Mr. Rott's room December 16 - 20!

Happy Friday… or Saturday, Sunday or even Monday.. Whenever you read this!  Well this will be a very exciting week.. yep no doubt about that!  Friday after school starts our Christmas break a whole 2 WEEKS! WOW… and then the school year will be almost half way done… cant even imagine how that could be true???!?!?!

So this week:

Math A:  We will have a test on equivalent fractions on Tuesday… you guys are rocking this!  Then we will start on oh my.. Simplifying fractions just to give you something to think about over Christmas break ha! NOT!

Math B1:  We will be having a test on Tuesday over compare and ordering fractions.. study study study!!!  Then we will be moving into converting Improper to Mixed numbers and then back again.. it will be a trip that you will surely enjoy!

Math B2:  We will NOT have a test on Tuesday!  Lucky Duckies (Go Ducks!) but we will be expanding our integer knowledge with adding, subtracting and maybe even some multiplying and dividing.. You just never know!

Now what about those Gonzaga Bulldogs?  WOW!  Beat West Virginia… and they looked great!  Next up…

Sat., Dec. 14	vs. South Alabama (Seattle, WA)
Sun., Dec. 21	vs. Kansas State
Sat., Dec. 28	vs. Santa Clara
Mon., Dec. 30	vs. San Francisco		.
Thu., Jan. 2	vs. Sy. Mary's
Sat., Jan. 4	vs. Pacific
Thu., Jan. 9	at Portland I WILL BE THERE!!!
Thu., Jan. 16	at Pepperdine
Sat., Jan. 18	at Loyola Marymount
Thu., Jan. 23	vs. San Diego
Sat., Jan. 25	vs. BYU
Thu., Jan. 29	at Santa Clara
Sat., Feb. 1	at San Francisco
Wed., Feb. 5	vs. Portland
Sat., Feb. 8	at Memphis
Thu., Feb. 13	vs. Pepperdine
Sat., Feb. 15	vs. Loyola Marymount
Thu., Feb. 20	at BYU
Sat., Feb. 22	at San Diego
Thu., Feb. 27	at Pacific
Sat., Mar. 1	at St. Mary's

GO ZAGS!

Don’t forget what amazing people you are and that are so many great things that you will accomplish with your life!

Mr. Rott

Happy Friday!  Well.. our room is all decorated thanks to my super classroom helpers! Those guys really rock!!!  They have lights stretched around the whole room.. wow!  We even have a Santapiggy!

This week:
Math A:   We will also continue to work on equivalent fractions and  Moby Math. 

Math B1:  We will work on order and compare fractions.

Math B2:  We begin Integers.. oh fun!

PLEASE remember you are amazing people with of course great things to do yet in life!

Have a great weekend.. almost time for our Christmas break!!! OH WOW!!!!
Mr. Rott

Mr. Rott's room December 2 - 6

Happy December... well my chickens are not in the snow and are not thinking snow but everyone else is!!! Hopefully we will get some snow and maybe even have a snow day!

This week:
Math A:  We will be taking a Test on Friday over Greatest Common Factors and Least Common Multiple - please study.  We will also continue to work on Moby Math. Next up is equivalent fractions!

Math B1:  We will have our test over converting Mixed numbers to improper fractions and then improper fractions to mixed numbers on Thursday.. yep better study!  And also we will be starting order and compare fractions.

Math B2:  We take our test over Operations with Mixed numbers this Thursday.. oh yeah better study!  And we are also going to be working on adding and subtracting decimals.

The week will go fast and then we have just two weeks till Christmas break... Please work hard to stay focused and get your work done!

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd remember you are amazing people with of course great things to do yet in life!
Mr. Rott

A happy Thanksgiving math day!

Today is the day before Thanksgiving... and all through the house, I mean school.. HA! that's the Christmas story... anyhow.. Mr. T suggested this morning at 5 AM!! that I let you have some Thanksgiving math .. so here it is.. 

Go to the Math Lady's site and see what you can do with her Thanksgiving math activities!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Remember you are amazing people with great things ahead of you!
Mr. Rott
Gobble Gobble

Class notes are up

Cooper and Lady want you to remember to read over your notes EVERY single day!  That means you Ms. K and the rest of you!  

They also want to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!  And to those of you who read our blog and do not celebrate Thanksgiving they wish you a very happy rest of the week!
Sincerely, 
Cooper and Lady
WOOF!!

P.S. They are both very very sad that the Gonzaga Bulldogs lost last night :(

Just a few days away from THANKSGIVING! 11/25/13

My buddy Mr. T is glad that he is to old to be ready for the Thanksgiving table!

Well the Oregon Ducks Football team sure look ill on Saturday!  Yikes.. guess all that putting down on the Rose Bowl was bad JuJu!  Sad way to end the season.. hopefully the will beat the Beavers!

But at least the ZAGS are in Maui for the Maui Invitational!  Starts tonight vs. Dayton.. ha not the Dayton that is just down the road from Newberg!   Should be a great game!

This week 
MATH A we continue our work on Greatest Common Factor.. its all about the cake!
Math B1 Adding Subtracting Fractions... 
Math B2 Operations with mixed numbers.. talk about being mixed up!

