Sixth Grade
Literature - Section 2 Set 2 Vocabulary Words. I passed out a list of words this time instead of having the students write the down from the board. The students should look up all the words in a dictionary and write down the definition. We will go over the definitions in class on Monday and there will be a quiz on Wednesday.
Spelling - Unit 11 is due on Tuesday. You do not have to do the vocabulary Connections this week. The test will also be on Tuesday. Please study!
Math - Lesson 34. Decimal place value. You learned about three places after the decimal on Friday. The first place after the decimal is the tenths. With a 1 in this place, it is the same as writing 1/10 as a fraction, like this: 0.1. It also the place for the dime in money, since a dime is 1/10th of a dollar. The second place after the decimal is the hundredths. With a 1 in this place (and a zero in the tenths place like this: 0.01), it is like writing 1/100 as a fraction. It is also the place for the penny in money, since 1 penny is 1/100th of a dollar. The third place after the decimal is the thousandth. With a 1 in this place (and zeros in both the tenths and the hundredths like this: 0.001), then it is like writing 1/1,000 as a fraction. We do not have a coin for this place in money because the smallest coin is a penny.
Seventh Grade
Grammar - Adverbs. pp. 63-65. Exercises A, B, and C. For exercise A, you do not have to make columns. Just write the question the adverb answers. For exercises B and C, just follow the instructions.
Math - Lesson 30. Comparing, Adding, and Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. Remember, you cannot compare fractions until you have written them with common denominators. Also, you cannot add or subtract fractions without making common denominators.
Literature - No homework!
Spelling - No homework!
Eighth Grade
Pre-Algebra. Lesson 34. Adding Mixed Numbers and Rate.
For adding mixed numbers, remember that you have to have common denominators to add fractions.
For rate, anytime you are comparing two numbers by writing them as a fraction. For example, 2 apples cost 80 cents can be written as 2 apples/80 cents or 80 cents/2 apples. To write them as a rate, you would write them using the word per so that we know the cost for just ONE (one apple or one cent). You could just reduce the numbers in the fraction. 80 cents/2 apples could reduce to 40 cents/1 apple by dividing 2 and 80 by 2. This is read as 40 cents PER apple. To write that as apples per cent, you would start with 2 apples/80 cents and divide both by 2 to get 1 apple/40 cents. You want it to be PER cent, so you could take the numbers as a fraction 1 and 40 and write it as 1/40th of an apple per each cent. (That sounds silly, but it's what they are asking for.) If you wrote the two rates as:
1 apple/40 cents and 40 cents/1 apple
I would accept that.
You are only doing the practice problems and #5-20.
Algebra I - Lesson 34. Greatest Common Factor. For greatest common factor, you are looking for the factors that all the terms have in common. You already know how to do this with numbers. When you add in variables with exponents, you look to see if the terms have the variable in common and write it with the highest exponent that is in EACH ONE. Here is an example:
You are doing practice and #15-30 ONLY.See you on Monday!
Mrs. Swickey
