Reece Math

2010-11-09T20:51:00.000-08:00

This site has moved. For course information, daily assignments, and school updates, check the web site:

http://rgs.riverdale.k12.or.us/~lreece/

2010-06-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

Have a Wonderful Summer!

Attention students and parents planning on summer skills maintenance: please look over the resources linked to the right side of this blog to help guide your work.

The Glencoe program provides many resources, and one particularly useful resource for summer work is called the "Parent and Student Study Guide." This link takes to a list of printable handouts that include examples and basic instruction, practice problems, and answers for verifying student work upside down at the bottom of the page.

Parents and students can also use the curriculum posted for each course (also linked on the right side of the blog) to provide information about the concepts explored in each course.

2010-06-01T15:24:00.000-07:00

Week of June 1 and June 7

Course 2, Course 3 and all Pre-Algebra classes

Students in all classes have completed all assignments for this trimester that count toward their final grade. (Woo Hoo!) For these last two weeks, students will be reviewing material from the entire year, and will then take their end of year assessments (final cumulative test, work sample, and Stanford 10).

Tuesday - Friday
*End of Year Review / Test
*Work Sample
*Stanford 10

2010-05-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

Week of May 24

Course 2

Students in Course 2 have completed all assignments for this trimester that count toward their final grade. (Woo Hoo!) For the next several weeks, students will be reviewing material from the entire year, and will then take their end of year assessments (final cumulative test, work sample, and Stanford 10).

Monday-Thursday (May 24-27)- End of Year review
Friday (May 28)-End of Year Cumulative Test (or before, for students who are ready)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 wrap up Chapter this week, reviewing on Monday and taking the Chapter 7 test on Tuesday. This test is the last assignment that will count toward a grade. For the next several weeks, students will be reviewing material from the entire year, and will then take their end of year assessments (final cumulative test, work sample, and Stanford 10).

Monday (May 24)- (go over review)
Tuesday (May 25)- Chapter 7 TEST
Wednesday-Friday (May 26-28) Complete review of year

Pre-Algebra

Pre-Algebra students are wrapping up Chapters 10 and 11 this week, taking their end of chapter test and beginning their end of year review. The test on Chapters 10 & 11 will be administered on Wednesday, and the year review will begin afterward.

Monday (May 24)- Review: (1) pg. 544-548, #6-9, 16, 17, 20-32 even, and #33 and (2) pg. 595-597, #12-20
Tuesday (May 25)- go over review
Wednesday (May 26)- Chapter 10 & 11 TEST
Thursday (May 27)- (finish test) -or- begin end of year review
Friday (May 28)-continue end of year review

2010-05-14T15:39:00.000-07:00

Week of May 17

Course 2

Students in Course 2 wrap up the geometry chapter- Chapter 11- this week as they begin to review for their Chapter 11 test later in the week (Thursday-Friday). Students should be paying particular attention to the various area formulas we've learned during the course of this unit; making a set of notecards and practicing these formulas periodically throughout the week will be very helpful.

Monday (May 17)- (1) Review assignment: Pg. 504-506, #1-43
Tuesday (May 18)- No math....field trip to Timbers health fair and soccer game
Wednesday (May 19)- continue review
Thursday (May 20)- TEST on Chapter 11
Friday (May 21)- (finish) TEST or work day

Course 3

Students in Course 3 wrap up the second geometry chapter, Chapter 7, but continue the exploration of 3-dimensional solids this week as we change focus and learn about surface area. The class is all back together this week as all grades have returned from Field Studies, which is great. There won't be a quiz this week, as students will be beginning their review of the chapter on Friday and continuing to review and take their Chapter 7 test next week.

Monday (May 17)- (1) Pg. 349-350, #4, 9, 10
Tuesday (May 18)- (1) No math today....field trip to Timbers health fair and soccer game
Wednesday- (May 19) (1) Pg. 349-350, #5, 11, 12, 15 and (2) 7-7 Practice Skills (only circled and squared problems)
Thursday- (May 20) (1) and (2) finish 7-7 Practice Skills...do the cylinder problems
Friday (May 21)-Review assignment: Pg. 363-366, #1-31

Pre-Algebra

Pre-Algebra students are all back together this week, as everyone has returned from Field Studies. This week, we finish up Chapter 10, focusing last on the area and circumference of circles and the area of complex figures. Later in the week we jump right into Chapter 11 and begin a quick review of 3-dimensional solids and volume formulas. There will be no quiz this week.

