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Louis Mizell - 6th Grade Kitty Badger - 8th Grade Linda Salgado - Math Specialist Cassie Blanton - 7th Grade DeeAnn Berryhill - Special Education Troup Middle School Troup ISD is a AA District in Northeast Texas, near Tyler We have about 270 students in grades 6-8 We average 80% of 8th graders taking Algebra I 2010 Math TAKS Scores 6th Grade Math:86% 7th Grade Math:93% 8th Grade Math:99% American Estimator Grade Level Projects Statistical Analysis Testing Pythagorean Theorem Spider Math Two Weeks til TAKS TAKS Store Fear Factor Math Music to Learn To (spin off of monthly estimation contest)
American Estimator (spin off of monthly estimation contest) Team selection -three to five student by grade level Ten contest stations, five Thinking Spots, and Turn in station Rotate after 60 seconds Team Response Sheet Prizes for winning team in each grade American Estimator Team Response Sheet Grade Level Projects 6th Grade: Fall 7th Grade: Gingerbread Houses
8th Grade: Video Scavenger Hunt 2008 Gingerbread Houses On the first day of Christmas, my teacher gave to me, A project to fill me with glee. On the second day of Christmas, my teacher gave to me,
2008 Gingerbread Houses On the second day of Christmas, my teacher gave to me, two perfect squares 2 x 2 = 4 3 x 3 = 9 On the third day of Christmas, my teacher gave to me,
2008 Gingerbread Houses On the third day of Christmas, my teacher gave to me, three triangles Grade Level Projects Grade Level Projects Grade Level Projects Statistical Analysis Testing Testing Pythagorean Theorem 3 5 4 Cheez-Its = 1in2 Chex Cereal = 1cm2 Spider Math Activity --- hands-on, food, movement! Review Assignment
2 Weeks til TAKS Sample Class Music Warm-up/TAKS 2000 Activity --- hands-on, food, movement! Review Assignment 2 Weeks til TAKS Scale Factor Mini & Large Marshmallows
Area, Perimeter & Changing Dimensions Graham Crackers Fractions Hershey Fraction Book Modeling Relay Race +/- integers Red Hots and Gummies Pythagorean Theorem Cheez-Its/Chex Coordinate Graphing Vocabulary Simon Says Area with Holes Life Savers TAKS YMCA TAKS Store Day 1 2008 Release Questions
Students partner up, desks together, one marker and one question Call time and collect papers with correct answers Go over question; trash incorrect papers Repeat 20+ times Day 2 Partner up, pass out papers (AKA Money) Shop!! Store Ideas Math Money Drinks Snacks Pencils Erasers Restroom pass
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Order of Operations - OOPS I Did it Again Probability - Numbers in the Bag Solving Equations - All My Exs Live in Texas Inequalities - New York Minute If You Cant Do the Math, Get Out of the Equation