Sunday, March 9, 2014

Homework for Week on March 10-14

*Students have a copy of a calendar showing when their group is meeting and what chapters or pages must have done by the time they get to school on meeting day.

*Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - 8-1Sheet

Vocabulary- Cut out flash cards 
Science- Electricity test tomorrow


Tuesday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes

Vocabulary Sheet and quiz Thursday
Math -8-2 Sheet

Wednesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes

Study vocabulary - Quiz Thursday
Math -  8-3 Sheet

Thursday (Day 3):
Read for 30 minutes
Math - Go on xtramath.org


Friday (Day ):
 No School

Adding and Subtracting with Like Denominators Videos

Here are a couple of helpful videos

Adding and Subtracting with Like Denominators
Decomposing Fraction to find Sum of Parts of a Whole

Adding Fractions

Subtracting Fractions

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Homework for Week of March 3-7- Revised

*Students have a copy of a calendar showing when their group is meeting and what chapters or pages must have done by the time they get to school on meeting day.

*Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - 7-6 Sheet

Vocabulary- Cut out flash cards 


Tuesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes

Vocabulary Sheet
Math -7-7 Sheet

Wednesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes

Study vocabulary - Quiz Friday
Math -  Unit 7 Review Sheet #1-6 - Test Friday

Thursday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes

Study vocabulary - Quiz Friday
Math - Finish Unit 7 Review Sheet- test tomorrow

Friday (Day 5):
Read for an hour over break
Math - Go on xtramath.org at least twice over break.  
Science- Electricity test Tuesday

Following Mushers

We will be following the Iditarod over the next week or two.  The race began on March 1st.  Students can check their musher by clicking on this link: Current Standings to see where they are.  We will be writing journal entries this week and having a class competition to see whose musher will reach Nome first.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Iditarod Dog Sled Race

We have been talking about the Iditarod Dog Sled Race in Alaska as we read the book Black Star, Bright Dawn as our read aloud each afternoon.  The real Iditarod starts the second Saturday of vacation week.  Each student is choosing a musher to follow and we will be tracking them through the race and writing journal entries from their point of view.  About half of the students chose there mushers today.  Here is a list of the mushers already taken.  The rest of the students can look on the Iditarod website (link under Social Studies websites) and write down their top 5 picks.  Remember to not choose any of the mushers listed below.

Student #    Musher chosen
1                 Ken Anderson
2                 Sonny Linder
3                 Ray Redington Jr.
4                 Matt Failor
5                 Jason MacKey
6                  Dallas Seavey
7                  Lisbet Norris
8                  Wade Marrs
9                  Anna Berington
10                Martin Buser
11                Newton Marshall
12                Travis Beals
13                Eliot Anderson
14                Kelly Maixner
15                 Kristy Berington
16                 Nicolas Petit
17                  Dan Seavy
18                  Robert Sorlie
19                  Katherine Keith
20                  Joar Leifseth Ulsom
21                  John Dickson
22                  Paige Drobny
23                  Monica Zappa
24                  Mats Petterson

Monday, February 17, 2014

Helpful Math Videos

Equivalent Fractions (You only need to watch until about the 5 min mark.  We have not done cross multiplying)



Click on the topic below
Finding Least Common Denominator