THOUGHT PROVOKING THURSDAY!

Hi Team! Today was a great day with 6ers and 7ers!

Agenda:
7ers
1. COW overview and grading rubric given out
2. Ecosystem look through - biome store
3. Completion of coordinate graphing activity

Assessment for tomorrow:
1. Coordinate graphing
2. Independent and dependent variables
3. Drawing conclusions from graphs and data

6ers (we did such a great job today, and pushed through all of our activities!)
1. Double line graph of the layers of the earth
2. Density bread lab - Click here for a link to the lab (we'll finish that tomorrow)
3. Study for assessment tomorrow:
 1. Line graph
 2. Looking at and analyzing bar graphs
 3. Independent and dependent variables
 4. Temperature - C--> F

Tomorrow the COW is due, remember you are going to give ourself a grade on the COW!
See you tomorrow my lovelies!

Ms. T

Wonderful Wednesday!

Agenda 7ers:

1. Completion of jumping jack lab. -- remember it is a quadruple line graph.
2. Answer analysis questions:

1. 
   
   
   How did your jumping jack rate (the number of jumping jacks per second) change as time passed? How is this shown in your table?
2. 
   
   
   What is the scale you are going to use for the x axis? The y-axis?
3. 
   
   
   What are the variables in this situation?
4. 
   
   
   What is the independent variable?
5. 
   
   
   What is the dependent variable?
6. 
   
   
   Make the appropriate graph to show your data for EACH person that did jumping jacks. How will you set this up?
7. 
   
   
   How do we make points on the graph to represent values of time and distance variables?
8. 
   
   
   What does your graph show about jumping jack rates as time passes?
9. Is the relationship you found between the number of jumping jacks and time easier to see in the table or the graph? Explain your answer.
   
   

3. Create a table to observe your terraqua problem - on the top row we placed, 'soil, moss, radish and soil'

4. Vocabulary in our family:

1. ecosystem: a group of organisms that interact with each other and their environment

2. biome: a geographic area with similar climatic conditions --> interacting flora and fauna and abiotic factors

3. biotic - any living thing in an ecosystem (gazelle, plant, bacteria)

4. abiotic - non living factor in an ecosystem (rock, water, soil, wind)

5. population - group of the same organism living in the same area (herd of zebra)

Tomorrow we are going to look through BIOMES!

6ers


Agenda:
1. Review independent and dependent variable with Spongebob
2. Computer lab - make sure you are practicing MFIAF and IXL at home! (true for 7th also)
3. Layers of the earth and cross - section activity with Ms. Dickie!


Tomorrow: DO YOUR COW FOR THURSDAY! 

TERRIFIC TUESDAY!

Agendas
6ers
1. Spark converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa

1. density- how much something of a set volume weighs
   1. volume: amount of space something takes

2. mass – the amount of matter in an object (different than weight) – grams, kilograms
   1. matter – physical substance that occupies the space,
3. consecutive – back to back, following without interruption, one after another
4. interval – distance/amount between points
5. Celsius – temperature scale named after swedish astronomer (1701-1744), freezing point of water is 0 (32F), and boiling point is 100(232F).
6. TEAM – FLIP TO YOUR NOTES SECTION NOW

Date: 9.28.10

Conversion of temperatures:

1. Celsius to Fahrenheit

(Celsius x 2) + 32 = F (Ballpark)

C X 9 /5 + 32

2. F → C

(F/2) – 32 = C (ballpark)

(F – 32) X 5 / 9 = C

2. Spongebob activity - determining independent and dependent variable

  Remember ! Independent variable is what you are in control of - what do you want to test?

Dependent variable DEPENDS on the independent variable.  It is the result you are testing or looking for.

7ers

1. Finish and exchange information for the Jumping Jack Lab - tomorrow we are going to graph our results!

2. Set up Terraqua bottles, tomorrow De'Eric please remind me to take pictures of them and post on the blog!

Tomorrow is tutorial! Come to the cafeteria!  See you then!

Cheers!

Ms. T

GMAT Question of the Week

At a loading dock each worker on the night crew loaded 3/4 as many boxes as each worker on the day crew.  If the night crew has 4/5 as many workers as the day crew what fraction of all boxes loaded by the two crews did the day crew load?

1. 2/5
2. 3/8
3. 1/2
4. 5/8
5. 2/3

It's Monday!

Hi gang!

Today we had the following agenda for both classes:

6ers
1. COW passback, sample COW for sandwiches and students eating sandwiches, three stooges preview
2. Line graph

7ers
1. Pass COW back
2. Discussion of when to place time on X or Y axis
3. Began jumping jack activity

Here are the links that you so crave:

1. COW reasoning and communication for grades 6-8
2. COW Knowledge for for Grade 6
3. COW knowledge for Grade 7

ALSO! Today was our very first Eco-Force meeting and we rocked!  We got our hands dirty, worked in the dirt and our eco-forcers showed me how strong they were!  Look for the blog for the group soon!

