Friday, March 29th
Math
Grade 8
page 8  The Community Pool Problem
construct the outside portion of the pool
Grade 7
page 24, 2.1 The Addition of Integers
pattern identification

Thursday, March 28th
Seventh grade parents please discuss with your student whether to sign-up for Spanish or French for 8th grade language.  I will be asking them in math class and passing the information along to Ms King.

Thursday, March 28th
Math
Grade 8
*Tile Walkways
Were Mary's concern's legitimate?  If so where do the concerns exist?
Grade 7
*page 18#32-38 practice with the chip model
*check-up tomorrow

Wednesday, March 27th
Math
Grade8
*new task: Tile Walkways
Questions to think about: 
Could the area model be used for a response to this question?
The Distributive Property has been used in class for the last week, how might it relate to this question?
Grade7
*page 15 work with the chip model

Tuesday, March 26th
Math
Grade 8
*Skill: Writing Equivalent Expressions
*Skill:Writing Expressions in Expanded Form
Grade 7
*Ordering Percents, Fractions, Decimals
*Skill: Variables, Tables and Graphs

Science 7/8

Students will have a quiz tomorrow on heat transfer.  Students should look over recent notes on heat and energy transfer.  They should know how to calculate calories ( using worksheets on calculating heat in calories A + B) and the heat transfer lab that we did in class to help study for it.

Monday, March 25th
Math
Grade 8
*new task: handout, Skill: Writing Equivalent Expressions
*in  class we worked on completing page 16#25-32
Grade 7
*new task: page 14 and top of 15, chip model for integer combinations
*we reviewed page 17#20-30

Sixth Grade

Students received a new family update letter today. It is on yellow paper. Please make sure they give it to you.

* Report Cards will be mailed out today.
* Student-led conferences are underway. We have our second round on Wednesday, March 27th. If you have not schuduled one and would like to, please contact your child's advisor or a core teacher.
* Sixth Grade students are participating in a dance residency this week and next. There will be an evening performance for families and friends Thursday, March 28 at 6:15.
* Student placement input forms have gone home with students.

Friday, March 22nd
Math
Grade 8
*no new tasks
-page 10 with transparency with figures broken into pieces for areas
-page 11 A-F ways to think about the Distributive Property
-page 16 #25 - 32
should be complete
Grade7
*new task page 17#20-30 change, equations, & number lines
-page 13 with number lines should be complete

Thursday, March 21st
Math
Grade8
*page 10 Transparency 1.4 Distributive Property and Area Model
*page 11 A-E
Grade 7
*page 10 Thermometers (labsheet 2-sided)
*page 13 A-E,  Numberlines (representation of change and also equations)

Wednesday, March 20th
Math
Grade8
*Frayer Model, Vocabulary: Distributive Property
*"Notes" - Combining Signed Numbers
reviewed page 13#3 in class, page 16#25 - 23 attempt using Distributive Property
Also fraction papers are past due
Grade 7
* Notes on numberline (labsheet given) page 5&6
*page 16#9-11, ordering and scaling, page 17#12-19, less than, greater than, equal to

Monday, March 18th
Math
Grade 8
*page 13#3 pool tiles
*page 16#25 - 32 Connections - skills factoring and expanding
Grade 7
*Page 11 A-F  comparing and ordering on a numberline

Friday, March 15th
Math
Grade 8
*new task: page 7 Thinking in Different Ways
tiling pools and different ways to write equations for the total number of tiles used
*portfolio reflection complete and attached to assessment
Grade7
*new task: Skill: Integers
*portfolio reflection complete and attached to assessment

Science 7/8

Just a friendly reminder that students should:

1) complete a written reflection on an assessment of their choosing (scuba diver, heating and cooling gases lab, mid summarize 3, OR midsummative 4.)

2) have created a goal that will improve their performance in science class (academic or behavioral.)

Whether or not you are attending student conferences, I encourage all students to share these 2 items with their parents/guardians and parents/guardians should ask their son or daughter about them.if you have any questions, please contact me at rdecicco@mtsd-vt.org

Wednesday, March 13th
Math
Grade 8
*Learner Conference Portfolio Reflection
Grade 7
Page 16# 5_8 number sentences and ordering
page 18#31 numberline, page 20 #48 checkbook

Tuesday, March 12th
Math
Grade8
*2 Fraction Sheets due tomorrow March 13th
*Draw 1/2 divided by 1/4 and show fraction division, make an example of your own with drawing and fraction work
*Vocab: equivalent expressions  in Frayer Model format
Grade7
*Skill: Finding and Using Rates, & Porportion worksheet due tomorrow March 13th
*Class: page 9 A-C Math Fever
*Task: page 16#1-4 make sequesnces of correct or incorrect scores

Science 7/8

Today, students started writing reflections on an assessment of their choosing (heating and cooling gases lab, scuba diver density test, midsummative 3 quiz OR midsummative 4) for their portfolio.  They should finish the reflection for homework if they didn't complete it in class.  Students will present this reflection as one of their science pieces at the upcoming student conferences!

Monday, March 11th
The last day of the second trimester
Math
Grade 8
*Collected Looking for Pythagorus booklets and handed out Say It with Symbols
*Fraction work with reciprocals, division, addition and subtraction
(Students were encouraged to make sure work for the second trimester was complete.)
Grade 7
*Collected Comparing and Scaling booklets and handed out Accentuate the Negative
*Reviewed different ways to deal with Proportions and Similarity
    -scale factor,     Idenity/ equivalent fractions,     crossproduct
students were expected to update their vocabulary definitions
(Students were encouraged to make sure work for the second trimester was complete.)

Friday, March 8th
Math
The second trimester closes on Monday, March 11th
Grade8
*Corrections and back work should be submitted
*Notebooks organized for student-led conferences
*Fraction work  2 sheets
*Stock Market Game if they have chosen to participate
Grade7
*Corrections and back work should be submitted
*Notebooks organized for student-led conferences
*Stock Market Game
*Proportion work                  (to be continued on Monday)

Wednesday, March 6th and 7th
Math

Grade 8
We refreshed our memories by adding two vocablulary pieces:
Pythagorean Theorem, and "squares" for both the shape and the exponential
and reviewed: irrational number and square root, examples from the work they have done should be added. 
Tests were returned for and corrections are expected by Friday as the trimester closes on Monday.
Grade 7
We refreshed our memories by adding examples from work which has been assigned for ratio, unit rate, and proportions which can also be thought of as equivalent fractions.
Tests were returned and corrections are expected by Friday.

Science 7/8

Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a wonderful, restful break!

1) The Trimester ends on Monday, 3/11.  With that in mind, it was explained to students how their grades will be determined in science for T2.  Many students are missing assignments and have only 4 days to hand them in.  If you have any questions, please check PowerSchool or email me at rdecicco@mtsd-vt.org.  Even if students have handed in all assignments, they could make corrections and improve upon them.  The assignments that will appear on the report card are a) Heating and Cooling Gases Lab, b) Scuba Diver Test, c) Midsummative 3 and d) Midsummative 4.

2) Students have a quiz tomorrow (Midsummative 4) and should review recent material for it.