Spring Break Math HW

Over spring break students should complete their "Percent Packet". If your student did not receive a packet they can spend a few hours working on their DC CAS preparation (see post below). The students have been working hard and do deserve a break each day to play outside!

Mr. Sunukjian

DC CAS Test Review Resources

Students have been preparing for the DC CAS test. This test will be given during the final two weeks of April. In order to be fully prepared each student should work with their parents and look at the following resources:

1) www.nclb.osse.dc.gov/ click on "bank of released items" and on the next page click "grade 7 math" This will give you all of last year's test items with the answers (my computer gave me all the questions only if I clicked on the first part of 'grade 7' and not the pdf format.

2) www.osse.dc.gov/ click on "Assessment and Accountability" and under "DC CAS Information" click on "2010 DC CAS Resource Guide" This is an 112 page document. The 7th Grade Mathematics information can be found on Pages 55 to 60. These pages contain the testable standards and examples. Each student was given a 2010 DC CAS Math Blueprint that also indicates which operational standards they will be tested on.

Please spend a little bit of time over the next few weeks practicing concepts and questions for the DC CAS. If you have trouble solving a problem look in the Pre-Algebra textbook glossary. A key word in each standard will be in the glossary.
Mr. Sunukjian

Math HW 3/15/10 to 3/19/10

This week students only had two HW assignments:

1) Page 40 (1-5)
2) Page 640 (3-5) AND Page (1, 9-10)

This weekend students should start their 3rd Advisory Project (see post below) and study for their assessment on Monday. Their assessment will include graphs, mean, median, mode, and range. The 3rd Advisory ends in one week!

Mr. Sunukjian

3rd Advisory Math Project

The 3rd Advisory Math Project is:

Mr. Sunukjian is driving to Santa Barbara, CA and will average 60 mph. The distance to Santa Barbara is 2,800 miles from Washington, DC. Use 8.5 x 11 graph paper to neatly and accurately comlete the following parts:

1) Put your name and class period on the project
2) Create a table for Time (every 5 hours) and Distance
3) Make a graph from your table
4) Label your graph (heading, axis, and variables)
5) How far has Mr. Sunukjian traveled in 12 hours?
6) How long does it take Mr. Sunukjian to travel 1,400 miles?
7) How much time does the one way trip to Santa Barbara take?

This Project is Due Wednesday, March 24th

Math HW 3/8/10 to 3/12/10

Students had 3 assignments due this week and one to complete over the weekend:

1) Page 590 (3-4, 21-23) Box and Whisker plot
2) Page 584 (1-5, 30) Stem and Leaf plot and Histogram graph
3) Page 595 (1-4) Bar, Line, and Circle graph

Weekend: Page 40 (1-5) Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Students will begin reviewing our Statistics unit next week and have an assessment on Friday (3/19/10).
Mr. Sunukjian

Period 9 Algebra HW

Students in period 9 Algebra completed 4 assignments this week:

1) Page 32 (1-28) from last week
2) Page 38 (2-20)
3) Page 97 (1-13, 23-39)
4) Page 41 (1-9, 21-22)
5) Page 47 (3-8, 12-15)

This weekend students should begin studying for the Chapter 1 Algebra Test that will be given next Thursday (3/18/10).

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Due Next Week....

Okay....The following assignments are due March 15, 2010.

• F.L.I.P Book - Using a topic of their choice, students will construct a book that contains functional text, literary text, informational text, and persuasive text.  All 4 text types have to be on the same topic, but can stand alone on their own.  Originality, content, and creativity are all considered.
• Vocabulary Quiz - Students are to create a vocabulary quiz for Unit 9, Vocabulary Workshop book.  A classmate will take your quiz and you will take their quiz, and so on, and so on, etc. NOTE: If you DO NOT create a quiz for someone to complete, you will not be allowed to complete a quiz.  As a result, you will receive a Zero for the quiz, and a Zero for not completing the homework assignment.

Math HW 3/2/10 to 3/5/10

This week students were reviewing for their Ratio Unit Test (which was given on Friday). The HW was:

1) Page 315 (1-6, 11-14, 29-30)
2) Page 318 (1-35) Odd Only "Chapter 6 Review"
3) Ratio Study Guide --> could be used on the test

Those students who prepared their study guides said the test was easy and they did not even have to look at during the test. The test will be graded and handed back sometime next week. Remember that "Test Corrections" should be completed to improve learning (and test grades).

Mr. Sunukjian

Algebra HW (Period 9)

My period 9 class has started working out of their Algebra textbooks (purple). Their current HW assignments from chapter 1 are:

1) Page 7 (1-7, 16)
2) Page 13 (1-18)
3) Page 17 (1-27)
4) Page 22 (1-31, 55)
5) Page 27 (1-36)
6) Page 32 (1-28) --this weekend's HW

Period 9 students will have a quiz on Friday based on the first five sections of chapter 1.
I will update the Algebra work every week and label it "Algebra." Therefore you can type "algebra" in the upper left corner of this blog site and press enter to get the most recent postings for period 9.

Mr. Sunukjian