Monday, March 3, 2014


Week of March 3 - 7, 2014


6th grade math:

Monday - Mrs. Dawson absent  - see your teacher for instructions
Tuesday - independent work 
     1) plan PI poster, pick up poster board if ready from Mrs. Harvey,
     2) watch the second PI video (see blog),
     3) review formulas for finding Area of shapes (not everyone had them all on the quiz),
     4) review PI to 12 digits (3.14159265358) 
Wednesday - preparing for the coming of PI: video 3, poster prep, Area formulas and recitation
Thursday - FIELD TRIP
Friday - independent work  
     1) memorize pi to 19 digits (3.141592653589 79 3238)
     2) watch PI video #5
     3) work on IXL: 
  1. P.21Parts of a circle
  2. P.22Circles: calculate area, circumference, radius, and diameter
  3. P.23Circles: word problems



Geometry:

Monday - Mrs. Dawson absent - independent work
Tuesday -  independent work - read through Chapter 11 to familiarize yourself with what we will be covering next
Wednesday - Chapter 11.1; review PI to 12 digits (3.14159265358); discover DESMOS
Thursday - FIELD TRIP
Friday -  independent work 
      1) memorize pi to 19 digits (3.141592653589 79 3238)
      2) watch pi video #5
      3) read over Chapter 11 KEY IDEAS


Algebra:

Monday - 
      objective - review Chapter 6, look at Chapter 7 pre-test, introduce DESMOS.com
      HW - none
Tuesday - independent work - 
      1) in your reference section, write out the definitions of things to come in Chapter 7,
      2) use DESMOS to graph the inequalities from Chapter 6 that were problematic,
      3) watch the second PI video (see blog),
      4) read over 7.1 and come to class tomorrow prepared to work through 7.1 together
      5) memorize PI to 12 digits (3.14159265358) 
Wednesday - Chapter 7.1 (What is a SYSTEM?), review Order of Operations, use graphing calculators [TI-86s] and DESMOS, practice PI, watch PI video 3
Thursday - FIELD TRIP
Friday -  independent work - 
     1) memorize pi to 19 digits (3.141592653589 79 3238)
     2) work on this in IXL: 
     3) look at Khan Academy's videos again with the TROLL - search for Systems of Equations

NO HOMEWORK, BUT COME TO CLASS READY ON MONDAY TO DIG IN HARD


GIP:

6th grade:

Monday - work on research plan 

Wednesday - submit research plan 

7th grade:

Tuesday - work on research plan 

Thursday - FIELD TRIP

8th grade:

Tuesday - work on research plan 

Thursday - FIELD TRIP