Bridge To Algebra

What's Happening This Week?

I can't believe we are heading into the 9th week of school! Thus far we have completed two projects ("Mathematical Windows" and "Room Redecorating"). Next week we will be working in groups (2-4 people)to put together a dinner party for 20 people. Students will each be asked to bring in two favorite recipes (main dish & dessert) and to re-calculate the recipe amounts needed to feed their guests. They will also need to calculate the cost of the meal per person. More details will be provided in the next blog.

This week we will be taking a "Calculating Discounts" Quiz on Monday (11/5) and a Geometry Test (end of the week) covering all of the Geometric concepts that we have been learning and using in our projects. Also on Monday, students will receive a geometry review sheet to practice in class and then take home to study for the test. Please encourage your child to go over the formulas on the review sheet.

We will also be discussing our PLP's this week and setting two personal goals in math.

The following California Content Standards have been addressed through this week:

Grade 6
1.4 Calculate given percentages of quantities and solve problems involving discounts at sales, interest earned, and tips.

1.0 Students deepen their understanding of the measurement of plane and solid shapes and use this understanding to solve problems:

1.1 Understand the concept of a constant such as pi; know the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle.

1.2 Know common estimates of pi (3.14; 22/7) and use these values to estimate and calculate the circumference and the area of circles; compare with actual measurements.

1.3 Know and use the formulas for the volume of triangular prisms and cylinders (area of base x height); compare these formulas and explain the similarity between them and the formula for the volume of a rectangular solid.

Grade Seven

1.7 Solve problems that involve discounts, markups, commissions, and profit and compute simple and compound interest.

1.2 Construct and read drawings and models made to scale.

2.1 Use formulas routinely for finding the perimeter and area of basic two-dimensional figures and the surface area and volume of basic three-dimensional figures, including rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, squares, triangles, circles, prisms, and cylinders.

2.2 Estimate and compute the area of more complex or irregular two-and three-dimensional figures by breaking the figures down into more basic geometric objects.

Algebra I

What's Happening This Week?

This week we are reviewing how to solve multi-step equations with variables on both sides. We are also learning how to solve and graph inequalities, and by the end of the week we will be solving and graphing equations involving absolute value.

This week students will be taking a Quiz on "Solving Multistep Equations" on
Monday(morning class)/Tuesday(afternoon class). Some students may also be ready to take the Quiz on "Solving and Graphing Inequalities" by the end of this week.

We will also be discussing and developing our PLP's in math and setting 2 personal math goals.

The following California Content Standards have been addressed though this week:

2.0 Students understand and use such operations as taking the opposite, finding the reciprocal, taking a root, and raising to a fractional power. They understand and use the rules of exponents.

3.0 Students solve equations and inequalities involving absolute values.

4.0 Students simplify expressions before solving linear equations and inequalities in one variable, such as 3(2x-5) + 4(x-2) = 12.

5.0 Students solve multistep problems, including word problems, involving linear equations and linear inequalities in one variable and provide justification for each step.