Help Needed

For our elective unit, Modern Architecture Case Studies, I would like to give students study packets of their assigned architect. Some of these really need to be in color, but I don't have a working color printer. If anyone would be willing to print some color images over the weekend, I can give you the exact link to print. Please email me if this is something you can help out with.
Thanks,
Mrs. Svenson

Rotational Symmetry Review

Click on this link for a review of finding the degree of rotation in rotational symmetry.
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Algebra CRCT help site

This is a great site with many review lessons for both 7th and 8th grade algebra. Scroll down to the many great lessons. check it out!
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7th and 8th Grade - Slope of a Line

Check out this website for a great lesson and interactive games on the slope of a line represented by a linear equation. click here.

Solving Basic Linear Equations

Here is a great link to a math website that reviews the steps of solving basic linear equations: purplemath.com. This site also has great reviews for absolute value and working with negative numbers.

6th Grade Homework

The sixth grade students have two homework topics. One is a review on finding the surface area of a rectangular prism and the other is 'order of operations' review. Both of these assignments are in response/remediation to test results for the past two weeks. Sixth grade now have a log of their weekly test results which they are required to keep in their math notebooks. Today, we entered the grades for last Friday's test. Tomorrow, we will enter past grades into this log.
Keep up the good work on the OAS (Online Assessment System) tests.

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Connect to this website for great practice on order of operations. http://amby.com/educate/ord-op/

Many students have misinterpreted the PEMDAS and need remediation. This site has great explanations and interactive practice problems.

CRCT Practice

CRCT Online Practice tests are available at https://www.georgiaoas.org/servlet/a2l.
Login ID's were sent to parents with email in January. Please use your login ID, and the password 'student' to access practice tests. The results are then sent to me, and I can assist students where needed. We need to get more participation in this amazing tool. Many tests are available that I created by topic, as well as all-encompassing tests created by the state. If you need your ID again, or have a student that is new to the school and did not receive one, please email me, and I will respond with your ID.

Ratio and Proportion Practice

The following link was originally posted on February 17, but should still be used for practice for 6th and 7th grade students. Using proportions is necessary to solve many types of problems in both 6th and 7th grade. Click here to go to the practice site.

7th Grade Review

Check out this website for a review on box and whisker plots.
box and whisker plot website

Tessellations

Some student work examples from 7th Grade Math Classes, check back soon for more!

Tessellations

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Special Number 24

For a review on factors and multiples, check out this SlideShare Presentation by Brianna Washington

Special Number 24

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Cross Sections of 3-D solids

6th and 7th Graders,
Check out this website to help visualize what planar figures are formed by the cross-sections of 3-dimensional solid figures. We started explorations of these figures in both grades this week, and will continue our explorations next week.
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6th Grade Ratios and Proportion

Ratios and Proportion website
Click the above website to get a review of this week's topic.
Last night's homework was to complete Lesson 18 in the CRCT book and complete page 2 in the review packet given last week. Tonight's homework is lesson 19 in the CRCT book and page 4 in the review packet. Our weekly test will be based on class notes from this week and homework from this week.

7th Grade

The 7th Grade Students have almost completed their books on geometric constructions, and they did a very good job. Students should continue to practice constructions using the tab at the right, so that they do not forget how to do them in the next few months. To do this at home, students will need to purchase their own compasses, which are available at Target, Walmart, CVS, and office supply stores. Tomorrow's test will be mainly on geometric constructions, and will be modeled on the CRCT type of questions in this area.

6th Grade

This week, we have worked on unit conversions within one system (customary or metric). Tonight's homework will be review work of measuring to the nearest fraction of an inch (CRCT Coach book, Lesson 8, page 81). Tomorrow's test will be mostly conversion of units of measurement with some review of finding area (rectangles and triangles) and measuring to the nearest fraction of an inch.

7th Grade Homework

For our geometric constructions unit, the homework tonight is to think of and write down at least 5 real-life situations for which making one of the geometric constructions would be helpful.

6th Grade Homework - Unit Conversions

Tonight's homework is to use Dimensional Analysis to convert units within the customary measurement system. Students were given a worksheet with 20 problems. Proportions of common units of measurements can be found in the CRCT Coach book, page 70. However, students should use the Dimensional Analysis method as opposed to the steps given on page 71. The link to dimensional analysis (click here) has some additional information that will help students to do this. In this manner, students will avoid the confusion of deciding when to multiply and when to divide.

6th Grade Math

Tomorrow, students will be re-tested on finding area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles. Yesterday and today we did an activity with manipulatives to help students understand how to find the area of a triangle. You can imagine the triangle as half of a rectangle, for which the area is LxW. The area of a triangle, then, is 1/2(LxW). You can go to the following link for an interactive demonstration.
Area of a triangle.

7th Grade - Geometry

After sharing and presenting our project work tomorrow, Feb. 2, we will continue our geometry unit with studies of similar figures, and methods of bisecting an angle. These website links illustrate the concepts that we will study in class.
how to bisect an angle with a compass and straightedge
three methods for determining similarity of triangles

Coordinate Grid Website

For extra practice using a coordinate grid, go to the Coordinate Plane Game.
This is applicable to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.

6th Grade

Quiz tomorrow - measuring length in inches, to the nearest 1/8th of an inch; word problems with area and perimeter. A study guide was sent home tonight. To practice with measuring click here.

7th Grade Project

Pegasus, 1959, by M.C. Escher

The seventh grade students are making a tessellations project that is due on Tuesday. We are using the slice method to create our art, but other methods are acceptable for independent work and extra credit. Students should have one complete shape ready to be copied tomorrow, and the tessellations will be assembled and colored in class. I have some poster boards (11x14) available, but will need a few more. If you are able to provide a small size poster board for your child, it would be greatly appreciated. I have colored pencils and glue sticks. The art portion of the project will be supported by a written document and diagram using the vocabulary that we have learned in class.
http://www.tessellations.org/slicemethod-ex1-1.htm

Finding a percent of a whole number

This link has a good review of several correct methods for finding a percent of a whole number. percent of a whole number website

6th Grade Fractions

This is a math game website that helps students practice arithmetic operations with fractions. Give it a go!

multiplication
addition
subtraction
division
index

6th Grade Measurement

As observed in class today, our sixth grade students need practice measuring fractions of an inch with a ruler. This skill should have been mastered in previous years, and students will need to work independently (in addition to classwork) to catch up. The following website has interactive practice for this skill. Please have your child practice at increasingly difficult levels. measuring fractions of an inch

7th Grade Website

This week, we will be creating art using transformations and tessellations. For a review or to make more art at home, go to www.tessellations.org for instructions. Have fun!

6th and 7th Grade

Click on this transformations website for a preview of this week's coming lessons in 7th grade. Our focus will be to name the coordinates resulting from translations, reflections, and rotations.

7th grade math

For a review on graphing lines, or to check your work for tonight's homework, go to http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/TransmographerTwo/ - In the box for reflecting a line, the equation is in the y=mx+b format. You can fill in the m and the b, and see what kind of line is graphed. This site can also be used to explore and practice translations, reflections, and rotations.

6th grade

6th grade homework is pages 58-63 in the CRCT Coach book. One helpful website for review is http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L3DP.html