Saturday, March 5, 2011

Week 26 - Circles for everyone!

Monday & Tuesday Substitute
I will be off campus on Monday and Tuesday.  The math teachers are taking Tuesday to collaborate and strategize CST test-taking strategies.  Mr. Ayala (retired John Muir teacher) will be the substitute teacher on both days.

TeachScape Taping on Thursday
On Thursday (3/10), Ms. Vickery (math), Ms. Filipek (language arts, writing, and social studies), and I will be participating in a TeachScape study.  TeachScape has developed a 360-degree board camera that captures a panoramic picture of the classroom to help educators evaluate teacher effectiveness.  My periods 2 and 6 have been selected for the taping and each student in these classes must turn in a release form before Thursday.  Those who do not wish to be taped will be moved to another classroom (and will complete the same work) while the taping is being completed.  The release forms and information letters are below in English and Spanish.

Release Form (signature required) - [English] [español]
Family Letter (read only) - [English] [español]


No School Monday Next Week
Next Monday (3/14) is an In-Service day. No school for students.

6th Grade Announcements & Homework
This week we will be reviewing how to find the missing angle in angle pairs and triangles and learning how to find the circumference of a circle.  Homework is below:

Monday (3/7): Area of Circles WS
Tuesday (3/8): Cryptic Quiz / Daffynition Decoder WS
Wednesday (3/9): WB 10-2 all
Thursday (3/10): Quiz 14 Practice Problems
Friday (3/11): No HW (Quiz today)

Pre-Algebra Announcements & Homework
This week we will be delving into the geometry portion of the curriculum, looking at coordinate geometry, congruent polygons, perimeter, area, and circles.  Homework is below:

Monday (3/7): WB 8-5 all
Tuesday (3/8): WB 8-6 all
Wednesday (3/9): WB 9-1 all, WB 9-2 all
Thursday (3/10): WB 9-3 #1-12
Friday (3/11): No HW (Quiz today)

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