Welcome!
The students had a short two-day week, preparing for Thanksgiving break! All grades worked thoroughly through their lessons on Monday. The sixth grade continues to work their way through the geometry unit. Seventh grade students are attacking the concept of linear equations with graphing. Eighth grade students are studying the differences between linear and exponential relationships, while finding decay and growth in both. Their ALEKS requirements for the week are modified. The students are aware of these changes. I hope you all have had a wonderful break thus far.
Miss P
Monday, November 26, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Week of 11-12-2012
Welcome!
This has been a busy week. The students should be continuing to work on their required amount of ALEKS topics each week. The sixth grade class continues to work hard in their geometry unit. We worked a little bit this week on their big unit project, "My Special Shapes." They looked at lines of symmetry, reflection symmetry, rotation symmetry, and angle measures. The seventh grade students have jumped into learning about linear relationships. The eighth grade students are working hard on exponential relationships, growth, and decay. Since majority of the eighth grade students have been taking entrance exams for high school we have been looking at tips and practices for these exams. We will continue to investigate through these topics.
Miss P
This has been a busy week. The students should be continuing to work on their required amount of ALEKS topics each week. The sixth grade class continues to work hard in their geometry unit. We worked a little bit this week on their big unit project, "My Special Shapes." They looked at lines of symmetry, reflection symmetry, rotation symmetry, and angle measures. The seventh grade students have jumped into learning about linear relationships. The eighth grade students are working hard on exponential relationships, growth, and decay. Since majority of the eighth grade students have been taking entrance exams for high school we have been looking at tips and practices for these exams. We will continue to investigate through these topics.
Miss P
Monday, November 12, 2012
Week of 11-5-2012
Welcome!
This week was filled with classes wrapping up units and beginning new units. The sixth grade classes began their new unit, "Shapes and Designs." They will be working on symmetries, angles, and shapes. They were introduced to their big unit project, "Special Shapes Project." They should be working on this project throughout the unit. The seventh grade students took a re-take of their unit test and we jumped into their new unit, "Moving Straight Ahead," which looks at slopes and linear relationships. The seventh grade students will be giving practice work each Monday (due the following Friday) to help practice their basic math operation skills. The eighth grade students spent the week testing. They took a vocabulary quiz, had a test day and two review days, then ended the week with a test re-take and a pre-test into the next unit, "Growing, Growing, Growing." Do not forget that ALEKS is taken as a weekly grade. Each grade has their class-specific topic requirements.
Miss P
Monday, November 5, 2012
Week of 10-29-12
Welcome!
This last week was filled with the students wrapping up their unit and turned in their completed extra credit. The sixth grade students finished "Data About Us" and are now diving into their new unit, "Shapes and Designs". Within their next unit they will have a unit project. They will be bringing details home. The seventh grade students finished their "Accentuate the Negative" unit and are now being introduced to "Moving Straight Ahead" with slopes and linear equations. The eighth grade students finished up "Looking at Pythagoras" and will soon begin their new unit, "Growing, Growing, Growing." Hope you all had a wonderful week!
Miss P
This last week was filled with the students wrapping up their unit and turned in their completed extra credit. The sixth grade students finished "Data About Us" and are now diving into their new unit, "Shapes and Designs". Within their next unit they will have a unit project. They will be bringing details home. The seventh grade students finished their "Accentuate the Negative" unit and are now being introduced to "Moving Straight Ahead" with slopes and linear equations. The eighth grade students finished up "Looking at Pythagoras" and will soon begin their new unit, "Growing, Growing, Growing." Hope you all had a wonderful week!
Miss P
Friday, October 26, 2012
Week 10-22-12
Week of 10-22-12
Hello!
Welcome back from a relaxing fall break. The sixth grade classes are finishing up their unit this week, looking at mean (average), median, mode, and range. The six gold class will have their vocabulary quiz on 10-31-12 and their unit test on 11-1-12. The six green class will have their vocabulary quiz on 10-30-12 and their unit test on 10-31-12. Both classes should expect a quick homework quiz at the beginning of the week. The seventh grade classes finished up their unit this week. They took a vocabulary quiz on 10-26-12 and will have a test on 10-29-12. The eighth grade classes finished up Investigation 3 and will move on into Investigation 4, looking at 30-60-90 triangles and moving through the Pythagorean Theorem. All classes were given extra credit this last Tuesday. The assignment is due on Monday, 10-29-12.
