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August 26, 2024
"If you are in a don't laugh situation, don't look at me."
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IXL questions answered this year so far: 3,947
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Upcoming ILS Events
August 30th-No School (Teacher PD)
September 2nd-No School (Labor Day)
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September 12- Back to School Night Grades K - 8
September 13- Early Dismissal PS-8th/Mid-Quarter
September 15- Outdoor Service-150th Anniversary Picnic (10am)
September 30-Oct 4 - NWEA Testing (K-8)
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Useful Links
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Google Classroom
https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h​
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Online Math Book
https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/school/b3b2
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Church and School Website
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Sign up for the Eagle Weekly here.
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Join the class Facebook page for Exclusive Content: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilsmath
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My You-tube Page: https://www.youtube.com/user/warriorwuebbels/featured
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Hello 6th - 8th grade families!​​
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We made it through a full week and are settling into a good routine. Everyone is doing a great job of getting organized with their homework and learning how to take really good notes. This year our homework will primarily come from worksheets, workbook for 6th grade, IXL, and DeltaMath. Each have their own advantages and I will balance these tools in equal amounts.
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A reminder for this year, I am more than happy to let kids correct their online homework grades, or if they complete them after the due date, but they MUST MUST MUST email me with the assignment name and that they are complete. Otherwise I won't know to update the grade in the grade book. Any assignment makeup's or redo's must be done BEFORE the next test. I will only accept late assignments after the test on the very rare occurrence that we made an agreed upon arrangement.
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The Roboteer Cadets, 7th & 8th grade First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics team hosted by the Lutheran High Roboteers, is having an open information meeting! It’s on Tuesday, September 3rd at 6:30 pm in the STEM Lab, room 400. Email CadetInfo@stem2u.org for more information.
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Other Reminders:
Just remember Google Classroom is where everything is at. Your child's passwords are all in their planner so please feel free to copy those down and peek through their accounts often (especially email). Here is a video on how to navigate Google Classroom: https://youtu.be/qoOe3ir5iqQ​
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Regular chapel can be viewed live on our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-agaQWl4BGu9bEAh1TbgQ, or on our Facebook page.
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Each student's passwords are found in the student planner. Here you can find IXL, email, and math textbook codes.
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All class notes can be found on this website. I added links down below in the class notes.
This Week in 6th Grade
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Right now we are reviewing many of the concepts introduced in 4th and 5th grade. We are starting out with performing operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) on decimal numbers. The goal this year is to master these skills. There is a huge emphasis on multiplying and dividing this year. If students are struggling I have many many resources available to help, starting with daily class notes posted on this website. See the link below :)​
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What are we learning?: How do you compute multi-digit numbers with decimals? Why is place value so important?
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Monday: 3-4 Multiply Decimals by Decimals pg201
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Tuesday: 3-5: Divide Multi-Digit Numbers
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Wednesday: 3-7: Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers
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Thursday: 3-7: Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers day 2
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Friday: No School
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This Week in 7th Grade
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This week we will learn how to perform operations with negative numbers. This concept wil stick around and be used all school year. It is very common that students will need to practice with negatives for a year before they really start understanding how negatives work. I see it every year that it takes until 8th grade before they start to feel like they've mastered this concept. It's just one of those things that take a lot of practice but once they get it they get it, so don't get discouraged.
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What are we learning?: How to add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers. What are integers? Any whole number, their opposites (negatives), and zero.
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Monday: 2-1 Absolute Value and Integers
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Tuesday: 2-2 Adding Integers
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Wednesday: 2-3 Subtracting Integers
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Thursday: 2-4 Multiply Integers
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Friday: No School
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This Week in 8th Grade
This week we will be focusing on what functions are. A function is something (in our case a math equation) that takes an input and produces only one possible output for that given input. It's a short chapter and we will be looking at our first test of the year by the end of next week. As in the past we will review for at least three days.
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What are we learning?: What are Functions and why are they useful (and to whom)?
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Monday: 1.4: The Distributive Property
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Tuesday: 1-6: Relations
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Wednesday: 1-7: Functions
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Thursday: Plug in an Expression to Evaluate a Function
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Friday: No School
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8th graders trying to use the force to make me give them the answers.
Me, calling for my lost SmartBoard Pen.
Have a great week! ~ Rich Wuebbels
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So, you talked throughout the lesson and now your math doesn't math.
Other Reminders:
Just remember Google Classroom is where everything is at. Your child's passwords are all on the first page of their planner so please feel free to copy those down and peek through their accounts often. Here is a video on how to navigate Google Classroom: https://youtu.be/qoOe3ir5iqQ
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IXL grading is a little different from other assignments. A 90% "smart score" in IXL is equivalent to 100% in FastDirect. Anything over a 90% is worth up to one bonus point...they add up so I encourage students to try it (especially on the easier assignments).
Regular chapel can be viewed live on our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-agaQWl4BGu9bEAh1TbgQ, or on our Facebook page.
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Each student's passwords are found in the student planner. Here you can find IXL, rocket math, email, and math textbook codes.