linear next week.  

 

Welcome Back!

We are in the home stretch! Only one quarter left to go!!

 

6th: We will have a test on Functions on Thursday. Students should be studying using the quiz we took before spring break as well as the links on the post below. tonight they have a graphing practice work sheet with 10 problems. They were able to begin this sheet in class.

7th: These students will have a test on all of 2D figures on Thursday. Today the students were placed in groups and will be responsible for reviewing their peers on one section of the material we have covered. Today they were given time to plan and each group will have 6 minutes tomorrow to present.

8th-2nd Block: Today students were given a pretest on Functions, Slope, and Linear/Non-Linear. We graded them in class and began a discussion to review functions. We will complete functions tomorrow. We will have a post test on these topics next week.

8th-4th Block: We were able to review functional relationships from 6th and 7th grade today in class. Students should finish #7-10 on 9.6 Practice Worksheet if they were not able to complete them in class. (Many students did complete them!) We will go over these last few problems and move into functional notation from the 8th grade curriculum and real life functional relationships tomorrow.

Egg-sravagant Wednesday

6th: We were able to get a little more practice with Functions and transferring from a Function Rule to a Graph and visa versa. We will have a quiz on all of functions tomorrow. See the sites below for practice. Also don't forget to check the 6th and 7th grade textbook websites.

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/html/bbapplet_wl-problem-430985.html

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/numbercruncher/

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/plane2.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/cgi-bin/co.cgi?A1=s&A2=2

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=275

7th: Indirect Measurement is one of the most applicable ways to use similar figures in real life that I know of. Today in class we talked about how indirect measurement can be applied to find the height of tall objects or distances across water. Students did a class work assignment with practice problems. We will have a quiz on similar and congruent figures tomorrow. See sites below for practice. Also don't forget to check the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade textbook websites.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/lessons/S3U3L2GL.html

http://www.yourteacher.com/free-video.php?id=1120

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L4GL.html

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ac72449a6a6926534558

http://www.yourteacher.com/free-video.php?id=1121

http://www.yourteacher.com/free-video.php?id=1122

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=271

8th -2nd Block: So just how do you get an egg out of a graduated cylinder? Today the 8th grade class was able to do an enrichment activity using several different types of eggs to find volume using displacement. They were also able to approximate the volume of these eggs using the volume formula for a sphere. It was interesting! Some of your children aren't real sure what raw eggs had inside so they had to bust a few to find out. Tomorrow we will complete this egg-tra crazy unit by using geometric shapes and patterns to design eggs like those from the story Rechenka's Eggs. this technique can be seen by searching Pysanky Eggs online.

8th -4th Block: This class took the common assessment on 2D and 3D Geometry today in class. We will do make up work and test corrections in class tomorrow.

Spring Fever!

Ok, I'll admit I've got it and so do your children....believe me, I'm with them daily too :)

 

All classes have been given updated progress reports with missing work listed. All missing work must be turned in by Thursday as we are at the end of the 3rd quarter! Notebooks will also be collected on Thursday!   

 

6th: We have started the concept of functions in the 6th grade class. Students seem to be catching on well. Tonight for HW they have a practice sheet for plotting points on a coordinate plane. This is not a new concept, they learned to plot points in elementary school, however, they are not quite used to the positive and negative parts of this task. Only every other odd will be graded, but I encouraged them to do all the odds or the entire sheet if they felt like they were having difficulty with plotting these points. They were also assigned the odds only on the other side of the worksheet, only 3 more problems! We will have a quiz on Functions on Thursday!

7th: This week we have moved on with 2D figures to talk about congruent and similar figures. Students have a HW sheet tonight on finding missing parts of similar figures and a pizzazz sheet on congruence statements and corresponding parts. We will have a quiz on Similar and Congruent Figures and application of those on Thursday.

8th -2nd Block: We are doing an enrichment unit this week with the story book Rechenka's Eggs and the Volume and Surface Area of an Egg. Students don't forget your half dozen eggs tomorrow!

