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May 19, 2009

May 19th

Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Benchmark Study Guide questions 

Important Information:

  • Benchmark Test next Wednesday and Thursday - this can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade!
  • All textbooks need to be returned by Thursday or you will be charged for a lost textbook!!! 

8th Grade:

  • Test ~ Circles and Spheres
  • Take-Home Final - due Thursday (yes - you can write on it - I forgot to take that off!!)
  • HW ~ Test Corrections (4th period will have class time to work on corrections; 7th period - corrections are due tomorrow) 

Important Information:

  • Take-Home Final will be given today and will be due on Thursday! - can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade!
  • All textbooks and CD's are to be returned by Thursday or you will be charged for lost materials!!! 

May 18, 2009

May 18th

Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Test Corrections ~ Systems of Inequalities
  • Benchmark Study Guide - we will discuss any questions you have on Tuesday. 

Important Information:

  • Benchmark Test next Wednesday and Thursday - this can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade!

8th Grade:

  • Test ~ Circles and Spheres
  • Take-Home Final - due Thursday (yes - you can write on it - I forgot to take that off!!)

Important Information:

  • Take-Home Final will be given today and will be due on Thursday! - can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade! 

May 15, 2009

May 15th

Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

 
Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Test ~ Systems of Inequalities
  • Benchmark Study Guide - you will have class time on Monday to work on this after you finish test corrections; we will discuss any questions you have on Tuesday. 

Important Information:

  • Benchmark Test next Wednesday and Thursday - this can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade!

8th Grade:

  • Comp. Challenge # 26
  • Check HW
  • Review of Circles
  • Test Study Guide
  • The Biggest Circle Puzzle; part of test - will count towards overall Circle and Sphere Test!!! 
  • Test Checklist; Download Test ~ Checklist 

Important Information:

  • Test on Circles and Spheres on Monday!
  • Study Session Monday morning at 8:30.
  • Take-Home Final will be given on Monday and will be due on Thursday! - can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade! 

May 14, 2009

May 14th

Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

 
Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

Important Information:

  • Test on Systems of Inequalities is tomorrow.
  • Study Session at 8:30 tomorrow morning!
  • Benchmark Test next Wednesday and Thursday - this can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade!

8th Grade:

Important Information:

  • Test on Circles and Spheres on Monday!
  • Study Session Monday morning at 8:30.
  • Take-Home Final will be given on Monday and will be due on Thursday! - can replace your lowest test grade if better!
  • If all assignments have been turned in and you currently have no zeros, I will drop your lowest quiz grade! 

May 12, 2009

May 12th

Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

 
Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

Important Information:

Test on Systems of Inequalities on Friday.

  • Study Session Friday morning at 8:30.

8th Grade:

  • Turn in Take-Home Quiz 
  • Notes ~ Segment Lengths in Circles
  • HW ~ Tangents, Secants, and Chords worksheet
  • Test Checklist; Download Test ~ Checklist 

Important Information:

  • Test on Circles and Spheres on Monday!
  • Study Session Monday morning at 8:30.
  • Take-Home Final will be given on Monday and will be due on Thursday! 

May 08, 2009

May 8th

 Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

 
Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Notes ~ Solving Systems of Inequalities
  • HW ~ Test Corrections (Due MONDAY - no corrections will be taken after MONDAY!!! - ALL TESTS NEED TO BE SIGNED AND RETURNED BY MONDAY!!!) 

8th Grade:

  • Turn in CW
  • Notes ~ Other Angle Relationships of Circles 
  • HW ~ The Bigger Circle Puzzle (Due Monday) 

Important Information:

  • All students who attended the Orlando trip, The Big Circle Puzzle is due on Monday!
  • Volume and Surface Area of Spheres Task due Monday!

May 07, 2009

May 7th

 

Dedicate a luminaria (a paper bag filled with sand and a candle) to be lit and displayed around the track during the luminaria ceremony at Relay for Life of Cobb County this weekend at Jim Miller Park in Marietta.  Luminaria serve as symbols of hope as we continue to work for a cure for this disease,  The luminaria ceremony will begin at 10 PM on Friday, May 8, and everyone is invited to attend - you do not need to be a Relay for Life participant to take part or to dedicate a luminaria.  With your donation, you may designate an individual whose name will be printed on the luminaria bag.  Suggested donation:  $10.
 

Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

 
Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Test ~ Systems of Equations 

Important Information:

  • All students who attended the Orlando trip, Checkpoint Corrections are due tomorrow during homeroom! 

8th Grade:

  • Comp. Challenge # 24
  • Notes ~ Volume and Surface Area of Spheres
  • CW ~ pg. 239 in purple textbook # 1 - 4, 9 - 16 (due tomorrow)
  • PT ~ Volume and Surface Area of Speheres Task (due Monday) 

Important Information:

  • All students who attended the Orlando trip, The Big Circle Puzzle is due on Monday!
  • Circles Worksheet # 2 due tomorrow during homeroom!

May 05, 2009

May 5th

Dedicate a luminaria (a paper bag filled with sand and a candle) to be lit and displayed around the track during the luminaria ceremony at Relay for Life of Cobb County this weekend at Jim Miller Park in Marietta.  Luminaria serve as symbols of hope as we continue to work for a cure for this disease,  The luminaria ceremony will begin at 10 PM on Friday, May 8, and everyone is invited to attend - you do not need to be a Relay for Life participant to take part or to dedicate a luminaria.  With your donation, you may designate an individual whose name will be printed on the luminaria bag.  Suggested donation:  $10.

Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Check HW
  • Jigsaw Activity ~Word Problems related to Systems of Equations
  • HW ~ Field Day Performance Task (due tomorrow for a grade); Killer Board Dude! Corrections due tomorrow!
  • Test Checklist: Download Test ~ Equations Checklist 

Important Information:

  • All students who attended the Orlando trip, if I do not have all work turned in to me by Thursday, I am not taking it!
  • Systems of Equations Test ~ Thursday, May 7th.
  • Study Session Thursday morning at 8:30!

8th Grade:

  • EOCT Question and Answer Session 
  • Please complete the Benchmark Test on the USA TestPrep website. It will be a Performance Task Grade!!!
  • There will not be a study session tomorrow morning due to a meeting I must attend! Sorry, come see me during homeroom if you need questions answered!   

Important EOCT Information:

  • Testing Scheduled for Wednesday May 6th and Thursday May 7th. 
    • 4th Period: Report to the Dell Lab, G-1 directly following announcements.
    • 7th Period: Report to the Dell Lab at 11:00.
  • Percentage Weight by Category for EOCT:

    12% Algebra Functions
    12% Algebra Expressions
    11% Algebra Equations
    12% Geometric Figures
    12% Geometric Language
    11% Geometric Polygons
    7% Data/Probability - Outcomes
    8% Probability - Events
    7% Samples (Data)
    8% Mean Deviation/Expected Value

  • Students may want to use the Purple Coach Math 1 workbook for extra practice in each different concept.

  • USA Test Prep has practice for Mathematics 1 curriculum. Information for USA Test Prep: 

    USA Test Prep
    Username: awtreymsga
    Student Password: newton77

    Benchmark Test Code: LUTAYERUFU

May 01, 2009

May 1st

Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Comp. Challenge # 23
  • Notes ~ Solving Systems of Equations by Elimination
  • HW ~ Correct Checkpoint - due Monday (all corrected work should be done on a separate sheet of paper, including the graphs!)

Important Information:

  • Systems of Equations Test ~ Thursday, May 7th.
  • Study Session Thursday morning at 8:30!

8th Grade:

  • EOCT Practice Test - Part 1 (pg. 49 - 52 in Math 1 Test Prep workbook) 
  • HW ~ The Big Circle Puzzle - due Monday for a grade 
  • Please complete the Benchmark Test on the USA TestPrep website. It will be a Performance Task Grade!!! Due Tuesday! 
  • Please bring your Math 1 Test Prep and Practice workbook to class MONDAY!!! (small workbook that goes with the first textbook; it is blue and orange!) 

Important EOCT Information:

  • Testing Scheduled for Wednesday May 6th and Thursday May 7th. More information pertaining to each class to come at a later date.
  • Percentage Weight by Category for EOCT:

    12% Algebra Functions
    12% Algebra Expressions
    11% Algebra Equations
    12% Geometric Figures
    12% Geometric Language
    11% Geometric Polygons
    7% Data/Probability - Outcomes
    8% Probability - Events
    7% Samples (Data)
    8% Mean Deviation/Expected Value

  • Students may want to use the Purple Coach Math 1 workbook for extra practice in each different concept.

  • USA Test Prep has practice for Mathematics 1 curriculum. Information for USA Test Prep: 

    USA Test Prep
    Username: awtreymsga
    Student Password: newton77

    Benchmark Test Code: LUTAYERUFU

April 30, 2009

April 30th

Mrs. Clody is in dire need of tissues. For every box you bring in (limited to two per student), I will give you a conduct pass. This pass can be used to erase a conduct cut or prevent you from earning one in the future!!!

7th Grade:

  • Discuss 5 Minute Warm-up
  • Check HW 
  • Checkpoint ~ Solving Systems of Equations by Graphing and Substitution  

8th Grade:

  • Check HW
  • Properties of Chords 
  • HW ~ pg. 201# 1 - 14
  • Please complete the Benchmark Test on the USA TestPrep website. It will be a Performance Task Grade!!! Due Tuesday! 
  • Please bring your Math 1 Test Prep and Practice workbook to class FRIDAY!!! (small workbook that goes with the first textbook; it is blue and orange!) 

Important EOCT Information:

  • Testing Scheduled for Wednesday May 6th and Thursday May 7th. More information pertaining to each class to come at a later date.
  • Percentage Weight by Category for EOCT:

    12% Algebra Functions
    12% Algebra Expressions
    11% Algebra Equations
    12% Geometric Figures
    12% Geometric Language
    11% Geometric Polygons
    7% Data/Probability - Outcomes
    8% Probability - Events
    7% Samples (Data)
    8% Mean Deviation/Expected Value

  • Students may want to use the Purple Coach Math 1 workbook for extra practice in each different concept.

  • USA Test Prep has practice for Mathematics 1 curriculum. Information for USA Test Prep: 

    USA Test Prep
    Username: awtreymsga
    Student Password: newton77

    Benchmark Test Code: LUTAYERUFU