Monday, April 11th

Sixth Grade

Spelling - Unit 29 is due tomorrow! Be sure you have finished and are ready for the test. Literature - Write the news story about discovering a new medicine. Be sure to follow instructions on the handout! Remember, you are a reporter and need to write an article about a new medicine that was discovered that cures some disease. Math - Lesson 83. Order of Operations. Remember, you always do anything in parentheses first. Then, find any multiplying OR dividing and do those next. Multiplying and dividing should be done in order from left to right. So if a multiplication is before division, multiply first. If division is before multiplication, divide first. Then, after you done with multiplying and dividing, add OR subtract next. Again, if addition is before subtraction looking from left to right, ADD first. If subtraction comes before addition, subtract first.

Seventh Grade

Spelling - Unit 30 is due on Friday. This is a unit review so the only way you will know what words will be on the test is to study the home master sheet that I passed out today. Please study the words! Literature - We read part of "Rip Van Winkle" today. No homework. Grammar - page 173. Exercise A. Identify whether each is a run-on or a complete sentence. Math - Lesson 84. Algebraic Terms. Remember, to combine like terms (or collect as the book calls it), you will find the ones that are JUST alike. Here are a few examples. The ones that are alike are underlined in the same color. Also, remember that the sign in front of each term goes with it. So if a term has a minus sign, the term is negative.

Eighth Grade

Pre-Algebra - Worksheet with solving equations. Remember, you are always trying to get the variable by itself on one side of the equation. Here are a few examples.

Algebra I - Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Worksheet. Remember, two lines are parallel if they have the SAME slope. Two lines are perpendicular if they have OPPOSITE RECIPROCAL slopes. For the first section, inspect the slopes of each equation. If they are the same, they are parallel. If they are BOTH the opposite AND reciprocal of each other, then the lines are perpendicular. If they are neither of the above, then it is neither! For the second section, you will be graphing a line given the information. If it says to graph a line that passes through a given point that is parallel to another line (they will give you the equation to the other line), then you will first put the given point on your graph. Then, find the slope of the other line by looking at what is in front of the x. DO the slope from the point you graphed. Here is an example: Graph a line that passes through (-2, 3) and is parallel to: y=-3x+4

Here is another example.

Graph a line that passes through (-2,5) and is perpendicular to y=-1/2x+7

You would first plot the point (-2,5) and then figure out the slope. Since it has to be perpendicular, you notice that the slope of the other line is -1/2. The opposite of that would be 1/2 and then the reciprocal of 1/2 is 2. So your new line would have a slope of 2. Go up 2 and over one from the point you graphed. That's it!

If it is parallel to the y-axis, then the line will be vertical, just like the y-axis. If it is parallel to the x-axis, then it will be horizontal, just like the x-axis.

If you have any trouble, email me!

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Swickey