Tuesday, September 12, 2006

It's almost here - ISTEP+

ISTEP testing will be done in a three day block the week of Sept. 18th. On Monday, students will visit their testing room to fill out some basic student information and to familiarize themselves with their testing accomodations. Testing will then occur during their regular class day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Regular class instruction and assignments will be at a bare minimum during this testing window. Here are a few helpful ISTEP OR ANY TEST tips:

Get plenty of rest - off to bed early.
Eat a healthy breakfast.
Relax.
Bring extra pencils and have them sharpened - leave the mechanical pencils at home this week. They make too much noise in a quiet testing situation and run out of lead when you least expect it.
Quickly look through each section before starting so you know how to pace yourself. Remember, all parts are timed!
Read all answer choices carefully BEFORE answering and if you are not sure, eliminate two you don't think make sense and then make your choice. You now have a 50/50 shot of being correct.

Mrs. Sharp

Math Homework for Sept. 11 - Sept. 22

Monday (11th) - Ch. 1 test corrections/signed by a parent

Tuesday (12th) - Students took the 6th grade problem solving pre-test in class today. There is no homework.

Wednesday (13th) - Complete p. 52-3 #8-16 even, #20 - 24 even, Begin part one of the ch. 2 project - Take a survey and creat a frequency table of your data.

Thursday (14th) - Complete p. 58 - 9 #6-9 all, #18 - 26 all, continue working on your project.

Friday (15th) - Complete the 2-6 worksheet over finding the mean of data. Part one of the Ch. 2 project is due on Monday the 18th.

Monday (18th) - Complete the 2-7 worksheet over mean, median, mode and range and p. 85 #15 - 19. Part one of the chapter project was due today.

Tuesday (19th) - ISTEP TESTING - NO HOMEWORK

Wednesday (20th) - ISTEP TESTING - NO HOMEWORK

Thursday (21st) - ISTEP TESTING - NO HOMEWORK

Friday (22nd) - Sorry, but you have homework: complete the worksheet packet for lesson 2-4 MAKING PREDICTIONS

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