Period 5 - Practice

Thank you for an amazing school year! I wish you all a very safe, relaxing, and fabulous summer vacation!Monday, May 23rd -  Turning in books and finishing up last minute things in class today!

Thursday, May 19th -  Today we did a lesson on probability and we will have an assessment on it tomorrow, the last one!!!!!


Wednesday, May 18th -  We did assessment corrections in class today and started the next section, probability! We will finish this section tomorrow!



Tuesday, May 17th -  We went over the review questions that students had questions about before taking the post-assessment. We will do corrections tomorrow as well as the last lesson of the year on simple probability!



Monday, May 16th -  Review Percent of Change, Percent Applications, and Using the Percent Equation for the post-assessment tomorrow! (Review on p. 391 #39-48)




Friday, May 13th -  Blogger has been down the past 24 hours and they had to delete the past few days worth of posts, so Wednesday and Thursday were deleted. 


7.7 Using the Percent Equation p. 377
Flumpist # 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 33
Manbearbig # 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 34, 40

Tuesday, May 10th -  7.6 Percent Applications p. 372
Flumpist # 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 27, 28, 32 
Manbearpig # 4, 6, 12, 14, 20, 22, 32, 34, 36, 37


Monday, May 9th -  We worked on Percent Applications in class today with the substitute, if the activity was not finished in class, it must be finished tonight!


Friday, May 6th - Today we played 'ZINGO,' it is BINGO with an algebra spin!


Thursday, May 5th -  We made PLAY DOUGH!








Wednesday, May 4th -  We started putting together a bulletin board with unit rates in class today because we didn't quite get all the ingredients for the play dough, we will make play dough tomorrow if we have everything we need!




Tuesday, May 3rd -  We played SKUNK today in class because we didn't quite get all the ingredients for the play dough, we will make play dough tomorrow if we have everything we need!




Monday, May 2nd -  We played Jeopardy in class today and got recipes ready to make play dough, if you volunteered to bring in supplies, be sure to bring them in!



Thursday, April 28th -  We handed in the projects for chapter 7 today, so we will begin our lesson on Percent Applications a week from Monday. The classes will be very small while many of our 7th grade students travel to Washington, DC next week. So, those of us that are left will be doing a very fun project all week long with NO HOMEWORK! :-) We wish everyone that is going on the trip safe and fantastic travels!




Wednesday, April 27th -  Today in class we worked on the projects that are due tomorrow!


Tuesday, April 26th -  We went over the practice from yesterday. The project is due Thursday, so tomorrow will be a work day in class.


Monday, April 25th -  7.5 Percent of Change p. 368
Flumpist # 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 28, 30
Manbearpig # 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, 34




Friday, April 22nd -  Today we worked on the project that is due Thursday, April 28th!




Thursday, April 21st -  We finished post-assessment corrections in class today. The project for this chapter is due a week from today!




Wednesday, April 20th -  Today we took a post-assessment on solving percent problems, and fractions, decimals, and percents. We also took the pre-assessment on percent of change, percent applications, and the percent equation.



Tuesday, April 19th -   We went over the practice from last night today in class. We will have our post-assessment on Solving Percent Problems, Fractions, Decimals, and Percents tomorrow! The project is due Thursday, April 28th!


Monday, April 18th -  7.4 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents p. 361
Flumpist # 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 34, 36, 44, 54
Manbearpig # 10, 18, 27, 30, 40, 42, 54, 56, 58, 60, 76

Friday, April 15th -   We went over the practice from Wednesday in class today, so we will start Fractions, Decimals, and Percents on Monday!

Thursday, April 14th -  Many people did not do their practice last night, so it is due tomorrow. The Chapter 7 Project is also due Thursday, April 28th!



Wednesday, April 13th -  7.3 Solving Percent Problems p. 356
Flumpist # 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36
Manbearpig # 12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 36, 38, 42
The chapter 7 project is due Thursday, April 28th!



Tuesday, April 12th -  Most of the class was gone today due to a band field trip, so we organized our portfolios, which was much needed!

Monday, April 11th -  We took the post-assessment on ratios, rates, and writing and solving proportions today. Then we took the pre-assessment on solving percent problems, fractions, decimals, and percents. We will start the lesson on solving percent problems tomorrow in class!


