Chapter One!

Horray! We have books and are almost ready to start Chapter One.

First, however, I would like you all to copy out the vocabulary from the book. Math has its own language and its important for you to understand it. So just as we study vocabulary in a language class, we need to study the vocabulary of math.

Be ready with the work on Monday ... this is the type of assignment I love to make into a pop quiz.

End of Testing!!!

Let's celebrate with no homework!

One more to go ...

Geometry will be the last subject we tackle for testing.

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to getting into our work.

Tonight, try your hand at the sheet on integers. Be careful of the negative numbers thrown in there.

3 ... 2 ... 1

Tonight you are again reviewing some skills you learned in previous years.

Try your best at dividing the decimals. Remember to move your decimal point up before you start dividing. It's the best way to remember where it goes.

AND NO CALCULATORS. I'm not testing your CALCULATOR skills, I'm testing your CALCULATING skills.

Measurement

So we're through with Day 2 of testing ... just 3 more to go.

Tonight, I handed out a worksheet that reviews adding and subtracting fractions.

Remember: Find the LCM (that's least common multiple) for the denominator, change your fractions accordingly, and then add or subtract.

For instance:

2/3 + 4/8

1) The LCM between 3 and 8 is 24.

2) Change the fractions so the denominators are the same. The new fractions are 16/24 + 12/24

3) Answer is 28/24 or 1 1/6

Still have questions? Ask tomorrow.

Math Blog

As I started thinking about the class, I thought that we might enjoy having a math blog.

For the first week, expect loads of testing -- five days of it to be exact. Some classes will be split, so testing is going on in each grade of the middle school.

Hang on, though, we'll be in full-swing soon.