Two more days until break!

Ok Gang,

Here is the low down -

7ers
- The kingdom project is due on Friday.  Here is the rubric, but I know all of you have it!
KINGOM GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

IXL - D.2, U.1, U.2, U.3, D.1, D.4, E.1, D.3, G.7, G.8, O Graphing
This is due on FRIDAY! And remember if you didn't get a MEETING or an APPROACHING you must revise it and bring it back!

6ers
We had a talk today about ALL of the things that MUST be in by Friday, and if you choose to revise your COW, and/or your projects to make them portfolio eligible THEY MUST BE IN BY JANUARY 5th!

These are the things you MUST have done:
1. COW 13, meeting or approaching!
2. Wegener Project
3. Graphing Project
4. IXl - R - Graphing, I.1, I.2, K.2, K.2, X.1, X.2, L.2, L.3, L.5,

Let's DO THIS!

COW DAY

Hello Gang! 

Today was another fun filled day.  A new announcement.  For any of you who received a JB or NY on your COW from last week, you MUST revise that COW and hand in on Friday so it is a MEETING.

In case any of you lost the cow, with the rubric  here is the link:
CLICK HERE FOR COW

Today the 6ers took their quizzes over again, talked about what it means to have a sustainable school (let's hope your question gets picked for the town hall meeting) and reviewed the qualifications for the COW

7ers also talked about sustainability, had some time to make corrections to the Ecosystems quiz and spent some time in the computer lab.

Tomorrow get ready for a great day in MST!

Holiday wreaths and the two week countdown!

Hello my wonderful darlings!

Two more weeks until holiday break and we are going strong!  Yesterday we got back into the swing of things with a math heavy day in both classes!

6ers: We went over your assessments from Friday on prime and composite numbers and on the layers of the earth and lithospheric plates.  Today you will have a chance to bump up your grade by indicating WHY your answer was incorrect and an explanation for the correct answer.

We also played a math factor and multiple game. REMEMBER a factor is any number that can be evenly divided into another number:  Example: the factors of 12 are 1,2,3,4,6 and 12. 

A MULTIPLE on the other hand is any number multiplied by that number.  For example a multiple of 12 is 144, 36, 48, and 12.  (hint: you multiply 12 by some number to get the answer)

Today's agenda is:
1. Correct assessments, pass COWs back, finish the math game and some time in the computer lab

7ers
Yesterday we also went over our assessments with the same expectation as the 6ers.  Today you are going to correct your assessments so you can get closer to meeting the standard!
We then split up into groups to review standards that we missed, dealing with addition and subtraction of integers, algebraic expressions and absolute value. 

IXL KNOWLEDGE HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEk.

6ers:
1. L.1, L.2, L.3, L.5

7ers:
G.7, G.11

For the COW -- ANYONE who received a Just Beginning or Not yet in any area must use this week to revise and hand in your cow again so that ALL parts of the rubric meet the standard.  Otherwise you cannot move on to the next problem.

Welcome back!

Hello 6ers and 7ers -- we are back after a wonderful holiday break with lots to do before we leave again for our second holiday break!!!

COW for the week.

6ers Knowledge is the following on IXL: N.2, N.3, N.4

7ers Knowledge for the week is the following on IXL: D.3, D.5, E.2

Your COW R and C for the week is an Eliminating Possibilities problem. Click below for the problem - disregard the second page, as it is the knowledge homework for the 8ers.
COW R and C

7ers: Yesterday we acquainted ourselves with Symbiotic relationships.  We looked at how two organisms can have positive, negative, or neutral relationships with another organism in its environment.  You learned words such as parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, and predation.  Today we will look further at more relationships and then move on to how scientists classify all of these organisms!

6ers: Today we looked at candy bars and plate tectonics.  It was a great day to understand how plate tectonics can contribute to the theory of continental drift! Today we are going to move further into this topic as you each get your very own plate!!!!

Questions answered!

