December 8 - 12th
This week Math 7 and Math 7 Honors collide. We will both be studying Ratio's and Proportions. The honors class will also be studying the work of American artist Alexander Calder. He worked with mobiles and metal sculpture. Extra Credit to any one who creates a mobile with at least 5 elements. Also check out the Calder Virtual Mobile Link.
It's the first week of the new marking period, so everyone has straight A+'s. Keep it there by doing homework, and practicing/reviewing your notes.
Ask Santa for a calculator if you don't already have one!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Week of November 17-21st
D O Y O U L O V E M A T H ?
Math 7 - We are in the second half of the marking period. This week we have Binder Checks at the end of the week (Columbia Thursday and Harvard Friday). If you need help getting them together PLEASE come during lunch or after school.
We are working on solving One-Step Equations this week and solving them by using the inverse to "undo" the operation and get the variable (aka: grumpy old man) all alone.
Next week we continue this work to include Multiplication and Division of the Variable.
Math 7 Honors - We will have Binder checks at the end of the week (Vassar Thursday, Morehouse Friday). We started the week figuring out the different ways to express a linear relationship (equation, graph, table of values, story, slope and y-intercept). We begin work on the Pythagorean Theorum. You know...a squared plus b squared equals c squared. How cool is that.
Next Week we continue with Pythagoras and how to use his ideas in the "real" world/
Harvard and Morehouse are gearing up to say goodbye to Mr. Brenner our student teacher from the University of Rochester. His last day is November 25th. He has offered endless amounts of extra-help and encouragement to all of the scholars in those clusters. We will truly miss him.
Math 7 - We are in the second half of the marking period. This week we have Binder Checks at the end of the week (Columbia Thursday and Harvard Friday). If you need help getting them together PLEASE come during lunch or after school.
We are working on solving One-Step Equations this week and solving them by using the inverse to "undo" the operation and get the variable (aka: grumpy old man) all alone.
Next week we continue this work to include Multiplication and Division of the Variable.
Math 7 Honors - We will have Binder checks at the end of the week (Vassar Thursday, Morehouse Friday). We started the week figuring out the different ways to express a linear relationship (equation, graph, table of values, story, slope and y-intercept). We begin work on the Pythagorean Theorum. You know...a squared plus b squared equals c squared. How cool is that.
Next Week we continue with Pythagoras and how to use his ideas in the "real" world/
Harvard and Morehouse are gearing up to say goodbye to Mr. Brenner our student teacher from the University of Rochester. His last day is November 25th. He has offered endless amounts of extra-help and encouragement to all of the scholars in those clusters. We will truly miss him.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Week of November 3rd - 7th
We begin our third week of the second marking period...Mr. Brenner, our student teacher from the University of Rochester will be doing a great deal of the teaching in the Morehouse and Harvard group. He will be with us until Thanksgiving break.
EXTRA HELP is always available the first 15 minutes of lunch! I encourage scholars to stop by and make sure they know what is going on.
Math 7 Honors:
This week Vassar will have classes on M,W,F and Morehouse will be T and Th. We are working on graphing algebraic expressions, creating a table of values and continuing our work with writing expressions. We will learn about linear equations and how to use them to make predictions...start thinking about words like slope and y-intercept. There will be homework each time we meet. There will be a quiz Friday and next Monday.
Math 7:
This week Columbia will have classes M,W,F and Harvard will be T and TH. We have mastered adding integers, are still trying to get our head around subtraction of integers, and think that multiplying and dividing seem pretty easy. Now...if we could just use the right strategy for the right problem, we would be all set! We have been doing a lot of practice problems, and games to help us get the integer thing down. There is homework each time that we meet. There will be a quiz on Friday and next Monday
As always, please contact me if you have any questions, concerns or ideas!
EXTRA HELP is always available the first 15 minutes of lunch! I encourage scholars to stop by and make sure they know what is going on.
Math 7 Honors:
This week Vassar will have classes on M,W,F and Morehouse will be T and Th. We are working on graphing algebraic expressions, creating a table of values and continuing our work with writing expressions. We will learn about linear equations and how to use them to make predictions...start thinking about words like slope and y-intercept. There will be homework each time we meet. There will be a quiz Friday and next Monday.
Math 7:
This week Columbia will have classes M,W,F and Harvard will be T and TH. We have mastered adding integers, are still trying to get our head around subtraction of integers, and think that multiplying and dividing seem pretty easy. Now...if we could just use the right strategy for the right problem, we would be all set! We have been doing a lot of practice problems, and games to help us get the integer thing down. There is homework each time that we meet. There will be a quiz on Friday and next Monday
As always, please contact me if you have any questions, concerns or ideas!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Week of October 27 - 31st
Apologies for not posting last week!
