VanDrisse's Journey

Classwork:

• We reviewed the different possible cross-sections for prisms, pyramids, cones, cylinders, and cubes for your quiz tomorrow (period 7/8: the 3rd nine weeks reward party is tomorrow during your class, so you will take the quiz on Wednesday)
• We discussed about how having a clean card from week-to-week will earn you the priviledge of eating outside on Thursdays. It is not a punishment for those students who did not earn it, but it is a reward for those who do earn the right. If the weather is too cold, rainy, or uncooperative, then we’ll all eat inside as usual. Each week (Thursday -to-Thursday) we’ll start fresh again, so even if you don’t make it this week, you can work on earning it for the next time.
• You cut rectangles, squares, triangles, and circles out of posterboard and put your group’s shapes in your class basket for use tomorrow and Wednesday.

Homework:

1. Study for tomorrow’s cross-sections quiz
2. Unit 7 – Test on Friday (remember to let me know if you are going to be leaving for spring break early so you can take the test on Thursday)
3. OAS website practice CRCT tests (extra credit) due by April 23

Classwork:

• Reviewed the two assignments you turned in today
• Discussed cross-sections of a square pyramid, a triangular pyramid, a rectangular prism, and a triangular prism.
• You worked on Crazy with Cross-Sections II for the remainder of class

Homework:

1. Crazy with Cross-Sections II
2. CRCT packet (the two sheets from Tuesday)
3. Unit 7 Test – Friday, April 4
4. Extra Credit – OAS web-site tests due by April 23

Classwork:

• You continued working on "Cross-Sections of a Cube" for the first 15 – 20 minutes. Some of you needed a little guidance with the play-doh and how to create cross-sections, but most of you knew what your were trying to accomplish. If you struggled making cross-sections from a cube, please see Monday’s blog and click on the link to the cross-sections website.
• We then switched gears a little (some of you were starting to finish) and moved on to the second task of the day "Crazy with Cross-Sections." We set up your papers together (I did it on the board while you copied the work onto your paper), and then we completed the first one together
  (a. cylinder). Repeat what we did with the cylinder for b. cone and c. sphere.
• After I helped you get started on "Crazy with Cross-Sections" you had the rest of the time to work on both assignments…..the assignments are due at the beginning of class tomorrow for a classwork grade.

Homework:

1. Cross-Sections of a Cube & Crazy with Cross-Sections are due at the beginning of class tomorrow
2. CRCT packet (two worksheets front and back from Tuesday) are due Monday for a classwork grade
3. Unit 7 test next Friday, April 4 (if you’re leaving early for spring break, you may take the test on Thursday before you leave)
4. If you want extra credit, go to the on-line assessment website (see the blue handout you received with your report card) and take any of the 8 practice tests. All extra credity is due by April 23…..the date the CRCT starts.

Classwork:

• We discussed how your Unit 7 test has been moved to next Friday, April 4….the last day before spring break. Remember, if you practice during class and ask questions you should do just fine on the test. You will need to understand the vocabulary and know all of the shapes!
• We talked about you visiting the on-line assessment system to take some practice quizzes to help you prepare for the CRCT. If you take any practice quizzes and score 80% or higher I will give you extra points on your unit 7 test next week. When you take the on-line quizzes, remember to click where it asks if you want your scores reported to the teacher (if you don’t do this I won’t see your results….if you prefer to print out a copy of your results and bring it to me that is okay also, but I will not just take your word that you took a test and scored 80% or better. There are 8 quizzes available for you; there is a quiz addressing each unit – seven total units (most of those quizzes are 7 – 12 questions) and one cumulative test for the whole year (this is 50 questions). For each of the unit tests you can earn 1 bonus point towards the unit 7 test next week, and for the cumulative test you can earn 10 bonus points. Use the state id you received on the blue sheet along with your report last Thursday.
• We checked Monday night’s homework
• We started working with the Play-Doh and "Cross-Sections of a Cube"…..you have to start trying to make various different shaped cross-sections from only a cube. We will continue this activity for the first 15 – 20 minutes of class tomorrow

Homework:

