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.