Negative Number Practice!!!

We will have a short assessment on negative numbers on Friday.  This is a great site to practice on. 

Practice with Negative Numbers

Ben Carson Science Academy

Exciting Opportunity:

The Morehouse School of Medicine’s Ben Carson Saturday Science Academy has extended an invitation to the students at our school to participate in our science enrichment program from October 9-November 20 (Saturdays ONLY).  The program runs from 9am-1:30 pm offering extensive hand-on science experiments which include dissections and also a robotics component.  We also include parental workshops on various issues pertaining to children. The purpose of our program is to introduce students to the health sciences field. Students in 4th-8th grade can participate.  Registration dates are from August 2-August 31 so please act fast!
Ben Carson Science Academy Link:

http://www.msm.edu/community_health/commhealth_trainingprograms/commhealth_trainingprograms_ben.aspx

Slope and Rate Continued

We will continue to explore and practice with slope and rate this week. You have been assigned either COW#2E or COW#2R to complete this week. The sites below should help you with this work:

Finding the Slope of a Line using 2 Points
Rate and Slope
Solving Rate Word Problems
Online Practice on BOTH Ways to Find Slope
Working with Negative Numbers

Video Showing How to Find the Slope of Line

Video Plotting Ordered Pairs on a Coordinate Plane

THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SLOPE ARE....

IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SLOPE, PLEASE POST A COMMENT TO THIS POST THAT TELLS THREE THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW OR DO WHEN WORKING WITH SLOPE.

Assessment Tomorrow

You will be assessed tomorrow on the skills from the COW this week and some of last week's as well :)
So be prepared to:
- distinguish between qualitative and quantitative data
- identify whether a line has a negative, positive, undefined or zero slope
- calculate the slope of a line from a graph AND from two points
- identify claims that support evidence

COWs are here!

Today you were introduced to the COW.  This week's COW is right here.  You will be graded on COWS over the course of the term using the RUBRIC we discussed in class today.

Here are some links to get you started:
Math Warehouse(slope)
Purple Math(slope)
Slope Slider(slope)
Finding Slope from a Graph- negative slope
Ordered Pairs
Rate of Change
Slope Powerpoint

Arguments!!!

We had spirited discussions today around the best musical artist EVER.
Argument Graphic Organizer
Tonight, find additional information about your personal favorite artist, so that you can revamp the argument you wrote for warm-up today.
Remember that you will be assessed tomorrow on the following:
- quantitative vs. qualitative
- arguments, claims, and evidence
- using graphs to present information