Grades are up to date. Quarter 3 is done. No homework over break.

To get ahead, students can work on Khan Academy in the order of operations and exponents assignments (they have been working on these in class for the past 2 days). If, by some chance, they finish that or want to do more to help them prepare for the M-Step and NWEA, they can take a peek at any of the statistics and probability or geometry sections on Khan Academy.

If you have any questions feel free to email me and I will get back to you as soon as I can.  Enjoy your break!

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs. Osak

Just a reminder that our Unit 2 Test will take place tomorrow! I reviewed the Pre-Tests with students today. I also went over the test directly and told students specifics of what to study for the test.

Students will need to:

• divide fractions (keep, change, flip)
• be able to do long division with large numbers.
• add and subtract decimals (line up the decimals)
• multiply decimals(count the numbers behind the decimal to place at the end)
• divide decimals (no decimals outside of fraction bar, move it outside and then the same number of places inside. decimal then goes straight up)
• find GCF (and then use the factor to create a distributive property problem)
• order positive and negative numbers from greatest to least (write and inequality to compare numbers as well)
• use absolute value to find distance (on a coordinate grid and number line).
• plot and be able to read coordinates on a coordinate grid.

Please be sure that your child reviews these concepts for tomorrow. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs. Osak

Hello there! We are winding down quarter 3! Almost in the home stretch! Grades are slowly being updated and should be completely up to date by Thursday (the latest) this week. I will post again once they are done. Since my last post we completed lessons 12 and 13! (Those quiz grades are already posted in the system). We are finishing Lesson 14 today which means the quiz will be tomorrow. For a study reference, please have your student look over their homework packet and complete pages 138 and 139 in their Ready book (if they have not already done so).

Lesson 14 is the end of Unit 2. Which also means a Unit 2 Test will be happening next week. I will review pretest scores and quizzes in class to give students an idea of what the actual test will look like. The test will take place on either Tuesday or Wednesday next week giving us the perfect close to the third quarter.  If your student has any makeup assignments that need to be done and turned in, the deadline will be Monday, April 25. After that, no late assignments will be accepted for quarter 3.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me anytime and I will respond as soon as I am able.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs. Osak

Hello! The first full week back to school was a success! Students finished Lesson 11 this week and took the quiz on Wednesday. We completed an ISN entry on the coordinate plane and then started Lesson 12 today. For the past 10 days students should have been working on review assignments in the iLearn system. They were expected to get an 85% or better on each assignment. I will be posting grades for this on Monday. This will give any students that had trouble getting them done by the due date (today) just a little extra time to complete them. Any work that they show for this assignment should be completed on loose leaf paper to be collected on Monday as well.

Progress reports were sent home to EVERYONE today (yes, even if they have an A) for my class. I am asking that you sign them to be returned on Monday. Any missing assignments can still be made up! Please look over this with your student and help hold them accountable. I can make extra copies of packets if asked.

RETAKE POLICY: Some students have already approached me about re-taking a quiz after seeing their progress report grade. I informed each class that in order to have the opportunity to do the retake quiz, they need to:

1. Have a score less than 70%
2. Return signed progress report
3. Attend a lunch tutoring session with me: (get lunch, come to my room, eat and listen to review)
   • Monday – Lesson 10 Review Session
   • Tuesday – X fractions with cc (cross-cancelling) Review
   • Wednesday – Lesson 11 Review
4. Stay after school on Tuesday, March 5 or Thursday, March 7 to complete the retake. I will need to leave at 4:00 so please pick up your child by this time. (Of course if they finish early I will have them call you. (Students will only be able to retake Lesson 11 quiz on Thursday due to the review session being on a Wednesday).

Lesson 12 is a very quick lesson. Students will be taking another quiz by the end of next week (possibly Wednesday) so please be sure to make sure they are staying on top of homework assignments and are studying so they do not fall behind.

As always if you have any questions please feel free to email me and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs. Osak

Hi there! I hope everyone has enjoyed their mid winter break! The past few weeks have been crazy with all of these days off! Hopefully, we can all find our way back into a routine. I know I am ready to get back to business. With that being said, we have finally finished Lesson 10! We spent Thursday’s half day taking the quiz. Most finished. If students did not finish they will be given the opportunity on Tuesday to complete it in the first half of class. We will also be doing a review of multiplying fractions with cross canceling (bell-work skill from the past 3 weeks). A quiz on this skill will be given this week on Wednesday.

We will spend the second half of class starting on Lesson 11 which should be somewhat of a review for them. It focuses on Common Factors and Multiples. (A lesson we went over in the beginning of the year during bell-work.) We should only take about a week (unless we have more snow days) so the quiz on this lesson will be the last week of February.

Grades are updated (not counting the Lesson 10 Quiz because not everyone is done) so please go and check your student’s scores.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me.

Welcome to the 2nd half of the school year! Grades were submitted Friday last week for the 2nd card marking.

