It's cold outside...but in Mr. Mann's class the friction from the pencils and paper are keeping it toasty! We have a test in both classes this week. Regular classes will take theirs Friday and Advanced will test Wednesday. In 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 8th period today we worked on our study guide (pg. 123-124 #32-49). We also checked homework assignments from Thursday and Friday and looked at Agendas, Journals, and Vocab. In 7th period we went over the first part of the study guide the students completed Thursday and Friday of last week. Tonight the Boys basketball teams play at Beverly Hills. The wrestling team did very well at a tournament this weekend, but I am not sure exact records. Have a great evening!

Phew, this day was a long one! In the regular classes we introduced Solving Equations containing Multiplication and Division. For homework they need to do Pg. 116 # 1-12 Omit #7. In the advanced class we started a study guide that they will finish tomorrow. Tonight at Milton Middle there are 3 games. The JV Girls play at 4:30, The Varsity plays at 5:30, Boys Varsity plays at 6:30. All the games are against Enslow.

Another down! In the regular classes we worked on solving equations containing addition and subtraction, the students are to complete Worksheet 2-11 Practice B. In the Advanced class we went over rational and irrational numbers. They have Pg. 158-59 # 35-48. With this section we have wrapped up Chapter 3! Expect a test around next Wednesday (there is a ton to review). Have a good evening, put up some Christmas lights, listen to Christmas music, get in the spirit for goodness sakes! Ho! Ho! Ho! Congratulations to the Girls Varsity who defeated Hurricane. The boys play at Winfield, JV - 5:30, Varsity - 7!

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, school Rock! Today we had a busy day in Mr. Mann's Math Class! In the Regular Classes we had a quick bellringer, followed by 5 Vocab terms (see below), a mini-lesson, and the topping? Pg. 112 #1-6. In the advanced class we reviewed last night's homework and introduced estimating square roots. The students weren't too thrilled with this because they couldn't use calculators, but I it's like I told them, "I don't want robots that can only push buttons, I want students that can build and program robots". For homework they have Pg. 152 # 1-38, Omit #6-9 and 15-18. Tonight the girls basketball teams take on Hurricane as they try to right the ship after a close loss in their home opener to Winfield. Games are at 4:30 (6th grade), 5:30 (JV), and 6:30 (Varsity). Have a great evening and go Panthers!

Regular Vocab:
Solve
Inverse Operation
Isolating the Variable
Addition Property of Equality
Subtraction Property of Equality

Back to school, Back to school....here we are again, Rollin on! Today in the Regular classes we were introduced to equations. The students were to do Pg. 106 #17-26 (there are vocab terms listed below as well). In the advanced class we also introduced a new topic; square roots! For homework they have Pg. 148 #s 10-44 even (they also have Vocab listed below).  Happy Holidays!

Fact of the day:

Armadillos always have 4 babies in a litter, they are also all the same gender.

Regular Vocab:
Equation
Solution

Advanced Vocab:
Principle Square Root
Perfect Square

Hiddie Ho Students! Today we are watching a Video (8 Below, hence the pic!) and starting a video observation guide that we will complete on Wednesday. The guide shows students that math pertains to everything, even Antartica! Tomorrow we have the benchmark test! Have a terrific evening!

Friday! We got all agendas, journals, and vocab checked and in the gradebook. I also gave the students their averages for the 2nd six weeks while they worked on a worksheet. In the advanced class the students took a quiz as promised. Have a great weekend. I'm off to the State Sr. High Convention in Hurricane. See ya!

Thursday's gone with the wind, on to FRIDAY!!!! Tomorrow we will be checking agendas, notebooks, and vocab for the week in the regular classes. In the advanced class the kids will be taking a quiz. As for today? In the regular classes we went over combining like terms and the students completed Pg. 102 #18-28. In the advanced class we had a review worksheet to complete. Have a great evening!

