NEW COW! Explanations and Project Overview

Ok team,

It's been a while since my last posting.

Yesterday I handed back your COW2s with LOTS of questions. I hope I answered them all. Remember COWS are graded on the rubric which you pasted into your COW notebook. Email me with any questions you have. If you lose the COW click here for a copy and challenge your family!!!! See who can solve the problem in the fewest number of trips!

6ers! I have clarification on the homework. I misinformed you about the line plot. You will actually put the calorie count amount on the X axis and use X's to show the frequency of each calorie count on the Y axis. Call me tonight with any questions. You can call me!

Today we continued our Mad minutes (many people improved from yesterday) and tomorrow we are going to start our Oil Spill Projects.

Ciao ninos!

Ms. T.

THURSDAY FUN DAY! Dice rolling and bar graphs

Hiiiiiii gang!

Today we had very different things going on in 6c and 7c.

7ers:

We played a game with dice to determine the interquartile range and create histograms based on our results of 30 and 15 rolls. Thinking about the importance of collecting data and analyzing the inter quartiles and what this means as compared to our range. Tomorrow we'll finish the lab. If you lost the lab click here. Tomorrow our COW is due and I can't wait to see your responses to the river problem! Next week is the last week we'll have to worry about rivers! I promise!

If you want more help on inter-quartile range check this link out:

http://regentsprep.org/REgents/math/ALGEBRA/AD3/boxwhisk.htm

6ers

We Spent our time completing our bar graphs and line plots. If you need another copy of that worksheet click here.

Tomorrow we'll introduce ourself to the new unit!

BOTH CLASSES!

COW is due tomorrow -- remember if your COW is not set up with ALL of knowledge in one section and ALL of Communication and Reasoning in another section I will not grade it. Use your rubric tonight as you put the finishing touches on your COW so that ALL of you will MEET the standard!

Ok kiddies, until tomorrow!

M S. T :)

COW POST

Good morning!

Yesterday (Tuesday) we spent some time going over the Spark and finishing up some odds and ends.

6ers:

1. We went over the Spark, today we'll put our homework in our family and in case you've lost the COW click here for a link

7ers

1. We put our vocabulary in our family, talked a bit about interquartile range. If you need some more help with inter quartile range, we'll be working on it today in class, but click here for a link to a lesson.

If you lost the COW click here for a link to the 7er COW

Be on the lookout for web assignments, we may have to post to the blog as a homework assignment. HINT HINT!

COW 2 and Histograms

Ok kiddies! Today is Monday!

For my 6ers:

We spent the majority of the period organizing our COW notebook and then we had STAR testing. Remember, tonight you are defining and using a picture or symbol for the following words:

1. frequency table

2. mean

3. median

4. mode

5. range

Tomorrow we will continue making observations and answering analysis questions with our gummy worm lab!

7ers

Tonight's COW we have to do the knowledge portion and define, quartile, interquartile range and range

BOTH CLASSES must list the givens, constraints relationships and GOAL for COW R &C

PARENTS!!! LOOK HERE! A great opportunity for our students:

Exciting Opportunity:

The Morehouse School of Medicine’s Ben Carson Saturday Science Academy has extended an invitation to the students at our school to participate in our science enrichment program from October 9-November 20 (Saturdays ONLY). The program runs from 9am-1:30 pm offering extensive hand-on science experiments which include dissections and also a robotics component. We also include parental workshops on various issues pertaining to children. The purpose of our program is to introduce students to the health sciences field. Students in 4th-8th grade can participate. Registration dates are from August 2-August 31 so please act fast!
Ben Carson Science Academy Link:

http://www.msm.edu/community_health/commhealth_trainingprograms/commhealth_trainingprograms_ben.aspx

Any questions email me or post to the blog!

REMEMBER! DO THE COW IN YOUR COW NOTEBOOK!

See you tomorrow!

Cheers!

M S. T :)

FINISHED THE COW, Ms. T's Spicy Challenge and SO MUCH MORE!

Hi gang! It's Friday! End of week TWO! Here's a rundown of what we did in class on Friday...

6ers.

We finished our Ms. T's Spicy challenge and a lot of you really challenged yourself! We'll keep this up as the year goes on to practice various multiplication, division and any other skills we are working on in class. We also handed in our COWs and next week don't forget we're starting our COW in the COW notebook! Different from the family! Next week expect to start our Oil Spill Unit and take a look back at our gummy worm labs!

