The kids got to try their hand at seeing just how well they've been doing on memorizing their geometry formulas. Except today was just a trial run and they got to use a sheet/the board that had listed all of the formulas they needed to know and all they had to do was match up the formula with the name. :) I'll be checking those over the weekend.
We also checked the homework from last night (curved shapes volumes) - and those answers are posted below.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
What a 3D Surface Area day?!
Today we spent our time checking the 2D homework problems and talking through finding the surface area of 3D shapes with curved surfaces (cylinder, cone, and sphere). Tonight's homework includes finding the surface area for 2 of each of those shapes. :)
Monday, April 27, 2009
2D Shapes today
We breezed through all of the 2D shapes today that the kids will need to 1) have the formulas memorized and 2) be able to solve problems with. These included: square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus, triangle, and circle. At the end of class I gave them a "shape sheet" packet that I'd like them to complete for homework. (It's only 2 questions per shape!)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The OOMIPPYEO
Ah, the OOMIPPYEO.
Today we've begun our last unit in Pre-Algebra -- the dreaded and infamous geometry unit. :) And in this unit, we study the area, perimeter, surface areas, and volumes of many different shapes.
The OOMIPPYEO stands for "One of the Most Important Pieces of Paper You'll Ever Own" -- and that's because all of the formulas that they'll need to know are on that piece of paper. And they'll need to memorize all 16 of them. (Gasp!!!) Yup, it's that time again. A little memorization never hurt anyone.
Tomorrow will be making of notecards and practicing finding the area and perimeter of some basic shapes.
Today we've begun our last unit in Pre-Algebra -- the dreaded and infamous geometry unit. :) And in this unit, we study the area, perimeter, surface areas, and volumes of many different shapes.
The OOMIPPYEO stands for "One of the Most Important Pieces of Paper You'll Ever Own" -- and that's because all of the formulas that they'll need to know are on that piece of paper. And they'll need to memorize all 16 of them. (Gasp!!!) Yup, it's that time again. A little memorization never hurt anyone.
Tomorrow will be making of notecards and practicing finding the area and perimeter of some basic shapes.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Honor System and Chapter 1 Test
We decided to do things a bit differently today with the Chapter 1 test. In years past I've just given the test out and they've had one 45-minute period to complete it. And, usually, kids are rushing to finish. So we talked it over and the kids had half of the period today and all of the period tomorrow to finish their test. We also made it into an open-note/open-book test. And we developed our own "honor code" - to ensure that no one feels tempted to get help from their peers or others. (See the picture above.)
Now, they are not required to work on their test at home, but it might not be a bad idea. As the code states, they must finish their tests by 10:20a tomorrow. Questions? Give me a call!
Now, they are not required to work on their test at home, but it might not be a bad idea. As the code states, they must finish their tests by 10:20a tomorrow. Questions? Give me a call!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Test Friday
Today we finished up Chapter 1! Whoohoo! Tomorrow we'll review and Friday will be our test.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Finishing Chapter 1, Jacobs text
Just a quick post to let you know that we are going to finish up Jacobs, Chapter 1 this week! By tomorrow (Wednesday), I've asked the kids to have completed Sets 1 & 2 for Chapter 1. That way we'll be able to review on Thursday, and then take our test on Friday!
(There wasn't any class today because of our block schedule.)
(There wasn't any class today because of our block schedule.)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Answers to Saturday, April 4 to Wednesday, April 8
Saturday, April 4
x = -7
Sunday, April 5
2.5 hours
Monday, April 6
22
Tuesday, April 7
8
Wednesday, April 8
-27
x = -7
Sunday, April 5
2.5 hours
Monday, April 6
22
Tuesday, April 7
8
Wednesday, April 8
-27
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Math Brain Munching Bugs! AHHH!
Hello all! It has been over a week since I posted last. The week before Spring Break, well, you could tell that there wasn't a lot of time to blog about what was going on in Pre-Algebra.
Anyways, I am enjoying my Spring Break immensely and I must not pander any longer -- there is serious work to be done. Your children may have mentioned the MBMB's, and now you must hear about them too. The note your children received prior to Spring Break:
Look later this evening for answers up until today!
Happy de-bugging! :)
Anyways, I am enjoying my Spring Break immensely and I must not pander any longer -- there is serious work to be done. Your children may have mentioned the MBMB's, and now you must hear about them too. The note your children received prior to Spring Break:
Dear Pre-Algebra Students & Parents—Just in case (I know that nothing has happened to the MBMB sheet at your house), I have posted the sheets for Pre-Algebra on our Class Docs here.
To keep the Math Brain Munching Bugs away, one problem and one problem only must be done a day.
Think of a doctor’s orders to take a certain amount of medicine at certain times of the day. The Munching Bugs are just as severe.
Children have been known to return from Spring Break with only an empty frame of what their minds used to be!
These problems, done once a day, with their work and steps totally and completely shown and written down should significantly diminish the Munching Bugs’ effect.
Yours in the fight against MBMB ( or MB2 ) – matthew
Look later this evening for answers up until today!
Happy de-bugging! :)
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