Mike Ripko's 7th/8th Grade Math Page

Blog Home Page Change

2011-04-29T08:34:00.001-07:00

I will be using a new host for my Blog. Please visit my new blog at:

https://sites.google.com/site/ripkoroom/home

Thursday, 4/7/11

2011-04-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

Period 1: No homework
Period 2: Division Review Worksheet, due 4/8
Period 3: No homework
Period 5: No homework
Period 7: No homework

Back to Math's Mates

2011-03-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

In all classes today, we are getting back into doing the weekly Math's Mates. Every period has homework. Some periods will owe me the worksheet tomorrow (periods 3 & 5), and the rest will give me the worksheet on Friday (periods 1, 2, & 7)

Eagle Ridge Academy

2011-03-08T20:43:00.000-08:00

From the principal of Eagle Ridge Academy:

Eagle Ridge Academy will be hosting an open house for all 8th grade students and their families on March 16th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. This is an opportunity for those students/parents who have not yet decided where they will be going to high school next year, to come to our facility and talk with our principal and our counselor and also take a tour of our school.

Monday, 3/7/11

2011-03-07T15:58:00.000-08:00

All classes have no homework tonight. I am using the last few days in the quarter to review for CSAP next week and finish any last details before grades are due on Friday.

Test corrections are only allowed during lunch recess during the months of March and April due to soccer season.

Period 7 has a quiz tomorrow. It will cover sections 2 & 3 in chapter 4. They should study tonight.

Tuesday, 3/1/11

2011-03-01T19:18:00.000-08:00

No homework in all classes. I am using this time in class to complete chapter tests, get corrections done, and start new chapter pre-assesses. Over the next few days and into next week, we will be doing CSAP prep.

Monday, 2/28/11

2011-02-28T14:04:00.000-08:00

Period 1:
Study for the Chapter 3 test and review the distributive property for corrections on the chapter 2 retest.

Period 2:
Review Chapter 3 for corrections on the test in class tomorrow.

Period 3:
Review the distributive property for corrections on the chapter 2 retest.

Period 5:
Study for the Chapter 3 test and review the distributive property for corrections on the chapter 2 retest.

Period 7:
No homework tonight. We will review for the chapter 4A test in class and start discussing chapter 4 section 4.

Wednesday, 2/23/11

2011-02-23T15:37:00.000-08:00

In all five classes, we finished the second series of practice CSAP tests. There will be NO homework for any of my classes tonight. Enjoy.

Wednesday, 2/16/11

2011-02-16T14:19:00.000-08:00

Period 1: No homework
Period 2: No homework
Period 3: Chapter 3, Section 5 Homework
#3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,23,24,26
Period 5: No homework
Period 7: Chapter 4, Section 3 Homework
#12-14, 24-30, 42-46, 50 All evens

Parent Teacher Conferences

2011-02-11T07:53:00.000-08:00

Parent Teacher Conferences
Reservation Sign Up

Tuesday 2/15 4:00 – 8:00 with a 10 minute break at 6:00pm
Wednesday 2/16 4:00 – 8:00 with a 10 minute break at 6:00pm
Thursday 2/17 4:00 – 8:00 with a 10 minute break at 6:00pm

Please sign up for your top 3 choices with date and time. You may return this form or e-mail me your requests. My e-mail address is mripko@bromleyeastcs.org Please include your name, your child’s name and the best way to contact you so that I can let you know what time you received. 10 minute intervals on the 10’s.
Choice 1:________________________________________________________________
Choice 2:________________________________________________________________
Choice 3:________________________________________________________________

Name:

Student’s name:

Contact method:

Tuesday, 1/25/11

2011-01-25T15:50:00.000-08:00

Period 1: 3.2 Homework:
#11,12,16,20,30,32,43,44,45,46

Period 2: No homework

Period 3: No homework

Period 5: 3.3 Workbook for homework

Period 7: No homework

Friday, 1/21/11

2011-01-21T15:50:00.000-08:00

Period 1: No homework

Period 2: 3.5 Homework
#12-18, 28-32, 38-46 evens

Period 3: No homework

Period 5: 3.1 & 3.2 Homework
3.1: 20, 26-34 evens, 42, 44, 54, 58
3.2: 28, 30, 34, 36, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 54