Rain, Rain, Go away! Well, I guess you have to take the bad with the good sometimes! In the regular class we were busy, working on combining like terms, in class they did vocab (see below) and worked on Pg. 102 #s 1-17. In the advanced class we played a game similar to 1 vs. 100 for bonus points for their quiz on Friday. The big winners were Maddie Bess, Levi Ashworth, Josiah Wise, Haley Neal, and Vanessa Straley. The person who got the farthest in the game was Tyler McComas, however he got greedy and ended up loosing all his points to the those left in the class! Tomorrow will be a review day for their quiz on Friday. Well, it's off to church tonight, more teenagers, GREAT! :-) (the picture is from the clay center)

Vocab:

term
coefficient
like terms

What a B-E-A-Utiful day! Get outside and run around some, come to school tired tomorrow! In the regular classes we started on Verbal Expressions....lots of work ahead of us on this subject!!! In class we copied a chart and worked on some problems in class. In the advanced class we finished the rest of the study guide on Pg. 144. Tomorrow we will play a review game, Thursday will be a review day, followed by a quiz on Friday! Have a great afternoon, get outside and run off some of that energy by all means neccessary! :)

After a couple days of sickness the blog is back at it! In the regular classes we talked about algebraic expressions, substitution, variables, and constants. In class the students completed Pg, 94 #20-27 and in some classes we got a little ahead and copied a chart from the book to our journals. In the advanced class we reviewed solving inequalities containing rational numbers (fractions and decimals). For homework they have Pg. 144 # 1-19. The advanced class will have a quiz soon! Have a great evening!

Phew, today was a looonnnngggg one. The assembly went very well, good job guys! In the regular classes the students worked on a few problems from ancient Egypt, yes math was around then, and it always has been! After we finished that we did a few vocab terms (see below). In the advanced class we worked on some work we didn't finish Friday and then copied some examples out of the book. The picture is from the veteran's day assembly. Enjoy your day off!

Vocab:

Variable
Constant
Algebraic Expression
Evaluate

Wow, I have been slacking! Last week I had bus duty which meant that I didn't have the time after school to keep up with the blog! Well today we went to the clay center in charleston to see an exhibit on egyptians. It was a blast! I have posted a  cool "wordle" the kids made when we got back this afternoon. For bonus points list a word from the wordle in the comment box and what you learned that had to do with that word! Tomorrow we have a Veteran's Day assembly in the a.m. and of course we have  Wednesday off due to Veteran's Day. Have an awesome afternoon!

I can't believe it is already November! We put the rubber to the road today in both classes. The regular class began work with Order of Operations while the advanced class worked on simplifying fractions, converting fractions to decimals, and vice versa. They also both had vocab which you can see below. Advanced had homework on Pg. 115 #s 1-47 odd. See ya tomorrow!

Regular Vocab:

Numerical Expression
Order of Operations

Advanced Vocab:

Rational Numbers
Relatively Prime

Agendas...Check, Journals...Check, Vocab...Check. It's FRIDAY!!! If the students worked hard on their worksheet they have no homework this weekend! The FCA capture the flag tournament is getting ready to start and the dance will follow, how much fun is that? TONS 'O FUN here at Milton Middle. Have a spectacular weekend!

Phew! What a beautiful day! We got to enjoy the sunshine during a fire drill today....the kids did excellent by the way! In the regular classes we did a review on exponents and scientific notation, tomorrow we will have a review worksheet while we check agendas, journals, and vocab (new vocab today, see below!) In the advanced class we started on our test which no one finished, which I anticipated, so go home and study so you can finish it tomorrow! Tomorrow evening is a very special for students at MMS. There are two events they can attend. The first is the FCA capture the flag tournament which will be from 3:30-5:30 here at the school (there will also be pizza, pop, chips, a speaker, and a band!). Everyone is invited to attend whether they are currently part of FCA or not. The second opportunity is the fall dance that will be from 6-8. Have a awesome evening, enjoy the awesome weather! (The pic is from FCA that we hold every thursday at lunch)

