Category Archives: Class Assignments and Notes

Lessons and Activities 2/10 – 2/14

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Mon 2/10 Notes and practice on similar and congruent figures HW: R8-8

Tues 2/11 Identify triangles and learn to find the sum of angles in a triangle HW: R8-4

Wed 2/12 Measuring angles with protractors and practice identifying triangles and their angle measurements HW: D29-30

Thurs 2/13 QUIZ: Triangles and measurement, Identify and classify quadrilaterals HW: Quad.

Fri 2/14 Angle Tangle Game HW: Packet Triangle and Quads

Lessons for 2/3 – 2/7

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Mon 2/3 Geometry basics- notes and practice on line segments and angles HW: R8-1

Tues 2/4 Writing Benchmark from 8am -1 pm The rest of the day students will go to core classes for 30 minutes each. HW: Plotting points on a grid

Wed 2/5  Classify and measure angles HW:P8-2

Thurs 2/6 Review classifying and measuring angles with a protractor     HW:PD-27

Fri 2/7 Complimentary and Supplementary Angles HW:R-5

Lessons and Activities 1/27 – 1/31

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Mon 1/27 Students will learn line graphs and how they are used in the real world HW: Line Graphs

Tues 1/28 Students will explore misleading graphs and determine the use for such graphs HW: Review

Wed 1/29 HALF DAY Students will review for test tomorrow over graphs and tables

Thurs 1/30 TEST

Fri 1/31 CHINESE NEW YEAR MATH- Geometry basics. Students will learn how geometry plays an important role in the architecture of Chinese culture HW: R8-1

Lesson Plans and Activities for 1/13 – 1/24

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Mon 1/13 Review for TEST over circle graphs, percents, decimals, fractions and the ability to use them interchangeably.

Tues 1/14 TEST

Wed 1/15 Go over Semester Exam TEKS and students will work in centers to review those TEKS

Thurs 1/16 Universal Screener

Fri 1/17 Finish Wednesday’s activities

Mon 1/20 NO SCHOOL

Tues 1/21 Frequency Tables- Students create a table of their class’s favorite ice cream flavors, notes and practice HW: Frequency Tables

Wed 1/22 Stem and Leaf plots notes and practice HW: S&L Plots

Thurs 1/23 Students will learn line plots and the frequency of data on a number line. Also review mean, median, and mode. HW: LINE PLOTS

Fri 1/24 Students will learn to create and read Bar Graphs HW: Bar graph practice

Lessons and Activities 1/6 – 1/10

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Mon 1/6 Percents, decimals, fractions review and composition setup. HW: R7-6

Tues 1/7 Compare and order P/D/F group activity and review HW:Compare and Order

Wed 1/8 Finding the percent of  number by changing to a decimal- group activities and reviewing multiplication HW: 7-9A

Thurs 1/9 Finding percents using proportions- review fractions HW: 7-9B

Fri 1/10 Complete circle graphs using percents – notes and practice HW: “What Should You Do?”

Activities and Lessons for 12/2 – 12/13

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Mon 12/2 PROJECT: Students will go shopping in the classroom today. Using other class mates’ catalogs, each student will learn to fill out an order form. HOMEWORK: “DOES THIS MAKE CENTS?”

Tues 12/3 Continue shopping and begin filling out checks to purchase items HOMEWORK: “MULTI-STEP MENU”

Wed 12/4 Today students will finalize writing checks to companies and learn to balance their checkbook.

Thurs 12/5 Students will tally their orders and work on company balance sheets

Fri 12/6 LAST DAY of PROJECTS- students will present their catalogs and their total amount earned for their company. Presentations will be video taped and students will put the video on their blog.

Mon 12/9 Notes: Turning fractions into decimals HOMEWORK: Review 27 #13 – 30 only

Tues 12/10 Add and subtract fractions and decimals, word problems that include these  functions, notes on money HOMEWORK: “CRACK THE CODE” (both sides)

Wed 12/ 11 Notes: Turning decimals into fractions HOMEWORK: Review 27 #1-12 only

Thurs 12/12 Notes: Turning fractions into percents HOMEWORK: 5 Word problems using decimals and fractions

Fri 12/13 Notes: Turning decimals into percents HOMEWORK: Review 50 #2-24 even only

Activities and Lessons for 11/11 – 11/22

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Mon 11/11 Students will explore similar figures to solve for a variable. Using proportions to solve notes. HOMEWORK: E12 What is a Termite?

Tues 11/12 Customary Unit Conversions- Notes using STAAR formula charts and proportions HOMEWORK: P7-7

Wed 11/13 EARLY RELEASE Students will use computers to practice customary units HOMEWORK: 5 Word Problems using similar figures

Thurs 11/14 Notes over “Using Tables to Represent Relationships and Patterns” HOMEWORK: P2-1 Patterns 

Fri 11/15  QUIZ CUSTOMARY UNITS. Modeling and Solving Variable Expressions- notes and practice. Students will use algebraic tiles to solve equations. HOMEWORK: Variables and Equations

Mon 11/18 Students will formulate an expression from a table to solve equations. Notes and practice in journal. HOMEWORK: PT4

Tues 11/19 QUIZ 7A and Review (for comprehensive test)

Wed 11/20 TEST over all skills learned this year NO HOMEWORK

Thurs 11/21 – Fri 11/22 Students will work on their Checkbook Project