The first part of the week we are wrapping up integers and absolute value. By Wednesday, students should have Part A of the study guide completed and checked. A quiz will be given on Wednesday that will cover concepts presented in Part A of the study guide. We will spend the remainder of the week studying the fours quadrants of the coordinate plane and graphing points on the coordinate plane. Notes for these standards can be found in the students' spiral notebooks. 

Next week, October 7th - 14th, is fall break. Students will return to school on Tuesday, October 15th. When we return, we will continue our study of the coordinate plane. 

The Unit 1 Test has been postponed until the 19th. The study guide is now due on Wednesday, the 18th. The spiral check will also be on the 19th. 

Today, Monday, the Operations with Decimals Quiz will be returned and gone over in class. Students who struggled with this assessment will be pulled for remediation during Jag Academy this week. Grades for the quiz have been posted to Infinite Campus for you to see. 

This week students are converting fractions to decimals and learning to identify terminating and repeating decimals. We will also learn the algorithm for dividing fractions. After learning to divide fractions, we will wrap up and review and be ready to test over unit 1. I am thinking we will test over unit 1 next Tuesday, the 17th. This would make the unit 1 study guide due on Monday, the 16th. When turned in, the entire study guide should be complete along with the corresponding work. As of today, all portions of the study guide should be complete except sections D and E. If your child is behind on his or her study guide, please make sure they are catching up so it is complete by the 16th. Answers are posted, so please make sure your child has also checked their study guides prior to turning them in.

On test day, students will also have their first spiral notebook check. The rubric can be found on the inside pocket. Your child also has access to the spiral by logging into Office 365 and One Note. Use the notebook on One Note to ensure your child's spiral is complete before turning it in.

The unit 1 test will be on the 17th. It will cover all of unit 1.

This week students will be participating in some practice activities so I can informally assess their understanding of decimal operations. As students are working in groups, I will be able to intervene and assist  when needed. Students will be formally assessed by taking a quiz on Thursday. Thursday's quiz will cover operations with decimals as well as previous GCF and LCM material. Homework will be assigned on Tuesday and Wednesday to help students prepare for the quiz. By Thursday, students should have also completed Part A of the study and checked it with the answers posted here to Weebly.

Friday we will learn to distinguish between terminating and repeating decimals, and next week we will wrap up Unit 1 by learning how to divide fractions.