Finals Review Keys (7th and 8th)

It's almost finals time, guys! If you need the key for the review from today, you're in luck. However, if you want extra credit for the portion we didn't do in class, you'll still have to do the work. NO WORK = NO EXTRA CREDIT. Sorry!

Click here for the 7th Grade Key! (day 1)

Click here for the 8th Grade Key! (all)

I will upload Day 2 of the 7th grade key tomorrow after we go over it. I'll be here before school (7:30ish), after school (until 4ish), and I'm available during RTI if you have any last-minute questions.

Happy studying!
Ms. Smith

Proportions Review for Test Retakes

PROPORTIONS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he8Gl03cZHg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USmit5zUGas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_aQPxr2G_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSl_YzTXlU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJipgy0vUWE


RATIOS AND RATES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ2nYUBVvqI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxWsY59NVgc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeU6SSmpv8

OneNote Update

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. I know I really enjoyed the time with my family and friends!

I just wanted to update you all and let you know that you can now find the link to the OneNote Notebook (the one that will contain the notes we take during class) at the top of this blog. The link is right under the title, next to the "About Ms. Smith" tab. Hopefully this will make it easy to find!

Let me know if you have any trouble finding it!

Thanks!
Ms. Smith

Microsoft OneNote

Happy Friday, everyone!

I want to apologize for not posting things as regularly as at the beginning of the year. I'm looking for ways to improve on that so it doesn't take as much time (for me) and so I don't forget to do it. 

I'm beginning to look into note-taking using Microsoft OneNote and thought I would make it available to everyone (click here to view the class notebook)! This would give me the opportunity to share the notes we take in class so that everyone (parents and students included) would have the opportunity to access them and use them (instantly!!). I'll continue to consider and develop this idea to see what other kinds of things it may be useful for!

We also have the class Instagram account now - visit us at @wgjhmath! I'm hoping to post pictures of the students working during class, projects they are doing, and reminders/announcements about things happening in class (like tests, homework, etc.). Everything announced on Instagram will also be mentioned in class (so if a student doesn't have an Instagram account, they won't be left out)!

7th grade, remember that you need to turn in your candy wrapper scale factor projects on Monday if you didn't get them done on time. This is a big grade, so don't forget!

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Smith

Scale Factor Homework Help

For 7th grade students... here are some links to some helpful websites and videos to help you understand scale factor!

Youtube - Scale Factor

IXL - Math Practice

Math Playground - Scale Factor X

Virtual Nerd - Scale Factor

Scale Drawings: 7th Grade

We're starting a project on Scale Factor using candy wrappers in 7th grade.

Here is the link to a YouTube video on Scale Factor that might help you understand the concept of scale factor a little bit better.

Review for 8th Grade Test

8th grade has a test over exponent rules and scientific notation tomorrow, November 6th. These websites can help reinforce student understanding of tested concepts.

Exponent Review:

• http://www.math-play.com/exponent-game.html
• http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/01-exponents

Scientific Notation Review:

• http://www.xpmath.com/forums/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=21
• https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/exponents-radicals/scientific-notation/e/scientific_notation_intuition

Halloween Candy Rates

Stores for Halloween Candy Projects:

Walmart.com     (Walmart ad)

Amazon.com     (Amazon Halloween candy)

Hyvee.com     (Hyvee ad)

Harterhouse.com     (Harter House ad)

Pricecutter.com     (Price Cutter ad)

Target.com     (Target ad)

Kmart.com     (Kmart ad)

Oriental Trading

Candy Warehouse

Party City

Week of October 12

We're ending first quarter this week. It's gone by incredibly fast! Here's the plan for this week...

7th grade:

• Monday: Go over quizzes, review major stumbling blocks for the class, Homework: none
• Tuesday:3.5 Notes - Histograms, Homework: p. 133-134, #7-15 odd, 18-28 even
• Wednesday: 3.6 Notes - Appropriate Data Displays, Homework: p. 137-139, #5-15 odd, 18-24 even
• Thursday: 3.4 - 3.6 Review, Homework: study for quiz on Monday!
• Friday: Half day (no class)

8th grade:

• Monday: Zero Exponents, Homework: practice page
• Tuesday: Negative Exponents, Homework: practice page
• Wednesday: Exponent Rules Review Hurdles
• Thursday: Exponent Rules Review Hurdles
• Friday: Half day (no class)

Let's start second quarter off in a good way!