Vocab:

Power
Exponent
Base
Standard Form
Scientific Notation

Go Panthers!! Milton Middle is County Football Champs!! We defeated Barboursville 14-0 last night in a sloppy contest. The panthers kept the pirates out of the endzone for a second time this year on their way to their first championship since 2001! What a great way to start off the new building, two county champions in the fall sports (volleyball won their fourth straight championship last week). Now as for education today in room B707 the regular classes took their quiz after a quick review. In the advanced class we went over the study guide for their test tomorrow. Have a great evening, hopefully the weather will clear soon!

See what I have to work with? Just joking of course! Today was a productive day! Both classes reviewed for their upcoming assessments. The regular classes take their quiz tomorrow, the advanced class will take their test thursday. Everyone should have finished their work in class. Tomorrow there will be an epic battle in 7th period between the boys and the girls! Tonight is the County Football Championship against Barboursville @ 7! Show up and support!

We're back at it again this week! The regular classes reviewed the similarities and differences between Multiplying, Dividing, Adding, and Subtracting Integers. Tomorrow we will have a review game and then we will have a QUIZ WEDNESDAY! In the advanced class we began to work on scientific notation. If they didn't finish in class they have Pg. 98 #19-41 odd. We are nearing the end of Chapter 2 so that means we should be looking at a test Thursday or Friday! In other news the Volleyball team is county champions for the 4th year in a row, congratulations on a job well done girls! Our football team will play for the county championship tomorrow night against Barboursville! The game will be at Barboursville Middle School @ 7pm.  Have a great evening!

Costume Day!!! (as if you couldn't tell right?) So this Friday in the regular classes we all worked hard, including myself! All of the Agendas, Journals, and Vocab checked in a single day, impossible right? WRONG! We got 'em checked and in the gradebook! The students worked on a packet contatining adding and subtracting integers. Those are due Monday and we will grade them for a grade! In the advanced class we went over negative exponents, for homework they have Pg. 94 #1-43 odd (they had plenty of time to finish in class). Go Volleyball, they play for the county championship tonight at Enslow! Have a great weekend, see ya Monday.

Go Panthers!! Today we had a very successful Pep Rally, in which the 7th grade won both the spirit chain and spirit cheer competitions!! Way to go guys! In the regular classes we went over subtracting integers. For class work the students did Pg. 148 #s 1-34 and they had extra credit opportunity as well. In the advanced class we did a review on exponents. If they didn't finish Pg. 86 #27-51 odd and Pg. 90 #43-47 odd they need to finish it for homework! Tonight is the first playoff game for both football and volleyball! Go, Fight, Win! See ya tomorrow!

What a beautiful day! Take a walk, jog, or ride, just get outside for some fresh air! In the regular classes we made some rules for adding integers and worked on pg. 142 #13-32, if the students finished a little early they had an opportunity to do some extra credit work as well. In the advanced class we worked with exponents again today, this time focusing on their properties. If they didn't finish in class, almost everyone did, they have pg. 90 #s 2-42 even for homework. Have a great evening, see ya tomorrow!

Alrighty Kiddo's, here's what was happenin' today! In the regular classes we came up with a few rules for multiplying and dividing integers. We also practiced a few problems on Pg. 152, we did #s 12-39 omit #s 22, 32-35, and 38. In the advanced class we had a few vocab terms (see below), followed by an introduction to exponents, and finished with an assignment; Pg. 86 #9-26 omit # 13. Have an awesome evening! As always if you didn't finish the assignments in class, do so at home!

Advanced Vocab:

Exponential Form
Power
Base
Exponent

Back to the grindstone! In regular classes we began Unit 2 : Small Business is for everyone! They had vocab (see below) and we worked on adding and subtracting integers, multiplication and division will come tomorrow! In the advanced class they got to work with a partner on their mid-chapter quiz for Ch. 2 (Pg. 82 #s 1-23) if they did not finish it in class it is due first thing tomorrow! In other news we chose exploratories today, if you were smart you signed up for mine! We will begin them tomorrow. Have and excellent evening!

