It's October. It's STILL hexaflexagon month!
This is an abbreviated post for this week (Oct 20-24).
Happy Critter Day!
10/24 FRIDAY: (independent work)
If you have Math Class today, please work on these items below:
1. KHAN ACADEMY: Join my Khan Academy Class!
Choose me as your coach and enter this class code: NGVHNY
2. STUDENT-PARENT CONFERENCE PREPARATION: Work on your THREE portfolio entry sheets. Work on your GOALS sheet. These are due to be submitted on Monday, October 27. DO NOT RUSH. This work is more think-y than do-ey.
3. TENMARKS: Do TWO assignments on TenMarks.
4. CHAPTER 4: Skim the rest of Chapter 4: Congruent Triangles. Skim means to read lightly. You do not need to take notes or do the problems.
WEEKEND: Work on your THREE portfolio entry sheets. Work on your GOALS sheet. These are due to be submitted on Monday, October 27.
LOOKING AHEAD: Monday we will conference individually to prepare your portfolios.
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7th accelerated math:
10/24 FRIDAY: (independent work)
1. KHAN ACADEMY: Join my Khan Academy Class! Choose me as your coach and enter this class code: CXE9QM
Work on 7th grade math - Variables and Expressions - [live link] as a reward for working so hard in TenMarks, you can do these easier tasks.2. MATH DEBATES: Decide upon THREE topics for Math Debates. On Monday, we will debate the debate topics :)
3. TENMARKS: Do TWO assignments on TenMarks. One of which must be from the 3 exercises marked as due on Friday, October 24. (You need to complete at least one of these three by end of school day tomorrow.)
4. STUDENT-PARENT CONFERENCES: Work on your THREE portfolio entry sheets. Work on your GOALS sheet. These are due to be submitted on Monday, October 27. DO NOT RUSH. Remember, this work is more think-y than do-ey.
5. CRICKETS: READ THIS. Those scientists were not kidding about crickets and the temperature! Then watch this just for fun :)
WEEKEND: Work on your THREE portfolio entry sheets. Work on your GOALS sheet. These are due to be submitted on Monday, October 27.
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Prepare for the QUIZ on MONDAY on the SIX Properties of Multiplication: 5 on page 89, 1 on page 103.
LOOKING AHEAD: Monday (after the Quiz) we will conference individually to prepare your portfolios.
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Geometry:
10/24 FRIDAY: (independent work)
1. STUDENT-PARENT CONFERENCES: Work on your THREE portfolio entry sheets. Work on your GOALS sheet. These are due to be submitted on Monday, October 27. --> DO NOT RUSH. This work is more think-y than do-ey.
2. TENMARKS: Do TWO assignments on TenMarks.
3. CHAPTER 4: Skim read through Chapter 4. Skim reading means to read lightly, do not take notes. Do not stop to work on vocabulary. Read closely enough to folllow the text, but not so closely that you have to stop and think a lot. Read closely enough that you can be conversant on the topics for Monday.
WEEKEND: Work on your THREE portfolio entry sheets. Work on your GOALS sheet. These are due to be submitted on Monday, October 27.
LOOKING AHEAD: Monday we will conference individually to prepare your portfolios. We will finish talking about Chapter 4 (specifically HL and ASA) .
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STEM GIP:
For ALL grades: On Monday October 27, 2014 --> All grades will work on their portfolios for Student-Parent Conferences.
LOOKING AHEAD: You need to be working on your Tiered Choice. It is due Wednesday, November 5, 2014.
Template: Final version of your background paper for your science fair project is due on Monday, October 27, 2014. Follow this link for an APA TEMPLATE (A template is a file that is a starting point for a new document. When you open this template, it is pre-formatted for APA style, then you plug in your own information and save the new file as another name to keep your work.)
After School Robotics:
--> PRACTICE this Saturday, October 25, 2014, 9.00 am - 2.00 pm for ALL teams. <--- Link here to see the Coyote Pups website.
