Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to all!

Below are the results for the Unit 3 Test.  When we return in January, everyone will have a fresh start!

Individual results are in Infinite Campus.  Test corrections completed in class will count in the grading period.

Below are some brief statistics by class period.

Period	# Students  >= 90%	# Total  students	Average  score
1	11	29	83%
5	6	21	85%
6	6	29	83%

Week 18 - End of Semester

End of Semester
This week marks the end of the first semester.  If 2 percentage points away from a grade (either up or down), this week's Unit Test could make that difference.  If you are more than 2 percentage points away from a grade, at this point there isn't much that you will be able to do to bump it up.  Your best bet is to study hard for the final test this week!

This Week
On Monday, we will learn about the relationship between distance, rate, and time.  On Tuesday, we will be making a percent booklet to showcase all of the different percentage problems (percent increase/decrease, discount, sales tax, mark-up, commission, and profit) we have studied in this unit.  On Wednesday, students will be taking a practice test.  On Thursday, we will take the test.  On Friday, I will pass out awards to students who achieve the Big Goal of 90% or more and students who improve from the previous unit test.  Students will also have a chance to correct their test mistakes for half credit.  There is no official homework over the break and no problem of the week.

Homework for the week is as follows:
Monday (12/12) - Distance Worksheet
Tuesday (12/13) - Percent Booklet
Wednesday (12/14) - Unit 3 Practice Test Corrections
Thursday (12/15) - Unit Test 3 today
Friday (12/16) - Play a board game or complete a puzzle

Week 17 - Last Lessons

Unit Test Next Thursday

Our final unit test of this semester will be next Thursday, December 15.  This will be the last grade entered for the semester.  Next week, we will spend one day on the relationship between distance, rate, and time and the next two reviewing for the test.  If you'd like to get a head start, the test will be on the material from chapters 5 and 6 from the book.

This Week

This week, we will round out our study on percents as seen in commission, sales tax, profit, and simple and compound interest.  Students will be expected to memorize the formula for simple interest (I=Prt where I = interest, P = principle, r = interest rate as a decimal, and t = time in years), but the formula for compound interest will be given.

Homework for the week is as follows:

Monday (12/5) - WB 6-6 # 3, 4, 5

Tuesday (12/6) - WB 6-6 # 6, 7, 8

Wednesday (12/7) - WB 6-7 # 1, 4, 10

Thursday (12/8) - Unit 3 Quiz 5 Practice Problems

Friday (12/9) - Problem of the Week 15: Geography Code