Friday, April 8th -  We went over the practice from last night, so on Monday we will take the post-assessment for Ratios and Rates and Writing and Solving Proportions.


Thursday, April 7th -  7.2 Writing and Solving Proportions p. 350 
Flumpist # 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26, 30, 31, 42
Manbearpig # 14, 20, 26, 30, 34, 36, 38, 42, 46, 50


Wednesday, April 6th -  We are only halfway through the 7.2 lesson, so we will finish it tomorrow in class. There is no practice tonight!


Tuesday, April 5th -  No new practice tonight, we will begin 7.2 Writing and Solving Proportions tomorrow!

Monday, April 4th -   We did the lesson today on Ratios and Rates for half the class and they have the following practice:
7.1 Rates and Ratios
p. 345
Steve! # 4, 8,16, 18, 22, 24, 28, 30, 42, 43
Ol`e! # 8, 16, 18, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30, 43, 46


Those students who tested out, they do not have to do the practice, but they do need to finish their alternate assignment.


Friday, March 25th -   We took the pre-assessment for ratios and rates, several people tested out!!!! We will start chapter 7 - Ratios, Rates, and Proportions after break. Please have a very safe, fun, and relaxing Spring Break!


Thursday, March 24th -  The students presented their 'Supersize Me' projects today and did a fantastic job, the boxes look great. I will take pictures and post ASAP!


Wednesday, March 23rd -  Students finished their presentation packets for the Supersize Me project today. 



Tuesday, March 22nd - Students filled out peer evaluations, did their reflection questions, and finished last minute touches on their candy boxes today.



Monday, March 21st -  The candy boxes are looking good! They are due tomorrow in class when presentations will begin!

Friday, March 18th -  Students are decorating their enlarged boxes, the boxes are due at the end of class on Monday, to be presented on Tuesday.




Thursday, March 17th -  Students constructed their huge candy boxes today, some of them are mammoth!



Wednesday, March 16th -  We continued working on the 'Supersize Me' project that will be due on Monday!


Tuesday, March 15th -  We have begun the exciting 'Supersize Me' project, the one that students look forward to every year. We just learned about scales, so this project makes the students enlarge a candy box by a given scale. I can't wait to see the enlarged products!


Monday, 3.14 -  
If inside a circle a line
Hits the center and goes spine to spine
And the line's length is "d"
the circumference will be
d times 3.14159


We had a wonderful Pi Day celebration in which we measured the circumference and diameters of our pies and took the ratio of those numbers to see how close we came to 3.14. Then we ate the pies and learned a little history about this famous number. Thanks so much for those that brought in the pies to make our day successful! 



Thursday, March 10th -  Rest up and have a relaxing weekend in preparations for CSAP testing next week!






Wednesday, March 9th -  We continued CSAP review today in class, so there is no new practice tonight!


Tuesday, March 8th -  We finished scales on maps today with a post-test, so we will continue with CSAP review tomorrow!



Monday, March 7th - CSAP review has been taking most of the class periods lately, so we will finished our Scales on Maps section today and will take the post-assessment tomorrow!


Friday, March 4th -  Scales on Maps worksheet due Monday!



Thursday, March 3rd -  We began our lesson on scales on maps today in class, which we will finish tomorrow, so there is no practice tonight!



Wednesday, March 2nd -  We took our post-assessment in class today on square roots and circumference and everyone did well, so they were able to do corrections as well. We also took the pre-assessment on scales on maps, so we will do that lesson tomorrow!



Tuesday, March 1st -   We went over the practice done in class yesterday on square roots, then we reviewed for the post-assessment tomorrow (circumference and square roots). 


Monday, February 28th - There was a substitute today in class, if the practice from Friday was not finished, please finish that for tomorrow, as well as the worksheet that was also on Square Roots from class.


Friday, February 25th -  Square Roots p. 472
Steve! # 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 24, 26, 54, 55, 56
Ol`e! # 20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 50, 59, 60 


Thursday, February 24th -  We went over the practice from last night in class today. The students have lost the privilege of going over the homework in class due to constant talking and disruptions, they must earn it back.



