Benchmarks are Coming

Next Monday and Tuesday we will be taking our second Benchmark of the year. Please make sure that your students are well rested and have eaten before taking this test. This test will go in the grade book as a test grade for this six weeks.

Also, the Pack Your Bags projects are due November 5th! Late projects will NOT be accepted and will result in a 0 for that test grade!

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?

Box Tops for Ice Cream!

Friday was our first collection day for Box Tops. After school, the Box Top Committee counted up a total of 1398 Box Tops!

Mrs. Batten's class was the runner up with almost 400 Box Tops but my class was the winning class with a total of 901 Box Tops! :)

We will be having an Ice Cream Party on November 3rd at lunch to celebrate! :)

Mrs. S's Smarties

I have been looking for a way to showcase student work in our classroom. I have a section of the bulletin board in the 8th grade hallway that I have labeled Mrs. S's Smarties. This will be for all of my students who make spectacular grades on their quizzes, homework (not Practice Sheets) and tests. What is a spectacular grade you might ask? Any student who makes a 95 or higher on any of these assignments OR they have made an improvement of at least 20 points from their previous quiz, homework or test.

This definitely will help students set goals in my class and be motivated to make the board in the hallway. Also, as an added perk, they will get a pack of Smarties from me when they make the board.

Red Ribbon Week Days

Monday- Sock it to Drugs! (Red shirt with dress bottoms, crazy socks- Contest with the winner from 7th grade and 8th grade receiving a Sonic Gift Card)

Tuesday- Be Smart, Don't Do Drugs! (Nerd Day with dress bottoms- Contest with the winner from 7th grade and 8th grade receiving a Sonic Gift Card)

Wednesday- Live Your Dream (Pajama Day)

Thursday- Lasso Up Drugs (Western Wear- out of dress)

Friday- Drugs can't find us! (Camo shirt with dress bottoms)

Classroom Update

Friday is when I had my cut off for all my grades for Progress Reports. They will be going out on Tuesday during homeroom. Homeroom switches will occur on Thursday since we have a Pep Rally on Wednesday afternoon.

If you are selling candy for Student Council, make sure that you are bringing it to me everytime you have $20. I don't want you carrying around excess money and risk it being lost. Thanks for all that you do!

Week 8 at CMS!

This week is a busy week! Just to give you a run-down:

Monday- How Big Is Barbie? due from Friday
Wednesday- Review for Unit 3 and 4 Test
Thursday- Unit 3 and 4 Test
Friday- Begin Unit 5; How Big is Barbie? Extra Credit due! Practice Sheet #8 due
Saturday- Watching Texas beat Nebraska! :)

Next week, I will be introducing our Second Six weeks project.

Don't forget that this Wednesday is Early Release. Also, Progress Reports will be out on the 19th so this week in tutorials is crucial to bring the grades up.