Week of December 16 - 20, 2013

The last week of the year and the longest nights of the year.

Light the Yule log, pour an eggnog and read a good book.

6th grade: 

Monday: Great job on homework last week! No homework tonight. 

Tuesday: independent

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday: independent

Algebra:

Monday: For homework, do Quiz #1. 

Tuesday: independent work on Sections 5.1 and 5.2. Do these questions from your text 

Section 5.1:

#1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 36, 37, 38, 43,  47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64 . 

Section 5.2:

#1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34-37, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61, 63

There is no expectation that you finish all of this on Tuesday, however, YOU MUST DO 20 mins of HOMEWORK.

Wednesday: In class, use graphing calculators to investigate families of lines and using linear equations in slope-intercept form. For homework, continue assigned questions above.

Thursday:  In class, writing linear equations in point-slope form (Section 5.3).

Friday: Independent work on Section 5.3. Work on these questions from your text:

# 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 14, 18, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57

Geometry: 

Monday we reviewed your Chapter 5 test and pre-tested for Chapter 6.

Based on those results, here is your assignment for Tuesday:

From your Geometry book, work on these questions from 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3:

6.1:  11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 31, 32, 38, 40, 42, 44, 49, 50, 55, 56, 59, 64, 68, 70, 72, 74, 80

6.2: 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 37, 40

6.3: 1, 3, 7, 13, 14 - 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 29, 30, 34, 37, 40-42, 43, 47

Wednesday:  We will do Sections 6.4 and 6.5 together.

Thursday: We will do Sections 6.6 and 6.7 together. You will take home the test on Thursday night and do half of it.

Friday: You will complete the test. And then, you will NOT have any assigned homework over the vacation  :)

GIP: 

      

6th:

7th:

8th:

Week of DECEMBER 9 - 13, 2013

6th grade math - I like the tiles you made for me in class. Remember to look at the flooring wherever you go these next few days. On Thursday, I will ask for your report on what you observed. I hope you find at LEAST one really interesting floor.

Dylan found a really interesting floor pattern - a basketball court!

Wednesday evening - you are all so exhausted from your band concert, NO HOMEWORK, except to continue to look for floor patterns. 

THURSDAY - I am sick in bed with the flu :(
Here is what you will work on during math period:

6th grade - Perimeter and Area

learn - Khan Academy video: http://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-geometry-topic/cc-6th-area/v/perimeter-and-area-basics


practice - IXL Z.22, Z.23, Z.24

practice - http://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-geometry-topic/cc-6th-area/e/area_of_triangles_1

learn - http://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-geometry-topic/cc-6th-area/v/area-of-a-parallelogram

practice - IXL sixth grade - Z.6, Z.7

HOMEWORK: work 20 minutes at home on what you could not finish in class. 

Algebra - You tested out of Chapter 4 today (Tuesday). We will review the results together tomorrow (Wednesday). If you need more time, please see if you can get it done during first  math or AF Wednesday morning.

THURSDAY morning - EK and ZF - work in IXL, Seventh Grade - Consumer Math - section L. Work on what interests you in this section.

CLASS TIME: I have the flu and will not be in class today. During our regular period, working in the library, look at Chapter 5. Add all new vocabulary to your reference section. Look at the chapter review and make a list of what is new to you. 

HOMEWORK: Complete at home (or work for 20 mins - which ever is less) the Chapter work (vocab, listing new concepts) that you were unable to finish at school.

Geometry - Testing out of CHAPTER 5 tomorrow (Tuesday). We will review the results together on Wednesday. 

A note about finding the value of square root expressions: no calculator necessary, use what you know about factors and do your best to APPROXIMATE the value (such as "It's between 18 and 23). That will give you enough information to solve the questions regarding Triangle Theory as it relates to SIde Length and Angle Measures.  

THURSDAY - I can not meet with you today.I am in bed with the flu. During our math time, please look at Chapter 6. Add all new vocabulary to your reference section. Look at the chapter review (at the end of the chapter) and make a list of what is new to you. Andie - if you finish early, it's alright if you work in Algebra II. New skill - work on finding the value of square roots. See this link.