Regular Vocab:
Stock
Supply
Demand
Product
Entrepreneur
Consumer

My 30th Post! Let's review...so far we have seen the pumpkin festival, lots of homework, and the swine flu! Tomorrow is the first PAWS trip of the year, so I'll be with the "wild things" all day, no pun intended of course. Tonight is the Homecoming football game, BEAT BARBOURSVILLE!!!!!! In classes today we had a treasure hunt for the regular classes and an in-class assignment for the advanced class. That means no homework for the weekend, have a great evening...oh and GO HERD!!!! BEAT (that team up north that I can't mention).

Even I was sick today, it seemed everyone is being affected by the early cold weather sweeping through the area, but we'll fight through it! Today in the regular classes we worked on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. For classwork the students completed Pg. 224 #s 2, 14, 15, 26, and 35 and Pg. 228 #s 2, 10, 11, 23, 34. In tghe advanced class we put our knowledge of solving equations together with integer operations to work on Pg. 76 #s 1-25 odd. Have a great evening! Tomorrow night the football team takes on Barboursville, Friday is the PAWS trip to the movies and the mall, next week is spirit week! Good Times here at Milton Middle! For those that are absent and do not have a book... go to go.hrw.com, create a username and password and bingo, you have a book!

Ok, let's take a look back at the day's activities! In the regular classes we discussed adding and subtracting fractions. In class, the students worked on and finished pg. 238 #s 1-6 and 8-19 in class. In the advanced class we worked on multiplying and dividing integers. For Homework (they had 20 minutes to work on it in-class) they have Pg. 70 #s 23-46. In other news the cross country teams (boys and girls) run in the county meet at Cabell Midland High School tonight. The JV football team also plays tonight at home at 7pm. Have a great evening.

Yeah Tamiflu, we're back up and running! So today we dusted ourselves off and started working with fractions in the regular class, no homwork....tonight anyway! The advanced class, no so lucky, but hey, it's advanced right? Homework is pg. 63 #s 28-46 even and Pg. 66 # 26-40 even

Mr. Mann's math blog has the swine flu, check back next week....

Due to all the absences thanks to illness we are taking a bit of a tangent, today in the regular classes we figured out our BMI. I told the students repeatedly that this was not a perfect measurement, just an estimation of their BMI, so they need not worry if it told them they were overweight. They then had to figure the BMI for a few sample people. (See Below) If they need help with this they can see http://kidshealth.org/teen/nutrition/weight/bmi.html. In the advanced class we are reviewing Ch. 1 because they have a test Thursday! No homework for them. On a side note, regular classes need to get their projects in fast!!! See ya tomorrow!

Regular class assignment:

1. Height: 4 ft 2 in. Weight: 72 lbs.


2. Height: 7 ft 0 in. Weight: 430 lbs.

3. Height: 5 ft 6 in. Weight: 97 lbs.

Pumpkin Festival Tomorrow!!!!!!!!! As for today both classes continued work on their projects, regular classes were due at the end of the class today, I did not recieve as many as I hoped to! Every day late is 5 points off so get them in asap! Kickball results below!

Mr. Mann (1-0) defeated Mrs. Marcum (0-1) by a score of 5-0
Mrs. Bragg (1-0) defeated Mrs. Wood (0-1) by a score of 6-1

See ya tomorrow, Pumpkin Ice Cream here I come!!!!!!!!!!