8th -4th Block:  Today in class we did one last review of 2 and 3D Geometry. We will have our big common assessment test tomorrow! Everyone should be studying!!!!!!!

 

 

Sleepy Monday

Just about every single one of my classes today were struggling to stay awake! I know the time changed this weekend - we need to hit those pillows a little earlier tonight.

 

6th: Inequalities were the topic for today. Inequalities are solved very similar to equations with only one little difference. If you multiply or divide by a negative number when solving, you must flip the inequality sign. Students have 10 questions copied from the board to complete for HW. We will talk about how to translate inequalities from English to Algebra tomorrow and then have a Quiz on All English to Algebra translations on Wednesday. We will review all of Integers, Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities on Thursday and have a TEST on Friday!

7th: Today we talked about properties of Quadrilaterals. Most of this information just needed to be refreshed from last year, but some of it was new. I hope that the 7th graders are taking good notes in this section on Geometry as they will need them to study with as the unit continues. No HW tonight but we will practice properties of quadrilaterals and triangles tomorrow, cover circles on Wednesday, practice area of all 2D's on Thursday and take a quiz on Friday!!

8th -2nd Block: Today in class we went over the HW from last Thursday and reviewed changing dimensions in 3D figures again. We will have a quiz on Volume, Surface Area, and the affects of changing dimensions in 3D tomorrow!

8th -4th Block: Today we continued to practice Volume and Surface Area of 3D figures. Students should do problems #13, 15 and 16 from the Surface Area sheet and #6-12 on the Volume sheet for HW.

CONGRATS BOB TEAM!!!

Congratulations to the Battle of the Books team! They beat Chestnut Grove for the first time in more than 5 years to gain the victory in the Stokes County BOB Competition this morning! Excellent Job gang!

Thursday (kinda like a Friday)

Today has been a little like a Friday since just about all of my students are either going to the Battle of the Books Competition or on the ACC field trip. Most students will not see me for classes tomorrow. 6th and 7th graders who are not going on trips will be staying with their teams, but of course class will go on!

6th: Today we played a nice game of chicken scratch with translating English to Algebra and solving equations. Students were then given a maze page to practice for HW.
7th: Class today we interrupted just a little by our intruder drill, however, we were able to get in some good practice on Line and Angle Relationships. Students should complete the back page puzzle sheets for HW.
8th - 2nd Block: We talked briefly about how to use the Volume formulas to predict how volume changes when dimensions are changed in solid figures. Students were then given 5 practice problems for volume patterns with Changing Dimensions and a puzzle sheet on finding volume of prisms. We were able to complete and go over #1-3 in class today. Students should complete the entire sheet and be ready to discuss #4-5 on Monday.
8th -4th Block: Students in this class desperately need to gain the confidence of working problems on their own. Today they were given the opportunity to do some volume and surface area problems alone before we reviewed them as a class. Many of these students were successful at this task and should be proud of themselves! We will continue practicing with Volume and Surface Area on Monday.

The News is Out.....

So, buy now I think everyone knows. My husband and I are indeed expecting another baby in early October. Here's a little update ticker that will change as the weeks go on.

Crazy Week!!!

This is going to be kind of a crazy week, sorry for not blogging on Monday. Yesterday we didn't have any real classes because of the writing test. Friday with the BOB competition and ACC field trip my classes will have another day with nothing new. Now for today....

 

6th: On monday we began going over how to translate from English to the language of Algebra. Students were given a homework sheet to practice these translations. I am very proud to say everyone had there HW today and we were able to go over it quickly in class. We then spent a few minutes reviewing the "turn around words" (than and from) and talking about how to translate two step equations. We will continue with english to algebra tranlations tomorrow adding the solving step for equations after they have been translated. 

