Saturday, September 13, 2014

Week 6

Math Center
Monday, September 15 is our first Math Center.  This is open to all students of all grade levels.  Invitations to select students went home on Friday and students who return the signed permission slip will earn a Muir Dollar.  Everyone who attends will receive 5 Extra Credit Points.  Monday's topic is adding and subtracting positive decimals.  It will be held in Room 802 from 3pm - 4pm and will be taught by Mrs. Tamura and Mrs. Maciel.  Hope to see you there!

Grading Period 1
This week marks the end of the first grading period.  Remember to turn in all assignments no later than Friday for it to count on the Progress Report.  Also, this Progress Report is simply an official courtesy: only semester grades are final and considered for GPA calculations and awards.  The Progress Report is to help parents and students have a snapshot checkpoint of grades at a point in time.  You can always see the most current grades on the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.

6th Accelerated (https://sjusd.app.box.com/s/4da00xgz3wfsxk92o874)
This week, there are 3 big ticket items: a project, preparing for the the first unit test, and taking the first unit test.  On Monday, students will be given the project description (checkpoints due throughout the week and final submissions and presentations due on Monday, September 22), a Unit 1 Study Guide, a Unit 1 Practice Test, and an individual checklist of Unit 1 skills and whether or not the student has mastered it (data taken from performance on past assessments; maybe the skill was not mastered at the time of the assessment, but has now!).  Students will have Monday - Thursday in class to decide how they will use their time: working on the project or preparing for the test.  I will be available to help everyone as they work.  The Unit 1 Test will be administered on Friday, September 19.  I will be out of the classroom on Wednesday, September 24 at the District Office to calibrate grading the test with other 6th Accelerated teachers.  Students will receive their results when I return on Thursday 9/25.

Students may submit Powerpoint / Keynote presentations (or other digitals files) to their appropriate Work Submission Folder on Box.

https://sjusd.app.box.com
Username: s+ ID number @sjusd.org
Password: MMDDYY

7th Grade (https://sjusd.app.box.com/s/fvpzcxpzao0bdhrp86pg)
This week, we will extend our understanding of integers to multiply and divide positive and negative integers and rational numbers.  Our Unit 1 Test will be on Thursday, September 25.

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