Winter Break Homework

Winter Break Homework

This is an optional assignment and you will be rewarded for your work.  :)

Here is a link to a math packet. 

For every 15 questions you answer, you will receive $2 Scholar Dollars and a raffle ticket.  Raffle tickets will be entered into a drawing to win dress down coupons and/or no homework passes.  The more you do, the better your odds of winning.

For questions that contain multiple parts, each part is considered a question.  Therefore, there are 75 total questions and you can receive up to $10 Scholar Dollars and 5 raffle tickets.

In order to conserve paper, you do not have to print the packet.  However, you do need to use lined notebook paper and show your work!  This assignment is due to Mrs. Sternfels when you return from break on Monday, January 5, 2015.

Homework~week ending 12.12.14

Here is a recap of all our homework this week.

SOAR~
Read Habit 1 and complete Chapter 2 Review

Green Book~
Finish 6.G.1 and 6.G.3 Performance Tasks, complete chapter 4 test review packet, study, and chapter 5 fair game review from your practice & record journal.

Red Book~
6.6 worksheet,  complete chapter 6 test review packet, study, chapter 7 fair game review from your practice & record journal and 7.1/7.2 worksheet.

Homework 12.04.14

SOAR~  Have read up to "Habit 1" read by Friday

Green Book~  Section 4.4 worksheets which deal with finding the length of segments and graphing points on a coordinate plane. (graph paper was provided in class)

Red Book~ Section 6.7 worksheets which deal with simple interest and finding the amount of interested in on a bank account or the amount of interest owed on a loan.


CLASSROOM WISH LIST

• Fine point, low odor, dry erase markers
• Band aids
• Pillow cases (used or new, pattern or solid)
• Washable markers 

Updates & Homework ~ 12.02.14

UPDATES

 

It is hard to believe the first trimester is already over.  I am so proud of everyone for all their hard work and accomplishments.  I only hope we can stay as focused and as hardworking for this trimester. 
 
In SOAR we are talking about different learning styles and students are discovering how they learn best.  We have also started reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey.
 
In math, Green book has been working on deriving area formulas for various figures as well as composite figures.  They will be assessed on this material (chapter 4) on December 12.  Red book has been working with percents, percent equation, and percent proportion.  We are moving into percent of change, markup, discounts, and simple interest.  They will be assessed on this material (chapter 6) on December 9.
 
 
HOMEWORK
 
SOAR ~ Continue to read in your 7 Habits book. Your goal for this week is to read to page 46 and be prepared for a class discussion on the material on Friday.
 
Green Book~ Area of Composite Figures worksheets
 
Red Book~ Section 6.5 p. 244 # 1-7, 8-30 even, 31-36
 
 
CLASSROOM WISH LIST

• Fine point, low odor, dry erase markers
• Band aids
• Pillow cases (used or new, pattern or solid)

Homework 12.01.14

SOAR ~  Complete the online learning style survey and bring in your printed results.
Click here for the survey.

Green Book~ Section 4.3 Practice B  & Enrichment

Red Book~ Section 6.5 from RPJ

Homework 11.17.14

SOAR~ Be prepared to tape your skits tomorrow.

Green Book~ STUDY!  Chapter 3 test tomorrow

Red Book~ Section 5.6 p. 202 # 1-5, 8-28 even, 30-34 AND finish review packet.  Chapter 5 test Wednesday.

Homework~ 11.11.14

• Green book~ Work on the Test A/B Review packet.  Do what you know and come in with questions for the ones you are not 100% confident on.  It is okay to not answer every question.

• Red book ~ Finish the Financial Literacy worksheet that was handed out in class today.

10.29.14 ~ Homework & MOYA info

Green Book~ 3.2 Practice A
Red Book ~ 5.1 Practice A

Tomorrow is the final day of M.O.Y.A. and we will be celebrating with a special spirit day. This week we have been participating in a mitten and glove drive for people in need. For the cost of a pair of new mittens or gloves, Middle School students may participate in a spirit day tomorrow, October 30, 2014. Spirit day attire is acceptable. Jean bottoms, blue shirts, yellow shirts, and college shirts are all acceptable. No jeggings, no leggings, no basketball shorts. Tennis shoes, dress shoes, or boots are acceptable. No flip-flops, no sandals. Students will give their mittens/gloves to their homeroom teachers when they arrive at school tomorrow just as they would their dollar on spirit days. Family Dollar has lots of mittens and gloves in stock!

 We look forward to decorating our Mittens for M.O.Y.A. tree at the end of our hall with all of your donations! Thank you for your support in this very worthwhile initiative!

Homework 10.28.14

Green Book ~  Section 3.2 p. 122 # 1, 2, 13-19odd, 20-26 even, 27-33odd, 36-40  Also, Interim 1 Test corrections are due on Thursday.  Yes, the constructed response also needs to be done.

