Shape of the Day
Current unit: Cribbage and Data Analysis and Probability
- Attendance
- Sit according to the chart
- No FIT: 80 minute class
- Period 3: Take down unused chairs near you
- Wednesday, Jan. 8: Grade 8 presentation during period 4
- Wednesday, Jan. 15: Test on data analysis and probability
- Warm-up Questions (20 minutes)
- Bjorn the cat weighed 6.2 kg when he visited the vet on December 20. What was Bjorn’s weight in pounds? 1 kg is 2.2 pounds.
- When Bjorn returned from the vet on Jan. 4, Mr. Renwick weighed himself at home and found he was 215.4 pounds. Holding Bjorn, he weighed himself again and found their combined weight was 228.2 pounds. How much did Bjorn weigh when he returned from the vet?
- How much weight (in pounds) did Bjorn lose during his stay at the vet?
- What percent of his body weight did Bjorn lose?
- If he continued to lose weight at the same rate, how many days after coming home from the vet would he weigh 0 pounds?
- What I did on break (20 minutes)
- Share with your partner
- Share your partner’s information with the class
- Intro to Assignment – Misrepresenting Data (10 minutes)
- Work days on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- Due Friday, Jan. 10
- Lesson 2: Misrepresenting Data & Critiquing Graphs (30 minutes)
- Go over notes in class
- Homework: p. 23 #4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 and p. 32 #5, 7, 9abc, 11
- Wrap-up
- Period 4: Put up all the chairs
- Homework: p. 23 and 32