Also want to give a shout out to Asa and Ella (and I think Dylan) for solving last week's GMAT problem.  Remind me to give you pickles!  Check back for another problem!

Un abrazo!
Ms. T

COW DUE TOMORROW - BRING 2 L BOTTLE

http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/photos/chilterns/calf.jpg

HI KIDS THE COW IS DUE TOMORROW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALSO! Remember for 7th grade bring in a 2L bottle -- 6ers if you have one bring it in for a pickle!

Remember we should be working on revisions to our COW 5, Mastery assessment from Monday and Oil Spill Project - All are still accepted for revisions.

LINE GRAPH TUTORIAL

THIS LINK IS AMAZING FOR HELP WITH LINE GRAPHS!

TUESDAY - Computer lab, cartesians, Line graphs and COW

Hi team,

The run down:

6ers
1. Cow for Tuesday is due tomorrow
2. We put notes on line graphs in our notebook.  If you want extra practice or need extra help go to this site!

3. Great job in the computer lab today team! See you tomorrow!

7ers

1. We defined Cartesian Coordinate Planes (what is the ORIGIN) of that word?

2. Extra help and practice (Hit the coordinate here!) (only choose up to medium for positive numbers)

3. Help and review of Cartesian Coordinates 

Ok kids, keep working on the COW - let's strive for all Approaching and Meeting this week!

Keep working on GMAT questions! First person to get it right will get to PULL A PRIZE FROM THE PRIZEBOX!

MATH DICTIONARY

For the link to the math dictionary please look on the left hand side of the blog under 'Cool Sources to Check out', it's the link titled "Math dictionary'

CLARIFICATION ON THE COW

Tonight -- for the givens and constraints Monday homework.  Those questions were to help you think of relationships.

In this case replace the questions about George with leading questions such as...

- Can the monkeys sit anywhere they want?
- Can more than one monkey eat a different fruit?
- Can the monkeys run all over the place?

** Use those questions when trying to determine RELATIONSHIPS to see what things are linked or related.**

New EVERYTHING! Cow! Gmat question and fun!

Hi Kids!

First, I wanted to let you know my weekend was very enjoyable because all of us GREATLY improved our COW skills.  I want to give a shoutout to Brittany of 6C for trying so very hard and showing 'YES YOU CAN' to improving and grasping the concept of the Reasoning and Communication problems.

This weeks' cow!
1. Grade 6 K
2. Grade 7 K
3. Grades 6-8 R and C

This week we're starting a new unit in both classes, we kicked it off with a pre-assessment and just you wait to see what's in store for you!

WOOHOO!

GMAT problem of the week -- CAN YOU SOLVE IT?

A trader has two kinds of wheat grains - one that he purchased for $20 per sack, and the other that he purchased for $12.5 per sack. How many sacks of the cheaper wheat should he mix in 50 sacks of the expensive wheat, so that the mixture yields a 33.33% profit when sold at $20 per sack?

(a) 20

(b) 25

(c) 50

(d) 100

(e) 200

GMAT question...can you solve it????

Here is the problem we talked about in class!

A bookstore recently had a book sale.  2/3 of the books were sold for $2.50 each.  If the bookstore had 36 books that remained unsold how much money did the store make on the books that were sold?

Post your answer and justify your solution.

COW due tomorrow!!!!!

THE COW IS DUE TOMORROW!

I know all of you will have AMAZING cows for me tomorrow.  Please check over for the following:

1. You have all answers in knowledge boxed and to in line with the left margin

2. All answers for the knowledge portion are labeled appropriately

3. All calculations are provided in the appropriate day

4. YOU HAVE ALL OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE KNOWLEDGE SECTION

5. ALL OF REASONING AND COMMUNICATION IS IN THE PROPER SECTION

6. I can flip flip flip and flip and SEE YOUR THINKING...that's right ladies and gentleman METACOGNITION - SHOW IT TO ME!

We are on our way!

See you tomorrow, it's Friday!

Moo!

Ms. T

Ps. Pickles all around to those people that post on the blog tonight - make sure you leave your name! Let's see if 6ers can beat out the 7ers this time!

Recap of 7er Presentations

Here are some tidbits of the Grade SEVEN BP Board Hearing...6er photo and recap will take place tomorrow!

Hi Kids!

Hi KIDS! Just a few reminders...
1. COW for Wednesday night is due tomorrow, remember if you need help with justifying your solution look to the Deck of cards justification you did in class for the spark
2. Today we did the dice activity (6ers are still finishing up) and we'll discuss the results tomorrow, 6ers we still have to do your debates!


