Gray Team| Math

Week of May 11- May 15, 2020
Plan to Zoom chat every Monday from 1:30-2:30.

Congratulations! We are starting our last week of online learning for the 2019-2020 school year! We only have 1 more Math Zoom meeting on Monday and 1 more Scheduled Knowledge Check on Thursday! II am proud of you for persevering and working hard during this last 9 Weeks grading period! As we enter the home stretch, remember:  work hard, play hard! As they say at Mississippi State: aim high, finish strong! 

You are being graded for Math during this time of online learning based on the items listed below. All of these grades appear in Jupiter Ed and in your 4th 9 Weeks Report Card. Remember to look at the Math Home Page for a list of Resources you have to help you with UCA online learning. Message me in ALEKS with any questions and I will answer- usually in the same day.  [Final Scheduled Knowledge Check is Thursday, May 14th. See below for the time.]

10 topics per week– you must learn 10 topics each week to get a 100. If you only learn 4 topics, your grade is a 40. (I might give some credit for topics attempted– especially if you message me for help and keep trying.)

Weekly Zoom Math meetings– you must arrive at our meeting at the beginning of the meeting time and stay for the entire 40 minutes. You must also participate in the class discussion and teacher-directed activities for a grade of 100.

Comments on Math blog page– you get a weekly grade for reading the Math Home Page and your team’s Math blog page. Your grade is based on you posting at least 1 comment on your Team’s Math blog page that shows you read the current assignment/information.Scheduled Knowledge Check– you must complete the Scheduled Knowledge Check during the time it is scheduled. For this, you get a grade of 100. (You will get a separate grade based on the percent you tested at.)

Monday: 30 minutes ALEKS, 2 topics

Tuesday: 30 minutes ALEKS, 2 topics

Wednesday: 30 minutes ALEKS, 2 topics

Thursday: Scheduled Knowledge Check 11:00-12:00 pm

Friday: UCA Graduation Day

36 thoughts on “Gray Team| Math”

  3. Mcgraw Hill had a lot of visual tools that I found helpful, it had videos and pictures that gave information about some of the topics that I have.

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    1. Great, Anonymous! I’m glad you remembered the tests and made good use of them! (Next time, type your name in the “Name” section. You don’t need to fill in email or website.)

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    1. Arissa, this Knowledge Check is a regular one based on your personal progress. It’s your chance to show what you know!

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  8. McGraw Hill has helped me get a deeper understanding on a lot of my work, They do a very good job at explaining certain things

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  10. Congratulations! You’ve completed your 1st ALEKS Scheduled Knowledge Check during our online schooling. Woohoo!

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  13. Good question, Arissa. There is only 1 more Scheduled Knowledge Check at the end of the school year. Any knowledge checks you have before then will be one based on your current work in AKEKS and allow you to move ahead in percentage points.

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  16. “twitchamari”, that comment is not relevant so it does not give you credit for posting a comment. Try again.

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  17. Mrs. Rust, I have a question, based on the 65 percentage I have in Aleks how many topics would I have to complete to be at 90% by next Friday.

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  18. Arissa, I will look at ALEKS and leave you a private message there. I appreciate your hard work, dedication, and perseverance. I will miss you next year but your new school will be lucky to have you as a student.

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  20. Mrs. Rust, I know that we have gone over how to get the slope during our zoom calls, but I do not fully understand rise over run and the formula for it. could you explain it to me?

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  21. Arissa, “rise” means the up part and “run” means the across part. So rise over run means:
    the rise (top number in the fraction) is how far up (positive slope) or down (negative slope) the line goes between each point;
    the run (bottom number in the fraction) is how far over (to the right) the line goes between each point.
    When the equation is in the slope-intercept formula, (y=mx+b) the slope (rise over run) number is in front of the x.
    So, y=1/2x +6 means the slope is positive 1/2 and the y-intercept is at 6.So, one point is at (0,6). To find the next point, you start at (0,6) and go up 1 and over to the right 2 and plot the point at that spot which is (1,8). The next point will be up 1 and over 2 again which puts you at (3,10), the next point will be at (4,12).
    I hope this helps.

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  25. Mrs. Rust, I have learned a lot about graphing these past few weeks on Aleks. The information you told us about how to get the slope was very helpful when I did my topics.

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  26. Arissa, You have learned so much over the years with ALEKS. I am proud of you and glad to have been a part of your journey.

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