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!!!!!!!!!!