A little puzzle to see if you want another challenge to the COW:

1. How can you add 11 to 2 and get 1?

Impress me points and a pickle will be given to the 'guesser righter'

Ciao ninos!

Ms. T

WELCOME TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!

Spark: Please walk in and find the index card that has your child's name on it. Grab a piece of scratch paper, a pencil and try to solve the following problem:  (You have five minutes)
(***Any burning questions, please use the post-its on your table****)

There are three playing cards face-up on the table.
- A diamond is to the left of a spade
- An eight is to the right of a king
- A ten is to the left of a heart
- A heart is to the left of a spade

From left to right, what are the three playing cards?
____________________________________________________________________________________
After you finish please look over the Back to School night handout:

1. HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT POINTS
2. Write any questions you have at the bottom

ABUNDANCE OF PAPER

Yesterday 6ers and 7ers had several assignments passed back to them.  We clarified the COW and we got a new problem this week. It's a logic problem.

1. Click here for the 6th grade COW
2. Click here for the 7th grade COW
3. CLICK HERE FOR THE Reasoning and communication COW for BOTH GRADES

Today we'll be starting our computer lab Math practice.  Every Tuesday and Thursday BOTH grades will spend 30 minutes in the computer lab increasing our math knowledge skills. This week we'll be working on the following:
1. 6ers: Bar graphs, mean, median and mode, line plots
2. 7ers: interpreting line plots, Box and whisker plots, stem and leaf plots and mean median and mode.

One thing you can do at home is PRACTICE Math facts in a flash and log on to IXL and practice any concepts we are covering in class, or just practice increasing your math fluency to increase your score for the next time we do a round of MMMMMMMAAAAD MINUTES!

If you need a refresher on how to log on to either IXL or Math facts in a flash refer to the side bar for directions and clues to your username and password.

Today we are going to have our debates (I promise!) and have a wonderful Tuesday!

Cheers!
Ms. T

BP BOARD HEARING!

Today we worked really hard on constructing an argument from the various positions of our categories.  We will finish the BP Board Hearing on Monday, but remember if you did not turn your project in on Friday, it is considered late.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

A big shout out to the Grandparents and special friends we had with us today! It was a treat and we hope you enjoyed the company and treats!

7ers and 6ers, have a great weekend see you on Monday!

Ms. T

FINAL DRAFT CHECK

THE FINAL DRAFT AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS DUE TOMORROW!

6 and 7ers! GET READY!

Tomorrow we are going to present our cases at the BP board hearing.  Tonight check over the final draft checklist and ensure you have everything IN ORDER from the checklist I gave you on Tuesday.

1. Checklist for entire project
2. Checklist for final draft

You'll get a pickle if you post something new you learned in MST this week! Remember to sign your name!

More OIL!

First I want to give a shoutout to Cornelius for completing the Mean, Median Mode activity on the website!

My 7ers continued working on their oil spill projects and most of us are on the Graph Lookup and/final draft.   Tomorrow you should start the period finishing your counter argument, finding a graph and finalizing the aspects of your rough draft to make your dun.dun.dun. FINAL DRAFT!

6ers...yesterday we spent a lot of time on de-fogging out minds about mean, median, mode and range from line plots.  I was so impressed by your interest and your eagerness to learn! You demanded to know what outlier meant!  Today we also continued working on our projects.  When you get to class tomorrow make sure you have your argument and counter argument finished.

REMINDER: COW IS DUE TOMORROW.

7th grade you MUST add interquartile range and box and whisker plot on a SEPARATE sheet of paper!

ps. if you read the blog tonight post your favorite ice cream.  I want to know how many of you read my blog, it will earn you a pickle!

Oil Spill Project continued

Hi gang!

After three days off we jumped right into handing out a new COW and beginning our rough drafts for the oil spill project.

Remember 7ers, three paragraphs of your rough draft are due tomorrow, 6ers we'll continue working on our rough drafts.

Click here for the checklist in case you misplace it.   Keep in mind our Board hearing is Friday so all work should be done by Thursday!

I also wanted to thank Donald for bringing us a Hickory Horned Devil on Friday.  It was the largest caterpillar I've ever seen!

Thanks Donald!

As far as last week's COWS go, we'll look at them next week and each day we'll model what we expect from your nightly COWS for reasoning and communication.

Enjoy your evening and don't forget to do the COW for tonight.

Oil Spill and...GO!

Today was the first day we started working on the oil spill project.  By day's end tomorrow each of you will have found 4 pieces of evidence in total (2 qualitative and 2 quantitative) along with 2 pieces of direct and 2 pieces of indirect evidence.  Tomorrow you will be finding more evidence, writing your claim form and completing your 'Who Am I' form.

Click here for a copy of the project overview and rubric.

If you need help with mean, median and mode see below for extra practice: