Thursday, February 17, 2011

Poster Project due: March 8, 2011

I will give this project out when we return from Winter Break!  Go ahead and begin on it now, be creative!!

A local company, Byrdmath Inc., has hired you as part of their creativity team.  Your task is to create a new informational math poster that will be sold to local teachers to display in their classroom.   Some of the most difficult concepts for students to master revolve around geometry and measurement.  The head of the team has given you the following categories to choose as a topic for your poster:
3-dimensional shapes * 2-dimensional shapes * volume of a rectangular prism * volume of a pyramid * volume of a cone  * volume of a cylinder * line symmetry * area of a circle * circumference of a circle * line symmetry * rotational symmetry * surface area of a prism * surface area of a cylinder *
Choose your topic and then design and create a colorful, visually appealing (neat), accurate poster.  An informative poster should include formulas, drawings, specific steps, vocabulary, mathematical examples, real world examples, etc.  Your poster must be posterboard size and ready to present to the design team on 
Tuesday, March 8.

Use the rubric below to grade yourself before submitting to the team:
Completed on time
10 points
Mathematical example
10 points
General appearance/neatness
20 points
Accuracy of information
40 points
Sketch/drawing
10 points
Creativity
10 points

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Homework for week of 2-14-11

Monday - no homework (Mrs. Byrd is out at a funeral)
Tuesday - Pg. 584 #1-3
Wednesday - Pg. 584 #7-9 for 1st and 3rd only, 2nd did not have homework today
Thursday - study for quiz and WT pg. 377 1, 3, 5, 6, 8

This week's quiz will involve formulas for volume and surface area.  Make sure that you practice odd problems out of your book and check your answers.  Each problem must begin with a formula and you must work through the problem carefully!!  Multiply, add, and divide slowly and carefully!  Remember all formulas will be provided to you on the test and on the CRCT.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Homework for week of 2-7-11

Monday - pg. 578 2-10 even
Tuesday pg. 579 28-31, block 2 and 3 redo 578 2-10 even
Wednesday - Block 1 redo 578 2-10 even, other blocks pg. 575 28-31
Thursday -  study for quiz 5.  This is a major quiz that will cover VOLUME of prisms, pyramids, cones and cylinders.  I will provide the formulas but you must show your work and compute accurately!  Review Chapter 10 vocabulary and concepts relating to volume.  What is volume?  How does finding the volume of cones and pyramids differ?  What 3d shape has 6 faces, 8 vertices and 12 edges?  What does the net of a cylinder look like?  Can you draw it?  STUDYSTUDYSTUDY!!

Homework for week of 1-31-11

Monday - Pg. 568
Tuesday - WT 343
Wednesday - pg. 574 2-10 even
Thursday - pg. 575 28-31 all

Please ensure your child is reading at least 20 minutes every night AND getting their agenda signed!