Week of April 27 - May 1st

Thank goodness that vacation stuff is over...I was beginning to get so bored :)
Welcome Back...get ready to work hard!

Math 7
Do you remember how to find the slope of a line. Good. We will use this and our new information about y-intercepts as clues to help us determine the linear equation of a graph that is already drawn...It will also provide us with a shortcut so that we can draw the graph of a linear equation without filling out a table. How cool is that? Homework each time you come.

Math 7 Honors
The peasant still has not been paid...the queen and the financial advisor get in on the deal. Will he ever get paid? We will be comparing exponential equations and linear equations this week. We'll look at their graphs and y-intercepts (remember those?) At the end of the week you will be assigned a project about creating a physical model to demonstrate exponential growth and decay. Start thinking about it. Homework each time you come.

Week of April 13th - 17th

We will do the RCSD Benchmarks on Monday and Tuesday...No Homework those nights :(
Progress Reports will be mailed home this week!

REMEMBER!!! Extra Help is available EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! Be there!

Math 7 Honors:
The king of Monterak's reward of 1,000,000 ruppies is counter-offered by the peasant. The peasant proposes that the king put one ruppie on square one of a checkerboard...2 on the sencond square...4 on the the third square...8 on the fourth...etc for 64 squares? What is the better deal? What would the algebraic expression look like that would describe the doubling as it relates to the square number? Look forward to a project over break on exponential growth and decay :)

Math 7:
What is the slope of a line? Why do we care? How is a linear equation coded with the slope? What's a y-intercept? Why do we care? What clues are in a linear equation that tell us what the graph will look like?

April 6th - 9th

Math 7 Honors:
Alejandro cuts a paper in half, he stacks them and then cuts that stack in half...he stacks them and cuts them in half....How many pieces of paper will he have after 10 cuts? 20? 50? x?
We begin our unit on exponential growth and decay!

Math 7:
Monique is saving for a new mp3 player...she has already saved $10 and plans on saving $5 per week. How much would she have in 1 week? 2weeks? 10 weeks? 20 weeks?
We can use linear equations to express Moniques savings. We can also show it with a table or a graph.

Week of March 23-27

Math 7 Honors: Morehouse (T and Th), Vassar (M, W, F)We continue our work with operations and exponents...how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them. We have introduced polynomials...Ask youself...what is a monomial, binomial or trinomial! We will be adding and subtracting polynomials. Homework is given each day. Quiz next week.

Math 7: Harvard (T and Th), Columbia (M, W, F)We continue our work with patterns and functions. We can plot coordinate points with confidence. We are using substituion in our work with functions and beginning to graph linear equations. Homework is given each day.

The RCSD will be hosting an Academic Showcase of Student work on April 4th at the Convention Center...Plan on coming down!

Week of March 16 - 19th

All classes will get a turn in the Computer Lab reviewing some websites about Math. They are a great resource to practice skills needed for higher level math. The homework was to find me a website that I didn't have that the students wanted to recommend to others.

In the Honors class we are beginning our work with polynomials focusing on how to multiply and divide exponents.
In the 7th grade classes we beginning our work on Linear Equations by reviewing how to plot points on a coordinate plane.

Week of March 2nd - March 6th

STATE TEST MARCH 10TH AND 11TH!!!We will be taking the 7th grade test (honors too!)
Part 1 is on the 10th and consists of 30 multiple choice questions
Part 2 is on the 11th and consists of 8 extended response questions. In this section scholars need to show every little bit of work! We will be working on how this part is scored and the students will take a crack at scoring answers from previous years.

THERE WILL BE A REVIEW SESSION FOR THE TEST THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:30- 11:30. We will review and practice some common assessment questions. Any one who attends will get extra credit (as well as some extra smarts)

This week in class we are reviewing:
Key Vocabulary
Scientific Notation
Ratios
Proportions
Scoring
Two-step Equations
Venn Diagrams
Exponents
Rational/ Irrational Numbers

In the link section to the right I have posted a link to previous years tests. Many of the games are a great review for the test!

Week of Feb 23 - 27th

Welcome back from Winter Break!
Ready to get to business?
All of my classes will be reviewing for the New York State Math Test - Grade 7. Our expectations are that everyone do their best to show how much they have been learning. We will be reviewing all sorts of 7th grade topics...

3-D Geometry: Area and Volume
Factor Trees
Scientific Notation
Rational and Irrational Numbers
Probability
Venn Diagrams
Pie Graphs
LCM/GCF
Solving Two-Step Equations
Integers
Ratios

I have lots of copies of old tests, if anyone would like one just ask.
We will be doing some of our reviewing in Centers. This is when the class is broken up into thirds and has to complete different tasks in each station. Most of the work is hands on.

There will be Saturday school to review for the NYS test each Saturday for the next 2 weeks. PLEASE come...It promises to be a more interactive and fun review. If you need more info call or e-mail Ms. Drake