Monday, February 14, 2011

Monday, February 14th

Sixth Grade

We had our Spelling Bee today. Michelle won first place and Danya was the runner up. Congratulations, girls!

Spelling Unit 22 is due tomorrow.

Literature - We read "Try Sarah Tops" today. Answer the following questions:

Thinking About the Selection #1-6
Analyzing Literature #1-3
Critical Thinking and Reading #1-3

Math - Lesson 62.

Seventh Grade

We had our class Spelling Bee today. Megan won first place and Shaun was the runner up. Congratulations to both of you!

Spelling - Unit 23 is due Friday.

Math - Integers worksheet and Lesson 61 - practice and #1-19 only.

Literature - Read Chapter 23 on your own. Tomorrow there will be a quiz over events in the chapter.

Eighth Grade

Pre-Algebra - February 14th Worksheet. The first 5 problems cover the new concept taught in Lesson 60. The rest are review over the concepts from the last couple of lessons.

Here is an example of two-step equations with fractions:

In the above example, the three eighths was being ADDED to the two and one-fourth x. That is why we subtracted to get rid of it. If the three eighths was being subtracted, then you would ADD it to both sides to get rid of it.

Algebra I - Lesson 60. Practice and evens only. Be sure to look at the page in the lesson with the diagram.

See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Swickey