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October 7, 2024
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
IXL questions answered this year so far: 23,162
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Upcoming ILS Events
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!
First Quarter ends this Friday! Crazy!!! ANY and all late, absent, whatever work is due to me by THIS Thursday. After that I cannot accept it. Report Card grades will be turned in on Friday afternoon. Parent/Teacher Conference sign-up links will be sent shortly.
Speaking of Friday...it's an early release day. Middle school will have a half day schedule and pickup is at 11:50.
8th grade will be gone on Friday. It is Future Freshman Day at Lutheran High School in St. Peters. I took a group two years ago and it was a wonderful experience. Even if you're not considering LHS, it's a great opportunity for 8th graders to experience high school life.
6th and 8th finished the first round of the year of MAP Growth. 7th grade will be taking their's on Monday and Tuesday. This information is very useful when it comes to planning how we practice and what parts of math we need to focus closer on. I will say looking at the progress that these 8th graders have made since I first met them in 6th grade is phenomenal. Many were at the 40th percentile two years ago and are now in the 80th and above. I love seeing the slow and steady growth. The goal has always been to over prepare them for high school. I tell all 6th grade families that we are on a three year journey and great things will eventually come :)
If you're looking for a church home or a great place to worship our Lord, 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.
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 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 from chapter 4. 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: 1-2 Ratios
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Tuesday: 1-3 Rates
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Wednesday: 1-4 Ratio Tables
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Thursday: 1-5 Graphing Ratio Tables
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Friday: 1/2 Day Review Activity
This Week in 7th Grade
7th Grade will be taking the MAP Growth test Monday and Tuesday. Then we will continue our study of exponents with learning what happens when you multiply and Divide powers.
What are we learning?: How can we write numbers in different ways and why would we want to do that?
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Monday: NWEA Testing
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Tuesday: NWEA Testing
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Wednesday: Multiplying Monomials
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Thursday: Dividing Monomials
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Friday: 1/2 Day Review Activity
This Week in 8th Grade
We have begun our study of graphing linear functions and learning our first forms. This week we will learn how to find the slope of a line and how to use the slope-intercept formula to graph functions. These are two of the most important and useful lessons in math.
What are we learning?: How to solve algebraic equations. How can math symbols be useful?
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Monday: 3-3 Constant Rate of Change and Slope
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Tuesday: 3-3 Slope
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Wednesday: 3-4 Slope-intercept Form
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Thursday: 3-4 Slope-intercept Form
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Friday: No Class - Future Freshman Day
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.