Math Apps: Besides for the math apps that were preloaded on your
iPAD, here are a couple more free educational math apps that you
may download and use in class when finished with your work
iPAD, here are a couple more free educational math apps that you
may download and use in class when finished with your work
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class planner
Week #1: Sept. 2-6Monday 9/2: No School -- Labor Day
Tuesday 9/3: 1st Day of School (1/2 Day) Wednesday 9/4: Seating Charts, "Who I Am" Activity, Ms McDonald Trivia Thursday 9/5: Received and discussed Ms McDonald's Math Overview Handout, discussed classroom rules/expectations, received warmup folders, filled in partner clocks, and received hallway passes Friday 9/6: Discussed auction information and received ledger. Received textbook |
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Week #2: Sept. 9-13Monday 9/9: Diagnostic Test (What do I remember?) at the beginning of the textbook Pg. XXX/ 1-32 all
Tuesday 9/10: Correct Pg. XXX Students will work individually on skills that they are struggling with Wednesday 9/11: Chapter 1 Test (What do I remember?) ** Chapters 1 and 2 in the 8th grade book are a review of what the students learned in 7th grade. Instead of spending valuable class time working through chapters 1 and 2, I will be testing them to see what they remember and then having them work on remediation based on their test score (this test score is not figured into their Power School grade) Thursday 9/12: **Get Chapter 1 Test back and begin individual remediation work Friday 9/13: iPads will be handed out today. We will spend the day with orientation sessions as well as 30 minute iPad activities given by each academic teacher. No math homework will be given today |
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WEEK #3: SEPT. 16-20Monday 9/16: Continue working on individual remediation work from Chapter 1
Tuesday 9/17: Continue working on individual remediation work from Chapter 1 Wednesday 9/18: Mini-Quiz over Chapter 1 When finished, get everyone signed up for Remind 101 on their cell phone and/or on their iPAD. Review phschool website and make sure all students know how to access their book online Thursday 9/19: Return the Mini-Quiz and go over it. Take Chapter 2 Test (What do I remember?) Friday 9/20: Get Chapter 2 Test back and begin individual remediation work |
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WEEK #4: SEPT. 23-27Monday 9/23: Continue working on individual remediation work from Chapter 2
Tuesday 9/24: Continue working on individual remediation work from Chapter 2 Wednesday 9/25: Chapter 2 "Mini-Test" When done, work on Solving One-Step Equations Worksheet Thursday 9/26: Solving One-Step Equations Worksheet 4-3 Friday 9/27: AIMS WEB testing for math |
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WEEK #5: sEPT. 30-oCT. 4Monday 9/30: Worksheet 4-4 (Solving One-Step Equations)
Tuesday 10/1: Course 3 Pre-Test (students will be taking a pre-test that will cover semester 1 material; then in January, they will take the post-test to gauge student growth - this pre-test score will not be figured into their Power School grade) Wednesday 10/2: Begin Chapter 3 *LEARNING TARGETS* - I CAN DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN A RATIONAL NUMBER AND AN IRRATIONAL NUMBER. I CAN FIND THE SQUARE ROOT OF A PERFECT SQUARE Page 108/ 1-21, 22-30 even Thursday 10/3: Worksheet 3-1 and Activity Lab 3-1 Friday 10/4: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN USE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM TO FIND THE LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE IN A RIGHT TRIANGLE Page 114/ 1-20 all |
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week #6: oct. 7-oct. 11MEAP TESTING ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THIS WEEK ... CLASSES WILL BE SHORTENED, BUT WE WILL STILL BE COVERING THE LEARNING TARGETS - PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP AND EAT A GOOD BREAKFAST
