America to Me Part 2

Math Week 5-28-19

7th Grade NWEA TESTING WILL START NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY JUNE 4! PLEASE CONSIDER PLANNING AHEAD FOR GOOD SLEEP AND A HEALTHY BREAKFAST! 

 
7th UChicago: We continue to study circles, how to describe circles, and how to measure circles. 


7th Loyola: Probability! The way math lets us predict the future! We continue looking at compound events and the differences between independent and dependent events.


8th UIC: After NWEA testing at the beginning of the week, we will review slope, intercept, and intersections.


8th DePaul: After NWEA testing at the beginning of the week, we continue with bivariate data and scatterplots. We will use lines of best fit to make predictions via the graph and the equation that the lines of best fit represent.

Homework for week 5-28-19

7th UChicago


7th Loyola


No homework for 8th grade this week. We are NWEA testing. Next week is seventh grade starting on Tuesday, 6-4-19.

Free StoryArts Camp

Link to application here!

Math Week 5-20-19

8th Grade NWEA TESTING WILL START TUESDAY MAY 28! PLEASE CONSIDER PLANNING AHEAD FOR GOOD SLEEP AND A HEALTHY BREAKFAST! 

 
7th UChicago: We continue to study circles, how to describe circles, and how to measure circles.


7th Loyola: Probability! The way math lets us predict the future! We continue looking at compound events and the differences between independent and dependent events.


8th UIC/DePaul: We continue with bivariate data and scatterplots. We will use lines of best fit to make predictions via the graph and the equation that the lines of best fit represent.

Homework for week 5-20-19

7th Loyola


7th UChicago


8th UIC


8th DePaul

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING PROGRESS REPORTS

IMPORTANT: Due to the switch to the new ASPEN grade keeping system, we will wait to print and distribute progress reports on Monday 5-20-19. Please contact Mr. Albrecht via email (lalbrecht@cps.edu) if you have any questions.

7th UChicago Homework for the Week of 5-13-19

7th UChicago Homework for the week of 5-13-19

DUE by the end of the day 5-29-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan assignments listed below:

ASSIGNMENT NAME
Area of a shaded region Video Impact of increasing the radius Video Area and circumference of circles challenge Exercise · Different question set Shaded areas Exercise · Different question set

7th Loyola Homework for the Week of 5-13-19

7th Loyola Homework for the week of 5-13-19

DUE by the end of the day 5-29-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan assignments listed below:

ASSIGNMENT NAME
Sample spaces for compound events Independent probability Probabilities of compound events Probability of "at least one" success

8th Grade Homework Week of 5-13-19

8th  DePaul & UIC Homework for the week of 5-13-19

DUE by the end of the day 5-29-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan assignments listed below:

ASSIGNMENT NAME
Eyeballing the Line of Best Fit Estimating the Slope of a Line of Best Fit Estimating Equations of Lines of Best Fit, and Using them to Make Predictions Interpreting Slope and y-intercept for Linear Models

ABC COUNTDOWN!

Ray Middle School 2019 ABC Countdown

A- Athletic Day -Wear your favorite sports attire

B- Brand Day - Wear your favorite brand of clothing to school i.e Adidas, Jordan, Nike)

C- Character Day -Come to school as your favorite fictional character i.e movie character , book character etc.

D- Dance - @ 3:20PM dance to your favorite songs

E- Exercise Day -Exercise Day at 9am and 3PM school wide 5 minute exercises

F- Friends Day -Do something special for a friend

G- Game Day -Bring and play your favorite board game at 3:15PM

H- Hawaiian Day -Wear Flower Hawaiian Clothes

I- Identical Day  -Dress identical to Another Person

J- Joke Day - Students-Tell a joke in class

K- Kandy Day (Bring any (K)andy you want to school

L- Lunch with a Teacher/Staff Member Day

M- Music Day -Music can be played in your classroom at 3:20PM

N- Name exchange Day -Everyone switch names with a person from Ray

O- Opposite Day-(Dress or do something that is the opposite of what you’d usually do

P- Pajama Day -Wear school appropriate pajamas

Q- Quiet Day - Everyone has to be quiet every class except lunch and recess  

R- Rock with you Day - Listen to Motown based music

S- School Spirit Day – Awards given per floor for the most creative display

T- Throw Day - Dress like someone from the past

U- Unforgettable Day

V- Visit Day

W- Watch movies Day (watch movies in class)

X- eXtra - Extra Fun Day

Y- Year End Cleaning and Celebration Day

Z- Zoom out of school day

Walk-a-thon Special Incentive!

SPECIAL WALK-A-THON INCENTIVE for RAY 7th and 8th GRADE STUDENTS ONLY!!

The student who raises the most money for Ray School will win:

White Apple AirPods 1st Generation with Charging Case

$159.00 value

Remember that when you are fundraising, you are representing Ray School.  

All funds raised will be used for recess support and the installation of a bottle filling water fountain at school.

Rules: 

• Ray students may reach out to people in their communities for this fundraiser -- that means people you know, such as family, friends, church members, etc. You should NOT request donations from strangers/people at a store/bus stop/etc.
• You may NOT request donations from Ray teachers, staff, or other students.
• You may NOT request donations from businesses along 55th and 57th Streets. Many of these businesses already support Ray School in other ways. 
• Ray PTO and Ray staff reserve the right to disqualify from the competition any student who does not follow either the spirit or the letter of these rules.  Thank you.

Register now at www.rayschoool.dojiggy.com and share your fundraising page with friends and family!

8th UIC Homework for the week of 5-6-19

8th UIC Homework for the week of 5-6-19

DUE by  the end of the day 5-12-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan assignments listed below:

Combining Like Terms with Negative Coefficients
Combining Like Terms with Negative Coefficients & Distribution Special Products of Binomials Intro Special Products of Binomials

8th DePaul Homework for the week of 5-6-19

DUE by the end of the day 5-12-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan assignments listed below:

Making Appropriate Scatterplots Positive and negative linear associations from scatter plots   Describing trends in scatterplots Calculating Percentiles

7th UChicago Homework for the week of 5-6-19

DUE by  the end of the day 5-12-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan activities listed below.

Rewrite Decimals as Fractions

Rewrite Decimals as Fractions Challenge

Order of Operations (No exponents)

Order of Operations

7th Loyola Homework for the week of 5-6-19

DUE by  the end of the day 5-12-19

Mandatory Homework

Log-in to your Khan Academy account (if you still have not made Mr. Albrecht your coach you should request a meeting at recess this ASAP.) I am only assigning 4 Khan  assignments this week. Please read my FAQ from my blog about making up Khan at this point: https://304albrecht.blogspot.com/2016/09/faq.html

Complete the 4 Khan activities listed below.

ASSIGNMENT NAME
Simple probability Comparing Probabilities Dependent and Independent Events Sample Spaces for Compound Events