Math HW 5/3/10 to 5/7/10

This week students continued their study of equations in Chapter 2. The HW this week has been:

1) Page 80 (1-9)
2) Page 93 (1-10, 63-64)
3) Page 99 (1-15)
Weekend: Page 109 (11-24)

Students are required to write the original equation and show their work on the HW.
Mr. Sunukjian

Algebra HW (Period 9)

We have been studying Equations in chapter 3 and will have a quiz tomorrow. The HW in Chapter 3 so far has been:

1) Page 117 (2-34)
2) Page 121 (3-10, 14-23, 42-44)
3) Page 127 (4-28, 42)
Weekend: Page 131 (1-21)

Students need to write the equation and show their work on HW.

Mr. Sunukjian

4th Advisory Math HW

The 4th Advisory has mostly consisted of preparing for and taking the DCCAS. This week we have started our unit on Equations. The HW due this week was:

1) Page 73 (1-11)
2) Page 87 (1-19)
Weekend: Page 80 (1-9)

Please remind students that school is not over until June 22nd and they need to continue to work hard to earn their 4th Advisory grade.

Mr. Sunukjian

CALCULATOR NEEDED FOR DCCAS!

Students need to bring a simple calculator (add, sub, mult, div, and square root operations) to school ASAP. The DCCAS testing begins April 19, 2010. The calculator can be used on 1 of the 4 mathematics sections on the test. Most simple calculators can be bought for about $5 at CVS, Rite Aid, Staples, or Office Depot. Check www.officedepot.com and search item # 582114 for one example. More advanced calculators can be used if students are already familiar with how to use them.

We have been preparing for the DCCAS over the past few weeks so students have not had very many written HW assignments. Please ask your student about the Comprehensive Study Guide I gave them to study for the DCCAS. They should review this document a few times over the weekend. Thanks for giving your student every opportunity to succeed on this year's test.

Mr. Sunukjian

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