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November 4, 2024
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Pro-tip: It's always possible!”
IXL questions answered this year so far: 31,287
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Upcoming ILS Events
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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Hello 6th - 8th grade families!
We are back at it. Three weeks until Thanksgiving Break and tons to learn.
Campus Stuff:
If you're looking for a church home or a place to worship, please join us for our traditional services on Saturdays at 5:00pm, or Sunday at 8:00am, or at our contemporary services on Sundays at 9:30am or 10:30am. I like the 9:30am service myself, and you will usually find me in the back row so feel free to say hi.
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.
This Week in 6th Grade
We are studying Percents. This is an intro to another way to express a quantity, and, even though they have definitely heard of them, looking closely at what percents are.
What are we learning?: When is it better to use a decimal, fraction, or percent?
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Monday: Mid-Chapter Check and Review
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Tuesday: 2-5: Compare and Order Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
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Wednesday: Inquiry Lab - Percent of a Number
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Thursday: 2-7 Percent of a Number
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Friday: 2-8 Solve Percent Problems
This Week in 7th Grade
We are looking at proportional relationships. This concept will take us to the end of the school year and into 8th grade. What makes a number relationship proportional? A driving number called the constant of variation. For example proportions can be thought of as when one value increases, the other the relationship also increases. How much you earn is directly proportional to how many hours you work. The constant would be how much you make each hour.
What are we learning?: How can we identify and write proportional relationships?
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Monday: 5-4: Converting Rates
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Tuesday: 5-5: Proportional and Non-proportional Relationships
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Wednesday: 5-6: Graphing Proportional Relationships
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Thursday: 5-7: Solving Proportions
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Friday: Scale Drawings
This Week in 8th Grade
We will continue our study of linear functions and how we can use slope-intercept form. We learned how to find the slope of a line, and how to use the slope-intercept formula to graph functions. Now we can use the equation of a straight line to solve many types of real-world problems. The vocabulary is very important (half the battle really) so we will be practicing with those words and have a short quiz on Tuesday.
What are we learning?: How to solve linear equations. How can math symbols be useful?
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Monday: Slope-Intercept Review
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Tuesday: Vocab Quiz
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Wednesday: 4-1 Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form
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Thursday: 4-2 Point-Slope Form
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Friday: Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form Review
8th graders trying to use the force to make me forget about math finals in December.
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.