Monday (May 17)- (1) Pg. 535-537, #1, 3, 4-8, 16-23 and (2) 10-7 Practice Skills
Tuesday (May 18)- No math today....field trip to Timbers health fair and soccer game
Wednesday (May 19)- (1) Pg. 542, #7-18 and (2) 10-8 Skills Practice
Thursday (May 20)- (1) Pg. 559-560, #9-12, and (2) Pg. 562, #1-6, and (3) Pg. 566, #11-16, 21, and #32
Friday (May 21)-(1) Pg. 570-571, #2, 11, 13-15 and (2) Pg. 575-576, #2, 10, 12, 14, 19

2010-05-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

Week of May 10

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue Chapter 11 this week as they put all of the area formulas they have learned thus far and study complex figures, in which students learn to divide up complex figures and calculate area sequentially.. Students are still encouraged to bring calculators most of this week; they will really come in handy as many of the figures involve pi/circles/semi-circles. There will be a quiz on Friday, covering section 11-7 on complex figures.

Monday (May 10)- (1) Pg. 499-500, #1, #3-8 and (2) 11-7 Study Guide
Tuesday (May 12)- (1) Pg. 500, #9-12 and (2) 11-7 Practice Skills
Wednesday (May 13)- (1) Correct any errors from yesterday's assignments, and (2) Complex Area Challenge (this is extra credit...not required)
Thursday (May 14)-(1) Complex Area Creatures
Friday (April 30)- QUIZ on Section 11-7 (area of complex figures)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the second geometry chapter, Chapter 7, and this week focus on 3-dimensional figures and volume formulas. The Course 3 class is split up this week as 7/8th graders are away on Field Studies. (This week is a repeat of last week.) There will be a quiz on Friday covering sections 7-4, 7-5, and 7-6.

Monday (May 10)- (1) Pg. 333, #1-15 and (2) 7-4 Practice Skills
Tuesday (May 11)- (1) Pg. 337, #2, 4, 5, 7, 8-11 and (2) 7-5 Practice Skills (just the rectangular and triangular prisms in top section)
Wednesday- (May 12) (1) Cylinder study...pg. 338, #12, 13, 16, 20 and 30 and (2) finish last night's handout on volume...tonight, do the cylinder problems
Thursday- (May 13) (1) pg. 344, #3-10
Friday (May 14)-Quiz on sections 7-4, 7-5 and 7-6

Pre-Algebra

First period students in Pre-Algebra begin Chapter 10 this week, which is largely a review of basic geometry and measurement concepts such as angle relationships, transformation in a coordinate plane, and polygon characteristics. The assignments listed below, which are largely a repeat from last week, apply only to students in first period pre-algebra. There will be a quiz this week, covering sections 10-1, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5 and 10-6.

The 5th graders in 4th period Pre-Algebra will be completing a game project this week focusing on topics covered in Chapters 8 and 9- games will be presented on Friday; there will be no quiz this week for 4th period students.

Monday (May 10)- (1) Pg. 495-496, #1-26, and (2) 10-1 Practice
Tuesday (May 11)- (1) (1)Pg. 509-510, #3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18-20 and (2) the top of "10-3 Enrichment"
Wednesday (May 12)- (1) Pg. 515, #8-26, #29 and Pg. 523, #7-12, #26-28
Thursday (May 13)- (1) Pg. 529, #2-7, #9-18, #23-26
Friday (May 14)- Quiz on sections 10-1, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5 and 10-6

2010-05-03T09:13:00.000-07:00

Week of May 3 (Wow...it's May already!)

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue Chapter 11 this week as they learn about circles and their characteristics. Students are encouraged to bring calculators most of this week, they will really come in handy. There will be a quiz on Friday, covering sections 11-6 on the are and circumference of circles.

Monday (May 3)- (1) Circumference handout: "Why Pi?"
Tuesday (May 4)- (1) handout on Circumference: "11-5 Explore Circumference of Circles"
Wednesday (May 5)- (1) Pg. 494, #2, #4-9 and (2) 11-6 Study Guide
Thursday (May 6)-(1) Pg. 494, #11-23, #29 and (2) finish the handout from Tuesday, but this time calculate the area of the circles.
Friday (April 30)- QUIZ on Section 11-6 (circumference and area of circles)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the second geometry chapter, Chapter 7, and this week focus on 3-dimensional figures and volume formulas. The Course 3 class is split up this week as 6th graders are away at Outdoor School. This week will be repeated for them next week when they return and the 7th/8th grade contingency leaves for their Field Studies.

