WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1-5, 2016

FALCONS,

WELCOME TO THE 5TH WEEK OF THE SIX WEEKS. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR WORKING VERY HARD. THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS. MAKE SURE TO VISIT MY PREVIOUS BLOG POST FOR EXTRA MATH EXAMPLES.



PAY DAY WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY AND SOME OF YOU WILL ALREADY BE ABLE TO PAY YOUR FIRST MONTH'S RENT.  REMEMBER TO BALANCE YOUR BANK LOGS AND KEEP TAB OF EVERY TRANSACTION MADE.

REMINDERS: 

TRY YOUR BEST TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY SO THAT YOU DON'T STAY BEHIND!

PANORAMIC PICTURE WILL BE ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2ND, 2016! REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR $12 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE ONE.

TUTORIALS THIS SATURDAY!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED VERY HARD ON THEIR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS!  WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS!

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE STUDENTS USING METER STICKS AND YARD STICKS TO MAKE CONVERSIONS. STUDENTS WERE ALSO ABLE TO CHECK THEIR HEIGHTS.
PICTURES ALSO SHOW BROKEN HEARTS OF FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS. THE COLORED PICTURES WERE A GAME ABOUT FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS.

WEEK OF JANUARY 25-29, 2016

DEAR FALCONS,

YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND I AM VERY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.  REMEMBER THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF!

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE WORKING AND CONVERTING  FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS INTO EQUIVALENT FORMS. YOU ALREADY KNOW THE FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS PORTION BUT WILL BEGIN WORKING WITH PERCENTS IN DETAIL.  REMEMBER TO STAY ALERT IN CLASS SO THAT YOU DON'T STAY BEHIND. 

I AM ALSO VERY PROUD OF EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AT THEIR, "MY CLASSROOM ECONOMY" JOBS.  YOU HAD YOUR FIRST PAYDAY ON FRIDAY AND I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW TO USE YOUR MONEY WISELY BECAUSE RENT IS DUE PRETTY SOON. REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR BANK LOGS BALANCED AND KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR YELLOW ENVELOPES I GAVE YOU.  BEING AN ADULT IS TOUGH LIKE SOME OF YOU SAID BUT I PROMISE YOU YOU WILL BE FINE! :) JUST CONTINUE TO WORK HARD! 

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR THE UPCOMING LESSON!

Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

Decimals, Fractions and Percentages are just different ways of showing the same value:

A Half can be written... As a fraction: 1/2 As a decimal: 0.5 As a percentage: 50%

A Quarter can be written... As a fraction: 1/4 As a decimal: 0.25 As a percentage: 25%

Here, have a play with it yourself:

Ninety One One-Hundredths © 2015 MathsIsFun.com v 0.81

91%

Example Values

Here is a table of commonly used values shown in Percent, Decimal and Fraction form:

Percent	Decimal	Fraction
1%	0.01	1/100
5%	0.05	1/20
10%	0.1	1/10
12½%	0.125	1/8
20%	0.2	1/5
25%	0.25	1/4
331/3%	0.333...	1/3
50%	0.5	1/2
75%	0.75	3/4
80%	0.8	4/5
90%	0.9	9/10
99%	0.99	99/100
100%	1
125%	1.25	5/4
150%	1.5	3/2
200%	2

Conversions

From Percent to Decimal

To convert from percent to decimal: divide by 100, and remove the "%" sign.

The easiest way to divide by 100 is to move the decimal point 2 places to the left:

From Percent	To Decimal
		move the decimal point 2 places to the left, and remove the "%" sign.

From Decimal to Percent

To convert from decimal to percent: multiply by 100, and add a "%" sign.

The easiest way to multiply by 100 is to move the decimal point 2 places to the right:

From Decimal	To Percent
		move the decimal point 2 places to the right, and add the "%" sign.

From Fraction to Decimal

The easiest way to convert a fraction to a decimal is to divide the top number by the bottom number (divide the numerator by the denominator in mathematical language)

Example: Convert 2/5 to a decimal

Divide 2 by 5: 2 ÷ 5 = 0.4

Answer: 2/5 = 0.4

REMINDERS: 

TRY YOUR BEST TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY SO THAT YOU DON'T STAY BEHIND!

PROGRESS REPORT CARD PICK UP AT PETER PIPER PIZZA ON JANUARY 26.

DISTRICT SCIENCE FAIR AT 5:00 AT MPC.

BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE FROM LAST WEEKS RATIONS AND PROPORTIONS GAME AND THIS WEEK'S "MY CLASSROOM ECONOMY" 1ST PAY DAY EXPERIENCE! LAST PICTURE SHOWS STUDENT CHRISTIAN Q. AND MISS LOPEZ HAVING A LATE BIRTHDAY PARTY SINCE OUR BIRTHDAYS WERE ON THE SAME DAY DECEMBER 25!

Week of January 18-22, 2016

Falcons,

Welcome to the 3rd week of the semester! Thank you to those of you that are always on task and also to those of you that attend tutorials on Saturdays. You are working on become responsible and hard working young men and women in the near future.  I've noticed progress in your math work tutorial students!  Continue to come every Saturday!

This week we will have a quiz on proportions and begin working on converting measurements. You will be able to use unit rates and proportions in order to convert measurements. 

READ THE FOLLOWING NOTES TO PREPARE FOR OUR CLASS LESSON!

PLEASE HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT SO IT CAN BE VISIBLE.

