L 93 extra credit form

Use this form if you did extra credit for lesson 93

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDRvR0xmYWo2bkdEWHpob2J3QmVudnc6MQ

Tonight's Math Homework... L93 evens.

Click the link below to enter your answers for Lesson 93 evens.  If you have extra credit, make sure you enter these answers first.  There will be an additional form for your extra credit posted later this evening.

THANK YOU for participating in my Math Homework experiment!!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd3dDlBOWpKZmlNbzR3LVhwaGJZclE6MQ#gid=0

Form to enter Math HW - L92

Click the link below to enter your math homework responses!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZURnFKS3dBbVh4N2haSmpUbUJ6Rnc6MQ#gid=0

KHAN ACADEMY for lesson 92

Click the following link to reach a video explaining how to solve 2-step equations!

http://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/solving-linear-equations/v/two-step-equations

Essay Directions

Click below for the directions for the ESSAY portion of your TEST...

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=11VBYaxenH1d-inLl1jnQaSMAx2rFD2CLDW-Ru7gQalg

Treasure Island Multiple Choice TEST

Click the link below to access the test:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZEOTdaa0pvSXczVGM2V3lLNTdfM0E6MQ


Read all of your choices carefully.... take your time!  Good luck!!!

Need to study???

Need to study the vocab words before taking the quiz???

Click on the link below to access an 'easy definition' vocab list for this quiz:


https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1cSBAtxeSicMuhtF0DNq-6bEsq1OE5pMn_TZWgHk3MFI 

TODAY's VOCAB QUIZ (april 30, 2012)

Click on the link below to access the VOCAB QUIZ:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEtTTUJZRDUtN2JYRGhKdmVFSEE5cFE6MQ

Homework News for 7th grade...

CA - continue reading Treasure Island.  Chapters 27 and 28 are due as of Thursday.   We will tackle 29 and 30 for Friday.  Please come to school having read through chapter 30 on Monday morning.
Vocabulary word for Thursday: Precocious (to be sophisticated for your age... )
For Friday:
Vocab quiz on MONDAY...
Track students (check back here for a list of words to study!)

SS:  If possible, work on the African Country project.  It will be due either the end of next week or the beginning of the following week...

Israel Hands' DIRK

Coracles....

Carson @ bat...

PERSNICKETY

Whooping Cough update

The following is a link to the most recent article in the Ravalli Republic about the Whooping Cough outbreak in the Bitterroot Valley:

http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/education/article_75dec6fe-8e79-11e1-9569-0019bb2963f4.html

Video Journalism

Video Journalism Class:
Tomorrow is our LAST day of class.  We will be watching old video productions... in order to attempt to burn a DVD of all of our stuff...
SO...
If you would like, bring treats to snack on while we watch!
Thanks!
And see you tomorrow.
`Ms. C

p.s. I'll miss you all in the afternoons!

BOOK ORDER!

If you would like to order from the Hunger Games Arena Scholastic book order, it is due by Friday! We'll discuss that more tomorrow....
DUE FRIDAY APRIL 27th!

Everyday a post. At least one..

HOMEWORK and whatnot...

CA - finish reading through chapter 23.  No matter what.  We will be discussing then reading further tomorrow.

Current Vocabulary list:

Quintessential

Stymie

Acquiescence

Paradox

Melancholy

Oblivion

Mantra

(coming soon.... persnickety)

SS - Finish the handout from class... you do NOT have to do the 'fish graph' - just label the countries without labels and order the populations for the other countries!  Due TOMORROW!!!!!

MATH COURSE 2 - Lesson 85 practice set and evens..... (practice test tomorrow, test on Wednesday)

Vocab Quiz for today...

Click below to take the vocabulary quiz!
(Thanks :))

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dDNsTHFnSnlQekNmaEg3a0JrMUp1dUE6MQ#gid=0

Tonight's homework...

Thursday March 29, 2012

- CA - read 30 minutes and record (your choice...)

