January 4 - January 7 Assignments

6th Grade:
Tues. - Text p. 208 least common multiple #12-34
Wed. - Practice 5-7 worksheet
Thurs. - Compare and order fractions p. 212 #4-27
Fri. - Practice 5-8 review compare and order fractions

7th Grade:
Tues. - Practice 5-6 Multiplying integers
Wed. - Practice 5-7 Dividing integers
Thurs. - Study Guides 5-6, 5-7 review Mult./Divide integers
Fri. - Skills Iowa (computer)

8th Grade:
Tues. - Practice 6-1, 6-2 Divisibility patterns and prime factorization
Wed. - Practice 6-3 Finding Greatest common factor
Thurs. - Study Guide/Practice 6-5, text p. 252 Express numbers as decimals and decimals as fractions
Fri. - Skills Iowa (computer)

Dec. 13 - Dec. 17 Assignments

6th Grade:
Mon. - Review Greatest Common Factor pp. 189-190 #3-24
Tues. - Practice 5-4 Simplify fractions and ratios
Wed. - Practice 5-5 Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Thurs. - Review simplifying fractions and mixed numbers p. 200
#11-30

7th Grade:
Mon. - Practice 5-5 Subtracting Integers
Tues. - Review p. 186 #11-28, p. 189 #3-18, p. 193 # 4-6, 11-19
Wed. - p. 199-200 #4-34
Thurs. - Review pp. 203-204 #4-31

8th Grade:
Mon. - Practice Tests
Tues. - Final Test Ch. 5 and Cumulative Review
Wed. - Skills Iowa Math Assessment
Thurs. - Skills Iowa Math Assessment

8th GRADE MATH TEST NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14!! CHECK YOUR STUDENT'S GRADES.

Dec. 6 - Dec. 10 Assignments

6th
Mon. - Skills Iowa computer resources
Tues. - Text 182 Finding prime factorization of composite numbers p.184 #4-36
Wed. - Continue prime factorization study guide/practice 5-2
Thurs. - Text p.188 Find greatest common factor, study guide/practice 5-3
Fri. - Text pp.189-190 review greatest common factor #3-24 begin together

7th
Mon. - Skills Iowa computer resources
Tues. - Text p. 184 Read and write integers, find opposites and absolute value. Study guide/practice 5-1
Wed. - Text p.188 compare and order integers study guide/practice 5-2
Thurs. - Text p. 191 Graphing points on a coordinate plane, study guide practice 5-3
Fri. - Text p. 197 Adding integers, study guide/practice 5-4

8th
Mon. - Standardized test practice in class
Tues. - Skills Iowa computer resources
Wed. - Chart/Worksheet classifying quadrilaterals and study guide for assessment pp.224-226
Thurs. - Extra Practice review pp. 617-618 Lessons 5-1 through 5-6
Fri. - Practice tests p. 651 and worksheets

Nov. 29-Dec.3 Assignments

6th Math:
Mon. - Practice Test Ch. 4
Tues. - Practice Test Ch. 4
Wed. - Final Test Ch. 4
Thurs. - Divisibility Patterns Study Guide/Practice 5-1
Fri. - Skill Iowa Computer

7th Math:
Mon. - Study Guide for Assessment pp. 176-178
Tues. - Practice Test Ch. 4
Wed. - Practice Test Ch. 4
Thurs. - Final Test Ch. 4, Cumulative Review
Fri. - Skills Iowa Computer

8th Math:
Mon. - Text 201 Classify Quadrilaterals SG/Practice 5-3
Tues. - Text 206 and 210 Line Symmetry and Congruent Triangles SG/Practice 5-4,5-5
Wed. - Text 215 Similar Triangles SG/Practice 5-6 Review 208 4, 5, 8-13, p211 4-6 and p212 8-13
Thurs. - Test practice
Fri. - Skills Resources Computer

Nov. 22-24 Assignments

6th Grade:
Mon. - Text 567 Lesson 4-6 Divide Decimal by Decimal
Tues. - Text 567 Lesson 4-7 Dividing Decimals/Round To The Nearest Hundredth
Wed. - Text pp. 171-172 Study Guide (circled problems only)

7th Grade:
Mon. - Review fractions and ratios in lowest terms and percents Text 156 #9-24, Text 160 #13-36
Tues. - Convert fraction to percent and percent and decimal to lowest terms fraction p163 #13-36
Wed. - Review least common multiple and comparing fractions: p.171 #11-22, p.174 #'s 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34