7th: Today we began our last unit for the 7th grade year - Geometry! It's amazing that we are already at this point! We will cover both 2D and 3D geometry over the next two months and then move into EOG review, WOW! Today in class we discussed line and angle relationships and the students were expected to take quite a bit of notes. Although I really hate giving a lot of notes, this is a skill that everyone needs as they further education and even in real life and sometimes it's just the only way to introduce/teach a concept in math. Please ask your child to see thier notes and help me be sure they ARE taking them in a legible manner. They will need these notes to study with as our geometry unit goes on. We will continue with Line and Angle Relationships in class tomorrow and students will be given an opertunity to practice what they have learned. 

8th - 2nd Block: Students worked with snapcubes today to explore on their own how volume and surface area are effected by chaning one or more dimensions of a 3D figure. We will discuss this activity tomorrow and talk about how to use Algebra together with the volume formulas as a short cut for 3D changing dimensions problems.

8th - 4th Block: Today we learned that Mrs. Burford was definately not cut out to serve drinks! I better keep my day job! We used clear plastic 3D shapes and water to test the fact that Volume of a Pyramid or Cone is 1/3 the Volume of a Prism or Clylinder, but in the process I pretty much soaked the entire front of the room. I think the students were able to get the concept from the demonstration, even though I was a bit messy!  We also talked about surface area of pyramids. We will practice more with volume and surface area tomorrow. Please don't forget to still study those 2D formulas! Remember 3D figures are made up of 2D figures and we still need those area, perimeter, and circumference formulas. If you can do 2D area, you can do 3D volume and surface area! 

     

Thought Provoking Thursday

Did you know kids really don't want to THINK anymore? I'm not so sure they ever did, because I seem to remember being that way as a student sometimes, but we must learn as we grow up to think for ourselves. I am not sure that anyone can teach you this skill, there just comes a day when the light bulb finally flashes on and our brain begins to be an independent thinkers. Sometimes as parents we may wish that those independent thinkers would listen to some of our advice, but as a teacher I long for more students who are willing to truly THINK! The answers to math problems, like life's problems, are not always handed to us on a silver platter! We must be willing to problem solve, guess and check, and sometimes fail, but ultimately be willing to put our brains to work and THINK! Ok....Enough of that soap box for today!

 

6th: The quiz from yesterday was returned and we were able to go over the majority of it. We will finish going over the answers tomorrow and do a puzzle with two-step equations for one last review.

7th: We played Percent Jeopardy as a review for tomorrow's TEST in class today. We will have a test on all of percents and the applications of percents tomorrow! STUDY!!

8th -2nd Block: We proved that the volume of a pyramid is 1/3 of the volume of a prism with the same base and height. Ask about my awesome pouring skills!! Students have a HW sheet of word problems to practice their volume and surface area skills.

8th - 4th Block: Today we took and graded a quiz on 2D Formulas and Changing Dimensions. Some students are still struggling to remember the formulas. PLEASE ask your child to see this quiz and work with them if they still need to study the formulas!! We will begin 3D figures tomorrow.

Wow wow Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wow wow

What no one else watches Nogin??? Ok so I'm the mother of a 3 year old what can I say!

 

6th: Today in class we took a quiz on two-step equations and properties. These quizzes will be passed back tomorrow and we will begin talking about how to translate from the language of English to the language of Algebra.

7th: We have now completed lessons on all of the applications of percent that we will cover in 7th grade. We will review these tomorrow and have a TEST on percents and applications of percents on Friday.

8th - 2nd Block: Today in class we covered Surface Area and Volume of Prisms and Cylinders, we will continue with Pyramids and Cones tomorrow. 

8th - 4th Block: Today we finished up with our discussion of how area, perimeter, and circumference are effected by changing the dimensions of a 2D figure. We will have a quiz tomorrow on 2D formulas and Changing Dimensions.

 

 

Last Monday in February!!

Can you guys believe how this year is flying?!?!? Next week it will be MARCH! My gracious!

 

Today---

6th: Today we discussed how to solve two-step equations by working backwards. Students should complete the problems copied from the board for HW. There will be a solving equations quiz on Wednesday.

7th: Today in class we covered yet another application of percentages, tipping! Please encourage your child to calculate the tip the next time you go out to eat together. Students have a HW sheet on sales tax, discounts, markup, and tipping.

