Sunday, August 30, 2009

Friday

Sorry for posting so late on Sunday! It's been a busy weekend.

6th Grade

Lesson 11 - Word problems. Remember, you don't have to identify what kind of word problem it is. Just solve it. Look for key words like "total", "how many more", etc., to tell you what operation to do (addition or subtraction). And as always, don't forget your labels!

7th Grade

Grammar - Practice worksheets with Capitalization.

Literature - Comprehension worksheets over "Rikki Tikki Tavi". Remember, you must write complete sentences to get credit for your answers. Also, look back in the story if you don't remember something.

Math - Lesson 1-7. #2-32 ALL with #25 & 26 as extra credit. Please take your time and think about what is happening in the example. Is the order being switched around? That's communative property. Is the order the same but parenthesis around different numbers? That's associative property. Do you have two numbers being added to equal zero? That's inverse property of addition. Is 0 being multiplied by a number? That's zero property of multiplication. If you are adding zero to a number, that means the number stays the same. That's identity property of addtion. If you are multiplying a number by 1, that means the number stays the same. That's identity property of multiplication. The last one that is the trickiest, is Distributive property. Remember, with this you don't have to say whether it's over addition or subtraction. Just say that it is distributive property. It's distributive if you have both multiplication and addition or subtraction in the same problem. For example: 3(4+5)=3x4 + 3x5. You "pass out" the three by multiplying it by both the 4 and the 5.

8th Grade

No homework! We had the party for Mrs. Basset in the afternoon. She took the oath of citizenship on Friday so it was a momentous occasion and we are all very proud of her!