Period 7: No homework

Tuesday, 1/18/11

2011-01-18T15:19:00.000-08:00

Period 1: No homework

Period 2: Chapter 3, section 4 homework #12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44

Period 3: No homework

Period 5: No homework

Period 7: Make sure chapter 3, sections 7 & 8 are complete in the note-taking guide.

Friday, 1/14/11

2011-01-15T20:38:00.000-08:00

All classes: No homework over the weekend.

Thursday, 1/13/11

2011-01-13T15:27:00.001-08:00

Period 1: No homework except to study for the test on Tuesday

Period 2: Finish 3.4 in the workbook

Period 3: No homework except to study for the test on Tuesday

Period 5: No homework except to study for the test on Tuesday

Period 7: No homework tonight

Wednesday, 1/12/11

2011-01-12T19:06:00.000-08:00

Period 1: No Homework

Period 2: No Homework

Period 3: No Homework

Period 5: No Homework

Period 7: Homework tonight
3.3: #14-16E, 22-26E, 30-34E, 35, 37-38, 43
3.4: #1, 12-14E, 20-24E, 28, 42, 46-48E, 50-54E

Tuesday, 1/11/11

2011-01-11T13:56:00.000-08:00

Period 1: Homework tonight
Chapter 2, section 8: #6-14 evens, 24-30 evens, 36, 38, 43

Period 2: No homework tonight

Period 3: Homework tonight
Chapter 2, section 8: #4-14 evens, 24-28 evens, 36

Period 5: Homework tonight
Chapter 2, section 8: #28-32 evens, 35, 40, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49

Period 7: No homework tonight

January 7th, 2011

2011-01-07T06:52:00.000-08:00

No homework last night and no homework over the weekend. Enjoy!!

Report Cards and Awards Ceremony

2011-01-07T06:47:00.000-08:00

First, report cards will be sent home today in your student's Friday folder.

Second, the honor awards ceremony, for middle school, will be Friday, January 14th at 2:30 in the gym.

Third, High Honors and Honors are determined by individual first and second quarter grades. Semester average grades are not considered. In regards to middle school math grades, first quarter numeric grades are being ignored and second quarter letter grades are being averaged to come up with one math grade for award purposes.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail me. Thanks.

January 5th, 2011

2011-01-05T16:03:00.000-08:00

Period 1:
Homework tonight, please see the previous blog for details

Period 2:
Homework tonight, please see the previous blog for details

Period 3:
Homework tonight
Chapter 2 Section 7
#6 - 18, 22 - 24, 30 - 32, 44 evens only

Period 5:
Homework tonight, please see the previous blog for details

Period 7:
Homework tonight
Chapter 2B Review, pgs. 123 - 124
#30 - 60 evens only

Thursday, December 16th

2010-12-16T14:39:00.000-08:00

Period 1: Homework tonight
Chapter 2, section 7
#10,12,16,18,22,24,30,32,37,44,45,47

Period 2: Homework tonight
Chapter 2, section 7
#12,14,16,18,24,26,28,30,38,40,42,44

Period 3: No homework tonight

Period 5: Homework tonight
Chapter 2, section 7
#28,30,32,34,36,37,43,48,50,51

Period 7: No homework tonight

Thursday, December 9th

2010-12-09T14:50:00.000-08:00

Period 1:
2.6 Homework:
#2,4,6,9,10,18,20,24,30,32,36,40,44,46

Period 2:
2.6 Homework:
#8,10,12,14,16,18,20,24,28,30,32,34

Period 3:
2.6 Homework:
#2,4,6,8,10,12,16,18,20,22,25,30,40

Period 5:
2.6 Homework:
#18,20,30,34,36,39,46,47,48,49

Period 7:
No homework

Thursday, December 2nd

2010-12-02T14:44:00.001-08:00

Period 1:
No homework tonight

Period 2:
Homework tonight:
Chapter 2, section 6 in the Note-taking guide

Period 3:
Homework tonight:
Chapter 2, sections 4 & 5 (pages 75 - 81)
2.4: #14, 22, 24, 36, 54
2.5: #11, 14, 20, 28, 38, 45