8th - 2nd block: Today in class we passed back and reviewed the quiz that was taken on Friday. Many students simply made careless mistakes or still need to study their 2D formulas! Students are encouraged to look back over the Pretest from last week tonight for HW. At this point they should be able to do everything on the pretest. I will answer any questions that students still have from the pretest and we will begin 3D figures tomorrow.

8th - 4th Block: Today in class we passed back and reviewed the quiz that was taken on Friday. Many students still need to study their 2D formulas!!!! Without these formulas you will simply be lost in the rest of our study of geometry! STUDY!!! We went on with a discussion of complex figures and students should complete the evens from practice skills 11.7 for HW.  

Are you coming to the Pageant??????

Just to let everyone know who doesn't already know. The Womanless Beauty Pageant being held tomorrow evening at London Elementary school is a fundraiser for our 8th grade AG students who are going to NYC this June. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, you can still buy tickets  at the door! It is definitely a site that you don't want to miss!!

 

6th: Today in class we covered solving one step equations. Students have the evens from 20 problems they copied in class for HW. They are encouraged to do the odds as well if they need practice.

7th: Today we talked about the second application of percent that we will cover in 7th grade - percent of change. Many students do not have the business knowledge yet to understand why it is important to be able calculate things like the percent of profit or losses a company has, or the percent of change in enrollment from one year to the next, if you can shed some insight on these topics for your child please talk to them about why percents are important in your life.  HW -8.4 Word Problems (many students finished this in class)

8th: Both 8th grade classes will have quizzes tomorrow.

   2nd Block- Quiz on All 2D measurement and Changing Dimensions http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/3108.htm

   4th Block- Quiz on 2D Measurement Formulas  http://math.about.com/od/formulas/ss/areaperimeter.htm

 

7th Grade Links

Sorry 7th graders I forgot to put your links below...so here they are now

 

http://amby.com/educate/math/4-2_prop.html -% Proportion

http://www.themathlab.com/Algebra/algebra%20lessons/section3proportions/a370equations%20to%20solve%20percent%20problems.htm - % Equation and Word Problem Practice

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol4/challenge_vol4.html -FDP Practice

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/comparingall3/game.shtml -FDP Practice

Happy President's Day

6th: Today we reviewed evaluating expressions and talked about how you might be able to simplify an expression before you substitute to make thing easier on yourself. Students should do the evens on 1.5 Enrichment and 1.6 Study guide worksheets for HW. Quiz tomorrow!

7th: We moved forward with percents today by learning to use the percent equation. Below are the websites we have used for both the percent proportion and equation. Students should complete the odd problems on the worksheet from class for HW. Quiz tomorrow on everything we have learned with percents so far.

8th: Both 8th grade classes took pretests on 2D Measurement today. More to come tomorrow!

half-days and snow rot my brian....i think

Ok ok so I haven't even thought about blogin' this week. I'm so sorry!

Here's the update!

 

6th: This week in 6th grade we have been talking about integers. We have done all operations with integers and today talked about evaluating expressions with the order of operations and using substitution. for more practice on these topics try the sites below.

Integers -

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-integ.html

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/integ_x1.html

http://www.quia.com/cb/64603.html

Order of Operations -

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U1L2GL.html

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/orderop/Lorder.htm

http://www.dositey.com/math/m/mystery2SMA.htm

Evaluating Expressions -

http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/math8/e/twovarexpression6l.cfm

http://www.slidermath.com/integer/Hockysub.shtml

 

7th: This week in 7th grade we have covered the basics of percents. Today we talked about using the percent proportion. We will continue with more of this on Monday and have a percents basics quiz on Tuesday.

 

8th: Both 8th grade classes were overwhelmed with placement tests for high school math classes this week. Due to the snow day, we did not get to cover any new material! We will begin geometry concepts on Monday! Have a great weekend!

Is it summertime???

