January 8 2016!

Happy New Year Math Girls!

For the first part of tonight's class we are going to look at a Math Blog and practice how to check your answer for a specific math problem

Directions:
Log into blogger.com
     remember our username is alvernoreadingtheworld2
    and our password is girlsacademy2015

Step 1:
      Go to powerprep.com
Step 2:
      Read the TIP OF THE DAY
      Read ACT Strategies
Step 3:
      Go back to powerprep.com
      Go to BMOZ (their blogger)
      Go to Kids and Teens
      Go to Mathway
Step 4:
     Try out solving a problem
     Problem 21 in yellow packet
Step 5:
      Write comments in your blog on which strategies are most helpful
      Share how you solved the problem
      Did you get the correct answer?
         Difficult?
         Easy?
      

Another blog to answer!!!!1 for ACT incentive:

When I worked on ACT prep Test Three - I chose problems for you to review with me>

Problem 1: Oops - at first I got an answer of 0.31 - but there wasn't one in the selection from A-E. What did I do wrong?

Problem 2: Oops - at first I got 85 - what numbers did I add to find the perimeter?  What is difference between perimeter and area - we oftentimes forget the easy things when under test taking atmosphere.  Also what does "adjacent sides" mean?

Problem 10: What is the difference between Graph F and Graph J.

Put your answers on your blog as a new post!  Sherrie

Hello Math Girls

Although I think I put a special post in each of your blogs, I am sending this post here in my blog to make sure you all get the specifics about completing the ACT Practice Test Three:

Here's the checklist: for an ACT incentive! On your cover sheet: write

1. Start date for taking Test 3

2. Circle problem you got to in 60 minutes

3. Put date on when you finished.

Then

4. Blog:

a. one to two problems you found difficult

b. one to two problems you helped another student with

c. vocabulary in the test you struggled with

d. prediction on how you think you did 

e. two problems you described your thinking process in finding a solution.

Sherrie

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