Ms. Smith

Week of October 5th

Hope you all had a great weekend! Here is our planned agenda this week. If plans change, this post will be updated and the changes will be highlighted:

• 7th grade:
• Monday: 3.2 notes (day 2), Homework: p. 111-113, #8-17 all
• Tuesday: 3.3 notes, Homework: p. 118-119, #5-15 odd, 20-30 even
• Wednesday: 3.1-3.3 review
• Thursday: 3.1-3.3 quiz, 3.4 notes, Homework: p. 126-127, #9-17 odd, 22-30 even
• Friday: 3.5 notes, Homework: p. 133-134, #7-15 odd, 18-28 even

• 8th grade:
• Monday: chapter 2 test
• Tuesday: go over tests, Notes - exponent notation/multiplication of exponents, Homework: practice page(s)
• Wednesday: Notes - exponents raised to a power, Homework: practice page
• Thursday: Notes- exponents raised to a zero power, Homework: practice page
• Friday: Notes - negative exponents and the laws of exponents, Homework: practice page

Let's make this a great Spirit Week! Go Tigers!

Ms. Smith

Tuesday, September 29

I hope your four day weekend was wonderful. Several students will be out tomorrow due to the FCCLA field trip at Silver Dollar City, so we won't be progressing on in our notes. Here is what we did today:

7th grade:

• Go over homework
• 3.1 Notes (day 2)
• Homework: p. 103-105, #19-21, 24-27, 34-39 all - due Thursday

8th grade:

• Go over homework
• 2.6-2.8 quiz, chapter 2 review
• Homework: finish review - due Thursday
• REMINDER: CHAPTER 2 TEST ON THURSDAY

If you're going on the FCCLA trip tomorrow, have fun and learn a lot!

Ms. Smith

Monday - Thursday, September 21 to 24

Wow, what a week! It has gone by so quickly. Here is what we did this week...

Monday:

• 7th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.5 - 2.7 quiz, chapter 2 review
• Homework: finish chapter 2 review

• 8th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.8 (Coordinate Planes) foldable
• Homework: (none)

Tuesday:

• Class was atypical today as most of the students were on a field trip for MAP Rewards! No homework was given.

Wednesday:

• 7th grade:
• Go over homework
• Chapter 2 test
• Homework: (none)

• 8th grade:
• 2.8 (Coordinate Planes) Notes
• Homework: p. 93-95, 14-18 all, 21, 22, 24-28 all

Thursday:

• 7th grade:
• 3.1 Notes (Mean, Median, Mode)
• Homework: p. 103-105, #10-18 even, 22, 23, 31-33 all

• 8th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.6 to 2.8 review worksheets
• Homework: finish review worksheets

Here are our Friday Funday videos:

I hope you all enjoy the four day weekend! See you on Tuesday!

Ms. Smith

Friday, September 18

Happy Friday! I hope you all have a superb weekend :)

• 7th grade
• Go over homework
• 2.5-2.7 Quiz, Plickers/whiteboard check-in
• Homework: (none)

• 8th grade
• Go over homework
• 2.6 Notes
• Homework: p. 83-84, #19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 32, 33, 36, 39, 40

Thursday, September 17

Today's schedule...

• 7th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.5-2.7 Review Worksheets
• Homework: finish review worksheets to prepare for the quiz tomorrow!

• 8th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.3/2.5 Quiz, Plickers/whiteboard check-in
• Homework: (none)

Wednesday, September 16

Our plans for the day...

• 7th grade:
• Go over homework
• Continue 2.7 Notes (day 2)
• Homework: p. 88-89, #29, 30, 32, 35, 45-47 all, 50, 55, 56, 59, 60

• 8th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.4/2.5 Review Worksheets
• Homework: finish review worksheets to prepare for tomorrow's quiz!

Monday and Tuesday, September 14 and 15

I missed posting Monday's schedule, but I hope you all had a great weekend with the beautiful weather we had! Here is what we did yesterday with several students being gone on the FCCLA field trip.

• 7th grade:
• Measurement War (similar to the card game War)
• SKUNK (Probability and Risk game)

• 8th grade:
• Check Friday's homework
• SKUNK (Probability and Risk game)

Here is today's schedule:

• 7th grade:
• Check Friday's homework
• 2.7 Notes - Conversion of Metric Units (day 1)
• Homework: p. 88-89, #16, 17, 19, 22, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 51, 52, 54

• 8th grade:
• Check Friday's homework for those who weren't here yesterday
• 2.5 Notes - Dividing Integers
• Homework: p. 76-77, #15-18 all, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26-28 all, 33

Friday, September 11

Happy Friday, everyone! Here's what we did today...