Math 7 Honors: I will have the Morehouse group (M, W, F) and the Vassar group (T and Th). As always, there will be homework assigned (Yes...even on Halloween!) We have a test on Monday/Tuesday about Solving One-Step, Two-Step, and Multi-step equations as well as combining like terms. We continue our work with real world problems and how to write them algebraically. Stuff like...
"Jalani rents speakers for a party. He needs to leave a $100 deposit and pay $15 per hour that he rents them" Write an algebraic expression to describe the cost of the speaker rental. (Answer: 100 + 15h). We will also be graphing the equations.
Math 7: I will have the Harvard group (M, W, F) and the Columbia group (T and Th). As always, there will be homework assigned (Did you think that I wouldn't give it for the Halloween Weekend?..HA!). We have a quiz on adding integers, absolute value, and number lines on Monday/Tuesday. We will continue our work with subtraction of integers. This is probably one of the hardest things we will work on this year. If the scholars get this we will be golden. There is a video link for addition and subtraction of integers. There are also practice problems there. The only way to get good at them is to PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Math 7 Honors: I will have the Morehouse group (M, W, F) and the Vassar group (T and Th). As always, there will be homework assigned (Yes...even on Halloween!) We have a test on Monday/Tuesday about Solving One-Step, Two-Step, and Multi-step equations as well as combining like terms. We continue our work with real world problems and how to write them algebraically. Stuff like...
"Jalani rents speakers for a party. He needs to leave a $100 deposit and pay $15 per hour that he rents them" Write an algebraic expression to describe the cost of the speaker rental. (Answer: 100 + 15h). We will also be graphing the equations.
Math 7: I will have the Harvard group (M, W, F) and the Columbia group (T and Th). As always, there will be homework assigned (Did you think that I wouldn't give it for the Halloween Weekend?..HA!). We have a quiz on adding integers, absolute value, and number lines on Monday/Tuesday. We will continue our work with subtraction of integers. This is probably one of the hardest things we will work on this year. If the scholars get this we will be golden. There is a video link for addition and subtraction of integers. There are also practice problems there. The only way to get good at them is to PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Week of October 6th- 9th.
Surpise...in math class we are doing the RCSD benchmark testing. It is comprised of two one-hour exams. It is designed to give an idea of how well scholars would do if they took the NYS 7th grade test today instead of March. Originally we were going to take it in homebase but we took it during Math class instead.
Beyond the test, Ms. Drake tried to sneak in some lessons:
Math 7 Honors (Vassar and Morehouse): We played around with algebra tiles and solved two-step equations. Scholars had a take home test that was due on Monday/Tuesday.
Math 7 (Columbia and Harvard): We played around with integer chips and began working on adding integers.
There is a quiz on Wednesday/Thursday
Everyone should have handed in there binder and made up any make up tests/work by now. The first marking period ends on October 17th!
Beyond the test, Ms. Drake tried to sneak in some lessons:
Math 7 Honors (Vassar and Morehouse): We played around with algebra tiles and solved two-step equations. Scholars had a take home test that was due on Monday/Tuesday.
Math 7 (Columbia and Harvard): We played around with integer chips and began working on adding integers.
There is a quiz on Wednesday/Thursday
Everyone should have handed in there binder and made up any make up tests/work by now. The first marking period ends on October 17th!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Week of September 29 - October 3rd
Math 7 Honors:
Binders are due this week (Vassar on Tuesday, Morehouse on Wednesday)
There is a Take Home Test due first thing next week. Students may use a variety of resources EXCEPT for another students answers.
We are continuing our work with Algebraic Equations and Inequalities. It is really important that the scholars set up and solve problems the way they were told in class. This will give them a well established strategy when the problems get "ugly".
Math 7
Binders are due this week (Columbia on Thursday, Harvard on Friday). There will be a test on Order of Operations, Subtituting Expressions and Scientific Notation. It will be first thing next week.
Binders are due this week (Vassar on Tuesday, Morehouse on Wednesday)
There is a Take Home Test due first thing next week. Students may use a variety of resources EXCEPT for another students answers.
We are continuing our work with Algebraic Equations and Inequalities. It is really important that the scholars set up and solve problems the way they were told in class. This will give them a well established strategy when the problems get "ugly".
Math 7
Binders are due this week (Columbia on Thursday, Harvard on Friday). There will be a test on Order of Operations, Subtituting Expressions and Scientific Notation. It will be first thing next week.
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