Monday 10/7: CONTINUE WITH *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN USE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM TO FIND THE LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE IN A RIGHT TRIANGLE Page 114/ 13-20 and Practice 3-2 Tuesday 10/8: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN USE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM TO FIND ANY MISSING SIDE OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE Page 120/ 1-12 all Wednesday 10/9: Continue working on Learning Target from Tuesday Page 120/ 14-18, 22-23 and Practice 3-3 Thursday 10/10: Mini-Quiz over sections 3-1 to 3-3 Friday 10/11: Graphing on a Coordinate Graph Activity - Battleship |
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WEEK #7: OCT. 14-OCT. 18Monday 10/14: Battleship Activity
Tuesday 10/15: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN GRAPH IN THE COORDINATE PLANE Page 126/ 1-22, 28-29 and Guided Problem Solving 3-4 Wednesday 10/16: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN FIND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IN A COORDINATE PLANE Worksheet Thursday 10/17: Continue on distance worksheet Friday 10/18: Begin "Finding Distance" Activity |
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WEEK #8: oCT. 21-OCT. 25Monday 10/21: Finish "Finding Distance" Activity
Tuesday 10/22: Go over "Finding Distance" Activity Activity Lab Page 129/ 1-4 all Wednesday 10/23: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN DESCRIBE A SITUATION USING AN EQUATION, A TABLE, AND A GRAPH Page 132/ 1-6 all Thursday 10/24: Page 132/ 7-8, 10-12 and Worksheet Practice 3-5 Friday 10/25: Go over Page 132 and Worksheet 3-5 Lesson Check on graphing linear equations Assignment depends on how well each student did on the Lesson Check (see downloaded handout) |
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WEEK #9: OCT. 28-OCT. 31Monday 10/28: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN TRANSLATE AN OBJECT ABOUT THE COORDINATE PLANE
Page 137/ 1-14, 16-18, 21 Tuesday 10/29: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN REFLECT AN OBJECT OVER A LINE IN THE PLANE Page 143/ 1-19, 21 Wednesday 10/30: Worksheets Practice 3-6 and Practice 3-7 Thursday 10/31: iPAD Activity (phschool.com) Friday 11/1: No School - Records Day! |
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WEEK #10: NOV. 4-NOV. 8Monday 11/4: Auction!
Tuesday 11/5: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN ROTATE AN OBJECT ABOUT A FIXED POINT IN THE COORDINATE PLANE Rotations Worksheet Wednesday 11/6: Page 148/ 1-10, 12 Thursday 11/7: Review for Quiz on Monday over sections 3-6 to 3-8 Reteaching 3-6 and Reteaching 3-7 Friday 11/8: Review for Quiz on Monday over sections 3-6 to 3-8 Page 153/ 28-30, Page 154/ 29-35 and Lesson Quizzes at phschool.com |
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WEEK #11: NOV. 11-nOV. 15Monday 11/11: Quiz over 3-6 to 3-8 (Practice 1-6/1-7: One-Step Equations when finished)
Tuesday 11/12: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN SOLVE TWO-STEP EQUATIONS (review of 7th grade I Can Statement) Page 262/ 3-6, 8-18 all Wednesday 11/13: Worksheet Practice 6-1 Thursday 11/14: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN SIMPLIFY ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS (review of 7th grade I Can Statement) Page 268/ 7-21 all Friday 11/15: Worksheet Practice 6-2 (1-12, 19-23, 25) |
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WEEK #12: NOV. 18-NOV. 22Monday 11/18: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN SOLVE MULTI-STEP EQUATIONS
Page 273/ 1-20 all Tuesday 11/19: 1st Hour: Worksheet Practice 6-3 (the amount of problems depends on how well they did on the Lesson Check) 3rd and 5th Hours: *LEARNING TARGET* - I CAN SOLVE EQUATIONS WITH VARIABLES ON BOTH SIDES Page 277/ 1-3, 7-15 all Wednesday 11/20: 1st Hour: See LEARNING TARGET from Tuesday. Page 277/ 7-15 all 3rd and 5th Hours: Worksheet Practice 6-4 Thursday 11/21: Friday 11/22: Chapter Review for Quiz on Tuesday over One-Step, Two-Step, and Multi-Step Equations Page 296/ 1-23 skip 10 |
