SHOW YOUR WORK!!!!!   BE NEAT!!!!!!   REDUCE FRACTIONS--EVEN RATIOS (BUT NOT RECIPROCALS)

By the way, our new testing system, Smarter Balance, will have you write about your math process.  Unlike NECAPS, you will be responsible for showing that you understand the process.  To get ready for this, take your homework seriously and spend an extra minute or two a night using clear language or pictures to show how you know.  I will do my part and work on the math vocabulary more with you!

MISTAKES ARE NOT ONLY ACCEPTED AND NORMAL, THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR LEARNING!   

WHILE I AM COLLECTING SCORES, MAKE SURE TLHAT YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM IN THE BOOK AND DECIDE IF YOU MADE A COPY ERROR, A SIMPLE MATH ERROR, NOW UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THE MATH, OR NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT.  DO ***NOT*** JUST INTERRUPT AND BLURT OUT IF YOU GOT ONE WRONG WHILE WE ARE CORRECTING.  THIS SLOWS US DOWN.  WE HAVE LESS TIME TO DO HOMEWORK TOGETHER.  RESPECT YOUR CLASSMATES, CHECK YOUR WRONG ANSWERS, AND THEN LET ME KNOW AT THE END OF CLASS IF YADDITIONAL HELPOU NEED  TO UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT.  WE ARE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME FOR A FEW KIDS WHO WANT US ALL TO WAIT WHILE THEY WORK OUT THAT THEY MADE A SIMPLE MATH OR COPY ERROR.