September 21

Week 3 9/19-9/23

Hello parents and students!  We are already into Week #3 of the school year.  Below are things that are happening this week in our classroom.

6th grade:

~ SLOT Quiz on Long Division will be on Friday 9/23.

~ Students were NWEA Testing (Monday and Tuesday).  Please encourage your child to perform at his or her best.

~ Students will continue to practice finding the area of squares and rectangles and will be introduced to triangles.

 

7th grade Math Lab: 

~Students have been introduced to Adding & Subtracting Integers.

~Students will be engaged in activities pertaining to adding & subtracting integers.

~Students received homework support.

 

8th grade Math Lab: 

~Students finished up practice of Order of Operations (P.E.M.D.A.S.).  Students will see this in their SLOT in their Math class.

~Students practice & reviewed how to solve one & two step equations.

~Students practice identifying rational and irrational numbers.

~Students received homework support.

 

September 17

Week 2 – 9/12-9/16

Welcome to the end of the 2nd week of the 2016-2017 school year.  I would like to thank all the parents and students who attended our Open House on Wednesday.  The following are notes for each class:

6th grade:

~SLOT – Long Division, students will have a Quiz on Wednesday 9/21

~Finding area of rectangles and squares, students will have homework 2 nights this week.  Students may have finished homework in class.

~ Week 3 – NWEA Math Testing (Monday & Tuesday), please make sure your student is well rested and has a great breakfast.

 

7th grade Math Lab: 

~Students have been reviewing fraction operations

~Students will have time to complete homework with homework support in class.

~Students will be working on Integers starting next week

 

8th grade Math Lab: 

~Students have been reviewing Order of Operations with Integers

~Students will have time to complete homework with homework support in class.

~ Students will be working on Rational and Irrational Numbers next week

 

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