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MCG MATHS
 * MCG is happy to attend homework club to help students with difficulty or those who want to work ahead upon request. SS' should feel welcome to visit MCG in the 400 block Science staffroom any time for extra help/notes/extension work, at recess, lunch, after school or at homework club.
 * Students need to make sure that they are up to date with required notes from class, formulas and examples as well as textbook exercises


 * __MCG MATHS WEEKLY SCHEDULE:__**

6 Exercise 3B qs 1- 5 Exercise 3C qs 1,3 & 9 Exercise 3D qs 2, 4, 9 & 12
 * Week starting || Topic || Activities & Exercises to be completed || Timestable Focus || Due Date ||
 * 2 Feb || Data – Classifying data & Displaying data on graphs. || Class Surveys,Frequency Distribution Graphs,Hobby Survey Poster || 6’s || 8 Feb ||
 * 8 Feb ||^  || Exercise 13B qs 1 -5.Timestables Worksheets(Camp week) || 5’s || 15 Feb ||
 * 15 Feb || Highest Number- Place Values, Addition & Subtraction of large numbers and Long Multiplication. || Exercise 1A, qs 1,2,3,7 &8.Exercise 1B, qs 1 – 13Exercise 1C, qs 1 -11Addition of Large Numbers worksheetLong Multiplicatoin worksheet || 7’s || 22 Feb ||
 * 22 Feb || Division – Short Division, Long Division and Dividing by 10’s.Practice Test. || Exercise 1D, qs 1 -10Division WorksheetWorksheet 1.1Study for practice test!Practice Test A. || 8’s || 1 March ||
 * 1 March || BODMAS – Order of operations in large equations. || Worksheet 1.2Maths is fun worksheetExercise 1E, qs 1 -6 || 9’s || 8 Marc h ||
 * 8 March || Estimation – Rounding to place valuesCHAPTER 1 TEST. || Exercise 1F, qs 1-5Worksheet 1.3Practice tests B & C.Study for test. || 4’s || 15 March ||
 * 15 March || Factors, Multiples & Prime Numbers || Exercise 2C, qs 1 – 10.Exercise 2D, qs 1, 2,3, 6 & 7.Exercise 2E, qs 1,2,3, 5 & 7.Worksheet 2.1Worksheet 2.2 || 3’s || 22 March ||
 * 22 March ||  || Long Division WorksheetExercise 2F, qs 1 -7Chapter Review || 7’s || 25 March ||
 * || FRACTIONS HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT || [[file:Holiday Homework. Year 7 Maths. Term 1.doc]] || Practice all of your timestables!! || 12 April ||
 * 12 April || Fractions – Equivalent Fractions, Addition and Subtraction of Fractions, Mulitplying Fractions. || Exercise 3A, qs 1 -5.

Equivalent Fractions worksheet 1 Equivalent Fractions worksheet 2 || 6's || 15 April || Exercise 3F qs 1,3,5,6 & 7. Chapter Summary, pg 113. Fill in the gaps. Poster work - Fractionally cool rules for Fractionally cool Year 7's
 * 19 April || Fractions - Dividing Fractions, Simplifying Fractions, Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Fractions || Exercise 3E qs 1,3,5,6,9 & 12

Skillsheet 3.1: Simplifying Fractions Skillsheet 3.2: Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Fractions || 9's || 24 April || Chapter Review Practice Test A Final Fractions Test = THURSDAY!! || 8's || 30 April || Inter - class project - Surveys, catorgorising data, representing data on different graphs and analysing statistics.
 * 26 April || Fractions - Revision and Final Test || Poster work
 * 3 May || Data - Collecting, Catergorising, Presenting and Analysing Data. Practice NAPLAN tests - 2008 & 2009. || Team teaching - Ms Richards' class will join our class on Tuesday 4 May.

Revision - Posterwork from Term 1, Frequency Distribution Tables and Graphs. Exercise 13C, pg 572, qs 1,3 & 5. Exercise 13D, pg 578, qs 2, 5 & 9. 10 quick questions, pg 595.

Team teaching - Thursday 6 May, we will join Miss Richard's class and work together to complete our first major Maths project on Data & Graphs.

Data & Graphs Project.

Practice NAPLAN tests - 2008 & 2009.



|| 6's || 10 May || Chapter Summary, pg 605, all q's. Chapter Review, pg 607, all q's. Practice Tests A & B.
 * 10 May || Data - Categorical & Numerical Data, Frequency Distribution Tables, Pie Charts, Line Graphs, Scatter Plots, Column Graphs and Analaysing Statistics. Revision and Final Test. || Exercise 13 E, pg 601, q's 1, 4,6 & 9.

