Over the past year I have been using a blog as a way of allowing students to continue exploring problems that we may not have time for in class. It is also a great way for students to connect with other students and share ideas and ask questions. I will be adding to their posts as often as possible.
Many of you have given feedback regarding our webpage and the resources that are available. I truly appreciate it. In order to streamline the information that goes between the home and the classroom, I thought that creating a parent blog may be useful. These blogs are open to the public as many people have found the resources useful.
For the first post, I would like to give you an update on what your students are doing in class.
Cornell Notes
Each student is required to take Cornell Notes each day. Ask them about Cornell Note format and look to see that each note entry has a date, title and summary. They should not be doing classwork or homework in their notebooks. The notebooks are for notes taken in class or at home only!
Homework
Students will have homework every day. It should take them up to one hour. Homework may include: worksheets given in class, worksheets they are to print from the webpage, problem of the week on the blog, taking notes on examples from webpage or practice problems from their workbooks.
California State Standards
7th Grade:
Students are currently working on AF 1.2: Order of Operations. They have taken a pretest and done the intervention worksheet. They will post test on this next week. We will also begin working on NS 2.5: Absolute Value next week. Have your student look over the examples by standard on the webpage.
8th grade:
Students have finished Alg. 1.1. This standard covers a vast array of topics from properties to real numbers. Period 4 averaged 61% and Period 6 averaged 81%. They will both take the post test next week. Currently we are working on Alg 4.0: Simplifying expressions. This standard is more specific and includes skills like combining like terms. Have your student access the online examples for additional help. Classes will take a pre test on Alg 4.0 today. Next week we will begin Alg 5.0: Solving problems involving linear equations. They should be able to use the distributive property, addition/subtraction/multiplication/division properties of equality, and combine like terms. Ask your student what these terms mean. Encourage your student to check the online examples by standard on the webpage.
Homework assignment:
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