It's Exhibition Time!

It's about that time again! Exhibitions will be the week of February 14th-18th, and the times offered are: 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, or 2:30pm daily. Please make sure to return the form sent home or respond on this blog entry to confirm your time. It is first come, first serve, so please try to decide quickly in order to ensure you get the time that you want.

Notes about exhibitions:

• Students are required to have a powerpoint presentation. They should have a slide for EACH project that they have and it should reflect whatever it is they are talking about (bullet points of the information, pictures reflecting their information, etc.). They should not merely have "MATH" as a slide that they are going to show while they read information for it.
• Students may want to have note cards to help them remember information, but they should never have to read directly off the notecards. Remember, they are the "professional" of this career so they should know the information well enough that they can just speak from knowledge about it, using the notecards as a back-up.
• Students are required to have 3 Math projects, 2 ELA projects, 2 Science projects, 2 Social Studies, and 2 Personal Qualities projects.
• Students must show depth of knowledge in each topic. Many students know basic information of their career, but their job is to research information to add to that basic information to make it "new" information. They don't want to bore the class with information that everyone already knows.
• Students have 15-20 minutes to present their exhibition. Any time over or under this timeframe will result in a deduction of points. It is their responsibility to practice their exhibition to make sure they are within this timeframe.

Again, feel free to respond on this blog posting, or send the note in with the date and time you choose. I will then confirm the choice you have suggested so you can know exactly when your child's time is going to be. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.

Weekly News

This week in Math, we'll be finishing up Investigation 4 of Comparing and Scaling. This investigation deals with writing and solving proportions and is a wrap-up of what we've done for the entire unit. We will be finishing up Investigation 4 on Tuesday, with a review on Wednesday and a quiz on Thursday. On Friday, we'll start a review of the entire book for our test next week.

In Science we will be finishing up our chemistry unit. On Monday the students will get a review sheet to complete in class and we'll go over all the answers on Tuesday, with the Unit Test being on Wednesday. Starting on Thursday we'll start our new unit, with our first lesson being on Infectious Diseases.

In Advisory students will be expected to show me their last section by Friday. At this point all of their sections should be done and they should be preparing their notecards and agenda's for their exhibition. Remember, if you check-in before Friday with all 5 sections, you will be given the "exceeding" mark for "preparation" at exhibitions. Any students that have had to go to Wallstreet because they are behind in work will receive a lower grade since they haven't kept up with the work throughout the check-in process. Exhibitions will be the week of February 14th. Notes will be going home this week to sign up for a date and time.

Any questions? Let me know!

Investigation 3 Quiz results....

Congratulations on the phenomenal scores from this quiz today. Extra credit was given for students that found the difference between the prices at each of the stores for the various problems, so an extra WOOHOO to those with over a 100%!!!

• Jerkirean 100%
• Khaila 109%
• Trenton 100%
• NiJaia 91%
• Michael 82%
• Ananda 100%
• Richard 100%
• Nate 118%
• DaShawn 127%
• Trinity 109%
• Christina 109%
• Char 127%
• Marshell 91%
• Laura 100%
• Osaze 91%
• Chandler 127%
• Patrice 127%
• Angelique 100%
• Kyle 118%
• Troy 118%

Congrats again! Keep it up!

Weekly News

This week in Math we will continue our studies on rates. Students will be looking at unit rates (the amount for one of something) AND will be able to determine how to set up the rate to solve (which number goes on top of the fraction and which number goes on the bottom). Students will have a quiz at the end of the week over these skills.



In Science we are going to continue talking about various ways of handling waste. We have already talked about dilution and incineration, so now we will look at "reclaiming metal". Towards the end of the week, we will start reviewing for the Unit Test for next week.



In Advisory students should be done with 4 of their 5 projects. Any students that are not caught up with all their projects will have Wallstreet until they are done with them. Our last check-in is on Friday, February 4th.

Any questions? Let me know...

Investigation 2 Quiz Results Are In!!!!

Congratulations to the following students for receiving an 80% or higher on their quiz:

• Ananda 86%
• Richard 93%
• DaShawn 100%
• Trinity 100%
• Cameron 86%
• Jerkirean 90%
• William 90%
• Nate 86%
• Troy 86%
• Kyle 100%
• Marshell 93%
• Chandler 93%
• Laura 93%
• Char 100%
• Angelique 100%
• Nicholas 90%
• Osaze 93%

Congrats again and keep up the good work!

