Week 15 (12-14-20) (Q2W6)
Ray Mathematics--Remote Leaning
Mr. Albrecht (lalbrecht@cps.edu)
and
Ms. Welber (sjwelber@cps.edu)
Weekly Updates
RAY SPIRIT WEEK:
MONDAY: Creative Background Day!
TUESDAY: Music Day (and sunglasses in math!)
WEDNESDAY: Wacky Ray Warrior Day (or school spirit colors)--Mr. A is wearing his craziest holiday sweater! STudents are encouraged to dress wacky!
THURSDAY: On-track game day celebration
FRIDAY: Ray Love Celebration
CLASS OF 2021 SURVEY: LINK All class of 2021 students need to fill out the survey for sizes of gowns and graduation t-shirts. DUE BY 12-16-20!
Spelling Bee: If a student wants to participate the sign up information is here.
Order your loved ones a Ray t-shirt, hoodie and/or car magnet to show your Ray School pride! All sizes - both youth and adult - are now available. Email or text a photo of your order form to friendsofraypto@gmail.com by Friday, December 11th to and we’ll pull your gear from the school and arrange a convenient time for you to pick it up! Proceeds from every purchase support Friends of Ray School PTO. Thank you!
GOCPS High School Application Deadline Extended: from CPS--The pandemic has impacted every aspect of our school year, including the important process our students go through when choosing the school options that will best match their talents, interests, and abilities. So to ensure everyone has the time they need to make this important decision, we are extending the GoCPS application deadline from Friday, December 11, 2020 to Friday, January 8, 2021.
CPS Online Reopening Guide--here: includes a reopening guide for parents.
Reminder--Every Wednesday is Warrior Wednesday! Wear green or Ray gear this Wednesday! EXCEPT THIS WEEK! LOOK FOR THE SPIRIT WEEK WEDNESDAY FUN!
8th Grade Promotion Policy Reminder--LINK
7/8th specials for the this week is with our visual arts teacher Ms. Lauritsen Students will continue with the same schedule they have (every homeroom coming a different day during the week). From Ms. Lauritsen:
I will see each class once a week from 1:10 - 1:40. Class schedule,codes and links are below.
Monday: Ms.Havnoonian 302
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8th grade 302: https://classroom.google.com/c/MTM4ODk2Mzg4MDk1?cjc=4a3d3u7
Tuesday: Mr. Albrecht 304
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8th Grade 304 https://classroom.google.com/c/MTM4ODk1NzcyNDAy?cjc=62juzpp
Wednesday: Mr. Paranjape 306
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8th Grade 306 https://classroom.google.com/c/MTM4ODk2ODEwMDE5?cjc=bkoqana
Thursday: Mrs. Johnson-Finner 307
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7th Grade 307 https://classroom.google.com/c/MTM4ODk1NDE1NDI5?cjc=qrdizu3
Friday: Mr. Dowd 309
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7th Grade 309 https://classroom.google.com/c/MTM4OTExOTg0NjIy?cjc=scadkao
Every Monday morning I will send out a video to the students and their guardians about the project or assessment of the week. Students will be graded on participation (showing up to class), three projects, and two assessments.
Ray is a Grab and Go meal site during Remote Learning. Pick-ups are school days from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. RAY WILL NOT BE A FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE DURING WINTER BREAK.
Students are reminded to practice Pandemic Safety Habits. There was a surge in the COVID 19 cases in Illinois in the last week.
School Forms were due By October 15. PLEASE TURN IN ASAP! They can be turned in electronically to Ms. Vergara, svergara@cps.edu or to the school at the main entrance. Copies are available there.
WEEKLY MATH UPDATES
Our main focus is still connecting with students, getting to know each other, and learning how to use the technology that will facilitate our learning. We know there will still be challenges, glitches, and frustrations this week. That’s okay! We will be forgiving, patient, and flexible and hope you will do the same. For immediate tech help try the CPS Online Reopening Guide support page.
7th grade will continue a unit on circles. We review the relationship between circumference, diameter, and radius. We will continue to look at a deeper meaning of what it means to measure area and how that meaning applies to the measuring of the area of a circle. Performance task Wednesday.