Today in the regular classes we continued to work on projects. Here is what groups should have completed thus far:

Step 1 (Tuesday): Gathering Information
              1. All the planets' distance from the sun (miles)
              2. All the planets' mass (kg)
              3. All the planets' diameter (km)

Step 2 (Today): Mathmatical Calculations
              1. Convert all information from Standard Form to Scientific Notation
              2. Answer Questions 3 and 4 on the Outline (found on the website, see yesterday's post)

Tomorrow the students will be putting all of their information onto their mini-posters. The entire project is due at the end of class tomorrow.

In the advanced class we started working on an "Interpreting Graphs and Tables" Packet. They voted to use a partner rather than work by themselves, however this means they are not allowed to use me! (They knew that before the vote took place) Good Luck! Friday is the Pumpkin Festival woohooo! See ya Tomorrow!

Oh yeah Kickball results!

Ms. Loving (0-1) defeated Mr. Mitchell (1-0) in a close one 3-2!
Ms. Chapman (0-1) defeated Mrs. Lafon (0-1) by a score of 9-2

Tomorrow's games pit Mr. Mann's homeroom (1-0) vs. Mrs. Marcum (0-1) while Mrs. Bragg (1-0) will take on Mrs. Wood (0-1)
            

We have begun a project in the regular classes. The project outline is on the class website:

 (https://sites.google.com/a/wvde.k12.wv.us/mannsmath/)

The projects are due at the end of class on Thursday. In the advanced class we began looking at tables and graphs today. This is a very vast concept and there is no one way to do all of the objectives, each student will use their own method and I am fine with that as long as they can justify their answers in some way. Tonight's homework is Pg. 45-47 #s 1-10. Tomorrow we will hopefully be doing a graphing assignment in one of the computer labs if I can find one that is open.

Today's kickball scores:

Mrs. Plummer (0-0) defeated Mrs. Marcum (0-0) by a score of 8-6
Mrs. Leitner (0-0) defeated Mrs. Wood (0-0) by a score of 12-5

Tomorrow's games:

Mr. Mitchell (1-0) vs. Ms. Loving (0-1)
Ms. Chapman (0-1) vs. Mrs. Lafon (0-1)

Overall Statistics:

Team A has a combined record of 1-4
Team B has a combined record of 4-1

Holy Moly! I can't believe I forgot to make a post Friday! Basically we had definitions in the regular class and I checked their Agendas, Journals, Vocabulary, and their tables on place value and powers of ten.

Vocab:

Scientific Notation
Standard Notation
Decimal Notation
Exponents
Base
Powers of ten
Exponent Rules

In the advanced class we worked on the Chapter 1 Mid-Chapter Quiz and I checked their Vocab, Notes, and Agendas.

Now for today! In the regular classes we introduced scientific notation and how to alternate between it and standard notation. Check their Journals for notes. YOU WILL HAVE A POP QUIZ tomorrow on that. (that is your reward for reading the blog!) Parents do a few examples for practice, you can even go to http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/fyp/mathrev/mr-scnot.html if your not sure how to help them! In the advanced class we introduced graphing algebraic equations. For homework they have Pg. 40 #s 11,12,22,23, and 38. We also had some vocab we did in class, it's listed below. Phew, that means we're caught up! Remember, Friday is the Pumpkin Festival! Bring back your permission slips and money, I can't wait for pumpkin ice cream! See ya tomorrow!

Advanced Vocab:

coordinate Plane
x-axis
y-axis
x-coordinate
y-coordinate
origin
graph of an equation

Alrighty Boys and Girls! Today was a great day! In the regular classes we went over powers of tens, you know what that means....EXPONENTS. Parents you may want to review with the students, this concept is something that is relatively new to the students. They should have a table filled out from today, I will check those tomorrow! In the advanced class we went over homework from last night and covered an easy part of the chapter really quick and they have homework from Pg. 36 #17-24, they also had one vocab word: ordered pair. In other news from the 7th grade we have started intramural kickball!!! This is a homeroom competition during 5th Period. So far there have been three games played, the results are as follows:

Mr. Mitchell (0-0) defeated Mrs. LaFon (0-0) score: 15-2
Mr. Manns (0-0) defeated Ms. Loving (0-0) score: 4-2
Mrs. Bragg (0-0) defeated Ms. Chapman (0-0) score: 5-0

That makes Team A

Games scheduled for tomorrow:

Mrs. Plummer (0-0) vs. Mrs. Marcum (0-0)
Ms. Leitner (0-0) vs. Mrs. Wood (0-0)

Rain, Rain, Go away...and stay there! Wednesday is over, it's all downhill from here and we will arrive at the weekend! In the regular classes we went over the word problems that the students had for homework last night. We then had another word problem for an assignment in class, Most students turned in the assignemnt and do not have homework, however there were a fair number of students that need to complete it for homework. In the advanced class we went over last night's homework, intorduced solving algebraic equations containing like terms, and gave them about 20 minutes to work on Pg. 30 #s 19-53 odd. If they did not finish this in class it is homework as always. Keep your head above water tonight, just think at the old building it might have flooded and we could be out of school tomorrow! No Such Luck Eh? See ya tomorrow!

Another one bites the dust! Today went by in a rush, in the regular classes we went over decimal operations and a few word problems (they are listed below). If they didn't finish them in class (Almost all did not complete them) they need to complete for homework. In the advanced class we started on combining like terms in algebraic expressions. For Homework they have Pg. 30 #s 1-15. We also did some vocab which is listed below.

Regular Classes word problems:

1. Shayna is not confident in her answer to this problem: 36/0.03. She keeps getting 1200 as a result. Is her answer correct? Why or why not?


2. Juan is buying bags of peanuts for a healthy snack for his class of 28 students. He has the choice of buying single bags for $0.35 a piece of a box of 15 bags for $4.80. Which is the better choice: buying 28 bags at $0.35 a piece or buying 2 boxes? Justify your answer by showing your work and writing a data conclusion statement.

Advanced Classes Vocab:

Term
Like Terms
Equivalent expression
Simplify

Back at it again! Well today was a dreary day outside but inside there was a bunch of activity! In the regular classes we worked on decimals (repeating and terminating). The students worked in pairs and completed a Frayer Model on these two types of decimals. We also played a game on the smart board that activated their prior knowledge of decimals. We also added the two words to our vocabulary lists, of course! In the advanced class we took the whole period to look at their quizzes. It was a productive review and hopefully tied up any loose ends that were still hanging out there. Have an awesome evening and be ready to work tomorrow!

Regular Vocab:

Repeating Decimal
Terminating Decimal

Your Assignment for Friday Sept. 18th

Hey guys, I hope you are having a wonderful day thus far! So, here's what I want you to do. In the Novell Box (the one that pops up when you log in to a computer at school) click on the Riverdeep icon. This will take you to a login screen. Your username is your lunch number, the WHOLE THING, and your password is the word "password". Once you login you will find a test to take, click on it (the pop up blocker must be off!). On the next screen you will click "go" to take the test. You have 20 minutes to take the test. Once you are finished the computer will give you a grade. Click back to the main menu and you will find some activities to go through to help you with the problems that you missed on the test. Go through as many of these activities as you can, this will help you get a better grade when you take the test again! Oh, make sure you have headphones on when you go through the activities if you want to hear the guy talk! Have an awesome weekend! -Mr. Mann-

QUIZ TOMORROW!!!!! Today we all worked on study guides in class, students may have to finish it up at home, parents please go over these with the students. This will be the first quiz of the year and will have a major impact on their grades. There will be a substitute on Friday so students will be working in the computer labs. If you can bring a set of headphones that day it would be awesome. Mid-Term grades are due on Friday so grades will be coming home shortly, be looking for those (Of course I know you have been checking Edline each and every day!). Well it's grass cutting and then church for me this afternoon. Catch you guys tomorrow!

Fact of the Day: Alligators can use up to 3,000 teeth in their lifetime!

