Lane's Class Updates

Mrs. Lane's Homeroom:  Please continue to bring in cans, boxes and bags of food for our Thanksgiving Food Drive. Thanks!

LMMS has a giving tree for the holidays.  The tree will be located in the front office from Nov. 17th- Dec. 14th.  The ornaments will list the gifts needed.

Our 2nd Annual Holiday Bazaar will be next Thursday, Nov. 19 from 4:30-6:30 in the 8th grade Commons.  Come out and do some holiday shopping!!

Math:  We did a warm-up on adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals, then checked HP p. 21 and our menu math worksheets.  Please turn these in if you were absent.

Our focus today was dividing decimal by decimal, lesson 3-7.  The steps are:  Move the decimal to the right in the divisor until it is a whole number.  Move the decimal in the dividend the same number of places to the right as you did the divisor and then bring it up into the quotient.  Divide normally.  Add zeros to your dividend if needed until your remainder is a zero.  We finished our keeper notes #22 and practiced on p. 139 and on a worksheet.

HW:  Finish the B-60 Dividing decimal only side of the worksheet and HP p. 22 odd numbers only.  You MUST show all your work to get credit.

MRS. LANE'S HOMEROOM STUDENTS.....PLEASE BRING IN NONPERISHABLE FOOD FOR OUR THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE....We only have the 4 items I brought in so far!  

Math:  Today we took keeper notes on adding and subtracting decimals (#20), multiplying decimals (#21) and dividing decimals (#22).  Please get these from a classmate if you were absent today or come in the morning between 8:50 and 9:10 to copy them from my binder. 

We reviewed the steps for multiplying decimals while we checked HP p. 20.

We learned how to divide decimals by whole numbers (lesson 3-6) p. 134-135 in our textbook.

We applied our knowledge as we pretended to go back to the ice cream parlor to finish yesterday's assignment and learn how to "split the bill" (divide the total cost by the number of people ordering). Students had about 15 minutes to work on these worksheets in class.

HW:  Finish both worksheets (you should have written down all the prices for each single item in class) and HP p. 21 on dividing decimals

Math:   We completed a timed math fact activity.  Students who have not mastered 50 multiplications problems out of 60 in 2 minutes need to practice every day.  Use online resources or concentrate on one set of tables at at time and write them 10 times each.

Our focus today was multiplying decimals, lesson 3-5.  You do NOT line up your decimals on purpose.  You multiply normally.  You count the number of decimal places in each of your factors and move your decimal to the left the total number of places in your answer.

Please use your online resources and the problems we did in class today to help you with your homework.

We applied our knowledge by calculating the bill for a group of friends at a pretend ice cream parlor.  We use menus, and found subtotal, tax, total, and change.  Please bring back your sheet tomorrow to finish.

HW: Multiplying Decimals:  HP p. 20

Thank you for the Rally Foundation donations!!!!!! LMMS raised more money than we did last year!

Our Thanksgiving Food drive has begun.  Please bring in nonperishable items until Nov. 20th.  Thank you for helping those in our community this coming holiday season.

Math:  We reviewed the rules for adding and subtracting decimals.  Decimal alignment is crucial so that you are adding and subtracting numbers of the SAME place value.  It is crucial for ordering decimals so that you are comparing numbers in the SAME place value.

We checked our menu or catalog math from yesterday as a classwork grade and our HP workbook p. 16 and 18 as one homework grade as we also reviewed concepts.

We played flyswatter math to practice adding and subtracting.

HW:  NONE :)

Please bring in your spare change donation TOMORROW for the Rally Foundation (Fight against childhood cancer).

Our Thanksgiving food drive has begun.  Any extra box of dried goods or canned food item can be donated to help all families in our area have a great meal to celebrate the holiday.

Thank you for your generosity!!

Math:  Our warm-up practiced ordering decimals from least to greatest.  See lesson 3-1 in your textbook.

We added and subtracted decimals and whole numbers today.  We realized that we must line up our decimals so that the numbers are in the correct place value before we can add or subtract.  For a whole number, the decimal needs to be placed at the end so that the number remains "whole".  Then line up your decimals, add zeros if necessary after the decimal at the end.  Borrowing may be necessary if you are subtracting. (Lesson 3-3)

HW: Ordering decimals HP (homework and practice workbook) p. 16 #10-17, Add/Subtract HP p. 18 all 

Rally week for the fight against childhood cancer continues tomorrow with a pep rally in the theater on Thursday at 8:00 am. Students, please join us!

Rally ziplock bags are coming home today. Please fill them with spare change and bring them back as a donation on Friday.