8th Grade:
Mon. - Text 188-192 Identifying Lines and angles Study Guide/Practice 5-1
Tues. - Text 196-199 Classify Triangles by sides and angles Study Guide/Practice 5-2
Wed. - Review text pages p.191 #1-15 skip 3,8, p.192 #16-25, p.198 #4, 5, 8-11, p.199 #12-21 skip 15, 16

Assignments for Nov. 16-19

6th Grade:
Tues. - Review Multiplying with Decimals P. 565 Lesson 4-1
Wed. - Review Multiplying Decimal X Decimal P. 566 Lesson 4-3
Thurs. - Review Dividing Decimals by Whole Number P. 567 Lesson 4-5
Fri. - Skills Resources

7th Grade:
Tues. - Finding Least Common Multiple Practice 4-9
Wed. - Compare and Order Fractions Practice 4-10
Thurs. - Review Prime Factorization, Factor Trees, and GCF text 140 #14-33 and text 152 #3-17
Fri. - Skills Resources

8th Grade:
Tues. - Practice Tests
Wed. - Practice Tests
Thurs. - Final Test Ch. 4
Fri. - Skills Resources

Nov. 8-12 Assignments

6th Math
Mon. - Prac 4-6 Divide decimals by decimals
Tues. - Text 158-159 (continue dividing decimals)
Wed. - Prac 4-7 Dividing with zeros in the quotient
Thurs. - Text 162 Continue dividing w/zeros in the quotient
Fri. - Skills Assessment Math 6 Decimals

7th Math
Mon. - Prac 4-5 Fractions and ratios in lowest terms
Tues. - Prac 4-6 Ratios and percent
Wed. - Express fractions as decimal and percents Practice 4-7
Thurs. - Practice 4-8 Probability of a Simple Event
Fri. - Skills Resources Math 7 Assessment 6 %, decimal, fraction

8th Math
Mon. - Text 616 Lessons 4-5, 4-6 Measures of Central Variation and Scatter Plot
Tues. - Study Guide Review Text pp. 178-180
Wed. - Standardized test practice Text pp. 182/183/650
Thurs. - Review quizes from previous chapters completed in class
Fri. - Skills Resources

ASSIGNMENTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 4

6th Grade:
Mon. - Text 142-143 marked problems, Multiplying Decimals
Tues. - Study Guide & Practice 4-4 Perimeter and Area
Wed. - Text 153 start 4-9 together, continue on 154 Dividing Decimals by a Whole Number
Thurs. - More Division or Skills Iowa

7th Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide/Practice 4-1 Using Divisibility Rules
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice 4-2 Prime Factorization
Wed. - Study Guide/Practice 4-4 Finding Greatest Common Factor
Thurs. - Skills Assessment

8th Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide/Practice 4-5 Measures of Variation
Tues. - 4-6 through 4-8 Scatter Plots, Choosing Appropriate Displays, Misleading Statistics
Wed. - Histograms, Circle Graphs, Line Plots, Central Variation pp.614-615 4-1 to 4-4
Thurs. - Measures of Central Variation and Scatter Plot text p. 616 Lessons 4-5, and 4-6

Oct. 21-29 Assignments

6th Grade:
Mon. - Practice Tests
Tues. - Practice Tests
Wed. - Final Test Ch. 3
Thurs. - Text 133 Multiply Decimals by Whole Numbers Study Guide 4-1
Fri. - Practice 4-1 Multiply Decimals by Whole Numbers

7th Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide For Assessment Text 122-124
Tues. - Practice Tests
Wed. - Practice Tests
Thurs. - Quiz
Fri. - Final Test

8th Grade:
Mon. - Text 148-150 Construct and Interpret Circle Graphs worksheet 4-2
Tues. - Text 153-155 Construct and Interpret Line Plots worksheet 4-3
Wed. - Text 158-161 Measures of Central Tendency worksheet 4-4
Thurs. - U.S. map - collect and record data, finish skills tutor - ratio/rate begin
Graphs
Fri. - Review text 160 #4-6, 161 #8-16

Oct. 18 - 22 Assignments

Sixth Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide/Practice 3-6 Add & Subtract Fractions
Tues. - Chapter Review p.563 Lessons 3-1, 3-2
Wed. - Chapter Review p.564 Lessons 3-4, 3-5, 3-6A
Thurs. - Add and Subtract Decimals p.565 Lesson 3-6
Fri. - Study Guide for Assessment pp.122-124

Seventh Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide/Practice 3-5 Construct/Interpret Stem & Leaf Plots
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice 3-6 Construct/Interpret Box & Whiskers Plots
Wed. - SG/Practice 3-7 Misleading Statistics and Graphs
Thurs. - Chapter Review pp.574 Lessons 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 #1-4 Frequency Table & Bar/Line Graphs
Fri. - Continue Review p.575 3-4, 3-5 Mean, Median, Mode

