Dec 23, 2011

Have a restful, relaxing holiday.  See you in 2012!

Wed Dec 21

HW - Do 4.2 Creating Patterns #1 & #2

Monday Dec 19, 2011

Today our class was cut short by a visit from Q-Mack and J-Box.

Homework.
Copy each pattern.  Show the next three letters or numbers for as many as you can.
a) 3,6,9,12, ___ , ___ , ___
b) A, C, E, G, ___ , ___ , ___
c) 1,4,9,16, 25, ___ , ___ , ___
d) 1,2,4,8,16, 32, ___ , ___ , ___
e) S, M, T, W, ___ , ___ , ___
f) 1, 8, 27, 64, ___ , ___ , ___

Remember to include: Your NAME and the DATE!!

Wed Dec 14, 2011

HW - Take-Home mini-quiz due Monday.

Tuesday Dec 13, 2011 - Converting square units

Watch the following video tutorial about converting square units.

After watching the video show do Question 3 and Question 4 from the video.

You can pause the video and do it yourself OR, you can simply copy the diagrams shown.

Monday Dec 12, 2011 - Converting Metric Units

HW - Draw a square that with side length equal to10 centimeters.
What is its Area in square decimeters?  In square millimeters?

BONUS - How many square centimeters are there in a square kilometer?.  Show your work!

Confused about units - Watch the videos in yesterday's post.

  

Wed Dec 7, 2011

Today we worked on our Circles Test.

HW - Do Odd questions on both sides of "Metric Measurement" & "Length: - This should be review.

If you need help, ask me before you leave, or check out these two videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GeUba-Jy8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VmHwaPX0hQ

Tues Dec 6, 2011 - Five checks!

HW - Test tomorrow.  Review all problems and pre-test.

Mon Dec 5, 2011

HW - Finish all of the PRETEST.  
Everyone does it - 5 checks!

Dec 2 - Solving Area problems with a partner.

HW - Pretest questions #1, #3, #5

Thurs Dec 1 - Area of complex shapes involving Circles

Today we had a Rock, Paper, Scissors Competition - Congratulations to Sarah Roberts who will be representing 8-8 at the Math Team Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship

We then looked at how to calculate the area of complex shapes.

Homework: #12 a) c) & f). SHOW YOUR WORK!!