Week of 1/25/10

Grades are posted on the PIV and in the classroom.  All make-up work turned in before Friday, Jan. 22 is included in the grades.






This week, the 6th graders will be working on percent problems.  They will be finding the percent of a number and solving other percent problems.



Algebra students will be factoring polynomials.

Please see below for this week's homework assignments.

6th Grade HW
Mon. (1/25): Pg. 300 #27-34, 44
Tue. (1/26): Pg. 304 #3, 4, 7, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19
Wed (1/27):  Pg. 300 #1, 2, 18-22
Thu. (1/28): Quiz 15 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/29): No HW (Quiz Today)

8th Grade HW
Mon. (1/25): Pg. 481 #31-42 
Tue. (1/26): Pg. 491 #4-6, 11-13, check answers*
Wed (1/27): Pg. 491 #14-18, check answers*
Thu. (1/28): Quiz 15 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/29): No HW (Quiz Today)


*When is says "check answers", students must solve the problem and then check their answers by multiplying their factors to get the original problem.  They will receive credit for both parts.

Week of 1/19/10

Grades are posted on the PIV and in the classroom.

Please see below for this week's homework assignments.

6th Grade HW
Tue. (1/19): Pg. 260 #2-3, Pg. 264 #1-3
Wed (1/20):  Pg. 264 #4-8
Thu. (1/21): Quiz 14 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/22): Quiz Today

8th Grade HW
Tue. (1/19): Pg. 451 #26-28, 44-49
Wed (1/20)Pg. 451 #29-31, 38, 39, 50-52
Thu. (1/21): Quiz 14 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/22): Quiz Today

Week of 1/11/10

Most students had a great first week back!  This semester, I am going to try to post grades in the classroom as well as the PIV, so you can ask your child about their grade each Monday.

Let's make sure to start the semester well.  It is not very easy to "make up" work at the end.  If you have special concerns and want to meet with me, please call (408.535.6281 x504) or email (amy_li@sjusd.org) to make an appointment. 

Please see below for this week's homework assignments.

6th Grade HW
Mon. (1/11): Solving Proportions Worksheet 
Tue. (1/12): Writing Proportions Worksheet
Wed (1/13):  Pg. 212 #12-20
Thu. (1/14): Quiz 13 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/15): Quiz Today

8th Grade HW
Mon. (1/11): Quadratic Equations Worksheet 
Tue. (1/12): Critical Points Worksheet
Wed (1/13):  Pg. 441 #16-25
Thu. (1/14): Quiz 13 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/15): Quiz Today

Week of 1/5/10

Welcome back to school!

This new year is also the beginning of a new semester and fresh start.  I want each student to be successful and in order to achieve that goal, each student must be prepared with all necessary materials.  Every student must bring the following items to class every day:

• 2 Sharpened Pencils
• Math Journal
• Homework Journal

If this is a hardship, please contact me and we can work together to make arrangements.  This semester, students will earn participation/effort points for bringing these materials to class every day.

We are beginning new units with both the 6th and 8th graders.  Please see below for this week's homework assignments.

6th Grade HW
Tue. (1/5): Pg. 234 #5-10
Wed (1/6):  Pg. 238 #5-11
Thu. (1/7): Quiz 12 Practice Problems
Fri. (1/8): Quiz Today / Materials Check

8th Grade HW
Tue. (1/5): Pg. 548 #6-11
Wed (1/6):  Pg. 548 #18-24
Thu. (1/7): Pg. 557 #4, 6, 7, 9, 10
                   Pg. 558 #13, 16
Fri. (1/8): Quiz 12 today / Materials Check

Unit 3 Test Results

On Tuesday, the 6th graders took Unit Test 3. 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 3!

There were several students who had outstanding performance.

Jalen Fleming, Gaby Rodriguez,  and Leonardo Robles Gonzalez answered 25 out of 25 questions correctly!

Grant Cooperman, Jere Willis, Gabe Yee, and Noah Pierce answered 24 out of 25 questions correctly!