This weather has been so amazing, my students are itching to go outside and play! Someone please join me in asking God to turn the winter back on for just a few more weeks! I just want one good snow!! :)

 

6th: Today in class the sixth graders tackled the deep concept of subtracting integers. This is always a topic that takes a while to soak in for some 6th grade students, so don't fret if they come home a little bewildered. We will play some games and do some activities tomorrow with combining integers, both addition and subtraction, these should help their confidence with this concept. Monday we will move to multiplication and division (a much easier concept than subtraction) and Tuesday we will have a quiz on Integers.

7th: TEST Tomorrow on Analyzing Graphs! Today students completed the activity from yesterday and also were given back their graded quizzes to use to study.

8th: Both 8th grade classes took the common assessment on Scale, Indirect Measurement, and Transformations today.

  

8th Graders need to STUDY Tonight!!

6th: I think the students are really enjoying being able to use the SMART board for our lessons. Today the use of counters on the board made it fun and easy to see a model of our integer problems. We will continue with subtracting integers tomorrow. No HW.

7th: This class also got to use technology more than normal today. Students were able to use the graphing calculators to make box and whisker plots and compare them. We will continue with this activity tomorrow and do test review. The test Friday on Analyzing Graphs will cover all graphs that we have studied this quarter (since the MLK break).

8th: BOTH 8th grade classes have a test tomorrow and should be STUDYING!!!!!!!!

Raffle Tickets for SALE!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that the 8th Grade AG students who are going to New York this summer are currently selling raffle tickets as a fundraiser. The prizes include:

·        Stiletto Chopper Bike Provided by Paul’s Cycling and Fitness 

·        Disney’s Cars Toddler Bedroom Furniture Set and $50 Gift Certificate to Flynn Furniture

·        Jimmy Johnson Leather Jacket 

·        Time Alone – includes $50 in gift cards from Village Tavern Restaurant, 2 Tickets to the Grand Theater, and 2 Tickets to a NCSA performance

·        Sportsman’s Pack – includes $25 gift certificate to 4 Runner Only, and set of Coolmax running socks ·        Snuggle Up – Homemade Quilt made by Marie Young

If you would like to buy a ticket please let me or one of the students going on the trip know and we will be glad to get one to you. Tickets are $5 - Drawing will be held March 7th

 

6th: No class today due to writing test.

7th: Today in class we went over HW then took a quiz on Box & Whisker Plots.

8th-2nd Block: Today we only had about 15 minutes in class due to this morning's writing test. We began dilations. We will complete dilations tomorrow and have a Common Assessment test on Thursday.

8th-4th Block: Today we reviewed the concept of indirect measurement by measuring the height of the flag pole using a mirror. Students enjoyed the chance to get out of the classroom and apply so of the information we have been learning. Test Thursday.

 

 

Fun with Transformations -8th Grade

http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/activity.jsp?sid=__shared&cid=emready@transformations&lid=43 

Hey 8th Graders, thought you might like a little fun with your studies!

Why do we need negative numbers??

So we understand that it is a loss of yardage when the Patriot's QB gets sacked behind the line of scrimmage!!! OUCH!  If you missed last nights Super bowl, for the record it was the most awesome one since I've been old enough to watch! We might actually be able to say the game was better than the commercials this year!

 

Ok now for school......

6th: We actually answered the headline question in today's class. We talked about integers and how they might be used in real life. Students should complete the evens on the Integer Basics worksheet for HW.

7th: Today in class we used a formula to figure out if a number truly is an outlier, then applied that knowledge by making a box and whisker plot for each of the ACC women's basketball teams. Quiz on B& W plots tomorrow. HW practice worksheet.

8th-2nd Block: Today we covered rotations and talked about how MC Escher uses transformations in his art. Students should complete the rotations worksheet for HW and check out www.mcescher.com for fun!

8th-4th Block: Today we took a pop-quiz on the rules of transformations. Students need to STUDY!!!!!! Test Thursday! 

Too bogged down to blog...

Sorry for the skip of yesterday's blog, I got busy and forgot! Here's the update.

