Sixth Grade
Spelling - Unit 10 is due tomorrow! Remember, you do not have to do the Vocabulary Connections pages this time. Also, the test is tomorrow, so please study!
Literature - We read from the book today. No homework.
Math - Lesson 32. We only covered the expanded notation portion of this lesson. You need to do the practice problems a-d and all of the lesson problems except #4 and 27. I will explain how to do elapsed time tomorrow and you will finish those problems then. For expanded notation, write each digit in its own parenthesis multiplied by its place value. Here is an example:
Write 3,204 in expanded notation:
(3 x 1,000) + (2 x 100) + (4 x 1)
Since the three is in the thousands place, you write 3 x 1,000. Since the 2 is in the hundreds place, you write 2 x 100. Since there is a zero in the tens place, you do not need to write a parenthesis for the tens. Skip to the 4 and since it is in the ones place, you write 4 x 1. In between each parenthesis, you write a + sign.
To write a number in standard form from expanded notation, you just go backwards. Just make sure that you put place holder zeros if a place is missing.
For example:
(5 x 1,000) + (3 x 100) + (9 x 10)
This would be 5,390.
You put a zero in the ones place since there was not a parenthesis for the ones place.
Seventh Grade
Literature - Worksheets over The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. You will have a Selection Test over the play tomorrow. Remember to think about the following essay question:
Many people are accused of being aliens in the play. Choose one and explain why the conclusions of the crowd are invalid. Be specific!
Spelling - Unit 11 is due on Friday. The focus this week is words with silent letters. You MUST study for this test! It isn't easy.
Grammar - Adjectives worksheets. There will be a test over adjectives on Thursday. This is a review. We will grade and go over the worksheets tomorrow.
Math - Lesson 28. Two-step word problems. Remember to always read word problems carefully and keep in mind what the question is asking. You sometimes have to work a couple of steps to get the correct answer. Finding averages is a good example of two-step problems. You have to add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. Your assignment is the practice and evens only!
Eighth Grade
Pre-Algebra - Lesson 31. Order of operations. For these, REMEMBER, that you always do multiplication OR division, left to right first. That means if a division problem comes first, you must do it before multiplication. Then, do addition OR subtraction, left to right. Again, if a subtraction comes before addition, do it first! The assignment is practice and #1-15 only.
Algebra I - Lesson 31. Equations with parentheses. Remember to first distribute and eliminate any parentheses. Keep in mind that when a negative number is on the outside of a parenthesis, you must distribute the negative sign as if it were -1. (It will change the sign of everything inside the parenthesis.) Then solve the equation as you already know how to do. The assignment is practice and #1-15 only.
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Swickey