Red Book~  Chapter 5 Fair Game Review

Homework & Updates

In SOAR we have been talking about organization and how to organize our papers, our space and even our time.  There have been lots of good take aways and lots of ah-ha's happening in class.

Green book math just finished a cumulative common assessment on chapters 1 and 2 which covered operations with fractions and decimals.  Today we started chapter 3 which talks about expressions.   Tonight's homework is section 3.1 p. 115 # 1-3, 13-15, 16-24 even, 25-31 odd, 37, 43, 45.

Red book math started working on their cumulative common assessment on chapters 1 through 4 today which covers integers, rational numbers, expressions, equations an inequalities.  Due to all their hard work lately and the test today, they have no homework tonight!

Homework 10.24.14

Soar~ Chapter 6 Reivew

Green Book ~ Chapter 3 Fair Game Review from your Record & Practice Journal

Red Book ~ Study!   Test on Monday covers chapters 1 - 4.

Homework 10/20/14 & MOYA info

Homework:

• Green Book ~ Study...you have a cumulative chapter 1 & 2 test on Thursday.
• Red Book~  Section 4.3 p.143 # 1-9, 14-18 even, 19, 20-46 even, 48-52 
• There will be a cumulative ch 1 - 4 test on Monday 10/26/14.

This week as part of MOYA, we are focusing on Past, Present, and Future:

• Tuesday’s theme is “The Future is Bright”.
• On Tuesday, students may wear jeans and a college shirt. Students may also wear bright socks and sunglasses as “accessories” to their shirt.   No college shirt = no socks and sunglasses. Students not wearing a college shirt need to be in their school uniform.

• Friday is Spirit Day
• On Friday, for $1, students may wear jeans with a SOLID blue or yellow shirt, puma wear, or a college shirt. 

HW 10.16.14

SOAR~  Chapter 5 Review

Green Book ~ As much of Chapter 1 Test B as you can

Red Book~  Section 4.2 p, 134 # 1-5, 6-28even, 29-33

Classroom Update & Homework~10.10.14

Updates:

• In Soar we have been talking about how to be organized and how much time we lose being disorganized and if we were in the working world, that time would relate to money.

• Green Book math has been working on operations with fractions and decimals.  They will have a quiz on multiplying and dividing decimals on Monday October 12.  There will be a cumulative assessment on chapters 1 and 2 on Tuesday, October 21.

• Red Book math has been working with equations and expressions; everything from writing them to solving multi-step equations with variables on both sides.  There will be a chapter 3 assessment on Tuesday October 14 and a cumulative assessment covering chapters 1-4 on Monday, October 27.

Homework for tonight is as follows:

• Soar~None
• Green Book ~ multiplying and dividing decimals practice
• Red Book~  Topic 1:  all and Topic 2:  evens

Classroom Wish List:

• fine point dry erase markers...low odor please!
• pillow cases...new or used, pattern and color do not matter.

Homework~ 10.08.14

Soar~  Finish reading Habit 2 and have your reflection done

Green Book ~ Section 2.5 p. 89 # 1-8, 13-23 odd, 26, 28, 31-45 odd, 52-30 even, 70-74

Red Book~  Section 3.4 p. 106 # 1-10, 16-22 even, 23, 30-40 even, 41-45

As a reminder for all classes, Science Alive field trip forms and $ are due 10/17.  Also paper work and $ for the Middle School Social at Three Cedars is due by 10/24.

Homework~ 10.06.14

Soar~ 

• Habit 2 is due Thursday

Green Book~ 

• Section 2.4 p.82 # 1, 2, 8-20 even, 21-25 odd, 31-35 odd

Red Book~

• Section 3.3 p. 100 # 1-8, 14-20 even, 21, 22-40 even, 41-45

Class Wish List~

• Old pillow cases (approx. 30 total) design, pattern, and/or color does not matter. 
• Skinny (fine pt) dry erase markers...the low odor kind.

Homework 10.02.14

Soar~ finish ch. 4 review
Green Book~  section 2.4 from Record & Practice (p.43-46)
Red Book ~  section 3.3 from Record & Practice

Homework ~ 09.30.14

Soar~ Habit 1:  Be Proactive p. 47-7; due Thursday

Green Book~ Section 2.1 & 2.2 Puzzle Time; finish what you did not get to in class today...
             Block B ~ only 1 side is due.  you will have time during workshop to work on the other side.
             Block C ~ both sides are due.

Red Book ~  Section 3.2 p. 90 # 1-7, 10-24 even, 25, 26-30 even, 32-35.  Please make sure to bring your common assessments and the answer sheets to class tomorrow.

Homework ~ 09.25.14

Green Book ~ Chapter 2 Fair Game Review from your Record and Practice Journal....yes, both sides.

