Week of October 29th

Good to see so many of your parents at conferences, thank you for coming. Monday, we will be working on Lesson 3. Tuesday will be a review day and POW #4 needs to be finished up for homework. After your POW is turned in, there will be a SBR Test on Wednesday. Quiz on 2.1 to 2.3 is scheduled for Thursday and the quarter finishes up Friday. Happy Halloween.

Week of October 22nd

Short week of classes due to parent conferences, half-day on Wednesday and no school on Friday. We have wrapped up Chapter 1 and will be starting Chapter 2. Look for the last POW of the quarter on Wednesday, due the following Wednesday.

Week of October 15th

We actually have a five day week of school, though there will be shorter classes on Friday. On Monday, we will be completing a worksheet on Lessons 8 and 9. Lesson 10 will be introduced on Tuesday and students should finish their POW #3 for homework. After collecting their POW's on Wednesday, we will be doing a review of Chapter 1, getting ready for the test on Thursday. Hope to have our third SBR Test on Friday, but we shall see how the week is going. Looking forward to see you at conference on the 25 and 26th.

Week of October 9th

Hope that you enjoyed the long weekend and are ready for another short week of school. Tuesday, we will finish going over 1.7 and Scientific Notation. There will be a quiz on 1.5 -1.7 on Wednesday and a new POW will be passed out. Thursday, we will be moving onto Lesson 1.8 and then 1.9.

October 1st

Three of the next four weeks are short ones leading up to Parent Conferences at the end of the month. We will be finishing up our poster projects and will be starting the presentations on Monday and completing them on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday will be spent focusing on 1.7 and applying our Scientific Notation skills to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. There is no school on Friday or Monday due to the long Columbus Day Weekend.

Week of September 24th

Last week of the month. We will be finishing up our work with negative exponents before spending some time on Scientific Notation. A poster project will help students understand this concept. Look for another SBR Test towards the end of the week. POW #2 is due on Wednesday.

Week of September 17th

We have completed our review work of addition, subtraction and order of operations using integers. Now we are making our way through Chapter 1. Mid-week there will be a quiz on the first four lessons. Look for our next POW on Wednesday. Wednesday is a half-day.

Week of September 10th

We have been working of worksheets covering addition and subtraction. On Monday and Tuesday, we will be completing the last ones which will cover order of operations. The first POW is due on Wednesday, there is no big write up, but all work needs to be shown. The Fall STAR360 Test will be given on Wednesday. We will start getting into Chapter 1 in our textbooks on Thursday, covering sections 1 and 2, with the plan to get to 3 on Friday. Friday, will be our first SBR Test.

Week of June 11th

Our last full week of school and it isn't a full week of classes. Monday, we will be taking our last SBR Test. Tuesday, we have short classes in the morning, as we will be going over to the high school in the afternoon. Dismissal is from the high school. POW #16 is due on Wednesday. We will be doing a fun activity on Thursday. The 8th Grade class trip to Range Pond is on Friday, hope that the weather is good.

Week of May 28th

Short week of school due to the holiday on Monday. Tuesday, we will be going over the SBR Test and practice quiz on the start of Chapter 8. The POW #15 is due on Wednesday and a chart must be attached to the write up. There is a quiz on 8.1 to 8.3. Thursday and Friday, we will be working on Lesson 4 and going over the quiz and POW.

Week of May 21st

We have a five day week this week. Next up is Chapter 8 and we briefly went over each lesson on Thursday. Monday, we will be starting in on Lesson 1 and make our way through the lessons. A new POW will be passed out mid-week and will be due the 30th. There will be a SBR Test on Friday. Have a good week.

Week of May 14th

Short week of classes due to the half-day on Wednesday and the 8th grade Funtown trip on Friday. Tuesday we will be taking the last installment of the STAR 360 math test for this school year. Thursday, we will be catching anyone up who has missed any recent assignments or tests.

Week of May 7th

We will be finishing up Chapter 7 this week and taking a test on Thursday. A SBR Test is scheduled for Friday. No POW this week. Enjoy the great weather.

Week of April 30th

We have made it to the end of April and have 20 days of school until Memorial Day Weekend and there is half-day and Funtown trip in that time period. This should be a normal five day week. We will be working on the middle sections of Chapter 7, Lessons three through five. The POW that you have been working on is due on Wednesday.

Week of April 23rd

It is good to be back and I hope that your vacation went well. Finally, it is feeling like spring outside. We are now going to start diving into Chapter 7. We will be covering Lessons 1 and 2 on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday, will be a review day and a new POW will be passed out. Quiz on 7.1 and 7.2 on Thursday. There is an 8th grade field trip to the tech school on Thursday and the three hour MEA Science Test on Friday.

Week April 9th

We have made it to the last week before vacation and the start of the fourth quarter. Nine more weeks of school. You have been working on your Goggle Slides and presentations will start on Monday, if we need more time the remaining ones will be shown on Tuesday. Wednesday, you POW is due. Thursday will be a SBR Test and Friday is Pink Pants Day and we will wrap up the week and winter term. If you are leaving early for vacation, please take care of your assignments before leaving school.

Week of April 2nd

The third quarter has been extended another week, due to all the snow days this winter. We are finished with Chapter 5 and will be doing a review of Chapter 6, which is only four lessons. Tuesday, a new POW will be passed out, since Wednesday is a half-day with Career Speakers. Then we will be starting a Google Slide presentation on Transformations.

Week of March 19th

We may have another interruption to our schedule mid-week, but I really hope not, as this is our last full week of classes, before MEA Testing and the end of the 3rd quarter. We have three more lessons to go but they are all on the Pythagorean Theorem, which you did your poster project on and know what to do. I hope to take the quiz on 5.5 to 5.7 on Thursday and another SBR Test on Friday. Look for our last POW of the quarter mid week.

Week of March 12th

This will be a fast week of school. Monday, we will be finishing up our poster projects on Pythagorean Theorem. The presentations will be on Tuesday. Wednesday is a half-day with the play. Thursday, we will be starting in on Lesson 6. See you at conferences.

Week of March 5th

We have reached the mid point of this chapter and will be taking a quiz on Tuesday. Your POW is due on Wednesday and you have PaperCut, so you are able to print out your work on your own. We will then working through Lessons 5 and 6.