Updates from Mrs. Day:
6th Grade:
Students have been doing an excellent job of learning about:
- Part to Whole and Part to Part Ratios
- Equivalent Ratios
- Tape Diagrams
- Ratio Tables
- Reducing Ratios to simplest form
To have some fun with what we are learning we explored ratios of things we could find around our building, scaling up/down our first names, and some Skittle and M&M's ratios.
The students will be learning about Ratios on a quadrant, reviewing the unit, and taking a test on Friday, October 6th.
7th Grade:
Students have been learning and review a variety of things including:
- Unit Rate
- One Step Equations
- Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Integers
- Classifying numbers (Ration vs Irrational)
- Setting up and solving word problems
The students will be having a unit test on Friday, October 6th which will include the above items
8th Grade:
Students have just taken their first test of the year on Exponents and Scientific Notation. The unit was tough, but each student did very well.
The upcoming unit will include:
- Two step equations
- Fraction busters
- Inequalities
- Graphing Inequalities
There will be multiple assignments for practice, three quizzes, and two tests