GIP -  We are all in different places regarding the Galileo / Copernicus / Aristotle document. Please check with Mrs. Harvey and/or Mrs. if you are unsure.

Spelling Bee - I will have your Spelling Rules packet to you this week.

Everybody - check this out: Salt moving in geometric patterns - 

Week of December 2 - 5: Trimester 2 begins

TRIMESTER 2 begins today and I am thinking it's time we start buckling down and developing strong work habits, so starting this week, there is an expectation of doing math homework 20 minutes  - 3 times a week. Yes, homework. But only 20 minutes - 3 times a week. Reminder: all IXL sections listed here are live links. You can go directly to IXL by clicking on the section number.

6th grade math - working on Shapes and Designs

TUESDAY: 

In IXL, do these sections:
Sixth grade Z.9    Z.2     Z.13   Z.14   Z.18   Z.24

I mean it. Do this work. You have enough time to complete it in your classrooms when I'm not there IF YOU FOCUS. If you don't finish during math class, work on it at home for 20 minutes. 

Those students who come down from MRs. LB's class - work on this as well. Log in to IXL with your NEW account - See Mrs. LB for your log in.

WEDNESDAY homework: My apologies. It slipped my mind to post this earlier. You were to investigate the difference between reflexive angles and exterior angles, and find out the name of an angle larger than 180 degrees. But since, I am posting this a tour bedtime, there is NO expectation that you will even read this before tomorrow. We will investigate this together tomorrow morning. 

THURSDAY: We are going to be doing supplementary and exterior angles today (angles whose sums are 180deg) and making parallelograms with paper strips to model those angles. 

Your homework is to make a beautiful diagram of a REFLEX ANGLE so that we might hang it on the wall. A reflex angle is one that measures greater than 180deg and less than 360deg.

Algebra - working on Chapter 4

TUESDAY (Independent work):

EK & ZF - review Examples 1 and 2 in Section 4.5 then do S.4 and S.5 in IXL - Algebra 

All - read the Examples 3, 4, and 5 in Section 4.5. Work through the given examples (escalator, television, parallel lines) until they make sense to you, until you understand what to do. Then do the Guided Practice question 6 (p. 246), "What if?".
If this doesn't make much sense to you, talk to your homeroom math teacher. Changing slope is an important concept. 

All - in the textbook, work on these short problems from p. 247-8: 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17-19, 20, 21-23, 30-31,32-35, 37, 38, 39. 

All - in IXL, do Algebra S.12      S.2       S.3 

Whatever you do not finish in class, you must do for homework. Before we can move on, these skills need to be secure (we are building a math house and need a solid foundation :) 

WEDNESDAY: No homework tonight, after all. 

THURSDAY: You will test out of Chapter 4 on Friday. If you have time, work on the Chapter Review during Academic Focus. For homework, look at the problems in 4.6 and 4.7. Practice some of the questions in order to be ready for the upcoming Chapter exit test (next Tuesday).


Geometry - working on Chapter 5

If you are both here today, work on the design of your 3D spherical chess game.
This is a graded assignment. Plans are due by December 14.

If you are unable to work together on it today due to absences, continue working on Chapter 5. 

Also,in IXL, log 20 minutes of practice from Geometry - sections K and L. It's your choice as to what you work on from these sections on Congruent Triangles and Transformations.

You will review Chapter 5 tomorrow (Friday) during math class. On the weekend you will continue to review the Chapter. Use your Resource Book for "C" level problems similar to those on which you will be tested. You can test out on Monday or Tuesday (your choice). 


Spelling Bee - meet on Wednesday during Academic Focus

We are getting close to the Spelling Bee!

I will have for you a study packet that you should study on you own over the next 2 weeks in order to prepare: You need to learn the rules of spelling.


GIP Students

Check out this link: 

ROTATING TESSERACTS

What do you think?