All classes took quizzes yesterday. Graded quizzes will be passed back either today or tomorrow.

 

Today...

6th: Earlier in the week, students had a HW assignment on GCF and LCM then the next day they had a quiz on the same material. Amazingly the HW grades were very low (if turned in at all), but the quiz grades were great. I asked them why this could be. The overwhelming response was, "HW is not as important as a quiz". So, we reviewed both the quiz and the HW assignment today and talked for a while about why HW is indeed an important part of the learning process. Please reinforce this at home.

7th: Students were thrilled today to be allowed to write on their desks! We did an activity with snap cubes and dry erase markers learning the basics of box-n-whisker plots. We will continue with this topic for the majority of next week. It is  VERY crucial in the 7th grade curriculum.

8th - 2nd Block: Mrs. Burford has a SMART BOARD!!!!!!!!!!  This was the topic at hand in my 8th grade classes today. They were sooo excited to use it. In 2nd Block we began a lesson on Geometric Transformations that will continue for 4 days. Today we covered Translations which is the sliding of a figure in a plane. Students caught onto this topic easily and have a 10 question worksheet to complete for HW. 

8th - 4th Block: After the majority of the class bombed an OPEN NOTES quiz yesterday. Today this class had a serious discussion about how the decisions you are making now (i.e. to not take notes in class, or talk to your buddy instead of listening) can effect you later. We began a review of this quiz question by question to be sure that student to have the notes and understanding that they will need. Some students STILL did not seem to take the review seriously! Please remind your students of the need to do their best!   

Study STudy Study!!

6th: Today we discussed last night's homework as well as how GCF and LCM can be used in real life problems. Students should complete word problem sheet for HW. We will have a quiz tomorrow on Exponents, Scientific Notation, GCF, and LCM.

7th: Today we talked about choosing an appropriate graph to display different sets of data. This topic is not only important for math class and life, but it is also integrated into the computer ciriculumn. Tomorrow there will be a quiz on Bar Graphs vs. Histograms and Choosing Appropriate Graphs.

8th - 2nd Block: Today we reviewed last night's homework and talked more about how to set up proportons for indirect measurement problems. There will be a quiz tomorrow on all the applications if proportions that we have discussed.

8th - 4th Block: After a review of Translations, Reflections, and Rotations, today we went on to talk about Dilations our 4th and final geometric transformation. Tomorrow we will have a quiz on all the transformations we have learned. Students will be able to use the notes they have taken over the last 4 days to solve the problems effectively on this quiz, however, they will need to continue to study these notes over the next few days because they will NOT be able to use them on the test next week.

New Quarter!

Just a reminder to everyone that we have now started the 3rd quarter of the year. Wow, time flies!  Please remind your students of expectations and talk to them about doing the best they can in all areas! Many times I see a fall in grades and attitudes in the 3rd quarter and I don't want this to happen this year.

 

6th: Today we talked about a way to use prime factorizations to find GCf and LCM. Students were given a guided notes sheet and will need to complete #7-10 in both columns on the back for HW. We will do word problems with GCF and LCM tomorrow and have a Quiz on Wednesday.

7th: What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram? Your students should all be able to answer this question! We will discuss how to chose an appropriate graph for a set of data tomorrow and have a quiz on Wednesday. No HW tonight.

8th - 2nd Block: Ask your students how they would measure the height of a local church's steeple? Or have them describe why a surveyor might use indirect measurement to draw a scale drawing of a piece of land in Stokes Co. We have learned how scale and indirect measurement are applications of proportions that professionals around us use daily. Please reinforce these concepts at home. Students will need to complete the practice skills and word problems worksheets for 4.7 Indirect measurement tonight for HW.

8th - 4th Block: Today in class we continued talking about geometric transformations. Today we quickly reviewed translations and reflections then discussed rotations in depth. Students should have finished the practice problem in class, however may need to complete them at home if they did not.  