Wednesday, February 23rd -  6.4 Solving Equations Involving Equations p. 314 ;-)
Steve! # 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 36, 37, 38, 42
Ol`e! # 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 42, 46, 47

Tuesday, February 22nd -  We started our lesson on circumference today in class and we measured the diameter and circumference of many objects in the classroom to see if we could get pi. We will finish this lesson tomorrow, so there is no practice tonight!

Thursday, February 17th -  We took the Mean, Median, and Mode post-assessment today and did corrections. Then did the pre-assessment for circumference and square roots that we will do next week.



Wednesday, February 16th -  We went over the practice from last night, so study mean, median, and mode for the post-assessment tomorrow!


Tuesday, February 15th -  5.8 Mean, Median, and Mode p. 274 Steve! # 6, 10, 16, 18, 22, 31, 34, 38
Ol`e! # 17, 18, 22, 26, 28, 33, 34, 40, 46

Monday, February 14th -   We began our lesson on Mean, Median, and Mode today will a pre-assessment and an activity. We will finish the lesson tomorrow, so there is no practice tonight!



Monday, February 7th - Friday, February 11th - The students are taking a mock CSAP this week with the sub while I am away with the 8th grade students at SeaCamp. When I get back we will go over the entire test in preparations for the CSAP next month.

Friday, February 4th -  We finished our decimal operation assessments and have no new practice today!

Thursday, February 3rd -  Chapter 5 Projects Must Be Handed in Tomorrow! Post-assessment on operations with decimals tomorrow!

Monday, January 31st -  5.7 Multiplying and Dividing Decimals p. 267
Steve! # 4, 9, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 48, 50
Ol`e! # 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 52, 54, 56

Friday, January 28th -    5.6 Adding and Subtracting Decimals p. 262
Steve! # 6, 10, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 44, 45, 46, 49
Ol`e! # 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 38, 40, 46, 48, 49

Thursday, January 27th - We went over the practice from last night and we will start operations with decimals tomorrow, so there is no new practice tonight.

Wednesday, January 26th -  5.5 Fractions and Decimals p. 257
Steve! # 2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 50
Ol`e! # 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 46, 48, 50, 54 

Tuesday, January 25th - We took the pre-assessment for decimal operations today and did post-assessment corrections, so there is no new practice today.

Monday, January 24th - We took the multiplying and dividing post-assessment today, so we will take a pre-assessment tomorrow. 


Friday, January 21st -  Study for the post-test on multiplying and dividing fractions on Monday!

Thursday, January 20th -   5.4 Multiplying Fractions p. 249
Steve! # 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 37, 38, 53, 55, 60
Ol`e! # 26, 30, 32, 34, 37, 38, 44, 46, 52, 58, 60, 62

Wednesday, January 19th -   We finished our first total CSAP prep booklet, then went over the homework that was due today. There is no new practice tonight!






Tuesday, January 18th -  5.3 Multiplying Fractions p. 245
Steve! # 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 34, 36, 37, 38
Ol`e! # 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 37, 38, 39


Friday, January 14th - We did some CSAP review in class today, as we have been doing most days since we have been back this semester. We also corrected post-assessments, so there is no new practice today!





Thursday, January 13th -  We took a pre-assessment and post-assessment on the clickers today in class, so there is no new practice tonight.

Tuesday, January, 11th -   We went over the practice from last night in class, so there is no new practice tonight. We are having a post-assessment on adding and subtracting fractions tomorrow, so please study!

Monday, January, 10th -  5.2 Fractions with Unlike Denominators p. 240
Steve! # 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 36, 37, 38, 39
Ol`e! # 12, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 40, 42, 46

Friday, January 7th -  Many students forgot about the project being due today, so some of you MUST hand it in on Monday, everyone else has no new practice for the weekend.

Thursday, January 6th -  5.1 Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Common Denominators p. 235
Steve!  # 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 22, 24, 28, 30, 32, 41, 43, 45
Ol`e! # 18, 20, 22, 30, 32, 34, 38, 40, 43, 45, 47, 48

and the chapter 4 project from the week before break is also due tomorrow!


Wednesday, January 5th - No at home practice tonight, we did not quite finish the lesson in class because we started CSAP prep today. :-)

Tuesday, January 4th - No at home practice tonight! We tried our first pre-assessment using the clickers today and it was super fun, ask your student about this cool technology!