Concerning ALEKS, we need to work together to ensure the best education for our students. It is now required that all students begin working on ALEKS each week. The incentive that was put in place at the beginning of the year no longer stands as of 10-29-12. The sixth grade students are required to master 10 topics each week. The seventh grade students are required to master 12 topics each week. The eighth grade students are required to master 15 topics each week. The week runs Monday through Sunday. There are computers and net-books available at the school and in my room to help out those students who need to utilize them. ALEKS will be graded each week. Please contact me with any questions.
Have a great weekend,
Miss P
Hello!
Welcome back from a relaxing fall break. The sixth grade classes are finishing up their unit this week, looking at mean (average), median, mode, and range. The six gold class will have their vocabulary quiz on 10-31-12 and their unit test on 11-1-12. The six green class will have their vocabulary quiz on 10-30-12 and their unit test on 10-31-12. Both classes should expect a quick homework quiz at the beginning of the week. The seventh grade classes finished up their unit this week. They took a vocabulary quiz on 10-26-12 and will have a test on 10-29-12. The eighth grade classes finished up Investigation 3 and will move on into Investigation 4, looking at 30-60-90 triangles and moving through the Pythagorean Theorem. All classes were given extra credit this last Tuesday. The assignment is due on Monday, 10-29-12.
Concerning ALEKS, we need to work together to ensure the best education for our students. It is now required that all students begin working on ALEKS each week. The incentive that was put in place at the beginning of the year no longer stands as of 10-29-12. The sixth grade students are required to master 10 topics each week. The seventh grade students are required to master 12 topics each week. The eighth grade students are required to master 15 topics each week. The week runs Monday through Sunday. There are computers and net-books available at the school and in my room to help out those students who need to utilize them. ALEKS will be graded each week. Please contact me with any questions.
Have a great weekend,
Miss P
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Week of 10-15-2012
Hello!
This last week as a quick one. Our sixth grade class kept plugging away into their Investigation 2, looking at coordinate graphs. The seventh grade class reviewed number sentences and studied the concept of absolute value. The eighth grade class finished up Investigation 3. On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of having Mr. Riley come in and visit with some of our classes.
The MSP network is up and running. Do not forget to log on and check your student's progress frequently. Also, all students are required to do ALEKS and First In Math. Let's make sure that we are working together to get these done. I hope you all had a wonderful fall break.
Miss P
Math
Hello!
This last week as a quick one. Our sixth grade class kept plugging away into their Investigation 2, looking at coordinate graphs. The seventh grade class reviewed number sentences and studied the concept of absolute value. The eighth grade class finished up Investigation 3. On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of having Mr. Riley come in and visit with some of our classes.
The MSP network is up and running. Do not forget to log on and check your student's progress frequently. Also, all students are required to do ALEKS and First In Math. Let's make sure that we are working together to get these done. I hope you all had a wonderful fall break.
Miss P
Math
Monday, October 15, 2012
Week of 10-8-12
Hello!
Math reminders: All students should be working on ALEKS throughout the week. The sixth grade students are expected to complete 10 objectives. The seventh grade students are expected to complete 12 objectives. The eighth grade students are expected to complete 15 objectives. If the student completes their weekly objectives goal, they will have their lowest grade dropped at the end of the month. Each student should also continue to practice their basic math skills on FirstInMath.com.
The sixth grade students jumped right into Investigation 2 of Data About Us. They are working really hard and having a fun time learning about bar graphs, line plots, stem and leaf plots, and coordinate graphs. The seventh grade students are moving right through with fractions, inequalities, and absolute value. The eighth grade students are tackling the Pythagorean Theorem, as well as 30-60-90 triangles. The end of the grading period was 10-11-12.
See you next week,
Miss P
Math reminders: All students should be working on ALEKS throughout the week. The sixth grade students are expected to complete 10 objectives. The seventh grade students are expected to complete 12 objectives. The eighth grade students are expected to complete 15 objectives. If the student completes their weekly objectives goal, they will have their lowest grade dropped at the end of the month. Each student should also continue to practice their basic math skills on FirstInMath.com.
The sixth grade students jumped right into Investigation 2 of Data About Us. They are working really hard and having a fun time learning about bar graphs, line plots, stem and leaf plots, and coordinate graphs. The seventh grade students are moving right through with fractions, inequalities, and absolute value. The eighth grade students are tackling the Pythagorean Theorem, as well as 30-60-90 triangles. The end of the grading period was 10-11-12.
See you next week,
Miss P
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