Homework

7th: DUE 10-2-15--Find examples of grocery item prices in a newspaper, on TV, or on the internet. Compare unit prices of 2 brands of the same item. Which is the better buy?

8th: DUE 10-1-15--write a riddle with the answer being: exponents

Links for 8th grade math class on 9-30-15

Khan Challenge

Otter Exponents Game

Homework

(DUE 9-30-15) 7th: Handout--Glencoe pg 13 #1-8 due

(DUE 9-30-15) 8th: A rectangular area of land is being sold off in smaller pieces. The total area of the land is 2^15 square miles. The pieces being sold are square miles in size 8^3. How many smaller pieces of land can be sold at the stated size? Compute the actual number of pieces. 

Ray Open House

Thu, October 8, 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Open House is an evening to meet teachers, learn more about grade-level curriculum and hear Ray's State of the School Address. 4:30-5:15 pm Open House in teacher classrooms 5:15-6:00 pm State of the School in auditorium

Homework

(DUE 9-30-15) 7th: Handout--Glencoe pg 13 #1-8 due

(DUE 9-29-15) 8th: Complete Handout pg 1-2 from class

Math Week 9-28-15

7th Grade: We will continue working with ratio and proportion. Specifically this week we will use unit rates to compare rates expressed in different units. For example, which is a better deal for milk if one costs $3 a gallon and another costs $2 of a pack of 3 quart boxes. We will then practice finding unit rates when one of the quantities is a fractional amount. Last we will start using unit rate to convert between measurement units (example: feet to yards, gallons to quarts, meters to centimeters, etc.).

7.RP.A.1 Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities measured in like or different units.

Here is a fun video about unit rates:

8th Grade: Last week most students did very well learning about rational vs. irrational numbers! This week we will start a three-week unit on exponents and how exponents are used in solving tasks in algebra. 

8.EE.A.1 Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions.

Here is the first Khan Academy video about exponents:

No homework this weekend!

Have a safe and happy weekend!

Homework Due 9-25-15

7th: 1. Find your pulse as a unit rate in beats per minute.

2. How many beats in 3 minutes?

3. How many beats in 30 seconds?

8th: Handout--Correct "Let's Be Real" Pre-assessment

Homework Due 9-24-15

7th: Handout- Correct and Finish Rabbit Hash activity

8th: Handout--Finish Repeating Decimals Guided Handout from class

Homework Due 9-23-15

7th: Handout- 3 ratio tasks

8th: Handout--Fractions to Decimals #13-18

Homework Due 9-22-15

7th: Describe three ratios that occur in daily life. (NOT IN MATH CLASS!)

8th: Handout--Fractions to Decimals #1-12

Math Week 9-21-15

7th Grade: We will start a unit on Ratio and Proportion and using them to solve real-world and mathematical problems. In Grade 7, students extend their reasoning about ratios and proportional relationships in several ways. Students use ratios in cases in that involve pairs of rational number entries, and they compute associated unit rates. They identify these unit rates in representations of proportional relationships.

7.RP.A.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities. 
7.RP.A.1 Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities measured in like or different units.

8th grade: We do a smaller week-long unit on the difference between rational and irrational numbers. We will also learn how repeating decimals convert to a ratio of two integers (fractions). 

8.NS.1 Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion, which repeats eventually into a rational number

No homework this weekend! Enjoy and be safe!

Homework Due 9-18-15

ALL: Create a comic strip that shows in words and pictures the meaning of the word:skeptic.

Need ideas: www.peanuts.com

Homework Due 9-17-15

ALL: Handout--Toothpick Triangles

General Rubric—Mr. Albrecht’s Math Class (Do Now's, Exit Tickets, Homework, etc.)

Homework Due 9-16-15

ALL: Play the 24 Game for the following three sets of numbers

a. 8, 8, 6, 4
b. 4, 3, 6, 3
c. 12, 5, 12, 7

304: Return parent signed Dojo slip!

