Homework for Monday, October 31

Assignment:  Your Choice Ops Review
Just want to be sure you are feeling comfortable with the basics of the order of operations for the test this Wednesday.  You can select any of the options Ms. Golliet gave you today or one of the Quizlet options for order of ops.
*More Practice with Ops option - Link
Be sure you are comfortable with brackets, exponents, and multiple steps.  Let Ms. Golliet know tomorrow if you still have questions!
Due Tuesday
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!

Homework for Thursday, October 27

Assignment:  Airplane Questions - Link
Primarily worked on in class, finished at home.
This assignment is graded on the quality of your observations.  (see TeacherEase for point breakdown)
Due Friday
*This assignment will be referred to in class on November 3, so make sure you have it turned in!

Homework for Tuesday, October 25

Assignment: Box Plots
1) Create a box plot of your data on the paper sheet.  This box plot needs clear markings, straight lines, and the "box" needs to completely fill the width of the graph.
Be sure to calculate your mean, median, mode, and range from your 12 data points.
2) Recreate your box plot on your clear transparency.  This box plot also needs clear markings, straight lines, and the "box" needs to completely fill the width of the graph.  You may use a vis-a-vis marker or a sharpie.
Both of these are Due Wednesday morning prior to Quiz Bowl, but as long as you have them in my basket by the end of the day you are good to go.
*There are no links to these assignments.
We will be using these box plots in class on Thursday and if you do not have them on that day, the work we are doing cannot be made up ... (meaning it will go in the gradebook as a zero!)

Homework for Monday, October 24

Assignment:  Airplane Data
Make sure you complete your airplane organized list and your 5-number summary from the data you gathered today.  We will be working on the next steps in class together tomorrow, so it will be in your best interest to be fully prepared!
Due Tuesday

Alphabet Probability - Link
You should have your 100 words to tally from the passage you printed from a book.
Make sure to do the reverse side of this worksheet too!
We will be getting back to these later this year ...
Due Tuesday

Homework for Thursday, October 20

Assignment:  Measurement worksheet  -  Link!
Have some fun reviewing these different types of measurement!
Remember, your sources are:
#1 - Yourself.  Try to remember.
#2 - Another human.  Choose your humans wisely, but check with several of them if the first one doesn't know.
#3 - The internet ... but don't type in the question, just how to find it.
Due Friday

Homework for Wednesday, October 19

Assignment:  Pre-Quiz Questions or Variable Ops
*Pre-Quiz Questions - Link!
This is the same quiz you took at the beginning of this unit, but this time you are solving these equations as homework.  Your task will ultimately be to compare this to your original and see how much you've grown ... and what you might still need to work on before the test.
*Order of Operations with Variables - Link!
This worksheet is to get you used to replacing variables with numbers, noticing how they look when you insert them into equations.  The next worksheet in this series has you replacing the variables with exponents and, eventually, negatives.  All of the steps are the same, but as it begins to look more abstract you need to become comfortable with recognizing equations in different forms.
You may select to complete this worksheet in addition to the pre-quiz by attaching a blue Avi-slip to it.
Due Thursday

Homework for Tuesday, October 18

Assignment:  Math Maze - Link!
Please read the instructions on the worksheet: you are trying to get from the first box in the top left corner to the last box on the bottom right.  You are to draw a line from box to box, following the pattern that you see in the answers to the problems.
Hint: if your pattern seems to suddenly end, check back to see if you answered a problem incorrectly!  Due Wednesday

Homework for Monday, October 17

Assignment:  Ops Choice #3
As you learn to balance what you know, what you need to practice, and how much to stretch yourself mathematically, feel free to change to any of the following worksheets.  Do note that if you have already done a worksheet, you may not do the same one again for credit.
*Both the exponents and brackets worksheets are the same are the previous options.
Order of Operations - More!  Link!
Order of Operations - Brackets  Link!
Order of Operations - Exponents  Link!
Order of Operations - Longer!  Link!
*This is for those of you who took the "longer" ops worksheet and noticed that problem f involves negatives.  This is the updated version - (meaning "f" is fixed)
Quizlet - Order of Ops options (see previous Quizlet post for those options)  This time complete 10 correctly in Learn mode: signed parent note or printed Quizlet page to verify.
Due Tuesday

