Sunday, April 25, 2010

Blog for 4 26 - 30

Greetings Super Heroes!

Good morning... or afternoon.. Or even perhaps evening...! I guess it depends on when you read this! April is almost over with... that leaves us with ONE FULL MONTH of school left! WOW... holy cow Batman! Just think you’re almost a 7th grader, 8th grader or even!! TA DA... a High School Student!

2nd and 5th Period: This week we will continue our look at data... and getting you ready for a Data Project.. Where you will make your own Frequency Table and collect data, graph it and then.. Share it with the class! How much fun will that be? TONS!! Im telling you TONS!


Um.. Many of you will be getting MDFS for NOT doing your blog question... REMEMBER THE BLOG QUESTION IS DUE FRIDAY BY MIDNIGHT!!!


BLOG QUESTION 2nd and 5th Period:
This week you will ask 20 people = 5 adults and 15 students this question: Do you think that you live a healthy or unhealthy life? Take your results of your data collection... and indicate which responses were from adults and which were from students. Adults yes ______ Adults no_____ Students yes ______ Students no_____. Some may try to answer “I try to live a healthy life, so you will have to decide if you need another question... like “Do you try to live a healthy life? That will be up to you!


4th Period: We move into the world of shapes and lines.. And angles .. And of course I have to ask... so what’s your angle? Hahahahah get it... what’s your angle.. Oh I do crack myself up!
BLOG QUESTION FOR 4th Period:
After going over this website http://www.mathsisfun.com/angles.html http://www.mathsisfun.com/perpendicular-parallel.html walk around your house and look to see how many of each angle or types of lines you have at home...


COOL SITE OF THE WEEK!
During my study skills class often students will ask to go to Math Is Fun so I figured... I will put it up as the Cool Site of the Week and you can judge for yourself just how cool it is. CHECK IT OUT! http://www.mathsisfun.com/


                          GONZAGA UNIVERSITY MENS BASKETBALL!
                                        Zags!! .. Can’t wait till the fall!

As Spidey says each week... Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man. You too have great power.. Be responsible. REMEMBER You can do great things!


AND as always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
 
Be SUPER This Week!



Mr. Rott

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Blog for the week of April 19 - 23

Greetings Super Heroes!



We are moving along.... hard to believe that we have covered so much WOW this year has zoomed by... do you think that us focusing on being Super Heroes has helped? Hmmmm I wonder???


2nd and 5th Period: This week we look at data... DA... TA? Huh? You’ll see Super Heroes! You will leap tall buildings after this! REMEMBER THE BLOG QUESTION IS DUE FRIDAY BY MIDNIGHT!!! MANY OF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT>>> !


BLOG QUESTION 2nd and 5th Period:
This week you will ask 10 people this question: Do you write with your left or right hand? Then you will write down your answer... Left number of people _________ Right number of people_______.  YOU NEED TO ASK PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN YOUR CLASS!!!!!


4th Period: We are going to be wrapping up our Algebra work this week... so a little more of this fun stuff!


BLOG QUESTION FOR 4th Period:
Ok.. So I read on the web that when you run 1 mile you feet can pound the road up to 800 times! That’s a lot of pounding.. No wonder Mr. Rott’s little feet ache!!! So my Super Heroes... figure out how many times my feet hit the pavement.. Accepting that in 1 mile I pound the ground 800 times. October: 8 miles ________ November: 67 miles_________ December: 53.2 miles______January 73.4 miles________ February 62.8 miles______ March 60.41 miles________ and so far for April 57.9 miles _______


COOL SITE OF THE WEEK!
Astronomy for children, students, and kids of all ages. KidsAstronomy.com, part of the KidsKnowIt Network, is the absolutely free astronomy resource designed to teach children about the exciting world of outer space. CHECK IT OUT!


http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

                                 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY MENS BASKETBALL!
                                        GO Zags!! .. Can’t wait till the fall!

As Spidey says each week... Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man. You too have great power.. Be responsible. REMEMBER You can do great things!


AND as always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!


