Week 5.5

It is time!  Time for the 8th grade Math STAAR and Reading STAAR.  You will do wonderfully - focus and show all your strategies.  You have prepared all year long for this - go take that test confidently!

Thank you for every student that came to tutorials Saturday.  We had fun preparing and now we are passing the baton to Algebra 1 students.  I want to encourage all Algebra 1 students to take the District Benchmark seriously and do their best.  

Here is the schedule for the week:

Honors Math 8:

Monday: Review Pythagorean Theorem

Tuesday: STAAR Math

Wednesday: STAAR Reading

Thursday: Slope-intercept form

Friday: Practice Slope intercept form

Algebra 1:

Monday: Simplifying Radicals

Tuesday: STAAR Math

Wednesday: STAAR Reading

Thursday: Radical Operations

Friday:  Practice with Radicals

Next week:  Social Studies and Science District Benchmarks!

Week 5.4

Welcome back from Spring Break Falcons!  We have 6 more school days until round 1 of STAAR, so lets make those days count!

Reminders:
1. Tutorials this Saturday
2.  8th grade dues due to Mrs. Garcia
3.  Math STAAR 3/28, Reading 3/29
4.  Turn in work daily so you don't lose points

Here is the schedule for the week:

Honors Math 8
Monday: Dilations review
Tuesday: Rotations/transformations review
Wednesday: Volume Review
Thursday: Surface area Review
Friday: STAAR Rally

Algebra 1
Monday: Solving Quadratics by Completing the Square
Tuesday: Solving Quadratics Guided Practice/More Practice
Wednesday: Topic 18 Assessment
Thursday: Simplifying Radical Expressions
Friday: STAAR Rally

Week 5.3

The STAAR countdown is quickly ticking down for our amazing 8th graders at Ac2E Middle school!  In 11 days, 8th grade math students will take the STAAR and then all 8th graders will take the Reading STAAR the next day.  We have few days left, so let's make them count!

Honors Math 8: 
Reporting Category 2 Review
Monday: Functions
Tuesday: Slope and Rate of Change
Wednesday: Direct Variation and Proportional Relationships
Thursday: Equations and Inequalities
Friday: RC#2 Quiz

Algebra 1:
Monday: Solving quadratic equations overview/Solve by graphing
Tuesday:  Solving quadratic equations by factoring
Wednesday: Connecting solution methods
Thursday: Practice solving quadratic equations
Friday: Solving quadratic equations by completing the square