Eighth Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide for Assessment pp.130-132
Tues. - Practice Tests Ratio & Rate
Wed. - Continue Prac. Tests
Thurs. - Final Test Chapter 3 Ratio, Rate and Proportion/ Cumulative Review
Fri. - Study Guide/Practive 4-1 Bar Graphs and Histograms

ASSIGNMENTS FOR OCT. 12-15

6th Math
Tues. - Skills Iowa Math 6 Assessment 3
Wed. - Compare and order decimals - study guide/practice 3-3
Thurs. - Rounding decimals - study guide/practice 3-4
Fri. - Estimating study guide/practice3-5

7th Math
Tues. - Skills Iowa - Assessments 3 & 4
Wed. - Constructing Line Plots SG/Practice 3-3
Thurs. - Mean, median, mode Study Guide 3-4 #1-6 and Practice 3-4 #1-4
Fri. - Finish Practice 3-4

8th Math
Tues. - Text Review p.612 Lessons 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
Wed. - Continue review p.613 lessons 3-4, 3-5, 3-6A, p.614 lesson 3-6
Thurs. - Review ratio, percent, decimal, proportion - Practice pages 8-1 to 8-5
Fri. - Skills Tutor: Ratio & Rate, Percent, Decimals, Percent of a Number

Assignments: Week of Oct. 4

SIXTH GRADE:
Mon. - Practice Test
Tues. - Practice Test
Wed. - Final Test Ch.2 and cumulative review
Thurs. - Place Value - decimals through thousandths Study Guide/Practice 3-1
Fri. - Skills Iowa Math 6 Assessment 3

SEVENTH GRADE:
Mon. - Text practice test ch. 2
Tues. - Final Test Ch. 2 and cumulative review
Wed. - Choosing appropriate scales and intervals - Frequency Table Study Guide/Prac. 3-1
Thurs. - Making Predictions from bar and line graphs, Study Guide/Practice 3-2
Friday - Skills Iowa Math 7 Assessments 3 & 4

EIGHTH GRADE:
Mon. - Express percents as fractions and decimals - study guide/practice 3-4, text 116-117
Tues. - Finding percent of a number - study guide/practice 3-5 text 122
Wed. - Using equivalent fractions and decimals - study guide/practice 3-6, text 128 - 129
Thurs. - Skills Iowa Math Assessments 1 & 6
Fri. - Text Review 612-613 Lessons 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 Ratio/Rates/Percent & Solve Proportions

Assignments Sept. 27-Oct. 1

6th Grade:
Mon. - Study Guide/Practice 2-9 Organized pairs to locate points & organize data
Tues. - Chapter study guide, constructing graphs pp. 86-88
Wed. - Chapter review pp. 560-561 lessons 2-3 to 2-6
Thurs. - Chapter Review p. 559 lesson 2-1 #'s 1 & 2 p. 562 lesson 2-7
Fri. - practice test p. 596

7th Grade:
Mon. - Chapter review p. 572 lessons 2-4, 2-5 multiplying decimals
Tues. - p. 572 lesson 2-6, p.573 lesson 2-7 lesson 2-9 scientific notation
Wed. - Study guide for assessment pp. 80-82
Thurs. - Practice test
Fri. - Practice test

8th Grade:
Mon. - Practice test
Tues. - Practice test
Wed. - Final Test Ch. 2 and cumulative review
Thurs. - Text 104 and 107 Ratios as rates and percents Study Guide/Prac. 3-1, 3-2
Friday - Text p.111 Solving Proportions

ASSIGNMENTS FOR SEPT. 20-24

SIXTH GRADE:
Mon. - Skills Iowa - laptops
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice 2-6 Constructing Stem & Leaf Plots
Wed. - Study Guide/Practice 2-7 Find mean, median, mode
Thurs. - Continue Prac. 2-7 mean, median, mode, and range
Fri. - Study Guide/Practice Misleading Statistics 2-8

SEVENTH GRADE:
Mon. - Skills Iowa
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice2-7 Fractions as terminating & repeating decimals
Wed. - SG/Prac. 2-9 Scientific Notation
Thurs. - Review Lessons 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 p. 570-571
Fri. - Review Multiplying Decimals Lessons 2-4, 2-5 p.572

EIGHTH GRADE:
Mon. - Skills Iowa
Tues. - SG/Prac. 2-9 Solving Equations
Wed. - SG/Prac 2-10 Coordinate Plane, text 88 #11-28
Thurs. - Review pp. 610-611 Lessons 2-7, 2-8, 2-9
Fri. - Study Guide for Assessment pp. 96-98

