Sixth Grade
Literature - Tomorrow, there will be a Selection Test over "Lob's Girl". Also, don't forget that on Wednesday, we will have DEAR time! (Drop Everything And Read) Be sure to bring your book report books.
Spelling - Unit 24 is due tomorrow. Be sure you are studying the words!
Math - Lesson 67 - practice and....I can't remember! My plan book is at school. I believe it's #1-12, but I'm not sure. Call a friend if you don't know either.
Lesson 68 - practice and #5-16.
For Lesson 67, you are dividing mixed numbers. Remember, to divide mixed numbers, first make them improper fractions by doing the u-turn. THEN, change the division sign to multiplication and flip the second fraction. Then you can multiply the fractions and reduce or change back into mixed numbers if necessary.
For Lesson 68, be sure you are looking at the definitions for lines, rays, segments, perpendicular, etc.
Seventh Grade
Literature - Read Chapters 29 and 30 of Treasure Island. To follow along on Tumblebooks, click here. Put "Treasure Island" in the search bar and click on the 2nd book listed. Then click on Menu Options and chapters to find your place. The assignment is to answer the questions for both chapters.
Math - Lesson 69. Scientific Notation. Do practice and #4-10. Then do the integer addition and subtraction worksheets.
Remember the rules for adding and subtracting integers:
Adding integers: (If there is an ADDITION sign between the integers)
If the signs are the same, ADD and keep the same sign.
If the signs are different, SUBTRACT and use the sign of the bigger number.
Subtracting integers: (If there is a SUBTRACTION sign between the integers)
First, change the subtraction sign to an addition sign. Change the sign of the NEXT number. (If it was negative, make it positive. If it was positive, make it negative.)
Then follow the rules for adding integers!
For a number to be in scientific notation, the first number needs to be great than 1 and less than 10 - in other words, there needs to be only one digit (zero doesn't count) before the decimal. Move the decimal until it's in the right place. If you move it to the left, that's a positive exponent, if you move it to the right, it's a negative exponent. Add that new exponent to the current exponent. Here are two examples:
Eighth Grade
Pre-Algebra
Lesson 67 practice and evens. Using ratios to compare. This lesson is pretty much common sense. In order to compare two prices, you first have to find the UNIT price for each. To find the unit price, divide the price by the number of ounces, pounds, amounts, etc. Find out how much it is for ONE of whatever the measure is. For example:
The big box held 20 ounces and cost $4.20. The little box held 12 ounces and cost $3.60. Which is the better buy?
You would first divide $4.20 by 20 to get $0.21 for just one ounce of the big box. Then divide $3.60 by 12 to get $.030 for one ounce of the little box. The big box is the better buy because it's cheaper per ounce.
Algebra I
Lesson 67 - practice and evens. Solving simultaneous equations by elimination. Here are a few examples:
The second example shows what you would do if the numbers of one variable were the same number and same sign. You would just multiply one equation by (-1) to be able to eliminate one variable. Remember, sometimes you don't have to multiply the equations at all because you can already eliminate one variable by adding. Sometimes, you will have to multiply both equations, as in the first example, but have to multiply one of the equations by a negative number in order to eliminate. Remember, if the variable you are trying to eliminate doesn't have opposite coefficients, they won't eliminate!
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Swickey
