Envisions Math Night for Parents in grades 6-8

Please join us on Thursday, 11/3 from 5-6:30 PM at WMS for a presentation about our new math program - Pearson Realize Envisions.  You will be able to login and see what your students see every day.  Any questions or for more information, please contact me.

Final Assignment Dates for Term 1

All work on the lessons including MathXL and Lesson Quizzes should be complete by this Wednesday, October 19.

Class time to work on the Real Number Project - Thursday, October 20 and Monday, October 24.  It is due at the end of class on October 24th.  Students have the directions and a rubric for the grading.

Students will receive their Study Guides for the Topic 1 Assessment on Thursday, October 20th.  We will be reviewing it in class on Tuesday, October 25th.

Topic 1 Assessment is on Wednesday, October 26th.

Grades close for Term 1 on Halloween, Monday, October 31st.

Topic 1 Assessment

We will be completing Topic 1 - Real Numbers by the end of next week.  The assessment for that topic will be on Friday 10/21.  It will cover all work from Lesson 1-1 through 1-10.  Students will also be working on a partner project on Real Numbers due the following week.  They may choose which two concepts from this topic to work with in creating an interactive exhibit.  Details about this assignment will be out soon.

Term 1 closes on November 1st.

A few changes....

I apologize for this being late this week.  I wanted to talk for a minute about a few changes we are going to make in class.  We are using the online program Pearson Realize Envisions in class this year.  For each lesson there are 4 parts -

1.  Watch a video or examples.
2.  Take notes
3.  Complete practice problems in the Math XL assignment to an 80%.  (Help is available as you progress through these problems.)
4.  Complete the Lesson Quiz to 80%.

Once these steps are complete, students move to the next assignment.

Unfortunately many students are not being successful with these steps.  Many say they cannot learn from a video.  Many don't like to take notes.  So we are going to make some changes.  Students who like the process above and are being successful may continue to work as above.  For others we will return to a more traditional method - we will have a lesson in class and then students will work on problems in class and for homework.  Please ask your students if they have work each night.  They should have homework or be working on math EVERY night.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

We are having a Math Night on October 25th for parents of grades 6-8 to come in and learn about the new math program.  Look for more information coming soon.