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!