Math Enrichment-December 20

No bell-ringer
Directions: Below are the lyrics to "The 12 Days of Christmas." Your job is to determine how much it would cost to buy all that is listed in the song today. Realize that you will have to multiple the price of a "partridge in a pear tree" twelve times because it is given on each day of Christmas. Research what each thing will cost. You may have to get creative. For instance, you can't buy nine ladies dancing legally, but you could rent a dance team. For the "maids a milking" you will have to figure out how much a milk cow will cost and minimum wage for each worker per day.
You will need to write down where you will buy (or rent) each gift and how much they will cost.

On the first day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:A Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the second day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the third day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the fourth day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the fifth day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the sixth day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the seventh day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:7 Swans a Swimming6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the eighth day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:8 Maids a Milking7 Swans a Swimming6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the ninth day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:9 Ladies Dancing8 Maids a Milking7 Swans a Swimming6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the tenth day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:10 Lords a Leaping9 Ladies Dancing8 Maids a Milking7 Swans a Swimming6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the eleventh day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:11 Pipers Piping10 Lords a Leaping9 Ladies Dancing8 Maids a Milking7 Swans a Swimming6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear TreeOn the first day of Christmasmy true love sent to me:12 Drummers Drumming11 Pipers Piping10 Lords a Leaping9 Ladies Dancing8 Maids a Milking7 Swans a Swimming6 Geese a Laying5 Golden Rings4 Calling Birds3 French Hens2 Turtle Dovesand a Partridge in a Pear Tree

ELA and Math Enrichment-12/19

ELA:
Bell-ringer:
Write the sentences. Define the underlined words using context clues and prior knowledge.

1. Even though we had practiced for weeks, our presentation was a fiasco, not a success.

2. The fishmonger sold us three grouper and nine trout for ten dollars.

3. Her temperature fluctuated throughout the night—it was never consistent.

4. Because he is frugal, my father buys all of his clothes at Goodwill and uses coupons.

5. The gamester lost all of his money playing poker. 

Instructions:
1. If you have not completed your essay, you must be finished by the end of class TOMORROW.
2. If you are finished typing, read your essay one more time. I mean it. Read the dang thing. Do not skim. Do not peruse. Read it.
3. If you are ready to print your essay, please alert Mr. Spivy. He will ensure that it is formatted correctly, so that you do not lose points in that section of the rubric.
4. Once you have printed your essay and given it to Mr. Spivy, then you will be completing this assignment--Christmas Around the World #1--click here

Math Enrichment:
Instructions:
1. Complete the assignment found here. 
2. Write all of your information down on a sheet of paper. 
3. One of the directions says to click on "Shop by Category." You may find it easier to select "dramatic play" from the "Product" tab at the top. 

December 16, 2016--ELA, STEM, Math Enrichment

ELA

Bell-ringer:
Write about two of your holiday traditions. You should write at least three sentences total.

Instructions:
1. Look over the instructions from yesterday. There you will find a link to the assignment description and the rubric that will be used to grade your essays.
2. You will not be printing today, so do not ask the substitute if you can print. You cannot. We will print on Monday when I am there.
3. If you have completed typing your essay, you MUST read over it again today. Many times we will miss the mistakes that we make.
4. If you have finished, then you are going to go to everfi.net/login and complete the "Ignition" assignment.
5. If you have forgotten your login information for this website, then you will have to register again. The directions for that are below.

1. Go to www.everfi.net/register
2. Click on "Register"
3. Your registration code is c987dc30
4. Follow the instructions.  Make sure that you write down your login information for this website!
5. You will be completing the "Ignition" activity. 

STEM

Instructions:
1. If you have not finished the "FutureGoals" assignment on EverFi, you must do that now.
2. If you have finished all twelve lessons, then you will be working on IXL today.
3. click here
4 Your log in and your password will be your student ID number. You may have to add "@woodschools" to your student ID number for the username.
5. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
6. Select 7th grade. When you have completed one skill set with at least a 90, then move on to the next.
7. After you have completed this skill, select ratios and proportional reasoning.If both are completed, then continue on to another lesson within the 7th grade skill sets. 

Math Enrichment

Instructions:
1. Complete the assignment found here. 
2. Write all of your information down on a sheet of paper. 
3. One of the directions says to click on "Shop by Category." You may find it easier to select "dramatic play" from the "Product" tab at the top. 