Monday (May 3)- (1) Pg. 333, #1-15 and (2) 7-4 Practice Skills
Tuesday (May 4)- (1) Pg. 337, #2, 4, 5, 7, 8-11 and (2) 7-5 Practice Skills
Wednesday- (May 5) (1) Cylinder study...pg. 338, #12, 13, 16, 20 and 30 and (2) finish last night's handout on volume...tonight, do the cylinder problems
Thursday- (May 6) (1) pg. 344, #3-10
Friday (May 7)-Quiz on sections 7-4, 7-5 and 7-6

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra begin Chapter 10 this week, which is largely a review of basic geometry and measurement concepts such as angle relationships, transformation in a coordinate plane, and polygon characteristics. This week, the 6th graders are away at Outdoor School, so first period Pre-Algebra will be learning these topics next week while the 7th/8th graders are away for their Field Studies trip. The 5th graders in 4th period Pre-Algebra will be completing a game project next week focusing on topics covered in Chapters 8 and 9. There willb e a quiz this week, covering sections 10-1, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5 and 10-6.

Monday (May 3)- (1) Pg. 495-496, #1-26, and (2) 10-1 Practice
Tuesday (May 4)- (1)
Wednesday (May 5)- (1)Pg. 509-510, #3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18-20 and (2) the top of "10-3 Enrichment"
Thursday (May 6)- (1) Pg. 515, #1, 8, 10, 12, 23-26, and Pg. 523, #3-5, #21-23, and Pg. 529, #9-14
Friday (May 7)- Quiz on sections 10-1, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5 and 10-6

2010-04-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

Week of April 26

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue Chapter 11 this week, learning about area formulas for various polygons (parallelograms triangles, and trapezoids). As we explore area formulas, we'll also be exploring the relationships between a shape and its dimensions and the area (i.e. as the area increases, what happens to the overall shape?) Students are encouraged to bring calculators most of this week, they will really come in handy. There will be a quiz on Friday, covering sections 11-4 and 11-5 from the text.

Monday (April 26)- (1) pg. 484, #4, 7, 8, 16 and (2) 11-4 Practice Skills (evens)
Tuesday (April 27)- (1) Pg. 491, #3-5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17 and (2) 7-3 Skills Practice (just the circled problems)
Wednesday (April 28)- no math....5th graders are on field trip to the Capitol in Salem
Thursday (April 29)-(1) Pg. 491, #1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, and 15 and try #18 and 19 (2) finish the rest of the handout
Friday (April 30)- QUIZ on Sections 11-4 and 11-5

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the second geometry chapter, Chapter 7, and this week focus on using various area formulas explored last week to calculate the area of complex figures that may involve the combination of multiple shapes within one.. Students will have a quiz on Thursday (7th or 8th graders in the class) or Friday (6th graders), covering section 7-3. .

Monday (April 26)- (1) Pg. 328, #3-5 and (2) 7-3 Study Guide
Tuesday (April 27)- (1) Pg. 328, #6-13 (sketch each problem and show work)
Wednesday- (April 28) (1) handouts: "7-3 Practice Skills" and "Area of Irregular Shapes"
Thursday or Friday (April 29 or 30)-Quiz on section 7-3 (work day for those not taking a quiz)

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra wrap up Chapter 9 this week, which is mainly an introduction to basic trigonometry. Students learn to apply the sine-cosine-tangent ratios that we explored last Thursday, and this is the last section of the chapter. On Tuesday and Wednesday we will review the chapter and the Chapter 9 test will be on Thursday or Friday, depending on the class (1st period will take it on Friday, 4th and 5th periods will take it on Thursday.

Monday (April 26)- (1) Pg. 479, #1, 3-11, 14-18 even, 28-32 even and (2) 9-8 Practice (evens)
Tuesday (April 27)- (1) Chapter Review: pg. 483-486, #9-14, 19-38 and (2) "Practice" Test for Chapter 9
Wednesday (April 28)- (1) Study for your test!
Thursday or Friday (April 29 or 30)- Test on Chapter 9

2010-04-19T15:27:00.000-07:00

Week of April 19

Course 2

Students in Course 2 begin Chapter 11 this week, learning about squares and square roots, estimating square roots, and beginning to work with the Pythagorean Theorem. Students are encouraged to bring calculators most of this week, they will really come in handy. There will be a quiz on Friday, covering sections 11-1, 1102, and 11-3 from the text.