No homework tonight, Quiz Thursday!!!!!

Well, today I had some pretty cool stuff for the students to do however.......picture day threw all that out of whack...:( So, instead everybody got a worksheet for some extra practice! If they didn't finish those in class they should do them for homework tonight. In the regular classes the worksheet was double-sided (Lesson 1-2 Exploration Recording Sheet and Lesson 1-2 Practice C). In the advanced they had Lesson 1-5 Practice B to complete. We will hold off the exercise (hint, hint) planned for today until tomorrow. Remember there will be a quiz on Thursday for both classes! Have a wonderful evening, see ya tomorrow! Are you ready for some football?!

The longest 4 day week in history (at least that is what it has felt like!) has come to a close. We rounded up the week with agenda and vocab checks in both the regular and advanced classes (we also checked the regular classes journals.) while the students worked on individual seat work. If they didn't finish those assignments they need to do them for homework (see below for assignments). As for me this weekend, I finally get some time off, nothing going on tonight, I have to get up early to give the ACT at Huntington High Saturday and then watching the Herd take on VT, ending with church all day Sunday as usual! See you Monday. Have a safe and awesome weekend!

Regular Assignment: They should have a table that contains the vital statistics of seventh and eighth grade cheerleaders. Students should find the mean, median, mode, and range of all the statistics.

Advanced Assignment: Double sided worksheet on solving two-step equations.

Football and Volleyball all in one night? You got it, both will be on display tonight. Come out and support! As far as eduaction is concerned...as promised in the regular classes today we found out our resting heart rates and made a line plot of the classes bpm. We also found the mean, median, mode, and range of their group's bpm, the class' bpm, and class' bps (Your child should show you a table filled out). If they did not finish those projects in class they need to finish before tomorrow. In the advanced class we went over solving one and two step equations using addition, subtration, multiplication, and division. Homework is Pg. 16 #s 9-11, 21-26 and Pg. 21 #s 11-14, 19-23. Go Panthers!

Raindrops falling on my head....what a great night for homework!! But, as with most Wednesday there is no homework tonight! Enjoy the xbox! The only thing that may need completed tonight is any Vocab you are behind on. For the regular class the Vocab is listed in yesterday's post, for the advanced it is listed below. In the regular classes tomorrow we will be taking each other's heart rates and finding the mean, median, mode, and range of the class. In the advanced it will be on to the next section! Stay dry!

PS: Great job in the ribbon cutting cerimony today!!

Advanced Vocab:

Equation, Solve, Solution, Inverse Operation, Isolate the variable, Addition Property of Equality, Subtraction Property of Equality.

Week 2 has began! In the regular classes we started on mean, median, mode, and range. We also made a line plot of how many hours a day each child exercises. As you can tell we are beginning a healthy lifestyle Unit. The idea is to tie math into living healthy. Later on we will figure out each others heart rates and similar principles. Vocab for the day listed below, if they didn't finish it in class, they must do so at home. In the advanced class we started writing algebraic expressions from words and visa versa. Homework for advanced Pg. 11-12 #s 5-10, 18-24, 27-28. Have a great evening, see you tomorrow!

Vocab:

Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Average, Beats per minute, BPM, BPS, Resting Heart Rate, Line Plot.

Phew, what a week! The good news? THREE DAY WEEKEND! The first full week is complete! In the regular classes today the students completed a worksheet that I took up and graded (Check Edline!) and while they were completing that I check their agendas (again Check Edline!). After they were finished with their worksheet they were to journal about 2 real world situations, involving health and fitness, where they would have to compare amounts to make a decision. I will check that they have that completed on Tuesday! In the advanced class we went over the homework from last night (good job guys, everyone completed it!!) and then they got to partner up and work on a challenge worksheet. Parents, this worksheet is kinda tuff but hey, it's advanced! That is due Tuesday by the way. Oh, and I checked almost everyone's agenda...but we had a shortened class so I didn't get to everyone so if you check Edline and your child has an ** in the agenda column that simply means I didn't get to them and I will check it Tuesday! In other school happenings the students recieved their first fund raiser of the year, Entertainment Books! Over $12,000 worth of coupons in there, or atleast that's what the sales guy said! So, here are some instructions on those:

1. Don't sell the book they have, that's just to show people an example.
2. Take up the money when you make the sale.
3. Return sample book and sale sheet (I believe they said in 2 weeks we will do that)
4. Students will recieve all the books they sold
5. Hand them out!

