Monday, November 30, 2015

Homework for Monday, Nov. 30

Welcome to the winter trimester!  This is where your math homework begins ...

Homework:  3 - Definitions & Examples, 1 Summary 
In this assignment you are to interview three different people regarding negative numbers.  Be sure your interviewee knows what a negative number is before you begin.  Dogs, significantly younger siblings, and aliens to not apply.  
Write in detail!  
*Only one person may be a current NOVA student OR teacher and it may not be another 6th grader or Mr. Kehoe, Mo, or Mr. Gacek.  Note that it is not required that you have a NOVA student or teacher.
*You may conduct your interview over the phone; there is no excuse not to be able to find three different people.
*Write in the name (and relationship) of each person to you.
*3 Definitions should be written in as much detail as the person gives you.  Do not worry about total accuracy at this time; your interviewee might be rusty, but it should be pretty close (see above). ;-)
*3 Examples:  your three examples (one per person) must all be different.  I would word the second question something like this - 
"I need you to give me a real life example, other than 'in math class,' or, 'in a math equation,' where you would need to represent something as a negative number."  
Push them on this a bit, okay?  They can do it!
*1 Summary:  This is a short, concise, easy to understand summary of what you think a negative number is.  Write your summary as if you are explaining the concept of a negative number to someone who does NOT know.  
We will be using these in class tomorrow, so come prepared!
Due Tuesday

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

Quiz Bowl #2 Questions
HERE is a link to the second set of final Quiz Bowl questions.
*Be sure to type up your questions and answers in "Gacek form."
*You may turn your questions and answers in to Mo's basket any time prior to Wednesday, December 2!

I hope you are spending your Thanksgiving with people that you love!
I am for sure.
Mo ;-)

Monday, November 23, 2015

Homework for Monday, November 23

Optional Quizlet
*If you would like to bank some points, you may complete any of these sets:
Decimal Division, Decimal Multiplication, Decimals Review, or (for Kyle) Decimal Applications.  
You must complete 12 problems correctly in "Learn" mode or ...
You can take a test in "Test" mode.  To do this select the "Test" option then in the top right corner of a page you will notice a box.  Select only the "Written" option and unclick the matching, multiple choice, and true/false options.  Ask for 12 questions and select, "Create new test."  Voila!
*If you are practicing speed with basic skills, I currently have Multiplication Facts, Division Facts, and Exponent Practice available for that option in "Gravity" mode.  Yes, Space Race is gone meaning you can set new records as the first to try!  Note that you must ask for the "definition" option when it asks you.  The "term" option would give you an answer, like 12, but then you'd have to figure out the question!  (like is it 2 x 6? 3 x 4? 1 x 12? etc.)
You must remember to hand in your witnessed signed work by tomorrow!

Please see the Thursday or Friday blog entry for help finding the survey that is due.  I will be "closing" that assignment on Tuesday evening.  

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Homework for Thursday, Nov. 19

Assignments:  Test Corrections
This assignment should be your priority assignment because you can complete the survey on Friday afternoon if you don't get to it before then..
Make your test corrections: identify errors, rework the problems completely and correctly.
If you lost the worksheet, you can create your own with these parameters in mind.
You also need to indicate whether or not you are retesting each section and, possibly, if you would like me to schedule you into the Arithmetic enrichment class next trimester.
Having a parent signature along with your corrections completed by tomorrow morning will also earn you a candy point!
Due Friday

