Quadrilateral and Rhombus: The Most Challenging Math Words for My Students

Some words are really challenging for my Grade 7s. Although they are good with numbers, some of them have real headache with some words. Quadrilateral and rhombus are the most difficult ones for them. Here are some lovely photos from a unit test:

Exam Dates

Newsletter 1

Here is the first newsletter of Grade-7 "What Can You Do For Others?" project.
Click to view.

Awesome Pie Chart

What Can You Do For Others?

We have finished the first round of teaching in Thanlyn government school last Saturday. Today some of the grade 7 students presented what we have done there in the assembly.

I thank all my students for their effort in this project and wish them in the second round starting this weekend.

Homework Surprise

One of the homework books I checked last week had a surprise for me:

Grade 8 Geometry Project

Your first project of the term:

The poster that you will prepare must be at least A3 size. I can help printing colourful pictures. Due date for the project is DECEMBER 1, Monday, 2014. Group members will honestly and fairly evaluate each other’s performances. These votes will affect each student’s score. The project will be 10% of your Geometry score.

Grade 10 Exam 1

It is Exam time for the tenth graders.
Your first exam will be on Friday, November 28, 2014.
The list of the exam topics are shown below:

Geometry and Football

All the time students ask: Where will I use this math in my life? Here is the answer:

Unit Test Time and Comet Landing

Second Unit Tests for the grades 7 and 8 are ready. Grade 7 Unit 11 Test is on Thursday, Nov 13, 2014. Grade 8 Unit 13 Test will be on Tuesday Nov 18, 2014.

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Meanwhile enjoy Rosetta's landing on a comet. For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has landed on the face of a comet speeding through deep space.

The European Space Agency's Philae lander on the Rosetta spacecraft made its nail-biting, history-making touchdown on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today (Nov. 12) and quickly fired its harpoons into the icy target to anchor itself on the strange landscape. The landing ended what some scientists had dubbed "seven hours of terror" - the time it took for Philae to descend from Rosetta as the spacecraft and comet flew through space about 317 million miles (510 million kilometers) from Earth. (from space.com)

Homework Time!

And here are the homework assignments for the weekend!

Grade 8: Q 5&6 (page 272), Q9 (Page 274) and Q4 (Page 275). Due Tuesday.
Grade 9:

Grade 10: Worksheet Q6, 7 and 8 was due Friday. If you have not submitted, you can still give on Monday.

And the 3rd homework for Tuesday is in the following link:
Practical Problems in 3D

Unit Test Time!

Although it is the first week of the second term, somehow I have managed to assign unit tests to  all my classes. :)

Here are the dates:

	Assessment	Date	Topics
Grade 7	Chapter 9 Test	Nov 3, Monday	Length and Area [Ch 9]
Grade 8	Chapter 12 Test	Nov 4, Tuesday	Volume and Capacity [Ch 12]
Grade 9	Chapter 12 Test	Nov 6, Thursday	Coordinate Geometry [Ch 12]
Grade 10	Quiz 1	Nov 4, Tuesday	Geometry Part of Unit 9

Homework

Grade 10

• due Thursday, Oct 30
• link

Grade 7

• due Thursday, Oct 30
• Textbook page 182 - Q 6 and page page 196 - Q 2

Grade 8

• due Friday, Oct 31
• link 

Rubik's Cube Solved in 20 Moves (or less)

I know I have some students who are really interested in Rubik's cube. Some of them can even be called as experts. Unfortunately Rubik's cube is something difficult for me and I get bored so easily (or I lose hope to solve it).

Here is a lovely infographic for Rubik's cube lovers. Enjoy!

Click the image to enlarge

Did you know that the inventor of the Rubik's Cube was an architect?
Via: FIXR.COM

Grade 7 Homework: Length Units

Due Oct 29, Wednesday.
You can view and download the homework from the following link:
Length Units (Metric System Homework)