Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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. 

Monday, October 24, 2016

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.


Thursday, October 20, 2016

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.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

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.