6th: Today in class we were briefly interrupted by the gentlemen who came to measure and cut out a place for an installation of a Smart Board in my classroom. (Yippee, whoohooo, me excited?? not at all!!) We moved to the cafeteria and continued with class! We were able to complete a lesson on scientific notation and students will need to complete odd practice problems for HW if they did not finish in class.

7th: Today we talked about being aware of misleading graphs and statistics that are presented in the media. We read a very interesting article about a misleading graph that was presented by CNN about the Terry Shivo case. This of course brought up lots of discussion. After talking ethics for a few minutes, we continued to talk about the misleading graphs lesson, I told many of them that they should talk more about the ethics  issues with their parents, so don't be surprised if they want to talk, or if you have a normal middle schooler and they never mention it! ;) We will have a quiz on analyzing graphs and charts tomorrow. This is mostly all review for them and I feel very confident that they will do well.

8th-2nd Block: Again today we went over the homework sheet on Ratios and Proportions. This is a review from 6th and 7th grade, but will be needed for the 8th grade material we will cover next week. They should complete the odds for HW.

8th- 4th Block: Today in class we began a discussion of Geometric Transformations. We will be learning about 4 types on Transformations (Translations, Reflections, Rotations, and Dilations). The first 3 are review and the 4th one is new material for them. Today we focused mostly on Translations, a sliding of an object from one spot to another. They should complete #6-10 on the practice skills worksheet and #1-2 on the word problems for HW.  

Two-hour delay makes my day! :)

6th: Today in class we almost completed review of the Edutest we took last Thursday. We will complete this review, do some Alice math, and clean out our notebooks tomorrow. No HW.

7th: Today in class we completed the review of last week's Edutest. Students will begin studying graphs that can be used to display data tomorrow. For HW tonight students have a worksheet to review graphs that they have already covered in elementary school and 6th grade.

8th: Both 8th grade classes went over the correct answers to the Benchmark test we took last Wednesday. They were also given the chance to ask questions if they had them about the problems on this test. 2nd Block has a review of Ratios and Proportions for HW, evens only!

Edutest anyone?

All Classes took the edutest quarterly assessment today in class. Tomorrow is the end of the quarter. All missing work must be turned in by tomorrow to avoid an incomplete on your report card. 8th grade classes will take Grade Level Benchmark tests tomorrow.  

Make-up Monday

Today in all classes students were passed back any work that I had graded for them. They were also given progress reports with their current quarter grades and missing work. All students were given the opportunity to do missing work in class today. ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE BY WEDNESDAY!! Wednesday is the end of the quarter! Some students will need to finish missing work for HW tonight. There is no additional homework.

All classes will be taking Edutest tomorrow.

8th grade classes will have a benchmark exam on Wednesday. The grade they earn on the benchmark can be used to replace their lowest test grade if they so desire.

6th and 7th grade classes will go over correct edutest answers on Wednesday.

Due to the short week this week, test corrections have been moved from the normal Friday.

7th Grade Test Corrections will be Tuesday afternoon. These should be quick and easy. Most mistakes made were careless. Students can be picked up by 4 at the latest.

6th Grade Test Corrections will be Wednesday afternoon. We will be going over each problem as a group. I want to be sure they know exactly why they missed each problem and how to do it correctly. Test corrections for 6th grades will probably last until at least 4:30.

review review review

6th and 7th: TEST tomorrow!!

8th - 2nd Block: 3D Graphs Due tomorrow!!

8th - 4th Block: Quiz on Applications of Proportions!

 

**8th Graders -Professional Luncheon Tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Rohm!!

6th: Today in class students did review centers on all of the topics we have covered in Probability. We will do a review again tomorrow and have a test on Friday.

7th: Today in class we completed data collection and used an Excel spredsheet to find mean, median, mode, and range of our class information. We will talk tomorrow about how to find measures of central tendency from graphs and charts then we will have a test on Friday.

8th - 2nd Block: Students continued working on 3D graph projects in class today. Due Friday!!

