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.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

SEPT. 20-23

SIXTH GRADE:
Tues. - Review Order of operations, exponents, and solve equations. Pp 558-559 lessons 1-5, 1-6, 1-7
Wed. - Review pp 38-40 Study guide for assessment, begin in class
Thurs. - Practice test Ch. 1
Fri. - Final test Ch. 1

SEVENTH GRADE:
Tues. - Text pp. 36-38 Study Guide for Assessment #1-48
Wed. - Practice test Ch. 1
Thurs. - Final Test Ch. 1, Cumulative Review
Fri. - P. 44 Compare & Order Decimals/Review place value. Assign pp. 45-46 #4-25 copy problems

EIGHTH GRADE:
Tues. - Review pp. 48-50 Study Guide for Assessment
Wed. - Practice Test Ch. 1
Thurs. - Final Test Ch. 1, Cumulative Review
Fri. - Pp. 56-57 Integers and Absolute Value/Pp.59-60 Compare and Order Integers
assign. p. 58 #15-20, p. 60 #4-24

Thursday, September 8, 2011

September 12

SIXTH GRADE:
Mon. - p. 22 Evaluate numerical and simple algebraic equations. Assign to page 24
Tues. - p.28 Powers and Exponents - begin p.29 together, continue to p.30
Wed. - p.34 Solving equations, begin p.35 continue to p.36
Thurs. - Review estimation by rounding (Smartboard) Practice worksheet 1-3
Fri. - Review estimation and order of operations p.557 1-3, 1-4

SEVENTH GRADE:
Mon. - p.30 Finding area of rectangles and parallelograms pp.31-32 #9-22
Tues. - Review plan for problem solving. Practice 1-1
Wed. - Review order of operations p.8 Practice worksheet 1-2
Thurs. - Review order of operations p.568 lessons 1-2, 1-3
Friday - Review powers and Exponents, solve equations p.569 lessons 1-4, 1-5

EIGHTH GRADE:
Mon. - Writing algebraic expressions and equations from verbal phrases and sentences.
p. 27 Vocab. Begin p.28 finish to 29
Tues. p.32 Solving 2-step equations, review order of operations. Assign textbook
Wed. - continue solving 2-step equations. Study Guide/Prac 1-7
Thurs. - Find perimeter and area of rectangles, squares, and parallelograms. SG/Prac 1-8 worksheet
Fri. - p.43 write and solve inequalities p. 46 #12-29

Monday, May 16, 2011

May 23-May 27

6th
Mon. - Text 583 Review finding volume of prisms and surface area of rectangular prism lessons 10-5, 10-6
Tues. - Practice tests Ch. 10
Wed. - Practice tests Ch. 10
Thurs. - Final Test Ch. 10
Fri. - Integers p.434-439 study guide/practice 11-1, 11-2

7th
Mon. - Final test Ch. 10
Tues. - Text 456 Solve problems using percent equation practice 11-2
Wed. - Text 469-471 Finding percent increase and decrease practice 11-5
Thurs. - Text 474-476 Discount and Sales Tax practice 11-6
Fri. - Text 478-479 Simple Interest practice 11-7

8th
Mon. - Text 636 Review Area of a Circle lesson 11-1
Tues. - Text 637-638 Review volume of a solid lessons 11-3, 11-4
Wed. - Text 638 Finding Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders lessons 11-5, 11-6
Thurs. - Practice tests Ch. 11
Fri. - Final Test Chapter 11 cumulative review

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

May 16-May 20 Assignments

6th
Mon. - Volume of rectangular prisms study guide/practice 10-5
Tues. - Surface Area of rectangular prisms study guide/practice 10-6
Wed. - Area of parallelograms and triangles p.583 lessons 10-1 & 10-2
Thurs. - Area of a circle p.583 lesson 10-3

7th
Mon. - Area of a circle study guide/practice 10-6
Tues. - Study guide for assessment p. 444 #34-41
Wed. - Area of triangle, trapezoid, and circle text 597 lesson 10-5 #1-10 and lesson 10-6 #1-8
Thurs. - Chapter 10 practice tests

8th
Mon. - Review volume of pyramids and cones study guide/practice 11-4
Tues. - Review surface area of prisms study guide/practice 11-5
Wed. - Review surface area of cylinders study guide/practice 11-6
Thurs. - Study guide for assessment pp. 508-510

Monday, May 2, 2011

May 9-13

6th
Area of Parallelograms SG/Practice 10-1
Area of Triangles SG/Practice 10-2
Area of Circles SG/Practice 10-3
Skills Iowa Spring testing
Skills Iowa Review

7th
Review Projects
Review Projects-Smartboard
Area of Triangles and Trapezoids SG/Practice 10-5
Skills Iowa Spring testing
Skills Iowa Review

8th
Surface Area of Cylinders Text 501 #5 and 502 #8-10, 12, 13
Review Area of Circles SG/Practice 11-1
Review Volume of Prisms and Cylinders SG/Practice 11-3
Skills Iowa Spring testing
Skills Iowa Review - Ratio

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

May 2-6

6th Grade
Mon.-Naming two dimensional figures, study guide/practice 9-4
Tues.-Describe and define lines of symmetry, study guide/practice 9-5 text p.372 4-7,11-17
Wed.-Determine congruence and similarity, study guide/practice 9-6
Thurs.-mid chapter review, worksheets
Fri.-Skills Iowa computer assessments

7th Grade
Mon.-text pp.398-400 study guide for assessment ch.9
Tues.-practice tests
Wed.-practice tests
Thurs.-Final Test Ch.9, cumulative review
Fri.-Skills Iowa computer assessments

8th Grade
Mon.-Finding volume of prisms and cylinders p.488 #4,5,7-9 and p.489 10-12
Tues.-Finding volume of pyramids and cones p.492 4,5,7-12
Wed.-Find surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms p.497 4,5,8-13
Thurs.-Find surface area of cylinders p.501 #5 p.502 8-10,12,13
Fri.-Skills Iowa computer assessments

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April 18-21

6th
Mon. - Review ratio, rate, proportion lessons 8-1, 8-2, 8-4 #1-15 pp.578-579
Tues. - Review fraction as %, % as decimal lesson 8-4 #16-30, 8-5 pp.579-580 and p.330 #25-30
Wed. - Finding percent of a number lesson 8-7 p. 580 review
Thurs. - Study Guide pp.344-346

7th
Mon. - Study guide/practice 9-1 angles
Tues. - Identify different types of polygons Study guide/practice 9-2
Wed. - Identify similar polygons Study guide/practice 9-3
Thurs. - Classify triangles and quadrilaterals Study guide/practice 9-4

8th
Mon. - Practice tests Ch. 8
Tues. - Final Test Ch. 8 and Cumulative review
Wed. - Complete Function Tables Study guide/practice 10-1
Thurs.- Using tables to graph functions text p. 435 #6-11 copy tables