Weekly News

This week in Math we will be continuing our study of ratios. On Tuesday we will review information from Investigation 2 and have a quiz on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will start Investigation 3 where we will study the idea of unit rates. Friday we will continue this as we look at speed.

In Science we will start out the week finishing our experiment from Thursday regarding open and closed systems. We will complete one more chemical reaction and discuss the changes in mass between the experiments. Later in the week, we will be looking at the concept of incineration as a possible way to get rid of waste (and compare it to dilution that we already talked about last week).

In Advisory it is expected that students are finishing up their 4th project (ELA, Social Studies, or Science). A check in will take place later in the week to check for this project to be done. Unfortunately a few students never checked in their third project, so they have now received a zero for preparation of that project. Although I still want to see that it is done, it will be marked down as "late" at this point. Please do not fall behind -- exhibitions will be here before we know it!

Remember, there is no school on Monday in honor of MLK Day. Enjoy and see you Tuesday!

Comparing and Scaling Investigation 1 Quiz...

Congratulations to the following students for receiving an 80% or higher on their first quiz --

• Cameron (80%)
• Christina (95%)
• Richard (90%)
• Nate (83%)
• Trinity (100%)
• DaShawn (88%)
• Chandler (80%)
• Marshell (90%)
• Adam (83%)
• Laura (88%)
• Katie (90%)
• Char (90%)
• Kavon (80%)
• Kyle (85%)
• Troy (90%)
• Angelique (95%)
• Osaze (80%)
• Patrice (90%)

Well done class! I hope this great work continues as we move into Investigation 2, tomorrow!!

Weekly News

This week in Math we are going to take our first quiz for Comparing and Scaling. Then for the rest of the week, we are going to continue our study of ratios (part to part and part to whole) in different real-life situations to see how they are used on a daily basis. We will analyze data also to determine which ratios are better in different scenarios.

In Science we are going to be finishing up our investigation on diluting the copper chloride mixture from the circuit boards last week. We are going to talk about how much it has to be diluted in order to make it okay to dump in the water supply. We will also look at the Law of Conservation of Mass in a closed and open system, as well as look at incineration as a method for handling toxic wastes.

In Advisory, students should continue working on their projects. Most students checked in their third section on Friday, but the following students still need to check-in:

• Cameron (1 more needed for ELA and 2 for personal qualities)
• Damera (Math, ELA, and personal qualities)
• Christina (your third section is still needed)
• Caron (Math, 1 more for personal qualities, and ELA)
• Ananda (your third section is still needed)
• Richard (your third section is still needed)
• Michael (1 more for ELA)
• Nate (1 more for ELA)
• Jerkirean (your third section is still needed)
• Deacon (1 more for ELA)

Our next check-in for the 4th section is on 1/21/11. You can always check in early too!!

Don't forget, due to Teacher Professional Development, there will not be school for students on Friday, 1/14/11.

Happy 2011!!

I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday break and is ready to come back to school in 2011!

Remember, there is no school on Monday, January 3 for teacher development.

This week in Math students will be starting a new unit called "Comparing and Scaling". This unit continues to discuss scale factor and the idea of proportions. Students did very well with the last book, so I anticipate that students will be just as successful with this book. This first week of the unit students will be looking at comparison statements that are used by various companies in the real-world and they will be asked to judge the quality of these statements mathematically. REMEMBER -- if you had homework to do over break (mandatory for students under an 80% in class -- extra credit for those that were above an 80% in class), it is due on Tuesday!!!!

In Science we will continue our Chemistry Unit and will look at circuit boards. Students will get the chance to actually "etch" a circuit board (more information on what that means will be given in class!) using a copper chloride solution. Then, we will use the copper chloride solution to further investigate the concentration of copper chloride.

In Advisory it is expected that students will be ready to check in their ELA projects on Friday. Although I hope that everyone was able to spend some quality time with their family and relax over break, I hope some time was used for project work.

I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday. Enjoy your last day off tomorrow!!