Assignments for Sept. 14-17

6th Grade
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice 2-2 Choosing Scale and Interval
Wed. - Study Guide/Practice 2-3 Using Bar and Line Graphs
Thurs. - SG/Practice 2-4 Reading Circle Graphs
Fri. - SG/Practice 2-5 Predictions from Line Graphs

7th Grade
Tues. - SG/Practice 2-5 Multiply by Powers of 10
Wed. - Text p.68 #12-23 Dividing Decimals
Thurs. - SG/Practice 2-6 Continue Dividing by Decimals
Fri. - SG/Practice 2-6 More Dividing by Decimals

8th Grade
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice 2-5 Subtracting Integers (must rewrite)
Wed. - SG/Practice 2-7, p.80 #12-29 Multiplying Integers
Thurs. - SG/Practice 2-8 p.82 #14-31 Dividing Integers
Fri. - Review Adding and Subtracting Integers pp.62, 64, 70
Assign lessons 2-3, 2-4, 2-5

Sixth Grade Math Test

Congratulations to the sixth grade students who did well on the first Math test: Hailey, Brandon, Payton, Emma, Rachel, Alex, Joshua, Kort, and Becky!

7th Grade Chapter 1 Math Test

CONGRATULATIONS to the 7th grade students who did well on the first Math test: Sara, Tyler, Michela, Cassy, Zach, Alex, Kyleigh, Josh, Travis, Jillian, and Hunter!

Assignments for Sept. 7 - Sept. 10

6th Math
Tues. - Practice Test Ch.1
Wed. - Final Test Ch. 1
Thurs. - Study Guide & Practice 2-1 Frequency Tables
Fri. - Study Guide & Practice 2-2 Scale and Interval

7th Math
Tues. - Study Guide/Practice 2-1 Compare & Order Decimals
Wed. - Study Guide/Practice 2-2 Rounding Decimals
Thurs. - Study Guide/Practice 2-3 Estimating with Decimals
Fri. - Study Guide/Practice 2-4 Multiplying Decimals

8th Math
Tues. - Chapter 1 Final Test, Cumulative Review
Wed. - Study Guide and Practice 2-1, 2-2 Graph & Compare/Order Integers
Thurs. - Study Guide and Practice 2-3 Rules for Adding Integers
Friday - Study Guide and Practice 2-4 More About Adding Integers

Assignments for the Week of Aug. 30

6th Math
Mon. - pp. 38-40 #1-12 together, skip 13-19, finish 20-34
Tues. - p.40 35-52 skip #39, 40
Wed. - p.557 Lesson 1-3, #1-12 p.558 Lesson 1-4, #1-18
Thurs. - p.558 Lesson 1-5 #1-26, Lesson 1-6, #1-12 and #18, #20
Friday - Chapter 1 Practice Test (worksheet)

7th Math
Mon. - Text pp. 36-37 Study Guide 1-24
Tues. - Text pp. 37-38 #25-48 skip 41 and 42
Wed. - Practice test p. 607
Thurs. - Practice test
Fri. - Final Test

8th Math
Mon. - Study Guide/Practice 1-8
Tues. - Text p.608 Lesson 1-9, Study Guide/Practice 1-9
Wed. - Text pp.48-50 Study Guide
Thurs. - Practice Tests
Fri. - Practice Tests
FINAL TEST TUESDAY!

Math Assignments for the week of Aug. 23

7th Grade Math
Mon. - Practice worksheet 1-3
Tues. - Practice worksheet 1-4
Wed. - Practice worksheet 1-5
Thurs. - Practice worksheet 1-7
Fri. - Practice worksheet 1-1

6th Grade Math
Mon. - text p.18 1-17 skip 7
Tues. - text p.24 13-32
Wed. - text p.30 14-36
Thurs. - text p.36 19-34
Fri. - Practice worksheet 1-1

8th Grade Math
Mon. - Practice worksheet 1-3
Tues. - Practice 1-4
Wed. - Practice 1-5
Thurs. - Practice 1-6
Friday - Practice 1-7

8th Grade Projects

8th grade projects may be viewed at: sites.google.com/site/gtschoollibrary/blogs/mr-degroot-s-math-class-uploads

8th Grade Math

Students are classifying triangles and quadrilaterals. Students must create a representation of each on the computer. Triangles include: right, acute, obtuse, isosceles, scalene and equilateral. Quadrilaterals include: parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, and trapezoid.