Monday Home Studies

Hope everyone had a great weekend, now it's time to practice the skills you are learning in class!

Pre Algebra: none

Chinese II: Make up a 5 day weather forecast for the week. Make each day different!
Weather in China

Algebra: p. 9-10 (18-38 even) Remember to copy the problem down in your composition book, then write your answer
Need extra help with algebraic expressions? Try these examples:
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol7/equations.html

Math 5/6: Post your word problem under the comments part of this blog

Chinese I: none

Tests and Quizzes Friday!

Pre Algebra: Test covering word problems, adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions, and adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing decimals

Algebra: Post test covering prerequisite concepts for Algebra (A pages in book), similar to the pre-test

Math 5/6: Test covering basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

Chinese I: Quiz on saying the date, days of the week, time of day, and new greetings in Chinese

5th and 6th Graders Hard at Work!

The whole class working hard on their math problems...
...And having some fun with Wesley!

Working Together in Pre Algebra

My Pre Algebra class working together in pairs to solve problems at each station. Good team work guys!

Thursday Home Studies

Home Studies for the following classes:

Pre Algebra: For those students who did not post their word problem last night please do so tonight! Otherwise, no home studies who completed this already.

Chinese II: We will be having a Review Test next week that will cover the basics of what you learned in Chinese I. It is a two part quiz; first part on Tuesday and second part on Wednesday due to the amount of vocabulary and phrases.

Algebra: Refresh on pre requisite concept 3 on page A10. The A pages are before the book actually starts. Please complete on page A11 numbers 10-18 in your composition book. Make sure to copy the problem down first and then solve.

Math 5/6: Complete the 1st and 3rd lines on the front page of the worksheet that was handed out in class (p30).

Any questions? Leave me a comment or email me at msanniesun@gmail.com.

Good Luck!

Pre Algebra Class Post Your Word Problem Here

Continuing what we worked on today, create a word problem using an operation and equation. Do not tell us the answer yet, but make sure you know what it is. Be creative and appropriate, this is due by tomorrow's class. Please let me know if you have any questions and have fun with it!

Algebra Class Comment Here!

Please leave a comment so we can begin using the blog. Make sure there is someway I know who are are if you do not use your actual name and make sure your comment is appropriate. Thanks!

Math 5/6 Comment Here!

Students from my Math 5/6 class please leave a comment, make sure it is appropriate. You can just write "hi" if you'd like. This is just for practice using the blog. Thanks!

Wednesday, August 12 Home Studies

Pre Algebra: Rewrite classroom, student, and teacher expectations into your composition book (due Friday)

Chinese II: Quiz on Friday covering introductions, numbers, and dates

Algebra: Finish the rest of the Pre Test problems (due Thursday) and rewrite classroom, student, and teacher expectations into your composition book (due Friday)

Math 5/6: Rewrite classroom, student, and teacher expectations into your composition book (due Friday)

Chinese I: Find out what the "unlucky" number is in Chinese and why (due Thursday)

First Week of School Going Well So Far!

The syllabus for each class has been distributed and I have received signed copies back from most students and parents. If you have not turned in your signed syllabus please do so by this Friday.

Algebra: Complete the even problems on the Pre Test worksheet, both front and back, due Wednesday.

Chinese I: Practice the short conversation we learned today to say "hello my name is" and "how are you."

Chinese II Word Search

In the Chinese II class we researched how many characters are in the Chinese written language.

One student found 47,035 and another student found that a Chinese dictionary contains over 40,000 (both sourced Wikipedia). We also discovered that the average educated person knows only 6 t0 7 thousand of these characters and to read a newspaper, you need to know 3,000 characters!

Course Syllabi

The course syllabus for each of my classes will be distributed the first couple days of school. You may also download it here from an online file storage site:

Pre-Algebra Syllabus.doc

5-6 Math Syllabus.doc

Chinese II Syllabus.doc

Chinese I Syllabus.doc

Algebra Syllabus.doc

Parents and students need to read each section carefully and sign when complete. Signed syllabi need to be turned in by Friday, August 14. Also, make not that a separate composition book or journal is required for all my math classes.

One Week Before School Starts!

Be sure to check my site for upcoming syllabi for each of my classes. A course overview, materials needed, grading policy, and more will be available soon.

School orientation is Sunday, August 9 from 12-3pm. Parents will be able to sign up to be volunteers or chaperones at this time and students can sign up for fall sports. This is also an important day to find out where your homeroom is and to get to know your homeroom teacher.