Week of December 14

Reminders:

• Mackinac Island ($100) is due on Friday.
• Gleaners Food Drive ends on Tuesday!  HR with the most cans wins a free dress down and extra recess!

Homework for the week:
4th Period:

• M ~ review your slope notes
• T ~ 5.6 Text
• W ~ Finish Ch 5 Review
• T ~ Ch 6 FGR 
• F ~ none

5th Period

• M ~ 4.7 Text
• T ~ Finish Ch 4 Review
• W ~ Study
• T ~ Ch 5 FGR
• F ~ none

6th Period:

• M ~ 5.1 text
• T ~ 5.2 worksheet
• W ~ 5.3 text
• T ~ 5.4 RPJ
• F ~ none

12.10.15 HW

Reminders:

• Mackinac Island ($100) is due on Friday.
• Gleaners Food Drive ends on Tuesday!  HR with the most cans wins a free dress down and extra recess!

Homework for today:

• 4th ~ 5.4 RPJ
• 5th ~ 4.5 text # 1, 2, 6-14 even, 15-23 odd
• 6th ~ Chapter Review and/or Test from text

12.09.15 HW

4th pd ~ 5.2 packet.  page 139 is optional and a 4.0 opportunity.  Ch 5 Test 12.17.15
5th pd ~ 4.4 text   Ch 4 Test 12.17.15
6th pd ~ Review packet   Ch 4 Test 12.11.15

12.04.15 HW

4th:  5.1 RPJ ~ quiz 12.10.15
5th:  4.4 RPJ ~ quiz 12.07.15
6th:  4.3 text # 5-8, 19, 23, 27-36 ~ test 12.10.15

HW 12.03.15

4th:  Ch 5 Fair Game Review from RPJ  ~ 5.1-5.3 Quiz 12.10.15

5th:  4.3 Text # 1-7 ~ 4.1-4.3 Quiz 12.07.15

6th:  4.3 Text # 1-3, 11-23 odd, 24-40 even ~ Ch 4 Test 12.10.15

HW 12.02.15

4th period:  Finish the Ch 4 Review & Study...test tomorrow
5th period:  4.2 worksheet
6th period:  4.3 from RPJ

HW 12/01/15

4th period:  4.3/4.4 worksheet
5th period:  4.2 text # 1-3, 11, 16-19, 22-30 even, 31-34
6th period:  4.2 text # 1, 2, 7-19 odd, 20-28 even, 29-33

11/30/15 HW

I hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving Break.

Today's homework is as follows:

4th pd -- 4.1/4.2 packet (both sides, all problems)
5th pd -- 4.1 text # 1, 2, 5-19 odd, 20-26 even, 28-32
6th pd -- 4.1 text # 1-3, 6-20 even, 21-27 odd, 29-32

HW for 11.18.15

Red Book ~ 15 -20 minutes of IXL on the skills you have been working on in class.

Blue Book ~ 3.4 p. 130 # 1-3, 6-18  Remember you have a Ch 3 Test on Monday.

11.16.15 homework

Red Book ~ For homework tonight you should be spending 15-20 minutes on the Statistic & Probability skills that we started working on in class today.

Blue Book~ 3.3 text (p.123) #'s 1-3, 8-18 even, 19-31 odd, 34-38

Week of November 9

Red Book~
M ~ 3.5 text
T~ equation packet
W~ ch 3 review
T ~ study
F~ ch 3 test


Blue Book~
M~ 3.1 text
T~ transveral packet
W ~ 3.2 PRJ
T~ 3.2 test
F~ 3.1 to 3.2 quiz

Week of November 2

This week we are reviewing for our Interims which will be on Wednesday and continue in to Thursday.  Each student was provided a review packet on Monday and we went over it on Tuesday.  The homework for this week is to study!

AMC 8

If you are interested in taking the AMC 8, please look here for more information.

