Conversions of Rational Numbers

Today we worked on Rational Number Conversions with Fractions, Decimals and Percents. We created the Folded Interactive Object (I was informed "Foldable" is a trademarked word) below to use as a resource when working on conversions of Rational Numbers. It should be attached to page 17 in your INB. If you need to complete your Folded Interactive Object, feel free to click the picture below to make it bigger so you can read what to fill in.

Our bellringer when we came in today consisted of a review of the vocabulary we have learned. Each student had the option to answer either "What is an Integer?" or "How do we use integers?" I think the compilation they came up with over the day (all 96 of them) turned out great!

Have a wonderful 3-day weekend! I will see you all back on Tuesday! Don't forget, we have a notebook quiz on Tuesday/Wednesday and your projects are due as well! :)

Week 24...

Week 24 is upon us and going strong.  We are studying the effects of changing dimensions this week and our packet is due on FRIDAY.  The packet is PINK and easily noticed just for Valentine's Week.

Don't forget that Bellringers will also be checked on Friday.

Grades are being pulled on Tuesday morning for report cards and then report cards will go home later this week.  Please make sure you have tied up all of your loose ends so you don't see a grade you are not happy with.

As of today, Monday, we only have 27 school days and 20 actual class periods until the STAAR test.  Please make sure that you are working hard to be here EVERY day and staying on top of the work as we still need to cover many things in that little amount of time.

Semester is Winding Down!

I thought I would go ahead and give you the head's up on what the remainder of this semester will look like so that you can plan accordingly.

Thursday 12/2- Quiz over Data Representations
Friday 12/3- Linear Functions Problem Solving

 *** Tuesday 12/7 an Thursday 12.9 are the LAST tutoring days for this semester!

Monday 12/6-Thursday 12/9- Probability (Unit 8)
Friday 12/10- Unit 7 and 8 Test (Data Representations and Probability)

Monday 12/13- Tuesday 12/14- Review for Exam
Wednesday 12/15- First Period Exam is Math!

November 29th-December 3rd

Monday:
Displays of Data and Data Representation
HW: Practice Sheet #14

Tuesday:
Scatterplot Practice and Is There A Relationship?
HW: Practice Sheet #14 and bring in a graph from newspaper, magazine, etc. for 5 pts. on quiz

Wednesday:
Misuses and Validity of Data
HW: Practice Sheet #14 and bring in graph

Thursday:
Review Displaying Data and Data Representations
Data Representations Quiz
HW: Practice Sheet #14

Friday:
Review Displaying Data and Data Representations
4 Corners Recording Sheet Group Work
Practice Sheet Due!

This Week in Mrs. S's Classroom

We are starting a new unit here at school covering Mean, Median, Mode, Range and different types of graphs.  I will be starting to give TAKS practice to the students as well so that they can see how the topics we are covering are going to be asked on the test.

Assignments (and Homework) for this week:

Monday:
Monday Memory Quiz (Algebraic Expressions)
Mean, Median, Mode and Range Practice
HW- Practice Sheet 12 and TAKS MMMR w/s

Tuesday:
Begin Graph Notes
Scatterplot, Bar Graph and Line Graph TAKS
HW- Practice Sheet 12 and FINISH classwork

Wednesday:
Continue Graph Notes
Histograms and Venn Diagrams
HW- Practice Sheet 12 and Finish classwork

EXTRA CREDIT(for 3rd Six Weeks): Create a poster of the 9 different types of graphs we are learning about this week. It must include a visual representation, definition of the graph and labels. DUE 11/29 for credit!

Thursday:
Continue Graph Notes
Circle Graphs
HW- Practice Sheet 12 and TAKS Graph w/s

Friday:
Continue Graph Notes
Line Plots, Stem and Leaf Plots, and Box and Whisker Plots
Practice Sheet Due!

Agenda for Nov. 1st- 5th

Friday marks the end of this six weeks and ALL of my grades will cut off on Thursday after tutorials is over at 4:30 p.m. Yes, I will have an extended tutoring time to cover those who are working on make-up work and Zero Busters.

Agenda for the week:

Monday-
Benchmark during class
Practice Sheet #11 (due Friday)

Tuesday-
Benchmark during class
Practice Sheet #12 (due Friday)

Wednesday-
Solving Equations Algebraically
(evens will be homework)

Practice Sheet #12 (due Friday)

Thursday-
Writing Algebraic Expressions
(WAE w/s will be homework if NOT finished in class)
Practice Sheet #11
Extended Tutorials (until 4:30 p.m.) because TODAY is Grade cut-off

Friday-
Review of Algebraic Expressions, Equations and Algebraic Thinking
Project Print Outs DUE!

October 25th-29th with Mrs. S

Another crazy busy week in the land of Mrs. S! :) Make sure you refer to the previous post about the happenings for Red Ribbon Week this week!

Monday
Monday Memory Quiz over Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Begin Algebraic Expressions (#13-17 independent)
HW: Practice Sheet #10 (due Friday- +5 if turned in early)

Tuesday
Begin research in Computer Lab for "Pack Your Bags" project
Project is due November 5th!
HW: Practice Sheet #10 (see above)

Wednesday
Algebra Tiles and One Step Equations
Algebra Tiles (#10-15 independent)
HW: Practice Sheet #10 (see above)

Thursday
Continue research in Computer Lab for "Pack Your Bags" project
No other time in class will be given. All of the remaining MUST be done on their own tmie. Students can come to the computer lab after school for finishing their project. There is a sample project uploaded to my Teacher Web Page.
HW: Practice Sheet #10

Friday
Two-Step Equations and Mix-It Madness (Two-Step #7-9 and Mix It #1-6 independent)

Monday and Tuesday we will be doing our second Benchmark. Make sure that you are rested and have gotten a good breakfast to start your day. Our goal is for all three class periods to have a 75% or higher class average. What will Mrs. S do if we reach this?