12 May - NAPLAN test. || 7's || 17 May || Exercise 8C, pg. 272, Converting units of Length, q's 1,3,5 & 7. Exercise 8D, pg. 280, Perimeter, q's 1,3,5,7 &9. Skillsheet 7.1, 7.2 & 7.3. Outdoor Measuring Activity Introduction to Year 7 Chance & Measurement Project.
 * 17 May || Measurement - Length and Perimeter || Exercise 8A, pg.260, Metric Units of Length, q's 1 -5.

Mini Test, Thursday 21 May: Metric Units of Length & Perimeter. || 6's || 24 May || Exercise 8F, q's 1-5 Data and Graphs assignment due!! Some students still need to submit this assignment!! ||  ||   || Practice Test Measurement Revision Sheet Practice Tests to revise over: ||  ||   || Measurement Test Post Semester One Test Pre Semester Two Test ||  ||   || Class Party - Celebrating achievements in Semester One. ||  ||   || If ss' get stuck on rules, they should reflect on the notes at the front of their exercise books and also on the worked example steps given in their textbooks, using the maths textbook glossary and index.
 * 24 May || Measurement - Area of a square, rectangle and triangle. || Exercise 8E, q's 1-9
 * 31 May || Measurement - Area of a circle and circumference of a circle. || Chapter Review
 * 7 June || Measurement & Pre - Sem 2 and Post -Sem 1 tests || Cheat Sheet development
 * 21 June || Semester One Reflections || Semester One Maths Reflection Sheet - Formulas & Rules Summary.
 * Holidays || Holiday Homework || Complete Reflections & Rules sheet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Holidays and thank you for an enjoyable Semester of Maths!

||  ||   || Algebra Homework sheet Substitution Backtracking Reversing equations Bringing items to the other side of the equation Flowcharts Maths 300 ||  ||   || Practice Test Maths 300 Maths Homework Sheet ||  ||   || Test Feedback Introduction to Linear Graphs/Cartesian Planes. ||  ||   || __Scale __ - Q's 1 -5 from Ex 12A pg 505
 * 16 August || Algebra and Equations || Chapter 6
 * 23 August || Algebra and Equations || Solving worded problems using Algebra
 * 30 August || Algebraic Equations || Revision
 * 6 September || Cartesian Planes and Networks || Chapter 12 Questions - Please check your child's Maths Exercise Book every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon/evening to see if they're completing entire prescribed Textbook exercises. You may also use this unit outline to encourage them to work ahead, if they get stuck - they can seek help in class or they are welcome to see me in the Science Staffroom at Recess or lunchtime, otherwise they're welcome to come to Homework Help. Tutors can use the unit plan below to guide their advice/teaching/support.

__Latitude and Longitude __ - questions 2,5,7 & 9.from Ex 12B pg 515 - Google Earth as a resource to show students

__Maps and Bearings __ - questions 1,3,5,9,10 & 11 from Ex 12C pg 523

__Student Designed Treasure Hunt __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">- using skills learnt during the topic so far, students design their own treasure hunt for their peers to follow ||   || <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 45.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">- questions 1,2,4,7 &9 from Exercise 12F pg 547 <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 45.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Networks __ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 45.2pt; tabstops: list 45.2pt; text-indent: -18pt;">- questions 2,4,6,8, 9 & 10 from Ex 12D pg 530
 * 13 September || Cartesian Planes and Networks || __<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Cartesian Planes __

__<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Network Maps and Directed Networks __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">- questions 2,4,6 & 8 from Ex 12D pg 538 __<span style="background: #ffffff; backgroundattachment: scroll; backgroundimage: none; backgroundposition: 0% 0%; backgroundpositionx: 0%; backgroundpositiony: 0%; backgroundrepeat: repeat; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 45.2pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 45.2pt; marginright: 0cm; margintop: 0cm; tabstops: list 45.2pt; textindent: -18pt;">Cartesian Planes __ <span style="background: #ffffff; backgroundattachment: scroll; backgroundimage: none; backgroundposition: 0% 0%; backgroundpositionx: 0%; backgroundpositiony: 0%; backgroundrepeat: repeat; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 45.2pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 45.2pt; marginright: 0cm; margintop: 0cm; tabstops: list 45.2pt; textindent: -18pt;">- questions 1,2,4,7 &9 from Exercise 12F pg 547

__<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Networks __ <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 45.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">- questions 2,4,6,8, 9 & 10 from Ex 12D pg 530

__<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Network Maps and Directed Networks __ <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 45.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">- questions 2,4,6 & 8 from Ex 12D pg 538

<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">**HOLIDAY HOMEWORK DUE 1ST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL!** <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||   || - Each student will complete an Angles and Shapes project over an extended period of time -Our class will join up with Miss Richard's class in joint fun maths activities -Homework: Chapter 11, Exercises 11A - 11E. ||  ||
 * 4 - 11 October || Angles and Polygons || -Collaborative Learning and Teaching Program