Sixth Grade
Literature - We read Chapter 15 today. If you were absent, you will need to read this chapter! It was very exciting. No homework.
Spelling - Unit 17 is due tomorrow. Remember, you do not have to do the Vocabulary Connections! The test is also tomorrow, so please study.
Math - Supplemental 50. This was turned in during class so there was no homework.
Seventh Grade
Spelling - Unit 18 is due on Friday. I sent home a Home Study sheet today. This is the only way you will know the words that will be on the test, so please study from this list! If your parent signs the sheet, and you return it on Friday, you will get 10 extra credit points.
Grammar - pg. 81. DWS only. Worksheet over Conjunctions and Interjections.
Literature - Find 5 similes in the book from Chapter 1-15 and describe what the simile means. For example, in chapter 15 there is a phrase that says, "the creature flitted like a deer". Because the phrase uses the word "like" to compare the creature to the deer, it is a simile. The phrase means that the creature was running quickly and in an agile way, like a deer would. You could also find a comparison using the word "as". We read part of chapter 15 but will finish it tomrrow.
Vocabulary - Unit 7 and cards are due tomorrow! (You've known this since last week.)
Math - Practice Test 9. There will be a test tomorrow. Please go over the practice test from today.
8th Grade
Pre-Algebra. Lesson 48. Fractional equations. Remember to write the word phrase replacing the word "of" with a multiplication sign and the word "is" with an equals sign. Any number missing (such as "what number" or "what fraction") is where the variable goes. Then solve the equation.
Algebra I. Lesson 48. Polynomials. Remember, to add polynomials, just drop the parentheses and combine like terms. If you need to subtract, or if there is a negative sign in front of one of the parentheses, then you need to first distribute the negative sign by changing all the signs in the parentheses after the subtraction/negative sign. Here is an example:
(4x + 5y - 15z) - (20x + 14y - 12z)
Here, you would just drop the first set of parentheses and distribute the second negative sign:
4x + 5y - 15z - 20x -14y + 12z
Notice that all the terms from the second parentheses have opposite signs. Then combine the like terms:
-16x -9y - 3z
That's it!
Check back later this evening. I will be posting a video on how to do the birthday cake to find LCM and GCF with variables. (as per a request)
See you tomorrow,
Mrs. Swickey