Monday (April 19)- (1) pg. 472, #3, 4-11, 14-28 even and (2) 11-1 Practice Skills
Tuesday (April 20)- (1) Pg. 476-477, #4-7, #13-20, #41, 44
Wednesday (April 21)- (1) Pg. 478, #1-5
Thursday (April 22)-(1) Pg. 481-482, #4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17-20 and (2) 11-3 Practice Skills (evens only)
Friday (April 23)- QUIZ on Sections 11-1, 11-2, and 11-3

Course 3

Students in Course 3 being the second third of the geometry unit, focusing in this chapter (Chapter 7) on area formulas, circles, and other 2-dimensional formulas. Students will have a quiz on Friday, covering sections 7-1 and 7-2.

Monday (April 19)- (1) Pg. 316-317, #1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13-16
Tuesday (April 20)- (1) Pg. 316-317, #3, 9, 12, 17, 18, 22, 24 and (2) finish last night's handout
Wednesday- (April 21) (1) Pg. 322-323, #3-18 (just the circumference) and (2) 7-2 Practice (just the circumference)
Thursday (April 22)-(1) Pg. 322-323, #3-18 (just the area) and (2) 7-2 Practice (just the area, this time)
Friday (April 23)-Quiz on sections 7-1 and 7-2

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 9 this week, which is mainly an introduction to basic trigonometry. Students will move on to explore the Distance and Midpoint formulas this week and begin exploring similar polygons. There will be a quiz this Friday on sections 9-6 and 9-7.

Monday (April 19)- (1) Pg. 468-469, #2, 4, 5, 9-14 and (2) 9-6 Practice (#1-10 only)
Tuesday (April 20)- (1) Pg. 468-469, #6, 7, 21-28, #31 and (2) 9-6 Practice (finish)
Wednesday (April 21)- (1) Pg. 473, #3-6, 8-12 even, #13-16
Thursday (April 22)- (1) Pg. 476, #1-3
Friday (April 16)- QUIZ on sections 9-6 and 9-7

2010-04-09T14:08:00.000-07:00

Week of April 12

Course 2

Students in Course 2 wrap up the first part of the geometry unit this week, the part that focused on basic angles and angle relationships, polygons and their characteristics, and movement within a coordinate plane. We finish Chapter 10 this week by exploring reflections, and then review this part of the unit. Students will take a test on Chapter 10 on Thursday of this week, and then next week we continue the geometry unit with Chapter 11, which focuses on area formulas of various polygons and complex figures.

Monday (April 12)- (1) pg. 458-459, #2, 5, 6, 12, 14, 16, 19 and (2) 10-9 Practice Skills
Tuesday (April 13)- (1) Chapter Review: Pg 462-464 #1-31
Wednesday (April 14)- Review/Reinforce/Practice/Study
Thursday (April 15)-(1) Chapter 10 Test
Friday (April 16)- Geometry Games

Course 3

Students in Course 3 also wrap up the first part of their geometry unit this week, the part that focused on basic angles and angle relationships, special right triangles, other polygons and their characteristics, and movement within a coordinate plane. To review, students will complete the chapter review, but they will also work in small groups to prove and defend concepts or relationships based on what they learned in the chapter. Students will take a test on Chapter 6 on Friday of this week, and then next week we continue the geometry unit with Chapter 7, which focuses on area formulas of various polygons and complex figures.

Monday (April 12)- (1) Pg. 306-308, #1-20, and #25-32
Tuesday (April 13)- (1) Review/Reinforce/Practice/Study
Wednesday-Thursday (April 14-15)-(1) "Defend/Defeat the Statement" group work
Friday (April 16)- TEST on Chapter 6

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra begin Chapter 9 this week, which is mainly an introduction to basic trigonometry. Students will begin reviewing square roots, right triangles, and the Pythagorean Theorem, and then next week we move on to explore the Distance and Midpoint formulas. Also, a HUGE thank you to Dr. Pereira, who visited all three classes last week to lead the students in an activity applying scatter plots, best fit lines, and linear equations to data he collects in his medical practice. The students were completely interested and their teacher is happily able to answer the question posed to all algebra teachers at one point or another (When are we ever going to use this?" We appreciate your time and effort!