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WEEK #13: nOV. 25-nOV. 29Monday 11/25: Review for Quiz tomorrow over One-Step, Two-Step, Multi-Step Equations and Equations with variables on both sides of the equation
Use: phschool.com Chapter 6 Lesson Quizzes Sections 6-1 to 6-4 Tuesday 11/26: Quiz over One-Step, Two-Step, Multi-Step Equations and Equations with variables on both sides of the equation Wednesday 11/27: No School - Thanksgiving Break Thursday 11/28: No School Friday 11/29: No School |
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WEEK #14: dEC. 2-dEC. 6Monday 12/2: Worksheet on Solving Equations with No Solution and Infinitely Many Solutions
Tuesday 12/3: More Solving Equations: Worksheet on Solving Equations with Solutions, with No Solutions and Infinitely Many Solutions Wednesday 12/4: Real life Applications of Solving Equations Thursday 12/5: Continue working on Real Life Applications of Solving Equations (No Homework) Friday 12/6: Quiz over Real Life Applications of Solving Equations |
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week #15: dec. 9-dec. 13Monday 12/9: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN IDENTIFY ANGLE PAIRS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP
Page 305/1-15, 17-32 Tuesday 12/10: Worksheets 7-1 Wednesday 12/11: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN IDENTIFY ANGLE PAIRS FROM PARALLEL LINES CUT BY A TRANSVERSAL Notes only - No Homework Thursday 12/12: Page 309/ 1-22, 25-30 Friday 12/13: Worksheets 7-2 |
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WEEK #16: DEC. 16-DEC. 20Monday 12/16: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN CLASSIFY TRIANGLES BY THEIR SIDES AND ANGLES
Page 320/ 1-19, 21, 23-25, 27 Tuesday 12/17: Worksheet 7-4 Wednesday 12/18: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND MISSING ANGLES OF POLYGONS AND I KNOW THE SUM OF INTERIOR ANGLES OF A TRIANGLE IS 180 Page 326/ 1-5, 7-21, 23-26 *Begin to review for Quiz on Friday over Sections 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5* Thursday 12/19: Review for Quiz tomorrow Page 348/ 1-16, 19-25 Friday 12/20: Ice Day! |
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WEEK #17: JAN. 6-JAN. 10Monday 1/6: Snow Day
Tuesday 1/7: Snow Day Wednesday 1/8: Snow Day Thursday 1/9: Review Packet for Quiz tomorrow over Sections 7-1, 7-2, 7-4 and 7-5 Friday 1/10: Quiz over Sections 7-1, 7-2, 7-4 and 7-5 |
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WEEK #18: JAN. 13-JAN. 17Monday 1/13: Review 7th grade "I Can Statements" involving finding area of parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids and circles
1st hour: No Homework 3rd/5th hours: Page 352/ 1-6 all Tuesday 1/14: 1st hour: Page 352/ 1-6 all and guided notes over 8-1 3rd/5th hours: Guided notes over 8-1 and Page 356/ 1-17, 19 Wednesday 1/15: 1st hour: Page 356/ 1-17,19 3rd/5th hours: Page 365/ 1-11, 13-14 Thursday 1/16: Hand out review packet for final exam which is next Wednesday and Thursday Friday 1/17: Continue to work on review packet for final exam which is next Wednesday and Thursday |
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WEEK #19: JAN. 20-JAN. 24Monday 1/20: No School (Martin Luther King Jr Day)
Tuesday 1/21: Continue to review for tomorrow's final exam Wednesday 1/22: Final Exam Day 1 Thursday 1/23: Final Exam Day 2 Friday 1/24: Snow Day |
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week #20: jan. 27-jan. 31Monday 1/27: 1/2 Day (No Regular Classes)
** Winter Olympics ** Tuesday 1/28: Snow Day Wednesday 1/29: Snow Day Thursday 1/30: Auction! Friday 1/31: No School |
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WEEK #21: FEB. 3-fEB. 7Monday 2/3: AIMS Web Testing for Math
