May

May 2 B Day

Studies || Today students gave biography speeches. Some did retakes from Unit Assessment. Those who didn't give their speeches today should be prepared to do them tomorrow. || None (unless speeches aren't done). || Lesson: Reread Encounter & check/discuss inferences. || Week 3 conferences. Read. || Math || Discussed how to make circle graphs. Then students worked on calculating with tip and tax to find an original cost. || Additional Practice Sheet, page 92-93, (Investigation 4). ||
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 * Writing || This week we will be focusing on sentence fluency. Today we did a fun sentence expanding activity. We will be looking at more sentence fluency techniques this week, and then adding a section to our web portfolio. || Make sure you are caught up on your web pages. Anything that is misising may still be turned in. ||
 * Reading || Target: Evaluate inferences with rereading.
 * Math || Students are learning to divide decimals, so they worked on converting decimals to fractions in order to divide. || Problem 3.2, page 39, A-B. ||
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May 3 A Day Studies ||  ||   ||
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 * Reading || Categorize retell, plot, topic, and theme by using "The Three Little Pigs" and //Number the Stars// as examples. || READ! ||
 * Math || Discussed how to divide decimal numbers. || Lesson 24 Practice Sheet, page 70, Even #s only due Wednesday. ||
 * Advanced Math || Worked on percent problems. Updated flipbooks with notes. || Skill: More Percents Sheet, page 98 only. ||

May 4 B Day Studies || Today we introduced a new unit. || Vocabulary #23 due Friday. ||
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 * Math || Worked on dividing decimals. Updated our flipbooks with notes on decimal division (Success Criteria #3). || Lesson 24 Practice Sheet, page 70, Odd #s. (Same sheet from yesterday.) ||
 * Advanced Math || Took a quiz over Success Criteria #5 and #6: Calculating tip, tax, discounts, and percentages of a given number compared to the total. || None. We'll finish the quiz tomorrow. ||

May 5 B Day Studies || Today we took notes on the Industrial Revolution. || Vocabulary #23 due tomorrow. ||
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 * Math || Discussed terminating and repeating decimals. || One side of the green dividing decimals sheet. ||
 * Advanced Math || Finished quizzes. Reviewed for upcoming test over adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals, as well as finding tax, tip, and percent discounts. || Skill: Using Percents sheet, even numbers only. ||

May 6 B Day Studies || Today we took notes on political revolutions. Students who have any work to make up should get that done ASAP since there will be another summary coming next week. || None except late work. ||
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 * Math || Students took a quiz on dividing decimals. (Success Criteria #3: I can divide decimals. & #4: I can determine the proper operation (+-x/) to use to solve problems involving decimals.) || None. ||
 * Advanced Math || We reviewed for their B&P3 test on Monday. Students have a review packet of problems to practice to help them study for the test. || Complete green B&P3 Review Packet. ||

May 9 B Day Studies || Today we finished our notetaking for this unit with notes on Basic Economic ideas. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday over V21, V22, and V23. The last unit assessment will be given next Monday and students should start studying for it. || Study for Vocab. Quiz. Start studying for Unit Assessment. ||
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 * Reading || We are working on predicting today. We are reading The Garden of Abdul Gasazi and stopping to predict at different points. || Keep working on 30 books! ||
 * Math || Discussed and worked problems dealing with finding sales tax on purchases. (Success Criteria #5: I can calculate taxes, tips, & discounts.) || Problem 4.1, page 51, A-D. ||
 * Advanced Math || Students returned Bits & Pieces 3 books and started the unit test. We'll continue the test tomorrow. || None. (Complete Unit Review packets if not done.) ||

May 10 B Day Studies || Today students had the entire period to work on their final summary. Tomorrow they have a vocabulary quiz (V21, V22, V23) and then more time for summary work. Thursday will be a typing day for those with completed rough drafts. Friday will be a review day and the Unit Assessment is on Monday. Students should start looking over learning goals and success criteria so they can ask questions about anything confusing. || Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow. Summary due Friday. Assessment on Monday. ||
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 * Math || Students worked on finding tip and tax today. They created meal tickets/receipts with their groups and calculated tip and tax. || Finish calculations on meal ticket/receipt from group order. ||
 * Advanced Math || Finished Bits and Pieces 3 Unit Test. || None. ||

May 11 B Day Studies ||  ||   ||
 * Science || Today we finished our investigation of phase changes and are ready for our next test on Thursday. || Study the labs, activities, and assignments in Science notebook. ||
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 * Reading || Students are applying their inferring abilities to the VanAllsburg book Just a Dream (today and tomorrow). || Final book order of the year is due MONDAY so it will arrive by the end of the school year. The class activation code if you would like to order online is DY79Y. Book Orders ||
 * Math || Worked on finding tip and tax some more. || Problem 4.2, page 53, B & C only. ||
 * Advanced Math || Started our unit on area and perimeter. || Problem 1.1, page 6, A-C. ||