STEM-12/15

Bell-ringer: Solve.
Franklin’s Confectionery serves candy made from an old secret recipe. Marvin works at the shop after school. He does not know what all of the ingredients are, but he knows that in 3 days they use 15 pounds of dark chocolate, 30 pounds of sugar, and 21 pounds of butter. When Marvin orders chocolate, sugar, and butter for 3 weeks, how many pounds of each ingredient does he order? Show your work. 

Directions:
1. If you have not completed the 12 lessons on EverFi "FutureGoals," then you have the next two days to finish them. 

2. If you are finished, you may play math games today. Tomorrow, you will be doing IXL. 

ELA 12/15

Bell-ringer: Directions- write the quote and then answer the questions that follow.

“This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays!” D.M. Dellinger

Out of all the wishes that are listed, which one do you think is the most important? Why?

Directions:
1. Type your final essay in Microsoft Word.
2. In the top left corner, write your name, period, and today's date, one on top of the other.
3. Below that, write the title of your story and center it.
4. Indent each new paragraph either by pressing the tab key or hitting the space bar five times.
5. Do not put an extra space after each paragraph.
6. We will not begin printing these until Monday.
7. The description of the narrative essay and the rubric I will be using are below.

Narrative Description-- click here 
Narrative Rubric- click here 

December 12--STEM, Math Enrichment

STEM
EverFi
1. Continue working on the FutureGoals project on everfi.net/login
2. Finish as many modules as possible today.
3. If you have completed all 12, then you need to do IXL. Directions are below.

Math Enrichment--Everfi, IXL

1. 1. Continue working on the FutureSmart project on everfi.net/login
2. Finish as many modules as possible today.
3. If you have completed all 12, then you need to do IXL. Directions are below.

IXL
1. click here
2. Your log in and your password will be your student ID number. You may have to add "@woodschools" to your student ID number for the username.
3. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
4. Select 7th grade. When you have completed one skill set with at least a 90, then move on to the next.
5. After you have completed this skill, select ratios and proportional reasoning.If both are completed, then

Dec. 5 Math Enrichment

Bell-ringer:
Floyd is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of $\$200$dollar sign, 200 a month and an additional $\$12$dollar sign, 12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $\$644$dollar sign, 644.


IXL
 1. click here
2. Your log in and your password will be your student ID number. You may have to add "@woodschools" to your student ID number for the username.
3. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
4. Select 7th grade standards and complete any tht you have no compelted yet with at least a 90. 

Nov. 18-ELA, STEM, Math

ELA (1&2, 3&8, 7)

1. Bell-ringer: Write two to three sentences about your Thanksgiving traditions. Think of this as a short free write.

2. If you did not take the STAR Reading Test last week, please do that. Click here for the website. Remember that your username is your 9600# and your password is the first letter of your first name and the first letter of your last name (ex: J.T. Spivy would use js as his password).

3. If you have already taken the STAR Reading Test, then read "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" found here. Be sure to read the notes, the biography, and reading pointers before reading the story.

4. Once you have finished the short story, answer the questions found here. Follow the directions on this document.

STEM
EverFi
1. Continue working on the FutureGoals project on everfi.net/login
2. Finish as many modules as possible today.
3. If you have completed all 12, then you need to do IXL. Directions are below.

Math Enrichment--Everfi, IXL

1. 1. Continue working on the FutureSmart project on everfi.net/login
2. Finish as many modules as possible today.
3. If you have completed all 12, then you need to do IXL. Directions are below.

IXL
1. click here
2. Your log in and your password will be your student ID number. You may have to add "@woodschools" to your student ID number for the username.
3. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
4. Select 7th grade expression and equations. When you have completed one skill set with at least a 90, then move on to the next.
5. After you have completed this skill, select ratios and proportional reasoning.If both are completed, then

Math Enrichment 11.17

Bell-ringer:

1. The chance of a woman getting breast cancer in her lifetime is 1 out of 8. At this rate, home many women in a classroom of 32 women would be expected to come down with breast cancer in her lifetime?

2. A company's quality control department found an average of five defective models for every 1000 that were checked. If the company produced 60,000 models in a year, how may of them would be expected to be defective?


