Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Week of April 19

Monday:
8th: Metric Scavenger Hunt
7th: TAKS Review

Tuesday:
8th: Measurement Olympics Practice Rounds
7th: TAKS Review

Wednesday:
8th: Measurement Olympics
7th: TAKS Review

Thursday:
8th: Gummy Bear Lab
7th: TAKS Review

Friday:
8th: Gummy Bear Lab
7th: TAKS Review

Friday, March 5, 2010

Extra Credit Week of March 8

A helium balloon was let loose from San Francisco, California which is at sea level. It rose to 10,000 feet and was carried eastward by the winds. Then it lost 4,720 feet of altitude and came down in Denver, Colorado. How high is Denver?

Week Of March 8

Monday:
TAKS Review Lesson 3 Operations with Rational Numbers

Tuesday:
8th grade has reading and science testing
7th grade has math and reading testing

Wednesday:
8th grade has interventions
7th grade has math benchmark

Thursday:
TAKS Review Lesson 4 Percents

Friday:
TAKS Review Lesson 5 Rates

Friday, February 26, 2010

Week of March 1

Monday:
Test on probability and dimensional change

Tuesday:
TAKS Review beings

Wednesday:
Practice TAKS Test (get sleep and breakfast)
Review for TAKS

Thursday:
8th graders to McNeil

Friday:
Review for TAKS

Extra Credit Mar 1

A helium balloon rose to 500 feet and was blown sideways for about a mile. Then it went up 350 feet, came down 100 feet, and went up 400 feet. What is the hightest altitude the balloon reached?

Friday, February 19, 2010

Extra Credit Week of Feb 22

In a box of 36 chocolates, 1/3 of them are white; the rest are brown. If 1 white chocolate and 3 brown chocolates are eaten, what fraction of the remaining chocolates will be white?

Feb 22-Feb 26

Monday:
Transformations (translations and reflections)
HOMEWORK: p. 105-106 Worksheet

Tuesday:
Dilations
HOMEWORK: Complete My Dilation

Wednesday:
Similar Figures

Thursday:
Similar Figures
HOMEWORK: Similar Figures page

Friday:
Dimensional change with area and perimeter

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Week of Feb 15

Monday:
No School

Tuesday:
Sequences
HOMEWORK: Sequence Match Up

Wednesday and Thursday
Benchmark

Friday:
Test on pythagorean theorem, different representations of data, and sequences

Extra Credit Week of Feb 15

There are 75 gumballs in a bag. There are 30 red, 20 green, 15 yellow, 5 blue, and 5 orange. If you reach into the bag without looking and take out one gumball, what is the probability that you will get a green gumball?

Monday, February 8, 2010

Week of Feb 8-12

Monday:
Solving for a missing side using pythagorean theorem
HOMEWORK: 3-5 Practice

Tuesday:
Application problems for pythagorean theorem
HOMEWORK: Practice problems worksheet

Wednesday:
Early Release

Thursday:
Pythagorean Theorem Review (subject to change)

Friday:
Pythagorean Theorm Test (subject to change)

Extra Credit Week of Feb 8

The school bus comes to pick up Bailey at 7:30 am. It takes him 10 minutes to get up and get dressed, 20 minutes to have breakfast, and 15 minutes to walk to the bus stop. What time does he have to get up?

Friday, January 29, 2010

Week of Feb 1-5

Monday:
Continue with dimensional change
HOMEWORK: 3 questions on dimensional change

Tuesday:
Review for Volume and dimensional change test
HOMEWORK: Go to bed early and eat breakfast

Wednesday:
Volume test

Thursday:
Slip into writing day (wear your slippers)
Go over volume test

Friday:
Intro to Pythagorean Theorem
HOMEWORK: p. 135 worksheet

Extra Credit Week of Feb 1-5

As a promotion, a store let the first 99 customers on a certain day buy a 3-liter bottle of pure olie oil for only 99 cents each. The bottles cost the store $4.50 each. How much did the promotion cost the store?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Week of Jan 25-29

Monday:
Volume of Cylinders
HOMEWORK: Versatiles

Tuesday:
Review volume of prisms and cylinders

Wednesday:
Volume of Cones and Pyramids
HOMEWORK: Versatiles pick 6 on each page

Thursday:
Quiz
Volume of Spheres
HOMEWORK: Find the volume of the spheres

Friday:
Dimensional Change

Friday, January 15, 2010

Extra Credit Week of Jan 18-22

Shelby had 2 pounds of raisins. She ate 4 oz of them. What fraction of the raisins did she eat?

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Week of Jan 18-22

Monday:
No School!

Tuesday:
7th: District Testing
8th: Surface Area Test

Wednesday:
7th: District Testing
8th: Go over Test

Thursday:
What is volume? Find volume of a cube

Friday:
Volume of prisms
HOMEWORK: Versatiles page 26

Friday, January 8, 2010

Week of Jan 11-15

7th Grade...
Monday:
Surface Area Activities

Tuesday:
Review Surface Area

Wednesday:
Surface Area Test

Thursday:
Surface Area Test

Friday:
Go over test

8th Grade...
Monday:
Review Surface Area activities

Tuesday:
District TAKS Readiness Testing

Wednesday:
District TAKS Readiness Testing

Thursday:
Review Surface Area Loop

Friday:
Test Surface Area

Extra Credit Jan 11-15

A room has four windows. Each window is 44 in by 60 in. What is the total area of all the windows in the room?

Monday, January 4, 2010

Jan 5-8

Tuesday:
Go over behavior and reestablish classroom expectations
Review Surface Area of rectangular prisms
HOMEWORK: Versatiles

Wednesday:
Surface area of rectangular prism and triangular prisms
HOMEWORK: Versatiles

Thursday:
Surface area of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and triangular prisms
HOMEWORK: p. 174-175 Worksheet

Friday:
QUIZ on surface area
Foldable Review