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!