TESTING REMINDER!

7th grade end-of-the-year NWEA mathematics testing starts Thursday 6-2-16.

Homework Due 6-3-16

7th: All BONUS!

Create a vocab book like the one we made for angle relationships for each:

1. 6 types of triangles (10 pts)

2. First 7 polygons and their total interior angle measures (20 pts)

How to make the book video:

8th: The Thompson family was moving and hired the Town Movers to move them for a fee of $30 plus $15 per hour. City Movers called and offered a fee of $72 plus $8 an hour,which they thought might be a better deal. The family made a graph of the two offers.When would City Movers be the better deal?

Algebra: TBD 

Homework Due 5-31-16

7th: Create a scale model. You should build a model, draw a map, or create a blueprint of something you are interested in. Make a model of a building you think is cool. Create a diorama of a scene from a book or movie you enjoy. Make a map the neighborhood, or your walk to school. Create a blueprint of your bedroom. Use grid paper, legos, or whatever creative idea you choose.

You will need to determine the scale factor between the actual thing you model and the model you create and demonstrate an understanding on how to determine the size of objects or drawings in your model based on the actual size. 

Please talk to Mr. A before Thursday if you do not understand any part of this project!

Mr. A will give you class time Thursday and Friday to work on this project!!!!!!

RUBRIC for how your project will be graded.

Examples of scale modeling:

Other Middle Schoolers: http://mms-hull.blogspot.com/2016/03/scale-model-project-in-ms-kellihers.html

Middle Schooler's Blueprint: http://mrbaikm22.blogspot.com/2014/09/iearn-connecting-math-to-our-lives.html  

Video: scale models-- http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mket.math.rp.miniland/scale-models-in-the-real-world/

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8th: Develop your own “When will….” task. Think about the "Balloon Break" or device charging tasks we have done in class. Give the rate you measure and an equation, table, and graph of the relationship. Share a short video with the class for triple credit. See the example below.

Example: Pool Draining TASK

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Alg: Complete the homework for your grade level above

Math Week 5-23-16

7th-- Students will study scale factor through scale models and maps. It is important for students to understand the words proportional and similar as they pertain to mathematics thinking.

Video about scale factor:

CCSS: 7.G.A.1.Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.

8th-- Students continue to investigate linear relationships through filling water balloons and comparing deals and rates for Wifi service and Uber rides. Starting Wednesday 8th graders will be taking the end-of-year NWEA MAP mathematics tests. Students have copies of their previous scores and their goals for this round of testing.

CCSS: 8.F.2. Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). For example, given a linear function represented by a table of values and a linear function represented by an algebraic expression, determine which function has the greater rate of change.

Math Week 5-16-16

7th: This week we continue working with angle relationships. Students are expected to know and identify complementary, supplementary, adjacent, and vertical angles. Students will also learn about triangles and special angle relationships involving triangles. Students should memorize that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.

Why do the interior angles of a triangle equal 180 degrees? Watch the video:

Practice Game: http://www.what2learn.com/home/examgames/maths/angles1/

8th: This week we continue working with angle relationships. Students are expected to know and identify complementary, supplementary, corresponding, adjacent, and vertical angles. Students will continue to learn about angle relationships that happen when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. Students will also learn about triangles and special angle relationships involving triangles. Students should memorize that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. At the end of the week, students will investigate linear relationships represented multiple ways (graph, equation, table). 

Why do the interior angles of a triangle equal 180 degrees? Watch the video:

Practice Game: http://www.what2learn.com/home/examgames/maths/angles1/

Homework Due 5-20-16

7th: Homework Folder: angles tasks

8th: Handout: Classic Arcade Game angles

Alg: Packet from Mr. Papczun

Please sign-up for the Walk-a-Thon coming May 20!

Ray School Walk-a-Thon 2016: Movement Matters!

Friday May 20, 2016 

Please join us for our first ever Walk-a-Thon fundraiser, which will bring our entire school community together for a day of fun, fitness and fundraising.  

Fun and Fitness:  During the Walk-a-Thon, our students reach for their personal best distance during their walk-skip-run around our school playground, while family and volunteers cheer them on. 

Fundraising:  The Walk-a-Thon is also a fundraiser.  Whether it's $5, $25 or $100, we hope that each family will financially participate in the Walk-a-Thon to the best of their ability.

Our Fundraising Goal: Ray School is committed to keeping students moving!  Active bodies contribute to active minds.  Research shows that the more our students can move during the day, the more they can stay on task during class.  Funds from this Walk-a-Thon will create more opportunities for movement for our students: recess equipment, equipment for structured classroom activities, and more indoor/outdoor recess staff.  Let's help our children's bodies and brains stay fit and sharp! 

Follow this link: http://rayschool.dojiggy.com

Math Week 5-9-16

7th graders will finish learning about area and volume. Student will find the volume and surface area of cylinders and prisms (see video help links from last week). They will then begin to solve tasks about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles.

Video Review of Angles from Math Antics:

1. Basics: http://mathantics.com/index.php/section/lesson/AngleBasics

2. Angle Degrees: http://mathantics.com/index.php/section/lesson/AnglesAndDegrees

CCSS: 7.G.Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume. 5. Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi-step problem to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure.

8th graders will learn about volume of Spheres and Cones this week. Student will be expected to use the formulas for finding the volume of cylinder, sphere, or cone.

Video Help:

Volume of Cone: http://www.virtualnerd.com/pre-algebra/perimeter-area-volume/volume/volume-examples/cone-volume-example

Volume of Sphere: http://www.virtualnerd.com/pre-algebra/perimeter-area-volume/volume/volume-examples/sphere-volume-example

How is the volume of a cone one-third of a cylinder? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwPiA0COi8k

CCSS: 8.G. Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres. 9. Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.