Be SUPER This Week!

Mr. Rott

Friday, April 16, 2010

2nd & 5th Period Park % website

Here the website for the activitiy we did on Friday in class.... Spot on Mate!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/percentages/play.shtml

Enjoy!!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Blog for Week of April 12 - 16

Greetings Super Heroes! 

A new week... a lot to do... and to learn!   Hopefully this will be a great week for you and that you will do your very best!  The year is getting closer to being done..... keep pushing yourself... make yourself want more!!

2nd and 5th Period: This week we will be learning more about percents... how much is a tip after a nice meal?  How do yo know if that deal at the store is REALLY a good deal or not?  This week you will find out!

BLOG QUESTION 2nd and 5th Period:
So you go to Fred Meyers... with your BFFs of course and yes its true.. even some guy friends... not sure if guys have BFFs?   The girls are all about the clothes and the guys.. Well anything but clothes!  The girls find these far out cool tops... and they are regularly $16.00 but today they are 25% off... #1) what is 25% off of $16.00 __________ #2) and if you subtract 25% from $16.00 = _______ #3) how much would the top be_________?  The guys on the other hand find these way cool air guns!  And the guns are $18.00 but lucky for them they are 30% off! WOW what a deal.. You just have to buy one!  But you need to figure out (#4) what is 30% of $18.00 ________ #5)  and if you subtract 30% from $18.00 = _______ #6) how much would the air gun be_________? 

4th Period: So is it true?  Does she really really like him?  How does this connect with variables, coefficients... and numbers?  Stay tuned... Same Bat channel Same Bat time!       

BLOG QUESTION FOR 4th Period:
As we know.. My favorite Super Heroes... Mr. Rott will be running the Eugene Half Marathon.  Here is a link to the race and if you want to see the course just click on the map. 
http://www.eugenemarathon.com/half-marathon/ If on Tuesday Mr. Rott ran 3.5 miles and then on Thursday 5 miles and Saturday 8 miles and then Sunday 10.5 miles.. .and Tuesday 5 miles, what was the mean number of miles run per day______? On Tuesday Mr. Rott’s little feet ran 8,562 steps, on Thursday my little feet ran 10,432 steps, and Saturday ran 12,456 steps and then Sunday my little feet ... which REALLY hurt by now! Ran 5,786 steps.   #1) What is the median amount of steps________  #2) is there a mode of steps______? #3) And what was the range of steps______?

COOL SITE OF THE WEEK!
On May 2 Mr. Rott.... will be running the Eugene Half Marathon.... here is a link that talks all about it!  Special credit if you can tell me how many water stops there are and potties there are!
http://www.eugenemarathon.com/half-marathon/

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY MENS BASKETBALL!
GO Zags!! .. It looks like Coach Few will be staying with the Zags instead of going to the Ducks... Can’t wait till the fall!

As Spidey says each week...  Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man.   You too have great power.. Be responsible.  REMEMBER You can do great things!

AND as always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Be SUPER This Week!

Mr. Rott

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Greetings Super Heroes!

A new week... just think of all the things you can learn this week Super Heroes!!! A short week with parent conferences on Friday. I hope that you will make sure to tell your folks that I look forward to meeting them so that I can tell them how SUPER you are!!

2nd and 5th Period: We will continue our work on fractions to decimals and decimals to percents! It’s all magic!

BLOG QUESTION 2nd and 5th Period:
NO BLOG QUESTION THIS WEEK

4th Period: We are moving into the area of pre-algebra! This week we will be working on variables and equations... a big change from simplifying fractions!! :)

BLOG QUESTION FOR 4th Period:
NO BLOG QUESTION THIS WEEK!

COOL SITE OF THE WEEK!
SEE LAST WEEK!!

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY MENS BASKETBALL!
Well .. It was a good season... but I am sure next will be even better... sad to say but Puke.. I mean Duke won the Championship:(

As Spidey says each week... Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man. You too have great power.. Be responsible. REMEMBER You can do great things!

AND as always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Be SUPER This Week!

Mr. Rott