Hi gang!

I've received some questions regarding the Biome project so here are your clarifications:

1. THe project only has one of your two biomes - you are comparing the other biome in your analysis
2. You can put more than one characteristic on your playing cards.
3. General adaptations do not have to be different from specific adaptations
4. All the knowledge requirements from the rubric MUST BE ON YOUR QUILT OR BOARD GAME.


Let me know if you have any more questions!

Thanks giving BREAK!

Hi Gang! What a great way to end the week -- Projects Galore!

OK, so here's the scoop. If I called your name today you MUST make sure you finish your IXL over the break.

7ers:
U.1, U.2, U.3, D.2, D.1, D.4, E.1

6ers:
I.1, I.2, K.1, K.2, X.1, X.2


ALSO~
7ers-- Biome project is due . Make sure you follow the rubric and provide a written analysis comparing the biome from your project to the other biome you researched.  USE THE RUBRIC TO ENSURE YOU MET THE STANDARD!

6ers
WEGENER PROJECT -- USE RUBRIC AND MAKE CONNECTIONS

GRAPHING PROJECT -- USE RUBRIC, Ensure you write an analysis according to the rubric, and MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE A FREQUENCY TABLE FOR EVERY GRAPH!

Enjoy your break kiddos! Email me with any questions you have!

hugs,
Ms. T

GMAT QUESTION of the (middle of the) WEEK

A, B and C, each of them working alone can complete a job in


 6, 8 and 12 days respectively. If all three of them work 


together to complete a job and earn $ 2340, what will be C's 


share of the earnings? 

1. $1100
2. $520
3. $1080
4. $1170
5. $630

Sorry team it's been too long!

Hi My darling 6ers and 7ers!

So sorry it's been awhile since my last post...here is a rundown of what's happened since last week and with an added bonus a GMAT question.

Monday
6ers:
1. Passed out the new COW, we finished our presentations for Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, and did a wonderful binder cleanout

7ers
1. Binder cleanout, We passed out the COW and spent the day introducing ourselves to negative numbers using the tape and number line!

Tuesday
6ers:
1. 30 minutes in the computer lab, and we began writing our paragraphs on the 4 pieces of evidence for The theory of Continental Drift

7ers
1. 40 minutes in the computer lab and more practice with negative numbers ( a worksheet and using the number line)

Wednesday
6ers

1. 6ers we spent the period getting our surveys ready and finalizing our paragraphs for the children's book! REMEMBER YOUR paragraphs are due tomorrow!

7ers
1. PREDATOR PREY activity! What a wonderful morning, we increased our heart rate and tried catching our classmates in an intense game simulating a predator prey situation.  Tomorrow we'll reconvene and analyze our data and compare it to the classic example of the lynx and hare scenario.

Thanksgiving break is around the corner and we have the following projects among us:

1. Biome projects for 7ers - Rubric to be given out on Friday
2. Wegener project and Graphing unit project in progress

Both classes will have each due on the day before thanksgiving break!!!!

Sorrykids it took so long !!!!

Thursday before Friday!

Hi gang!

I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SAY!!!!

1. MAKE SURE YOUR IXL from TERM 1 IS FINISHED! This will affect your end of term grade!!

2. MAKE SURE YOUR KNOWLEDGE IXL IS FINISHED FOR THE WEEK!
Grade 6: I.1, I.2, K.1, K.2

Grade 7: U.1, U.2, U.3, D.2

Can't wait to see you tomorrow!

Tuesday Tinglies!

Hi kids!

A quick announcement:
You do not have to do the R and C for the COW tonight! I didn't have a chance to explain it to you so just know that you'll be working on it with me in class!
Agenda:

6ers:
1. First we had a review of math operations spark!
2. Then! We got into our groups from the Wegener articles and started making our posters! Remember, you have to convince me that your piece of evidence somehow led Wegener to come up with the theory of Continental Drift!
3. We took our third STAR benchmark test

7ers:

1. Food web activity and review of trophic levels
2. Getting ready for tomorrow! Food web and introduction to negative numbers!