Everybody watch (I made sure this is school-friendly):

6th graders: Read throughout the Galileo google doc. You do not need to look at the videos. We will do that together on Monday. You do not need to do the Written Assignments. That will be your homework starting on Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving Week!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

Because I believe it is very important to rest and integrate what you've learned, I am not assigning much math homework over the break:

6th grade - Those of you who still have the RADAR report to do, need to get it to me as soon as possible.  DH - you have until Sunday evening to get me your story. ( I am really looking forward to it!)

Algebra - Be sure you feel confident on what you have done so far this year. PLEASE come to me or your parents if you are feeling unsure about any skill. Because this course builds on itself in a way that you haven't met yet in your studies, you need to have a solid foundation. I am feeling good about what you have learned so far. I want you to take this school break to integrate what you have learned. Do the mixed review after 4.3 - if you haven't already.

If you have time and desire to do so, and an internet connection, work in IXL for 100 minutes total over the break. You may choose your topic in Algebra or Geometry.

ZF and EK - work through the textbook examples of 4.4 and make sure you KNOW slope so well that you could describe it to an alien. Do a few of the guided practice questions to prove to yourself that you know it.

Geometry -  Keep up your steady progress through Chapter 5. You are doing well.

We need to spend more time following through on your great ideas. We need to find ways to meet this standard:

Make geometric constructions

12. Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods

GIP - 6th graders read as far as you can in "A Wrinkle in Time".  Come to class on December 2 prepared to discuss the tessaract.

Spelling BEE:  no homework

Congratulations on a job swell done this Trimester.
See you next month!

Week of November 18 - 22

Figure above:  A step-by-step animation of the construction of a regular hexagon using compass and straightedge, given by Euclid's Elements, Book IV, Proposition 15. (from Wikipedia)

No homework on Thursday: Come out and support Doc Nesin in her recovery from cancer at the pasta dinner served by Governor Baldacci at LMS.

6th grade - See the note below about Friday's class.

Working on Shapes and Designs this week.

       Tuesday - work as assigned (see below) 

The 7th grade had FUN with your designs! On Thursday, we will look at what the 7th grade did with your designs :)

assignments: 

LP - poster for sum of interior angles, then read this page on exterior angles and then this page on exterior angles and do questions 1 through 8 at the bottom of the page, and then Geometry > F.3 Exterior Angle Theorem and Geometry > 

G.4 Review: interior and exterior angles of polygons

DH - math story, then read this page on exterior angles and then this page on exterior angles and do questions 1 through 8 at the bottom of the page and then Geometry > F.3 Exterior Angle Theorem and Geometry > 
G.4 Review: interior and exterior angles of polygons;

TW, GH - - read this page on exterior angles and then this page on exterior angles and do questions 1 through 8 at the bottom of the page and then Geometry > F.3 Exterior Angle Theorem and Geometry > 
G.4 Review: interior and exterior angles of polygons. 

NL - and Mrs. LB's other students if you finish your work for her - read this page on exterior angles and then this page on exterior angles and do questions 1 through 8 at the bottom of the page and then Geometry > F.3 Exterior Angle Theorem and Geometry > 
G.4 Review: interior and exterior angles of polygons. 


       Wednesday - everybody (6th grade) has pre-assessments for Trimester 2, so we will     not meet.

       Thursday - class as usual

       Friday - Work on your RADAR assignment. (The word RADAR is a link to where you need to go.) Read all of the sections on radar. Then, write to me an email and in it tell me three things you learned about radar. IF you have time, LP - do your POSTER, DH - do your story, GH / TW / NL - work on this in IXL and related sections if you have time.

For CR and TMcC: Keep working on your IXL! I am very pleased by your motivation. Look at these videos on multiplying and dividing fractions. (These are YouTube videos, so you may not be able to access them at school. If not, do them at home for homework.)

Have a great weekend!

Math note:  For interior angles

In a regular polygon of N sides the sum of the interior angles is 

(N - 2)180 deg. 

The measure of each angle is 

180 deg - (N-2)180 

         N

Algebra - 

Chapter 4 is an EXTREMELY important chapter. 

You MUST take your time and get these concepts. 

Tuesday  - EK and ZF - read pages 215 - 218 and do questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 9 on page 219. (This is what we did in class after you left.) 

