Thursday, May 28, 2009

Links for Thursday, May 28

For math...

http://www.mathopenref.com/parallelogramarea.html - parallelograms
http://www.mathopenref.com/trianglearea.html - triangles

For science...

http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/viewdetails_KS3.aspx?ID=527

Monday, May 25, 2009

Math Assessment

On June 8-9, we will be having a district-wide Math assessment, on topics learned throughout the year. This is the format:

Monday, June 8

Section A – these will be 38 selected responses with a bubble sheet, a formula sheet will be provided, and calculators are allowed. This will be 90 minutes.

Tuesday, June 9

Mental Math – 12 non-calculator questions(2 min)
Section B – there will be 6 selected response (multiple choice), 7 open (constructed) responses. These are non-calculator questions. (20 min)
Section C – 13 open response, formula sheet provided, and calculator allowed(60 min)

The students will need pencils, erasers, and their own calculator. Please check to see if your student has a calculator.

Thank you for your co-operation.