Week of 10.26.15

Red Book Homework for the week:
M ~ 3.2 text
T ~ 3.3 RPJ  (quiz on 3.1 & 3.2 today)
W ~ 3.3 text
T ~ 3.4 text
F ~ No School
Your Interim 1 Assessment will be on November 4 & 5.

Blue Book Homework for the week:
M~ 2.6 text
T ~ Ch 2 Review Packet
W ~ Finish Performance Tasks
T ~ Finish Performance Tasks
F ~ No School
Your Interim 1 Assessment will be on November 4 & 5.

Week of October 19

This week in Red Book we are finishing up chapter 2 which covers rational numbers and beginning chapter 3 which deals with equations.  There will be an Interim assessment Nov. 4 & 5 which covers everything we have learned so far this year.

Red Book HW:
M ~ finish review packet
T ~ Ch. 2 Test from text and STUDY
W ~ Ch 3 fair game review from RPJ.  Ch 2 TEST TODAY!
T ~ 3.1 text
F ~ 3.2 RPJ

This week in Blue Book we are continuing to discuss Chapter 2 which talks about Transformations.  More specifically, this week we will talk about similar figures and dilations.  There will be an Interim assessment on Nov. 4 & 5 which covers everything we have learned so far this year.

Blue Book HW:
M ~ 2.5 PRJ
T ~ 2.5 text # 1-25
W ~ 2.7 RPJ
T ~ 2.7 text
F ~ workshop

So far this week....

So far we have had a great week.  Progress Reports will be sent home on Friday along with NWEA reports.  As for MOYA, tomorrow is Dress Like Coach Day and Friday is Cultural Dress Day.  (see the News & Notes section of the web for more specific details).


Red Book HW
M~ 2.2 Text # 1-3, 7-16, 17-27 odd, 29-33
T~ None!  Relax after a quiz today
W~ 2.1 and 2.2 Practice A and B.

Blue Book HW
M~ 2.2 Text # 1-3, 8-16 even, 17-21 odd
T~ 2.3 Text #1-3, 4-18 even, 19-27 odd, 29-33
W~ 2.4 R&PJ

Recap of today and HW

If you were here on Friday, your test was scanned in the system and you were given the results today.  Please remember what is listed under Standard Summary is what goes in the gradebook.  If you are unhappy with your score, you have the ability to change it!  You need to fill out a Reassessment Ticket, produce evidence to prove you are ready, get the required signatures and schedule a re-take.  If there is more than one standard you want to reassess, then you need to fill out more than one ticket.  In case you need one, the can be found here!

Homework for all classes today was to complete the bootcamp papers and Chapter 2 Fair Game Review from your R&PJ.

09.30.15 Homework & Curriculum Night Update

It was nice seeing and the new and familiar faces last night at Curriculum Night.  If you were unable to attend or even were able to attend and want to see the power point that went along with my presentation, feel free to click here.

Homework for today is as follows:

• Red Book:  Finish Chapter 1 Review--your test will be on FRIDAY, Oct 2.
• Blue Book:  Finish Chapter 1 Review --your test will be on FRIDAY Oct 2.

09.28.15 ~ Notes, Homework and Important Dates

Red Book
Notes:  1.4 Multiplying Integers.
HW:  Section 1.4 (text) # 2-52 even.
There will be a Chapter 1 test on Oct 6.
















Blue Book
Notes:  1.3 Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides
HW:  Section 1.3 (text) # 1, 2, 7-31 odd, 44-45
There will be a Chapter 1 test on Oct 2.

Week of September 21

Red Book Homework:
M ~ Adding Integers S & S
T~ 1.2 p. 12 # 2-54 even
W ~ 1.3 from RPJ
T~ 1.3 p. 18 # 2-56 even
F~ 1.4 RPJ

Blue Book Homework:
M~ 1.2 #1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 12-17, 19-22
T~ none!  There was a quiz today!
W~ 1.1 & 1.2 Puzzle Time
T~ Equation packet p.203 front only
F~ Finish packet

Week of September 14

What an awesome week we are having.  In Geometric Art, students are making circle drawings.  Seventh Grade took their NWEA math and reading tests this week and we starting digging into integers.  Eighth Grade has also started their NWEA testing and will finish up next week.  In class, they have been reviewing material from last year and are starting to get into their book for this year.

