general info

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday May 12th-Walk-A-Thon

Wear appropriate outdoor clothing

Musical-Oklahoma!

Friday May 16th- 7:30

Saturday May 17th- 7:30

Sunday May 18th- 3:00

Tickets available NOW and at the door for 5.00

 

CLASSES

Math:  Quiz Monday on graph terms and basic graphing.  Quiz Tuesday on finding "y" and graphing.  Finishing the week introducing and practicing slopes.

U.S. History:  Ch. 27 quiz on Monday (in class and may use text and notes).  We will continue on with Ch. 28.

The test on elements and their symbols will be next Wednesday, May, 7.  Below is a link to a web site that will give you practice naming the element from the symbol and naming the symbol when you are given the  element.

 http://www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thursday- Early Release

Friday- End of Quarter

CLASSES

Math:  We will be starting a geometry unit this week. Homework will be nightly.  Check assignment notebooks.

U.S. History:  We will be reading about and discussing the events after WWII.  Homework will be nightly. Check assignment notebook.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hurrah!  ISAT's are complete.  The students handled it very well.  If your child was absent, make-ups are this week.

Field trip on Thursday to see "Once on This Island" at Niles West.  A bag lunch is required.

CLASSES

Math:  This week we will be using percents in word problems and in real life situations such as, discounts and interest.  Check assignment notebook for homework.

U.S. History: This week students will learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor and D-Day.  Check assignment notebook for homework.

 

Below are links to upcoming NOVA programs that students can watch for extra credit.  Read my past blogs for directions on how to get full credit.  These shows are chan. 11, public television

 

Mar. 18 — Saved By the Sun (repeat)
http://www.pbs.org/nova/solar/

Mar. 25 — Bone Diggers (repeat)
http://www.pbs.org/nova/bonediggers/

Apr. 1 — Voyage to the Mystery Moon (repeat)
http://www.pbs.org/nova/titan/ 

I have challenged my classes to learn as many digits of pi as they can by March 13, the day before Pi Day. The winner will receive a fabulous prize. Below are two links to help in learning some of the digits of pi.

http://x42.com/cgi-bin/pitrainer.cgi

http://swiss2.whosting.ch/mdetting/PiStrategy.html

Quarter 3 has begun and we are now working on solidifying our basic multiplication facts.  The scores you see on your child's grade report for their basic facts are CURVED.  Here is some information to help you interpret their scores. 

If you take your child's percentage grade and subtract 40, this will tell you how many facts your child was able to get correct in one minute.  To pass with a C- they need to get 30 correct in one minute.  If you add 40 to this score, you will see a grade of 70% or a C- on Power Grade

Look back at an earlier blog to see the importance of learning the basic facts and how it affects future math achievement in algebra and pre-algebra classes.  Working with your child for 5 minutes EVERY day with flash cards will guarantee an improvement in their basic facts.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday-No School

Tuesday- Early Release

Wednesday- End of the quarter

January 31- Lighted Schoolhouse- Evening event to showcase science fair and other happenings at LH

Musical Auditions on Feb. 4, 5, 6

 

CLASSES

Math:  We will finish our fraction unit on Wednesday and will send home a unit test on Thursday.  We begin integers on Thursday.  Look for nightly homework listed in assignment notebooks.

 

As the end of quarter two approaches I would like to remind everyone to check their child's grades online.  Many students have missing assignments.  Missing assignments count as a 0%.  By turning in missing work, students will see an improvement in their grades!!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thursday is Early Release

CLASSES

U.S. History- We will spend the last two weeks before break on the Civil War.  We will cover chapter 11 in the text and I will provide supplemental materials.  There will be an open note test on Dec. 20-21 that covers the Civil War and slavery.  There will be nightly homework, check assignment notebooks.

 

Math- We will spend the week on prime factorization, greatest common factor and least common multiple.  There will be nightly homework, check assignment notebooks.