Sep
23
2019

Today is the first day of Autumn

Yes, that’s right. Summer is officially over and the fall season has begun. Although it is still bright and sunny outdoors, fall is here.

With the cooler weather just around the corner, please be sure to have a light sweater or hoodie in your locker, just in case the temperatures in our classroom gets cooler.

Just a reminder……Wednesday, September 25th is TEST day in all classes on Lesson 1.

Sep
11
2019

NWEA Testing in all Math Classes

Please make sure that your child gets plenty of rest and sleep over the next several days, as he/she will be NWEA testing in Math class beginning Wednesday, September 11th.

Research studies have proven that a lack of sleep negatively affects performance on tests. Research also suggests that eating a healthy breakfast positively impacts test results.

Please reinforce the importance of performing well on standardized tests with your child!

Thank you for your support!!

Apr
26
2019

M-STEP testing begins Tuesday, April 30th

All 7th grade students will be ELA testing on Tuesday, April 30th and Math testing on Wednesday, May 1st. ELA testing will be on Tuesday afternoon, while Math will be Wednesday morning. Prepare yourselves by visiting the link below:

https://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/math/https://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/BrowseItems?Claim=MATH1&Subject=MATH&Grade=8&Target=Ahttps://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/math/

 

 

 

Apr
23
2019

Wednesday, April 24th is a Late Arrival/Start Day

STUDENTS….. you may sleep in an extra hour tomorrow, as school begins an hour later! Be sure to set your alarm for an hour later and be sure to arrive at your bus stop an hour later than usual, or else you just might not find your bus waiting for you! Be sure to prepare for tomorrow’s test on Lesson 20.

Apr
08
2019

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held this Thursday, April 11th from 4 until 7 pm. Plan to meet with your child’s teachers to discuss his/her progress in classes. We are looking forward to seeing you all then!

 

Mar
22
2019

Spring Break begins on March 30th

Yes, that’s right, it’s almost here….it’s that time of year; Spring Break is just around the corner.

Students (and teachers) will get a break from March 30th until April 7th!

Then, we’ll be back in school April 8th. M-Step testing will begin April 30th and for seventh graders, that

means they’ll be busy testing for 2 days.

Mar
14
2019

March 14th is Pi Day

Today is March 14th, a special Math day. It is a day to celebrate Math’s most famous number represented by a symbol. The number that Pi represents is irrational  (3.1415…) 

We will be learning about Pi and engaging ourselves in many Pi Day activities.

You may want to memorize these fun facts!!

  • Pi is used to calculate the area and circumference of a circle
  • Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14th, 1879
  • Ancient Greek Mathematician, Archimedes, was one of the first scholars to calculate pi
  •  It took 1,000 years to prove pi irrational.
  •  The first people to refer to the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle were the Ancient Egyptians.
  • “I prefer pi” is a palindrome.
  •  Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day, 1879.
  •  22/7 is sometimes used to estimate pi.
  • The first major Pi Day celebration was in 1988
  •  Pi has been calculated past the two quadrillionth digit.
  •  P and pi are both the 16th letters in their alphabets.
  •  You can likely find your phone number in pi.Here’s the site that searches for                 it: https://angio.net/pi/. I found mine!
  •  And the one that completely blows my mind:   3.14 backwards is PIE!

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/video/pi-day-celebrate-the-magic-and-mystery-of-math-s-most-famous-number-1457376835531