Friday, October 31, 2008

The Finish Line is near!

Because the 6 weeks is nearly over (hard to believe), we are finishing up with a busy week! On Tuesday we will take another math quiz. Last week's quiz was fabulous! We did phenomenal! I was so proud! We will finish strong this week with percentages, fractions, and ratios. In math, you will have a math review this Tuesday to help you with your test on Thursday.

This week's quiz will include the following concepts:

proportions
division with decimals
addition, subtraction, and multiplication of fractions
addition, subtraction, and multiplication of decimals

Test 6 for Thursday will include the following concepts:

proportions
multiplication of decimals
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals
converting decimals to fractions
subtracting percents from 100%
conversions
reducing fractions to lowest terms
exponents
converting percentages to decimals and decimals to percentages
converting fractions to percentages
rounding off decimals

Good luck!

This week in science we will finish up Chapter 4 with Genetics and review for our test on Thursday. See the previous entry for my notes on Ch. 4. Homework for this week will include a science review for the test.

Homework this weekend is:

1. Finish your cell drawing
2. Complete sec. 1-3 in your science packet
3. Find out the blood types of your parents, grandparents, and yourself

Have a great Halloween and bring me some candy Tuesday!

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