In problems which involve measurements such as width, length, height, weight, capacity or temperature, it is often necessary to convert from one measurement unit to another. For example, let's say you were going to purchase a new carpet for your bedroom. First you would get out your tape measure, or yardstick, and measure the length and width of the room.  This would probably be done in feet and inches.  Then you would take these measurements to the store and "OUCH" you see that all of the carpeting in the store is being sold by the "square yard!"  Being unable to convert the feet and inches measurements into square yards means that you  really don't know whether you are getting the best deal for your money. Hopefully after working through this lesson you will better understand how important this skill is, and how often this type of "math" gets into your everyday life.

Basic Conversion Rule: To convert from a LARGER unit to a SMALLER unit...MULTIPLY To convert from a SMALLER unit to a LARGER unit...DIVIDE

Complicating matters a bit is the fact that in the United States we have two different sets of measurement units. Our basic system is the "customary" or "English" system.  In this system units include: inch, foot, yard, mile, ounce, pound, pint, quart, gallon and the Fahrenheit scale for temperature.  However, as we do business in the global community, the metric system is also a necessary system to understand. This system uses units such as: meter, centimeter, kilometer, gram, kilogram, liter, milliliter and the Celsius scale for temperature. In this lesson you will  see conversions in both of these systems.  However, this is NOT a lesson on either the English or Metric system, but rather this is an explanation of how to convert from one unit to another unit within the same system.

Let's start with an easy example.

The Pizza Shack uses 37 quarts of tomato sauce every day. How many gallons do they use? Conversion factor: 1 gallon = 4 quarts We are converting from a smaller unit (quart) to a larger unit (gallon). So we DIVIDE! (37)/(4) = 9 with 1 quart left over. 37 quarts = 9 gal.1 qt.

  Let's try another..

4 boards measure; 21", 19", 33" and 43" respectively. If boards come in 8', 10', and 12' lengths, what length board should we buy so that the least scrap is left? First we need to add the lengths of the boards together: 21 + 19 + 33 +43 116" total Next we will convert the 8',10' and 12' lengths to inches. We are converting from a larger unit to a smaller unit...so we must MULTIPLY. Conversion factor: 1 foot = 12 inches (8)(12) = 96 (10)(12) = 120 (12)(12) = 144 We need 116 total inches...so the best buy is the 10' (120") length.  There will only be 4 inches of scrap.

Now let's look at a metric conversion...

There are 720 centimeters of tape on a roll.  How many meters of tape is this? Conversion factor: 1 meter = 100 centimeters We are converting from a smaller unit to a large unit...so we must DIVIDE. (720)/(100) 7.2 720 centimeters is the same as 7.2 meters

REMINDERS:
TRY YOUR BEST TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY!
COLLEGE T-SHIRTS MAY BE WORN ON THURSDAYS.
FRIDAYS SPIRIT SHIRTS.
TUTORIALS ON SATURDAY! (REMEMBER IF PRESENT YOU EARN BONUS CLASSROOM CURRENCY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS!)

Week of January 11-15, 2016

FALCONS,

THIS IS THE 2ND WEEK OF THE YEAR AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY ON TASK SO THAT YOU DON'T FALL BEHIND. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL FIRST WEEK BY REVIEWING OUR MATH WORK AND APPLYING FOR YOUR "MY CLASSROOM ECONOMY" JOB POSITIONS. 

Through My Classroom Economy, students learn valuable life skills in an experiential way.

Specifically, they are able to:

• Take part in a simulation of real-world economic activity.
• Learn the value of earning a paycheck, as they bank the salaries from their jobs.
• Learn how to budget their spending, balance a checking account, and make scheduled payments.
• Discover the importance of saving money to obtain what they want.
• Find out that every decision has an opportunity cost.

At this grade level, students earn and spend dollar amounts of three and four digits to match their math skills. They are also given more responsibility to maintain financial records—for example, bank slips for deposits and withdrawals—to emphasize the importance of record keeping and attention to detail. The documents also provide key data for reflection during the year-end wrap-up.

MY CLASSROOM ECONOMY WILL ALSO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL LITERACY OBJECTIVES IN CLASS AND PREPARE YOU FOR THE STAAR TEST BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU WILL BE USING THESE SKILLS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIVES. 

THIS WEEK WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH PROPORTIONS:

A ratio is one thing compared to or related to another thing; it is just a statement or an expression. A proportion is two ratios that have been set equal to each other; a proportion is an equation that can be solved. When I say that a proportion is two ratios that are equal to each other, I mean this in the sense of two fractions being equal to each other. For instance, ⁵/₁₀ equals ¹/₂. Solving a proportion means that you are missing one part of one of the fractions, and you need to solve for that missing part. 


REMINDERS:
TRY YOUR BEST TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY!
COLLEGE T-SHIRTS MAY BE WORN ON THURSDAYS.
FRIDAYS SPIRIT SHIRTS.
TUTORIALS ON SATURDAY! (REMEMBER IF PRESENT YOU EARN BONUS CLASSROOM CURRENCY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS!)

Week of January 6-8, 2016

WELCOME  BACK KIDS!
 I'M SURE YOU ARE READY TO TACKLE THIS SEMESTER  DOWN. LET'S MAKE IT AN AWESOME AND MEMORABLE  ONE BECAUSE TRUST  ME TIME FLIES!

REMINDERS:
MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND TUTORIALS THIS SATURDAY  FOR EXTRA HELP AND FUN LEARNING!