Sunday, October 25, 2009

Week of 10/26/09

Important Announcement: Re-take rescheduled!

Since I will be in training on Wednesday, Unit 2 retakes will be rescheduled for next week.  The test corrections will remain the same.


Test Corrections (2 opportunities):

  • Next Monday (10/26/09) - after school from 2:10pm - 3pm
  • Next Tuesday (10/27/09) - during lunch
Students can come get help from me to correct the missed questions on the test.  Students will be able to earn half credit points back for the questions that they correct.  Students only have to correct the ones they got wrong.  Many have already done this in class, but I have not put those grades in the gradebook yet.

Test Re-Take (1 opportunity):

  • Next Wednesday (11/04/09) - after school from 2:10pm - 3pm
Students to re-take the test for full credit.  Students MUST complete the test corrections if they want to do the re-take.  I want to avoid students re-taking the test and getting the exact same questions wrong a second time.  Students must take the full test.
6th Grade HW
Mon. (10/26): Pg. 138 #11-20
Tue. (10/27): Pg. 138 # 30-34
Wed (10/28): Pg. 144 # 25 - 32
Thu. (10/29)
: Quiz 8 Practice Problems
Fri. (10/30): No HW (Quiz 8 today)


8th Grade HW

Mon. (10/26): Fraction Multiplication Worksheet
Tue. (10/27): Distributive Property Worksheet
Wed (10/28): Multi-Step Equations Worksheet
Thu. (10/29)
: Quiz 7 Practice Problems
Fri. (10/30): No HW (Quiz 7 today)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Week of 10/19/09 - Unit 2 Test Results

On Friday, we each took a Unit 2 Test. Our goal was for each student to demonstrate at least 80% mastery. Since there were 25 questions, that means you had to get at least 20 correct. Congratulations to all students who met our Big Goal and demonstrated mastery of Unit 2!

There were several students who had outstanding performance.

Grant Cooperman, Melissa Murphy, Noah Pierce and Leonardo Robles Gonzalez answered 25 out of 25 questions correctly!

Brendan Nguyen, Samrawet Samuel, and Jalen Fleming answered 24 out of 25 questions correctly!

In addition to the students mentioned already, the following students met our goal of 80% mastery:
Chris Umbenhower, Ryan Niederer, Taylor Rocklage, Francisco Zepeda, Chris Brown, Lindsay Cutler, Nick Escobedo, Araceli Esquivel, Andrew Gonzales, Daniel Moses, Jose Ruelas, Jaclyn Sealy, Colton Sterkel, Jere Willis, Jenna Bess, Byron Campbell, Kathy Chavez Alvarez, Josh Herndon, Riley Mornhinweg, Selena Polanco, and Alex Ruffo.

Great work, everyone!!

Below are class results of the Unit 2 Test.






Period
Average (Raw)
Average %
Students Above 80%
Total Students
1
11.3
45%
1
33
3
13.8
55%
5
34
4
18.5
74%
13
27
5
16.1
65%
3
26
6
17.4
69%
7
31

Test Corrections (2 opportunities):
  • Next Monday (10/26/09) - after school from 2:10pm - 3pm
  • Next Tuesday (10/27/09) - during lunch
Students can come get help from me to correct the missed questions on the test.  Students will be able to earn half credit points back for the questions that they correct.  Students only have to correct the ones they got wrong.

Test Re-Take (1 opportunity):
  • Next Wednesday (10/28/09) - after school from 2:10pm - 3pm
Students to re-take the test for full credit.  Students MUST complete the test corrections if they want to do the re-take.  I want to avoid students re-taking the test and getting the exact same questions wrong a second time.  Students must take the full test.



I reserve the right to dismiss students who are being disruptive during any of these make-up opportunities.

The homework assignments are as follows:

6th Grade HW
Tue. (10/20): Pg. 130 # 25-32
Wed. (10/21): Pg. 130 # 21-24, #34-38
Thu. (10/22)
: Quiz 7 Practice Problems
Fri. (10/23): No HW (Quiz today)

8th Grade HW

Tue. (10/20): Linear Equations Project Parts 1 - 4 (no graph)
Wed. (10/21): Linear Equations Project (graph and questions)
Thu. (10/22)
: Linear Equations Project Due tomorrow
Fri. (10/23): No HW (Gallery Walk of Projects today)

Monday, October 12, 2009

Week of 10/12/09

Important Announcement: Unit 2 Test (for everyone) is this Friday!

6th Grade Homework is all in a packet that will be distributed on Monday.  Do not lose this packet!!  We will be starting the work in class and the student should finish it for homework.  Inside the packet is also the breakdown of the Unit 2 Test (including the number of questions from each book chapter) and practice problems for each type.  These practice problems are optional and very helpful.

6th Grade HW
Mon. (10/12): Cut, Match, Paste, Solve Worksheet
Tue. (10/13): Cryptic Quiz Worksheet 
Wed (10/14): Facing Math Worksheet
Thu. (10/15)
: Word Problem Poster
Fri. (10/16): No HW (Unit 2 Test today)


This week, 8th grade homework is a bit different as well.  Their homework is from a small red practice workbook, instead of the textbook.  All week long, we will be working on word problems and reviewing.  The 8th grade study guide will include the test breakdown of number of questions per lesson from the book as well as practice problems.  During class, we will be working on the Unit 2 Study Guide and the entire packet is due on Friday.

8th Grade HW

Mon. (10/12): WB pg. 39 # 1-6
Tue. (10/13): WB pg. 16 # 1, 2, 7
                       WB pg. 18 # 1, 10
                       WB pg. 27 # 1, 3 
Wed (10/14): WB pg. 32 #1-9 odd
Thu. (10/15)
: Unit 2 Study Guide
Fri. (10/16): No HW (Unit 2 Test today)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Week of 10/5/09

Sorry for the late blog post, folks.

Thanks to all of the students who came to retake the Unit 1 Test.  Almost everybody who took the re-test improved....some as many as 10 points!  I have updated the gradebook to reflect the retest.  The number of students who came was more than I expected, so I will be making adjustments in the future.

This is benchmark week and there is a different (block) schedule.

6th Grade HW
Mon. (10/5): Pg. 96 #8-17
Tue. (10/6) or Wed (10/7): Pg. 96 #18-27
Thu. (10/8)
: Quiz 6 Practice Problems
Fri. (10/9): No HW (Quiz today)

8th Grade HW

Mon. (10/5): Pg. 294 #13, 14, 17, 18, 24, 27
Tue. (10/6): Pg. 301 #1-6
Thu. (10/8)
: Quiz 6 Practice Problems
Fri. (10/9): No HW (Quiz today)