I am going to repost this next assignment because some of you seem to have misunderstood the purpose of it and/or process of it.  I have been sending some of the self-reflections back (please check TeacherEase to see if yours has been returned to you) because the clearly did not include an effortful response to the questions.  Be reflective please!
Assignment: Fall Math Self-Reflection
Please note that this assignment is referred to as an "Online Quiz" in your TeacherEase page, but that is only because that is the only way I have found to create an assignment that you can answer in essay form online.  It is not a quiz, just to be clear.  ;-)
*Go to your TeacherEase account.
*Select "Assignments."
*Note the "Fall Math Self-Reflection" assignment referred to as an "Online Math Survey"assignment and select, "Take Quiz."
Remember that until you "submit" your survey, you can close it and continue working on it later. 
Your answers need to be thoughtful and thorough; I am asking you to spend at least three minutes writing about each question, but you can write as much more as you want to! 
I enjoy reading your responses, so don't worry about writing tooooo much. 
If you select the "hints" button that is attached to each of the individual questions, I have written some ideas if you need help starting to think about the question and how you might respond to it.  There is a wide variety of ways of thinking about each one.
This assignment is worth one point per answer, so make sure what you write shares your thinking completely. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 18

Assignment: Fall Math Self-Reflection
Please note that this assignment is referred to as an "Online Quiz" in your TeacherEase page, but that is only because that is the only way I have found to create an assignment that you can answer in essay form online.  It is not a quiz, just to be clear.  ;-)
*Go to your TeacherEase account.
*Select "Assignments."
*Note the "Fall Math Self-Reflection" assignment referred to as an "Online Math Survey" assignment and select, "Take Quiz."
Remember that until you "submit" your survey, you can close it and continue working on it later.
Your answers need to be thoughtful and thorough; I am asking you to spend at least three minutes writing about each question, but you can write as much more as you want to!
I enjoy reading your responses, so don't worry about writing tooooo much.
If you select the "hints" button that is attached to each of the individual questions, I have written some ideas if you need help starting to think about the question and how you might respond to it.  There is a wide variety of ways of thinking about each one.
This assignment is worth one point per answer, so make sure what you write shares your thinking completely.
Due by midnight Friday.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 17

Assignment:  Meet Mavis (corrected and then corrected)
Just like last night, makes sure to correct your work when you are finished, find any errors, and make your corrections.  You will want to feel prepared for the test tomorrow!
*Do note there are four order of operation problems on the backside too.
The title of this assignment is a link to an online copy of the worksheet.  You will find that it does have the words to complete sentence #3: "peppermint stick."
Due at the beginning of class on Wednesday for full credit.

Monday, November 16, 2015

Homework for Monday, Nov. 16

Assignment: Practice Test Corrected & Corrected
This is to give you an awareness of your preparedness for the computation section of the decimal test on Wednesday.  Be honest with yourself ... do you know your stuff?!?
*Be sure to correct your work (right/wrong) then correct your work (fixing your mistakes).
This is a complete/half credit/incomplete graded assignment.
To get full credit your practice test needs to be a) corrected with score, b) corrected with redos, and c) turned in on time tomorrow.  
If you lost your copy of the practice test, please complete the "decimals mixed review" problem set on Quizlet in Learn or Test mode.  If you complete it in Test mode, you will need to deselect the true/false and matching options.
Due Tuesday

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Homework for Thursday, November 12

Assignment:  Decimal Choice #3
I am working on coming up with more options, but I do have volleyball practice today after school, so think twice before assuming there will be something available here before you need to go to bed.  
*Order of Ops worksheet (same as previous ops M)
*Decimals Mixed Practice worksheet (same Practice 10)
Quizlet (decimal problem sets) are also an option: 12 correct answers in Learn mode.
Due Friday

Monday, November 9, 2015

Homework for Monday & Tuesday

Please think of this as your assignments for the next two days, not that Mo assigned you two pieces of homework in one night.  Thank you!

Monday Assignments:  Decimal Choice #2
I have a few options for you, but not many.  Please adjust accordingly if you lost the copy I delivered to you in class.
*Order of Ops worksheet
*Decimals Mixed Practice worksheet
Quizlet (decimal problem sets) are also an option: 12 correct answers in Learn mode.
Due Tuesday (please drop off in room #1 on your way to the assembly)

Tuesday Assignment:  Kyle B (link to copy)
Kyle is back with new sets of issues.  Remember what we reviewed in class today and do not leave Kyle at work!  If he goes to work, he needs to come back home.  However his training route is a loop.
Have fun!
Due Thursday (or you can drop off in room #1 on Tuesday if you are finished)

