Team 7-A Math/Geography

Thought for the Day:
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Unknown
Math
March 24-28, 2008
Monday: T.L.W. complete Think Link in computer Lab. Homework: Apply percent to real life situations. Chapt. #8. Getting started p. 333 (1-20)
Tuesday: T.L.W. begin Chapt. 8 Percent and Estimation (15-46) p. 334-337.
Wednesday :T.LW. [...]

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Thought for the Day:
We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go, on whatever we touch.
–Lewis Thomas
Math
March 10-14, 2008
Monday: T.L.W. check p. 499-500. Complex Figrues areas. (3-11). Complete worksheets11-7
Tuesday: T.L.W. take test standards test from a workbook.
Wednesday: T.L.W. complete Study Guide and Review for Chapt. 11 p. 504-505- 506. (7-45).
Thursday: T.L.W. complete [...]

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Thought for the Day:
Four steps to achievement:
Plan purposefully.
Prepare prayerfully.
Proceed positively.
Pursue persistently
—William Ward
Math
March 3-7, 2008
Monday: T.L.W. take Think Link #3 test in computer lab. Homework:Estimate square roots p. 476-477 (4-44). 7.1 tpi.9
Tuesday: T.L.W. continue with square root worksheet #11-1 and 11-2. 7.1 tpi.8, 7.1 tpi.9.
Wednesday: T.L.W.work with the PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM p. 479-482 (9-34) 7.2 tpi.7. [...]

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Thought for the Day:
“If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”
—Sam Walton
Math
Feb.25-29, 2008  
Monday: T.L.W. complete Mid chapt. 9 Test p. 384 would be a good review of what we have covered in Probability. 7.5 tpi.9
Tuesday: T.L.W. find the number of combinations in a set of objects. p. 387-390. Also cover Theoretical [...]

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Thought for the Day:
The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.
—Deepak Chopra
Math
Feb.19-22, 2008 
Monday: No School - President’s Day/  Techer InService Day
Tuesday: T.L.W. use tree diagrams to count outcomes and find probability. Lesson 9-2 p. 374-377. 7.5 tpi.6.
Wednesday: T.L.W. use multiplication to count outcomes. page 378-380, lesson [...]

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Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, for all the people you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can. -John Wesley
Math
Feb. 11-15,2008
Monday: T.L.W. begin the study of Probability- Chapt.#9 p. [...]

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Quote of the Week: One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty, until you try. ~Sophocles
Geography
Feb. 4-8, 2008
Monday: T.L.W. continue with the study of Northern Europe Section #4 Scandinavia p. 311-315. What are the people and culture of Scandinavia like? What [...]

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Thought for the Day:
Three keys to winning: Be prepared, Do your best, Don’t give up.
Geography
Jan. 28-Feb.1, 2008
Monday: T.L.W. complete Chapt. 14 Test. Choose an Activity: 1) Explore the island and fjords on the Scandinavian coast. 2) Visit historic palaces in the United Kingdom 3) Investigate the history of skiing. After chooseing [...]

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Math
Jan.22-25,2008
Monday: No School- Dr. Martin L. King’s Birthday observed.
Tuesday: T.L.W. complete worksheet7-6 “Percents Greater Than 100%” and Less than1%”. 7.1 tpi.3
Wednesday: T.L.W. find the % of a number.p. 321 (9-35). 7.1 tpi.3
Thursday: T.L.W. complete worksheet 7-7.”Percent of a Number” 7.1 tpi.3
Friday: T.L.W. solve problems using % of a number. p. 325 (7-28) [...]

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Geography
Jan. 14-18, 2008

Thought for the Day:
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
—Mark Van Doren
Geography
Monday: T.L.W. complete Chapt. 13 Test on Southern Europe. Review all vocabulary before the test. Begin Chapt. 14. Define: navigable, loess, medievil, NATO, impressionism, Reformation, Holocaust, chancellor, cosmopolitan, cantons, nationalism. 7.3 tpi.4

Tuesday: T.L.W. read and discuss [...]

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