8-206 Ms. Becht

Confirmation information:
*The following is past due for Confirmation: (not having these in on time puts your child in jeopardy of making Confirmation). Confirmation is on April 24, 2010 at 5pm.
-Saint Essay
-Service Essay
-Service Form
-Sponsor Form
-Confirmation fee

Passion Play-Wednesday March 31, 2010
All students need to be wearing khaki/tan pants, black dress shoes, and white button down shirt.

Cell Phone Policy
Please review the school's cell phone policy with your child. We sent a letter out on January 25, 2010 with the progress reports for Trimester II.

Graduation Events
Past Due: $15 deposit - all students needed to bring this in 2 weeks ago

NYS Exam Schedule
ELA - April 26 and 27
Math - May 6 and 7
Science - May 27 and June 7
Social Studies - June 14 and 15

Posted by Ms. Black at 11:04 AM | Permalink

Thank you for everyone who showed up to the Int'l Cuisine. It was a big success.

This week is Holy Week and we start it off with a prayer service tomorrow and with penance.

Wednesday the 8th grade reinacts the Passion-all are welcome to join us.

Thank you to all the parents who came to meet us. It is always important to touch base.
If you didn't come and see us, please set up an appointment with me as soon as possible.

Both grades- No quiz this week-your investigation will be a quiz grade

This is a short, but busy week.

7th-we are working on square roots and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Mon-8-4 mult of 3, 8-5 mult of 5 (both the P pg0
Tues-finish inv.
Weds-Castle learning

8th-we are working on percents
Mon-investigation, get test signed and corrected
Tues-state test wkshts
Weds-castle learning

Posted by Ms. Becht at 10:04 PM | Permalink

I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather.

At this point everyone should have signed up for conferences that will take place on Thursday and Friday.

The 8th grade continues to work on the Passion Play, while grade 7 is starting practice for the Spring Show.

Thank you to the 8th graders who continue to go the Confirmation meetings.

I look forward to seeing all parents on Thursday or Friday.

Also reminder: all late work is due the following Monday.

Please make sure all monies are taken care of and are up to date.

7th grade-we are working on circle parts and circle graphs, as well as area
Mon- r 7-8, get quiz signed and corrected
Tues-circle graph, study for quiz on parts of the circle
Weds-quiz, r 8-4
Thurs-p 8-4 multiples of 3
Fri-make up missing work

8th grade-finding missing angles and percents
Mon-finish investigation , test prep questions, quiz sign and corrected
Tues r 8-2, 8-4 odd
Weds- r 6-1 even, 8-4 even
Thurs-finish investigation
Fri-make up missing work

Posted by Ms. Becht at 9:34 PM | Permalink

We had such a wonderful Pre Pi Day Party. There will be pictures of that fun event later this week. We did a lot of measuring and some tasting of circluar foods.

Thank you to those people who went to the Confirmation meeting. There is another meeting this weekend. Please make sure your child goes.

Report card conference papers are being sent home on Tuesday.

Just a reminder, your child has hw each night. Please sign their hw if you see it. This shows me that you are checking their hw. We are a team and I thank you for your cooperation.

Also your child should be showing you his/her quiz or test each week and they should be getting it signed.

We are in the middle of Lent. Thank you to all those who are sacraficing something in solidarity of our sisters and brothers who don't have much.

Our prayers continue to go out to those affected by the earthquakes.

Pi day wksht due for both grades on Monday

7th grade
HW-topic: Polygon, triangles, missing angles

Mon-7-4, r 7-7 #1-5
Tues-finish project, study for quiz
Weds-quiz,finish investigation
Thurs-7-8
Friday-Make up missing work

8th grade
We are working on the Passion Play..it is coming up the end of this month.
Topics: Parallel lines, missing angles, percents

Mon-P 8-1, r 8-2 #1-6
Tues-p 8-2 even
Weds-r 8-2 finish, 8-4 odd, study for quiz on parallel lines and missing angles
Thurs-quiz,r 6-1 even, 8-4 even
Friday-Make up missing work

Journals: What was the most courageous thing you have done? Choose a quote about courage and comment on it. Free write.

Posted by Ms. Becht at 10:20 PM | Permalink

Feel free to answer as many of these questions as you can for extra credit.

When you submit the answer on LL, please write the question number and your source for the answer

1. This remarkable Swiss mathematician and teacher was responsible for instituting the use of the symbol for pi in mathematical notation.
2. The Islamic scientist/mathematician AL-Khowarizmi is credited with coining the word__________. His book, written in 825 AD, demonstrated how to solve equations and became widely popular throughout the world.
3. This 17th century English mathematician wrote two famous books on mathematics: The Artihmetica and The Algebra. He invented the term interpolation and created a celebrated formula for determining the value of pi.
4. __________ numerals are the most common system of number notation used in today's world.
5. What extraordinary Indian mathematician created a formula to rapidly calculate the value of pi? He was fascinated with infinity.
6. What popular graphical artist uses mathematical principles such as mobius strips, knots,optical illusions and transformations in his work?
7. This 19th century French mathematician did very innovative work with equations and quadratic forms. He correspondended at length with other mathematicians and often contributed to their work. His work with transcendental numbers was the foundation for later proof of the transcendence of pi.
8. This swings back and forth, measures time, and is prominantly featured in a grizzly short story by Edgar Allen Poe.
9. What English mathematician published the first book evaluating pi?
10. This is another word for code and is a way to transform text in order to conceal meaning.
11. This ancient Greek mathematician estimated the most accurate calculation of pi of his times.
12. This African American mathematician and astronomer helped to survey Washington DC and is noted for his correspondence with Jefferson regarding the morality of slavery.
13. What chapter of the Bible includes an allusion to pi?
14. What early American Indians invented the zero long before it was introduced to Europe. This allowed them to make complex calculations.
15. The evolution of this thechnological invention allows us to calculate the value of pi to 500 million places?
16. These endlessly generating patterns are the geometry of nature.
17. This French mathematician penned The Elements de Geometrie in 1794, in which he clarified much of Euclid's work. One of its highlights is the proof of the irrationality of pi.
This book became the textbook on geometry for over a hundred years.
18. Pi was featured as a key plot element during an episode of this popular science fiction
show. The very savvy Vulcan science officer used the calculatation of pi to crash the computer.
19. What celebrated architect called his designs "the destruction of the box," and reorganized spatial designs to suggest the third dimension?
20. What Chinese mathematician computed the value of pi to 3.14159 by the 3rd century ?
21. A ___________is the term for a hypercube (four- dimensional analogue of a cube). This concept was featured in the whimsical book A Wrinkle in Time.
22. The Egyptians came up with the value of pi based on their formula for what geometric shape?
23. This concept of balanced form exists in art, architecture, science, nature and mathematics.
24. This German mathematician is famous for his proof that pi is a transcendental number.
25. These popular Chinese puzzles are fun to create.

Posted by Ms. Becht at 12:36 PM | Permalink

March 14th is Pi day. Both classes will be exploring where the number pi (3.14=22/7) comes from. A note will be sent home about that on Tuesday.

I hope everyone who went to the dance enjoyed it.

Thank you to those who supported the 8th grade fundraisers this past week.

7th grade hw
Mon-finish class work
Tues-r 7-4 #1-6, study for quiz
Weds-7-4, quiz
Thurs-7-5 even
Fri-pi day celebration

8th grade hw
Mon-finish class work
Tues-finish investigation on measuring angles, r 801 #7-14
Weds: Inv. #15, r 8-1, study for quiz
Thurs-quiz, r 8-2
Fri-pi day

Posted by Ms. Becht at 12:16 PM | Permalink