7th grade Screencastify link for 9-27-17

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eH_Q4-bFCidURIOEJEbUJsMGc/view

Homework week 9-25-17 to 9-29-17

7th grade homework

8th grade homework

Math Week 9-25-17

7th: Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities measured in like or different units. Need more info? CLICK HERE.

8th: Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions. Need more info? CLICK HERE.

Homework for the week 9-18-17 to 9-22-17

7th grade Homework

8th grade Homework

Writing Contest from 57th Street Books

In anticipation of The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine (Available September 26, 2017), a never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children’s story brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead, 57th Street Books is proud to present our Unfinished Manuscript Writing Contest, open to young writers of all ages and imaginations. See the manuscript below, author bio below, and read on for rules for entry. And don't miss Philip and Erin Stead live in store on Thu. 10/12 6pm at 57th Street Books (RSVP and details here)! 

Amabel Bing was born October 31, 1904 in Normal, Illinois, though her upbringing was anything but. The middle (or so) child of Tad and Delphine Thistlefodder's nine and a half children (Delphine having claimed to be the biological mother of a "rather mopish" sack of flour till her unexpected death in 1912, when she conscientiously, if humorlessly, confessed to being legally blind in the final throes of facing down what she'd assumed was the mail but in fact, as bystanders confirmed from the start, was a small fiery meteor roughly the size of, well, Delphine). But I digress. After changing her last name (and who could blame her?), Mabel briefly attended the all girls Academy for Burgeoning Washing Maids at the insistence of her father, which, to exactly no one's surprise--except maybe her father's, who was about as unprepared as a newly widowed man at the turn of the last century could be for the amount of laundry amassed by nine children and a decidedly inanimate jute rug--was not really Amabel's thing. She quite literally sneezed at her father's coercions, allergic as she was to bicarbonate, and proceeded instead to imagine and write down much grander adventures than a stay at home life could afford, such as those that might take place on pirate ships (The Average Spyglass, 1931); haunted mansions (The Lackluster Candelabra, 1957); and, in her final story, unfinished at the time of her own death in 1983, a soon to be burglarized stagecoach, apparently (The Best Dagger). Only recently, somewhat unceremoniously, "discovered" under a ream of old Yellow Pages in a box labeled "Dog Food," The Best Dagger is believed to have all but reached its conclusion at the time of its mysterious abandonment. And while there is little debate concerning its source, scholars and enthusiasts alike can't help but speculate on Bing's intended/avoided climax. 

Who's in the stagecoach? Where is it headed? And why is the dagger in such a great hurry? What do you think?
Write your own ending and send to kidsbooks@semcoop.com by October 1, 2017 for a chance to win a signed copy of Mark Twain's never-before-published, previously unfinished children's story The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine, brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip and Erin Stead, get published in our children's newsletter, A Young Peron's Guide to 57th Street Books, and read your winning masterpiece in front of a live audience at ourOctober 12 event with Philip and Erin Stead (click here for details). Please keep your submission to around 300 words or less, and have fun!

Math Week 9-18-17 to 9-22-17

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

8th: 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. 8.NS.2 Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line diagram, and estimate the value of expressions.

Ray School Announcments

1. OPEN HOUSE-- This Thursday, 9-14-17 from 4 to 6 p.m. The first hour is for parents and students to visit classrooms and talk with teachers. The second hour will be a state-of-the-school meeting with administration.

2. STUDENT TOWN HALL MEETINGS-- All students will meet with administrators for the first 15 minutes of the day on Mondays and Fridays. (8:45 to 9:00) These meeting give administrators a chance to make whole school announcements and reminders as well as hear from students about their Ray experience. The time also gives teachers contractual extra time  for planning, collaborating, and prepping for classes.

Homework Update (Week 9-11-17 to 9-15-17)

Due 9-15-17 

7th grade homework

8th grade homework

Math Week 9-11-17 to 9-15-17

Hello all,

This week both 7th and 8th grade students will work on:

• Students learn and practice with posted “Every Day” objectives (These are also the objectives we are working on with our arts partnership with The Revival and guest artist Jeff Gandy. The Every Day objectives are: Say Yes and be in the moment, take care of the ensemble, get each others' backs.)
• Students learn, develop, and practice with norms, expectations, and routines of class, 7/8th team, and school
• Students become familiar with forms, technology, and communication used in 7th/8th grades.
• Students review mean, median, mode, range
  
  

All of the above is to develop students into a community of learners with shared values around a growth mindset, working as an ensemble, and a love of learning

Sign up for Google Classroom for Math with Mr. Albrecht

Use your CPS email account and join Mr. Albrecht's math class based on your homeroom assignment:

Here's a helpful link on how to Join a Class

Homeroom #       Code to join Google Classroom

302                       dveuc4k

304                       mtpq6p

307                       6mpggj5

309                       dh9v0k

NWEA News

Hello all,

7th and 8th graders will take the NWEA test for Beginning of Year in mathematics and ELA Thursday, September 7!

Please email me if you have any questions: lalbrecht@cps.edu

Mr. Albrecht

Homework Update

304 (Due: 9-8-17): 
Forms: 
1. Emergency Form 
2. Media Consent 
3. Student-Parent Handbook Agreement (Parent and student sign and return pg 24)


ALL (Due: 9-15-17): Sign up for Mr. A's Google Classroom!