Welcome To Honors Math
***You can reach me at jowsiany@sainthelenaschool.org.***
Announcements
Grade 4 –
Grade 5 –
Grade 6 –
Grade 7 –
Grade 8 – test on Tuesday, 5/7/24
Monday 4/29/24
- 4th grade: P201-202 in HW Journal
- test on Wednesday
- 5th grade: P177-178 in HW Journal
- test on Wednesday
- Esti-Mystery Project due Thursday, 5/2/24
- 6th grade: Practice test
- test on Wednesday on area of triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and composite figures
- 7th grade: workbook pg. 465
- 8th grade: packet pg. 9 #5-8
- Maintenance Sheet Corrections due tomorrow for Maint #12, 13, 14, 15
Tuesday 4/30/24
- 4th grade: Practice test – study for test tomorrow
- 5th grade: finish the Practice test that we began in class – study for test tomorrow
- Esti-Mystery Project due Thursday, 5/2/24
- 6th grade: study for the test tomorrow
- 7th grade: Pg. 471-472 – you do not need to do the spiral questions
- 8th grade: packet pg. 10 -11 #5-9 – use Desmos to find the lines/curves of best fit
Wednesday 5/1/24
- 4th grade: none due to test
- 5th grade: Esti-Mystery project due tomorrow
- 6th grade: none due to test
- 7th grade: Practice test – due on FRIDAY, 5/3
- 8th grade: packet pg. 11-12 $4-17
Thursday 5/2/24
- 4th grade: P203-204
- 5th grade:
- 6th grade: Pg. 543-544 #1-6
- 7th grade: Practice Test due tomorrow! Counts as a grade!
- 8th grade: test on Tuesday, 5/7/24
Reminders* –Students in grades 6-8 should have calculators for school AND home use.
Links to important websites:
- Click on each image to go to the webpage.
Honors Math Program admission for the 2023-2024 School Year
- The protocol for accepting students into this program includes the following:
- Standardized testing grades (Terra Nova):
- Math: composite score of 90% or above
- > 70 in all areas of math in the Objective Skills Index (on Terra Nova)
- CSI (InView testing): In the range of 125 (118 or above)
- Reading: composite score of 80% or above
- Math: composite score of 90% or above
- Final grades in math:
- From third grade entering the program in fourth grade: VG or O
- From fourth grade entering the program in fifth grade: 93 or above.
- Final grades in reading: 85 (G) or above for all students
- Teacher Recommendation
- Effort grades – 4
- Participation in the Honors Math Program is contingent upon the approval of the Archdiocesan Mathematics Committee.
- Students not meeting the above criteria will not be admitted into the program without approval. Some students may be invited to join the program on a probationary basis if they meet some, but not all, criteria.
- *** In order to remain in Honors Math class, each student must maintain at least an 85 average (end of year average). ***