Friday, December 17th - 
I wish you all a happy, safe, relaxing, and wonderful holiday!!!!
 

Thursday, December 16th - 
Study Rules of Exponents, Negative and Zero Exponents, and Scientific Notation for the post-test corrections tomorrow!


Wednesday, December 15th - 
Study Rules of Exponents, Negative and Zero Exponents, and Scientific Notation for the post-test tomorrow!

Tuesday, December 14th - 
Churro 4.8 Scientific Notation p. 214 # 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28, 32, 36, 40, 45, 46
Flan 4.8 Scientific Notation p. 214 # 8, 12, 18, 22, 28, 32, 36, 42, 49-52


Monday, December 13th - 
No new practice today!

Friday, December 10th - 
Churro 4.7 Negative and Zero Exponents p. 210 # 8, 10, 14, 18, 22, 24, 26, 30, 36, 40, 43
Flan 4.7 Negative and Zero Exponents p. 210 # 16, 18, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 43, 44, 45


Thursday, December 9th - 
Chapter 3 Project due Monday!

Wednesday, December 8th - 
Churro 4.6 Rules of Exponents p. 204 # 8, 10, 14, 16,18, 24, 26, 32, 34, 42, 44, 82, 92
Flan 4.6 Rules of Exponents p.204 # 18, 20, 28, 30, 34, 36, 44, 53,  68, 72, 86, 92, 93


Tuesday, December 7th - 
No new practice today!


Monday, December 6th - 
Chapter 3 Project due Friday!

Friday, December 3rd - 
No new practice today!

Thursday, December 2nd -
Chapter 3 Project due Friday, 12/10.

Wednesday, December 1st -  
Churro 3.5 Applying Geometric Formulas p. 145 # 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 28, 30
Flan 3.5 Applying Geometric Formulas p. 145 # 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 29, 34


Tuesday, November 30th - 
No new practice tonight!

 Monday, November 29th - 
Churro 3.3 Solving 2-Step Equations p. 131 # 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 18, 22, 28, 38, 39, 40
Flan 3.3 Solving 2-Step Equations p. 131 # 15, 16, 20, 26, 28, 30, 39, 40, 43, 44


Tuesday, November 23rd - 
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!


Monday, November 22nd - 
No new at home practice.


Friday, November 19th - 
No at home practice!

Thursday, November 18th - 
Churro 3.2 Solving Equations Using Multiplication and Division p. 124 # 11, 12, 16, 20, 30, 32, 43, 44, 45, 46
Flan 3.2 Solving Equations Using Multiplication and Division p. 124 # 30, 33, 34, 38, 40, 41, 48, 49, 50, 52


Wednesday, November 17th  - 
No at home practice!

Tuesday, November 16th - 
Churro 3.1 Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction p. 119 # 4, 6, 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, 30, 47, 49, 50
Flan 3.1 Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction p. 119 #16, 17, 26, 28, 30, 32, 38, 41, 43, 49, 54

Monday, November 15th - 
No new at home practice today!


Thursday, November 11th and Friday, November 12th  -  
No new at home practice today!

Wednesday, November 10th - 
Chapter 2 mini-project due Friday!

Tuesday, November 9th - 
No new at home practice today!

Monday, November 8th - 
No new at home practice today!


Friday, November 5th - 
Review Dividing Integers, Number Properties, and the Coordinate Plane for the post-test on Monday!

Thursday, November 4th - 
Churro 2.8 The Coordinate Plane p. 96 # 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 24, 26, 28, 30, 36, 38, 43
Flan 2.8 The Coordinate Plane p. 96 # 28, 30, 32, 35, 40, 42, 43,  45, 48, 49

Wednesday, November 3rd - 
No new at home practice today!

Tuesday, November 2nd - 
No new at home practice today!
Projects for chapter 2 are due tomorrow!

Monday, November 1st -  
Churro 2.7 The Distributive Property p. 90  # 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 30, 32, 37, 44, 45, 47
Flan 2.7 The Distributive Property p. 90 # 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 43, 48, 50, 51

Thursday, October 28th - 
No new at home practice today!
Projects for chapter 2 are due Wednesday, November 3rd!

