Mon: Rules, Procedures, expectations, course description 
    HW-

Tues: Review (+,-,X,/) Top 10 Goals list (due Friday) 
    HW- ws on above, (2 pages) odds only, due tomorrow.

Wed: Goals (con't) Divisibility rules learned. 
    HW-Divisibility + extra 4 problems copied from board on back

Thur: Dbl digit div. (in class dble digit div. ws) 
    HW-WS on  x & / (due Friday before Quiz)

Fri: Quiz on (x,/, + ,-) Goals in class activity(the are due written up at beginning of class so we can use them for the activity)
 **Friday: bring markers: sharpies are ok, colored pencils, gels pens or the like for goals activity
    HW- Make a list of 10 images (like a basketball, or a pencil, or a movie film strip) for things that describe your personality, hobbies, interests, activities, etc. 

Mon: Place value, Unit 1 vocabulary definitions distributed (quiz next Wed, Sept 7th),Work on Google Logos   (due Wed at end of class)
    HW- place value pkt. (odds only on #d pages, all problems on page with 'lettered' problems)

Tues:   Work on logos (due tomorrow)
     HW- TB (textbook) pgs. 144-145 # 8-32 (evens), 32-34 (all), 36, 37

Wed: Finish up logos (due at end of class) Simplifying fractions
    HW- TB pgs. 185-186 #18-27 (all), 35-39 (all), google logos due
Thur: Equivalent fractions, writing descriptives for logos  (due in class)
If not finished, then that's your only HW...   
    HW- none, Open House 6-7:30 (come and go as you like)

Fri:   math attributes, operations activity, google logo share
     HW- none

Mon-
    HW: 
Tues- Improper fractions to mixed numbers
    HW:  TB pg. 670 (Lesson 4-3) # 16-30 (all)
VOCAB quiz WED on words given last Monday (Chap 1)
Con't working on Shapes Stumpers & That's ODD pages from last week (due Thursday)
     Mental Math workout #1/Logic #1 (due Friday)
   
Wed-work on Mental Math workout #1/Logic #1 (due Friday)
    HW: pgs. 189-190 (#8-30 all) & (34-38 all)

Thur- compare & order fractions with unlike denominators    
    HW: ws "Skills Practice 4-6" (pick 2 columns within #s 1-24 AND do # 25-30 all)

Fri- 
    HW:

Mon- College Future Discussion (went to library and researched on www.collegeboard.org, colleges related to cost/admission requirements, facutly:student ratio, etc)
UPCOMING Mini Project on Colleges coming soon.

    HW: Mental Math #2/Logic#2 (due Friday), & Brain Teaser #9 & #10 (due Friday)    

Tues- Unit 1 Cummulative Test.

    HW: None (extra credit, optional, ws given and due Wednesday)

Wed- decimals to fractions... taking .42 and changing it to 42/100 then simplifying it down to the final answer of 21/50 (etc.) 
    HW:  WS "pracitce pg. 48, (Lesson 4-7)" all and backside "Word Problem Practice, p. 49 (Lesson 4-7) all

Thur-  fractions to decimals. (changing thru division, ones like 1/8 to .125 etc.) 
    HW: ws # 1-24 p. 54

Fri- 
    HW:

Focus:  Integers (positives, negatives & zero) as they are used in real life
Reviewing rational numbers (those that can be written as a fraction), cchanging fractions into decimals, decimals back into fractions, simplifying fractions, comparing and ordering fractions with fractions, decimals with decimals and fractions to decimals.


Mon- integers (real world applications)    

    HW:  ws on integers.   Write down/locate/print/describe real life examples of integers. (due tomorrow). Locate a stock market summary off of the internet or out of the paper for use in class on Friday.  
Tues- review Unit 1 concepts
    HW:      CSCOPE Unit 1 Review packet (11 questions)
   
Wed-Cscope UNIT 1 TEST benchmark

 Thur- Factors (#s that divide into another #), Prime & Composites (#s that have only themself and 1 as factors, and #s that have more than 2 factors) 

    HW: Txtbk (TB) pgs 30-31 # 10-33 (all) & #49-57(all)

Fri-   

  HW: 

FOCUS:  Factors, exponents, multiples of numbers.


Mon- con't review packet, factors, & prime factoring (factor trees)    
    HW:  TB p. 35 #10-15 (all), 16-38 (even) & 47-52 (all)
STUDY first 10 prime numbers for quiz Tuesday. (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29)
Learn the next 15 for more credit!  (31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97)

Tues- PEP Rally Schedule today (lunch times are different)
Quiz over 1st 10 prime #s (and next 15 if you think you can do it!)
LESSON: Factors & GCF
    HW:   p.178 #10-22 (evens)
Packet from Friday due tomorrow.
      