May 12 B Day Studies || Today was a typing day for those who were ready to type their summary. Anyone who isn't finished now needs to finish on their own time. ||  ||
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 * Math || Updated our flipbooks with notes on calculating tip and tax. || Skill: Using Percents, page 95, #9-19 odds, and #18. ||
 * Advanced Math || Discussed finding area and perimeter of squares and rectangles. Students started a packet on area and perimeter. || The Wedding Planner Packet, complete Parts 1, 2, and 3. ||

May 13 B Day Studies || Today we are spending the period reviewing for the final assessment which will be on Monday. Also, students who aren't finished with summary should finish that. || STUDY for ASSESSMENT! ||
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 * Math || Introduced finding percent discounts. || Problem 4.3, page 54, A (we did together in class) and C. ||
 * Advanced Math || Worked on finishing area and perimeter packets. || Finish area and perimeter packet if not done. ||

May 16 B Day Studies || Unit Assessment Today. || None. ||
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 * Math || Took a placement test for 7th grade math. || None. ||
 * Advanced Math || Took a placement test for 7th grade math. || None. ||

May 17 B Day Studies || Today students started working on a country poster. || None. ||
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 * Math || Discussed finding discounts. || Page 63, problem A, and Page 54, problem D. ||
 * Advanced Math || Discussed area and perimeter from packets. || None. ||

May 18 B Day Studies ||  ||   ||
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 * Math || Discussed finding percent discounts. || Percent Word Problems sheet, Quiz 3 Corrections. ||
 * Advanced Math || Introduced finding area and perimeter of triangles. || Problem 3.1, page 38, A, B1, C. ||

May 19 B Day Studies || Today was the last work day for country poster projects for those students doing that. Tomorrow we will discuss our last project of the year, a virtual road trip. Students who are missing summaries or have test redo work to do will be required to do that before they can participate in the final project. || None unless students have work to finish or test redo work. ||
 * Science || Today we completed a concentration solution lab || Tomorrow we will have a summative test over solutions. Students can study their lab notebooks to prepare for the test ||
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 * Reading || I apologize for being MIA on the update the last few days! Time flies too fast this time of year! We are currently working on summer reading lists. My plan is for students to have a list of books that will be mailed home with report cards. That list will include a variety of books he/she is interested in reading. It is vital that students read over the summer, or their skills will diminish. Please encourage your child to read everyday! || We are getting close to the end of the year-genre requirements and book counts will be done then! ||
 * Math || Discussed problems dealing with finding tax, tip, discounts, and percent increase/decrease. || ACE problems, page 67, #1-9. ||
 * Advanced Math || Discussed how to find area and perimeter of triangles. || Problem 3.2, page 41, A-B. ||

May 20 B Day Studies || Today we are starting our last project, a road trip plan. Students heard about the project today and got started on their trip planning. Those who have summaries to finish or test redo work to do are working on that. Hopefully everyone will be finished and working on the road trip by early next week. || None unless students have work to finish or test redo work. ||
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 * Math || Updated flipbooks, reviewed ideas on finding percentages, and took a quiz over Success Criteria #5 and 6: Calculating tip, tax, discounts, and percentages. || None. ||
 * Advanced Math || Discussed area and perimeter of triangles. Created flipbooks with notes about area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles. || None. ||

May 23 B Day Studies || Students are working on road trips. || None. ||
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 * Math || Introducing ideas of area and perimeter. Students worked on a packet of problems dealing with area and perimeter of rectangles and squares. || Complete the Wedding Planner Problem packet through Part 3. (First page front and back.) ||
 * Advanced Math || Discovering area of parallelograms by relating them to the area of rectangles. || Complete Quadrilateral Area Record table. ||

May 24 B Day Studies || Students continue to work on road trips today. || None ||
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 * Math || Students worked on area and perimeter packet. || Complete The Wedding Planner Problem packet. ||
 * Advanced Math || Worked on finding area and perimeter of parallelograms. || Complete lab sheet 4.1 on area and perimeter on parallelograms. ||

May 25 B Day Studies || Students continued to work on road trips. || None. ||
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 * Math || Discussed area and perimeter packets. Looked at how to find area and perimeter of rectangles. || Skill: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles, page 62, Odd #s only. ||
 * Advanced Math || Reviewed area and perimeter of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles. || Complete practice problems on area and perimeter. ||

May 26 B Day Studies || Students continued to work on their road trip scrapbooks. || None. ||
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 * Math || Discussed area and perimeter of rectangles and related that to the area and perimeter of parallelograms. || Students got their final quiz, Quiz 4-5 from B&P3, back and are to make quiz corrections by Tuesday next week. ||
 * Advanced Math || Students took a quiz over area and perimeter of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles. || None. ||

May 27-Adventureland B Day

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