7ers

We also finished our COW with Hunter leading the gang with a 17 minute record for the flashlight problem! We also received our assessments back.. Remember, if you got anything less than a 'Met the standard' you can revise your work and hand it in within three days for another chance to meet the standard. This way we all have another chance to really comprehend and internalize our standards.

Here's a sneak peak at our COW volunteers on Friday:

Ok Kiddies, enjoy your weekend, bring your COW notebook and be prepared for a challenge!

Well wishes from cali!

Ms. T

Miercoles!

Hello gang!

Today we had a different 6 and 7 day!

Here is the run down!

BOTH CLASSES! - COW wednesday FRONT AND BACK are on deck for tomorrow. Remember! If you only finish one side you will stay with me during lunch to finish.

6ers.

Today we went over the Spark and the COW with our students writing the answers on the board. Then Ms. Dickie got us started thinking about fossil fuels and we put together some bread and worm unknowns. What do you think we are doing with this???? Tomorrow we will finish defining fossil fuels and talking about how we use them in our everyday lives. Ciao!

7ers.

We spent half of the period STAR testing and then finished up our COW and Spark. Tomorrow we are doing a fun lab which will be very interesting.

Homework tonight -- FINISH COW!!! and SOW! (show our work!)

Who can get the fastest time??? Remember be METACOGNITIVE!

Putting words in our family!

Hello gang!

Today we spent our time writing down vocabulary words, talking about the COW (we had lots of GREAT questions) and rating the 7C posters! Overall a great day!

Tomorrow, an announcement for 7C, we will be doing STAR testing for one hour so make sure you have your COW on your desk and ready for review!

Words in everyone's FAMILY:

1. reasoning

2. communication

3. given

4.constraints

5. relationships

6. goal

7. quantitative

8. qualitative

9. claim

10. evidence

7C added

1. mean

2. median

3. mode

4. range

5. outlier

we made some great pictures to help us remember the words! Alright gang! Tomorrow get ready for another action packed fun day!

Shout out to Caprice for helping his peers, Hunter for using his GREAT life word wall word, Shanteria for giving me great answers for the COW, and Sara for taking on a big responsibility in the class!

Hasta Luego!

Ms. T

What Do you Know and COW

Hello my darlings! Today was a manic Monday as I noticed lots of us were very vibrant this morning. Today was a little all over the place because we were trying to organize ourselves, our minds, our classroom and our homework.

Today we introduced the COW, applied for class roles, took the 'WHAT DO YOU KNOW' assessment and organized our notebook(family)

A couple of things to remember.

BOTH CLASSES SEE HERE

1. COW 1 (flashlight problem) is to be done on a separate piece of paper.

2. COWS can be done each night, or you can finish them all at once (it's up to you)

3. I will check the COW every day for completion, you will be required to stay inside for lunch and recess if your COW is not complete

FOR AN EXTRA COPY OF THE COW CLICK HERE

6C

1. Make t chart for givens, constraints, and goal

2. Complete the multiplication problem on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER

7C

1. Make a t chart for givens, constraints and goal on a notebook paper (but not from the family!)

2. IN YOUR MST NOTEBOOK -- define mean median mode range and outlier.

THANK YOU!

Have a great night!

Happy Friday!

(Below are some pictures from the 7C poster making process)



After a VERY successful first week I want to say I am thoroughly impressed by your dedication and rigor in the classroom!

Today we finished our Michael Jackson activities and had some great thinkers and questioners in the 6th grade class! We were all discussing the differences between

quantitative and qualitative data and even Ms. Dickie and I were unsure on some of them!

6C Homework: Finish the persuasive paragraph on the back of your chart. It MUST have at least two pieces of quantitative and TWO pieces of qualitative evidence to support your claim.

7C you did a wonderful job making posters to support your presentations for Monday. We had some very unique ideas!

Expectations for Monday for BOTH classes:

1. Binder for classes

2. We will present your artist

3. We will take a 'WHAT DO YOU KNOW' mini assessment to see what you processed this week

4. WE WILL FINALLY ORGANIZE ourselves, I'll be taking applications for class roles and you will get your spiral notebook where we will keep vocabulary and notes.

**Asa, our Sparks will go on a Spark of the Week sheet that you will keep in your binder**

Today Ylaysia gave an All Star Pickle Jar to Coty, but she left early so I just want to give her a shout out!