Wed- TEST over Factors & Prime Factorization
    HW:  TB p. 670 Lesson 4-1 (#11-23 odds)

Thur- LCM (least common multiple)

    HW: TB p. 671 (lesson 4-5) # 1-9 (all) & 10-22 (evens)

Fri- ckng packet *(that was due Wednesday) & more GCF & LCM
Brainteaser pg due today.
    HW: classwork only (LCM & GCF chart)

Inst. Focus:  Algebraic Equations, using variables in math (letters), and more PEMDAS (order of operations)



Mon- HOLIDAY    
    HW: NONE    

Tues-  Review last week's concepts & learn Algebraic EQUATIONS (math problems with an equal sign and letters, to learn to solve for the letter's value)
    HW:  TB pgs. 59-60 (# 17-30 all, and # 42-48 all)
                BT #2 & 17 *(due Friday)

Wed- REVIEW (concepts since last Cscope Benchmark Test)
    HW:  Review pkt

Thur- Cscope Benchmark Unit 2 Test
    HW:  review HW ws

Fri- Review more PEMDAS (order of operations game)
    HW:

Mon- ROUNDING Decimals (poem works the same as whole #s)

    HW:  TB pgs. 148-149 #s 1- 27 (skip #7) , 29, 30 and # 34-44
VIDEO to help you.
www.khanacademy.org/video/rounding-decimals?playlist=Developmental+Math

     Tues- Using rounding of decimals to get estimates of sums and differences
Take 13.4 + 15.9 = and rewrite it as 13+16 =

    HW:     ws pgs. 31 & 32

Mr. Parker is permitting Texas Ranger shirts tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct 19th).

All other dress code is in force. Shirts must still meet the minimal dress code (ie. no spagetti straps, no giant cut out arm holes, no inappropriate slogans and/or wording or pictures etc)
Go Rangers!

    
Wed- Adding/subtracting decimals and whole #s
    HW: p 161-162 #13-37(all) & 40-51 (all)

Thur- 
    HW:
Fri- 
    HW:

 Mon- rounding fractions to nearest 'half'.  Ex.  3/8. Is it closer to 0, 1/2 or 1?  Ex 2 3/9. Is it closer to 2, 2.5 or 3?  

    HW:  ws pgs. 11 & 12 all

Tues-  Rounding Fractions first to estimate sums & differences. 

    HW:    ws pgs. 18/19 (all)     

Wed- REVIEW
    HW:  Review

Thur- CSCOPE unit 3 test
    HW: none

Fri-  Review
    HW: ws on previously taught concepts since Day 1

Mon- Ratios (introduction)

    HW:  ws pg (copied from textbook) 277 (front & back)
    WEEKLY HW:  Mental Math Set Wkout Week 3 & Logic Puzzle # 6 Too Much Work/
        (due Friday or before)

Tues-  Ratios (Rate & Unit Rates)

    HW:   ws R75 & P75 (both sides, may need extra paper)
    

Wed- Ratios in 'tables' (seeing it a different way)

    HW: ws Skills Practice 17/Word Prob Practice 19 (all), & TB pg. 287 (do on notebook paper) #21-31 (all)

Thur- Proportions (dealing with equivalent fractions) A pair of fractions that ARE equivalent are called a PROPORTION.
    HW:
Fri- 
    HW:

Mon: Solving Proportions (solving for a variable)
HW-TB pgs. 297-299 # 8-28 (all), 36-42 (all)


Tues: Unit 4 T1 (ratios, rates/unit rates, determining if something is a proportion or not)
HW-  Hundreds chart.  ws

Wed: % to fractions to decimals

HW- TB pgs. 328-329 # 12-36 (evens), #41-42, and 45-46

Thurs:
HW-

Fri:

Mon- Review %, dec, fraction (interchanging)

    HW: Chart (finished in class already), so no "HW"

Tues- %, decimal, fractions

    HW:   word problems using above pkt.

Wed- Unit 4 review

    HW:  review ws (#1-20)

Thur- CSCOPE UNIT 4 Test

HW: none

Fri- %/dec/fract image projects (bring coloring utensils, otherwise it's pencil for you!:)-
HW:

Mon-  Functions and Function Tables (sometimes called input/output tables)

    HW:  WS pkt 

Tues-   Sequences & Expressions    
    HW:  ws on above (p. 41 & 42)   
   
Wed-    Ordered Pairs activities (group work)
HW:  Ordered Pairs activities (if not finished with group)

Thur-  Ordered Pairs continued (fractional/decimal ordered pairs)

    HW:  More than likely none, finish graphing & identifying ordered pairs from class ws

Fri-  Begin Exam Review  (1st half started in class, finish the rest on Monday)
    HW:  study!!!!

