Comets Math
News for Thursday, November 15
Midterm Progress Report
Algebra
Students should have a corrected practice test to review tonight for tomorrow's test.
To get us ready for the next chapter, I have given out a instructional review page over writing equations. This should be a review, but if students have skipped from regular 7th grade math to Algebra it is new material. Due to this, it is not a grade tomorrow, but we will be going over it and answering questions to get students better prepared for the upcoming chapter. Students should now have detailed notes on this page.
Our district emphasis this year is writing across the curriculum. I have given the students an article to read. They should mark the text, highlight the numbers, and answer the question on the back page. This is not due until Monday.
Upcoming Activities in Algebra
Regular Math
Homework for tonight is Worksheet - Lesson 9: Simplifying Expressions. We are working on making the connection between pouches and variables and between coins and numbers.
Due to a delay in hour 5, I will be collecting their Cornell Notes for Investigation 3.1 tomorrow.
Upcoming Activities in Regular Math
Today we also took notes over the second eight questions on our Common Monthly Assessment (CMA). This part is an investment grade for the November CMA. This part will become academic on the December CMA. Since our Common Monthly Assessments are done every month, there are no retakes for this grade.
Students should have the two monthly timed probes for August, September, and October in their assessment section of their notebook. They should be reviewing those for their two November Probes which will be given after Thanksgiving Break. We are looking for a two to four point increase each month on the Application probe (which is the stapled set) and a three to six point increase each month on the Computation probe (front and back). The Application probe is 10 minutes timed and the Computation probe is 8 minutes timed.
Ms Skinner
Email: kskinner@nkcschools.org
Location: 515 NE 106th Street, Kansas City, MO 64155
Phone: 816-413-6375