This week we continue our EOG review as we focus on EOG goal 4 and 5. Goals 4 and 5 focus on probability and basic algebra concepts. This week we will break into 10 stations and students will work on 2 stations per day. Below are the stations
Station 1 - Order of Operations
Station 2 - Properties (commutative, associative, distributive, identity)
Station 3 - Writing Expressions
Station 4 - Inequalities
Station 5 - Probability
Station 6 - Combining like terms
Station 7 - Solving Equations
Station 8 - Evaluating Expressions
Station 9 - Expression EOG word problems
Station 10 - Ratios/ Equivalent fractions (we didnt cover this much in class, so students will practice a few of these type of questions in case they show up on the EOG)
Students all know that I will be checking their red folders at the end of the week to see the work that they got done during our 3 weeks of review stations. They will receive a quiz grade based on their effort / completion of the station work.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday May 11, 2012
I apologize for the long break between posts as thing have been crazy busy for the last week around Holly Shelter Middle School. EOGs are fast approaching and everyone is working hard to have their students prepared for success.
This week in math class we continued our review stations. The topic this week was geometry and the coordinate plane. The five stations from this week are as follows
Station 1 - Transformations on the coordinate plane
Students plot points on the coordinate grid then reflect, translate, and rotate the image into each quadrant. There is a set of 11 questions that were to be answered after plotting the points.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
Similar to last week, students saw EOG sample questions. They were to highlight key words/ numbers, draw a picture, graph, or diagram, then solve the word problems. I provided an answer key so they could check their work when finished
Station 3 - Area and Circumference of Circles / Area and Perimeter of irregular shapes
Students were given 2 worksheets to practice finding Area and Circumference of a circle as well as finding the area and perimeter of irregular shapes.
Station 4 - Small group instruction with Mr. Culp
In our small group we used dry erase boards to practice our vocabulary and apply the vocab words to sample problems. I would give the students a vocab word, and they would draw what that word meant on their board. We also spent a lot of time finding missing angles in each type of triangle.
Station 5 - Vocabulary / Formula foldable
We all did station 5 together on Monday when we created a foldable from construction paper. We created 8 "windows" on the foldable and wrote our important formulas and vocabulary words on the foldable. Students were to refer to their foldable while working on their other 4 stations. Important information included
Area of a circle,
circumference of a circle,
Supplementary angles
Complementary angles
Area of a triangle
This week in math class we continued our review stations. The topic this week was geometry and the coordinate plane. The five stations from this week are as follows
Station 1 - Transformations on the coordinate plane
Students plot points on the coordinate grid then reflect, translate, and rotate the image into each quadrant. There is a set of 11 questions that were to be answered after plotting the points.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
Similar to last week, students saw EOG sample questions. They were to highlight key words/ numbers, draw a picture, graph, or diagram, then solve the word problems. I provided an answer key so they could check their work when finished
Station 3 - Area and Circumference of Circles / Area and Perimeter of irregular shapes
Students were given 2 worksheets to practice finding Area and Circumference of a circle as well as finding the area and perimeter of irregular shapes.
Station 4 - Small group instruction with Mr. Culp
In our small group we used dry erase boards to practice our vocabulary and apply the vocab words to sample problems. I would give the students a vocab word, and they would draw what that word meant on their board. We also spent a lot of time finding missing angles in each type of triangle.
Station 5 - Vocabulary / Formula foldable
We all did station 5 together on Monday when we created a foldable from construction paper. We created 8 "windows" on the foldable and wrote our important formulas and vocabulary words on the foldable. Students were to refer to their foldable while working on their other 4 stations. Important information included
Area of a circle,
circumference of a circle,
Supplementary angles
Complementary angles
Area of a triangle
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Tuesday May 1, 2012
This week we begin our 3 week long EOG review stations. This week will focus on EOG goal 1. I have created 4 different stations that students will complete this week. On Friday, students will take a quiz made up of questions that they should have seen at the stations. They will also receive a grade based on their participation this week. I will be checking their folders to see what they completed at each station. Below are the 4 stations they will see this week
Station 1 - Computers
Students have the opportunity to play different fraction, decimal, percent, and scientific notation games. If they answer the question correctly, they get to play a quick game. If they answer incorrectly, they do not play the game.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
I have printed sample word problems from past EOG exams. Students will have markers and highlighters to pick out key terms and numbers from each problem. They can draw a diagram, number line, or table to help solve these problems. They are encouraged to cross out unreasonable answers until they are left with the correct answer. I have provided an answer key that shows the steps to solving each problem so they can check their answers
Station 3 - Number line / Calculator Station
Students are given a number line and 27 different values that must be placed correctly on the number line. Values are given in whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. If each value is placed in the correct location, they will solve the riddle "why do sharks swim in salt water?"
Station 4 - Problem Solving / Re-teach
This station includes a worksheet of sample problems from all of Goal 1. I will be working mainly with this station answering any questions or refreshing students on how to perform these operations. Questions include...
Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, finding the percent of a number, scientific notation, prime factorization, finding the GCF, and finding the LCM
Station 1 - Computers
Students have the opportunity to play different fraction, decimal, percent, and scientific notation games. If they answer the question correctly, they get to play a quick game. If they answer incorrectly, they do not play the game.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
I have printed sample word problems from past EOG exams. Students will have markers and highlighters to pick out key terms and numbers from each problem. They can draw a diagram, number line, or table to help solve these problems. They are encouraged to cross out unreasonable answers until they are left with the correct answer. I have provided an answer key that shows the steps to solving each problem so they can check their answers
Station 3 - Number line / Calculator Station
Students are given a number line and 27 different values that must be placed correctly on the number line. Values are given in whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. If each value is placed in the correct location, they will solve the riddle "why do sharks swim in salt water?"
Station 4 - Problem Solving / Re-teach
This station includes a worksheet of sample problems from all of Goal 1. I will be working mainly with this station answering any questions or refreshing students on how to perform these operations. Questions include...
Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, finding the percent of a number, scientific notation, prime factorization, finding the GCF, and finding the LCM
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