Sixth Grade
Lesson 67. Dividing Mixed Numbers. Below is an example.
,Don't forget: If you were absent last Thursday, you also have to complete Supplemental 65. For this assignment, you will just change the mixed numbers into improper fractions and multiply. You are NOT flipping the second fraction!
Seventh Grade
Due to the weather last week, a few assignments have been postponed until this week.
Spelling - Unit 21 is due tomorrow. The test will also be tomorrow. Be sure you are studying!
Vocabulary - The test over Unit 10 is tomorrow.
Research paper - 15 notecards are due tomorrow. Be sure you are writing the source on the cards! (Either the website address or the last name of the author of the book.)
Grammar - pg. 35-36. Exercise C and DWS. On exercise C, be sure you are writing the antecedent, if there is one. For the DWS, just follow the instructions!
Literature - Worksheets over Grandpa and the Statue. These are due Wednesday for those students who were absent last week. For everyone else, they are due tomorrow. Also due tomorrow for everyone is the questions from the textbook over the play. Thinking about the Selection #1-7 and Analyzing Literature #1-3. If you were absent last Thursday, be sure you finish reading the play before answering the questions.
Math - I did not give a new assignment today. The class turned in two assignments from last week and we discussed questions from both. Some students will need to redo the worksheets to improve their grades.
Eighth Grade
Lesson 6-4. #2-16 Evens. #18-28 ALL.
To view Mrs. Sparks' Power Point again (about Slopeman) click here. Then, on the left side, click on "For Teachers". Then scroll down until you get to Power Point Games/Reviews/Lessons. Keep scrolling until you find that one that says: "Defining Slope: Slopeman". Click on that and open the file. To view the slides, just click on them on the right. To see the slideshow, go to view and click "slideshow". To go through it, just click your mouse button to see each thing happening. (I know some of you will want to see Slopeman fall off the cliff again!)
For #2-16, you will be doing what the presentation shows towards the end of the slides. Here is an example:
The two ways are to use the slope formula as shown in #1 above. The y coordinates go on top and the x coordinates go on bottom. Subtract and write the slope as a fraction or whole number. If it is improper, leave it improper. If you get a zero in the denominator, that is UNDEFINED or NO SLOPE! If you get a zero in the numerator that is a ZERO slope.
For #18-24, you can graph the points and THEN find the slope using the graph. Here is an example:
There is a lot of information on that graph. Here is is again.First, plot the two points and connect the dots.
Second, make a right triangle, like we did for the Pythagorean theorem. Count how many it takes to go up OR down. That is your "rise" and goes on top of the fraction. Above, that number is 6.
Third, count how many to go RIGHT. Above, that is 8. So you have the fraction 6/8. Now, you look at the line. Since it is going downhill (from left to right) it is a negative slope. You now have
-6/8
Just reduce that and your answer is:
-3/4
That's it!
For the back page, you are just finding the slope using the points they give you. Then say whether it is a positive, negative, zero, or no slope.
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Swickey