Homework for Thursday, Oct. 13

Assignment:  Central Tendencies: Part 1 - Link
For this assignment make sure that you show me your - a) organized List and b) all of your math work.  You may work on the front or back of the worksheet, or attach another sheet of paper.  If I do not receive your work with this assignment, it will be marked "missing" and you will get it back to complete.
This should be feeling pretty easy for you now, eh?
Just be sure to "test" your ideas for questions 13 & 14 ... your FIRST instinct might not be the correct one.  ;-)
Stay safe during the stormy days and nights ahead!
Due Monday

Homework for Wednesday, October 12

Assignment:  Quizlet - Order of Operations
Today you are to complete 8 questions correctly in the Learn mode of Quizlet.
1) Log in to Quizlet.com
2) Make sure you are logged into my page: Olympia Nova School
3) Select one of the following sets:  Order of Operations - more basics (Dated October 2012), Order of Operations #1 (Dated October 2011), or Order of Ops with Exponents (Dated October 2011).
4) Choose the "Learn" option from the menu.
5) Complete at least 8 problems correctly.
6) Then either print the page with your score or write out the set you completed and your score (10/12, whatever) and have a parent/guardian sign it.
This is a credit/no credit assignment and the purpose is to practice, so work until you get 8 of the problems complete.  When you miss a problem, try to figure out what you did incorrectly so you don't make that type of mistake again.  The immediate feedback is great!
Due Thursday

Homework for Tuesday, October 11

Are you here now because you are stuck on the homework tonight?  Please set it aside and do your other work; we can talk about this more in class tomorrow.  Remember: there are no late points for late homework, so just let it go for now!   Mo ;-)

Assignment:  Does the Data Fit?  - Link
Think back to the graphs we created with the sticky notes representing the data that would work to fit the central tendency values you were given.  Think of all of the work we have done with this and how you can apply it to this worksheet.
*You are to use at least 6 values to represent the data.  That means you are welcome to use more if it makes your life easier, but try not to use more than 10 values or it makes my head tired, okay?
*Check back over your data sample to make sure it works with the data!
*Hint: the median is probably the best place to start because you know it's the middle number (or value) of the set of numbers.  Just keep in mind that that doesn't mean it's the center of the RANGE of numbers ... if you get stuck in that assumption, this worksheet may be impossible.
*Example:  "2" is the median of this number set:  1, 2, 2, 2, 8, 30, but the number set has a range of 29 meaning 2 is not near the mathematical middle, but it is the middle number of this ordered list.
For questions 5 - 8, be clear and thorough in your answers using examples as needed.  There are a lot of right answers to these questions, but there are wrong answers too ...
Due Wednesday
Also due Wednesday - Quiz Bowl #1 Questions

Homework for Monday, Oct. 10

Assignment:  Ops Choice #1
Today you selected your homework based upon your current comfort level with the order of operations.  Hopefully you selected well!  However ...
If for any reason you are unhappy with your choice, you may switch to any of the following assignments (presuming you have not done it already) and turn that in instead, no questions asked.  This is all about you, so please do the best homework for you.
*Order of Operations 2 - Link
 - more practice with the basics
*Order of Ops w' Exponents - Link
- more practice with the emphasis on exponents
*Order of Ops w' Brackets - Link
- more practice with the emphasis on multiple brackets to keep track of
If you need a little more help remembering, try this link also available on my Mo'Help tab.
Due Tuesday

Quiz Bowl questions

You have now received your first set of Quiz Bowl questions for round 1.  These questions are used in the final round of Quiz Bowl when the 6th graders play the 8th graders play the teachers.  Make sure that your questions are not too difficult, but be creative in your choices.  You must know your own answer when your question is drawn or you lose a point for your Quiz Bowl team.  :(
Quiz Bowl Link - Here!
Your Quiz Bowl questions are due by Wednesday, October 12.
If you finish them earlier, please turn them in to Mo's math basket!