8th - 4th Block: Today in class we began talking about indirect measurement, another real life application of proportions. Students are to complete 6 questions on similar figures before class tomorrow. We will continue talking about indirect measurement for the rest of the week.  

Rain, Rain, go away.....at least during my 7th grade class!!

6th: Today in class we talked about how to be sure that collected data is both fair and credible. Students were asked to complete the bottom of our guided notes sheet for HW. They should put an F if they think the situation is fair and a B if they think it is Biased. Please talk with your students about how information that they read and see on TV may be biased and they should be careful to find out if the sorce is credible before they believe everything they see. We will review tomorrow and Thursday and have a TEST on all of Probability on Friday!!

7th: I had planned to do an activity in the computer lab today, however because the 8th grade computer test ran later than expected, we had to do the same activity on paper outside. We were doing measurements so that we can use them to calculate statistics. Needless to say, it started raining in the middle of the activity. So we finished up as best we could and we will try again tomorrow! :)

8th - 2nd Block: Just a few more days......looking good for the most part! Keep up the good work.

8th - 4th Block: Today in class we finished our lesson on using scale then practiced using the scale on the NC map. We will talk about another real life application of proportions in class tomorrow.  

Monday Madness

6th: Today in class we did our 3rd section of an ELA and math integration unit. We are solving math problems about the happenings in book Alice in Wonderland. Today we covered problems taken from chapters 5 and 6 of "Alice". We will do more of these activities as Mr. Capizzani's class continues discussing the text of the book in their ELA class.  We will go back to probability tomorrow and have a test on all of probability on Friday.

7th: Today in class students received graded work from last week. We went over the correct answers from Friday's quiz. Students played a Central Tendency card game to review the calculations of Mean, Median, and Mode one last time. Tomorrow we will collect info about ourselves and classmates by rotating through stations. We will then use this data to compare measures of central tendency between different sets of data.  

8th -2nd Block: Three more days to complete 3D Graphs. They are beginning to take shape. I am excited to see the final product!

8th - 4th Block: Today we started talking about Scale Models and Drawings. Use of a scale is a great real life application of proportional reasoning. We will continue with using scale on a map tomorrow then move on to other applications of proportions later in the week. HW -Finish through # 14 on today's blue worksheet.  

Is this really Thursday already!!!

6th: Today in class we discussed more about Permutations and Combinations. We were able to do some practice problems and talk about which they were out loud. Students were also given a chart that gives keywords and situations to watch for for each. Please go over your child's homework with them tonight.
7th: Today in class we discussed how outliers effect the mean, median, mode and range of a set of data. We will have a quiz tomorrow on these concepts.
8th-2nd Block: Students continued to work on their 3D graphs. Some of them have very creative ideas! I am excited to see the finished product.
8th-4th Block: Today we discussed real life applications of proportions. We will have a quiz on Proportional Reasoning tomorrow.

Happy New Year!!

Welcome back on this COLD day on January! I have to admit I was hoping for snow, but oh well! I was glad to see everyone today. Hope you all had a wonderful break!

 

6th: Today in class we started what might be one of the hardest concepts for 6th graders to grasp - Combinations and Permutations. Please work together with your child to study this concept. They may need to talk through some of their homework this week to decided if they are indeed doing a permutation problem or a combination problem. Quiz Friday on Combinations and Permutations. Test Friday the 11th on all Probability Topics.

7th: Today in class students were extremely talkative! Please remind your child (or yourself if you are a student) that school does go on after break and we must focus back on learning. Test grades were given back from the test on Functions and Slope that was given before break. Test Corrections will be Friday the 11th. We reviewed the Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, Median, Mode) and Range from 6th grade. Tomorrow we will continue with this topic as well as talk about Outliers in a set of Data. We will have a quiz on Friday.

8th-2nd Block: Students continued to work on their 3D graphs. Graphs are due Friday the 11th.

8th-4th Block: Today in class we began talking about proportional reasoning in anticipation of next week's lessons on using scale and indirect measurement. We will discuss using proportions to solve problems tomorrow and have a quiz on proportions on Friday.