Thursday, February 25, 2016

So true, if only if someone had a family zumba class at school...Wait no further, because next week parent council will be hosting just such an event.  Stay tuned for more details.  

KUDOS TO: Josh and Ethan for putting away the chairs after recess.
KUDOS TO: Mitchell for coining the phrase: "Hugs, not thugs".  A message students should take to heart...

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ENGLISH: 
All frameworks are handed in at this point, which means the in-class essay will take place next week (in the latter part of the week).  How do you prepare?  Well, you have 3 topics, 3 frameworks, your novel, and your yellow sticky sheet: you can add sticky notes to your book to indicate passages, come up with novel symbols to represent your points and draw them on the yellow sticky sheet, and you can even write 3 essays.  No shortage of work that could be done.  Getting a good sleep in preparation for the in-class essay is paramount.  Starting Monday, make sure you are getting your beauty sleep.

MATH
1. The first part of the 2.4 - 2.5 test is coming home today.  Since there was such a huge knowledge component to this unit, I divided the knowledge test into the specific skills required.  On the right hand of the page, opposite the questions themselves, you will see a small box where I have highlighted one of two options: "Needs more practice" (meaning they had 3 or more mistakes / 7 questions), or "Got it" meaning they had fewer than 3 mistakes.  I'm hoping that breaking it down into these smaller components will give you and your child a clear picture of which skills they can perform, and which ones are giving them difficulty.  Please take a few moments tonight to look this over with your child.

2. The second part of the Math test (communication, application, and thinking) will take place on Monday.  Here are some sample questions your child can do over the weekend (in addition to the practice test in the textbook):
(a) On a Monday, a ski jumper falls 3 times out of 12 runs.  These 12 runs represent 30% of total number of jumps she will do in the course of the week.  How many additional jumps will she do? If she doesn't fall throughout the rest of her jumps, what is her success rate over the course of the whole week (in terms of %)?

(b) An employee is told they will earn $5.00 per hour + 2% commission of everything they sell.  At the end of the week, this employee made a total of $85.00.  Of that amount, $20 is commission.  How much did they sell?  How many hours did they work?  

(c) I = CTD....You are encouraged to invest in your friend's new lawn mowing business.  Here are the details of the deal: SCENARIO 1: he says if you loan him $4000.00 for a year, he will pay you back $4160.00.  SCENARIO 2: if you loan him $5000.00 for a year, he will pay you back $5225.  What is the difference in rates (in %) between scenario 1 and 2? 


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ENGLISH: 
1. Paragraph D is due Monday. 

MATH:
No homework!  You have finished your test and it's time to begin fractions on Monday.  Are you at least 1/4 as excited as I am?