In addition to the students mentioned already, the following students met our goal of 80% mastery:
Melissa Murphy, Jose Ruelas, Andrew Gonzalez, Colton Jack, Colton Sterkel, Nick Escobedo, Brooke Deeds, Dulce De Leon De La Cruz, Kevin Soto-Ortega, Cole Scheler, Kathy Chavez Alvarez, Emily Siau, Alex Ruffo, Rachel Kiep, and Dara Masri.

Great work, everyone!!

Below are class results of the Unit 3 Test.

Period	Average (Raw)	Average %	Students Above 80%	Total Students
1		%
3		%
4	15.2	61%	13	27
5	15.7	63%	7	26
6	13.4	54%	5	31

Week of 12/14/09

It's Unit Test and Amnesty Week!

This week, we will be having our third and final unit test of the semester.

6th grade Unit Test 3: Tuesday, December 15

Algebra 1 Unit Test 3: Thursday, December 17

Both classes have been given a study guide to be completed for extra credit.


This week is also Amnesty Week.  I will be giving out printed copies of your current grade.  Algebra students will receive theirs on Monday without their Unit 3 Test grade.  6th grade students will receive theirs on Wednesday with their Unit 3 Test grade.  All students will have the opportunity to review their grades and submit missing work or re-work for a higher grade.  Quizzes can also be taken again this week during class.  Students must staple their re-work to their grade sheet and highlight the assignment on the grade sheet that they are submitting.  Everything must be submitted by this Friday.


Also, I am collecting comic strips from the newspaper for a 6th grade project.  If you have comic strips from the newspaper, please bring them in as soon as possible.  We will be starting the project on Wednesday.  This is an optional project to be completed over winter break.

Homework for the week is as follows:

Mon. (12/14): Unit 3 Study Guide (extra credit)
Tue. (12/15): No HW - Unit 3 Test today!
Wed (12/16):  Make-Up work / Comic Project (optional)
Thu. (12/17): Make-Up work / Comic Project (optional)
Fri. (12/18): Comic Project (optional) / Enjoy your break!

8th Grade HW
Mon. (12/14): Unit 3 Study Guide Pg. 1
Tue. (12/15): Unit 3 Study Guide Pg. 2-3
Wed (12/16):  Unit 3 Study Guide Pg. 4-5
Thu. (12/17): No HW - Unit 3 Test today!
Fri. (12/18): Packet (optional) / Enjoy your break!

Week of 12/7/09

We have just two more weeks until Christmas break!  Am I the only one counting?  For 6th graders, we have just 6 more days until our final unit test for the semester.  For Algebra students, we have 9 more days until the final unit test.  We definitely have a lot of milestones coming up.

This week, 6th graders will be studying how to compare, order, and identify fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers on the number line.  We will also be reviewing for Unit Test 3, which will be on Tuesday, December 15.  I am planning to get the study guide on on Friday so that you will have the weekend to work on it for extra credit.  The format of the test will be the same as usual: 25 multiple choice questions and you have to show your work on the back.

This week, Algebra students will be using their skills of solving systems of equations to solve three types of word problems: mixture problems, rate problems, and two digit number problems.  We will focus on one type of problem per day and review all three on Thursday and have a quiz on Friday.  Unit Test 3 for Algebra 1 will be on Thursday, December 17.  Since systems of equations generally take longer to solve than the previous problems, there will be fewer problems on the test.  Instead of the normal 25 multiple choice problems, there will be 15 multiple choice problems.

Homework for the week is as follows:
6th Grade HW
Mon. (12/7): Pg. 152 #11-18
Tue. (12/8): Pg. 152 #8-10
Wed (12/9):  Pg. 152 #25-27
Thu. (12/10): Quiz 11 Practice Problems
Fri. (12/11): No HW (quiz today)

Algebra 1 HW

Mon. (12/7): Pg. 359 # 2, 5
Tue. (12/8): Pg. 359 # 1, 4
Wed (12/9):  Pg. 359 # 3, 6
Thu. (12/10): Quiz 11 Practice Problems
Fri. (12/11): No HW (quiz today)