Monday, December 19, 2011
6th Grade Math - Winter Break
6th and 7th Grade Math for 12/19
1. What time is it 6 hours before 6 minutes after noon?
2. I need 12 pieces of fruit to make 3 glasses of juice. How many pieces of fruit do I need to make 10 glasses?
3. If 3 out of 5 dentists recommend sugarless gum, what percent don't recommend sugarless gum?
4. The following are all factors of 30 x 40 x 50 except: A) 1 x 3 x 5, B) 2 x 4 x 6, C) 5 x 7 x 9, D) 6 x 8 x 10
5. Every birthday of my life, I put as many pennies in a jar as my age in years. I now have $1.20 in the jar. How old am I?
6. If you continue filling the numbers of the pyramid below, which number will be in the rightmost spot on the 12th line?
1
2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9 10
7. What is the Least Common Multiple of 45 and 66?
8. Write the fraction (7/48) as a decimal, rounding to the nearest thousandth.
9. x represents the mean value of the numbers {2, 4, 6, 8};
y represents the median of the numbers {0, 2, 4, 6};
z represents the mode of the numbers {1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4};
Find the value of (x + y) ÷ z + (x + z) ÷ y
Monday, December 12, 2011
7th Grade Language Arts December 12-16
Monday | · Overview of week · Review of essay structure · Revise final draft of essay |
Homework: Read p. 85-104 in The Outsiders. | |
Tuesday | · Discuss The Outsiders. · Prepare for mock trial. |
Work on final draft of essay for ½ hour. Focus on content and organization first, then creative language and proofreading errors. | |
Wednesday | · Read to the end of Ch. 9 silently in class. · If you are ahead in the book, please bring your independent book to read. |
Finish reading to the end of Ch. 9 in The Outsiders | |
Thursday | · Revision technique: Tense changes · Continue writing this week’s paper. |
Finish this week’s paper. Due tomorrow. | |
Friday | · Continue working on mock trial preparations |
8th Grade Language Arts December 12-16
Monday | · Overview of week · Review of essay structure · Revise final draft of essay |
Homework: Read p. 95-111 in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. | |
Tuesday | · Discuss A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Looking closely at the language on pages 20, 28, 58, 66, 70, 72, 78, 92) |
Work on final draft of essay for ½ hour. Focus on content and organization first, then creative language and proofreading errors. | |
Wednesday | · Finish Act 3, Scene 2. · If you are ahead in the book, please bring your independent book to read. |
Quiz tomorrow on the play from the beginning through Act 3, Sc.1. | |
Thursday | · Revision technique: Focus on transitions · Continue writing this week’s paper. |
Finish this week’s paper. Due tomorrow. | |
Friday | · TBA (B period continuing math final) |
6th and 7th Grade Science Dec. 12-16th
Tues: 1) Finish graphing the results of your Long Match Burn. Do this graph on a separate piece of paper, NOT in your lab books. 2) Write a brief description of what was happening each time your graph changed slope.
Nicole's Math Classes - 12/12-12/16
Monday - pp. 183-184 #2-4, 13-19 odd, 39-43 odd
Tuesday - pp. 183-184 #5-11, 20, 36-37, 38-42 even
Wednesday - Find a cookie recipe (online or in a cook book) and copy it into your HW notebook. Turn all the mixed numbers into improper fractions. Then double the recipe and turn all the new mixed numbers into improper fractions.
Thursday - Study for tomorrow's test! Spend 30 minutes reviewing with an adult and get their signature on your half-sheet.
7th Grade Pre-Algebra Homework:
Monday - pp. 388 #9-21 odd
Tuesday - Slope-Intercept Form worksheet (copy the problems into your homework notebook)
Wednesday - Finish your work on the grocery store item you chose in class. Use this list as a checklist to make sure you've finished the entire assignment:
- Tell me what your item is and how much it costs (by ounce, by pound, or by the item)
- Make a table of data (same thing as a function table or in/out table) for the food item
- Graph the ordered pairs from your table on graph paper
- Write a description of the data - Does it make a line? Does the line rise or fall? Does your line ever go negative? Why or why not?
- Write an equation that fits your line. Hint: what mental math did you do to complete your data table?
- Write 3 questions that could be answered by your graph (or table)
- Tell me what your intercept means (how much does it cost you to not buy any grocery items?)
7th Grade Algebra Homework:
Monday - pp. 214 #12-24 even, 36-39. Here are some hints: 1) you can check whether a point is part of a line by plugging your coordinate pair into the equation, 2) to find coordinate points that fit an equation, make an in/out table for any values of x that your heart desires, 3) make in/out tables for #36-39 and then graph your coordinate points!
Tuesday - p. 215 #52-55, 57-59; p. 208 #46-52 even
- On #52-55, 1) rewrite each equation in slope-intercept form, 2) Identify the intercepts and slope, 3) create an in/out table of at least 4 points, 4) select the correct graph from the book.
