Thursday, September 22, 2011
Notes for 9/22 Factors or Factorias!
Here are our notes from class today... Factors and even a little GCF sprinkled in! Enjoy!
On going Vocab List....
This list will continue to grow... just like Clarence who is growing and growing and growing! These are words we use in math class and words that you should know!!! So don't be a slacker... study these words!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Class Notes 9/21 Homework Place & Value
Hey Jedi's and Jediets! Remember to use your place value charts!!! They can and will help you.... Feel the FORCE!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Blog for September 19 - 23rd
Welcome Space Travelers!
Last week was our start.. Getting into set for our mission... again.. You need to buckle up because we are heading into deep space!!! The best thing to do is keep up on your notes, do your homework every day, set a time every day after school to do your work so that you get into a habit of studying every day! If you work hard now, by the time you get to high school you’ll be like,,... ah this is so easy... that is because you have worked so hard during Jr. High School... you have prepared.. Its like before a rocket is launched... so much goes into the pre-flight that by the time the rocket takes off... its completely ready! That’s what I want for you!
THIS WEEK: We will be talking about crushes.. Yep.. Do you have a crush on her? Or do you have a crush on him? Also... if we have time we may be looking at how many pairs of shoes you have... or how you can make a TON of $$ on ebay!.... come prepared to learn...
SPACE FACT: OBSERVATORIES
Thousands of years ago, astronomers probably used the pyramids in Egypt and the towers and temples in Babylonia to help them study the sun, moon, and stars. There were no telescopes then. In time, astronomical instruments were developed, and as they became larger and more numerous, observatories were built to house them. Some observatories were built more than a thousand years ago. An observatory has to be built in the right place, a place with favorable weather conditions, moderate temperatures, many days of sunshine and nights without clouds, and as little haze, rain, and snow as possible. It must also be away from city lights and neon signs, which make the sky too light for good observation. There are buildings which include living quarters in addition to telescopes. The instruments are housed in structures of steel and concrete. The building for the telescope is constructed in two parts.
The lower part is stationary, and the upper part, or roof, is in the shape of a dome which can be rotated. The dome has a “slit” which opens to permit the telescope to look out toward the sky. By rotating the dome on a track, the slit can be opened to any part of the sky. Both the dome and the telescope are moved by electric motors. In a modern observatory the astronomer only has to punch a number of buttons to move the equipment. Of course, in order to see, the astronomer must always be near the eyepiece of the telescope or the camera attached to it. So, in some observatories the floor can be raised or lowered, or there is an adjust able platform. Astronomers don’t depend on their eyes alone to observe the skies. They have many complicated instruments and attachments to the telescope, such as cameras, spectroscopes, spectrographs, and, all of which provide them with important information.
BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: OBSERVATORIES
1) Go to Google and type in OBSERVATORIES in Oregon, click on the link and then list the observatory name that you find ________?
2) Since you are still on the observatory web page, what is the current temperature at this observatory? ____________________.
3) How big is the observatory’s telescope______?
4) Go to Discovery Extreme Observatoriesand find observatory #10 and list what the observatory beamed out into space ________________ and how far it did they beam it ______ light years away. Just think a light year is 6 billion miles... to 42 light years is a LONG LONG ways!
5) About how many years ago were observatories built_______?
GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA
Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
Mr. Rott
Last week was our start.. Getting into set for our mission... again.. You need to buckle up because we are heading into deep space!!! The best thing to do is keep up on your notes, do your homework every day, set a time every day after school to do your work so that you get into a habit of studying every day! If you work hard now, by the time you get to high school you’ll be like,,... ah this is so easy... that is because you have worked so hard during Jr. High School... you have prepared.. Its like before a rocket is launched... so much goes into the pre-flight that by the time the rocket takes off... its completely ready! That’s what I want for you!
THIS WEEK: We will be talking about crushes.. Yep.. Do you have a crush on her? Or do you have a crush on him? Also... if we have time we may be looking at how many pairs of shoes you have... or how you can make a TON of $$ on ebay!.... come prepared to learn...
Thousands of years ago, astronomers probably used the pyramids in Egypt and the towers and temples in Babylonia to help them study the sun, moon, and stars. There were no telescopes then. In time, astronomical instruments were developed, and as they became larger and more numerous, observatories were built to house them. Some observatories were built more than a thousand years ago. An observatory has to be built in the right place, a place with favorable weather conditions, moderate temperatures, many days of sunshine and nights without clouds, and as little haze, rain, and snow as possible. It must also be away from city lights and neon signs, which make the sky too light for good observation. There are buildings which include living quarters in addition to telescopes. The instruments are housed in structures of steel and concrete. The building for the telescope is constructed in two parts.
1) Go to Google and type in OBSERVATORIES in Oregon, click on the link and then list the observatory name that you find ________?
2) Since you are still on the observatory web page, what is the current temperature at this observatory? ____________________.
3) How big is the observatory’s telescope______?
4) Go to Discovery Extreme Observatoriesand find observatory #10 and list what the observatory beamed out into space ________________ and how far it did they beam it ______ light years away. Just think a light year is 6 billion miles... to 42 light years is a LONG LONG ways!