Mon-  Review

    HW:  finish all of packet review if not completed (given that we had 75 min in class to do 30 problems, you should almost be finished)

Tues-   Review
    HW:     study
   
Wed-  Review
HW: study

Thur-  Exam (part 1)

Fri- Exam (part 2)

Mon- HOLIDAY
    HW: Have pencils/erasers and your mind ready to work!  Welcome back!

Tues- Review FUNCTION TABLES & SEQUENCES
    HW:  TB pg. 51 (3 6-20 evens, #29 & 30) AND pg. 306 (#12-24 evens)
Mental Math Workout Set 4 handed out and is due FRIDAY (or earlier) 

Wed- Equations:  writing, reading and using them (y = x)

    HW:  TB pg. 312 # 7-17 (all) & ws pg. 81/82 (all)

Thur- 
    HW:
Fri- 
    HW:

Mon- Measuring angles within protractor
HW: WS on above

Tues- Est. & drawing angles by hand
HW: TB pg 436 #9-24 (do 15-22 on the white copy paper), 37, 40, 47-52

HERE is the web site we used to guess the angles:
www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html


Wed-  Angle relationships, (vertical, congruent angles, supplementary and complementary)
HW:  TB pgs. 442-444 (#8-35, 40-42, 51, 52) all 


Thur-   TRIangles!  Classified 2 ways:  by their sides, by their angles
Equilateral, Isosceles, Scalene (sides)/ Acute, Right, and Obtuse (angles)

HW: TB pg 449-451 #s 8-29 (all), 37-39 (all)

Fri-- Quiz over ANGLES and terms related to angles
HW: none

Mon- Measuring to nearest 1/8 in (customary length)
Geometric Drawing due today
Extra credit crossword due today

    HW:  ws p. 11 & 12 (p.11, #1-9) and (p. 12, # 1-10 only) PLUS find 6 objects of which to measure the length and width of and record them on your sheet from class today.
 
    Tues- Understanding Metric LENGTH.  (Kilometer, meter, centimeter, mm)
What reasonable to use to measure certain distances AND measuring with a metric ruler.

    HW:   ws pgs. 25/26 Metric length & measure 6 objects with metric ruler, objects that are no longer than the ruler. (record results in cm & mm)

     
Wed- PERIMETER (peri=around, meter = length) of rectangles, squares, triangles, irregular shapes, and composite (combined) shapes with a missing side or two.
Trying formulas out, and finding perimeter
    HW: ws (front & back) use "units" if there is no given label, like inches or feet... 
        Also, find the area of the squares and the rectangles (review for most, but went over anyway)

Thur-  Area of rectangles with missing sides, and/or removed areas. (like finding the area of yard with a rectangular patio in the middle to determine the amount of plats of grass needed to purchase)

    HW:  ws

Fri- Mini Geometry Project (computers)  DUE Friday, Feb 3rd. 
    HW:  Review Packet (due Monday for extra credit added points, Tuesday for regular credit... it's not an optional assignment) 
GRADE CUT OFF FOR PR 4 (PROGRESS REPORTS 4 -WHICH COME OUT ON FEB 1)

Mon-  worked on electronic geometry project (Due Friday)
HW packet (given to you Friday)
    HW: work on packet that's due tomorrow, and your geometry projects

Tues-  Computer Lab (finish up projects, that are due Friday, printed by classtime)

    HW:  none
    
Wed- AREA of COMPOSITE SHAPES    

    HW: WS

Thur-  AREA OF PARALLELOGRAMS (basically same as rectangles, but someone decided to call the length, base and the width, height) lol

    HW: TB pgs. 497-498 #s 1-3, 5-11, 16,17, 24, 25

Fri- AREA of TRIANGLES (half of the base/width x height/length)
Geometry projects due today by beginning of class printed in color.  (remember, you've had ALL week to print in the library, don't wait until Friday morning to start to print)

    HW: TB pgs. 502-504 #s 5-15, 19, 20, 29

Mon- STUDENT HOLIDAY 
    HW: finish TRIANGLES pg from this past Friday

Tues-  VOLUME (of solid figure) formula:  " v=lwh "

    HW:   TB pgs. 510-513 (volume) #s 7-16, 20-21, 34-39 AND find the volume of your textbook in both cm AND inches *(round to the nearest whole cm or whole in)
   
Wed- Circle Parts (diameter, radius, chord, center and circumference)

    HW:  ws on finding radius and diamter (skills practice 10-2) & back of notes page, "EdHelper" ws on circles etc.


Thur- Circumference 

 HW:  Classroom activity... only HW is to study for quiz over: 
 Area of square, rectangle, parallelogram, triangle, and composite shapes.  Volume of rectangular prisms, Perimeter of all regular and irregular shapes.