Homework for the week is a follows:

Red Book:
M--none
T--4th pd: finish up bootcamp       6th pd:  none (testing)
W--4th pd: 1.1 Activity       6th pd:  finish up bootcamp
T--4th pd:  Section 1.1 # 1-3, 20-44 even, 46-50        6th pd:  1.1 Activity
F--4th pd:  none (testing)        6th pd:  Section 1.1 # 1-3, 20-44 even, 46-50

Blue Book:
M--none
T--Chapter 1 Fair Game Review
W--EOC Test from previous book
T--Section 1.1 Activity
F--Section 1.1 # 1-3, 12-16 even, 23-43 odd, 45-48

Welcome Back Pumas!

Welcome back Pumas!  It was a great summer, but I am excited to be back in the classroom.

Please make sure you get your Middle School Syllabus signed and returned (just the last page) to your homeroom teacher.  Also, for Math, I need your purple Million Words papers by Friday.

If you completed a Summer Bridge Book or other incentive, those are also due this Friday.

It is hard to believe summer is almost over.  I am currently at school getting our classroom ready!  I hope you have all been keeping your minds active this summer.  In fact, I would love to hear what you have been doing.  Feel free to send me an email.  I look forward to seeing you all at Popsicles on the Playground next week, 08.26.15 from 1-3pm.

Happy Summer Vacation

Happy Summer Vacation!  As I write this, I am sitting on the shore of Lake Michigan enjoying time with my family.  What plans do you have this summer?  Feel free to email me pictures (94.ksternfels@nhaschools.com) of adventures you go on this summer...I may just post a few of them on here! 


Here are a few ways to keep your math brains active this summer.

• 5 ways to keep math alive article  http://www.bigideaslearning.com/blog/featured-math-game/keep-math-alive-this-summer
• Big Ideas Math Skills Review Book (this is also on the News & Events page) http://www.bigideaslearning.com/blog/resources/big-ideas-math-summer-solutions

Week in Review

This week, we have been busy working on the Math portions of the M-Step.  Students in SOAR have been finishing Chapters 11 and 12 which focuses on note taking and studying.   In Green Book, students are reviewing material and studying for an Interim assessment, which will be given on June 2.  In Red Book, students have been learning the different ways to write a linear equation and are preparing for a Chapter 13 assessment which will be given on June 3.


Here are a few reminders:

• ALL missing assignments (middle school wide) are due Friday, May 29.
• High Velocity (field day) paperwork and money is due Friday, May 29.
• Community Service are due June 5.

homework, dance and field day

Homework today:  None!  Relax after a day of M-Stepping.  :)

Middle School Dance is Friday from 6-8pm.  Pizza, soda and live DJ.  $8 in advance or $10 at the door.

Field Day is June 5 at High Velocity.  $15 if you plan to bring your own lunch and $19 if you would like them to provide you lunch.  Money (CASH only) and field trip forms (PSCA & High Velocity Waiver) are due to your homeroom teacher by May 29.

M-Step Testing Information & HW

Homework for today is as follows:

• SOAR~ Ch 9 Review
• Green Book~ make sure you have at least 30 problems from the review done.
• Red Book~ 13.4 from Record & Practice Journal

M-Step Information:

The 6th grade M-Step testing window is officially open.  6th grade will be taking tests on May 19, 21, 27, and 29.  May 20 and 28 are activity days which cover information that students will need to know in order to complete the performance test the next day. 

