"TORNADO" Problems

Order of Operations (w/ exponents) - we began to learn how to solve order of operations problems using powers and exponents

Examples to Solve Order of Operations Problems:

 

Below is an example of the process we use in 6th grade to solve order of operation problems. Each step has one change to spiral down to create "TORNADO" problems.

Codes of Cooperation - Advisory Activity

Codes of cooperation are standards that are developed by 

a team. They describe expected behavior for the entire 

school. They may have consequences for anybody who 

breaks them.

           Today, our advisory did an activity for the codes 

of cooperation. Below are pictures of the activity. The 

students did a great job participating and learning 

from the lesson.

Google Classroom

Utilizing Google Classroom in Math Class

Classroom is designed to help myself as well as other teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student. It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized.

Students can keep track of what’s due on the Assignments page and begin working with just a click. As a teacher, I can quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom.

Your student has already joined their class on Google Classroom. We will utilize Google Classroom for various assignments, assessments, project-based learning activities, tutorials, and increasing our reading & understanding/comprehensions.

Recently, we began reading Secrets, Lies, & Algebra by Wendy Lichtman. As a junior high building, as well as throughout the district, the goal is to improve literacy, especially reading tied to understanding/comprehension. So, each week, together or individually the students will be asked to read chapter(s) and answer 1-2 discussion questions as well as learn mathematical terms. 

About the Book:

Tess loves math because it's the one subject she can trust—there's always just one right answer, and it never changes. But then she starts algebra and is introduced to those pesky and mysterious variables, which seem to be everywhere in eighth grade. When even your friends and parents can be variables, how in the world do you find out the right answers to the really important questions, like what to do about a boy you like or whom to tell when someone's done something really bad? Will Tess's life ever stop changing long enough for her to figure it all out?

Here is a link to a FREE, online PDF version of the book for the students: http://teacherweb.com/ga/lafayettemiddleschool/mscarter/do_the_math_secrets_lies_and_algebra_wendy_lichtman_.pdf