I just wanted to give you a heads up about things going on in Math this week! We are moving along in 3D geometry and have just about reached the end of that unit. Today students took a practice quiz and got some feedback. The real quiz is this Thursday, 3/22/2012. Students have their practice quiz to examine tonight and tomorrow they will have some practice problems to work on (with answers included). I am putting much of that information now on my homework/class calendar located on my blog http://www.mrmacnevin.com. You can subscribe, or just stop by to see what's going on.
We have been focusing on these targets:
- I can identify the net of a 3D shape.
- I can determine the surface area of rectangular prisms and pyramids.
- I can determine the volume of rectangular prisms.
Some students came in knowing some of this already, so some students have also been working on the volume and surface area of triangular prisms. Today some of them looked at cylinders. But those topics are really 7th grade topics and they'll get much deeper exposure to it next year. This year it was just as a natural extension of what they knew already and could apply to a new situation.
Only about a week and a half until spring break! Can you believe it?
As always, thank you for everything you do to support your child's education.
Sincerely,
Brian MacNevin
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