Activity:
1. If you have not completed the ratio and proportions activity from Tuesday, do so today.

2. If you have not completed all of the modules on EverFi for FutureSmart, then work on those.

3. If you have completed all of the above, then do IXL.

Math Enrichment- 11.16

Bell-ringer:
1. Mary can read 22 pages in 30 minutes. How long would it take her to read a 100 page book? Write your answer in hours and minutes and round to the nearest minute if needed.

2. Joseph drives 125 miles in 2 1/2 hours. At the same rate, how far will be be able to travel in 6 hours?

Directions for today:
1. Continue with the proportions and ratios activity from yesterday. Follow the directions from yesterday.
2. If you finish all three projects, then give your answer sheet to Mr. Spivy.
3. Once you have given your answer sheet to Mr. Spivy, you may work on IXL.

Math Enrichment- 11.15

Bell-ringer
Solve the questions below.

1. If 15.9 out of every 100 pregnant women in the Georgia deliver their babies vie C-section, how many pregnant women out of 25,250 would be expected to deliver by C-section?

2. An employee working at an electronic store earned $3582 for working 3 months during the summer. What did the employee earn for the first two months?

3. A worker can assemble 15 televisions in 6 hours. At this rate, how many can the worker complete in a 40-hour work week?

Activity:

1. Go to http://www.scholastic.com/unexpectedmath/ratio-challenge/
2. Complete all three design challenges.
3. On your own sheet of paper, write down the correct answers to each of the questions in addition to inputting the answer online.
4. Exhaust all of your available resources before asking Mr. Spivy for help.

November 7-ELA, STEM, IXL

ELA- 1&2, 3&8, 7
STAR Reading
1. Go the STAR Reading website => click here
2. Your username is the student ID# (9600)
3. Your password is the first letter of your first name and the first letter of your last name (ex: J.T. Spivy would use js as his password)
4. Take the Reading Test for Mr. Spivy
5. Take your time; do your best.

When you finish, you may either read independently or go to freerice.com; if you have other work to do for another class, then you may do that.

Do not talk while others are taking the test.

STEM
EverFi
1. Continue working on the FutureGoals project on everfi.net/login
2. Finish as many modules as possible today.
3. If you have completed all 12, then you need to do IXL. Directions are below.

Math Enrichment--IXL

1. click here
2. Your log in and your password will be your student ID number
3. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
4. Select 7th grade expression and equations. When you have completed one skill set with at least a 90, then move on to the next.
5. After you have completed this skill, select ratios and proportional reasoning.

Math Enrichment- 11.2

Math WebQuest: click here

Political Campaign Tasks-11.2

For today's tasks, click here

Math Enrichment- 10.31

1. click here
2. Your log in and your password will be your student ID number
3. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
4. Select 7th grade, then scroll down to where it says "Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities."If you have already completed all of the skill sets under this heading, then move on to the next. 
5. Complete all the skills under this heading. If you receive a 90 for any skill, then move on to the next. If you receive less than a 90, continue working on this skill. 
6. Mr. Spivy is able to see what you are doing from his computer, so do not try to work on something that is not assigned to you. You will lose participation points for the day. 

STEM- 10.31

Bell-ringer:
Solve the mystery--
A man builds a large fortifying structure to keep out his neighbors. However, the man is not able to complete his project and his successors continue it. By the time it is finished, it can be seen from space. Where is this structure?

Activity-

Continue the activities on www.everfi.net/login.

This is for a grade, so do it correctly.

English- 10.31

Political Campaign Tasks--click here

Grammar Pre-test: Nouns and Pronouns-- click here

STEM- October 27

Bell-ringer: Solve the problems below.

1. Richard has $720.00. cards cost $9.00 each. marbles cost $17.00 each. How many cards can Richard buy?

2. Terry earns $6.00 per hour working. He wants to earn $8.00 to buy bananas. If Terry worked for 20 hours, how much money did he earn?

Activity:

1. Continue working on www.everfi.com/login
2. Mr. Spivy receives reports of what you have done. These reports will be used as a grade for this class, so do your best.

STEM- October 26

Bell-ringer: Solve the mystery

An ordinary American citizen, with a clean police record but no passport, managed to visit over thirty foreign countries. He was welcomed in each country, and left each one of his own accord. He did this in one day.