Math:  Today I introduced decimals.  The purpose of the decimal is to separate whole and part.  Also, it helps us set up or establish place value. We read decimals out loud, changed mixed numbers into decimals using place value and equivalent fractions.  The numerator can only be placed after the decimal if the denominator is a 10, 100, 0r 1000 due to place value.  If the denominator is different, one method is to get an equivalent fraction with 10, 100, or 1000 as the denominator first. 

Our main focus today was how to order fractions.  Steps: 1) write your numbers vertically, lining up the decimals, 2) follow directions, 3) start with the highest place values and compare, 4) continue moving right comparing each set of numbers in each place value (graph paper may help), cross out numbers as you put them in the correct order

To practice, we  did #6-8, 14-16 and 36-37 on p. 110 in our book (chapter 3, lsson 1).  Please try this and bring it to me to look over if you were absent today.

Students completed an exit ticket to show me their prior knowledge about adding and subtracting decimals.

HW: Bring graph paper for tomorrow. 

This week is Rally Week - Fight against Childhood Cancer.  students are bringing home information today.  We will have a pep rally in the theater before school on Thursday at 8:00 am. Please donate spare change for the Rally Foundation on Thursday and Friday to the donation buckets.

Student Holiday tomorrow Nov. 3rd.

Please register for Fuel Up to Play.  Information was sent home last week.

Math:   We checked our Halloween Trail Mix Sheet.  REMEMBER:  To take 1/2 OF an amount means to multiply by 1/2 (not divide by 1/2).  If you want to divide, divide your amount by 2.  This same idea applies to all fractions OF an amount.  "OF"  means to multiply.

Students were given back their scantron, work sample, a copy of the fraction test and a reflection sheet. First they filled in their reflection sheet as the analyzed what types of problems they did well on and what they still need to work on.  Then they described how they studied and how they can improve their studying habits for the next test.

Second, students corrected their mistakes on a copy o f the test.  This test was designed by the 6th grade math teachers to break up the very large Unit 3 Rational Numbers.  Because it was not designed by the county we are including all four parts: scantron, corrected work, work sample and reflection in each student's portfolio for his/her student led January conference.  If you would like to see this information this week, please come between 8:20-8:50 on Wednesday, Nov. 4th (due to the student holiday on Tuesday).  If you  did not finish your corrections, I also recommend that the student come on Wednesday to finish.

After finishing students worked in groups to either review subtracting with regrouping or dividing  fractions using versatiles or extended their learning with a kaboom game about converting decimals to fractions.

HW: None.  Please come in Wednesday at 8:20 to finish test corrections if you did not do so.

Happy Halloween......Have fun, be safe!

Tuesday, November 3rd is a student holiday.

Math:  We discussed how to solve story problems that involved fractions and mixed numbers while checking our fraction stations.

We applied our knowledge about fractions by calculating 1/2 a Halloween Trail mix recipe.  We then tripled it.  Finally we answered other questions about the recipe itself while eating a sampling.

Students turned in make-up work.

HW:  Finish the Halloween Trail Mix sheet and bring back on Monday.  THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SENT IN ITEMS FOR OUR TRAIL MIX !!!

Student Holiday - Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3rd (teacher workday)

Math:  Students turned in their keepers for a classwork grade on notetaking and took the Fraction Test.

We talked about what 6 test taking questions you can ask yourself when your answer is not listed as one of the choices before we began the test.  Students were also encouraged to write the problem number, show all steps, and box off each problem's work to limit the number of careless errors.

HW:  Make-up work is due tomorrow - check your agenda and/or pinnacle.  Volunteers - please do not forget to bring in your trail mix ingredient tomorrow.  Thanks for donating!!!!!

Teacher Workday (student holiday) Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Math:  We checked our study guide and separated into groups to focus on the types of problems each student needed to work on the most.  Students also studied and quizzed each other on keeper notes #12-13, corrected their study guides and finished and received feedback on the 10 review questions from yesterday.

HW:  Keeper #12-19 is due tomorrow.  Call someone or come in at 8:50 to finish your notes from my binder or a friend in homeroom.  Make sure your table of contents is updated and meaningful color is added to key vocabulary and key words in the definitions or the steps of the processes.

Fraction Test is tomorrow!!  Look back in chapter 4 and 5, study your keeper notes on fractions, rework problems in your workbook or on your study guide, work more story problems in your book, workbook or online.  Make sure you know the steps to add and subtract, how to borrow, and the steps to muliply and divide and what a rational number is and what the fraction bar means.