Tuesday 2/4: Get Final Exams back and review finding areas of squares, rectangles, triangles and circles Wednesday 2/5: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND THE SURFACE AREA OF PRISMS AND CYLINDERS Surface Area Worksheet (Finding surface area of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms and cylinders) Thursday 2/6: Worksheet 8-4 Friday 2/7: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND THE SURFACE AREA OF PYRAMIDS AND CONES Page 377/ 1-2, 6-11, 15 |
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week #22: feb. 10-feb. 14Monday 2/10: Worksheet 8-5
Tuesday 2/11: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND VOLUMES OF PRISMS AND CYLINDERS Page 382/ 1-15 all Wednesday 2/12: Worksheet 8-6 Thursday 2/13: 1/2 Day - Mini Schedule Lesson Check and then In-Class Review of Surface Area and Volume (No Homework) Friday 2/14: No School (Mid-Winter Break) |
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WEEK #23: FEB. 17-FEB. 21Monday 2/17: No School (Mid-Winter Break)
Tuesday 2/18: No School (Snow Day) Wednesday 2/19: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND THE VOLUMES OF PYRAMIDS AND CONES Page 390/ 1-11 all Thursday 2/20: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND THE SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME OF SPHERES Page 395/ 1-13, skip 7,8 Friday 2/21: 100th Day Celebration (No Classes) |
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week #24: feb. 24-feb. 28Monday 2/24: iPAD Review phschool.com Lesson Quizzes 8-4 to 8-8
Screen shot the results and email them to me Tuesday 2/25: Make sure that notes are prepared Random review problems in class to prepare for quiz tomorrow over 8-4 to 8-8 Page 371/ 9,10,12 Page 377/ 6,12 Page 383/ 6,7,13 Page 390/ 5,9 Page 395/ 7,8 Wednesday 2/26: Quiz over Sections 8-4 to 8-8 **Notes are allowed** When done, complete page 510/ 1-14 all Thursday 2/27: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN WRITE RULES FOR SEQUENCES AND USE THE RULES TO FIND TERMS IN THE SEQUENCE Notes - No Homework Friday 2/28: Page 514/ 1-33 all |
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WEEK #25: MAR. 3-mAR. 7Monday 3/3: Go over Quiz 8-4 to 8-8 in class. Worksheet 11-1 when done
Tuesday 3/4: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN INTERPRET AND SKETCH GRAPHS THAT REPRESENT REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS Page 519/ 1-16 all Wednesday 3/5: 1/2 Day EXPLORE TESTING in PACK No regular classes today Thursday 3/6: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN REPRESENT FUNCTIONS WITH EQUATIONS, TABLES AND FUNCTION NOTATION Notes - No Homework Friday 3/7: Page 525/ 1-15, 18-21 |
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WEEK #26: MAR. 10-MAR. 14Monday 3/10: Worksheets 11-2/11-3
Tuesday 3/11: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN FIND THE SLOPE OF A LINE FROM A GRAPH OR TABLE *Notes - No Homework Wednesday 3/12: No School - Snow Day Thursday 3/13: No School - Snow Day Friday 3/14: Page 530/ 1-21 all |
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WEEK #27: MAR. 17-MAR. 21Monday 3/17: Worksheet 11-4
Tuesday 3/18: Investigating Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (No Homework) Wednesday 3/19: More investigating Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Board Work and Page 532/ 1-9 all Thursday 3/20: Worksheet - Finding slopes and using slope-intercept form to graph a line Friday 3/21: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN GRAPH LINEAR FUNCTIONS USING THE SLOPE AND Y-INT Page 536/ 1-15, 19 |
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WEEK #28: MAR. 24-mAR. 28Monday 3/24: Worksheet 11-5
Tuesday 3/25: Continue to look at parallel and perpendicular lines - Worksheet Wednesday 3/26: Slope-Intercept Form Worksheet Thursday 3/27: Introduce Graphing Systems (No Solution, Infinite Number of Solutions, 1 Solution) - Worksheet Friday 3/28: 1/2 Day (End of Term 3) *No Regular Classes* |
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WEEK #29: MAR. 31-APR. 4Monday 3/31: Review Packet for Quiz over Functions on Wednesday