**Zoe, I changed the settings, can you comment now?

Michael Jackson is the best?!?!?!

Hello my wonderful darlings!

Today was another excellent day in our classroom! We finished our graphing labs from yesterday where we created survey questions for the class to turn qualitative feelings into quantitative data! When had some great questions!

We learned that more of us like vanilla ice cream, that not too many people walk to school, and that a lot of us have more than one sibling, including Ella who has four younger brothers!

The last half of the class period, we discussed using qualitative and quantitative pieces of information to support claims made. In other words, how to use evidence to support a claim. We each took on the role as a musical artist and located pieces of evidence that supported or negated our claim. 7th grade had to finish this for homework and write their argument (communication) using the data (reasoning) while the 6th grade will finish tomorrow.

Thanks to Asa for looking up our two new words on the "Life word wall" and I want to give a shout out to Coty for getting the first wolf bone from our class!!!!

Devon got an All star pickle jar from me while working with his group and trusting in the fact that they were a team.

You all did a great job! Remember binders are due tomorrow and 7th grade you must finish your paragraph and worksheets for tomorrow.

If you weren't here, click here for the graphic organizer and here for a list of a few artists we looked at.

Un abrazo,

Ms. Trivedi

What kind of data are you?

Hello there! Today we looked at two types of data, qualitative and quantitative. You found your data 'soulmates' and then determined which piece of information was quantitative and which was qualitative. A quick reminder

Quantitative: is data or research that is based on numerical and statistical analysis. Having to do with empirical data (numbers driven)

Qualitative: is data or research based on attitude behavior and/or experiences.

You did an excellent job differentiating between the two and we had some great questions. A few things we noticed:

1. Qualitative data usually supports or negates quantitative data. It may not always necessarily be true and can sometimes be opinion based.

2. We can turn a qualitative statement into a quantitative statement by conducting research and presenting data based on research, and data analysis.

If you would like to read further about these types of data please click here

Agenda:

1. We finished the lab from yesterday

2. Discussed with teams how graphs can represent data

3. Determined some key elements of graphs (x and y axis, title, titles of axis, scale, type of graph)

4. still some left for tomorrow

We also made a divider to separate humanities and MST in 7th grade and we will do that tomorrow in 6th grade.

REMINDER! 1.5" binder by Friday!

Ciao!

Ms. T

We are Scientists!

Hello everyone! Day 2 of school and it couldn't have gone better! Today we were scientists working for Johnson and Johnson to find the most viscous liquid for their next product!

What is viscous you ask!? Viscous is a measure of a liquids resistance to flow. In today's lab we worked with

1. corn syrup

2. molasses

3. water

4.vegetable oil

5. liquid soap

6. shampoo

We observed each of these liquids to determine their viscosity and ranked them on a scale of 1-6. However, I stated that as the CEO of Johnson and Johnson I needed more concrete evidence informing me which liquids were more or less viscous! You decided a race of sorts would be the answer.

Next, we timed the flow of each liquid and filled in a data table. Tomorrow we are going to continue this discussion by categorizing these different types of data and analyzing how each can be used in MST and beyond.

Lab Sheet

Homework: Syllabus and Learning survey signed

Parents: Please read the PARENT LETTER and email or call me with any questions

DUE BY FRIDAY:

1.5" Binder (we will make dividers)

See you tomorrow!!!

Cheers!

Ms. T

First day!

Welcome (back) to ACMS!!!! It was a wonderful day for all who attended and I am looking forward to a great school year! Today we spent introducing ourselves to one another and using our brains to showcase our extraordinary problem solving skills. Students were given a scenario and had to dissect their problem into the four parts of problem solving:

1. Goal: What you are trying to achieve

2. Givens: What the problem tells you, what you are given

3. Constraints: something you can't do or something that holds you back

4. Relationships: If, then.... connection between two things

6C Homework:

1. Verbally explain our project in class today and how it relates to problem solving to someone that is at least in high school.

2. Ask them to summarize what you told them

** We are practicing communicating and reasoning like scientists and mathematicians.

Tomorrow we will discuss different methods of data collection and review the syllabus.

Students will need a 1.5" binder that we will share with our class and Ms. Glow's class.

Have a great evening! See you tomorrow!

Ciao!

Ms. T