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

Friday, September 13, 2013

Week of 9-9-2013

Welcome!

This last week has been very productive. The sixth grade students are working towards the end of their unit. The green students finished the week with a vocabulary quiz and will have a unit test on Monday. The gold students will begin next Monday with a vocabulary quiz and a unit test on that following Wednesday. Both classes had received information about a unit project. The green class will have theirs due next Wednesday, and the gold class will present theirs on next Thursday. Both classes will have a in-class project work day on next Tuesday. I have computers they can use if they are making a powerpoint and such.
The seventh grade students are reaching the end of their unit. The green class took their vocabulary quiz and unit test, as well as the next unit's pretest. Over the weekend, they are to look at their unit test and make corrections. The gold class finished the week with their vocabulary quiz and will start off next Monday with a unit test.
The eighth grade students are reaching the end of their unit, as well. They can expect a test within the next week. They are continuing to learn about the properties and characteristics of linear equations. Reminder: all students and parents have access to the Edmodo account to receive daily updates. Have a great weekend!

Miss Pusti

Friday, September 6, 2013

Week of 9-2-2013

Hello,

We are now into the fourth week of school. Tests are approaching! The sixth grade students are finishing up their Prime Time unit. They should expect a test coming up in about a week. We will introduce their unit project next week, as well. The seventh grade students are finishing up their unit, as well. The green class should expect a test next Wednesday, and the gold class should expect a test the Monday following next week. The eighth grade students are working through the challenging problems of linear equations. They are working towards the end of their unit, as well. We are finalizing some adjustments with the ALEKS and First In Math requirements. Announcement concerning such will go home when decisions are finalized. If students are continuing to have trouble at home, please have them contact me through email and/or use Edmodo.com.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Pusti