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?