All - CAREFULLY do these questions:

p. 219 #11 (Look at how the book gives you this solution.Do your other problems like this.) 

p. 219 # 12, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30
p. 220 # 36, 37* (worked out solution - look at how the book does it), 38

      

      Wednesday - class as usual 

      
Thursday - class as usual. You have practiced graphing a linear equation using a table of values. Today we will graph a linear equation using intercepts. 

For ZF and EK who have extended math in the morning: 

Add these words to the vocabulary of your reference section -

- translation, transformation, reflection, stretch and shrink (p. 213)
- linear function (p. 217)
- discrete function (p. 223)
- continuous function (p. 223)

Then read examples 1 through 5 in Section 4.3. Come to class prepared to explain these examples.

If time remains, work in  IXL - graphing functions
and IXL -completing a function table
and IXL - writing rules for function tables
     

 Friday - EH and KD, please look at the work assigned to your classmates ZF and EK yesterday. Do the same: Add these words to the vocabulary of your reference section -

- translation, transformation, reflection, stretch and shrink (p. 213)
- linear function (p. 217)
- discrete function (p. 223)
- continuous function (p. 223)

Then read examples 1 through 5 in Section 4.3. Come to class prepared to explain these examples.

If time remains, work in  IXL - graphing functions
and IXL -completing a function table
and IXL - writing rules for function tables 

ALL - On Friday (and over the weekend) practice these questions on Graphing using Intercepts in Section 4.3:

p. 229-231:   q. 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 21, 24, 27, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38 - 40, 41, 42, 43, 47

On Monday, we will start Section 4.4, Finding Slope and Rate of Change

Geometry - 

      Tuesday - work as assigned
      Wednesday - NO CLASS - work as assigned
      Thursday - class as usual 
      
Friday -  We have been working our way through Chapter 5, a very important chapter. We have looked at centroid and orthocenter. I think we have been using centroid interchangeably with incenter, though:

The centroid is the intersection of the three medians of the triangle.

       


The incenter is the intersection of the angle 
bisectors of the triangle.

       

Note the difference: The orthocenter is the intersection of the triangle's 
altitudes.

       



We haven't talked about this, but it's worth noting: 
The circumcenter is the center of the circumscribed circle (the 
intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the three sides).

    

And most interestingly: 

The Euler line of a triangle is the line which passes through the 
orthocenter, circumcenter, and centroid of the triangle.  

    

(Images from http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57665.html)

And more:

Finding the incenter

You find a triangle’s incenter at the intersection of the triangle’s three angle bisectors. This location gives the incenter an interesting property: The incenter is equally far away from the triangle’s three sides. No other point has this quality. Incenters, like centroids, are always inside their triangles.

The above figure shows two triangles with their incenters and inscribed circles, or incircles (circles drawn inside the triangles so the circles barely touch the sides of each triangle). The incenters are the centers of the incircles. (Don’t talk about this “in” stuff too much if you want to be in with the in-crowd.)

Finding the circumcenter

You find a triangle’s circumcenter at the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle’s sides. This location gives the circumcenter an interesting property: the circumcenter is equally far away from the triangle’s three vertices.

The above figure shows two triangles with their circumcenters and circumscribed circles, orcircumcircles (circles drawn around the triangles so that the circles go through each triangle’s vertices). The circumcenters are the centers of the circumcircles.

You can see in the above figure that, unlike centroids and incenters, a circumcenter is sometimes outside the triangle. The circumcenter is

• Inside all acute triangles
• Outside all obtuse triangles
• On all right triangles (at the midpoint of the hypotenuse)
  
  
  In math class on Friday, read through Sections 5.1 to 5.3 if you need the refresher. Then, work through these problems in your book (if you haven't don't them already):
  
  
  p.314 (ha! pi page!) q. 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27
  p. 317  q. 1, 2 a. b. c., 6
  
  
  Over the weekend, work on Section 5.4 - Using Means and Altitudes
  
  
  On Monday, we will look ahead to Sections 5.5 (Use Inequalities in a Triangle) and 5.6  (Inequalities in Two Triangles and Indirect Proof). You will practice at home Monday and Tuesday, and then work on a Chapter Review / Exit Test over the Holiday. I will give you the materials you need on Monday.
  
