Week of March 30-31/April 1-3, 2015

HARD WORK WILL CONTINUE IN OUR MATH CLASS MIGHTY FALCONS! YOU ARE DOING GREAT AND WE KNOW YOU WILL DO GREAT IN THE STAAR EXAM!
 REMEMBER WE CAN SOAR!


REMEMBER WE ARE REVIEWING PREVIOUS LESSONS AND COVERING NEW CONTENT, SO STAY ALERT MIGHTY FALCONS!

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE COVERING AND REVIEWING PARTS OF:
TRIANGLES AND THEIR PROPERTIES. VISIT THE FOLLOWING SITE FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE.
 https://www.mathsisfun.com/triangle.html


Geometric Construction: TEST DIFFERENT SUPPORT METHODS FOR TOWERS.

REMINDERS:
STAAR IS 16 SCHOOL DAYS AWAY!

MONEY FOR SIX FLAGS AND PANORAMIC PICTURE DUE ON APRIL 3RD!

MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MISSING ASSIGNMENTS!

SOAR!

WEEK OF MARCH 23-27, 2015

DEAR FALCONS,

I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTRA HARD IN OUR MATH CLASS TO PREPARE FOR THE STAAR EXAM AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF EACH OF YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE. I AM ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE THROUGHOUT OUR LESSONS. DO NOT GIVE UP MIGHTY FALCONS WE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT! 

THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW PREVIOUS MATERIAL AS WELL AS NEW MATERIAL. DO NOT SLACK OFF AND TRY YOUR BEST NOT TO BE ABSENT. THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO ME FOR EXTRA HELP, IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE A FIGHTER IN MATH CLASS!

THIS WEEK WE WILL BEGIN TO WORK WITH INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLES IN TABLES AND GRAPHS, WRITING EQUATIONS FROM TABLES AND REPRESENTING ALGEBRAIC RELATIONSHIPS IN TABLES AND GRAPHS. 

EXAMPLE: YOUR CELL PHONE BILL DEPENDS ON HOW MANY MINUTES YOU USED.

Many real-world situations involve two variable quantities in which one quantity depends on the other. The quantity that depends on the other quantity is called the dependent variable, and the quantity it depends on is called the independent variable.

GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION:

REDESIGN OUR SPAGHETTI TOWER AND USE GEOMETRIC VOCABULARY.

REMINDERS:

PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK.

SIX FLAGS TRIP FEE DUE ON APRIL 3RD!

STAY ON TASK!

DO NOT BE ABSENT.

FOLLOW ALL RULES; NO EXCUSES!

WEEK OF MARCH 16-20, 2015

Welcome back! Whether you spent your time relaxing, studying, working, or on a  trip, I hope you had an enjoyable spring break and have returned ready to wrap up the last few weeks of the semester.
We only have 5 weeks until our MATH STAAR EXAM which is on April 21, 2015. 

Remember we have talked about our math goals; I hope you continue to progress every single day.  BELIEVE YOU CAN AND YOU ARE ALREADY HALF WAY THERE MIGHTY FALCONS.


PI DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND I AM GLAD EVERYONE HAD FUN AT THIS MEMORABLE EVENT!!!!

THIS WEEK WE WILL LEARN HOW TO REPRESENT AND SOLVE INEQUALITIES. 

Solving Inequalities

Sometimes we need to solve Inequalities like these:

Symbol	Words	Example
>	greater than	x + 3 > 2
<	less than	7x < 28
≥	greater than or equal to	5 ≥ x - 1
≤	less than or equal to	2y + 1 ≤ 7

GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION CLASS:

 Introduce the task (SPAGHETTI TOWER)by talking about how something is designed and redesigned. I sometimes use the example of a cell phone. We talk about the evolution of the modern day phone and why it has changed over the last few years. I especially point out that sometimes a re-design comes because consumers discover something does not work properly. It is through the redesign process of inventing a product that great discoveries occur. This is occasionally accidental! STUDENTS BEGAN THEIR TOWERS TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE REDESIGNING THEIR WORK.

Students use: • Spaghetti- 20 sticks per group of raw spaghetti* • Large marshmallows- one per group • Masking tape- 1 yard per group  • Scissors • Rulers • Lab sheet 

REMINDERS:

PROGRESS REPORTS WILL GO OUT NEXT WEEK.

SIX FLAGS TRIP FEE DUE ON APRIL 3.

5 MORE WEEKS FOR STAAR.

DO NOT SLACK OFF. 

TRY YOUR BEST NOT TO BE ABSENT, I DON'T WANT YOU MISSING OUT.

FOLLOW ALL RULES; NO EXCUSES!

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES SHOW STUDENTS PLAYING AN EQUATION BINGO AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF OUR VERY OWN 1ST PI DAY!