August

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August Aug 18 || 1st & 8th We contiued to organize binders. We began the "I Wonder..." project. Students need to come to class with 2 "I wonder.." statements tomorrow. || We continued to organize binders. Students completed part 1 of THE FUND- RAISING THERMOMETER. || Students completed the graphic organizer regarding number systems. They watched three videos to help them complete it. Video #1 media type="file" key="Example_1__Rational_Numbers____Recipes.asf" Video #2 media type="file" key="Example_2__Irrational_Numbers____Travel.asf" Video #3 media type="file" key="Example_3__Complex_Numbers____Electricity.asf"(consider this this video more as an enrichment piece; this is for your awareness of complex numbers) || Aug 19 || Students handed in two "I wonder..." statements. || Students will share part two of the Fundraiser Thermometer activity. || Students worked in groups to create a graphic which illustrates number sets. They will be given time tomorrow to work as a group as well. They will share their graphics with the others in the class. || They paired up to begin Science Fair activity. Partners completed question 1 parts a and b. || Students continued to work in their groups to develop their graphic. || customary linear measurement units to estimate various lengths around the classroom. Students recorded their solutions on a blackline master. || Students shared their solutions to problem #1 (Science Fair handout) with the rest of the class. || Our bellwork problem led to a teachable moment on functions, functional notation, domain, range and the use of a graphing calculator to identify a range for a given domain. The rest of the class period was used as time to continue preparation of their graphic. 5th hour graphics due tomorrow. || Students watched most of Cyberchase. The purpose of this video is to assist students in choosing their survey topic. || Students worked with percentages using manipulatives. || Fifth hour presented their graphics. Sixth hour spent the class period finishing their graphics for Monday's presentation
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 * Aug 20 || Students witnessed surgery on a meter stick. || Students shared their announcements from the Fundraiser Thermometer activity
 * Aug 21 || Students worked individually or in pairs to use what they know about
 * Aug 22 || Students compared their estimated linear measurement to the actual measurement.

Quiz over number sets on Tuesday. || 25 || Students re-wrote their I wonder... question if necessary. We then continued on the customary measurement activity by working with square units. || Students completed the back portion of Science Fair. I collected them. || 5th hour engaged in graphing calculator activities as an enrichment while 6th hour made their presentations of number set graphics.
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Quiz tomorrow over number sets. || 27 || Students in 1st hour discussed meters, decimeters, centimeters and millimeters. Both classes check their LtoJ assessments. || The errors on Science Fair were discussed. || Students in both classess voted on their favorite graphic organizer from 6th hour. They took their first LtoJ assessment. || 28 || Students estimated measurements using metric units. They completed the top portion of their worksheet "Estimating- Metric units" || Students created 25 flashcards showing fraction and decimal equivalents. Each student needs to have their own set of flashcards. || We went over the LtoJ assessment illustrating each solution. Students received their graded number sets quiz. Any student scoring less than 100% can take a re-take quiz for a better score. That will be offered next Tues or Wed. || 29 || Students compared their metric estimations to the actual measurements MRS. CONFER WAS ABSENT THIS DAY || Enrichment || Enrichment ||
 * Aug 26 || Students took their first LtoJ assessment || We checked Science Fair activity today and discussed errors made. || Quiz over number sets. ||
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