Period 5:
Homework tonight:
Chapter 2, sections 6 & 7 in the Note-taking guide

Period 7:
Homework tonight (DUE Monday 12/6)
Chapter 2, section 5 (pages 99 - 101)
2.5: #12-22E, 32-42E, 48, 52, 54
or
Chapter 2, section 5 Challenge Exercises

Wednesday, December 1st

2010-12-01T18:21:00.001-08:00

Period 1:
No homework, but the chapter 2 project was handed out. The chapter 2 project will be due on Wednesday, December 15th.

Period 2:
No homework tonight.

Period 3:
No homework, but the chapter 2 project was handed out. The chapter 2 project will be due on Wednesday, December 15th.

Period 5:
No homework, but the chapter 2 project was handed out. The chapter 2 project will be due on Wednesday, December 15th.

Period 7:
No homework, but the chapter 2 project was handed out. The chapter 2 project will be due on Wednesday, December 15th.

Online Textbook Help Repost

2010-11-30T15:33:00.000-08:00

Please go to my post from the date range of Aug 29 - Sept 5 to find out how to access the online textbooks.

Tuesday, November 30th

2010-11-30T15:27:00.000-08:00

Period 1:
Homework: pages: 75 - 81
2.4: 20, 28, 34, 38, 44, 54, 57
2.5: 11, 14, 22, 28, 30, 40, 45

Period 2:
No homework tonight

Period 3:
No homework tonight, but there will be homework tomorrow night

Period 5:
Homework: pages: 75 - 81
2.4: 28, 30, 38, 50, 60
2.5: 15, 22, 28, 37, 40, 47

Period 7:
Homework: pages: 91 - 93
2.4: 12-36E, 46, 50, 54, 56
or
2.4 Challenge Practice worksheet

November 17, 2010

2010-11-17T11:51:00.000-08:00

Period 1:
Homework tonight: pg. 70 - 72
#4,6,10,14,16,20,24,28,30,40,42,43,46

Period 2:
No homework tonight

Period 3:
Homework tonight: pg. 70 - 72
#3,4,6,10,12,16,20,22,28,40,42

Period 5:
Homework tonight: pg. 70 -72
#8,16,24,26,30,32,38,49,50,52,53

Period7:

Parent Teacher Conferences

2010-10-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

A few things that I want you to be aware of:
1. Individual conferences will be limited to 10 minutes to allow me the ability to see all of my parents.
2. If you would like to see me at another time or for a longer duration, please feel free to contact me and set up an appointment for another day.
3. On Monday afternoon, I will be going to my daughter's conference from 4:45 to 5:00. I will unavailable during that time. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Experimental Blog Coming Up

2010-10-24T20:40:00.000-07:00

I will soon be using a new website for blogging. I will be test driving the new blog website to see how it compares to our current blog website. Details to come soon.

Progress Reports and the new Standards Based Grading

2010-10-01T13:46:00.000-07:00

I understand that the progress reports will look a little blank. Most of my classes have just taken their first 'Evidence' assessment this week. I have not had a chance to grade all of them yet. They will be done over the weekend and next week.

Allow me to remind you of the scaling in the new Standards Based Grading. Each student is responsible to prove to me that they can/cannot do a particular skill assessed on a scale of 1 - 4. A 4 is extremely rare and means that the student completely understands the material and still exhibited a new understanding or application above and beyond the norm. A 3 is what is expected and means that the student shows proper understanding of the skill. A 2 is OK and means that the student has a firm grasp of the skill but made a minor error. A 1 means that the student is still learning and/or practicing the skill.