See you tomorrow kids!

Monday -- Can you believe it's already November?

Hi Gang!

After a wonderful weekend at the 5K Chomp and Stomp (yummy chili and a great wake me up run in the morning) I returned to you looking forward to an AMAZING term ahead.  This week we are wrapping up Term 1 reports that will be sent out next week.  We are continuing to work on the theory of continental drift with the 6ers and going strong with our Biome units in 7th grade.  A few things to look ahead to:  7th graders will transition to negative numbers and 6th graders will begin working on fractions decimals and percents! WOOHOO!


Today we did the following:

Here is your homework for the week!!!
COW for both 6th and 7th grade

6ers:
1. Did an excellent spark where we reviewed histograms and making intervals!
2. We became experts in our category of evidence for the Theory Of Continental Drift.  Tomorrow we are going to continue working on our posters so you can teach the class about your area of expertise.

7ers:
1. Experiment for trophic levels, the loss of water shows that as you go up in trophic levels, energy is lost!
2. Passed out the COW
3. Practice with algebraic expressions!

Tomorrow we are going to delve into the wonderful world of food webs!

Wednesday (It's been awhile!)

Hi Team.

We had a lot going on this week, and I haven't posted in awhile!  I've missed the posts, so HERE IT IS! WOOHOO!

7ers
1. We watched the Deadly Dozen - a wonderful documentary about the adaptations of some of Australia's deadliest organisms! Don't worry we will watch more!
2. Passed back a TON of paperwork.  
- The COW -- last week, and your publishable COW, remember don't worry about making revisions until you decide if you want to use it for your portfolio
- I also passed back the assessment for Direct and Indirect Proportion! Remember you can revise this during lunch/recess

6ers
1. PUZZLE TIME.  Some things to think about. 
- Why was the puzzle hard to put together at first?
- How did you organize your pieces to best help you put the puzzle together?
- How did putting the puzzle become less difficult after you received all of your pieces?
- How was it still difficult after you had all the pieces and the picture to your puzzle?
2. It's Alfred Wegner Time!

CONTINENTAL DRIFT!

Ok Kids a few announcements:

1. Make sure your IXL is DONE AND DONE
2. No COW for this week
3. SMILE --- It's THURSDAY! (tomorrow)

The Wonderful Camping Trip!

Getting ready to hit the trails!

Feet Galore!

Did you know there are goats on the roof!?!?!

Walking in the wonderful woods!

NITTY GRITTY THURSDAY!

Hi my darlings! Today included lots of housekeeping and note taking but it was worth it!

7ers
- We started out the class period discussing algebraic expressions and practicing some more with another worksheet.  After this we took notes on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and the jargon and terminology that goes along with making and completing problems dealing with algebraic expressions
- Then! We went to the library to work more on expressions and you made your own algebraic expression problems that you will give to your classmates to stump tomorrow!  Get ready! Next week is going to entail MAJOR biome time!

6ers
1. You came in, showed me that data from a stem and leaf plot can be used to make a histogram
2. We made a tri fold in our blue paper listing each graph - and you decided which questions from your survey are appropriate for each type of graph -- line, bar, histogram, line plot, pictograph, stem and leaf plot
3. You finished the blue sheet!

TOMORROW THE COW IS DUE! Remember to cross out and justify your repeats ! Remember that IXL  tasks need to be up to 90 for all! (we will have some time in the computer lab!)

Can't wait to see you! My advisory - bring a t-shirt that we can use for our secret thing!

Who will have the most creative costume!

Cheers!
Ms. T

Wednesday wonderment!

OK Team! Today we got a great amount done! Here is the agenda!

