Anyone can cook but only the fearless can be truly great. – Chef Gusteau, Ratatouille We are getting close to delving into our projects in both Math 7 and pre-Algebra. Math 7 kids have been working on scale drawings. They spent the last two days working on comparing the scale drawing areas to actual areas. …
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The quietest people have the loudest minds. -Stephen King Last week was a whirlwind week! I have to admit that if I were to pick a shortened week option, it would be to have Friday off vs starting on a Tuesday. There's just something about starting a week a day late that makes everything feel …
This past week was a whirlwind with our field trip to local farms and iReady testing. We didn't have a normal week in the least. The kids had a great time at the field trip!! I put together a video of my crew's day. We had a great time at Indian Creek Farm. This is …
Due to the timing of our school weekly email I've decided to change our weekly posts to share our PLANNED schedule for the week instead of looking backward on the prior week. I hope this helps both parents and students plan ahead for the upcoming week. To that end I'll post this both here and …
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. - Mark Twain This week was a busy week for us! Both Math 7 and pre-Algebra had their first Quiz for the year and it was our first time doing Problem of the Week. Kids are settling into routines, classroom jobs and figuring …
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein In math 7 your kids are working hard to learn about unit rates and the constant of proportionality. We're working on staying organized and learning the classroom routines. You can support your child by: Checking to make sure they have a calculator, …
Every person is a book, each year a chapter. -Mark Twain We have wrapped up our first week in Math class! I'm excited to start off a great year with them. I will include this weekly update in each school newsletter. Interested in getting all the updates without having to click through from the newsletter? …
We had a busy week with our final exams and our Community Read full day event on Friday! Pre-Algebra kids received their portfolios back this week along with their final exams. They spent Wednesday and Thursday learning how to work with some statistics and graphing things in the graphing calculator they will use for Algebra …
We are almost at the end of the school year! Your kids are practically 8th graders!! Here are some quick end of year updates. Pre-Algebra students have completed the first day of their final exam. We'll finish on Monday and there's a small chance we'll need to push slightly into Tuesday. Math 7 students will …
We're nearing the end. We've completed all our math material for the year and we are busy reviewing for our final exam next Friday. Both pre-Algebra and Math 7 are in the computer lab working on self correcting material. They are watching videos to review at a pace that is comfortable for them and then …