If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a holler.

Thanks

Spirit Week

2010-09-22T04:20:00.000-07:00

This year's Spirit Week will take place the week of November 8th - 12th. More details to come soon.

Fundraiser Deadline

2010-09-22T04:08:00.001-07:00

The deadline for the current school wide fundraiser is today, Wednesday September 22nd. If you have any money or order forms, please get them to your student's homeroom teacher by today.

MAP Testing Starts Tomorrow

2010-09-07T14:57:00.000-07:00

MAP testing is done three times a year covering three subject areas: language usage, reading and math. As teachers, we can see a students growth over time and learn about individual successes and challenges. Therefore, we would like all of our students to get a good nights' sleep and eat a healthy breakfast the days of MAP testing. Thank you for your help.

Need help with the online text books

2010-09-07T14:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks for reading the blog and your help with the next step. I am trying to find out if my instructions and the codes work for the online text books. Could you please e-mail me either if you were successful loading the online text book or if you were unsuccessful. Please include your name and what book you were trying to access. Thanks for your help.

Online textbook access codes

2010-08-31T19:32:00.000-07:00

To ease the student's burden from carrying their textbooks home every night, here are the access codes for the online textbooks for my three levels of classes.

1. Go to http://www.classzone.com/
2. Select middle school math, then Colorado, the 'Go'.
3. Select the appropriate book cover
4. Select 'Online Book' (at the bottom left in a new window)
5. Select 'Continue' (BECS has purchased these texts)
6. Select 'Create Student' (on the right)
7. Enter the following code:
a. 7th grade: 2570429-30
b. 8th grade: CLASS6215945 (go to eServices once on the website)
c. Algebra: 4916485-10
8. You should be all set to go, please let me know if you have any problems.

Online Text Book

2010-08-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

I am working with Mrs. Cornish and our text book supplier to get the access codes so that our students can use an online version of our textbook. That way the students do not have to carry the big, heavy book home to do their homework. More details to come...

Third Week

2010-08-25T15:08:00.001-07:00

I finally get to start teaching the students math. YES!!! All the course and chapter 1 pre-assessments are done. The information from those assessments will allow me to cater the instruction to each student individually. Homework has been assigned, either yesterday or today. I made the first one easy to help get them going well, i.e. start with small steps and small successes and move up from there.
Remember, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or e-mail me. I will do my best to respond to you within 24 hours.

Second Week

2010-08-18T20:26:00.000-07:00

The focus this week has been on school wide and classroom expectations. All pre-assessments have been administered and graded. Four of the six 7th/8th grade classes have been split in half so that Mrs. Cornish and I can work with those classes and students better. I really look forward to this opportunity.
Thursday, I will introduce Standards Based Grading to the students. It will be a BIG transition for them. But, this change was done with their best interest in mind. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please let me know.
Friday, depending on how Thursday goes, I hope to give the students their Chapter 1 pre-assess. That way, come Monday, I can start teaching math!! :)

First Week

2010-08-12T19:28:00.000-07:00

The first two days have been fun, frenetic, chaotic, amazing, and heart warming. I love being back at school and meeting all of my students. I appreciate all of the patience that the students have shown so far, especially with the schedules, electives, passing periods, new policies, and short lunches. They blow me away!! Thanks!! :)

Classroom Supplies Still Needed

2010-08-10T21:52:00.000-07:00

Hello,
Meet Your Teacher Night was a huge success, or was it just the new lockers?? :) I hope everyone is as excited as I am to start the new year at school. It is going to be a fun year.
I have two requests though; first, please have patience as we get through the next week and half and second, there are a few supplies that I still need for the class: electric pencil sharpener, AA batteries and AAA batteries. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Mr. Ripko
mripko@bromleyeastcs.org

Test !

2010-08-05T13:04:00.001-07:00

I want to see how this works and looks!!

Mike Ripko

Welcome

2010-07-27T10:37:00.001-07:00

Welcome to my class website. I will be adding information soon!

Thanks