7ers:
1. Assessment on Direct and Indirect proportion!
2. Learning algebraic expression worksheet! Woohoo!
3. Let's do more tomorrow! Can you solve this? what is 15 less than three times a number

6ers
1. Why a histogram is sometimes better to portray data than a stem and leaf plot!
2. Starting to formulate our survey questions - 18 to 6 GREAT questions that you can use to collect data and make 6 AMAZING graphs!

CORRECTIONS TO THE COW KNOWLEDGE

For 6th grade you do not have to do R.11
7th grade you do not have to do 0.11 and 0.15!

Ella please give me a GMAT question! You have such amazing books we have to make use of them!

Until tomorrow my darlings!

Monday Mania! and Tuesday!

Hi Kids! We are getting close to the Atlanta Challenge! Remember if you didn't hand in your permission slip please do so!

Yesterday agenda is as follows:

6ers:
1. Graphing activity with pullouts, you really got to see how the different graphs we learned can tell you different things!
2. Started filling in the graphic organizer!
3. Handed out a new COW! This week all of knowledge is in IXL and the systematic list problem is due on Friday!

7ers
1. We handed back our COWs, and same thing for 7ers, all of knowledge is in IXL.
2. Worked on posters.
3. Reviewed a worksheet with Indirect and Direct proportion and will do an assessment on Tuesday!

THIS IS THE COW SYSTEMATIC LIST PROBLEM FOR THE WEEK!
Justin, Julie, Jamie, Matt, Ryan and Roland are the six players in a round-robin tournament. Each player will play a set against each of the other players. List all the sets that need to be played.


Have a great day kids!

Thursday is a wonderful day!

Lots of group projects going on today!

7ers:
1. I gave you homework for the COW - you have to go through and cross out the repeats and justify WHY you are crossing them off!
2. Working on Biome posters

6ers:
1. Histogram poster working!
2. Graph practice to practice our skills
3. Notes on intervals, remember find the range, add 1 and then determine the factors

Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday!

Agenda:

7ers:
1. We chatted about the COW and watched a video on systematic lists! Look at Ms. Cannon's (8th grade) blog for a link!
2. I gave out personal goals for IXL - if you lose yours please let me know.
3. Star benchmark test
4. We finished ALL of our science worksheets up until now.  At this point you should have the following completed for your science standards:
     a. the front and back for plant and animal adaptations
     b. the back of the consumer worksheet
     c. the colored map of where both of your biomes are located
     d. the biome look through

Here are some useful websites for biomes

1. http://www.worldbiomes.com/
2. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
3. http://www.mbgnet.net/
4. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
5. http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html
   
   
   
   
   
   
   6ers:
   We had a GREAT day with the COW AND IN CLASS!!!!
   Agenda:
   1. Came in and did the spark - Shann and Brittany showed us how they would explain the difference between a bar graph and a histogram to their little cousin/sibling
   2. REALLY EXPLAINING THE COW! I have a feeling all of you 6ers will get a Met on Friday!
   3. Histogram notes in family!
   4. THE BEST HISTOGRAM HOW TO POSTER EVER! We broke up into groups of 3 to create a histogram how to poster that could potentially be the way Ms. Trivedi gives notes to her next set of 6er class!
   Here are the qualifications:
   
   

    to histogram 

   - can/can't tell you

   - frequency table

   - how to example problem

   - minimum number - 21

   - how to read it

   - questions
   REMINDERS: COMPLETE COW, SCIENCE WORKSHEETS, and Your IXL standard goals must all be at a smart score of 80 before next Friday! Your personal goals do not have to be!
   Alright team see you tomorrow!
   
   

GMAT QUESTION - Compliments of ELLA!

Thanks Ella! You are really on your way to be a GMAT master!

what is the lowest integer that is the sum of three different prime number each greater than twenty?

a. 69
b. 73
c. 75
d. 79
e. 83 


Can you figure it out!?

Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday - Hear all about it!

Hi Kids! Today we had two excellent classes!

