Welcome to the Mr. Thornton's Mathematics Blog for the MYP at Imagine Wesley

!!!ATTENTION ALL PARENTS!!!

FREE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIAL

Available Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
From 3:45-4:30pm

All students are encouraged to attend that experience difficulty in Math!

As preparation is a key to success, I urge all students to come to class prepared everyday. Therefore, each day students are expected to attend class with the following:

• Pencils (sharpened)

• Math notebook which contains the three sections outlined in the course syllabus:

1. lecture notes section
   
2. classwork section
3. homework section

• Clean notebook paper (preferably in the lecture notes section)
• Assignments completed.
• Questions derived from the previous lecture or assignment.
• Good attitude
• Focus
• Discipline

Parents may check the notebook each day after school and see the homework, classwork, and notes that students have been assigned to work on and study.

This week, students in 5th and 6th Grade are working on multiplying and dividing fractions, while 7th Grade is working on exponents, radicals, and algebraic statements.

A second math exam will be administered before the Christmas Holiday which will cover what we have worked on since our short beginning. This exam will include problems that test students' ability to:

• compare fractions
  
• find equivalent fractions
  
• convert fractions into percents and decimals
• distinguish probability
  
• add and subtract fractions; mixed numbers and improper fractions with different denominators
• find the LCM (least common multiples)
• find the factors of a number
• find the GCF (greatest common factors)
• reduce fractions to their lowest terms
  
• find the prime factors
• differentiate prime numbers from composite numbers
• solve word problems
• define and utilize math vocabulary

I encourage all parents to become an active part of your child's scholastic life and check with students to find out what they have been working on. By making sure that they have notebooks, supplies and are making a strong effort to complete assignments punctually, you assist us all on the road to success. :)