7.G.ADraw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
7.G.B.4Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal derivation of the relationship between the circumference and area of a circle.
8th grade Students continue to conceptually understand slope. We will look at more ways to see how steepness is defined by both the horizontal and vertical change of a line. Students will be finding the slope from a graph. We will also begging to define the kinds of slope Performance task on Wednesday.
8.EE.B.6 Use similar triangles to explain why the slope is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and the equation y = mx + b for a line intercepting the vertical axis at b.
Students will continue to use Khan Academy for individual/asynchronous learning.
ALGEBRA
Students will start the week reviewing the x-intercept and the y-intercept of a line and then using graphs and equations to find the intercepts. We will then connect the importance of knowing an intercept can help us define the relationship described by an equation or graph better. Knowing intercepts will help us also describe the relationship itself better. We will then formally look at the slope-intercept form of equations (y=mx+b). Short quiz on Thursday.
SI-D Interpret the slope (rate of change) and the intercept (constant term) of a linear model in the context of the data.
Help Ms. Welber: Recording Permission Form
As you know, Ms. Welber is co-teaching our class for the first half of this year. As part of Ms. Welber’s student teaching, she will need to record some lessons, either to share with her professors, or to submit to the state board for certification. In order to do that, we need permission from the parents/guardians of every student in the class. Please fill out this form: English Spanish to tell us if you give your permission or not. There is more information on the form as well about the recordings. This is the same form that Mrs. Johnson-Finner will send out for Mr. Watkins in her class, so you only need to fill it out once. If you already filled it out for Mrs. Johnson-Finner, you are all set!
Student Daily Schedule by Homeroom:
All classes meet using Google Meet. Links to join class are in the top left hand corner of each class’ Google Classroom. Video Help for accessing Google Meet through Google Classroom (start at 2:44).To get access to Google Classroom and Google Meet use your CPS email. Go Here if you need help getting into your CPS email.
Homeroom teachers are listed by the homeroom numbers.
Math Class Information
STUDENT EMAIL: Students and families must be able to access their student’s email. Need help or logging in for the first time: Go Here. The student CPS email is the access to Google Classroom for assignments and information, to Google Meet to attend class remotely, and to Aspen Student Portal for grades.
Weekly Individual/Asynchronous Assignments: 5 assignments in Khan Academy. Due each Friday by 11:59 p.m. Check Google Classroom this and for other weekly assignments.
Google Classroom Links: Currently Google Classrooms are being pushed out to students through the CPS Aspen system. Students and families can use the student’s CPS email to access their Google Classrooms.
Curriculum and unit overviews: Open-Up-- This is the launch page. Choose your role as parent and 7th or 8th grade to see an overview of every unit and lesson for the whole year.
Grades: Starting September 8, 2020 CPS will return to regular grading practices, as the district will ensure all students have the tools they need to succeed. Grading scale.
Office Hours: School days from 2:10 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. We will use this time to connect with students and families. We will have scheduled appointments as well as open times. We will use Google JamBoard and Google Hangouts Chat for one-on-one meetings. We will also schedule some small group sessions and meet using Google Meet. We are also available to talk with parents via email, Google Meet, or a telephone conversation. Please contact Mr. Albrecht at lalbrecht@cps.edu to schedule a conference time.
Communication platforms with students: Google Classroom, CPS email, Google Meet (whole class), Google Chat, and Google JamBoard.
Communication platforms with parents/families: email, blog, telephone. We recommend that parents/families know the emails and passwords of their students so they can also access Google Classroom.
Tutoring: We recommend Maroon Tutor Match
Ray Mathematics FAQ: Want to know a little bit more about mathematics class at Ray. Check the Frequently Asked Questions page.
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RAY VISION
Every Chicago Public Schools student in every neighborhood
will be engaged in a rigorous, well-rounded program and will
graduate prepared for success in college, career and life.
RAY MISSION
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experience for our culturally, racially, and socio-economically
diverse student body. Teachers and staff work collaboratively with parents to instill in our students a life-
long love of learning.