May 12

Today in SOAR we began talking about what effective questions are and how to ask them.  We determined that the way we ask a question changes based on who we are talking to or what we are trying to find out.  As homework, students need to read the introduction to section 4 in their SOAR book.

In Green Book we discussed how to choose appropriate measures of center and variation for a set of data.  We also discussed how what we choose depends on if our data is skewed or symmetrical. Homework for today is 10.3E worksheet

In Red Book we are revisiting slope and adding a few extra touches to it such as when is slope 0 or undefined and are officially labeling it with "m" as a way to prepare for the next step,  which would be writing linear equations in slope intercept form.  Homework for today is 13.2 practice A and puzzle time.

On a side note, Summer Bridge book money ($6.50) is due May 18 AND there is a Middle School Dance on May 22 from 6-8pm.  Cost is $8 if you prepay by May 20 or $10 at the door.

May 11, 2015

Homework for today is as follows:

SOAR~  None

Green Book~ Section 10.3 # 1-17

Red Book~ Section 13.1 # 1-4, 6-16 even, 17, 18-26 even , 27-32

04.27.14

Happy Monday!  It's hard to believe that May 1 is Friday and camp is next week.  

Here is your homework for tonight.

SOAR~  Organize your space and send me an "organized" picture by Friday!  94.ksternfels@nhaschools.com

Green Book~  Chapter 9 Review & Test from text.  Remember you have a common assessment on Wednesday.

Red Book~  Section 12.2 # 1-6, 8-14 even, 15-26.  There is a quiz on 12.1 and 12.2 on Tuesday and a quiz on 12.3 and 12.4 on Thursday.

week of April 20

Soar~

• Read Habit 3 from the 7 Habits book.  

Green Book~

• Monday ~9.4 # 1-3, 6-18 even, 19-21
• Tuesday~2 pages from the PT packet
• Wednesday~ finish PT packet and 9.5 from R&PJ
• Thursday~ 9.5 worksheet both sides
• Friday~none

Red Book~

• Monday~finish chapter 11 review packet
• Tuesday~2 pages from the PT packet
• Wednesday~Ch. 12 FGR and 12.1 from R&PJ
• Thursday~finish PT packet
• Friday~12.1 

Other Reminders~

• NWEA testing will happen on Tuesday and Thursday. 
• Zap Zone money is due by the 29th.

Welcome Back ~ 04.13.15

SOAR~ Habit 2 due Friday
Green Book~  Finish bootcamp worksheets
Red Book~ Section 11.5 from Record & Practice Journal--Skip #4 (the part that tells you to draw something on a computer program.)

Other reminders~  We will be NWEA testing on Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday April 23.

This week in review

Since we had a lot of absences this week, I decided to blog about what each class did this week and it goes as follows:

SOAR~  This week we talked about what our goals are and what possible obstacles we may face as we try to achieve our them.  We also talked about Habit 1; Be Proactive and what that means and completed that pages in Chapter 3 of the SOAR book

Green Book~ 
Monday -- We discussed volume of prisms which is section 8.4
Tuesday -- Review of chapter 8
Wednesday -- Workshop in the lab
Thursday -- Chapter 8 Assessment
Friday --No School!  Happy Spring Break

Red Book~
Monday -- Section 11.1; Translations
Tuesday -- Section 11.2: Reflections
Wednesday -- Section 11.3: Rotations
Thursday -- create tessellations
Friday -- No School!  Happy Spring Break

Homework~ 23 and 24

Monday, March 23

• SOAR~  Read p. 3-31 from 7 Habits (due Friday)
• Green Book~ Chapter 8 Boot-camp
• Red Book~ Chapter 10 Review from text

Tuesday, March 24

• SOAR~  Read p. 3-31 from 7 Habits (due Friday)
• Green Book~ 8.1 p. 358 # 1-6, 18-28 even, 30-33
• Red Book~ Chapter 10 Test review packet.  Test is on Friday!

