Friday, December 13, 2013

Week of 12-9-13

Hello,

The sixth grade students are working towards the end of their unit, Bits and Pieces 2. The green classes took their unit test and will be presenting their unit projects next week. The gold class will be taking their unit test next week. The seventh grade gold students will be taking their unit test next week on Accentuate the Negative, working with integers and rational numbers. The seventh grade green students have finished their unit, and have began their unit on Moving Straight Ahead which deals with linear relationships. The eighth grade students are into their new unit of quadratic relationships. The gold class will begin next Monday. The deadline for quarter two First In Math and ALEKS grades will be next Friday. Please email me, or contact me on Edmodo if you or your child need to seek help on either tasks.

Miss Pusti

Friday, December 6, 2013

Week of December 2, 2013

Hello,

The sixth grade students are working diligently through Bits and Pieces 2. They are working with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. The green students will have a test on the Tuesday of next week. The gold students will have a test on the Friday of next week. The seventh grade students are working hard in their Accentuate the Negative unit. The green students are finishing up the week working on their project for the unit. The gold students are within the third investigation of four investigations. The gold students should expect a vocabulary quiz next Friday. The eighth grade green students finished their unit on exponential equations and are diving into quadratic equations. The gold students finished up the week with exponential equations and should expect a pretest for quadratic equations next Monday. The deadline for ALEKS and FIM is on December 20, 2013. They should be setting a goal each week in order to complete their deadline goals.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Week of October 28, 2013

Hello:

The sixth grade students are continuing to work hard through their Shapes and Designs unit. The green class should expect a test and project within in the following week. The seventh grade classes are working towards the end of their Comparing and Scaling unit. The gold students are to have a test next Tuesday, and then will begin their unit project. The green students finished up with their unit with their presentations of the mall project. They did an amazing job on these. They began their new unit, Accentuate the Negative. The eighth grade students are working in the beginning of their unit, Growing, Growing, Growing. This unit deals with exponential relationships. All gold students should be working towards their goal in First in Math. All green students should be working towards their goal in ALEKS. The eight grade green students need especially work hard through ALEKS as they prepare for their placement high school exams. These students will also be receiving additional resources to help prepare them. As always, I am here to help! Let me know if a student needs extra practice, and/or additional time and resources. I have plenty of each.

Miss Pusti

Friday, October 11, 2013

Week of 10-7-2013

Hi:

The sixth grade students are finishing up their Bits and Pieces 1 unit on decimals, fractions, and percents. The green class took a test on Friday, and the gold class will have theirs next Tuesday. They will be working on a unit project, Ice Cream Sundaes. The seventh grade classes are beginning their new unit, Comparing and Scaling. The green class did a quick overview of the material, ending the week with a quiz. They will begin next week with their awesome unit project, Creating A Mall. The gold students will work within the book for the next couple of weeks. The eighth grade students are finishing up their unit on Looking For Pythagoras, working with the Pythagorean Theorem. The green students will be taking their unit exam next Monday, before the fall break session. All green students had an ALEKS requirement to meet by midnight on October 11. All gold students had a First In Math requirement to meet by midnight on October 11. The new quarter will begin Monday, October 14, 2013.

Miss Pusti

Friday, October 4, 2013

Week of 9-30-2013

Hello:

The sixth grade classes are still working their way through fractions, decimals, and percents. The green class is reaching the end of their unit and should expect a test within a week and a half. They will all be working on a project in the future. The seventh grade classes are finishing up their second unit, Stretching and Shrinking. The green class will be taking a test on Monday, while the gold class will be assessed on Tuesday. Each seventh grade class was given an outline of the unit project details. The green class deadline is next Tuesday. The gold class deadline is next Wednesday. The eighth grade class is working through the Pythagorean Theorem. All six math classes are to work on an extra credit assignment given. It is due Wednesday, 10-9-2013.

Have a great weekend,

Miss Pusti

Friday, September 27, 2013

Week of 9-23-2013

Welcome!

The students are making great progress into their math school-year. All gold courses are to begin their First In Math requirements, graded quarterly. All green courses are to begin their ALEKS requirements, graded quarterly. An email was sent home to all parents, as well as handout given to all students. The sixth grade class is working well into their new unit, Bits and Pieces 1. This uncovers the decimal, percent, and fraction material. They will have a unit project toward the end of the unit. The seventh grade students are working towards the end of their unit, Stretching and Shrinking. They will receive a unit project rubric next week as they finish up. The eighth grade class has finished up their Thinking with Math Models unit. The green class is working well into Looking for Pythagoras. The gold class will begin next week with a pre-test on the next unit.

Have a great weekend,

Miss Pusti

Friday, September 20, 2013

Week of 9-16-2013

Welcome!

I hope everybody had a great week. The sixth grade students finished their Prime Time unit, and presented their well-made projects. I was so proud of all the sixth grade students. Their projects looked great! The sixth grade green students ended the week with a pretest for the new unit, Bits and Pieces 1. The seventh grade students also finished up their unit. They will now be working on Stretching and Shrinking. The eighth grade green students finished up their unit, Thinking with Mathematical Models and will have a final unit assessment on Monday. The eighth grade gold students are working hard towards the end of their unit, and can expect a final unit assessment and vocabulary quiz next week.


Miss Pusti