- Math 7 - Lesson 76, evens, practice set and #5

HOMEWORK TONIGHT

CA - Read - (your novel) - 30 minutes and record using the reading form above

SS - Prepare for the MAPS quiz of South America (tomorrow)  You must be able to place the 13 countries of South America on a blank map of South America.  You can use the Sheppard Software link (several posts below) to help practice

Math 7 -  Lesson 75 - practice set a - d; evens and #13
(test prep tomorrow... test on Wednesday)

area of an irregular polygon

Click the following link for help in finding area of an irregular (non-standard...not a straight forward shape) polygon....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1MLJOG-5A

Area of a TRAPEZOID

Click the link below to get help with finding area for a Trapezoid!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAs50nzzrP4

SA country practice

Click the link below to practice for your map quiz!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_SoAmCA_G2_drag_drop.html

SA captials QUIZ

Click the link below to take the quiz on South American capitals!!!  Good LUCK!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVEV05ZcTFMU2dnSmFDVmlXV1pJR2c6MQ

HOMEWORK TONIGHT!!!

CA - READ 30 minutes and record using the link at the top of this page called: READING FORM!

ALSO... spend 7 - 10 minutes writing to one of the following prompts (you can: hand write it; type it; email it to me... but spend some time WRITING... and enjoy :-)

"Snow or sand?  Write a poem or story where snow or sand plays a major part."

"Who is your best friend, and why?  Write about that person."

"What were you a die-hard fan of when you were younger?  Write about it." 

Math: FINISH Lesson 72 - practice set and EVENS.  Remember - it is the PROCESS more than the answer that matters!!!!!  Show your PROCESS!!!

SS - none!

learning style quiz with printable graph!

The link below takes you to a learning style inventory.  Scroll down to the "interactivity" box and click.  That will start your  quiz.  You can print the chart that is created at the end for your future reference!

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html

learning style quizzes...

Below are some other learning style and personality surveys... click if you want to try!

http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/parentguides/middleschool/quiz_learningstyles/index.htm

http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm

http://people.usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/learning-style/stylest.html

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.html

http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
(probably the most useful one... is this literacyworks.org...)

Shapes quiz...

Click here to take the shape quiz....
Do your best!  Some of the questions are definitely geared towards adults.... (I know you don't smoke or drink alcohol!!!)  But ignoring the adult-ish questions, the info is interesting!

http://www.psychometricshapes.co.uk/questionnaire.php

Click below to get more information of the shape personality traits?

http://www.etals.com/pershape.html 

VOCAB QUIZ

Click below to access our VOCAB QUIZ.
Good luck!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZ3Y3lRblA0ZjEwS1ZLbjJLeVkyUEE6MQ

READING HOMEWORK LINK...

Click the owl below to submit your READING homework for the night!
Thanks!! :)

CRT's are COMING soon...... to LONE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL

CRT week is NEXT week!

Dates for 7th grade....

MORNINGS March 14 - 15 - 16

recent daily VOCABULARY....

HARBINGER -

a sign that something will happen soon, often something bad

 

 harbiger of spring...

FINAGLE - When you finagle, you get out of something using devious methods, like when you pretend you're sick to avoid taking a pop quiz


FIASCO - a complete and embarrassing failure
(cooking fiasco)

FAUX PAS -  a socially awkward or tactless act


GREGARIOUS - a gregarious person enjoys being with other people...
If you know someone who's outgoing, sociable, and fond of the company of others, you might want to call her gregarious.

HOMEWORK tonight -

Math 7 - Lesson 69 - practice set and odds.

READ 30 minutes!!

Scenes from MCTM @ the University of Montana

Question 1: What is the value of (5 + 3)² + (5 - 3)²?
68
70
72
77

Question 2: What is the value of the expression: 2² - 3² + 4²
6
8
11
14

Question 3: Which group does not contain equivalent fractions, decimals and percents?
10%, 1/10, 0.1
40%, 2/5, 0.4
50%, 1/2, 0.5
25%, 1/4, 0.2

Question 4: Find the square root of 3²×4⁴?
64
24
48
44

Question 5: Calculate the expression (|x - 3| + 5|x|) if x = -1.
-3
9
10
0

Question 6: The cost of taxi trips versus distance is shown in the graph below. What is the cost of a 1.5km trip?

$2.5
$3
$3.5
$4

Question 7: The right triangle in the figure below has AC = 13 and BC = 5. What is the length of side AB?

17
9
12
10

Question 8: 3x² - 4x + 12 = 9 is an:
equation
inequality
expression

Question 9: The medals won by United States, United Kingdom and Russia during a gymnastics competition are shown in the table below:

United States	United Kingdom	Russia
5	1	4

Out of the medals won by these three countries, what percentage of medals did the United States win?
50%
40%
10%
90%

Question 10: 24lb of flour are divided into 1/3lb portions. What is the number of 1/3lb portions?
8
12
48
72

Press the Submit button to see the results.
  