Activity

1. Logon to www.everfi.com/login

2. If you have not created an account, use the directions from last Friday to do so. 

3. If you already have an account, continue working on "FutureGoals"

4. Mr. Spivy can see the grade that you receive for each module. If you scored lower than a 70, then you will receive an X and have to retake the assessment. 

Math Enrichment- 10.25

Bell-ringer: Solve

If 4 apples and 2 bananas equal $1 and 2 apples and 3 bananas equal $0.70, how much does each apple and each banana cost?

Activity:

Same as yesterday. Get as much done as you can today. 

Math Enrichment- 10/24

Bell-ringer.

1. Kenneth has b amount of buttons. Alexa has 41 more buttons than Kenneth. Write an expression for this word problem.

2. In a school, 50% of the students are younger than 10 years old, 1/20 are 10 years old and 1/10 are older than 10 but younger than 12, the remaining 70 students are 12 years old or older. How many students are 10 years old?

Activity:

1. If you have not finished the Future Smart activity on EverFi, then you MUST finish today. You will not receive a passing score for the assessments unless you score a 70 or higher.

2. If you are finished with the EverFi activity, then you should continue working on IXL. Use the directions from last Monday and continue where you left off. Remember that Mr. Spivy can see what you are working on from his computer, so do not be doing something that you should not be doing.

STEM and Math Enrichment- October 21

STEM:
No bell-ringer today.

Because I am not in class, we are going to take a break from our Food Waste study.

Today, you are going to start something new that we will return to at a later date. Some of this will ask you to use headphone, but you do not need them to complete the work.

1. Go to www.everfi.net/register
2. Click on "Register" IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT, do not create a new account. Simply add the new code (below) in the top left corner after you login. 
3. Your registration code is dd881148
4. Follow the instructions.  Make sure that you write down your login information for this website!
5. You will be completing the "Future Goals" activity. 

Math Enrichment:
No bell-ringer today.

If you have not finished the Future Smart on EverFi then you need to do that today. When you finish, continue working on IXL.

Math Enrichment- October 20

Bell-ringer: Solve the problems. Show your work.

1. Sumalee won 40 super bouncy balls playing horseshoes at her school's game night. Later, she gave two to each of her friends. She only has 8 remaining. How many friends does she have?

2. How old am I if 400 reduced by 2 times my age is 244?

3. Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she begin?


Activity:
1. Try to finish the EverFi Future Smart Activity today. Use Chrome. Remember, that you must receive a 70 or higher on the assessment at the end of each task to move on.

2. Continue working on the standards on IXL from Monday, Remember, I can see your progress, so do what is asked of you the first time.

Math Enrichment- 10.19

Bell-ringer: Solve the word problems.

1. Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children. She first took ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start?

2. The Cooking Club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. The cafeteria contributed four pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into five pieces and sold. There were a total of 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?

3. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 48. What are the smallest of these numbers?

Activity:

Continue the activity from yesterday on www.everfi.net/login.

STEM- October 19

Bell-ringer:

Find an article about the upcoming elections. Read this article. Write a two sentence summary of this article.


Activity:

Each group will be working on completing an online worksheet. The links below correspond with your table. Click on the link that belongs to your group and begin working on the worksheet. This worksheet will be updated in real time, so you will be able to see what your other group mates are writing. It would be smart to converse with those in your group, so that you all are not doing the same thing.

Table #1 (front table, closest to the door)-- click here 
Table #2 (front center)-- click here
Table #3 (back center)-- click here
Table #4 (front, farthest away from the door)--click here
Table #5 (back corner)-- click here 

ELA- October 19

No bell-ringer this morning.

If you have not finished the essay, look over all of the directions from the past two days as you finish up. Today is the LAST day that we will be in the lab, so you MUST finish typing today. Before you print, please let Mr. Spivy know.

If you finish the essay---

You will be starting an activity on digital literacy. You will probably not finish today, which is fine.

1. Go to www.everfi.net/register
2. Click on "Register"
3. Your registration code is c987dc30
4. Follow the instructions.  Make sure that you write down your login information for this website!
5. You will be completing the "Ignition" activity. 