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Homework for Thursday, November 5

Assignment:  Decimal Choice
You had quite a lot to choose from today and unfortunately I only have one of them available online (other than Quizlet).  So if you lost your copy, please feel free to do the following:
*Decimal Mixed Operations
There are help options on the MoHelp tab if the directions on your worksheet are not sufficient.  Just scroll down through the topics until you find the one you need.
There's always LUNCH in room #1 if you want more help too!
Due Friday

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Homework for Weds, November 4

Assignment: Kyle's Job Crisis - A
Today you get to meet Kyle. 
Kyle as a lot of issues, but one of them is that he can't hold down a job. 
Through the series of Kyle assignments you will be required to take information from the story and then answer questions.  All of it is relatively "simple," but it will require you to be detail oriented.  Reading each question twice and making sure you understand what information you need is key.
*Some people like to sketch routes to have a visible picture of what Kyle is doing; this is completely optional, but might help some of you organize.
*Some people like to highlight the key parts of the question and the information they need from the story at the top; also an option that is not required but might be helpful.
*ALL of your work must be shown on this assignment.  Write the equations and show any addition, subtraction, and multiplication that you do.  NO calculators. 
Have fun!  Getting to know Kyle is a journey ...
Due Thursday
*the title of the assignment is a link to a copy of the worksheet.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Homework for Tuesday, November 3

Assignment:  Take-Home Decimals Pre-Quiz
This is an ungraded assignment, scored only on your completion (or lack thereof) of this worksheet.
The purpose of this assignment is:
*show me what you know
*show me what you remembered with help
*show me what you can learn with help
*let me know your history of work with decimals
*let me know what is still confusing
*talk to me!!!!
Your homework in this unit will be very self-directed, but I would love to help you as you make those choices, so the more you communicate, the better.
SHOW YOUR WORK.
Due Wednesday

Monday, November 2, 2015

Homework for Monday, Nov. 2

Assignments:  Paper Airplane Boxplot Stuff
a) Draw a Boxplot on your Scatterplot
Using the scatterplot you created in your computer class, you are to draw a box plot around it in the way we went over in class.  Hopefully you not only observed my example, you began the steps in class or took notes on your partner's work in progress.  In review:
*First you will need to create your scale by using a ruler to measure the intervals the program created for you.  Most people will use simply 1 M = x centimers, but you can adjust that.
*Your data will be divided into quartiles with 3 data points in each section.
*Your lines will divide the sections by bisecting two consecutive points.  We discussed a few methods for doing this including measuring the distance between the two points with a ruler then halving the distance between them, or calculating where the numbers in your 5-number-summary would fall in the graph and marking those points.
*Draw your lines with a ruler and use the entire width of the graph.
*Draw your whiskers extending from the box and up to the highest point.
Due Tuesday

b) Create a Boxplot on the Given Graph
I gave you a graph on which to put your boxplot for your homework.  The link for a copy of that graph is HERE.  (I hope it's to scale, because that's the purpose of this activity)
On this graph you will need to plot FIVE points ... aka your 5-number summary which is on the original sheet of your airplane data.  We checked our partner's summary in class, but you could also recreate it from your data if you forgot that summary at school.  If you forgot how to create the summary from data, scroll back a few blog days and you'll find it.  Also important:
*Your scale is given on the sheet as 1 box =  0.25 meters (1/4 of a meter, eh?).  MAKE MARKINGS along the side of the graph, even if only the meter points.
*You need to caclulate the central tendencies; you MAY use a calculator for them.
*Your 5-number summary also belongs on the sheet.
*Your boxplot (the box part) should take up the ENTIRE WIDTH of the graph.
*Your lines should be straight - use a ruler, please.  Although we are approximating, you also want to be accurate enough that someone can read your graph and understand your values.
*You do NOT need to plot your "dots" in this graph.  The purpose of a boxplot is to plot just 5 points!  More on that to come later this week ...
Due Tuesday