5) About how many years ago were observatories built_______?
Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
Mr. Rott
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Class Notes for 9/14 How to post to the BLOG
Below are the steps to help you post your blog question answers. Remember, to put your name date and period on all posts ( that means sending me your answers). Also, click on the word "COMMENTS" NOT the little envelope.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Class Notes 9/13/11 Number Forms - Expanded, Standard, Written
Today we worked on place values and also forms of numbers.... Remember your hw is due on Thursday all 24 problems. ALSO if you click on the notes, they will magically get bigger!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Class Notes 9/12/11 How to read math, place values
Here are our class notes, remember you have homework tonight..... If you click on the note page it will open up into a larger page,which might make it easier to read. ALSO homework date is 9/12 and is due on 9/13. Enjoy!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Blog for September 12 - 16
Welcome Space Travelers!
What a week... the first week of school, now come on you have to admit it was a lot of fun, right? Oh the highlight I am sure was reading the handbook in every single class... oh WOW! This week we get into real school, so fasten that seatbelt and pull down your helmet visor cause we are blasting off!
Today as I write this, it is 5:15 p.m., September 11th. Ten years ago at this time of the day there were no airplanes flying over the United States of America, people were in shock, trying to figure out what had just happened. Fear gripped the country and President Bush tried to calm a country that had just experienced a horrific event. Thinking back to 10 years ago, there still, to me seems to be no answer for something that was so destructive, lives have never been the same since that day and as I start this blog... I could not go into the plans for our week without mentioning something about 9/11. I hope for you and some day your childrens lives that no one will ever have to experience such an event as our country did on 9/11.
So... this week... we will get to know numbers.. Yep... what they are like, how they talk to us and where they live! It won’t be as bad as it sounds.. Actually you might even remember some of what we talk about and do... either way... as we begin our journey ... this is our first step!
SPACE FACT: CONSTELLATIONS
The constellations are totally imaginary things that poets, farmers and astronomers have made up over the past 6,000 years (and probably even more!). The real purpose for the constellations is to help us tell which stars are which, nothing more. On a really dark night, you can see about 1000 to 1500 stars. Trying to tell which is which is hard. The constellations help by breaking up the sky into more manageable bits. They are used as mnemonics, or memory aids. For example, if you spot three bright stars in a row in the winter evening, you might realize, "Oh! That's part of Orion!" Suddenly, the rest of the constellation falls into place and you can declare: "There's Betelgeuse in Orion's left shoulder and Rigel is his foot." And once you recognize Orion, you can remember that Orion's Hunting Dogs are always nearby.
Constellations can be a useful way to help identify positions of stars in the sky. Constellations have imaginary boundaries formed by "connecting the dots" and all the stars within those boundaries are labeled with the name of that constellation. However, keep in mind that constellations are not real objects; they are just patterns as seen from our observation point on Earth. The patterns we see are for the most part just by chance. The individual stars in a constellation may appear to be very close to each other, but in fact they can be separated by huge distances in space and have no real connection to each other at all.
BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: CONSTELLATIONS
1) In the word CONSTELLATION how many letters are vowels______? Then how many letters are there in the word Constellation________?
2) Write out the number of stars you can see on a dark night in both word form and also standard form________________________________.
3) Go to this site
Star Chart
and count how many stars are in each of the below constellations
- Orion ___________
- Usra Major_______
-Ursa Minor_______
-Leo_____
Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m. Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA
Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
SPACE FACT: CONSTELLATIONS
1) In the word CONSTELLATION how many letters are vowels______? Then how many letters are there in the word Constellation________?
2) Write out the number of stars you can see on a dark night in both word form and also standard form________________________________.
3) Go to this site
Star Chart
and count how many stars are in each of the below constellations
- Orion ___________
- Usra Major_______
-Ursa Minor_______
-Leo_____
GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m. Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA
Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!Mr. Rott
Monday, September 5, 2011
Blog September 6, 2011
Welcome to a fantastic new school year!
This will be an exciting year for you and one that will challenge you and also allow you to learn and explore the world we live in! Our theme for the year is space. We will use space to learn about math and the universe around us.
Each week you will have a new blog entry that will provide you with an introduction to the week’s lesson and what to expect. You can also count on, just about every week having a blog homework question that will be just like any other homework we have during the week. The blog homework will be due on Thursday by midnight.
This week we will be going over the rules of the class, the school handbook and also doing some assessments so I can see how great you are in math. Oh yes, we will have 1 night of homework!
Here are our classroom rules:Classroom behavior goal #1
Unless there is a snake crawling up your leg or
your desk is on fire you need permission to get
out of your seat!
Classroom behavior goal #2
Rasing your hand is most appreciated and will get you recognized much sooner!
To help protect the environment that we work in, it seems only right that you pick up any mess that you make...
Classroom behavior goal #4
At all times be RESPECTFUL to others, including YOURSELF
I look forward to this year and all the amazing things we will learn and do together!
Remember! As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
Mr. Rott
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