Here is the agenda:

6ers:
1. T-shirt and pant problem - how it is a systematic list
2. Family vocabulary - we put in lava, magma, histogram and seismic wednesday
3. passed out IXL individual goals
4. Computer Lab!

7ers
1. T-shirt pant problem - remember for your plan to solve the problem make a chart with 3 columns, one with length, width then area!
2. Vocabulary white board activity
3. Outside time with biotic factors
4. putting sentence strips up on the board, defining producer consumer decomposer omnivore carnivore and herbivore!

COW due tomorrow ! See you Then Kids!

Ms. T

Monday Monday Monday!

Hello gang!

Today is a beautiful monday! Just a few reminders:
1. Permission slips for the High Museum, the 6th grade field trip with Humanities, and the school wide Atlanta Challenge field trip are all on deck!

Agenda!
6ers:
1. Today we used the knowledge we gained from the dice activity and creating intervals to make a bar graph, frequency table, interval graph and stem and leaf plot for the number of baskets our classmates can shoot in one minute!

6er documents:
1. Dice Lab
2. Paper ball lab

Here are some helpful documents:
GRADE 7 COW
GRADE 6 COW
GRADE 678 REASONING AND COMMUNICATION

7er agenda
1. t-chart for indirect and direct proportion.
the components of the t-chart included, formula, sketch of the graph for each, what K stands for, how to prove using data points and what happens to Y as X increases.

2. We went to the computer lab to finish our Biome plant and animal adaptation sheets!
3. Put the t-chart into our family
4. Handed out COWS.  Don't worry tomorrow the systematic lists won't seem so bad! I promise!


Tomorrow we will be making the posters!

HELP ON INDIRECT PROPORTION

TOO AWESOME THURSDAYS!

Hello gang! Today was a day full of activity!

7ers
1. Word problems that YOU made up for direct proportion
2. Group work on Indirect proportion -- remember in this case, as X goes up, Y goes down.  EVERY single pair of coordinates you have on a indirectly proportional graph have the same K value.  You get K by multiplying X and Y!!!
3. Made up your own indirect proportion problems!

HOMEWORK: COW published is due tomorrow AND both indirect proportion problems if you didn't finish them then they are due tomorrow!

6ers
1. Jumping Jack stem and leaf plot
2. finish posters, good job teachers, check the side bar for pictures from the presentations!

Tomorrow EVERYONE'S COW is DUE!

GMAT question of the week.

Working together, Jose and Jane can complete an assigned task in 20 days. However, if Jose worked alone and complete half the work and then Jane takes over the task and completes the second half of the task, the task will be completed in 45 days. How long will Jose take to complete the task if he worked alone? Assume that Jane is more efficient than Jose. 

1. 25 days
2. 30 days
3. 60 days
4. 65 days
5. 36 days

Welcome back Wednesday!

Hello Team!

Welcome back after a wonderful Fall Break to relax and recuperate!  I missed you dearly and was so excited to see all of your faces today!

Agenda:
6
1. COW pass back
2. Assessment pass back
3. FOR HOMEWORK THIS WEEK
-- You must revise one of your COWs or use a COW for Knowledge and Communication that you have Met on both standards!
1. Choose a matrix problem
2. Revise ALL portions so it is publish worthy
3. Type or Write EXTREMELY neatly!
4.  HAND IN ON FRIDAY!

7
1. COW pass back
2. Direct proportion activity with graphs and with creating lines and finding K

remember you can find two numbers on a directly proportional line by using k and choosing one x value to then give you y

Reminders:
A line is directly proportion if it goes through the origin and you can cross multiply two coordinates to get the same number!

7 Homework is the same as 6 for the week!

Congratulations to Atlantys for Winning the HULA HOOP CONTEST!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!!!

THE MUCH ANTICIPATED GMAT QUESTION OF THE WEEK!

During the past week, a local medical clinic tested N individuals for two infections. If 1/3 of those tested had infection A and, of those with infection A, 1/5 also had infection B, how many individuals did not have both infection A and B?

