Tuesday January 31, 2012

7th grade: 1st hour: Review with mini-whiteboards. 2nd hour: Split into groups to do review/game. Homework: STUDY STUDY STUDY!! TEST (tomorrow-2nd hour, thursday-1st hour)

6th grade: Finish measuring activity and do chapter review. Homework: Finish Chapter review. *Reminder TEST Friday** (surface area and volume)

Friday January 27, 2012

7th grade: 1st hour Inv. 4.1/4.2 setting up proportions (ratios in fraction form) to solve for an unknown quantity. Review the 3 ways we learned to solve for unknown quantities (ratios, unit rates, and proportions (cross-multiplying)). Homework: Finish Inv. 4.2 worksheet
2nd hour: Go over investigation 4.2. Begin 4.3 using proportions to solve problems. No homework.
**REMINDER** test next week wednesday (2nd hour) and thursday (1st hour) Over ratios rates and proportions***

6th grade: Surface area and volume measuring activity. Find Surface Area and Volume of various boxes with a partner. No homework

Thursday January 26, 2012

7th grade: 1st hour: DISCOVERY ED Testing. No homework
2nd hour: Finish Investigation 4.1 continue with 4.2. Setting up proportions to solve for unknown quantities. Homework: Finish 4.2 worksheet

6the grade: Practice with surface area and volume. HOMEWORK: finish volume and surface area worksheet.

Wednesday January 25, 2012

7th grade: 1st hour: Discovery Ed Testing. No homework
2nd hour: Investigation 4.1/4.2 using proportions (ratios in fraction form) to solve for an unknown quantity. No homework

6th grade: Practice with finding the volume of an object. No homework

Tuesday January 24, 2012

7th grade: Go over quizzes. Investigation 4.1 setting up proportions. Talk about 3 methods for solving for the unknown (ratio, unit rate, and proportions). No homework

6th grade: Volume intro. review Surface area. No homework

Monday January 23, 2012

7th grade: QUIZ TODAY-ratios and unit rates. No homework

6th grade: Practice more with surface area. Finish worksheet for homework

Tuesday January 17, 2012

7th grade: finish intro on unit rates. Homework: Finish finding unit rates on worksheet

6th grade: Area and perimeter of triangles. No homework

Thursday January 12, 2012

7th grade: Review investigation 2. Working with ratios and scaling ratios. Homework: Finish INV> 2 review worksheet started in class.

6th grade: Continue to work with Area. PArallelograms and triangles. Homework: Finish worksheet on area started in class.

Wednesday January 11, 2012

7th grade: Finish investigation 2.3. Scaling ratios and solving problems with ratios. Homework: Finish Investigation 2 review worksheet

6th grade: Go over Tests. Start are and perimeter of rectangles and parallelograms. No homework

Tuesday January 10, 2012

7th grade: Finish investigation 2.2. Start inv 2.3. Using ratios to solve problems. Scale ratios, or turn ratio into a fraction to help solve the problem. No homework

6th grade: Fractions TEST today!!! No homework

Monday January 9, 2012

7th grade: Investigation 2.2 comparing ratios. Using ratios to solve problems. No homework

6th grade: Fractions station review. STUDY TEST TOMORROW!!!

Friday January 6, 2012

7th grade: Investigation 2.1. Comparing ratios. No homework

6th grade: Story problems with fractions. No homework. *REMINDER* TEST on TUESDAY

Thursday January 5, 2012

7th grade: review ratios. Work on finding ratios and using them to solve problems (by reducing or enlarging them). Homework finish work started in class. Chapter 3 from book (comparing and scaling) pg. 10 # 1, 2, 3, 8, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, 34.

6th grade: review fractions. specifically work on division with fractions. Homework: Fractions review Worksheet

Wednesday January 4, 2012

7th grade: Comparing and Scaling Investigation 1.2. Using ratios to make comparison statements and solve problems. No homework

6th grade: review add, subtract, multiply, and divide with fractions. No homework

Tuesday January 3, 2012

Welcome Back!!
7th grade: Go over Social Contract and Review expectations. Go over Agenda. Start new chapter (Comparing and Scaling) Investigation 1.1. No homework

6th grade: Go over Social Contract and Review expectations. Go over agenda. Review Fractions (add, subtract, multiply, and, divide). **We did all this Before break** No homework