Tuesday 4/1: In-Class White Board Review for Quiz tomorrow Wednesday 4/2: Quiz over Functions When done: Work on Graphing Linear Equations Worksheet Thursday 4/3: Review Worksheet on Solving Multi-Step Equations Friday 4/4: Auction! |
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WEEK #30: aPR. 14-aPR. 18Monday 4/14: Get Functions Quiz back and go over it. Begin notes on Quadratic Functions and other Nonlinear Functions (No Homework)
Tuesday 4/15: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN GRAPH QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND OTHER NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS Page 548/ 1-17 all Wednesday 4/16: Worksheet 11-7 Thursday 4/17: Review Packet for Quiz tomorrow over Quadratic Functions Friday 4/18: Quiz over Quadratic Functions 1/2 Day (Good Friday) |
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WEEK #31: APR. 21-APR. 25Monday 4/21: Page 558/ 1-24 all
Tuesday 4/22: REALITY STORE (No Class) Wednesday 4/23: Worksheet 6-2 Thursday 4/24: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN SIMPLIFY ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS Page 563/ 1-4, 8-15, 19-25 Friday 4/25: Worksheet 12-2 |
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WEEK #32: APR. 28-MAY 2Monday 4/28: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN ADD AND SUBTRACT POLYNOMIALS
Page 568/ 1-18, 20-23 Tuesday 4/29: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN MULTIPLY POWERS WITH THE SAME BASE Page 573/ 1-23, 25-26 Wednesday 4/30: *LEARNING TARGET - I CAN MULTIPLY MONOMIALS AND BINOMIALS Page 578/ 1-4, 7-19, 23-25 Thursday 5/1: Worksheets 12-3/12-4 Friday 5/2: LEARNING TARGET - I CAN DIVIDE POWERS WITH THE SAME BASE AND SIMPLIFY EXPRESSIONS WITH NEGATIVE EXPONENTS Page 584/ 1-32 all |
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WEEK #33: MAY 5-MAY 9Monday 5/5: Page 590/ 1-45 skip 6-7, 32-33 Quiz over Chapter 12 on Wednesday
Tuesday 5/6: iPAD Review www.phschool.com webcode: ask-0099 Lesson Quizzes 12-1 to 12-5 Email me results once you get 5 out of 5 Quiz over Chapter 12 on Wednesday Wednesday 5/7: Chapter 12 Quiz Thursday 5/8: Go over Explore Results Friday 5/9: Go over Explore Results |
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WEEK #34: MAY 12-MAY 16Monday 5/12: Skills Review (Two-Step Equations and Inequalities)
Tuesday 5/13: Explore Item Analysis and Skills Review 1st Hour: More on Two-Step Equations and Inequalities 3rd/5th Hour: Multi-Step Equations Wednesday 5/14: Explore Item Analysis and Skills Review (Multi-Step Inequalities) Thursday 5/15: Explore Item Analysis and Skills Review (Perimeter and Area) Friday 5/16: No School |
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wEEK #35: MAY 19-MAY 23Monday 5/19: AIMS Web testing for 20 minutes
Skills Review (Area and Perimeter Word Problems) Tuesday 5/20: Skills Review 1st Hour: Solving Proportions 3rd & 5th Hours: Solving Multi-Step Inequalities Wednesday 5/21: Skills Review 1st Hour: Solving Proportions 3rd & 5th Hours: Proportion Word Problems Thursday 5/22: Receive Final Exam Review Packet - Organize notes (unlimited notes may be used on the Final Exam) ** Math Final Exam will be held on Tuesday, June 3rd ** Friday 5/23: Continue Reviewing with the Final Exam Review Packet Upcoming week in Review: Monday (No School - Memorial Day), Tuesday (Review for Final Exam), Wednesday (High School Visitation/Orientation), Thursday (Review for Final Exam), Friday (8th Grade Chicago Trip) |
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Week #36: May 26-may 30Monday 5/26: NO SCHOOL (MEMORIAL DAY)
Tuesday 5/27: Continue Reviewing with the Final Exam Review Packet Wednesday 5/28: High School Visitation/Orientation Thursday 5/29: Continue Reviewing with the Final Exam Review Packet Friday 5/30: 8th GRADE CHICAGO TRIP |
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WEEK #37: JUNE 2-JUNE 6Monday 6/2: Final Review Day for tomorrows Final Exam
Tuesday 6/3: Final Exam Wednesday 6/4: Band students to Cedar Point Thursday 6/5: Math Jeopardy Friday 6/6: |
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