Babcock's Bulletin

Week of May 18th

 Friday is field day and the last day of school. 

 It has been a pleasure teaching all of my students this year.  Have a great summer and successful eighth grade year.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: Finish quiz on Probability.  Begin Final Test on Probability.

Tuesday: Finished test on probability.  No homework.

Wednesday: Period 3 did not meet.  Performing Arts.  Period 5 palyed math games on the computer and went to the Chorus Concert.

Math Periods 4 and 6 Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock

Monday: Final Test on Probability.  No homework.

Tuesday: Finished test on probability. No homework.

Wednesday: Reviewed math tests. 

Week of May 11th

We are in the second to the last week of our school year.  Please make sure all work is turned in on time.  Our math final test is on Monday, May 18th.  It will be on probabililty.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: Probability Independent and Dependent Devents.  Homework Puzzle sheet.

Tuesday: Probability Independent and Dependent Events.  Homework: Period 3 Finish 10-9 Period 5 Finish Practice B in packet.

Wednesday: Probability: Counting Principle.  Homework: Period 3 Finish Practice B in packet.  Period 5 No homework.

Thursday: Classwork on Probability.  No homework.  Quiz on probability tomorrow.

Friday: Classwork and Probability quiz.  No homework.  Final test on Monday.

Math Periods 4 and 6 Ms.Sinclair and Ms. Babcock

Monday: Probability: Counting Principle.  Homework 10-8.

Tuesday: Probability: Finish 10-9.

 Wednesday: Probability.  Homework: Worksheet 10-10

Thursday: Review of probability.  Classwork and quiz on probability on Friday.

Friday: Probability Quiz. Study for Final Test on Monday.

Week of May 4th

Our 7th grade field trip is Tuesday, May 5th.  International Day is May 6th.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: Review packet on Probability.  No homework.

Tuesday: field trip

Wednesday: International Day

Thursday: Probability Quiz on 11-1,11-2, 11-4.  No homework.

Friday: Finish probability quiz and begin fundamental counting principle.  No homework.

Math Periods 4 and 6. Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock

Monday: Quiz on Probability.

Tuesday: field trip

Wednesday: International Day

Thursday: 11-5 Probability: Independent and Dependent Events. Homework page 402 in Worktext.

Friday: 11-5.  Homework: Worksheet 12-1 and 10-5.

Week of April 27th

This is the  sixth week of the fourth quarter of the school year.  Students will be preparing for eighth grade by studying "probability"  which is the first unit.  Remember the 7th grade field trip is on Tuesday, May 5th.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: Pre-assessment for probability.  No homework.

Tuesday: Probability.  Homework; packet finish page 3 and 1-3 on page 6.

Wednesday: Experimental Probability.  Homework; Worksheet 9-3 #s 1-18.

Thursday: Experimental Probability.  Homework.  Pages 16 and 18 in packet.

Friday: Theoretical Probability. No homework.

Math: Periods 4 and 6 Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock (Please see Ms.blog for updates.)

Monday: Positive and negative fractions in one and two step equations.  No homework.

Tuesday: Probability.  Homework: Worktext page 385.

Wednesday: Experimental Probability.  Homework: Worktext page 391.

Thursday: Theoretical Probability.  Homeowrk: page 397 in the Worktext.

Friday: Classwork assessment on probability.  Homework: Problem Solving Book 11-1,11-2,11-4.

Week of April 20th

Tomorrow we begin CRCT testing.  Please make sure students get a good night's sleep and have a good breakfast.  CRCT testing will be April 21-24 and April 27.

Thursday, April 23rd: Math CRCT

Friday, April 24th: Science CRCT

Monday, April 27th:  Social Studies CRCT

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: Review of direct variation and algebra review.  No homework but students should review algebra in their Coach books.

Tuesday: Algebra review.  No homework.

Wednesday: Finished Algebra review.  Worked on crossections of solids.  No homework.

Thursday: Cross-sections.  No homework.

Friday: Math games.  No homework.

Math Periods 4 and 6 Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock (See Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates)

Monday: CRCT review and completion of pages 209-214 in the Coach book.  No homework.

Tuesday: Number Sense and Geometry review.  No homework.

Wednesday: Reviewed formula and rules for algebra problems.  No homework.  Coach books will be collected tomorrow. 

Thursday: Algebra games.  No homework.

Friday: One-step equations with positive and negative mixed numbers.  No homework.

Week of April 13th

CRCT testing begins Tuesday, April 21st.  Please make sure students have a good breakfast and get plenty of rest.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: CRCT review of data analysis pages 179, 183, and 203.  No homework.

Tuesday: CRCT review. Pages 209-214 No homework.

Wednesday: CRCT review.  Pages 129,133 No homework.

Thursday: CRCT review. pages 137,141,145 No homework

Friday: CRCT review.  Pages 149, 158.  No homework. You can review pages we have already done and refer to your notebook for the answers.

Math Periods 4 and 6 Ms Sinclair and Ms. Babcock (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: CRCT review pages 163-166. Homework: Coach Book pages 171, 175.

Tuesday: CRCT review.  Homework: Coach book pages 179,183

Wednesday: CRCT review.  Coach book pages 187, 203

Thursday: CRCT Review.  Coach Book pages 192-193, 198, 208.

Friday: CRCT review.  Students worked on pages 209-214 in class to review Data Analysis.