• 7th Grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.6 Notes - Measuring with Metric Units
• Homework: p. 83-84, #9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 30, 31, 34

• 8th Grade:
• 2.4 Notes - Multiplying Integers
• Homework: p. 72-73, #11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53

Here are our Fun Friday Videos for this week!



I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Ms. Smith

Thursday, September 10

Here is today's agenda...

• 7th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.5 Notes (day 2) - Scientific Notation
• Homework: p. 76-77, # 29-35 all, 38, 39, 43, 44, 47, 50

• 8th grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.1-2.3 Quiz, Integer Task Cards
• Homework: none

Wednesday, September 9

Today's agenda...

• 7th Grade:
• 2.5 Notes - Scientific Notation (day 1)
• Homework: p. 76-77, #11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20 22, 23, 24, 36, 37
• 8th Grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.3 Notes - Subtracting Integers (day 2)
• Homework: p. 65-67, #20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 59

Tuesday, September 8

I hope everyone had a fantastic three day weekend. I enjoyed spending time with my extended family! Here is today's agenda.

• 7th Grade:
• Decimal operations foldable, Plickers review with decimal operations
• Homework: none
• 8th Grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.3 notes - Subtracting Integers (day 1)
• Homework: p. 65-67, #15-17, 21, 29, 32, 33, 34, 49, 50, 53, 56

Friday, September 3

• 7th Grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.1-2.4 Quiz, Plickers checkup on 2.1-2.4 skills
• Homework: none

• 8th Grade:
• Turn in tests
• Finish 2.2 Notes, Plickers checkup on chapter 2 skills
• Homework: p. 61 - 62, #16, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 51

• Here's our Friday funny videos! They were all short, so we had several. Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday, September 3

• 7th Grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.1-2.4 review worksheets
• Homework: finish 2.1-2.4 worksheets
• REMINDER: QUIZ TOMORROW OVER 2.1-2.4

• 8th Grade:
• Go over homework
• Go over Chapter 1 Test - get signed by parent/guardian for 2 pts added to your grade!
• 2.2 Notes - Adding Integers
• Homework: none - we will continue 2.2 tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 2

• 7th Grade:
• Go over homework
• 2.4 Notes - Dividing Decimals (day 2)
• Homework: p. 70-71, #33, 36, 37, 40, 43, 46, 48, 50, 54, 61

• 8th Grade:
• Go over Chapter 1 Test from Tuesday
• 2.1 Notes - Integers and Absolute Value
• Homework: p. 55-56, #13, 16, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40

Monday and Tuesday, August 31/September 1

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I enjoyed spending time with my family and friends each day! Here's the plan for Monday and Tuesday...

• 7th Grade:
• Monday:
• Go over homework
• 2.3 Notes - Multiplying Decimals
• Homework: p. 65-66, #9-17 odd, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 38
• Tuesday:
• Go over homework
• 2.4 Notes - Dividing Decimals (day 1)
• Homework: p. 70-71, #14, 15, 19, 22, 25, 26, 31

• 8th grade:
• Monday:
• Go over homework
• 1.5/1.7 Quiz, correct quiz
• Homework: finish Chapter 1 Review in book (p. 48)
• Tuesday:
• Go over homework
• Chapter 1 Test
• Homework: none

Let's continue to have a great week!
Ms. Smith

Tuesday - Friday, August 25-28

I'm sorry for the delay in posting the homework this week!

Tuesday:

• 7th grade:
• Review worksheets (1.4/1.6/1.7)
• Homework: Finish 1.4/1.6/1.7 Review Worksheets from class
• 8th grade:
• Quiz (1.1/1.2/1.3), 1.5 Notes
• Homework: p. 30-31, #11-14, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 28, 34

Wednesday:

• 7th grade:
• Quiz (1.4/1.6/1.7), 2.1 Notes (day 1)
• Homework: p. 54-55, #14-17, 21-26
• 8th grade:
• 1.7 Notes (day 1)
• (no homework)

Thursday:

• 7th grade:
• 2.1 Notes (day 2)
• Homework: p. 54-55, #28-31, 35-41 odd, 48, 50, 52, 53
• 8th grade:
• 1.7 Notes (day 2)
• Homework: p. 41-43, #5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23, 27, 31, 35

Friday:

• 7th grade:
• 2.2 Notes
• p. 60-61, #10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24, 38, 39, 46, 47, 51
• 8th grade:
• Review worksheets (1.5/1.7), Plickers review
• Finish 1.5/1.7 Review Worksheets from class

We are going to start a new tradition of watching short, funny clips of videos on Fridays at the end of class. This is today's if you would like to join us in watching it. :)

Have a fantastic weekend!

