Projects:
What Was The Most Important Thing You Learned This Year? Why?
Over this math year I have learned so much but there is one thing in particular that I think is really important that I learned. This was tax and tip. I feel like that unit was overall really helpful and useful because I know for a fact that I will be using it later on in my life vs some other subjects I have questioned about using later on. I also feel like this subject was really important because most kids and most people don't know this subject and it also helps people, for instance, when i'm getting coffee in the morning I know what percent to tip and that helps out the local coffee store.
Did I Have To Retake Tests?
Throughout 7th grade I have had to retake a few test hear and there. Rather these where check for understandings, or unit tests. I had to retake my test for a few reasons. First, I didn't put in my full effort in a test. Second, I simple did a calculation wrong or read the question wrong. Third, I needed to go back and refine my answers if they where not detailed enough.
One of the projects we did this year was Teach Banzai. Teach Banzai is an on line program that teach kids about budgeting, taxes, buying houses, and so much more. We mainly used Teach Banzai to learn about taxes and what to expect when we are adults, like house payments, insurance, car payments and so on. When we started Teach Banzai we had this game that we played that took us through living as an adult and saving up for collage. I definitely found this useful because it taught me that being an adult IS EXPENSIVE and not as easy as it seems.
Solve me mobiles was a project that I really enjoyed, I liked it because it made sense to me, with how the numbers even out and how they are either leveled or not. This project was definitely one of my favorites.
In this project we had to make a 15 second video about something/someone moving and then graph the movements.
Mulletude
In this project we had to measure mullets and figure out the length, we then got to create our own mullet stories and find the measurements of someones mullet off of the internet.
In this project I was partnered with Harper S. we had to find pi in circular objects plus find the diameter, radius, and circumference. We then made a poster with all of the information.
These are my scores from the IXL Diagnostic. We use IXL to measure our improvement through out the year. I try to work on IXL for at least 15 minutes a week.
My goal is to increase my Data, Statistics, & Probability score. I don't really understand what these are but the more I practice them and work on the recommended skills I am hoping I can increase my score by 50 and understand them more. I want to achieve this by POLs/December 16th.
These are my scores as of December 14th. I have achieved my goal with data and statistics and I think I know understand what they are. I did achieve my goal of working on ixl 15 minutes a week though. I would work on ixl every now and then but not every week. My new goal is to raise my geometry score by 30% by tpols. I also want to work 10 minutes a week on ixl.
Learning Targets