Red Book ~ Chapter 2 Test TOMORROW....you should study!  Go over notes, old homework, do the practice quizzes/test/review in the book, etc.  Come in tomorrow with questions you still have.

Homework 09.23.14

Green book...do as much as you can of the packet given in class today. You will have time in workshop tomorrow to work on it.

Red book...section 2.3 and 2.4 come to class with questions and be prepared to discuss this in workshop.

Homework ~ 09/22/14

SOAR~ Finish ladder, read p. 31-46 in 7 Habits book

Green book~  p.43 # 1-17

Red book ~ 2.1 & 2.2 practice B worksheet

Textbook website

Since so many of you were asking at Curriculum Night.....

The site is:  bigideasmath.com

       Username:  Red book ~  redabook
                          Green book~ greenbook

      The password for both books is:  bigideas

Classroom Update & Homework 09/17/14

Classroom Update~ Today in math (both green and red books) students created a Khan Academy account and linked it to Mrs. Sternfels' account. This will allow students to use Khan Academy is workshop and at other appropriate times of the year.  By being linked, Mrs. Sternfels' can send out specific skills for select students to work on which, helps reach every child at their learning level.  Students are also allowed to go on to Khan Academy from home and practice either assigned skills or skills that they select.  In Green Book, we have just finished up talking about Order of Operations and are moving on to GCF and LCM.  Students in Red Book are just finishing up a chapter on Integers and will be taking a test on Friday.


Homework~
SOAR~  Finish page 18 and 19 from your SOAR workbook.  Make sure you have pages 11-28 of your 7 Habits book read.

Green and Red Book~  Finish the workshop worksheet that you received today in class.

Homework 09/05/14

SOAR~
Read p. 11-28 from your 7 Habits book  (due Thrusday)


Green Book~
Section 1.4 p.28 #s 1-3, 11-23 odd, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 35


Red Book~
Section 1.4 p. 26 #s 1-15, 30-46 even, 47-53

Update and Homework ~ 09/12/14

What a week it has been!  We have officially made it through our first full week of school.  Students in Soar worked on discovering their strenghts and weaknesses as learners.  Students in Green Book math worked with sorting terms into the approprite operation category (add, subtratct, etc.), reviewed powers and exponets, and focused on order of operations.  Red Book Math also sorted terms and talked about absolute value, then jumped into adding and subtracting integers.

SOAR~
Read p, 11-28 in 7 Habits
Finish Intro & Ch 1 Review

Green Book~
Finish search and shade
Section 1.3 p.20 #'s 1, 2, 7-15 odd, 19-25 odd, 26-32 even
Quiz Monday on sections 1.1-1.3
 
Red Book~
Finish search and shade
Section 1.3 p.18 #1-15, 24-48 even, 50-56
Quiz on Monday on sections 1.1-1.3

Homework ~ 09/10/14

SOAR~

• Finish reading from Monday's homework....we will be discussing this tomorrow!
• Finish the 4 questions about your learning style if you did not get them done in class.  Please remember to use complete sentences.

Green Book~

• Section 1.2~What's Your Answer and p. 14#'s 4-6, 40-44
• Quiz on sections 1.1 to 1.3 on Monday

Red Book~

• Section 1.1 ~ p. 6 #'s 1-11, 20-44 even, 46-50
• Quiz on sections 1.1 to 1.3 on Monday

Also, I am still looking for a parent volunteer to lamiate, cut out and organize some stuff for academic games that go along with our text.  If you are interested, please email me 94.ksternfels@nhaschools.com

Parent Volunteer

Hi Parents,
I am in need of a volunteer to come in sometime this week and laminate, cut out and organize some stuff for the academic games we are going to play in class that go along with Chapter 1.  This is a one time deal and I will definitely have more need for this type of volunteer as the year progresses.  Please send me an email 94.ksternfels@nhaschools.com if you would like/be able to  help out! 
Thanks!  :)

Homework ~ 09/08/14

SOAR~ 

• Read Get in the Habit  from the 7 Habits book.  (p.3-10) -- due Thursday
• Online Intelligence Survey http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm bring your results to class.

Green Book Math~

• Fair game review for ch. 1 from Record & Practice Journal
• Book Cover

Red Book Math ~

• Fair game review for ch. 1 from Record & Practice Journal
• Book Cover

HOMEROOM~ 

• Remember to get the Commitment to Excellence form signed by your parent(s) and brought back.  The form is in the back of the Student & Parent Handbook.  Also, if you have not done so yet, make sure your parent has filled out a lunch form.

Day 1

Overall, today went really well.  There were a few bumps and I was impressed by how flexible everyone was.  Don't forget to have your parents sign your syllabus and fill out the parent interest inventory.

Only a few days left!

It's hard to believe summer vacation is almost over.  I look forward to seeing you all September 2.  If you have misplaced or lost your Skills Review book, you can find it here ---->Skills Review Book