Math Enrichment- October 18

Bell-ringer: Solve the two-step equations

1. 3p + 2 = 5
2. 6g - 8 = 16
3. You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost?

Activity:

One of the major ways that you will use math throughout your life is when dealing with money. For the next week, we will be working on an online project. For this, you will need to follow the directions to register for this project. 

1. Go to www.everfi.net/register
2. Click on "Register"
3. Your registration code is 4e464e14
4. Follow the instructions.  Make sure that you write down your login information for this website!
5. You will be completing the "FutureSmart" activity. 

ELA- October 18

Bell-ringer:
Write an original sentence for each of the underlined words in yesterday's bell-ringer. Your sentences should be at least ten words long, descriptive, and creative.

Activity:
1. Continue typing your essay. Today and tomorrow will be the last two days that we are typing them in class.

2. When you are finished, check out the rubric for the essay found here. I will be using this rubric to grade your essays. Read your essay  with this rubric in mind.

3. Look for any run-on sentences or fragments. Look for any issues with capitalization. These are the grammatical and mechanical areas that I will hit you the hardest when grading.

4. Ensure that your document is double-spaced, uses 12-point (normal) font, and does not have an extra space between the paragraphs. If you forget how to format your essay correctly, then ask Mr. Spivy.

5. If you believe you are ready to print, then speak with Mr. Spivy first.

Math IXL

No bell-ringer

1. click here
2. Your log in and your password will be your student ID number
3. After logging in, click WV Standards-College and Career Readiness
4. Select 7th grade, then scroll down to where it says "Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities."
5. Complete all the skills under this heading. If you receive a 90 for any skill, then move on to the next. If you receive less than a 90, continue working on this skill. 
6. Mr. Spivy is able to see what you are doing from his computer, so do not try to work on something that is not assigned to you. You will lose participation points for the day. 

ELA--October 17

Bell-ringer: Write the sentences and then define the underlined words using context clues and prior knowledge.

1. The dauntless dingo laughed in the face of fear.

2. Her debut performance was so incredible that no one believed it was her first show.

3. Wearing hats will be difficult for Marie now that she is decapitated.

4. The student deceived the teacher with an essay found online.

5. Dr. Stein’s accidental explosion decimated half of his lab.

Today's Activities:

1. If your rough draft is not completed, you must finish that before typing your final draft. Mr. Spivy will be coming around to check your rough draft, so do not try to start typing your final draft until your rough draft is completed. 

2. In the top LEFT hand corner of your essay, put the header "Name, period, date."

3. The title of your essay should be centered and below the header. Your title should be "Identity Project: Friend Groups"

4. Begin typing your essay. Each paragraph should be indented. Do not put an extra space between your paragraphs. The font should be a normal font (Mr. Spivy can let you know if it is normal or not) and 12-point. 

5. When you are finished typing your essay, you need to double-space the essay and ensure that there is not an extra space between the paragraphs. Mr. Spivy quickly showed you how to do this last week. If you need a reminder, ask him. 

6. The questions that help guide your paragraphs are below. 

Which social groups (inside and outside of school) are you a part of?

 If you had to decide which group is the most influential one in your life, which would it be?

Describe, in great detail, your “main” social group. What commonality does each of these people have? What keeps you all together? How did this group start?

 How has this group molded your identity? This may take thinking. “It hasn’t” will not be accepted.

What part do you play in this group? Are you a leader or follower? Are you the entertainer? Are you the glue that holds the group together?  

Math Enrichment-Web Quest 3

Activity: 

If you did not finish yesterday's activity, then finish it first. 

Tables and graphs are commonly used to summarize sports statistics. Standings for teams and leagues are often summarized in tables, and historical data about a sport or event is often summarized in graphs.

1. Choose a country and collect historical data on this country’s Olympic performances.  If you chose the United States (which you cannot), then you would collect data on how many participants the US has had throughout the history of the Olympics and how many of each metal (gold, silver, and bronze). You must choose a country that has participated in the last ten Olympics and has at least fifteen metals (total). 
2. Decide which type of graph is appropriate for summarizing your data.
3. Graph your Olympic data. 

When you are finished, you may play Math games online. 

STEM/Math Enrichment

STEM:
1. If you have not finished the assignment from yesterday, do so today. Today will be the last day to work on this.
2. When you finish yesterday's assignment, please work on IXL. Log in information and the website can be found in a previous post.

