Room 301 — Ms. Miller
*** If you are looking for Mrs. Moushi’s class page, try room 301.
We’re approaching the end of the school year but we’re not there yet. We are continuing to work on new material as we prepare to transition to the Common Core State Standards next year. Students continue to have daily homework assignments and math help is also ongoing in the morning for help with homework, class material, and to prepare for tests and quizzes.
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Supplies: Calculators are part of the supply list for middle school math and should be brought to math class daily. The calculator on the supply list is the same for 6th-8th grades, and a student may use the same calculator for those grades. I have repeatedly told students in class that they may use calculators for the ISATs and that the tests were designed to have students using calculators. Unfortunately, I do not have a supply of calculators for every student that I see. Therefore, it is imperative that students have their own calculator. ALL STUDENTS at Jamieson take the math tests at the same time. Calculators cannot be shared between students in a class or between siblings for testing.
I have also asked for the students to have two notebooks — one 3-subject with pockets and one single subject which will be used for class and for homework respectively. This will help keep the students organized between class notes and homework since our math book does NOT provide explanations or example problems.
***Math help is available Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8-8:30.
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Important Upcoming events:
Spring NWEA testing — May 6-10 for 7th grade and late May for 6th
Memorial Day – May 27th — No classes
Walk-a-thon — May 30th (money and permission slips should be turned in prior to this date)
School ends June 24th
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Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at jlmiller4@cps.edu. *Please note the middle initial and the 4 — without these your e-mails will not go through to the correct person.
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Links for Parents: These are the parent pages for the units your child is studying if you are looking for information.
7th grade:
Helpful Links
Practice ISATs and math practice/help
Parts of a circle (with quiz) : http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol2/geometry.html
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Fun Math:
Factor Game: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=12
Dividing Fractions Games: http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-dividing-fractions-game/soccer-math-dividing-fractions-game.html
May 13 – May 17, 2013
May 13th, 2013 | 
Author: This week in 6th grade we are looking at percents in consumer math (tax, tips, discounts) as well as continuing our work with integers.
This week in 7th grade we are continuing the use of equations to solve problems, writing equations of lines, and finding slope.
May 13
211 – wkbk pp. 96-97 #2=6
303 – wkbk p. 93 #3-4
302 – If 20 oranges cost $5, what is the cost of 1 orange? Write an equation for finding the cost of N number of oranges.
300/301 – Compass Learning
May 14
211 – finish B & P III p. 51 A-D
303 – B & P III p. 55 #1 & 5
302 – typed sheet
300 – finish Moving Straight Ahead p. 56 B-D
301 – MSA p. 62 #24
May 15
211 – wkbk p. 93 #3, 5, 6,
303 – finish p. 53 A
302 – Study for quiz tomorrow — use that pink study guide/review sheet
300 – p. 62 # 24a-c and 25
301 – finish p. 74 A & B
May 16
211 – textbook p. 56 #6-7
303 – wkbk p. 92 #1
302 – finish 6 fraction problems
300/301 – slope worksheets
May 17
211 – finish p. 54 A, B, D
303 – wkbk p. 94 #3, 5, 6
302 – worksheet
300 – slope worksheet
301 – worksheet and song for Tuesday
May 6 – May 10th
** Reminder that Wednesday is a half-day.
This week in 6th grade we are working on operations with integers (211/303) and solving problems with proportions(302).
This week in 7th grade we are exploring slope-intercept form as well as using equations, tables, and graphs to solve problems.
May 6
211 — Write the rules for multiplying so that YOU will remember them.
303/302 – worksheet
7th grade – wkbk p. 86 #5 & 7
May 7
211 – Song, poem, cartoon, comic strip about integer multiplication (or more) rules
303/302 – worksheet
300 – wkbk p. 89 #5
301 – equations worksheet
May 8
211 – continue comic/songs/etc project
303 – comic strip due Monday
302/301 – COMPASS learning
300 – finish p. 50 part B
may 9
211/303/300/301 – Study for quiz tomorrow
302 – complete the chart
May 10
211- Compass Learning – Algebra section
303 – finish comic
302 – compass learning
300/301 – study for quiz Monday (due to NWEA we moved today’s quiz to Monday)
April 29 – May 3, 2013
This week in 6th grade we are working with mean, median, and mode to decide which is best for given situations and what affects each measure.
This week in 7th grade we are reviewing writing rules and equations and graphing relationships between variables.
April 29
211 – Compass Learning
3303/302 – finish Jumpalot mean, median, and mode sheet
300 – Patterns and Variables p. 57 #8
301 – Patterns and Variables p. 57 #8 and #11-15
April 30
211 — compass learning
303 – Bits and Pieces I p. 71 #4-11
302 – NONE! – Good job!
7th — Moving Straight Ahead p. 98 definitions for “linear relationship” and “function”
May 1
211/302 – Ratio tables worksheet
303 – Compass learning – do you area with the lowest score
300/301- wkbk p. 83 #1
May 2
211/303 – Make a flap-chart with the rules for adding integers (like signs, opposite signs) and subtracting. Include the rule and at least one example.
302- ratio pictures
7th grade – Moving Ahead p. 9 A & B
May 3
211 – Compass
303 – Integers worksheet
302 – Proportions worksheet
7th – pp. 10-11 A-B
April 22 – April 25, 2013
This week in 6th grade we are continuing to look at ways to display data and measures of central tendency.
This week in 7th grade we are working on Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) and other measures of comparing sets of data.
April 22
211/303 – Study for quiz tomorrow. Look at review sheets and notes about types of graphs.
302 – Make a box-and-whisker plot with the data set
300/301 – find the MAD for the data sets given. What does it tell you about your data?
April 23
211/303 – COmpass learning
302 – On your worksheet do #12-14
300 – worksheet #11-14
301 – worksheet #8-9 OR #9-10
April 24
211/303 – find mean, median, and mode for each of your data sets (Height, jump, arm span)
302 – find 5-number summary for your data set
7th grade – scatter plot worksheet — don’t forget the question at the bottom
April 26
211 – wkkb p. 118
303 – wkbk p. 119 #4a and 4e
302 – mean, median, and mode sheet
300/301 – correlation worksheet
April 15 – April 19, 2013
This week in 6th grade we are looking at ways to display (graphs) and analyze data as well as make comparisons of sets of data.
This week in 7th grade we are working on ways to display and analyze categorical and numerical data.
April 15
211/303 – make a box-and-whisker of the data points
302 – text p. 24 #22-24
300 – text p. 8 Part A
301 – text p. 8 Parts A-B
April 16
211 – Declare a winning class in the back-to-back stem-and-leaf and use math to prove it.
303 – Write definition for “outliers” and do textbook p. 35 A
302 – Make a stem-and-leaf plot for your boy or girl info
300 – make the Stem-and-Leaf plot of our head-size data
301 – equations worksheet
April 18
211 – Make a box-and-whisker for either boys or girls (text p. 45)
303 – Make box and whiskers or back-to back stem and leaf for boy and girl data from text p. 45
302 – finish graphing paper
300/301 – make box-and whisker plot from data
April 19
211/303 – Turn numbers on stem-and-leaf plot into a box-and-whisker plot
302 – make a back-to-back stem and leaf with boys on one side and girls on the other
300/301 – box and whisker worksheet