Hi families,
Here is what the rest of the school year looks like for us:
This week, we are wrapping up Chapter 8 with some supplemental lessons on visual representations of data. Students will focus primarily on box-and-whisker plots, stem-and-leaf plots, and dot/line plots. Students will then take a test on their knowledge of collecting, interpreting, and representing data on Monday, April 6.
After this, we will move into chapters 9 and 10, which focus on geometry skills. Chapter 9 starts with the area and circumference of circles. We'll spend a few days on these and then take a quiz just on circles. Then, for the rest of chapter 9, we'll look at area and perimeter of composite figures, angle pairs, and angles within triangles.
Finally, Chapter 10 will focus on surface area and volume of three-dimensional figures, including prisms and pyramids.
In addition to this work, students will continue to take home every week a cumulative review worksheet, which will count as a summative quiz grade. They will have a week to complete between 7 and 12 problems that cover all the content taught this year. These will help students get ready for our end of the year standardized tests and make sure that they haven't forgotten all that we've learned this year.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.