Wednesday, October 27th - 
No new at home practice today!


Tuesday, October 26th - 
Churro 2.6 Number Properties p. 85 # 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, 36,40, 44, 46
Flan 2.6 Number Properties p. 85 # 18, 20, 30, 34, 36, 39, 46, 47, 48, 49

Monday, October 25th - 
No new at home practice today!

Friday, October 22nd -   
Finish last night's practice if you have not already!


Thursday, October 21th -
Churro 2.5 Dividing Integers p. 79 # 2, 6, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 28, 30, 43, 44, 45
Flan 2.5 Dividing Integers p. 79 # 16, 20, 22, 28, 30, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47

Wednesday, October 20th -No new at home practice today!


Tuesday, October 19th - 
Study for post-test (absolute values, adding integers, subtracting integers, and multiplying integers) tomorrow!

Monday, October 18th - 
Chip and Dale 2.4 Multiplying Integers p. 75 #6, 10, 16, 20, 24, 28, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 54, 55, 57
Timmy 2.4 Multiplying Integers p. 75 #26, 28, 30, 36, 38, 46, 48, 50, 52, 60, 61

Thursday, October 14th - No at home practice, enjoy the long weekend! I hope to see you at the Harvest Hop!

Wednesday, October 13th - 
Chip and Dale 2.3 p. 70 # 4, 6, 10, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 40, 42, 43, 46
Timmy 2.3 p. 70 # 8, 16, 24, 26, 30, 32, 38, 49, 50, 52, 53

Tuesday, October 12th - 
No new at home practice for today!

Monday, October 11th - Happy Columbus Day!
Chip and Dale 2.2 Adding Integers p. 65  # 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 24, 26, 32, 34, 48, 52, 54, 56
Timmy  2.2 Adding Integers p. 65# 22, 26, 28, 34, 42, 46, 54, 55, 56, 58

Thursday, October 7th and Friday, October 8th - No at home practice - Stemapalooza Field Trip!
 Wednesday, October 6th - 
Chip and Dale 2.1 p. 59 # 6, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 34, 46, 47, 49, 50
Timmy 2.1 p.59 # 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36, 38, 40, 48, 50, 53, 54
Chapter 1 Project due tomorrow!!!!!
  

Tuesday, October 5th - Finish Chapter 1 project by Thursday.

Monday, October 4th -
No at home practice. Chapter 1 Project is due Thursday, 10/7 in class.

Friday, October 1st -  Work on finishing the project for chapter 1, The Poll!

Thursday, September 30th -  No at home practice.


Wednesday, September 29th -  No at home practice.

Tuesday, September 28th  - No at home practice.

Monday, September 27th 
Chip and Dale p. 34  1.6 # 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 27, 28
Timmy p. 34  1.6 # 7, 11, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27, 32, 34


Thursday, September 23rd  - No at home practice, have a safe and fun long weekend!


Wednesday, September 22nd  No at home practice.

Tuesday, September 21st - 
Chip and Dale p. 28  1.5 # 6, 8, 10, 16, 20, 22, 28, 30, 45, 46, 48
Timmy p. 28  1.5 # 20, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 52

Monday, September 20th  - No at home practice today.

Friday, September 17th  - No at home practice today.

Thursday, September 16th  - No at home practice today.

Wednesday, September 15th  - No at home practice today.

Tuesday, September 14th 
Chip and Dale p. 21  1.4 # 6, 10, 16, 20,  22, 30, 32, 44, 45, 53, 54
Timmy p. 21  1.4 # 14, 20, 22, 24, 28, 34, 50, 52, 53, 54, 59

Friday, September 10th - Monday, September 13 -  
No at home practice!


Thursday, September 9th -  1.1-1.3 Post-test tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 8th -  No at home practice! (Just finish last night's if you were confused by the substitute.)

Tuesday, September 7th
Chip and Dale p. 15  1.3 # 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 23, 24, 38, 41, 44
Timmy p. 15  1.3 # 6, 8, 13, 14, 26, 22, 32, 34, 43, 46

Friday, September 3rd -  No at home practice, have a safe and fun holiday weekend!

Wednesday, September 1st