It will be a short week.. and of course you will remember that you have Thursday and Friday off... we have SO MANY things to be thankful for.. do not forget to think about what you have to be thankful for!  Enjoy your week.. work hard and play hard.. and of course you are amazing people with great things yet to be done, just by yoU!

Mr. Rott

Mr. Rott's Room November 4-8

Thanksgiving Pig.. courtesy of Mr. Rose and Mr. Irving

Good morning,
Here is what we have planned this week:
Math A:  You will be working on adding and subtracting decimals
Math B1: We start work on simplifying fractions... tons of FUN!
Math B2: You will be working on adding and subtracting fractions... 

Remember to go over your notes every day.. look for notes on our blog.. also to read your lesson packet! Help yourself to be able to do the very best that you possibly can!

This will be a fast week.. actually it seems that every week is fast!  Remember no school next Monday due to Verterns day... 

Have a great week and rememebr each of you are incredible people with great things yet to do with your life!
Mr. Rott

Nothing like a great college football game to make you enjoy Fall even more!  Ducks Football what a great way to enjoy a Saturday afternoon!

This week:

Math A:  Working on estimating decimals

Math B1: They will also be working on estimating decimals 

Math B2: Will be working on improper fractions and mixed numbers

Parent conferences went well.. and it was nice to meet your folks and get to let them know what great students you are!!

Work hard, then play.. keep that in mind when it comes to school work and actually life.  If you work hard now then later in life you will be able to enjoy life!

GONZAGA BASKETBALL!  November 9th is our first game!! Ah nothing beats Zag Baskebtall! 

You are great people and have so many cool things yet to do with your life! 

Mr. Rott

Updates on things

Getting closer to Gonzaga Men's Basketball!

Happy Thursday… well actually it’s our Friday… we have tomorrow off… ahhhhhhhhhhhh everyone was excited – teachers included!

We will be taking our Compare and ordering decimal test for 4^th period on Monday and 6^th period on Tuesday.  Please study… I mean really study!

So you will know: If your student or a student does score at last 70% or higher on a summative assessment, they must retake their test within two weeks.  Each student will have a retake packet that I send home that I would like you to sign which will include the name of the test and your student's percentage score. Please let me know if you have any questions about the retake plan.

Also, I have finally figured out how to add pdfs to my blog.. it was pretty simple actually… anyhow you will find a new tab with a link that will take you to a pdf of the homework.  The instructions for the homework will be up in the right hand corner and again if you have any questions please let me know.

Also part two:  I have the lessons that we are working on located under another tab.  In case you can’t find your lesson at home and you have access to the blog you can always find the lesson right there!

Also part three:  I have posted grades, I only have a few papers yet to correct and post…

Have a great day off.. and enjoy the sun ( hopefully it will be out)!

Mr. Rott

This week we will be working on compare/ordering decimals... Also, those who need to retake the place value test you NEED to do this by Thursday .. I will give you time to take the test in class.  Also, those who did not pass the rounding decimals assessment will have another week to retake that test... Remember, this is like a job, every day you need to invest time and energy in your studies.  A little bit every day after school will help you be successful in class and life!

Ducks are playing awesome football... still have that amazing fast offence and look like they will continue to do well this season!! GOOOO DUCKS!  

10 4 13 TEST PREP INFO

Tomorrow we will be  having our rounding decimals test.  PLEASE take the time to study!!

How to get onto the Math Web Page

In order to go to the website to find either homework or to print the packet we are working on.. you will need to go to the web site and look it up.

Here is the info you'll need to get into the web site:

web address is
Math Web Page


Then fill in the user name spot and the password spot.
user name newberg

password tigers2005

Currently we are working on Decimals which is the first book that you will see

1) Click on Decimals & Fractions

2) Go to the current lesson we are on... we have just finished student lesson under 1.1 and now are working on student lesson 1.2

3) Click on the lesson that you need and there it is

Hope this helps

Mr. Rott

September 25 Mr. Rott's room

Hey!... if you go to the note section, I have homework helps!!!  Also, remember that if you have a test retake form....you need to get that signed by a parent and brought back on Thursday (9/26) in order to not receive a mdf.

Have a great rest of your week... we are almost into October.. do something great for someone!

Mr. Rott

9 23 - 9 27 Mr. Rott's Room

Another week has zoooooomed by!  This week we will be focusing on rounding whole numbers and decimals. 

 Which means you really need to keep up on studying your place value.  It would be great to just make a number and then see if you can list each number’s place value.

We had our first test, some of you did great some of you really need to study more.  We will be having a test on Monday which will cover rounding whole numbers and decimals… take the time to study your notes and handouts!

Fall is here.. the leaves are changing and there is a crispness in the air every morning…. Take time to enjoy the beauty around you.. there is much to enjoy!

Remember each of you can do and I am sure will do great things in your life time!

Mr. Rott

TEST MONDAY

Yes its the weekend!  Have a great weekend.. looks like rain... but I am sure you will find fun things to do!  DO NOT FORGET we have a test on Monday.  The notes are posted and you have your notes... please take the time to study so that you can do your best!