Free middle school math quizzes provided by Free Test Online

VOCAB QUIZ

Click the link below to take our VOCAB quiz.....
(good luck :-)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFJhNGpsWXhhUGlHNWZfdjN3Wng4aUE6MQ

VOCAB quiz tomorow.....

And the words are:
1. FASTIDIOUS - super picky (obsessive attention to detail)
2. ESOTERIC - using language that doesn't make sense to most people (math book definitions)
3. EUPHEMISM - making something bad sound a bit better - replacing a somewhat offensive phrase with something less offensive (I've got to see a man about a horse!!!)
4. ENNUI - a feeling of boredom or being disinterested
5. ELAN - very enthusiastic, lively, vigorous, energetic
6. EPITOME - an example that demonstrates the best of something - 'the epitome of a fat, lazy cat is GARFIELD'
7.EQUANIMITY - keeping your cool - maintaining an even balance even when things get a bit stressful...

WORD OF THE DAY - fastidious

FASTIDIOUS!!!  (adj.)1. Possessing or displaying meticulous attention to detail.  2. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste.

cnn student news - 2.21.12

http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html

Word of the Day - EUPHEMISM

Euphemism - noun:  an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

For math class today... 2.21.12

http://www.khanacademy.org/video/unit-conversion-with-fractions?topic=ratios-proportions

Vocab Quiz

CLICK HERE to take the VOCABULARY QUIZ...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHFkR3lLbUs0NW1Dd0h3TUhGbXA3VFE6MQ

(Don't forget to click SUBMIT when you are done... THANKS :-))

Vocab word #26 - EPITOME

Epitome - (noun)  a standard or typical example or...
If you're talking about a typical example of something, call it the epitome. The cartoon character Garfield is the epitome of the fat, lazy, food-obsessed cat.

the essay due tomorrow - details!

Regarding the essay that is due tomorrow...
Students must turn in:
a. a rough draft
b. a final draft (with some changes made from the rough draft!)
c. the rubric with a self grading done

The essay must have -
a. an introduction which states the topic (4 vs. 5 day school week) and states an opinion (your topic sentence... or thesis statement)
b. 3 paragraphs supporting your opinion - one paragraph per supporting idea
c. a conclusion

THANKS!

Homework and Assignments : January 12, 2012

Communication Arts:  The persuasive essays are due TOMORROW.... if you aren't finished, turn in what you have!  Look at the post above for details on what needs to be turned in.

MT. History - questions 1 - 7 at the end of chapter 7 are due TOMORROW (before class... we won't have time to work on them in class, unfortunately.)

Math - no new assignments.  EXCEPT - if you are making test corrections - they are due on Monday (1.16).  We will finish investigation 5 in class tomorrow along with re-visiting Lesson 50 and the Unit Multiplier.

Homework for the night of January 9, 2012

Math - do Lesson 50 EVENS only # 2 - 30  (we will be doing odds tomorrow night but this gives us time in class to review the homework and prepare for the test!)


Comm Arts: read 30 minutes and record the pages you read.  Vocab Quiz (words 1 - 20) tomorrow along with continued work on our current Essay.  1st draft of the essay is due on WEDNESDAY!


MT History - Chapter 7 review questions (1 - 7)will be due on FRIDAY!  We have already started these in class.  Make sure you keep track of them.

check out this link....

The following link is for the electronic edition of the Montana Public Libraries.  I have not experimented with it yet but am excited to give it a try.  I thought some of you might be interested!

www.montanalibrary2go.org

Who are these mustached students???

Homework for TONIGHT! 1.4.12

Comm Arts: Write a 4 - 5 sentence introduction to your persuasive essay.  The introduction must do two two things:
1. Introduce the topic (nationwide school budget crunch causing schools to look for ways to save money leads to schools to try a four day school week...this is brings some good and some bad for schools.)
2. share your opinion - 4-day week is GOOD or 4-day week is BAD!
- Introductions can be emailed to me at: hchanin@lonerockschool.org OR handwritten and turned in at school.

Math: finish lesson 47

palm tree #1 - for Richie!

HOMEWORK for TONIGHT - 1.3.12

Comm. Arts - Write 5 negatives for 4-day school week and 5 negatives for 5-day school week!

Math - Finish lesson 46!!!