  
    

APPS FOR GIP STUDENTS

You are not required - at this point - to have these apps for class, but they might be fun to explore…

Tinkerbox (available for iPad,  iPhone & iPod Touch) If you can imagine it, you can build it with TinkerBox. TinkerBox is a free, fun, educational engineering and physics puzzle game. It is full of interesting science facts and teaches basic engineering concepts. In Puzzle mode, players are given a task to complete.  In Invent mode, students use trial and error arrange and re-arrange elements until they  design a successful solution. Students are encouraged to explore their creativity and  imagination to build outrageous machines (think Rube Goldberg),  and share them with friends. Students can also email their inventions to the  developer to possibly be included on the game's website. This is a very engaging app that stimulates creative problem solving.

SimplePhysics (available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices) SimplePhysics lets you design complex structures for everything from tree houses to  Ferris wheels. Verify the structural integrity of your design with a stress test.  Great engineering is not enough, however -  keep your project under budget to win the game!

NASA (available for iPhone, iPad, & Android devices) Kids dream of exploring space and the NASA app helps make that a reality!  Users can travel through the universe and gain an in-depth understanding of the  NASA role in space exploration. Users can browse through current news and feature stories,  view over 157,000 images, watch on-demand NASA video, read-up on current NASA mission information, explore NASA TV, listen to Third Rock Radio, and follow NASA's Twitter feed.   Be sure to check out NASA TV and videos as well as Tweets from astronauts.

Week of Tuesday, November 12 to Friday, November 15, 02013

If you wonder why I wrote the year as '02013', go to this page and rad about it: http://longnow.org

It feels to me like I am on a countdown to the end of the trimester. Do you feel it, too? Have you accomplished what you set out to accomplish so far this year?

Looking ahead to this week:

6th graders - Today (Tuesday) work on IXL. You can work on WHATEVER skill you like! But you MUST practice for 40 minutes. Remember - I can see what you do in my teacher's report :)

Algebra - Your assessment window is now closed. Tomorrow, you will hand in your assessments to me and whatever you have accomplished is what will be written in the grade book. 

For today, We are going to look backwards a bit. Look in your textbook. There are a number of pages that are teal in color and titles "Activity". Choose THREE from Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4. Complete them today (whether at school or at home) and submit them to me tomorrow at the start of class. Have fun :)

For Friday, November 15, do these practice questions in Chapter 4:

Section 4.1: 42, 44, 46, 50, 53

and in performing transformations, do these (EK & ZF only:
q. 6 & 12

We are going to do a math buddies project, Algebrarians.
Begin tomorrow and over the weekend, design a polygon with multiple sides and coordinate points.
Draw a model for yourself.
On a sheet of paper, write only the coordinate points. 

On Monday, these will be shared with your 'math buddy' in 6th grade. (I will be the go-between.) Your math buddy will create the polygon. In the meantime, design a transformation and translation of the shape. Once done, give the new coordinates to your math buddy and wait and see how they recreate your shape.  

Make it fun and hard :)

And have a GREAT weekend!

Geometry - If you haven't finished it, read on in Flatland. Save 15 minutes of your math time today for exploring the 4th dimension that A.Square would like to visit. In tomorrow's class, show me what you discovered :)

For Friday (Nov. 15) - work on these practice questions on class:

Section 5.2 questions 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, and 27 and
Section 5.3 read p. 312 and mentally work through example 4, then do questions 10, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 32, and 36

Critical Essay - 6th grade GIP students

Hi 6th graders!

A reminder that your Critical Essay on Timekeeping is due on  WEDNESDAY, November 13.

Enjoy your long weekend and give thanks to those who have given of themselves to protect our country.

origami butterfly ball

6th graders - How far did you get on Friday with your butterfly balls?

Rainy Thursday

For FRIDAY, November 8:

ALGEBRA students are to finish their assessments.
If you have finished (ZF & EH), then work on making corrections.

Have a GREAT long weekend!