Homework tonight! 9 18 13

These guys are all excited that tonight we have homework!  OH WOW!!! you are to do page 6 all the EVEN numbers! 

If you forgot your Place Value With Decimals packet here is the web address that you can go to:  http://www.corefocusonmath.com/

Stage 1 - Core Focus on Decimals & Fractions lesson 1.1

Username: newberg
Password: tigers2005

Also, we will have our first unit test on Monday the 23rd over place value, forms of numbers, and odd/even numbers.

Help yourself - go over your math notes every single day!

Remember you are amazing and incredible people with great things to do in life!

Mr. Rott

Week of 9/16-20 in Mr. Rott's Room

You nose (hahahahha) it's time to think about how you want your school year to go.  We have had 2 quizzes and we will have more this week... so take the time to study and be responsible!  If you work& study every day you will find that things will be much easier for you than just cramming - which is not really studying!

This week we will be finishing place value, numbers sense and having a test either on Friday or Monday.


Keep good notes, like we have talked about in class and this will help you prepare for a quiz or test!

Have a wonderful week and I am excited about the things we will learn this week!

You are AMAZING and TERRIFIC people!

Mr. Rott

Class Notes are up for today

Just a reminder that today's class notes are up for your help!  Guess what we have a quizarama tomorrow so study up.  Hate to say it but MANY to many of you did not study - pretty risky!  Remember being responsible will make life much happier for you!

Be cool don't drool, remember MATH rules!
Mr. Rott

Secret for you

Good afternoon, 

Ah such good memories of last years ZAG season.  This year will be just as exciting for Gonzaga Basketball! 

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the  real reason I was posting this blog was to let you know that notes from today are up and that we will have a!!!!  
FLASH NEWS!! QUICK QUIZ tomorrow.. yes in deed!  I usually don't let you know  but I am this time.. better study those notes... it won't be a big/long/hard quiz but I  would suggest you study!

Things are moving along, the school year has started and remember you can make this year  the best!  You can choose quality work and effort!  I know you can but you have to make that choice!

Have a great rest  of the week and remember that you are amazing people with great things yet to do in your life!

Mr. Rott

Also, today is a special day, for many reasons... we should never forget those who were lost on 9/11 and  those who worked so hard to rescue and save people.  It was truly an amazing what so many did, giving of their selves to help people they did not even know or had ever seen before.  It really shows how incredible we are as a Nation!

This week in Mr. Rott's Class Sept 9 - 13

This week we will be finishing up our assessments and then start work on numbers and order of operations.  You will have at least one night of homework so please start the year off right and keep up!  Also, do not forget to read over your notes every day and if you happen to forget your spiral, I have our class notes posted under the note section!

Have a great week and think of the great things you will learn and do this week!

Mr. Rott

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Zag basketball is not to far away!

Welcome Back To School!

Good morning,

Well somehow summer flew by and now it’s time to get back to work…. Just think you are now a 6^th grader or a 7^th grader or even the way cool 8^th grader!

This year will be amazing, fun filled and of course great learning will take place!

I hope you had a wonderful summer… I spent time at the St. Paul Rodeo, worked on the farm and went to the beach!  What did you do?

REMEMBER – be responsible, study, do your homework and study every night!

I look forward to all the wonderful things we will do together this year!

You are amazing, incredible people – reach for the stars!

Mr. Rott

Finding the area of an Apartment

Since it's the end of the year figured students should start thinking about moving out on their own! HA!! NO WAY.. they are way to young!  But we did spend the period working on arranging furniture into an apartment and what the square footage would be with 4 rooms.  Here are a few pictures of 2nd and 4th period.  There are more in the picture tab!

My  Fab 2nd Period Math Class!

The MEN of 4th Period.. finding some Area!

Almost summer time!

Yes we are bouncing into math.. but actually we are almost bouncing out of math for a summer break!  Thanks to our great classroom helpers this year.  They have kept the pig in great shape this year... and here is their latest!

So guess what?? We have tests on Wednesday... and we will probably only have one mroe test this year.. wow!! how fun will that be so MA remember multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers.  MB remember know your slope formula and also calculating slope from graphs!  If you study a LOT then just think you won't have to take a second test and I won't have to make it! Lets help each other out!

Make good choices!

Mr. Rott

4 23 13

Class notes are up for this week... lots going on in class!  TEST ALERT  THIS COMING MONDAY!!   MA Add Subtract Mixed numbers and MB Calculating SLope from Graphs!  It seems many of you choose NOT to study for the tests based on what you say and on your grades!  Remember you have a short amount of time to retake the tests or your original grade will count.  That means that 80% of your grade is based on those test scores!!! EASY FIX - STUDY!

Ahhhhh baseball season has started... of course gotta follow my fav teams... The Atlanta Braves and The Boston Red Soxs!!






Besides the start of the baseball season... we have tests on MONDAY.. Math A Estimating fractions and mixed numbers.  And Math B you will be tested on recursive equations.. 
Please make sure you read over your packets... trust me it  will help!
Have a great weekend and remember what amazing people you are and that there are great things awaiting you in life!
your favorite teacher 
Mr. Rott!