Week of April 29th

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a great weekend! 

6th grade: Test Wednesday- solving and graphing inequalities, percents, decimals and fractions. You will receive a packet this week that you are to complete in free class-time and/or at home, this will be graded. You are welcome to get help as long as the work that you turn in is your own! Spiral due Tuesday.

7th grade: We are moving ahead in chapter 9. You will receive a packet this week that you are to complete in free class-time and/or at home, this will be graded. You are welcome to get help as long as the work that you turn in is your own! Spiral due Tuesday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Serpas

Week of April 22nd

Hi all,

I hope you had a great weekend! 

6th grade: We are working on solving and graphing inequalities and will then move on to Chapter 9, percents. I will send home a packet on Chapter 8 for students to work on  at home- for a grade. More information to follow. I will pass back tests this week.

7th grade: We are moving ahead to chapter 9- Rational numbers, square roots, P. Theorem. Next- and last!- test is Wednesday, May 8th. More information to follow.  I will get the Ch. 8 tests back ASAP.

Spirals will go home Wednesday and are due next Tuesday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Serpas

Week of April 15th

Hi everyone,

6th grade: Test Thursday, 4/18, Ch. 7 Sections 1- 4. Several students need some extra practice with these sections, please use book or workbook for these problems. You may also use the quiz which they took recently as those sections are covered as well.

7th grade: Test this Thursday, 4/18, Chapter 8 Sections 1- 4. The review information has been posted since last Monday and all notes were completed Monday 4/15. I did not print and pass out review sheets this time as the information has been posted online for well over a week.

I am concerned that many students do not seem prepared, and have not yet printed the review information or studied. As a reminder, this nine weeks goes by very quickly, and there typically aren't as many grades for this nine weeks for 7th grade due to exam review and days. 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Serpas

Week of April 8th

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful Easter break! The last few weeks of school will go by quickly, especially for 7th graders, so please stay focused!

6th grade: We are continuing in Chapter 7. The quiz grades were either great or not so great, and these skills must be mastered (combining like terms and using integer rules). This is the last extension, all signed quizzes and test corrections are due no later than TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 9th. Work deficiencies will be issued to those that do not have their quizzes signed and returned.

7th grade: We are starting Chapter 8- Polygons and Transformations. Test will be on Chapter 8 Sections 1 - 4 on Thursday, April 18th. We have our field trip and Terra Nova between now and then, so it is a little spread out.

Test information will be posted below.

As a  reminder, I will be out this Friday with Julia's class attending the strawberry picking field trip. Mrs. Heroman will be your sub. 

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Serpas

7^th grade Math- Chapter 8 (Sections 1 – 4) Test Review

Test is Thursday, April 18^th, 2013

7th grade Math- Chapter 8 (Sections 1 – 4) Test Review

Test is Thursday, April 18th, 2013

I. Angle Pairs (pg. 375)

A. Identify angles as straight or right.

B. Tell whether the listed or drawn angles are supplementary, 

     complementary, or neither

C. List missing angles by using vertical angles

D. Identify or draw perpendicular or parallel lines

E. Use corresponding angles to give missing angle measures.

II. Angles and Triangles (8.2) pg. 382

A. Define acute, right, obtuse angles (you will write the definitions)

B. Identify angles as acute, right, obtuse

C. Draw acute, right and obtuse angles

D. Classify triangles according to angle: acute, right, obtuse 

    (words will be listed)

E. Classify triangles by side: equilateral, isosceles, scalene

    (words will be listed)

F. Find the value of missing angles in a triangle 

               (must know sum of angles in a triangle = 180 degrees)

G. Complete statements about triangles with the words: sometimes, always 

              or never

II. Quadrilaterals (8.3) pg. 386

A. Define quadrilateral, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle and square (matching)

B. Classify quadrilateral, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle and square by writing every name that could describe them and circling the one that is the best (most specific) description

C. Complete statements about these figures (see #1-3 pg. 387)

D. Find missing angles (must know that the sum of angles in a quad. = 360°)

E.  Complete statements with always, sometimes, never (see #18-22 pg. 388)

III. Polygons and Angles (8.4) pg. 390

A. Define polygon and regular polygon (you will write these definitions)

B. Draw a regular polygon, draw a figure that is not a regular polygon and explain why it isn’t 

C. Find a missing angle measure using formula (formula WILL be given on test)

Answers to 6th grade Review Sheet

Test Updates

Test Updates: 

6th grade: Test this Friday, 3/22, Chapter 7 Sections 1, 2. Information below.

7th grade: Test review sheets have been passed out, again- information below.

6th grade: 

7.1- Translate verbal phrases (ex. 1 pg. 317)

Translate verbal sentences (ex. 2 pg. 318)

Write and solve an equation (ex. 3 pg. 318)

*Study the chart in your notes and/or TB pg. 317

7.2- Combine like terms (ex. 1 pg. 322)

Identify terms, like terms, coefficients and constants (ex. 2 pg. 322)

Simplify expressions by combining like terms (ex. 3 pg. 323)

Use distributive property to simplify expressions (examples in notes)

7th grade: 

7^th grade Math Test Review- Mrs. Serpas

Ch. 7 Sections 1-7 (omit 8)

Test is Wed. 3/27/13 --- calculators ALLOWED on entire test

         IF steps are shown

I. 7.5 Percent of Change (pg. 338)

          A. Identify percents of change as increase or decrease

          B. Find percent of decrease

          C. Find percent of increase

          D. Use percent of increase/decrease to answer question (see ex. 3 pg.

              339)

II. 7.6 Percent Applications ( pg. 342)

          A. Find a sales price

          B. Find a retail price (“markup”)

          C. Find sales tax

          D. Find sales tax, tip and total bill

III. 7.7 Using Percent Equation (pg. 347)

       A. Find a part of a base using percent equation

          B. Finding a base using percent equation

          C. Finding a percent of a number using percent equation

         

**** You have already been quizzed on the information below, you will only have a few problems from each of these sections.

IV. 7.3 Solving Percent Problems (pg. 327)

       A. Find part of a number using percent proportion

          B. Find the base using a percent proportion

V. 7.2 – Writing and Solving Proportions (pg. 322)

       A. Write and solve a proportion

VI. 7.1 Ratios & Rates (pg. 317)

       A. Write a ratio (see Ex. 1 pg. 317)

B.  Find unit rates (Ex. 3 pg. 317)

VII. 7.4 Fractions, Decimals, Percent (pg. 331)

          A. Write a fraction as a percent

          B. Write decimal as a percent

          C. Write decimals as fractions and fractions as decimals

Week of March 18th

Hi all,

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weekend! Great to see so many students and families along the parade route yesterday. 

We are in the fourth nine weeks! The year has suddenly flown by, and the fourth nine weeks always goes by quickly. 7th grade- you especially will have a fast nine weeks with exams (yes, you have Terra Nova as well), make every grade count!

6th grade: We are continuing in Chapter 7 this week, next test date is TBA. You will be given a spiral Tuesday, 3/19, due 3/26.

7th grade: We are continuing in Chapter 7 this week- great job on this chapter so far! Chapter 7 (whole chapter) test will be next week before we get out for Easter break. I'll keep you posted on the test date. Spiral will go out Tuesday 3/19 and is due 3/26.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Serpas