April 28

The homework tonight is worksheet 2-5, which deals with addition equations. Below is a copy of the worksheet and the students are to do all 20 problems. Each class had about 15-25 minutes in class to work on it so some students may be finished.

 

April 23

Students finished STAAR testing today and for the rest of the week, we will be reviewing decimals, fractions, and integers by playing bingo. We will begin the next unit on Monday.

April 21

The students will be taking the math STAAR test tomorrow so they do not have homework tonight. We discussed the different strategies that they can use on the test tomorrow to help them. Below is the list we discussed. 

Testing Strategies

1. underline or circle important information
2. eliminate wrong answer choices
3. cross out information not needed
4. read each answer choice
5. if unsure of answer, skip it
6. draw pictures
7. get a good nights sleep
8. eat breakfast
9. keep a positive attitude!!
10. review your work if time

April 14

We reviewed the parts of a circle during class and their homework tonight is 4 questions called Circle Relationships. These 4 questions will be due tomorrow. 

The math STAAR test is a week from tomorrow, on April 22.

April 11

The students took a quiz over the STAAR material we have covered the last 2 weeks and next week we will be continuing the review for the upcoming STAAR test, which is on April 22.

April 8

The homework tonight is the back of the worksheet called Pizza Anyone? We completed the front side in class and for homework the students are to finish the back side, about Alex training for a 5 mile race. They have to explain in words how to solve the problem, and then show how to solve the problem. I suggested in class that they change all the numbers to decimals and then they will be able to add the numbers up.

April 7

We began reviewing for the STAAR test today so the homework tonight is a review of fractions and decimals. We did the front side of the worksheet, called lesson 2, and the students are to do the back side for homework. They will have to convert all the numbers to either fractions or decimals in order to compare them and put them in order. Like I told the students, we have 10 school days until the real STAAR test.

I have been pulling some students during tutorials for extra math help and we are using a math program that is online and free for students to use. Any student is welcome to work on the math website but they will have to get their logins from me and then they can work on it at home.