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I am so  excited that you are going to Montaña de Oro! I wish I could go with you.  I want you to have a blast. I also don't want you to forget what you have done in this class. So I am giving you some homework - I figure you will do some today / tonight, but you should try to do a bit on Saturday/Sunday as a refresher. Not much, just like 20 minutes. Many of you are behind. I don't want to publicly shame, but if I have to send you to Liz I will. GET CAUGHT UP. Exercises that some of you haven't done, that are late, but you still have to do: Reading dot plots and frequency tables Creating Histograms Reading Histograms Calculating the Mean Calculating the Median Work I am assigning today, to be done in class and after the camping trip: Calculating the Mean from Data Displays Calculating the Median from Data Displays Exploring the Mean and Median

You guys rock! Let's keep the momentum going. Today we will: Go over histograms (if you miss class, here is some info) Work on khan academy Sam will check your data Sam will check if you did the KA from last class (4 still hadn't as of last evening) Your class/homework is: Creating Histograms Reading Histograms and some review Calculating the Mean Calculating the Median Note: we have class Monday, then you go camping.

Notes Dot Plots and frequency tables. I just write a few notes on the board. If you are not in class, it is explained here . Classwork Dot Plots and Frequency Tables  - 4 exercises Also: If anyone wants to show me their notebook today (as opposed to Thursday), I will give you a bonus point. Homework MAKE SURE YOU KEEP TRACK OF YOUR DATA!!! You gotta show me on Thursday! If needed, finish Dot Plots and Frequency Tables

On Thursday, I will check the personal data you have been keeping track of. Google forms are a great way to keep track of your Feltron data. If you would like help setting one up, ask me. Khan Academy Otherwise, work on Khan Academy: Work on " Probability of Rolling Dice " THIS IS YOUR HOMEWORK Practice old material and/or work on something you are interested in

I hope you finished all the Khan Academy exercises? If not, I really have to send you to Liz. I promise, I don't like sending you out. Weekly Reports Make a Google Form which asks "What day is this report for?" and "How many times did you..." for each data point Spreadsheets Follow the instructions on the first sheet Homework The link above has instructions. Follow them. On your sheet, find the average of the numbers on the front page (you have to scroll down). Don't do it by hand.... AND KEEP KEEPING TRACK OF YE OLDE DATA

Question: Who has a Google/Gmail account? Keep working on what we started yesterday: Sign into Khan Academy, and do the following exercises (there are related videos if you need a refresher): This review exercise (get 5 right):  Mean, Median, Mode This Topic,  The Coordinate Plane , which is made up of exercises and videos You need to do the exercises - there are 6 You can watch the videos if you need help, when you are at home, or ask me, if you're in class and it's the right time K.A. may make you do some sort of skills test. Just go with it. If you finish early, I have something you can do to help me out - (list of what's being reported, GForms for all) - ask me what that means, I just didn't want to forget. HOMEWORK Finish the seven exercises for homework by next class, Thursday. KEEP TRACK OF YO' DATA!!!

Intro Ready to track data? If not, talk to me during classwork time, which is most of class.  What you believe about intelligence matters. If you tell yourself: "I suck at ..." "I'm just not good at..." "Some people just can't..."     ...then you are lying to yourself and making your life harder. People are good at things because they work at them. It is easy to believe that others were born with a skill, or that if you are bad at something now, it means you aren't smart. That's not true.  Being bad at something is step 1 to being good at it... Just a friendly reminder. So, hopefully everyone got Khan Academy set up. If you didn't, sit quietly for a few minutes and I will get to you - first, I want the people who did their homework to be able to start the classwork. Classwork Sign into Khan Academy, and do the following exercises (there are related videos if you need a refresher): This review exer...