Friday, April 22, 2016

Thrifty Thursday

General:
  1. Reading Give-it-a-Shot end date for collecting minutes is May 6th. Every 100 minutes read, means that students can collect a card. Students who read 2400 minutes will be able to participate in a Students vs. Teachers floor hockey game at the end of the competition.
  2. No School: Friday, April 22nd and Monday, April 25th.
Science
  1. Students have had 3 periods (and 2 additional periods at the end of the day) to build their prototypes.  Keep in mind, the device DOES NOT have to work; however, students must be able to justify the purpose of each control surface (e.g. rudder, fuselage).  By now, students should have completed the following:
  • Planning Page (w/ teacher initials)
  • Modification for wing shape
  • Building Prototype (should be completed by Tuesday)
Math
  1. To reinforce our learning from last year, here is a video on Solving Basic Algebra Questions for Addition and Subtraction: Solving Basic Addition/Subtraction Algebra Equations
  2. Patterns and Relations Unit Test on Wednesday, April 27th. STUDY!!!  Please see another post for practice questions.
  3. Topics include:
  • Patterns
    • Identifying and extending patterns pictorially and numerically

•Describe pattern rules
•Table of Values
•Identify unknown numbers in a table
•Graphs
•Drawing and interpreting
•Plotting coordinate points
•Parts of a graph
•Word Problems
•Algebra
•Solving for unknown variables
•Expressions, Variables, Equations
•Preserving equality

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