On Monday, Band students will perform their solo festival pieces at 1:00 p.m. in the gym. When that performance is over, 6th and 7th period classes will meet for 30 minutes each.
Variety/Art Show at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 in the gym.
8th Grade Math (Feb. 28-Mar.4)
8th graders begin the work working with Multi-step Inequalities. They did well last week working with simple inequalities, so I don’t expect any problems with multi-step inequalities. We will spend some time on scale drawings, then move on to perimeters and areas of similar figures. This will be the challenging lesson of the week. If we need to spend a second day on this topic for mastery, we will do that, which may bump the Unit 6 Test to next Monday.
Monday: Multi-step Inequalities
Do p. 448-449 (16-27, 30-35)
Tuesday: Scale Drawings
Do p. 458 (2-4, 6)
Wednesday: Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
Do p. 459-460 (9-11, 13-14, 18-21, 23-33)
Thursday: Review & Assessment
Do p. 464-465 (1-27)
Friday: Unit 6 Test
No assignment.
7th Grade Math (Feb. 28-Mar. 4)
7th graders began working on a unit on “Flight” this week. So far, we used the speed of a bird in flight to explore inequalities. We also used the area of parallelograms and triangles to find total wing area so we could figure “wing loading”, which can be found by dividing total weight by total wing area.
On Monday, students will be flying “autogyros”, which are simple helicopters. Their task will be to find the geometric probability of landing on a specific target area within the landing zone. Later in the week, 7th graders will use surface area of prisms and circles to find how much fabric is needed to construct different types of kites.
Monday: Geometric Probability
Do p. 391-392 (19-25, 27-38)
Tuesday: Square Roots
Do p. 405-406 (1-10)
Wednesday: Surface Area of Prisms
Do p. 406-407 (11-14)
Thursday: Area of a Circle
Do p. 407 (16-22, 24-33)
Friday: Scale Drawings and Similarity
Do p. 418 (1-10)
Plan on the Unit 6 Quiz about mid-week next week.
6th Grade Math (Feb. 28-Mar. 4)
We enjoyed our “Exhibit of Everyday Objects” on Friday. What an impressive collection of beautiful objects! This week, 6th graders will begin working on a unit entitled “Comparisons and Predictions” which involves a lot of work with ratios, proportions, and percents.
Monday: Exploring Ratios
Do p. 385-386 (1-10, 14-25)
Tuesday: Rates
Do p. 393-395 (1-15, 22-28)
Wednesday: Comparing Ratios
Do p. 406-407 (1a, 2-7)
Thursday: Estimating Ratios
Do p. 407-408 (8-14)
Friday: Predicting with a Graph
Do p. 408-409 (16-19)
Plan on the Unit 6 Quiz on Monday, March 7. Use p. 450 as a study guide to prepare.
8th Grade Information (Feb. 22-25)
Fr. Marty visits Lourdes to con-celebrate mass and introduce Adoration on Wednesday morning.
8A students make sandwiches for St. Anthony’s Window on Thursday morning, Feb. 24, at 7:45.
On Thursday, Feb. 24, from 8:45-3:00, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students will visit Snowstar for their annual ski trip, if the temperature cooperates.
8th Grade Math (Feb. 22-25)
In 8th grade math, we begin the week reviewing transversals, a concept the students learned last year in 7th grade. Most of our energy will go towards solving and graphing inequalities. These inequalities will involve fractions, decimals, and negative numbers. Remember, when you multiply or divide by a negative number, the inequality symbol reverses.
Tuesday: Parallel Lines and Transversals
Do p. 437-438 (1-14, 17-24)
Wednesday: Solving Inequalities
Do p. 447-448 (1-15)
Thursday: Ski Trip (tentative due to temperature)
Friday: Multi-step Inequalities
Do p. 448-449 (16-27. 30-35)
7th Grade Math (Feb. 22-25)
7th graders will complete the Unit 5 Test this week. Then we will begin a unit on “Flight”. While focusing on the speed of specific types of birds in flight, 7th grade students will explore inequalities and area of polygons.
Tuesday: Finish Unit 5 Test
No assignment.
Wednesday: Inequalities
Do p. 389-390 (1-12)
Thursday: Ski Trip (tentative due to temperature)
Friday: Areas of Polygons
Do p. 391 (13-18)
6th Grade Math (Feb. 22-25)
6th graders will take the Unit 5 Test this week. On Friday, we will have our “Exhibit of Everyday Objects”. Before Friday, students should make their exhibit display card and write up their summary (see page 375, #8). These will be handed in, along with the sketch of their object with dimensions labeled. It’s always exciting to see the 6th graders’ choices. When all of their items are displayed together, the collection is quite impressive!
Tuesday: Unit 5 Test
No assignment.
Wednesday: Unit 5 Test
No assignment.
Thursday: Ski Trip (tentative due to temperature)
Friday: Exhibit of Everyday Objects
No assignment.
8th Grade Info (Feb. 14-18)
The 8th Grade Valentine’s Day Party is on Monday from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Students may certainly bring valentines for their classmates if they would like to. If they bring for one student, they should bring for all students. (We want to avoid hurt feelings.) If 8th graders choose to bring a treat instead of a valentine, recipients must enjoy those treats at home. Refreshments to be eaten during the party are being organized by our room mothers. Thanks to all who helped!
On Tuesday, February 15, there will be an altar server meeting at 2:30 p.m.
8B will be presenting the mass this Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. in the church. The theme of our mass is “Praising God”.
There will be no Math Help Session after school on Wednesday due to a Teacher’s Meeting.
6th-8th grade Band Solo Festival takes place on Thursday, 4:00-8:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s.
8th Grade Math (Feb. 14-18)
I hope my 8th grade students come to class this week with great focus and lots of brain power, because this week’s work is quite challenging. We will be finding surface area of prisms and pyramids, as well as volume of prisms, pyramids, and cones. The formulas to solve these problems are pretty straight forward, but the students need to understand what formulas to use for which figure. They also need to know when to use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing side lengths. It’s tough, but I know they are up to the challenge. I am planning to spend 3 days on these concepts. If we need more time for mastery, we will adjust our time table and take a bit longer.
Monday: Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids
Do p. 427 (1-6, 8 )
Tuesday: Volumes of Prisms, Pyramids, and Cones
Do p. 428-429 (9-18, 22-29)
Wednesday: Review day for quiz/Extra Skill Practice
Do p. 431 (1-8)
Thursday: Unit 6 Quiz
No assignment.
Friday: Parallel Lines and Transversals
Do p. 437-438 (1-14, 17-24)
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