Science 10/29

Students were given back a quiz, "Midsummative 4" today.  They should be making corrections on it.


Students reflected on their learning over the past 3 quizzes and wrote a post on their PLP blog about it.  If they are not finished with this reflection, they should do it for homework.

Science reflection

This quiz assessed …

The part of this quiz that I was most successful with is...

However, I still need to work on…

I need to meet with Mr. D to…  OR     I met with Mr. D to ….

In the future, the skill(s) I would like to focus on is/ are...

math tasks

Today we will be doing our reflections on artifacts both on paper and entering them in PLPs.

Grade 6
Long division and Order of Operations are the focus. Students have handouts and worksheets
Grade 7
Lesson 12 Ratios of Fractions and Their Unit Rates are to be complete by Friday
Grade 8
Part I: Parallel and Part II: Perpendicular Lines are to be complete by Friday.

math tasks

Grade 6
Long division
Notes & practice
Grade 7
Lesson 12 Example 1 Time to Remodel
Grade 8
Part I   (Parallel Lines)

PLP Blogs

Please invite:
rdecicco@mymtsd-vt.org,
kantonovich@mymtsd-vt.org,
jsmith3@mymtsd-vt.org,
sehret@mymtsd-vt.org,
sendres@mymtsd-vt.org,
mchoquette@mymtsd-vt.org,
mbloom@mymtsd-vt.org

math tasks

Grade 6
LCA assessment was today
Students should organize their notebooks as they will be used as artifacts for the portfolio conferences.  Their fluency papers for multiplication and division along with their plans should be in the Vocab/Notes section

Grade 7
 Lesson 11: Ratios of Fractions and their Unit Rates pages 5.45 - 5.48

Grade 8
Skill: Finding the Point of Intersection

math tasks

Grade 6
assessment tomorrow - no new tasks review GCF, LM, distributive property, prime factorization, listing, and ladder method

Grade 7
Lesson 11 page 5.45 & 5.46front and back

Grade 8
assessment tomorrow
review Skills: Linear Functions, Graphs & Tables,
Finding Slope, Writing Equations, Solving Linear Equations

math tasks

ALL Grades received their fluency for the beginning of the year back and those not proficient were asked to make a plan such: as make flash cards and use them 3 times weekly, use online games for math 3 times weekly, use khan academy  twice weekly
They were asked to keep the fluency papers in their notes.  I collected their plans and will return them tomorrow.

Grade 6
Prime Factorization sheet
ACE #3 a&b, #4 a-c, Challenge #3 c&d, #4 d
Assessment on GCF, LCM, Distributive property will be this week

Grade 7
corrections reviewed and collected today
no new tasks

Grade 8
Returned ticket on solving equations along with the fluency
Skill: Solving Linear Equations

Science 10/19

Students will have a quiz tomorrow regarding heating and cooling solids, liquids and gases.  They will need to explain what is happening in terms of particles and kinetic energy.  Students can use their notes, experiences from labs, class discussions and other to help them study for the quiz.

math tasks

Grade 6
Distributing Operations hand out A -C
In class we worked on making rectangles for different expressions
Vocabulary: distributive property

Grade 7
Correction on mid module assessment on a separate sheet of paper

Grade 8
Complete packet To Be or Not To Be a Function
Comparing rates handout

Science 10/15

Students received back their second quiz today called, "midsummative 3."  Please ask them about it!  Students can make corrections on it and do a requiz if they are unhappy with their grade.  That is their homework!!  If you have any questions, you can send me an email  at rdecicco@mtsd-vt.org and/or check Powerschool.

math tasks

Grade 6
Distributing Operations handout
*B 1-4 find the area in two different ways
(write the number sentences)
*Vocab word: Distributive Property on Frayer model handout


Grade 7
Lesson 10 pages 5.42 & 5.43 added to the other in Lesson 10
table, graphs and equations are different math representations for the same relationship


Grade 8
Packet: To Be or Not To Be a Function
Vocabulary word : function on Frayer model

Science 10/13

Students are beginning to think about the science fair and what type of project they would like to have for it.

By tomorrow (Wednesday, 10/14.) students will need to identify if:

1) They want to experiment or engineer

2) 2-3 topics of interest to start researching around.

It is important to note that the science fair is a great opportunity for students to pursue an area of interest!  Students should think about what they are passionate about and select topics that will hold their interest.

math tasks

Grade 6
GCF LCM Skill handouts - evens and work problems done and in Vocab/Notes section of their notebook
Grade 7
Arrange / Clean notebook
Lessons 1- 10 complete and in Current Work
Vocab complete the Frayer models keep in notebook
Grade 8
no new tasks

Language Arts Reading Logs Due 10/8

Reading logs will be collected tomorrow, October 8.  Students should have 3 responses from the tic tac toe board filled out with a minimum of w,w,w,w,w,h.

Math tasks

Grade 6
Skill: Greatest Common Factor
Skill: Least  Common Multiple
Grade 7
Completer Lesson 8 with focus on #6
Grade 8
Complete Additional Practice Inv 3 Moving Straight Ahead page 97
substitution with fractions involved and solving equations

Math tasks

Grade 6
#13 & #14 on hand out - word problems
Grade 7
Complete Lesson 8
Grade 8
Additional Practice Inv 3 Moving Straight Ahead page 97

upcoming science quiz

Dear students/parents/guardians,

Expect a quiz early this week.  It will cover our discussions/lessons on the properties of gases, particles of gas when compressed/expanded, our understanding of the blue and gray-cell cubes inside the syringes.

Students can meet with me during lunch or after school on Monday if they would like guidance for their studying.

Mr. DeCicco

Language Arts 10/2

Students should spend a bit of time reading and completing their reading log.  There is a new log sheet - Tic Tac Toe that can be accessed from this blog.  While in the home page, look to the right. You will see the word pages, and at the bottom of the list of pages is Reading Log tic tac toe.