Homework 03.16.15

SOAR~  Bring in your printed results or your code to view results for the intelligence survey.
Click here to take the survey

Green Book~ Review Packet!  Your Interim 3 will be Friday.

Red Book~  10.5e worksheet

March 10

Just a reminder, conferences are Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:50 and Thursday from 4:00 to 7:30 in the Gym.


Homework is as follows:

• Green Book~  Finish the Chapter 7 Review.  There will be a test on Thursday.
• Red Book~ Section 10.5 p 433 # 1-4, 6-12 even, 13, 14-26 even, 27-30

03.06.15

It is hard to believe that the second trimester is already over and spring is right around the corner.  Conferences are next week on Wednesday and Thursday, March 11 and 12 from 4:30 to 7:50. 

Homework is as follows:

• SOAR~ None!   Students will be receiving new elective classes on Monday.
• Green Book~  Section 7.7 packet...finish what you did not get done in class.  Next week we will be preparing for a test that will take place on Thursday.
• Red Book~  Section 10.5 worksheet. 

Don't forget, if you signed up for the Pi competition to STUDY and MEMORIZE!  Our classroom/grade level competition will take place on Wednesday, March 11 during your class period.

02.24.15 Homework

Soar~ Be prepared to tape your skit!
Green Book~ Section 7.2 p. 305 # 1-5, 19-31 odd, 32-34, 44-46
Red Book~ Search & Shade

02.23.15 ~ update and homework

Welcome back from an unexpected long weekend.  :)

In Soar we are taking about how to ask effective questions.  Green book math is beginning chapter 7 which deals with equations and inequalities.  Red book is finishing a chapter on Surface Area and Volume and will have a test on Tuesday.  After that, we will we begin chapter 10 which discusses Probability and Statistics

Homework for today is a follows:
Soar~ Chapter 8 Review is due tomorrow.
Green Book~ Section 7.1 p. 298 #'s 1-3, 7-13 odd, 14-20, 23-27
Red Book~ Study!  Chapter 9 test is tomorrow!

Week of February 9th

This week, students have been super productive.  In SOAR we took a small break from the curriculum to focus on this month's moral focus theme of courage.  We talked about what courage is and what is looks like.  Students wrote about various ways they show courage in their lives and even made a comic strip about courage. 

In Green Book math, we have been completing performance tasks and playing review games on integers and coordinate graphing as a way to prepare for an upcoming chapter test on Thursday.  Next week will begin working on chapter 7 which covers equations and inequalities.

In Red Book math, students have been digging in to Surface Area and have even gone as far as cutting cylinders up to physically see that the lateral surface of this figure is really a rectangle.  Next week, we will move on to Volume and students will have a chapter 9 assessment on Friday, February 20.

January 27, 2015

SOAR~ Habit 7

Green Book~ Coordinate Graph AND section 6.5 #'s 1-3, 26-30 even. 31-41 odd, 55-59

Red Book~ STUDY! Your Interim 2 Assessment is on Thursday.

01.21.15

SOAR~ Read Habit 6 from the 7 Habits book. Also, email Mrs. Sternfels a picture of a really messy area or a really organized area of your space.  Be prepared to share it with the class and talk about how you could organize it or how you keep it so organized.  94.ksternfels@nhaschools.com

Green Book~ finish your timeline and section 6.2 work

Red Book~  Section 8.3 worksheet.  Also, mark your calendars...you will have an Interim 2 Assessment on chapters 5-8 on Thursday, January 29.

Welcome back! 01.06.15

Welcome back from a nice break!  Hopefully you all had a chance to make some amazing lifelong memories over the past few weeks.

Homework for today is as follows:
SOAR~ read Habit 3 and be prepared to discuss it on Friday.

Green Book~ Section 5.5 practice & puzzle time.  There will be a cumulative (chapter 3-5) test on Thursday, January 15.

Red Book~ Section 7.5 practice & puzzle time.  Chapter 7 test will be this Friday.