The Week of September 28th

Posted on September 26, 2009 by megstritch.
Categories: Uncategorized.

This week in Seventh Grade Math…
**This week in Accelerated Math students should have at least 8 objectives mastered. Please encourage your child to work outside of class to catch up if needed.

White and Red: This week we will continue, and finish, our work on dividing decimals. We will also continue practice the other decimal operations. Our decimal operation quiz will be on Friday.
Blue: This week we will finish/review dividing decimals. We will have our decimal operation quiz on Thursday. We will be finishing the decimal chapter on Friday. Our decimal test will be next week.

This week in Eighth Grade Math…
**This week in Accelerated Math students should have at least 8 objectives mastered. Please encourage your child to work outside of class to catch up if needed.

Blue: Tuesday we will be reviewing for our Chapter 5 test that was moved to this Wednesday. Thursday we will start our percents chapter.
White: This week we will begin working on percents. Most of this chapter should be a review from last year, so we should hopefully move through it rather quickly.

The Week of September 20th

Posted on September 18, 2009 by megstritch.
Categories: Uncategorized.

This week in Seventh Grade Math…
**This week students should have 6 objectives mastered in Accelerated Math. Please encourage your child to work on it outside of class if they are behind, or if they are looking for extra credit.

All Groups: Tuesday we are having our first quiz on decimals. The quiz study guide should be in your child’s notebook. This week we will also be working on all decimal operations. Dividing decimals is tough, so please encourage your child to get extra help/practice if necessary.

This week in Eighth Grade Math…
**This week students should have 6 objectives mastered in Accelerated Math. Please encourage your child to work on it outside of class if they are behind, or if they are looking for extra credit.

Blue: This week we will be finishing Chapter 5 in our books. We are still working on rates and proportions. We will be having our Chapter 5 test on Friday.
White: Tuesday we are finishing Chapter 5 with scale proportions. Wednesday we will review. Our Chapter 5 test is on Thursday.

The Week of September 14th

Posted on September 14, 2009 by megstritch.
Categories: Uncategorized.

This week in Seventh Grade Math…
**This week all students should have 4 objectives mastered in Accelerated Math. Please encourage your child to work at home if they are behind.

All Groups: This week we are beginning our chapter on decimals. We will begin with place value, ordering decimals, estimating and rounding. If time allows, we will begin addding and subtracting decimals. Students will receive a handout Tuesday with the decimal place value chart that will have to be memorized for their next quiz (TBD).

This week in Eighth Grade Math…
**This week all students should have 4 objectives mastered in Accelerated Math. Please encourage your child to work at home if they are behind.

Blue: This week we will continue working on Chapter 5. We will be reviewing equal ratios and proportions. We will also begin using unit rates and formulas to solve problems.
White: This week we will review how to solve proportions. We will also begin using unit rates and formulas to solve problems.
If time allows, we will begin using proportions to solve scale problems. Our Chapter 5 test will be at the end of next week.

The Week of September 7th

Posted on September 6, 2009 by megstritch.
Categories: Uncategorized.

This week in Seventh Grade Math…

**Students will not be having Accelerated Math this week due to Monday’s holiday. They should have at least 2 objectives mastered thus far in Acc. Math.

All groups: This week we will finish Chapter 1 with the measures of central tendancies (mean, median, mode, and range). We will also be reviewing the chapter for our TEST ON FRIDAY. The study guide for the test should be in your child’s notebook.

This week in Eighth Grade Math…

**Students will not be having Accelerated Math this week due to Monday’s holiday. They should have at least 2 objectives mastered thus far in Acc. Math.

Blue: This week we will be reviewing Chapter 1. Our Chapter 1 test will be on Thursday. Wednesday we will be going to the computer lab to learn how to make graphs on Excel.
White: Our Chapter 1 test will be on Thursday. Wednesday we will be going to the computer lab to learn how to make graphs on Excel. Tuesday we will begin our chapter on ratios, rates, and proportions.