Homework due Friday, October 6

Assignment:  Mo's Choice Ops
Whether or not it feels like it, you guys are doing a great job of remembering and learning the order of operations.  Like any language, there are a lot of details to keep track of.
Today I chose your homework for you, but soon you will be selecting your own for awhile.
Order of Operations -Basics - basic practice to the level we went over in class today.
Order of Operations - Exponents - extended practice with exponents included
Mind your gorillas and their interesting eating habits!
Due Friday

Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 5

Assignment:  Caddell Prep ws
I made the answer key for this assignment and, believe it or not, it was fun! 
My advice is to USE THE DOTS in the dot plots when determining your answers.
I just counted the dots with a pencil and marked my quartiles, then answered the questions. 
For the first section, you can assess the appropriate dot plot using the 5 number summary of the box plot to match to the dots.
For the population sample questions, create a 5-number summary for each graph (again, I just counted dots), then match it to the 5-number summary of the box plot example. 
Read the questions carefully!  There is a lot of information in the shape of the box plot and hopefully they are making more sense to you after our practice in class today.  Still, the dots give you a literal way of checking your assumptions, so use them.
The thing about multiple choice assignments is that I will NOT allow you to redo them, so be careful the first time.
The link to this worksheet is HERE, but please note that I did not include question #10 in your homework, just 1 - 9.  Enjoy!
Due Thursday

Homework for Tuesday, October 4

Create a paper airplane

This is an effort based grade based upon:

*you must use a full, single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 copy paper.  It can definitely be colored, but it cannot be "construction" paper.  I do have paper for you if you need, just please ask me.

*you may cut your plane to make flaps.

*you may not add anything else to your plane, including weights.

*you may use Scotch tape only, but not so much that it serves as extra weight.

*you may not use any other kind of tape.

*you should decorate your plane, including your name.

*you should spend more than 4 minutes creating your plane and it should look like you did.  Look on the internet, ask someone, test it out.  This IS your plane for the duration of this unit, so do a good job of it.

*you should not build your plane in carpool, during class, or at break; it won't be "effortful" enough ... and I know what effort is.

When you bring your plane to school, please park your plane in your room #1 airplane hangar so that it doesn't get squished or bent in any way.

-Please do not fly them in the classroom or the hallways.

-Respect all planes; do not touch or mess with anyone else's plane.

THANKS!  Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for flight.

Due Wednesday

*Did you check your Order of Operations pop quiz score?  
Go to TeacherEase and find the pop quiz assignment; your score will be listed under "notes" for the assignment.  Send me an email indicating whether or not you would like to count your score.  Thank you!

Homework for Monday, Oct. 3

Assignment: 3 Box Plots
This is the complex graphing of 5 numbers that probably doesn't quite fully make sense to you yet.  That's OKAY!!!  The point is that you are going to create these graphs using the 5 number summaries you have and then we will talk about them more in class.
1) Organized Lists & 5-number Summaries - link to these worksheets
*You should have three organized lists: your data, your partner's data, and the combined data for you and your partner.
*When creating the list of combined data, you can use the other two lists as a checklist; make sure you have all 40 coins listed when you are done.
*When you have your organized lists, divide them into quartiles and figure out your three 5-number summaries.   Go to the Mo'Help tab of this blog for help on this if you need.
2) Page Set-Up
*Turn your graph in the same way you set up for your histograms. Mark your scale as "1 box = 1 year"
*Along the bottom of your page should be your horizontal axis labeled with the coin years.  Make sure your coins are listed from newest (top) to oldest (bottom).
*I prefer to put my years on the lines of the graph (rather than in the spaces) for this graph, but either way works as long as you are consistent.
*I like to list my coins in increments of 5 years and I often draw a bold line marking those increments so I can see it as I work across my page.
*You will draw three box plots total, one in each color; you have room, but the exact width of your boxes is not important.
2) Making Your Box Plots
Your box plots will stretch on your page from the left (2016) to the oldest coin data point at the right.
*You will need the 5-number summary you created for yourself, your partner's 5 number summary, and the your combined coin 5-number summary.
*Make one box plot at a time using one third of the page.
-----First mark the 5 data points on your page.  Connect the whiskers (one at each end) and draw the box (with the median going through your middle point) using those 5 points as your markers.   I like to make my box plots 4 - 6 boxes in width, but that's up to whatever looks good to you.----
*If you would like to see again what a box plot looks like, click HERE.  That's the general picture; all box plots look about the same (shape), but come in different sizes depending upon the data you are using.  This is one of the things you should try to figure out, by the way ... if it's in quarters, why aren't they all the same size?  Hmmm...
*For more detailed directions on how to do this, click HERE.
That's really it for that.  Box plots are quick and simple to draw once you get the hang of them. 
Due Tuesday - your three organized lists and your three box plots; staple them all together!
Be prepared to discuss what you think you see!