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September 30, 2024
"The average person walks 900 miles per year, and drinks 22 gallons of coffee. That means the average person gets 41 miles per gallon."
IXL questions answered this year so far: 21,106
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Upcoming ILS Events
September 30th-October 7th: NWEA Testing (K-8)
October 11th: Early Dismissal, Trunk or Treat, Future Freshman Day at LHS, End of 1st Quarter
October 17th: K-8 make-up pictures and 8th grade pictures
October 30th: No School-P/T Conferences 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
October 31st: No School-P/T Conferences 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
November 1st: No School- Teacher PD Day
November 25th-29th: No School-Teacher PD/Thanksgiving Break
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Useful Links
Google Classroom
https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h
Online Math Book
https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/school/b3b2
Church and School Website
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Join the class Facebook page for Exclusive Content: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilsmath
My You-tube Page: https://www.youtube.com/user/warriorwuebbels/featured
Hello 6th - 8th grade families!
Blessings and prayers for 7th grade as they go to camp on Wednesday.
NWEA MAP Growth Exams:
Testing is this week! We've done a little review and prep and we're ready for round 1. Remember the purpose of this test is to measure individual growth, and gage where each student is at this current point. It is important that each student does their best so we get an accurate view of their abilities. The testing schedule for math is below in each class section.
Congratulations to the 7th and 8th graders who will be inducted in the Lutheran Junior Honor Society on Monday. These students do some amazing things and it's exciting to recognize that.
Join the iNews: Eagle Weekly email list (will be emailed directly each week)
Other Reminders:
Just remember Google Classroom is where everything is at. Your child's passwords are all in their planner so please feel free to copy those down and peek through their accounts often (especially email). Here is a video on how to navigate Google Classroom: https://youtu.be/qoOe3ir5iqQ
Regular chapel can be viewed live on our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-agaQWl4BGu9bEAh1TbgQ, or on our Facebook page.
Each student's passwords are found in the student planner. Here you can find IXL, email, and math textbook codes.
All class notes can be found on this website. I added links down below in the class notes.
Class notes
This Week in 6th Grade
We will quickly review the year so far on Monday just to refresh the operations algorithms and then begin the NWEA testing on Tuesday. These tests are not timed so students are encouraged to take their time. It will take more than one class period for most students.
Next up is a study of Ratios and Proportional Reasoning. Noticed we are jumping around in the book? I've rearranged the topics this year into a more logical order. We just finished operations with fractions. Without a good knowledge of fractions, ratios will not make any sense. We'll see this throughout the year.
What are we learning?: How can we compare quantities of numbers and what does it mean?
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Monday: NWEA Test Prep
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Tuesday: NWEA Testing
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Wednesday: NWEA Testing
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Thursday: 1-1 Factors and Multiples
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Friday: 1-2 Ratios
This Week in 7th Grade
7th Grade will take their MAP Growth test AFTER they return from camp. I'm not sure that having the excitement of camp on the brain is good for testing, LOL. We will be reviewing statistics and probability this week before they leave.
Next up POWERS AND EXPONENTS like they have never seen before :)
What are we learning?: How can we write numbers in different ways and why would we want to do that? Any number that can be written as a fraction.
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Monday: NWEA Prep - Statistics
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Tuesday: NWEA Prep - Probability
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Wednesday: Gone to Camp
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Thursday: Gone to Camp
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Friday: Gone to Camp
This Week in 8th Grade
We are currently reviewing statistics and probability before we start the NWEA Test this Wednesday.
Next up is graphing linear functions and learning our first forms.
What are we learning?: How to solve algebraic equations. How can math symbols be useful?
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Monday: NWEA Prep
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Tuesday: NWEA Prep
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Wednesday: NWEA Test
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Thursday: NWEA Test
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Friday: 3-1 Graphing Linear Equations
8th graders trying to use the force to make it snow in September.
Me, calling for my lost SmartBoard Pen.
Have a great week! ~ Rich Wuebbels
So, you talked throughout the lesson and now your math doesn't math.
Other Reminders:
Just remember Google Classroom is where everything is at. Your child's passwords are all on the first page of their planner so please feel free to copy those down and peek through their accounts often. Here is a video on how to navigate Google Classroom: https://youtu.be/qoOe3ir5iqQ
IXL grading is a little different from other assignments. A 90% "smart score" in IXL is equivalent to 100% in FastDirect. Anything over a 90% is worth up to one bonus point...they add up so I encourage students to try it (especially on the easier assignments).
Regular chapel can be viewed live on our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-agaQWl4BGu9bEAh1TbgQ, or on our Facebook page.
Each student's passwords are found in the student planner. Here you can find IXL, rocket math, email, and math textbook codes.