 
Fri- Quiz (over all up to VOLUME)
    HW:

Mon- reviewed circumference & taught Area of circles (new)
Your child should have notes/ws practice page of some of each problems (area & circumference)

    HW:  Area & Circumference (#s 1-9) find both, backside, answer as written.
Tues-  review concepts taught since last unit 6 
Review packet over Unit 7 concepts (started in class with 35 min to work on it)

    HW: If not finished with Unit 7 Review it's HW

Wed- CSCOPE 7 test    
    HW:  review ws on %



Thur- 
    HW:
Fri- 
    HW:

Mon- Elapsed time, determining start times or stop times

    HW:  ws front/back

Tues-  Temperature (reasonableness in C and F)

    HW:  ws (front/back) - due BEGINNING of class Wednesday
            Assignment #2 (Measurement info Packet, "MIP")

Wed- Quiz (review & some Ch. 8), CSCOPE review HW (start in class after quiz, due Thursday)
    HW: CSCOPE Unit 8 Review Packet (due Thurs)
Measurement Info Packet (MIP) due Friday

Thur- Review Concepts in Chapter 8, check Cscope review packet    

    HW:  finish MIP and study, work on 'grid shape perimeter/area' ws (due Monday) and finding the 'squares' of 1-20, and 25 (due Monday)  Get ready to start memorizing them, as we'll have a quiz after spring break over those.

Fri- Check MIP & Take Cscope Unit 8 Test

Mon: Frequency Tables
HW: ws

Tues: Bar Graphs
HW: ws

Wed: How I spend my day circle graph (due Friday)

Thurs:more on circle graphs

Fri:

Mon- Mean
HW: TB pg 666

Tues: Median, Mode, Range
HW: TB pg 666-667

Wed: Surveys
HW: Make a survey of your choice, create a bar graph or circle graph, figure mean, median, mode & range of data, figure % also.

Th-Circle graphs-use %
HW: do a survey of 20 people, make a circle graph of your results

F- Choosing Appropriate Data Display (being able to pick out the correct graph for the data given)
HW: ws packet

Mon- Review of all concepts in Unit 9
HW: review packet on graphs/data, etc

Tues- UNIT 9 cscope
HW: Review ws on circumference/diameter/radius

Wed- Arrangements lesson (putting the same number of things in a different order) Ex. hanging 4 pictures in a row on the wall, seating arrangements, etc.
HW: ws pkt on arrangements

Th-Probability lesson
HW: TB pgs. 344-346 (#1-23, not 7) and (#39-46, not #42)

F- Sub today
Work on review concepts on
(worksheets) work on all 90 minutes of class and is due Thursday at beginning of class

College research project (all week) see link on left "excel projects"
working on combinations/arrangements/probability

Mon: Holiday

Tues: Review Concepts from last week & take Unit 10 Cscope

Wed: Study Island (in library @ computers) and work on College Project
It's not due till April 27
Th: review

Fr: review

STAAR ROTATIONS M-Th

Mon: numeration, PEMDAS, Factors
HW- skills practice Set 1 & 2

Tues: Add/sub fractions
HW: skills practice set 5 & 6

Wed: Decimals and Fractions Compare and order
HW- Skills practice 3&5

Thurs: converting fractions/decimals/percents
HW- Skils Practice 7 & 8

Fri: Geometry & measurement & GO TO COMPUTERS IN LIBRARY to finish up COLLEGE PROJECT that's due April 27th!  (We will have one more day in lab the next week)
HW- skills practice set 9 & 10

STAAR TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY STARTING AT 8:30 AM. Please avoid scheduling conflicts for dental/dr appt if you can help it. Thanks

Mon: Review
Tues: STAAR math
Wed: STAAR reading
Thur: Comparing integers & Adding Integers

HW- wksheet on both (2nd sheet is extra credit, due TuesdaY)

Fri: Last day on Computers for college research project that is due today (April 27th) at the end of the day.

Mon: Unit 11 cscope (review) test & Multiplying Decimals
HW- Multiplying decimals

Tues: Unit 12 cScope test (review) & begin survey legwork (for next week in computer lab which is due May 16th)
HW- some related to survey legwork

Wed: Most are at SANDY LAKE band competition, review games for others
HW-none

Thurs: Multiplying integers & mutliplying simple fractions (with & w/out simplifying...no shortcuts taught yet)

HW- wksheet on x integers & x fractions

Fri: Assembly schedule, picnic and yearbook signing (mostly during our math/excel class)
TEACHERS vs. Students basketball game (NJHS sponsored, canned food drive winners)
Our class is playing on this day for the 1st game period ag. the teachers) come out to support us! It's toward the end of the day, time TBA