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This week in Math we will be wrapping up our first unit in Algebra - Patterns and Equations. On Monday, students will review absolute value equations and inequalities, that was taught last week. Then, Tuesday through Thursday will be spent reviewing each of the major sections of the unit, in order to prepare for Friday's unit test.

In Science we will be starting our next unit on "Waves, Electricity, and Magnetism". Our first section of the unit will be spent looking at waves - the different parts of waves, how waves are created, and the different types of waves. The rest of the week will be spent looking at sound energy and sound waves.

In Advisory we will be looking at various types of graphs. Although most students understand bar graphs, line graphs, and pie graphs, students have shown difficulty with understanding how to analyze the graphs correctly.

Remember, that I will not be there on Monday, but all work is to be completed by the end of the day and turned in to the sub. If you were absent on Wednesday, before Thanksgiving, it is your responsibility to get the notes from a classmate and complete all work as well! See you Tuesday!!

Light Unit Test Results

I am very pleased with the results of the Light Unit Test that you took today. Congrats to the following people who received an 80% or higher! (Feel free to check out engrade to see your most current grade in class too!)

• DaShawn 95%
• Dominic 100%
• Christina 100%
• Nate 90%
• Caron 81%
• Cameron 86%
• NiJaia 90%
• Ravin 86%
• Trinity 100%
• Khaila 95%
• Kyle 81%
• Quishon 90%
• Char 86%
• Kavon 86%
• Nick 95%
• Treasure 81%
• Patrice 90%
• Angelique 81%

Congrats again! Way to go!

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Happy Thanksgiving Week! It's a time of year to appreciate the things we have and to acknowledge things we are thankful for. I am thankful for many things, but mostly thankful for my health and my family. What are you thankful for?

This week in Math we will be focusing on solving one-variable inequalities and compound inequalities. Students will solve them like multi-step equations, but will then have to graph their result on a number line based on the inequality given. On Wednesday, we will be discussing absolute value and will solve various absolute value equations.

In Science we will be wrapping up our unit on Light and Color. On Monday we will review the major concepts of the unit and on Tuesday we will have our Unit Test.

In Advisory we will continue practicing math skills that students have difficulty with, on their interim assessment. This week's skill is reading and interpreting various graphs.

Any questions? Please ask!

Science Spectrum Superstars

Today, we had a quiz on Lessons 4-6. The following students received an 80% or higher on the quiz:

• Trinity (80%)
• Nicholas (80%)
• Char (80%)
• Troy (80%)
• Christina (80%)
• D'eja (80%)

Weekly News

This week in Math we are going to continue our focus of solving equations. Early in the week we will practice solving multi-step equations as well as give an explanation for each step that is completed. We will have a quiz on this (Embedded Assessment #2) on Thursday. On Friday, we are going to start learning about and solving inequalities.

In Science we are going to review activities 4-6 on Monday and have a quiz of this material on Tuesday. We will start Activity 7 on Tuesday, after the quiz. This activity will allow students to combine different beams of colored light to make other colors. Students will also look at the position of shadows and how they are affected by different colors of light. Later in the week, Activity 8 will be completed, which includes the idea of how much energy is transferred when light is used, and how long it takes for this light energy to be transferred.

In Advisory we are going to continue using it as extra Math time. We will go over homework problems from the week as well as review the skills that students had difficulty on, on the Interim Assessment that was completed 2 weeks ago.

Any questions? Just ask!

New beginnings!

Monday marks the first day of the second quarter. I found out on Friday that although I thought that grades were going to continue where you ended in first quarter, that is actually not the case. All grades are brand new as of Monday. That means that everyone starts out with 100% - an A! It is up to you to keep this grade. In Algebra, this is very important in making sure you keep a passing grade so that you can use this as High School credit. Every grade from here on out will be figured into your Algebra grade.

This week in Math we are going to first start off by reviewing the different types of numbers and properties. Unfortunately, fewer people did well on last week's quiz than I had hoped, so we are going to review all those topics first! Then for the rest of the week, we are going to start solving equations. Last year we did "solve for the unknown", also known as "one-step" and "two-step" equations. This week we are going to review that, but also add in "multi-step" equations and story problems. As mentioned above, it is critical to take good notes and use them for your class assignments, to make sure you are getting the procedure correct.

In Science we are continuing our study of color. We will be discussing why certain objects are certain colors and if those objects will always be that color, in an activity called "Is an orange always orange". We will also look more closely at combining colored light. This week we will also be having another quiz, so be sure to keep up with all the assignments and questions we go over in class.

Science Spectra-superstars

Today was our first quiz on Light and Color -- focusing mainly on the view of white light, using a diffraction grating or spectroscope. Congratulations to the following people for receiving an 80% or higher on this test.

• NiJaia 90%
• Kevin 80%
• Ravin 90%
• Christina 80%
• Caron 80%
• Trinity 100%
• Jerkirean 80%
• DaShawn 100%
• William 90%
• Khaila 80%
• Floyd 90%
• Marshell 80%
• Quishon 80%
• Laura 90%
• Nicholas 90%
• Kahleel 90%
• Kavon 90%
• Troy 80%
• Angelique 90%
• Patrice 90%

Also, feel free to check out engrade for your most up-to-date science grade. We won't have any other graded assignments this week so the grade that is listed on engrade is your grade for this quarter!