Week in Review 9/17/10

It was so great to meet so many of your parents this week. Students keep up the great work in my classroom. Progress reports will go out in a little over 2 weeks so you need to be sure you are doing your best always.


Parents and students be aware that I will now be assigning after school detention to students that can not correct wrong behavior in my classroom. These will require a parent signature and if you fail to show up you will receive a referral.


Now for what we did in class this week:
Monday and Tuesday we reviewed and took our first CCA. Those of you who did not pass should be completing test corrections to turn in by Tuesday. This goes for the benchmark you took a couple of weeks ago as well. Test corrections must be on a separate sheet of paper and WORK MUST BE SHOWN! I will not give points back if there is no work shown.
Wednesday and Thursday we studied how to multiply and divide INTEGERS. Remember that INTEGERS are the set of whole numbers and their opposites. Some examples are: 5, -5, 10, -10, 3, 4, -200.
The rules for multiplying integers are this:
A negative times a positive is a negative.
A positive times a negative is a negative.
A negative times a negative is a positive.
A positive times a positive is a positive.
In other words, integers with the same sign when multiplied will be positive. Integers with different signs when multiplied will be negative.
My students created some really good handouts on this topic that I can not wait to display on my Brag Wall. I hope to do more jigsaw activities like this one. I think it is a great way for you to learn, by exploring ideas on your own and creating something from it.


Friday we worked on some word problems so that we continue to build on our problem solving skills. These are very important to have in life and will also be very useful on the TAKS test. Remember that math with words should not scare you, just take it slow and read the question carefully.


Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for more learning in and out of the classroom.


Ms. Ray