5th, 7th and 8th grade Accelerated Math

Mrs. Elisabeth Dorsey

libby_dorsey@ hotmail.com - I will check 8:30p ea. night. Homework, test related questions, or notification of absence - ONLY please!

NOTE: This Site Will Also be Home for Science

Cool Websites:

Math: Coolmath.com (games, brain benders, homework help, even things an online graphing calculator!), Financefreaks.com (all cool things you need to know as you become more financially independent, www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/index.html (this site has a look at math skills used in daily life activities, Purplemath.com (a great site for homework help).  http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - this site is for the Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives - it is an interactive site that breaks down and explains concepts through experience and fun.  A website, by Drexel U., is Ask Dr. Math (http://mathforum.org/dr.math/) - you can ask questions, or explore the questions that other's have asked - great tool for homework and research! Another website, appropriate for all grades, teachers and parents, is Firstinmath.com. This website has skill levels and fun games that cover all the curriculum material for math in their grade. Please note that this site does require a fee (around $6). You and/or your child will be ranked nationally, as well as in the state and school for their scores. There are awards given to the highest scorers. Please take a minute to look at the site! Explore, have fun, and learn!

For 8th grade: www.algebra1.com/parent _ student (a good site for parents, of those in the 8th grade, to be proactive in their child(ren)'s studying - provides study guides). Algebra.com also offers extra examples, self check quizzes, vocab review, chapter tests, and even standardized tests for review/study help. Please make use of these resources!

For 7th grade: www.msmath3.net offers the same information and help. Please use these resources for additional support if you need it

For 5th grade: www.msmath1.net is the textbook website that has the same study guides and tools for additional research and support. Do not be afraid to use this valuable tool!

Sites for 7th and 8th graders looking for information regarding their projects - www.algebra1.com/careers and www.msmath3.net/careers.

7th Science: www.newsweek.com/id/163924?GT1=43001  - this is a news article by Newsweek that has to do with neurobiology and the digital age that we are in, it's very interesting! http://www.cellsalive.com/ - is an interactive Web site about all things cellular, http://www.biologyinmotion.com/ - animated models on many biolgy topics, http://www.sciencegems.com/life.html - Frank Potter's Science Gems offers links to many life science resources, http://www.bio2.com/ - cool site about the biosphere 2 project and many biology topics, http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/ - this is an online virtual frog dissection.

8th Science: http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources.htm - the Geological Society of America's site has a lot of activiites, information, and resources. http://www.mii.org/teacherhelpers.html - the mineral information institute's site for teachers, and students, has activities to teach about minerals and their uses. http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ - NASA education and public outreach site for studies of the Earth's magnetic field. http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/ - Center for educational resources site has activities and information for learning/teaching astronomy, http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/space.html - the Franklin Institute's Space Science Hot List has many links to information on space science and is organized by topic

 Some other cool sites: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032118 - msnbc/msn's website for up to date interesting science current events,  http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html (U.S. Census Bureau Kid's Site - interactive U.S. map, point and click important facts sheet),  http://www.usgs.gov/ (US Geological Survey - tons of links and videos), http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/delval (focus on training youth to become active citizens who care about the environment), http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/index.html (provides biographies of all sorts of biographies on women who made or should have made history), http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html (CIA World Fact book - has pictures of all the flags of the world)

A new gadget is coming out soon from Leapfrog, called the 'Crammer'. It is similar to an ipod, it plays music and games, however it is also 'connected' to the best textbooks for math, science, english, etc. it even has spanish! It may be helpful in getting students who are interested in playstations etc. to study, or can be used just as a fun study aid.

	Homework	Pictures	Important Notes
Fifth Grade	No homework due Mon 11/17. Due Tues 11/18: Practice exercise 5-1 Due Weds 11/19: Practice exercise 5-2 Due Thurs 11/20: Practice exercise 5-3 Due Mon 11/24: Practice exercise 5-4 Next test: 12/3		Regarding homework due Weds 11/19 - I handed out the wrong section (5-2) instead of 5-4.   In order to do 5-2, GCF skills are needed to see what is the largest number that goes into both numerator (top number) and denominator (bottom number) evenly in order to simplify the fraction.   Equivalent fractions are when (given a fraction) you are able to multiply it by fractional forms of one (one being the only number that you can multiply by in order to have the original number remain the same). Therefore, 1 x 3/5 = 3/5, and 4/4 (being equal to one) x 3/5 = 3x4/5x4 = 12/20. Therefore, 12/20 = 3/5 (3/5 is the simplified form).   Sorry for any inconvenience!
Seventh Grade	Due Mon 11/17: Practice exercises 4-8 TEST  TUES 11/18!!!!! Due Tues 11/18: Practice Test Due Weds 11/19: No homework (presentations!) Due Thurs 11/20: No homework Due Mon 11/24: No homework Next test: 12/10		Project presentations will begin Weds 11/19! Remember: Have fun and learn about math skills used everyday in the professional world!
Eighth Grade	Due Mon 11/17: Practice exercises 4-3 Due Tues 11/18: Practice exercise 4-4 Due Weds 11/19: Projects and presentations Due Mon 11/24: Projects and presentations Next test: 12/3		Please see the project notes above! Thank you!

 

Science	Notes	Homework	Projects
Seventh Grade	Presentations were AWESOME! I still have them displayed, and hope to have pictures of them soon. Thank you for all your hard work!	Due Tues 11/18: Read and take notes on Ch 3 sect 3 AND Iron for Breakfast Lab reports! (missing or late means a loss of homework points!) Due Weds 11/19: Read and take notes on Ch 3 sect 3 Due Thurs 11/19: Read and take notes on Ch 3 sect 4 Due Tues 11/25: Review sheets - STUDY!!!!! TEST TUES 11/25!!! Next test Thurs 12/11	Don't leave the Human Biology and Health project to the last minute! Be thinking about it now!
Eighth Grade		TEST MON 11/17!!!! Due Tues 11/18: None Due Weds 11/19: Read Ch 3 sect 1 and TAKE NOTES - finish projects Due Mon 11/24: projects and presentations Next test: Thurs 12/4 * How to take notes while reading: * --write down the chapter title ---write down the section title ----write down the sections within the sections -----write down a summary of the paragraph (main point sentence). ------highlight or underline or make a column alongside your summaries for vocab and definitions (bold print in texts) go back over your notes from the day and see correlation/connections to experiments or a lecture's 'essay/discussion' questions.	Geology Projects due 11/19!