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Click here to download the answer key for tonight’s math review. You don’t need to PRINT it unless you want to. Use it to check your work.
Do you still have questions about some of the problems? If so, check the Padlet I made for this assignment. Post your questions. Even if you don’t have any questions, hop over to the Padlet to see if you can answer a friend’s question.
Today, we finished reading Number the Stars in class. What a powerful end, huh?! We discussed a quote from Mr. Abrams at AHS: “Failure to act out or speak out against evil is, itself, evil.” We talked about how important it is to do something, even something small, to help people who are being treated unfairly. In this Padlet, share an idea about a situation in which someone your age might be able to do something to act out or speak out against an injustice (an unfair act). Here’s the Padlet:

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Posted in Homework Assignments, Learning Resources, Math, Unit 5|By Jon Moss

Apr 21

April 21, 2014

We’ve been working a lot on practicing for the upcoming SBAC tests! Our new computer lab is open for business, and it’s a wonderful environment for working on a variety of activities, despite the fact that most (but not all) of our work there has been SBAC-related. Because this is a pilot test year, please remember that neither families nor schools will receive score reports for individual students. Our goal this year has been to help students develop the skills to complete this computer-based testing, which kids have never had to do before. When we’re in the computer lab practicing, our focus has been on technical skills like logging in with Session IDs, marking questions for review, and how to select answers, less on the academic skills being assessed on the tests. (Of course, our IN-CLASS time is intensely focusing on these academic skills, since the skills being assessed on the rigorous SBAC tests are aligned with the Common Core, which guides our classroom work.) My message to the kids has been one encouraging them to relax, not stress, and just to do the best they can.

Looking to practice for the SBAC tests? Visit: http://sbac.portal.airast.org/

Need a video to walk you through the process? Click here! (I’m not sure if it will work on tablets. You might need a computer running Flash to watch this video.)

As always, please feel free to reach out to me if you have questions about the SBAC tests or our preparation!

Posted in Class Updates, Learning Resources|By Jon Moss