Week of March 31st

We are in the third week of the foruth quarter.  Spring Break is the week of April 6th. There will be before and after school classes for all subjects for students to spruce up on curriculum for the CRCT.  Before school classes in math and reading have been extended to the week after Spring Break. Ms.Sinclair's Boot Camp meets on Tuesdays and all are welcome.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms.  Babcock

Monday: CRCT warm-up review.  Chapter 2 in the Coach book was given as a classwork assignment to Period 3.  Period 5 will do the assignment on Tuesday.  No homework.

Tuesday: CRCT warm-up review.  Geometry transformations.  5th period classwork assessment.

Wednesday: CRCT warm-up review.  Similar Figures and Scale Factor.  No homework.

Math Periods 4 and 6 Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for more updates.)

Monday: Classwork assignment Chapters 2 and 3 in the Coach book.  Period 6 needs to finish the assignment for homework.

Tuesday: Warm-up CRCT.  Homework: Coach book pages 129 and 133.

Wednesday: Warm-up CRCT  Homework: Coach book page 137.

Week of March 23rd

We are beginning the second week of the last quarter.  All report cards should be signed and checked off by homeroom teachers.  The Simpson Shuffle Run/Walk and Health Fair will be held on Friday, March 27, 4:30-6:30 P.M. Registration forms for the run/walk can be found at the front office and on the Simpson web site www.cobbk12.org/~simpson.   Proceeds will support the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which raises funds to fight cancer.  Please join us!  Together we can make a difference.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms.  Babcock

Monday: CRCT warm-up review.  Finished Chapter 1 review.  Homework: Read hand out on constructions.

Tuesday: CRCT warm-up review.  Constructions.  Homework: 10-8 Graph first figure only for #s 4,5,6

Wednesday: CRCT wam-up review.  Constructions.  3rd period Homework: 10-8 letter a for 4,5,6.  5th period no homework.

Math Periods 4 and 6 Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock (Please see Ms. sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: CRCT warm-up review.  Constructions.  Homework: Coach pages 66 and 71

Tuesday: CRCT warm-up review.  Constructions.  Homework: pages 80 and 85.

Wednesday: CRCT warm-up review.  Homework: pages 97 and 102 in the Coach book.

Week of March 16th

This is the first week of the fourth quarter of school.  Report cards will go home on Thursday. Please sign and return report cards and any other progress reports.

  The Simpson Run/Walk and Health Fair will be held on Friday, march 27, 4:30 to 6:30 P.M. Registration forms for the run/walk can be found at the front office and on the Simpson web site www.cobbk12.org/~simpson.  Proceeds will support the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which raises funds to fight cancer.  Please join us! Together we can make a difference.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: CRCT warm-up review. Coach book Lesson 1 Absolute Value. No homework.

Tuesday: CRCT warm-up.  Coach book Lessons 2 and 3.  Homework: Order of Operations.

Wednesday: CRCT warm-up  Coach Lesson 3   Homework: Order of Operations finish.

Thursday: CRCT warm-up  Coach Lesson 4 and 5  Homework: Ordering Rational Numbers.  #s 17-25

Friday: 3rd period CRCT warm-up; pages 51 and 55 in the Coach.  5th period: CRCT warm-up; pages 56-59 in the Coach book, assessment.  No homework.

Math Periods 4 and 6  Ms. Sinclair/Ms. Babcock (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: CRCT warm-up review.  Coach book  Lessons 1 and 2.  Homework: Coach book pages 35 and 39.

Tuesday: CRCT review warm-up  Coach Lessons 3 and 4.  Homework pages 43,47 Coach

Wednesday: CRCT warm-up.  Coach Lessons 5 and 6.  Homework: pages 51,55 Coach

Thursday: CRCT warm-up Coach Posttest practice.  No homework.

Friday: Class assessment:  Coach pages 56-59.

Week of March 9th

New schedules for the fourth quarter were given to students today.  They began new connections classes and any subject area changes are now in effect.  Report cards go home March 19th.  The seventh grade fiekd trip to the GA Nature Center in Watkinsville is May 5th.  Please send permission slips and money as soon as you can to ensure your child a seat on the bus.  The cost of the trip is $25 and permission slips have already been sent  home.  The cost of the trip includes transportation, admission, and a Chick-Fil-A lunch.

Rita's is hosting a Simpson night on March 19th (5-7 P.M.).  It is located behind Chick-Fil-A at Sandy Plains and East Piedmont.

Chick-Fil-A is hosting a Simpson night on March 31st (5-7 P.M.).  It is at the corner of Sandy Plains and East Piedmont.

Math Periods 3 and 5 Ms. Babcock

Monday: Review for Unit 6 Test.  Study for the test tomorrow.

Tuesday: Unit 6 Test.  No homework.

Wednesday: 3rd period took the Benchmark Test; 5th period began the CRCT pretest in the Coach book.  No homework.

Thursday: 3rd period took the CRCT pretest in the Coach books.  5th period took the Benchmark Test. No homework.

Friday: Students finshed the Coach pretest and played integer games.  No homework.

Math Periods 4 and 6: Ms. Sinclair and Ms. Babcock

Monday: Unit 6 Test  No homework.

Tuesday: Benchmarks Review.  No homework.

Wednesday: 4th period took the Benchmark Test; 6th period began the CRCT pretest in the Coach book.  No homework.

Thursday: Students in 6th period took the Benchmark Test.  4th period students took the Coach pretest.  No homework.

Friday: Students finished the Cjoach pretest and began discussion of the Benchmark Test.  No homework.