Last week: We finished Chapter 9 on adding and subtracting decimals with a quiz. Students had 2 days to complete the quiz if needed (most did not). We also were able to finish NWEA for our winter progress. Students who were not happy with their scores can improve by studying skills on Khan academy. It is recommended that students try to get at least 30 minutes each week.

We took our time this week and only worked on the first half of lesson 10. This focuses on multiplying decimals. Thursday and Friday we tried to work in stations that lasted approximately 20 minutes each giving students the chance to move around the room and do a new task. Some students struggled with this. Any additional time today was supposed to be used on work from previous stations that did not get completed. If they did not finish an assignment in class, it was considered homework. At most, students should have the 9 question multiplying with decimals worksheet and the 12 question picture page. These need to be completed for Monday (colored as well).

Next weeks plan is to review work from stations and give additional help to students still struggling with multiplication and start on division of decimals. We will not have a quiz until the first week of February.

Donations Needed! I am still in need of Kleenex! Only a few students managed to contribute to the class. Please help out if you can!

As always if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at osaka@dearbornschools.org . I will reply as soon as possible!

Thank you,

Mrs. Osak

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed winter break! I sure did. This week we are back to business working on our 9th lesson which is all about adding and subtracting with decimals. Students are performing really well and I am expecting great things from our quiz coming up next week. The lesson will conclude Friday, we will review Monday, and take the quiz Monday (after review, time permitting) or Tuesday next week. This will be the final quiz before the end of the next card marking.

Other than the quiz, grades that will be collected are from Ready notes (instruction book used in class), Lesson 9 homework packet (to be completed by Friday), bellwork (this week only), and students Interactive Student Notebooks (ISN). Please have your student look over these items to ensure they are diligent in their note-taking and have no missed ISN entries. The ISN score will be a summative grade.

Coming up:

• Lesson 9 Quiz (Monday or Tuesday)
• NWEA Test. (Will start the day following the quiz.)

Donations Needed!

• Kleenex! I am down to my last box! I will give Eagle Etiquette’s to students who help out.

I hope you all have a great week and as always please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Thank you,

Mrs. Osak

Happy week before winter break! This week we finished up the Lesson 8 Quiz. We did a couple of in-class activities on Tuesday and Wednesday. The students really seemed to enjoy these activities. We had a recipe project and also completed an Escape Room! I was very excited that every student was able to escape! Tomorrow, we will be taking a quiz on adding and subtracting mixed fractions. Friday will give students an opportunity to work on any late work or redo any quizzes from this quarter. After Friday, this will no longer be an option.

Other news:

I sent home progress reports on Friday for any students that had less than 80% in my class. These were supposed to be signed and returned to me this week. I still have yet to collect these from quite a few people. My grades are completely up to date as of today (including this weeks work where some students earned extra credit). I am asking that you take the time to do a grade check and have your student get any necessary missing work from me tomorrow! I will resend home progress reports tomorrow (12/20) for anyone that has below a 70%.  As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to e-mail me at osaka@dearbornschools.org . Enjoy your break!

Students have been working hard the past week and a half! The first week back from break we started to break away from the visual models to represent dividing  fractions and went into the “keep, change, flip” strategy to solve problems. Students have done really well! I am excited for them to show their skills during our lesson 7 quiz tomorrow (12/6).  Yesterday we completed a study guide that follows very closely along with what is written on the quiz. Please have your student review this tonight. Today we played Math Jeopardy and students worked in groups to solve equations. I was very impressed with every class!

Our next unit (starting Friday) will focus on dividing with multi-digit numbers. To get a head start, students may want to go onto Khan Academy to review the skill.  This lesson will take us about 5 class periods. Students may have a quiz next Friday (12/14).

Please remember if you ever have any questions or concerns, you can contact me via the Remind app or by e-mail anytime. My e-mail address is osaka@dearbornschools.org

What a busy week! First, I would like to thank all parents that were able to attend conferences. We had a great turnout! Your students did a great job leading the way! I felt that they we very honest in their reflections. I wanted to send out an apology if any of you felt as if I rushed to complete your conference. If you felt that we did not discuss everything you wanted or if you were unable to attend conferences, please email me and we can set up an additional time to talk.

In class this week we completed our first Unit! Students took a Unit Test on Wednesday this week. Overall scores were good. If your student is unhappy with their score (70% or less), re-takes are available. Students wishing to re-take a test will need to setup a retake with me ahead of time. Any retake will take place after school. I am typically here until 4:00 so your student would need to be picked up at that time.

We also started our first lesson in Unit 2. This lesson is about visually seeing what it means to divide by fractions. The lesson is only 3 days long. We will conclude the lesson on Monday and take the quiz on Tuesday. This will mean students will not have homework over Thanksgiving Break.

Please remember that if you ever have any questions or concerns you can email me at osaka@dearbornschools.org