Benchmark Week

This week, all students will be taking district-mandated benchmarks.  Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math will each be administering a test.  Electives, PE, and intervention classes (math lab, writing lab, etc.) will be having regular class.  The benchmark that the students will be taking in math class is a cumulative exam covering material that has not been taught yet.  It will be the exact same benchmark that the students will take in the spring to see how much growth the students have made from the beginning of the year and is an indicator of success on the CST (California Standards Test).  I will not be including the results of this benchmark in the student grade, but students should try to do their best.

This Wednesday (8/25) is Picture Day.
Next Wednesday (9/1) is Back to School Night.  Hope to see you there!

Because of the benchmarks, we will be having block scheduling on Tuesday and Thursday this week.  The schedule is below.

Tuesday:

7:35 - 9:30	Period 1
9:30 - 9:42	Break
9:47 - 11:42	Period 3
11:42-12:12	Lunch
12:17-2:12	Period 5

Thursday:

7:35 - 9:30	Period 2
9:30 - 9:42	Break
9:47 - 11:42	Period 4
11:42-12:12	Lunch
12:17-2:12	Period 6

Homework assigned on Monday will be graded on Wednesday and homework assigned on Wednesday will be graded on Friday.

6th Grade Announcements & Homework

This week, we will be continuing our study of one-step equations.  We will be solving them by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.  Textbooks (TB) and Workbooks (WB) will be distributed on Monday.  Homework will mostly be out of the WB or worksheets.  

Homework for the week is as follows:

Monday (8/23): WB 1-8 #1-7 odd, WB 1-9 #1-7 odd, WB 1-10 #10-16 even

Tuesday (8/24): No HW (Benchmark)

Wednesday (8/25): WB 1-11 #10-20 even, Quiz 1 Practice Problems

Thursday (8/26): No HW (Benchmark)

Friday (8/27): No HW (Quiz 1: One-Step Equations today)

Pre-Algebra Announcements & Homework

This week, we will be adding and subtracting integers.  

Homework for the week is as follows:

Monday (8/23): WB Pg. 4 #10-20 even

Tuesday (8/24): No HW (Benchmark)

Wednesday (8/25): TB Pg. 24 #22-31 (required), Quiz 1 Practice Problems (extra credit)

Thursday (8/26): No HW (Benchmark)

Friday (8/27): No HW (Quiz 1 today)