Math Enrichment:
Today you will be working on WebQuest 2 on http://www.mathgoodies.com/Webquests/sports/ . Take your time on this. Do your best work. If you finish, then you may work on IXL.

STEM/ Math Enrichment--October 3

STEM:

Today's activity will require you to do a WebQuest found at http://millercrimewebquest.weebly.com. As you are on this website, begin by reading the introduction and then moving on to the tab that says "Process." There you will find information about types of crimes, due process, and steps within the criminal justice process.

You are asked to create a t-chart (google that if you do not know what that is) with types of crimes and the sentencing that a person can receive for each crime. You will also need to create a diagram of the criminal justice process. You do not need to create a presentation as the WebQuest asks of you to do.

Math:
Finish the assignment from last Thursday. When you complete that assignment, you need to work on IXL. Log-in information and directions for this website are found elsewhere on this website. Do not be lazy. Look it up.

Math Enrichment--9/29

Bell-ringer:
Answer the following question. Do not use a calculator.

Nicole took off in her helicopter from 1,000 meters above sea level. She later landed at a location 1,000 meters above sea level. What was Nicole's change in altitude?

Activity for today:

1. You will be going to a website and doing PART I and II of "Webquest 1- Baseball Stats."

2. If you are unsure how to do something, then you should use your online resources to figure it out. Do not ask Mr. Spivy. Learn to be self-sufficient. 

3. Make sure to write your answers on a sheet of paper. 

4. You may share a computer with someone, but each person will be turning in their own responses. 

5. When you finish, you may either do math games online or work on homework. 

website--click here

Math Enrichment 9/26

Math Bell:

Solve the problem below. 

Justin is making snowballs to build a fort during winter break. Justin can create 15 snowballs in an hour but 2 snowballs melt every 15 minutes. How long will it take him to make 210 snowballs? 

Today's Assignment.

If you have not finished all of the work from last week, then you must finish that first. Do not talk about your day or what you did this weekend. Finish the work! Remember, that Mr. Spivy must approve your blueprint before you can work on determining how much paint you will need. 

Tomorrow, you will be presenting your plans to the class. In this presentation, you need to discuss the size of the house, the total cost, how each of the Smiths' requirements were met, and the colors that were selected for each room. 

Additionally, you need to think about ways that you can sell your plans to the Smiths. Go online and look at descriptions of houses that are for sale--try to make your house sound like the best thing since sliced bread. 

IF YOU FINISH ALL OF THIS,  then you need to go to IXL (click here). Your username and password is your 9600#. 

1. Once logged on, click on the WV Standards Tab
2. Select the 7th grade math standards

3. Complete the lessons under "RP- Ratios and Proportional Relationships" 

4. Do all that you can today. If you receive less than a 90 on a lesson, then do it again.  

September 26- STEM

Bell-ringer:
Solve the problem below.

Mike's Bikes rents bikes for $16.42 and a charge of $2.51 per hour.  Ana paid $26.46 to rent a bike.  For how many hours did she rent the bike?

Today's work:

Because you all were not in the computer lab as I had planned for Friday, those of you who did not finish Thursday's work (found in a post below) need to finish this work. Tomorrow, we are starting a new project, and you will have no time to work on anything from last week after today. 

If you are finished and have turned in all of last week's work, then you need to go to IXL (click here). Your username and password is your 9600#. 

1. Once logged on, click on the WV Standards Tab

2. Complete the lessons under "RP- Ratios and Proportional Relationships" 

3. Do all that you can today. If you receive less than a 90 on a lesson, then do it again. 

STEM- 9/22

Stem Bell-ringer

Answer the following riddle: Wednesday, Bob and Tom ate at restaurant. Afterwards, one paid for the bill, and they left. Neither Bob nor Tom paid for the bill. Who paid?

Activity:

First, you must finish the work from the past three days. Mr. Spivy needs your true/false statements and your brochure. If you need directions for those, please see previous posts.

Today. you will be reviewing the document Parts of a Trial (found here). After you have finished reading the article, you need to write at least three paragraphs that summarize the learning found within the document. It would be smart to group the paragraphs by common topics (for instance, you should have a paragraph on the jury). Today's work is individual work, not group work.