1. The CRCT review sheets from yesterday are due Monday, March 31…..if you finish them earlier, you may turn them in early. Remember they are going to count for a classwork grade because you had all class period on Tuesday to work on them.
2. Look at Monday’s blog for a cross-sections website and play with the cube demonstration….it will help you with finishing up "Cross-Sections of a Cube"
3. Extra credit is due by the start of the CRCT which is April 23…..take any or all of the on-line assessment quizzes (you must earn an 80% or better to get the extra points )

Classwork: I was out today, so you should have worked on CRCT practice/review sheets all class period. Please be sure to bring them back with you tomorrow along with Monday night’s homework which was lesson 52 worksheet about cross-sections.

Homework:

1. Be sure lesson 52 worksheet is completed for Wednesday
2. Bring your CRCT worksheets back to class tomorrow (assuming the substitute did not pick up the sheets)
3. Explore cross-sections using the website posted on Monday’s blog

Classwork:

• You took the unit 7 – vocabulary quiz
• We went through the homework you turned in on Friday when we were in the PC lab…..you should have changed any incorrect or incomplete answers
• You checked your graphic organizer to make sure you had the correct information on it…..you will see some of the concepts from the organizer on a cross-sections quiz soon
• We started learning about cross-sections by looking at a few websites and talking about how cross-sections are the plane, 2-D shapes left after cutting a portion of solid geometric figure
• We went throug a worksheet about cross-sections together, and there were examples on one side for you to reference in case you didn’t understand….please refer to the sheet if you need help with tonight’s homework
• Cross-sections website

Homework: Lesson 52 worksheet – both sides

Classwork:

• Collected homework….we will go through the worksheet on Monday
• We worked on Skills Tutor today in class…..remember, you can access the web-site to practice 7th grade math concepts at home as well as at school. The web-site is www.myskillstutor.com. Your user name is your first and last name with no spaces in between the two names. Your password should be your lunch number (if you changed correctly in class). The site is mcclure01 (that is a zero, not an "Oh" before the 1).

Homework:

1. Vocab. quiz on Monday over the Unit 7 words (you received the terms on Wednesday)
2. Geometric solids graphic organizer due on Monday…..many of you finished this assignment in class on Thursday, but be sure you have it with you on Monday
3. Play-Doh….please try to bring it in on Monday

Classwork:

• You turned in your homework from last night and we discussed the different and unique items you found around your house which were in the shapes of cones, cylinders, prisms, pyramids, and cubes.
• You created a Geometric Solids Graphic Organizer….the organizer included: rectangular prism, cube, square pyramid, cone, cylinder, triangular prism, and triangular pyramid. On the graphic organizer (chart) you were to draw the solid, state what plane figures (squares, rectangles, triangles, etc.) make up the solid, give the number of bases and shape of the bases, give the number of faces and shape of the faces, give the number of edges, give the number of vertices, and tell whether or not it is a polyhedron.
• You began tonight’s homework with the remaining time

Homework:

1. Geometric Solids Worksheet – Both Sides….due in the PC lab tomorrow
2. Graphic Organizer from today is due on Monday….if you didn’t finish it in class, make sure it is done and here on Monday. It will be graded, so don’t lose it. We will go through it together in class, and you will change the items you have incorrect on your sheet.
3. Bring Play-Doh by Monday
4. Vocabulary quiz on Monday (over the terms on the sheet you received on Wednesday)

Classwork:

• You received your Unit 6 tests back…..congrats to those of you who did an excellent job! We went through the test questions and answered what questions you had
• We discussed what we will be doing in unit 7
• You received a vocab. sheet for unit 7 – you will be having a quiz over all 20 terms on Monday
• You tried to draw a picture of a cone, cylinder, cube, prism, and pyramid

Homework:

1. Bring in a can of Play-Doh by Monday
2. Vocab. quiz on Monday
3. Make a list of items of various shapes found in or around your home…..the list should include 3 cones, 3 cylinders (remember, once you use a CAN of anything, then you cannot use CAN again), 3 cubes, 1 prism, and 1 pyramid. The list is due first thing tomorrow in class.

Classwork: UNIT 6 TEST

Homework: Bring in a canister of Play-Doh