• Today we we began stations for Lesson 7 practice. Stations will continue on Monday.
The stations are:
1.  adding positive and negative fractions (assignment #8)
2.  4 vocabulary word maps 
3.  Instruction Book pgs. 58-61
4. Khan Academy (3 assignments)

Homework
Past Due Assignments (Some students still need to finish these and turn in for credit)
*Practice and Problem Solving book p. 61-62
*Assignment #7 (Multiplying and Dividing Fractions- Riddle p.C67)
*Assignment #6 (Terminating/Repeating Decimals- Riddle p.C72) 

Important Dates:
Wednesday, December 5 – Field Trip
Wednesday, December 12 — Late Start
Monday, December 24- Friday, January 4 — NO SCHOOL – Winter Break

• On Tuesday, we started Lesson 7: Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers…students should have brought home the “Family Letter” the other day. (If not, please ask them about it. It is in their Practice and Problem Solving book pages 57-58.)

• Today students took notes in their spiral notebook to review skills:
     –the rules for adding and subtracting fractions
     -the rules for adding and subtracting integers

• Tomorrow we will begin stations for Lesson 7 practice

Homework
Past Due Assignments (Some students still need to finish these and turn in for credit)
*Practice and Problem Solving book p. 61-62
*Assignment #7 (Multiplying and Dividing Fractions- Riddle p.C67)
*Assignment #6 (Terminating/Repeating Decimals- Riddle p.C72) 

Important Dates:
Wednesday, December 5 – Field Trip
Wednesday, December 12 — Late Start
Monday, December 24- Friday, January 4 — NO SCHOOL – Winter Break

• We are wrapping up Lesson 6: Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers.

• Last week students took notes in their spiral notebook to review skills from previous grades:
     -how to change improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed to improper fractions
     -the rules for multiplying and dividing fractions
     -the rules for multiplying and dividing decimals

• Students have been using their notes, along with the integer rules, to practice multiplying and dividing fractions or decimals with negatives during stations. Finish up the stations work….we will finish going over the work before the quiz. 

• Lesson 6 QUIZ will be tomorrow!

Homework
*Finish stations work:
     – Instruction book p.49 (#15-16), p. 50 (#17), p. 52 (#1-3)
     – Practice and Problem Solving book p. 51-52
     – Multiplying/Dividing Fraction riddle (p. C67) – don’t worry about the actual riddle if you don’t understand the directions, just solve the problems!

Important Dates:
Wednesday, Nov. 21- Friday, Nov. 23 — NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving
Wednesday, December 12 — Late Start
Monday, December 24- Friday, January 4 — NO SCHOOL – Winter Break

Thank you to all the families that were able to attend conferences last week! It was a pleasure to meet with you!  If you were unable to attend conferences and you have a question or concern about your child, feel free to email me:   furlowd@dearbornschools.org