**Mr. Mann is not responsible for the above information, to make sure that is correct read the directions in the packet!!**

Have a great Labor Day Weekend, eat a hot dog for me!!!

4 down, 1 to go! In the regular classes today we reviewed the Vocab from yesterday, then we worked on place value with a competition (winners listed below!), and ended on a mini-lesson on how to convert fractions to decimals in order to tell which fractions are larger, phew. We worked hard in class so no homework! If you want some review check out this cool game: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/greenmarble/340766

In the advanced class we continued in Chapter 1. Went though some examples on how to solve different algebraic problems. For classwork/homework (they had 25 minutes in class) Pg. 6 #s 6-9, 15-18, 25-30, 43-50, and 53. Some problem spots will occur with number 53! That's ok, do your best and we'll go over it in class!

Tomorrow it looks as if we will be doing some in-class work so I can check agendas/bellringers!
See ya then!

Winners:

1st Period- The M&Ms
2nd Period- Team Boooo (Mountaineers)
6th Period- The Unicorns
8th Period- The Chunky Monkyes

Ok Folks! Today was a very busy day, our first day of actual work. In the regular classes the students completed a Venn Diagram on Fractions, Decimals, Integers, and Whole numbers. They also had vocab to complete (listed below). Tomorrow we will move on with our Unit, we're playing a speed game, YES!!! In the advanced class we had our first lesson on solving equations, so far, so good! The advanced class also had some vocabulary to complete (listed below also). We will continue working on equations for a few days! Tomorrow is the first home football game, that means it's blue and white day! I wish I could go to the game but I have band practice, bummer...tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for kids, I think. Come out and support the Panthers! Later on kiddies!

Regular Vocab:

Place Value
Thousands
Hundreds
Tens
Ones
Tenths
Hundredths
Thousandths
Fractions
Numerator
Denominator
Integers

Advanced Vocab:

Algebraic Expression
Constant
Variable
Evaluate
Substitute
Coefficient

Whooo Hooo, today we finished up our inventory tests! Tommorrow the plan is to begin on Unit 1 in the regular classes, we will work with place value and different ways to dislplay information. There will be group work with a venn diagram, downfall? You'll have to give a report! In the advanced class you will recieve books and begin Chapter 1 of course! Hard work in store. Have a great evening! For the parents make sure you check out the stadium blankets on sale, you should have got a flyer on that today!

Alrighty boys and girls, as promised, we conducted a few tests to figure out how we learn. In a few classes we even made a bar graph of the different types of learners in the classroom. We had quite the variety of learners! No Homework again tonight, lucky you, this won't last long! I am excited to start into the first unit which will begin Wednesday! Have a great afternoon, see ya!

So, as you guys are playing xbox or going to football practice I have been busy planning for the upcoming weeks. But hey, I got to eat at sheetz for lunch! Looks like we're going to start next week by giving you the inventory tests we talked about yesterday. By the end of the day Tuesday we should know what type of learner you are and whether you have the most in common with Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, or Rabbit! See ya then!

Yesterday was the first day of school! I am going to consider it a huge success. The technology held up just as it was suppose to, I was even able to let the students take an online poll! The poll asked what their favorite part of this summer was; the winner....vacation! No matter what they tell their parents, they enjoyed the family vacation. We also went over classroom procedures and they took my syllabus home to go over with the family. Have a great weekend, see ya Monday!