Extended Response

Here is a copy of the extended response that we worked on in class today.

6-3 Extended Response

Michael is looking to buy a new house.  He and his real estate agent have looked at several houses’ and Michael believes that he has found the one he wants.  He finds a 3 bedroom 2 bath home with 3500 square feet.  The cost of the new home is $145,595.

A.)                        If Michael wants to put a 15% down payment on the home, how much money will Michael have to pay as his down payment?  Explain

B.)                          Michael decides that 15% is too much money for him to put down right now.  He determines that he can only spend $12,000 on a down payment.  What percent down payment will Michael make?

Week of October 15th

This has been such a busy week that I have not had time to post to the blog.  I apologize.  We have continued working on changing fractions to decimals and have even started changing the decimals to percents.  We took a quiz over the 10 most common fractions on Wednesday and was thrilled by how well the students performed.  The pictures below are of the activity that we did on Tuesday.

Honor Roll

Pictured below is the list of my students who made the Honor Roll for the first 9 weeks.  I am super proud of all of my students for their hard work to start the school year. 

Don't forget that Topic 5 test re-take is tomorrow.  Practice worksheets must be turned in in order to take the test.

Also, Topic 6 Section 1 homework is due on Friday as well as the back-side of the bell-ringer sheet.  Have a great Wednesday evening!!

"Life in the Middle"

Tonight was the first-ever parent night at GCMS.  It was a pleasure getting to meet with parents and guardians.  It was a tremendous night, and I want to thank all of those that attended. 

Report cards went home today.  Those need to be signed and returned to their first period teacher.

Time is flying by, and I can't believe that we are already in the 2nd nine weeks.  We have lots of things to cover between now and Christmas. 

Students received packets today for Topic 6 sections 1 and 2.  These packets will be their only copy and it contains notes, guided practice, and homework assignments.  Topic 6 Section 1 homework is due by Friday.

Welcome Back!!

Oh how I would love to go back there.  Anyways, I hope you enjoyed your fall break.  Today we began working on our practice worksheets for our test re-takes on Thursday.  These sheets need to be completed and turned in by Thursday in order to be able to re-take the test.