- For help with graphing linear equations (#57-59) look to pp. 248-249
- A completed data table (same as a function table or in/out table)
- A graph with the coordinate points from your data table
- An equation that fits your line on the graph
- A description of your data - 1) At zero seconds, where were you on the track?, 2) How long did it take you to finish the entire distance?, 3) What does your slope tell us about your speed?
- A comparison of the two different ways to we can look at speed and distance - 1) I have to run a mile and I want to know how much distance I have left after a certain time, or 2) I get to go for a run and I want to know how much distance I've already covered after a certain time.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Mac's 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies - Week of December 12 - 16
Tuesday, December 13 - The moment every 7th or 8th grader has been waiting for -- today I will introduce the RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT! Here is the Research Paper Topics Handout. You can find almost everything else you need on the Research Paper Page of Macspage.com! We'll talk about the basics of internet research. Your homework over break will be to make a list of the topics you are most interested in based on your preliminary research.
Wednesday, December 14 - Feudalism review jeopardy. Homework: Make sure your Social Studies Binder is in good shape with complete notes for the quiz tomorrow. SEE JEOPARDY QUESTIONS HERE!
Thursday, December 15 - Feudalism Quiz. No homework.
Friday, December 16 - Research paper resources and research strategies. Have a great weekend!
6th Grade Language Arts and Social Studies
8th Grade Science, December 12-16
Friday, December 9, 2011
DMS Math 1 Honors
12/7 | Triangle Inequality | HW 5.5 Worksheet |
12/8 | Midsegments | HW 5.1 Pg. 298 3,6,9, 12,13, 17,19, 21,22, 24, 32, 35 |
12/9 | Perpendicular Bisectors and the circumcenter | HW 5.2 Pg. 306 3,5,7, 12,13, 16, 17, 28 |
12/12 | QUIP 5.1-5.2 Angle bisectors and the incenter | HW 5.3 Pg. 313 3-17 odd, 19,20,24, 29, 33 |
12/13 | Medians and Altitudes Review Ch 5 | HW Practice Test |
12/14 | Review Ch 1-4 | Review Sheets |
12/15 | Review Ch 1-4 | Review Sheets |
12/16 | SEMESTER EXAM | NO homework |
12/19 | Marshmallow Challenge Part 2 | NO homework |
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
7th grade science / Donna
Review for Quiz
Homework: Study for Quiz
Tuesday: Final presentation
Quiz on Atoms and Ions
Prepare for The Car Challenge
Homework - Make sure your results chart is ready for the lab
Wednesday: Review Quiz
The Car Challenge
Homework: Make the graph for The Car Challenge
Thursday: Review the graphs for The Car Challenge
Homework: Finish your lab report
Friday: Finalize The Car Challenge
No Homework - enjoy your weekend
Monday, December 5, 2011
7th Grade Language Arts December 5 & 9
Monday | · Overview of week · Begin writing new final draft |
Homework: Read ch. 4. Complete “Pre-Write” worksheet. | |
Tuesday | · Introduce vocabulary · Poetry activity: rhyme scheme · Finish Outsiders posters |
Write one sentence for each of the new vocabulary words that correctly demonstrates its meaning. Work on this week’s writing assignment. | |
Wednesday | · Read your independent reading book silently in class. · Add one-page entry to reading journal discussing your book’s connection to this unit’s theme: “Bias and Belonging.” |
Finish journal entry. Read ch. 5 in The Outsiders. | |
Thursday | · Revision techniques: tense changes · Continue writing this week’s paper. |
Finish this week’s paper. Due tomorrow. Vocab quiz. | |
Friday | · Vocab quiz. · Read ch. 6 together in class. |
8th Grade Language Arts December 5 & 9
Monday | · Overview of week · Revision techniques: tense changes · Begin writing new final draft. Complete “Pre-Write” worksheet. |
Homework: Read p. 59-75. Fill out “Declarations of Love & Hate” worksheet. | |
Tuesday | · Read aloud/ Act A Midsummer Night’s Dream. |
Continue writing paper for this week. You must come to class on Thursday prepared to show Dawn your work. | |
Wednesday | · Read your independent reading book silently in class. · Add one-page entry to reading journal discussing your book’s connection to this unit’s theme: “Fantastical Worlds.” Consider, in particular, what are the differences between the imaginary world you are reading about and our own? What opportunities does the author have in terms of developing the characters, theme, or plot, due to these differences? Please update me as to how much you read last week and set a goal for this coming week. |
Finish journal entry. Read p. 77-93 in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. | |
Thursday | · Continue writing this week’s paper. |
Finish this week’s paper. Due tomorrow. | |
Friday | · Read aloud/ Act A Midsummer Night’s Dream. |