Friday, November 21, 2008

11-21-08

Good Friday Morning,

And what a Friday this is!!We are moving along with solving Inequalities! Yippee... It is also Cuppie Cake Friday! Yippee.... It is also the last day for a week for you folks! Yippee....

In class we will celebrate the November Birthdays with a treat and then review the work on inequalities and answer any questions you may have. I will also give you your test grade, but I am going to keep the tests themselves for Monday on your return. This will give you no homework over your week off!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL.
FYI:
* Today is the last day of the Food Drive
* No school for a week!

Make this a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Thursday, November 20, 2008

11-20-08

Good Thursday Morning,

Now that we have the test from yesterday done, we are ready to move on? Well we are moving onward with another new concept, but still using all of the foundational skills we have been using all year. We are going to be solving INEQUALITIES. Very similar to equalities, but not!! Hee hee....

The test will be returned on Friday. Hope you all did well on it.

Homework: page 143 # 22- 30 solve and graph each

Make this a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

11-19-08

Good Wednesday Morning,

Today in math class we are taking a test over chapter 6.1-6.3, balancing equations. Come to class with any notes(flip books) you may want to use during the test. Take a deep breathe and think about EACH step.

Homework: Enjoy today.

FYI:
*Food Drive still going on
* NO school for you folks next week

Make this a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

11-18-08

Good Tuesday Morning,

How's it going with those balancing acts in class? I hope you are getting your groove!
We will continue on today with a nice review so come to class prepared.

Homework: Practice for the test on chapter 6.1-6.3


FYI:
* Food Drive Continues On
* NO school next week for you folks!! Yippee...

Make this a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Monday, November 17, 2008

11-17-08

Good Monday Morning,

I hope you all had a great weekend.

In math class we are continuing on with balancing equations- Surprise!!! We will add working with decimals and fractions to this concept. Hope you are catching on with all of this multistep process.

Homework: Page 284 # 10-22 even #

FYI:
* Food Drive is continuing on this week-
* Students have NO school next week - Yippee!!!

Make this a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Friday, November 14, 2008

11-14-08

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING,

Yeah it's Friday and almost the weekend!!! Oh Happy Day to all,

In math class we will be going over the steps to working on word problems so maybe you won't PANIC when you see one. Pull out the math, understand and underline the question, are key to starting.


Homework: Enjoy your weekend.

FYI:
* FOOD Drive is on for Next week
* No school for students Nov 24-Nov 28 - Enjoy yourselves!!! Gobble gobble....

Make this a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Thursday, November 13, 2008

11-13-08

Good Thursday Morning,

In math class we are taking a brief quiz on balancing equations from drawings and word problems. After this we will be moving onward to Solving equations involving fractions and decimals. This will tie in all the review we did the beginning of the year, so hopefully, this will be a breeze.

Homework: none- have a restful day

FYI:
* Food Drive is ongoing this week
* Evangeline turns 1 year old today- Happy Birthday, granddaughter!!!!

Make this a great Thursday,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

11-12-08

Good Wednesday Morning,

How did you spend the day yesterday? Did you think about a veteran or see a ceremony?

In math class we are continuing on with balancing equations. Pulling out the math in word problems and setting them up as variable equations is pretty darn tough. How did you do?

Homework:
Practice 6.2 odd #

FYI:
* Food Drive Continues this week
* Report Cards may be out today
* NO SCHOOL FOR THE WHOLE WEEK 11-24 to 11-28 for Students!!! Enjoy....

Have a great day,
Mrs.Charle McAtee

Monday, November 10, 2008

11-10-08

Good Monday Morning,

I hope you all have the best weekend ever and are ready to start today. We are going to review the balancing acts we have been doing in math with equations. We are getting really fancy with all the balancing though- combining like terms, using fractions, solving models and all of the rest. How are you doing on this? We are still going to be focusing on this as this is foundational in algebra.

Classwork/homework:
Practice 6.2 even numbers #2-26


FYI:
* Veteran's Day - No School Tomorrow
* Food Drive is going this week



Make this your best day today,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Friday, November 7, 2008

11-7-08

Oh Happy Friday,

I have heard that the extra steps needed to solve equations is going fairly well so far for a great deal of you. We will be continuing on as this is the foundation with more to build upon!!!
We will get to all your questions in class so come prepared.

FYI:
* Report Cards are coming out on WEDNESDAY not today due to technology issues.
* Food Drive is up and running - so please participate to this noble service

Have a great Friday,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

Thursday, November 6, 2008

11-6-08

Good Thursday Morning,

How did you do with balancing equations? Combining like terms, balancing, and checking are a tough concept to wrap around, but once you get the pattern, you are all set. So today we are once again working on solving these equations, but with an added twist. Stay tuned for class today to find that twist.

Homework: Page 280 # 7-15 all

FYI:
* My homeroom team won a pig, and not just any pig- we won the PINK PIG!!! Great job with the magazine drive this year. This is our ticket to field trips so great going class.
* Quarter 2 Started this past Monday
* Report Cards should be coming out this Friday
* The Food Drive Starts this week. We need to do our best for this community service.

Have the best Thursday ever,
Mrs.Charle McAtee

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

11-5-08

Wow it is Wednesday! Good Wednesday morning to all,

Sorry about not having a blog up on Monday or Tuesday. It was nice getting a few comments on the lack of the blogs from you folks.

I was happy with the turnout on Whiteboard Tuesday. This extra help will continue on every Tuesday throughout the year. You may come for the whole time or just to get a questioned answered.

In class we are still working on solving 2 and more step equations!! In addition to balancing equations, using negative integers, fractions, we now are working with the Distributive Property( Double Multiplication). Are you getting the rhythm? From what I see and hear in class, it does seem that most of you are catching on. Let me know if not. We will continue to add onto the foundation we have now.

Homework: Page 274 #16-34 all

Have a great day,
Mrs. Charle McAtee

I will be collecting the signatures from parents on the last test. This is the first grade of Quarter 2, so I hope all of you did it.