A)	N/15
B)	4N/15
C)	N/5
D)	14N/15
E)	4N/5

Thursday!

7ers
1. More work with direct proportion.

Remember k is the magic number - it is our constant.  It is the 'per anything' so basically you can use to it to figure out how much total you need for any direct proportion scenario.

- To check for direct proportion cross multiple two points
- All graphs of direct proportion must pass through the origin (0,0) - Way to remember that Rivers!

2. We quickly colored in the maps of our biomes - I promise we'll work more tomorrow!

6ers
1. Finished the assessment
2. Stem and leaf plot practice

Check your family and/or Tuesday's blog for more stem and leaf plot practice


Documents
Stem and Leaf Plot worksheet
Direct proportion Worksheet

Link for computer lab

TODAY TODAY!CORRECT 6C COW and Update on GMAT question

HERE IS THE CORRECT LINK TO THE 6C COW! (SORRY BRITTANY!)

Today's agenda:

6ers
1. Salt water density lab - You'll get a pickle if you write at least two sentences about the relationship between the salt water solutions and density
2. Analysis questions

7ers
1. WHAT A DAY!
2. Correction for the COW, the function for the COW is NOT 10 x (10-x) = y
3. We discussed finding whether or not a line has a directly proportional relationship.

We need to use y=kx to determine the magical number 'k' and go from there.

Don't worry! More to come on this tomorrow 7ers, yesterday was a crazy day

GMAT question will be posted by tomorrow! SORRY!

Stem and Leaf plot and DIRECT PROPORTION

Hi Kids, Today was a very busy day...here's the rundown:

6ers
1. Spark and review for assessment
2. Notes in family - from the COW.
3. Computer lab
4. Assessment
5. QUICK lesson on stem and leaf plot.  6ers, if you need more help click below to give you an added tutorial for tonight's homework

7ers
1. Spark : word problems that correlated to Direct and Indirect proportion
2. Assessment pass back, and lots of papers pass back
3. Vocabulary matching activity
4. Computer lab
5. Notes on Direct proportion in our family

Tomorrow we'll spend some more time on direct and indirect proportion, don't worry if it was still a little unclear after you left class today.

See you tomorrow!

SECOND MEETING OF THE ECO-FORCE

Also! Check out the blog for the eco-force! Thanks Vinny! Every week we welcome ALL new eco-forcers to attend the meeting!

Check it out!

Click the picture to go to the link or type in: http://ecoforce.wordpress.com/

Housekeeping Monday

Hi Team,

Welcome back! Today was a bit of a housekeeping day for both 6ers and 7ers.

Agenda:
6ers
1. Spark about temperature and its relationship to the layers of the earth
2. Discussion of density. Remember the coke lab and the bread lab!
3. Passed back COWs (improvements all around!)
4. Postponed the assessment until tomorrow, SO STUDY STUDY STUDY!
Remember you must know density and temperature as it relates to the layers of the earth.  You also need to know the changes in composition of the layers of the earth (they are all different) You should know bar and line graphs, and independent and dependent variables.  Be able to explain the relationship between volume, density and mass

7ers
1. Spark - great ideas for some great experiments
2. pass back COW and terraqua observation
3. Watching Biome video

1. GRADE 6 Knowledge
2. GRADE 7 KNOWLEDGE
3. ALL GRADES R AND C

FUN- LOVING FRIDAY!

Hi kids,

It's the weekend!

Today!

6ers:
1. Ms. Dickie's AWESOME 'How can we tell something is there if we can't see it' activity
2. Organizing the COWs for hand in
3. Computer lab IXL, Benchmark and MFIAF - PRACTICE BOTH AT HOME!

7ers
1. Organize ourselves
2. Hand in COW
3. Assessment on coordinate graphing
4. Computer lab - same as 6ers

Next week look forward to a whole lot of fun!

Hope to see you at the Field of Greens festival!

Cheers!
Ms. T

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:

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