Archive for June, 2008

kick off: answer the following two questions:

1. complete metric challenge activity

2. clean area up – put all supplies back on the front table

3. take science measurement quiz, turn in when finished

 

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kick off: work on pizzaz worksheet

1. Practice fraction word problems – go through Fractions wrd prblm ppt

2. take a short break at 11:00 – have a student lead a quick game of "order up"

3. pass out fractions worksheet and have students work on p.5 – fraction word problems

4. turn in worksheets if all of it is completed

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kick off: pizzaz worksheet 2 – division practice

1. go over quiz – correct work

2. review adding and subtracting fractions

3. work on p.4 of Fractions worksheet

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kick off: finish paper airplane self guided lab

1. measuring in science study – ppt, notes

2. metric scavenger hunt – practice evaluating

3. begin metric challenge

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kick off: look over cheat sheet to get ready for your quiz

1. take quiz – 20 min

2. video: zany math – add / subtract fractions

3. practice adding / subtracting like denominators (use cheat sheet)

4. practice adding / subtracting unlike denominators (use cheat sheet)

5. work on fractions worksheet – p.4-5

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kick off: correct yesterday’s test – go over

1. working in a lab: what is the best design for a paper aircraft?

Your lab must be completed by the end of the class.

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kick off: If I played my Xbox 1/2 an hour on Monday, 3/4 an hour on Tuesday, and 1/4 an hour today, how much time have I spent playing my Xbox this week?

1. Practice reducing – do 3rd page of worksheet (not 2 or 4 yet)

2. Practice understanding fractions – do first page of worksheet

3. video: Operations on Fractions – 10min

4. Practice changing mixed numbers to fractions – 2nd page of worksheet (finish 2 and 4 of page 3)

5. create your own word problem using fractions (look at the kick off for an example.)

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kick off: Explain the word “inference.” Give an example of the word in a contextual sentence.

1. Test: Nature of Science

2. video: Junkyard Wars

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kick off: put the following numbers in order: 0.748, 9/12, 8/11, 0.767

1. turn in completed hexagon puzzle

2. grade / go over Mini-Review Percents worksheet

3. brainpop/quiz:

http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/convertingfractionstodecimals/

http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/decimals/

4. hand out fractions notes (adding, subtracting, multiplying, etc.) – go over

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kick off: finish Sponge Bob investigation worksheet – finding variables

1. grade worksheet

2. create your own investigation (in paragraph form) and label the independent, dependent, and controlled variables

3. discuss theories vs. laws

4. discuss accuracy vs. precision

5. test tomorrow: Nature of Science

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