6th Grade
The assignment for today is Lesson 3 - missing numbers in addition and subtraction. Remember, if you are missing one of the addends in an addition problem, subtract the addend you know from the sum to find the other addend. In subtraction, if you are missing the top number, just add the difference and the number being subtracted to find it. If you know the top number and the difference, subtract to find the missing number. Remember, in subtraction the top number is always the biggest so make sure your answer makes sense! The lesson is due tomorrow. Don't forget that you must do the practice problems with every lesson.
The assignment for today is Lesson 3 - missing numbers in addition and subtraction. Remember, if you are missing one of the addends in an addition problem, subtract the addend you know from the sum to find the other addend. In subtraction, if you are missing the top number, just add the difference and the number being subtracted to find it. If you know the top number and the difference, subtract to find the missing number. Remember, in subtraction the top number is always the biggest so make sure your answer makes sense! The lesson is due tomorrow. Don't forget that you must do the practice problems with every lesson.
7th Grade
Spelling - Unit 1. The class took the pretest this morning and marked the ones they missed on a list for home study. They will get these each week. For homework, complete the first two pages in the book. The test will be Friday, so be sure you are studying each night, focusing on the words you missed, but still reviewing the other words on the list. The entire unit will be due on Friday.
Literature - The class took the test over the summer novel, A Wrinkle In Time, today. There is no homework!
We will begin our first vocabulary lesson tomorrow.
Math - Lesson 1-1: Integers and Absolute Value. Integers are all the whole numbers and their opposites, such as 4 and -4. Zero is an integer too. To write the opposite of a number, first determine what the number is. For example: -(-4) is actually the number 4, so the opposite of that would be -4. For absolute value, remember that you are naming how far away from zero the number is, so the absolute value of -3 is 3 and the absolute value of 3 is 3 because both -3 and 3 are 3 spots away from zero on the number line. Absolute value is noted with the straight lines on either side. Whatever is inside those two lines is a positive number, no matter what, but if there is a negative sign, then the absolute value lines with a -3 inside, then you'd still have the number -3 because inside the lines is the number 3, but the negative on the outside doesn't go away. If you have the following -(-5), that would represent the number 5 because the parenthesis are NOT absolute value, so the two negative signs cancel each other out: "not a negative" or "plus a positive". I know this is new and confusing stuff, but do your best and read through the lesson for any clarification. I will help you with questions tomorrow! Your assignment is #2-52 evens.
Literature - The class took the test over the summer novel, A Wrinkle In Time, today. There is no homework!
We will begin our first vocabulary lesson tomorrow.
Math - Lesson 1-1: Integers and Absolute Value. Integers are all the whole numbers and their opposites, such as 4 and -4. Zero is an integer too. To write the opposite of a number, first determine what the number is. For example: -(-4) is actually the number 4, so the opposite of that would be -4. For absolute value, remember that you are naming how far away from zero the number is, so the absolute value of -3 is 3 and the absolute value of 3 is 3 because both -3 and 3 are 3 spots away from zero on the number line. Absolute value is noted with the straight lines on either side. Whatever is inside those two lines is a positive number, no matter what, but if there is a negative sign, then the absolute value lines with a -3 inside, then you'd still have the number -3 because inside the lines is the number 3, but the negative on the outside doesn't go away. If you have the following -(-5), that would represent the number 5 because the parenthesis are NOT absolute value, so the two negative signs cancel each other out: "not a negative" or "plus a positive". I know this is new and confusing stuff, but do your best and read through the lesson for any clarification. I will help you with questions tomorrow! Your assignment is #2-52 evens.
8th Grade
Lesson 1-1, #2-54 evens, and #55-64 All. Please refer to the chart in the sourcebook to tell which numbers go in each set. Read the directions carefully and take your time! If it asks you to write the answer in the form a/b where b ≠ 0, it is just asking you to change the number into an improper fraction. (do the u-turn!) If it asks you to write a fraction or mixed number as a decimal, remember to divide the bottom number into the top. If it is a mixed number, change it into an improper fraction first, then divide the bottom into the top, and don't forget the decimal point!
