What's Going On? January 2nd through January 4th

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a relaxing winter break and had a chance to spend some time with family and friends.  We have a short time between now and the end of the semester, so I hope we are all refreshed and ready to finish the semester strong!

Math MAP Testing

All freshmen will participate in math MAP testing on Thursday, January 3rd.  Students should report to their designated locations first thing in the morning on this day.  Click here to see location assignments.

1st Semester Project

When we return, students will analyze their current grades for each of our learning targets and identified where they would like to improve.  Students will sign up to work in small groups to focus on their chosen learning target in preparation for our semester exam.  This small group will be responsible for helping the rest of the class prepare for that section of the semester exam.  The group will need to summarize all of the importation information for their topic, will need to write and solve 8 homework-style questions, as well as put together a review activity for the rest of the class to do.  In the past, students have created board games, stations, Castle Attack, Kahoots, and other games to help us review.  Once the groups have prepared their review, the rest of the class will participate in the review activity and complete the group-created homework questions.

January Exam Schedule

Here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

What's Going On? December 17th through December 21st

Finishing Up Unit 6: Polygons and Quadrilaterals

This week, we will finish up our unit on polygons and quadrilaterals.  Students should complete the
summative review by the start of Monday's class.  During class on Monday, we will play "Castle Attack" to review for our summative on Tuesday.  We will spend the rest of the week with some extension activities.












January Exam Schedule

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is our exam schedule for January.  We will talk in detail about the exam as we get closer to the end of the semester.

What's Going On? December 10th through December 14th

Unit 6: Quadrilaterals

This week, we will work on a project titled "Quadrilaterals Detectives in Training".  For this in-class project, students will work in small groups to graph some of the different types of quadrilaterals we have discussed in class.  In order to successfully graph these figures, students will need to rely on their knowledge of the shapes, such as the lengths of sides and diagonals and parallel and perpendicular lines.  Once students have successfully graphed their figures, the groups will switch figures and will use their "detective skills" to classify the shapes. 

Once the project is complete, we will review for our summative assessment.  We will talk about the date for our summative during class on Tuesday.  Students should expect to complete their summative either at the end of this week or the beginning of next week.