Be sure to check out progress reports that went home with students today, Thurs 5/2!
Click HERE for Test Taking Tips/Strategies we reviewed in class today (also page 116 in INB). Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable Spring Break! This week we begin our Smarter Balanced CAT testing for MATH! Mr. Persinger's homeroom begins on Wed. 5/1, followed by my homeroom on Thurs. 5/2 and finally Mrs. Davis's homeroom on Fri. 5/3. All classes will be testing from 10:30 - 12:30. Please ensure you are getting lots of rest this week and eat a healthy breakfast! I am so proud of all my students this year for how much they have grown and this is an opportunity to show that! For some students however, the mere word, "test" brings up anxious thoughts. Check out THIS website for some helpful test-taking tips. Step #1 talks about being prepared. What we have been doing all year is part of the prep for the test and the other part is ensuring students are familiar with the testing format (types of questions - multiple choice, short answer, click and drag, matching, etc.) along with the tools (Desmos calculator, strikethrough option, mark for review etc.). Part of this practice is done in the classroom and part can be done at home. The Performance Task portion part of the test will be completed on 5/10, 5/13 and 5/14. Click HERE for practice questions and if you scroll to the bottom of the page, there is an answer key for the practice test as well as the Desmos calculator. Since we are testing this week, there will be no other assessments in math class. We will continue with our discussion of Sampling Variability (Lessons 17 and 18) and why we want sampling variability to be small. We saw an example of this when we selected random digits from a table and used these to find a random sampling of gym duration times from a table of 800 samples. The more samples each student took before finding their average, the less the spread (range) of the class averages. The data got closer and closer together. Time and money are often two constraints that limit how many random samples we can take, however we have found that the more we take, the more accurate the sample mean is in regards to the population mean. Here are some review videos that you may find helpful: Review video on descriptive statistical terms Example of finding the median in a histogram Review of impact of sample size on sampling variability Don't forget, Interim Progress reports go home with students this Thursday. Please ensure envelopes are signed and returned to school as soon as possible. Have a great week! |