Homework Due 9-15-15

ALL: 
Six wolves catch six lambs in six minutes. How many wolves will be needed to catch sixty lambs in sixty minutes? No, the answer is not sixty. Try again!

Math Week of 9-14-15

This week in math--for 7th and 8th grade--we will be kicking off the year with the Week of Inspirational Math from the folks at youcubed.org out of Stanford University. 

This week is about inspiring students through open, beautiful and creative math. We have chosen the different tasks so that students see math as a broad, interesting and visual subject that involves deep thinking. Students will learn important growth mindset messages that will help them feel confident, try harder all year, persist with open and difficult problems and embrace mistakes and challenge. All tasks are low floor and high ceiling – they are accessible to all students and they extend to high levels. All the lessons this week will also focus on developing the CCSS Standards for Mathematical Practice as part of the everyday problem solving abilities for our students.

7th Grade Specials Schedule

Group	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7A	gym	art	gym	Spanish	music
7B	art	gym	Spanish	music	gym
7C	gym	music	art	gym	Spanish

Arrival and Dismissal

Arrival

• All students line up by their room number
• Teachers walk outside to their designated area to retrieve their students
• Students are picked up by 8:45am
• Parents are not allowed to walk students to class
• Admin, security and support staff will be stationed at all areas

Dismissal

• Teachers should be in route to the playground at 3:40PM 
• All teachers walk students to the room number
• Students are released at 3:45PM
• Admin, security and support staff will remain with students until 3:50PM
• After 3:50PM, students will be taken to room 306

Per our handbook

Please ensure your child is picked-up from school at dismissal. If an emergency occurs, call and inform the main office. 

To ensure safety, the following non-compliance procedure will be followed for students not picked up at 3:45 pm:

1st Late Pick Up - Your child will be sent to classroom 306.

2nd Late Pick Up - The student will be sent to classroom 306. Parents will receive written notice to attend a required conference with school administration. 

3rd Late Pick Up - Student will be sent to in-house emergency after care and a $25 fee will be charged. 

Parents will receive written correspondence outlining legal requirement.

Per CPS Policy

If by 4:30 p.m., the parent, guardian, or emergency contact has not been reached and/or no one has come to pick up the student, school staff shall call: 

-DCFS Hotline to report child neglect

-CPS Student Safety Center to explain that a student is stranded

Schools should continue to attempt to locate the parent, guardian, or emergency contact; b. Arrange for the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services to provide transportation if the parent, guardian or emergency contact requires assistance to get to school; c. As a last resort, call 911 to ask the police to come to the school to take protective custody of the student.

Thank you for your cooperation and support. 

If you have any concerns or suggestions, please let us know.

Safety First,

​Ray Administration

William H. Ray Elementary School

It's a great day to be a Ray Warrior!

Homework Due 9-11-15

ALL: Create a comic strip that shows in words and pictures the meaning of the word: perseverance

Need ideas: www.peanuts.com

Math Fair!!

Everyone is invited to the MIND Research Institute’s second annual MATH FAIR: At the Square Root of Fun! on Saturday 9/26/15 at Navy Pier.  This free, family-fun event will excite young minds as they interact with mathematically-themed activities, games, exhibits, and performances.  Click here for your free registration or to sign up to be a volunteer at this exciting event!  See the attached flyer for more details.  

Homework Due 9-10-15

ALL: 
1. Describe what you think we should learn about in math this year. 
2. Describe what you want to learn in math this year. 
3. Describe what you consider to be fun.

Homework Due 9-9-15

Complete and return the following:

1. Handbook Signature Page-- Handbook can be accessed from the Ray Homepage (link above)

2. Cell Phone Policy

3. Emergency Contact Form

4. Ray School Directory Form

School Starts Tomorrow!

Hello All!

Just a reminder that school starts tomorrow, 9-8-15, at 8:45. Be on time and ready to go to start a fantastic year! Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.