Math Enrichment- 9/21

Math Bell-ringer: Solve the problems below. Do not use a calculator. Do show your work.

This equation shows how the total distance Emily has walked depends on the number of trips she has made to school.

d = t + 14

The variable t represents the number of trips she has made, and the variable d represents the total distance walked in kilometers. After 2 trips to school, how many kilometers will Emily have walked in total?

This equation shows how the number of cakes Tyler can bake is related to the number of additional sticks of butter he buys.

c = s + 15

The variable s represents the number of additional sticks of butter Tyler buys, and the variable c represents the total number of cakes he can bake. With 3 additional sticks of butter, how many total cakes can Tyler bake?

Tasks for today:

You MUST finish the design and have Mr. Spivy approve it.

Use the paint calculator found at http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/paint-calculator to determine how many gallons of paint you will need for each room. For this, you need to know the length and width of the room. The height will be 12 feet. You will also need to decide how many doors and windows will be in each room.

After determining how many gallons you need for room, then decide how much the paint will be and the color of the paint.

If you finish this, Mr. Spivy needs to approve of it. Remember that your budget for pain is $20,000.

Math Enrichment- 9/20

Bell-ringers:

Answer the questions below. 

Robbie prepared 12 kilograms of dough after working 2 hours. Then, he prepared an additional 18 kilograms of dough after working another 3 hours. How many kilograms of dough does Robbie prepare every hour?

Colton's class took a field trip to the art museum. They left school at 7:30 A.M. It took them 15 minutes to drive to the museum. They stayed at the museum for 2 hours and 45 minutes. What time was it when Colton's class left the museum?

Tasks for today:

Finish your designs. Follow the guidelines below. 

Your group has been asked to create two blueprints of a house for the Smith family. You will be making your designs on graph paper (each group will be given four sheets of graph paper). Each square on the grid is equal to 1 sqft.

·        The family would like to have one master bedroom (between 180 sqft- 220 sqft) with a walk-in closet (at least 48 sqft) and a master bathroom (70-120 sqft).

·        The Smith family also has two boys and a girl. The boys are able to share a room if necessary, but Mr. Smith would prefer it if each child could have their own room. The children’s bedroom should be at least (150-170 sqft). Each bedroom should have a closet (24 sqft).

·        Mr. Smith thinks the family only needs one bathroom other than the master bathroom, but Mrs. Smith wants at least two bathrooms: one for her kids to share and an extra. These bathrooms should be at least 70 sqft.

·        Mrs. Smith wants a kitchen that is at least 160 sqft but would prefer larger.

·        The Smiths would like to have both a formal living room (260 sqft) and a formal dining room (200 sqft), but will settle for a living room and a dining area within the kitchen or family room.

·        The house should utilize hallways that are at least 4 feet wide.

·        The Smiths require a large family room (at least 320 sqft).

·        You can make the rooms larger than indicated above. The total square-footage must not be less than 1700 sqft.

·        Mr. Smith has decided that he would also like a garage in the designs of the house. This garage should be at least 60 sqft; it cannot be detached from the house. The garage needs to be concrete which is $50/sqft. 

The budget for this construction job is $170,000. The cost per square-foot is based on the type of flooring. Hardwood floor (looks nice, durable) is $110/sqft; carpet (looks nice, has to be maintained) is $80/sqft; laminate flooring (looks like hardwood floor but is actually just plastic) is $60/sqft; tile (should be used for bathrooms) is $100/sqft.

Draw each room of the house. Write down the dimensions (i.e. 10 x 12) and the total area (120 sqft). Label what room it is. Write down the type of flooring and total cost for the room. When finished, write down the total cost of the entire house and the square-footage. 

You will be showing Mr. Spivy your designs. He will approve or tell you to fix it. 

If you are approved by Mr. Spivy, you will now need to research the wall coverings you will be using for each room. If you are painting, then you need to decide how many gallons of paint you will need per room. Assume that the walls are 12 feet tall. Then, you will need to look up how much the paint you want to use is per gallon. If you use wall paper, then you need to write down how much it will cost to cover the walls using the wallpaper. 

Be sure to write down the type of paint and color or wall-paper you will be using in each room and how much it will cost. This can be on a separate sheet of paper. 

Your budget is $20,000.