Class Topics: 12.19.11

In EDM, students completed the second part of their Unit Four Summative Assessment.  The skills assessed on the post-test included:

• creating equivalent fractions.
• calculating sums, differences and products for fractions and mixed numbers.
• converting fractions to decimals to percents.
• compute the specific percent of a given number.
• illustrate how multiplying two fractions produces a specific product.

In class, students...

• reviewed questions prior to the assessment.'
• completed the Unit Four Summative Assessment.

For homework, students should...

• enjoy a night off.

In Pre-Algebra, students began lesson 5.5: Coordinate Geometry.  This lesson introduced the students to finding the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.  

In class, students...

• completed the Warm Up that reviewed previously covered material from Lesson 5.4.
• viewed the video below to help introduce the concept of slope.
• worked to complete the Guided Notes for Lesson 5.5.

For homework, students should...

• complete Reteach and Practice 5.5.