The mission of Graettinger-Terril Community Schools is to develop competent citizens who will be successful participants in a rapidly changing world. This will be accomplished by providing each student with a challenging, progressive curriculum taught by a dedicated staff in a nurturing environment.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Week of October 31 Assignments:

Sixth Grade:
Mon.-Text 122-124 Study Guide for Assessment
Tues.-Text 563 3-1, 3-2 Fractions as mixed numbers
Wed.-Text 564 3-4, 3-5 Round decimals and estimate +, - problems
Thurs.-Text 565 3-6 Review +, - problems
Fri.-Practice test Ch. 3

Seventh Grade:
Mon.-Review Study Guide for Assessment p.122 #1-29
Tues.-Review p.574, 576 Frequency tables, line & bar graphs, line plots, mean, median, mode, stem and leaf, box and whiskers
Wed.-Practice tests chapter 3
Thurs.-Practice tests
Fri.-Final test chapter 3, cumulative review

Eighth Grade:
Mon.-p. 130-132 Study Guide for Assessment
Tues.-Practice tests
Wed.-Practice tests
Thurs.-Chap. 3 Test, cumulative review
Fri.-pp.142-145 Bar graphs and histograms, study guide/practice 4-1

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Assignments: October 24-28

Sixth Grade:
Mon.- Compare & order decimals - Study guide/practice 3-3
Tues.- Rounding decimals - Study guide/practice 3-4
Wed.- Estimate Sums & differences - Study guide/practice 3-5
Thurs.- Add and subtract decimals - text pp.119-120 #4-23
Fri.- Review add and subtract decimals - Study guide/practice 3-6

Seventh Grade:
Mon.- Construct and interpret stem and leaf plots - Study guide/practice 3-5
Tues.- Construct box and whisker plots - Study guide/practice 3-6
Wed.- Recognize when statistics and graphs are misleading - Study guide/practice 3-7
Thurs.- Review frequency tables and line plots p.90 #8-17, p.100 #6-12
Fri.- Review mean, median, mode - p.104 #8-16

Eighth Grade:
Mon.- Express ratios as percents - Study guide/practice 3-2
Tues.- Solving proportions - Study guide/practice 3-3
Wed.- Express percents as fractions & decimals and mentally compute percents - Study guide/practice 3-4, 3-5
Thurs.- Percent and estimation and percent of a number - p.128-129 #11-29 and p.122 #10-21
Fri.- Fractions as decimals and percents and solve proportions - pp.116-117 #4-43 and p.113 #4-26

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS!

Seventh Grade Chapter 2 Math Test (A's): Joe, Kason, Jordan, Nate, Alex

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Assignments: October 17-21

SIXTH GRADE
Mon. - Finish study guide p.88 #21-33
Tues. - Practice test 2A for chapter 2
Wed. - Practice test 2B
Thurs. - Final test chapter 2
Fri. - Read and write decimals through the ten-thousandths - text pp.97-98 #1-32b.

SEVENTH GRADE
Mon. - Practice test 2B
Tues. - Final test 2C, cumulative review
Wed. - pp.88-91 Choosing appropriate scales, and intervals for data - Frequency tables Study Guide/Practice 3-1
Thurs. - p.94/98 Making predictions and constructing line plots. Study Guide/Practice 3-2, 3-3
Fri. - p.102 Mean, median, and mode. Study Guide/Practice 3-4

EIGHTH GRADE
Mon. - Study guide for assessment pp.96-98
Tues. - Practice test 2A
Wed. - Practice test 2B
Thurs. - Final test chapter 2 and cumulative review
Fri. - Ratios as fractions in simplest form and determine unit rates. Study Guide/Practice 3-1

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

ASSIGNMENTS: OCT. 11 - 14

Sixth Grade:
Tues. - Review graphs: circle, line, stem and leaf pp.560-561 lessons 2-3B, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6
Wed. - Review mean, median, mode and range p.562 lessons 2-7, 2-8
Thurs. - Review study guide for assessment pp. 86-87 #1-20
Fri. - Review study guide for assessment p. 88 #21-33

Seventh Grade:
Tues. - Review multiplying decimals p. 572 lesson 2-4 #1-21
Wed. - Review multiplication by 10, powers of 10, and scientific notation p. 572 2-5, p.573 2-9
Thurs. - Study guide for assessment pp. 80-82
Fri. - Practice tests for chapter 2

Eighth Grade:
Tues. - pp.86-88 Solving equations p.88 #4-28
Wed. - Review solving equations lesson 2-9 #1-21 p. 611
Thurs. - Continue solving equations study guide/practice 2-9
Fri. - pp. 92-94 Graphing on the coordinate system study guide/practice 2-10 and review p. 609 lesson 2-3 #1-12, lesson 2-5 #1-12