Chequing Activity links, last previews before the test, and some Reading Buddy information

For this Math activity, I will add some more details, but I will add a couple of links you will be able to use to help you look for items to buy:

http://beta.realtor.ca/index.aspx

http://www.ebay.ca/

http://www.amazon.ca/

This exercise is designed to be a review for the upcoming test.  The students are given the task of finding at least 2 "big ticket" items they may want to buy and then filling out a cheque>

The students are responsible for:

1. Writing out who the cheque is for
2. The date
3. The cost of the item in Standard Form
4. The cost of the item in Expanded Form
5. The cost of the item in words
6. The cost of the item in Exponential Forms (for the Grade 8s only)
7. Providing a signature
8. Writing in the MEMO section to indicate what the item it that they are purchasing

Here are three current examples for the students to see.  I will walk through the examples and instructions tomorrow morning.

There were a few students who I prepared a Study Sheet for.  Here is a copy for everyone to see.  It is based on something I have already posted to the blog and an additional reference to writing a number in words.

Out of a class of 15 students, 10 handed Study Sheets in.  That is an improvement, but we still have a few students who are accepting zero out of 5 for not doing one.  Since the test is out of 25, the test is worth 5/25 marks or 20% of the test total.

As far as homework completion goes, here is an image of our current homework tracking chart:

Happy faces indicate completed items and Xs indicate an incompleted item.

I have had this homework resource page up for a number of years.  It is for Math homework, perhaps it might be helpful:

Even though it is a late start, I have started my Spelling program.  A pre-test for Unit was given today (not for marks) and the assigned questions were given out.  The work for the unit and the final dictation will be on Friday, November 29.

Here are the two photos from last Friday's Reading Buddies session.

Helping with drawing in the Reading Buddies journal

  Homework:

Math test tomorrow (A Place Value chart may be used + a Study Sheet, if created by the student)
Spelling work + final dictation on November 29