6th GRADE - work on your origami :)

GEOMETRY - work on Chapter 4. Do your assessment when ready.



For Thursday, November 7, 2013.

ALGEBRA STUDENTS: For those in Ms. Lewis' class -
     
        1) finish your assessments;
        2) upon completion, come and see me in Room 115. I have something nice for you :)

Word of the week: CONJECTURE

This word seems to be coming up a lot lately. It's important that you know what it means.
I'll check by asking you later ;)

con·jec·ture

kənˈjekCHər/

noun

1. 1.

   an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

   "conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied"

   synonyms:

   speculation, guesswork, surmise, fancy, presumption, assumption,theory, postulation, supposition;

verb

1. 1.

   form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.

   "he conjectured the existence of an otherwise unknown feature"

   synonyms:

   guess, speculate, surmise, infer, fancy, imagine, believe, think,suspect, presume, assume, hypothesize, suppose

Happy November!

Hello everybody. Today is TUESDAY, November 5, 2013.

6th graders - read pages 38 in Shapes and Designs. Do the questions on page 39. Then begin to do ALL the questions in the Connections section of your text (pages 47 - 50). It won't take you long. Have a great day!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 2

This week, I will be keeping to my regular schedule: Mondays @ LMS, Tuesdays away, Wednesday and Thursday @ LMS, and Friday away.

If you need to reach me when I am not here, please send me a gmail. I am normally not far from my computer and will get back to you as soon as possible.

6th grade math - In Tuesday's math period, work independently on the Shapes and Designs test for pre-assessment.

     NL & DH: IFF (if and only if) you finish early, work on your GIP poster.
     GH & TW - if you finish early - work on the geometric lampshade project
     LP - if you finish early, work on Fifth grade > 

K.6 Greatest common factor for a review.

On Friday, during math period, read p. 38 in Shapes and Designs. Do the questions on page 39. If you finish, then work on your IXL assignments, or special projects (lampshade and writing) - if applicable.

Algebra - We are working on Chapter 3, Sections 3.5 and 3.6 on Monday and Tuesday.

By Wednesday, do these questions from Section 3.5 of your book:

      p. 165 q. 1, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30
      p. 166 q. 39, 40, 41, 42, 45
      p. 167 q. 53 a) b) c), 54 a) b) c), 56, 57

and from Section 3.6, work on:

      p. 171 q. 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 24, 28, 31, 39, 42 a) b) c), 46, 47, 52, 53, 54, 55

If you* have done any of these in class, do not repeat your work.
     * EH & KD when the others leave early.  DONE

I will post your work for Sections 3.7 and 3.8 here on Wednesday. -->

You will NOT be given homework on Wednesday and Thursday, however you will have a       REVIEW to take home over the weekend. I will leave it with your math teacher on Friday. 

Hey guys - please do the Chapter review in your textbook on Friday and over the weekend as necessary.

You will test out on Tuesday next week, okay?

We hope to test out of Chapter 3 by Monday.
Friday you will independently complete review questions.
Then, you will take the test home over the weekend.

Thursday and Friday -
During math class and/or academic focus: work on the skills in IXL:
Algebra 1 > 

D.2 Solve percent equations

Algebra 1 > 

D.4 Percent of change

Algebra 1 > 

C.5 Solve proportions

Algebra 1 > 

H.4 Properties of equality

Geometry - work in your Chapter 4 Resource Book and Sections 4.6, 47, and 4.8 in your text. We plan to test out on Friday. We will review the chapter together on Monday and you can test out on Tuesday.

Spelling Bee - meeting during Academic Focus on Wednesday; focus on words with silent letters. Pick up your homework packet outside Room 115 on Thursday afternoon.

Robotics - meeting after school on Wednesday and Thursday. Costume Party on Thursday. Programmers meeting 9am - 2pm Saturday @ OTES.

NOTE - back to the original plans - NO PRACTICE 10/31

6th grade GIPpers - You have all shared with me a very good plan for completing your posters. I am really looking forward to seeing your fine work on Wednesday! When our posters are complete and you have presented them to your friends, we will line the halls with our TimeLine!