Ms. Smith

Monday, August 24

I hope you all had a great weekend!

• 7th grade:
• Go over homework
• 1.7 Notes - A Problem Solving Plan
• Homework: p. 41-43, #5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 22, 23, 27, 31, 35

• 8th grade:
• Go over homework
• Review work pages (sections 1.1 - 1.3)
• Homework: finish review pages

8th grade has a quiz tomorrow (Tuesday) and 7th grade has a quiz on Wednesday! The quizzes are over the first 3 sections we have completed in each class.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Ms. Smith

Friday, August 21

Happy Friday, everyone! I've had a great first full week, and I hope you have, too. Here's what today is looking like:

• 7th grade:
• Go over 1.4 homework
• 1.6 (Area and Perimeter) Notes
• Homework: p. 34-35, #6, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23, 26
• 8th grade:
• Go over 1.2 homework
• 1.3 (Variables and Expressions) Notes
• Homework: p. 18-19, #11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 38, 39

I hope you all have a stupendous weekend!

Ms. Smith

Thursday, August 20

Happy Thursday! Here's today's schedule:

• 7th grade:
• 1.4 Notes
• Homework: p. 21-22, #16, 19, 22, 24, 25, 28, 33, 36, 41, 42, 46

• 8th grade:
• Go over 1.1 homework
• 1.2 Notes
• Homework: p. 12-13, #10, 13, 17, 19, 24, 27, 31-33, 38, 42

Let me know if you have any questions!

Ms. Smith

Wednesday, August 19

Today's Rainy Wednesday Schedule:

• 7th grade:
• Continue whiteboard review from yesterday
• Assign textbooks
• Prep for 1.4 Notes

• 8th grade:
• 1.1 Notes - Interpreting Graphs
• Assign textbooks
• Homework: p. 7-9, #8-13, 16, 17, 24, 25-31 odd

Enjoy the rain!

Ms. Smith

Tuesday, August 18

First, I wanted to share a quick two-minute video that introduces Plickers. It is a wonderful resource that I'm really excited about:

Next, here's today's agenda:

• 7th grade:
• To do from yesterday... Plickers introduction
• Start review using whiteboards

• 8th grade
• Plickers tutorial
• Finish review on whiteboards
• Notes setup - 1.1

Neither class has homework. Have a great Tuesday!

Ms. Smith

Remind

Good morning! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.

My goal this week is to update each day with the homework assignment for the night. This is what our Monday looks like:

• 7th grade:
• Learning Styles Quiz (similar to Friday's quiz, but not as long)
• Notebook setup (getting our notebooks prepared for notes, assignments, and foldables)
• Plickers Introduction (find more information on Plickers here if you're interested!)
• If time, start the beginning-of-the-year review!

• 8th grade:
• Notebook setup (getting our notebooks prepared for notes, assignments, and foldables)
• Start the beginning-of-the-year review!

I also wanted to give everyone another opportunity to sign up with Remind. It is a great way for me to communicate with all of you (parents and students) in a safe and confidential way. I think I may have given students the wrong code to type in during class, so you may want to try it again if you never received a confirmation text from Remind. If you would like to sign up for Remind notifications, send the corresponding text below to this number: 81010.

• 7th grade: @7wgtigers
• 8th grade: @8wgtigers
• Algebra 1: @a1wgtigers

If you have any questions, leave a comment, email me, or use the Contact box to the right.

Have a great Monday!

Ms. Smith

Welcome!

Hello!

This will be the official website for the seventh and eighth grade math classes at Walnut Grove for 2015-2016. Assignments, homework help, and more will be listed on this blog to help keep parents and students informed. If you need to contact me, please email me at bsmith@wgtigers.com.

I am looking forward to a great school year!

Ms. Smith