Math Tasks, Monday September 9th

Grades 6-8 : Students received their fluency work for multiplication and division, 81 is proficient.  Students have them in their notes section-please sign them indicating that you have seen them.  Students who are not proficient in both operation should spend 20 minutes atleast two times a week with flash cards, khanacademy , or a game like Grand Prix Raceway.  It is a skill they will thank you for later in life.
Grade 6: Students have a division sheet they should be completing.
Grade 7: Students have a division sheet they should complete.  We are still working on the GCF &LCM worksheet & a sheet on the addition of fractions with unlike denominators.
Grade 8:  GCF&LCM were requested, if they were submitted 10-1 A &10-2 A were given as challenge work.

Math Tasks, Friday September 6th

Grade 6-8:
On Monday September 9th the last page of the Divisibility packet will be collected.
Grade 7&8
* GCF & LCM should continue work
*Adding Unlike Denominators
(some of the 7th graders did not get the fraction work and we will continue on Monday.

Science

Students should complete a learning log around the "Apple Inquiry" activity they did in science class today.  Try your best to answer the 5 prompts.  We will discuss this tomorrow in class.

Math, September 5th

Grades 6-8
*fuency is important - students should use a fact fluency program flash cards atleast 2 times a week for 20 minutes if they are not proficient
*Divisibility handouts are being distributed during enrichment.  The last page should be done with work shown and to be turned in next Monday.
Grade 6
           #1 Exploring Multiples
Grades 7&8
*20 minutes on the GCF, LCM worksheet

Humanities Homework (Revised due date) 9/6

Students received additional directions to assist them in writing the homework paragraph (#5 on the question sheet).  This new information may mean that some students must add to, or correct, their previously written paragraph.  For this reason, the due date has been moved to Friday, September 6^th. 

Math Tasks, September 3&4

Yesterday students were doing entrance tickets and pre-assessments.  We did start a lesson on prime factorization:
* all grades have #6,7, & 9 to complete
* Vocabulary tables should and the Frayer Models should be in the vocabulary section.
*During Enrichment this week there is a packet on Divisiblity for the math rotation.  It is to be completed and kept in their "Notes" section.

Humanities Homework 9/3 Due 9/5

Students will read an article (Flip Flops in Kenya) and annotate the article using the guide in their notebooks (used today in class). There are also a few questions to answer and the end of the assignment asks students to write a paragraph (#5 on the homework sheet) using the informational writing format received in class.  Students will write a paragraph together in class with me on Wednesday as practice, and help will be available Wednesday after school.  The assignment will be due on Thursday, September 5^th at the start of class. 

Students have also been asked to make sure they have a silent reading book, which is needed for SSR every day after lunch.