Monday, March 30, 2009

March 30 HW FORBES

Pre-Algebra textbook page 403 #1-5, 11-14. No need to graph if you can figure out the answer without graphing.
Math 7 Workbook - pg 22 #14-23
Science - answer questions on the Tundra (LS 10 Part 4)

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Life Science BENCHMARK

Your 3rd quarter benchmark is this week...Forbes THURSDAY and Somerville FRIDAY
The questions below covers the topics of the questions for this benchmark. Study your past quizzes and tests for LS 8, 9, and 10. Make flashcards to help you study!

1. Can a producer be an herbivore and a carnivore?

2. Where on the food chain do you find the producers?

3. If a habitat has grass, mice, snakes and hawks, what would happen in the food web if there were no mice? No grass? No snakes? No hawks?

4. Describe how energy travels through the energy pyramid.

5. In a forest, acorns, mice, and owl form a food chain. Label these as producers or consumers.

6. Name an example of a predator/prey relationship, label each.

7. Name an example of a parasite/host relationship, label each.

8. Name an example of mutualism.

9. What is nocturnal? Where do you find nocturnal animals? Why?

10. Why would an animal have sharp pointed teeth?

11. What biome do robins live? Why do they migrate?

12. What is the largest biome?

13. What is the process called when water changes from liquid to gas? Gas to liquid?

14. Describe the plants that live in the desert.

15. Describe the plants that live in the tundra.

16. The largest terrestrial biome is what?

17. How is a lizard adapted to its biome? In what biome would you find a lizard?

Math 7 Week of March 30

The 3rd Quarter Benchmark is THURSDAY! Use your notes, past tests and quizzes to STUDY!

--Identify and graph ordered pairs in the four quadrants of a coordinate plane.
--Given a polygon in the coordinate plane, will represent transformations — rotation and translation — by graphing the coordinates of the vertices of the transformed polygon and sketching the resulting figure, the image.
--Investigate and describe the difference between the probability of an event found through simulation (experimental) versus the theoretical probability of that same event.
--Identify and describe the number of possible arrangements of several objects, using a tree diagram or the Fundamental (Basic) Counting Principle.
--Create and solve problems involving the measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and the range of a set of data.
--Given a problem situation, will collect, analyze, display, and interpret data, using a variety of graphical methods, including frequency distributions, line plots, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisker plots, and scattergrams.
--Make inferences, conjectures, and predictions based on analysis of a set of data.
--Represent, analyze, and generalize a variety of patterns, including arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences, with tables, graphs, rules, and words in order to investigate and describe functional relationships.
--Write verbal expressions as algebraic expressions and sentences as equations.

Pre-Algebra Week of March 30

The third quarter benchmark test will be THURSDAY. Topics for PA 3rd Quarter Benchmark Test are listed below. Use your notes, past quizzes and tests to STUDY!!


--Identify and graph ordered pairs in the four quadrants of a coordinate plane.
--Given a polygon in the coordinate plane, will represent transformations — rotation and translation — by graphing the coordinates of the vertices of the transformed polygon and sketching the resulting figure, the image.
--Apply transformations (rotate or turn, reflect or flip, translate or slide, and dilate or scale) to geometric figures represented on graph paper.
--Identify applications of transformations, such as tiling, fabric design, art, and scaling.
--Construct a three-dimensional model, given the top, side, and/or bottom views
--Verify the Pythagorean Theorem, using diagrams, concrete materials, and measurement
--Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing length of a side of a right triangle when given the lengths of the other two sides.
--Investigate and describe the difference between the probability of an event found through simulation (experimental) versus the theoretical probability of that same event.
--Analyze problem situations, including games of chance, board games, or grading scales, and make predictions, using knowledge of probability.
--Identify and describe the number of possible arrangements of several objects, using a tree diagram or the Fundamental (Basic) Counting Principle.
--Create and solve problems involving the measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and the range of a set of data.
--Given a problem situation, will collect, analyze, display, and interpret data, using a variety of graphical methods, including frequency distributions, line plots, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisker plots, and scattergrams.
--Make comparisons, predictions, and inferences, using information displayed in frequency distributions; box-and-whisker plots; scattergrams; line, bar, circle, and picture graphs; and histograms.
--Use a matrix to organize and describe data.
--Make inferences, conjectures, and predictions based on analysis of a set of data.
--Represent, analyze, and generalize a variety of patterns, including arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences, with tables, graphs, rules, and words in order to investigate and describe functional relationships.
--Write verbal expressions as algebraic expressions and sentences as equations.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009

Mrs. Williams- language arts- 3rd and 4th period- test tomorrow on dialogue
1st, 2nd, 8th period -test Wednesday on dialogue

Mrs. Williams - social studies- 9 weeks assessment test Friday, March 27th

Mrs. B. - reading- study notes on lyric poetry, and examine the contrast among the 4 types. Please continue to read AR.

Mrs. B.- social studies- continue to study WW II notes

Mr. Somerville -Science- review fresh water and marine biomes (LS10 part 5)
social studies - review notes on rebuilding Europe and Japan after WW II

Mrs. Jones- Finish worksheet on inequalities and study for quiz tomorrow

Mrs. Forbes -math 7 - 3 problems on worksheet finding a rule from a graph
Pre- Al- backside of worksheet (TOV) graphs/ rules
Science- LS10 part 2 questions

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Wednesday- Friday 20th

Mrs. Williams- language arts- Test on quotation rules Friday

Mrs. Williams- social studies- Test on WWII Thursday

Mrs. Jones- math- Study for pattern quiz re-take on Thursday, and 7.21 skills

Ms. B.- reading- Continue to read assigned pages in novel, study poetry notes and all previous sol notes.

Mr. Somerville- social studies- Test on WWII Thursday

Math 7 Forbes

Students will be working on patterns this week. There was no homework Tuesday, however, there will be homework from the rest of the week. After we review patterns today, students will move forward to apply the patterning skill to determine functions. This last strand of SOLs is a culmination of the skills learned throughout the year. It is also the topic of a major portion of the SOL test! Please be on the look out for homework practice sheets. It's critical that students complete homework to ensure their comprehension of topics discussed in class.

Pre-Algebra Update

The last strand of SOLs for PreAlgebra encompasses the concepts taught throughout the year. We are applying our graphing skills to draw lines on a graph representing a function. These functions are listed as an algebraic equation determined from a table of values. Homework this week will include practice sheets for students to determine the slope of a line, the y-intercept, plot points on a graph, creating rules from graphs and tables, and creating tables from rules. By next week, these students will apply this skill to real world problems by looking at trends, predicting outcomes for a trend based on the linear equations (rules). It sounds complicated as I write this, but once the student finds the rhythm for this skill, it will become clear as a bell. Really....trust me!