Monday (April 12)- (1) Pg. 438-440, #1-11 (except #3), 12-46 even (estimate to the nearest tenth, and show your number lines)
Tuesday (April 13)- (1) Pg. 449-450, #1-9, 10-30 even, 35, 46-51 and (2) 9-3 Practice (except fourth period P-A)
Wednesday (April 14)- Pg. 455-456, #1-10, 12-24 even, #27-36, and #49-54 and (2) 9-4 Practice Skills (except 4th period P-A)
Thursday (April 15)- (1) Pg. 462-463, #2-8, #10, 12, 18, 20, 28 and #50-52 and (2) 9-5 Practice (evens #2-12 even)
Friday (April 16)- QUIZ on sections 9-1, 9-3, 9-4 and 9-5

2010-04-05T14:16:00.000-07:00

Welcome back from the break!

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue the study of geometry this week, focusing this week on coordinate plans and transformations within a coordinate grid (translations, reflections, and possibly rotations).

Monday (April 5)- (1) Coordinate grid packet
Tuesday (April 6)- (1) Pg 453, # 3-7 (2) 10-8 Practice Skills
Wednesday (April 7)- No math due to visiting school
Thursday (April 8)-(1) Symmetry Packet
Friday (April 9)- Quiz on sections 10-8 and 10-9 (coordinates, translations, and symmetry)

Course 3

Welcome back! Students in Course 3 continue the geometry unit this week, focusing on translations and reflections in a coordinate plane. There will be a quiz on Friday on sect ion 6-7 and 6-8.

Monday (April 5)- (1) Pg. 292-293, #3, 5-16, 21-24
Tuesday (April 6)- (1)Reflection Battleship (2) 6-7 Practice Skills
Wednesday (April 7)-(1) Pg. 298, #1, 4-9 (2) 6-8 Practice Skills (evens)
Thursday (April 8)-(1) Reflection/Translation Game (2) Reflection/Translation handout
Friday (April 2)- Quiz on reflections and other translations (sections 6-7, and 6-8)

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra wrap up Chapter 8 this week, completing a comprehensive review in preparation for Thursday's end of chapter test. Each class will also participate in an activity led by Dr. Pereira on Wednesday, in which students will see the application of scatter plots, best fit lines, and linear equations in medical research.

Monday (April 5)- (1) Pg. 424-428, #1-10, 12-56 even
Tuesday (April 6)- (1) Go over review
Wednesday (April 7)- Dr. Pereira visit
Thursday (April 8)- CHAPTER 8 TEST
Friday (April 9)- finish test

2010-03-29T14:53:00.000-07:00

Welcome back from the break!

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue the study of geometry this week, focusing this week will be on similar figures, polygons, and tessellations. Students will be creating their own tessellation later in the week. There will be a quiz on THURSDAY, rather than Friday, due to the field trip, covering sections 10-6 and 10-7

Monday (March 29)- (1) Pg. 442-443, #3, 4, 6, 11, 12, and (2) 10-6 Practice Skills
Tuesday (March 30)- (1)Pg. 448-449, #2, 3, 4-6, 8-15, and (2) 10-7 Practice Skills (all problems except the tessellation problems)
Wednesday (March 31)-(1) Tessellation handout (do the best you can without a protractor)
Thursday (April 1)-(1) Quiz on sections 10-4, 10-5, 10-6 and 10-7 (similar figures and polygons)
Friday (April 2)- (field trip-no math)

Course 3

Welcome back! Students in Course 3 continue the geometry unit this week, focusing on symmetry and translations in a coordinate plane. There will be a quiz on Friday.

Monday (March 29)- (1) Review: Pg. 284 "Mid Chapter Test" #1-7, #10, and Pg. 309, #1-7
Tuesday (March 30)- (1)Pg. 288-289, #1-16, #20 and (2) 6-6 Practice Skills
Wednesday (March 31)-(1) Symmetry artwork, (2) 6-6 Practice Skills
Thursday (April 1)-(1) Coordinate plane handouts
Friday (April 2)- Quiz on triangles, quadrilaterals, angle relationships, special right triangles, symmetry, and coordinates.

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 8 this week, which focuses on functions and linear equations, and graphing equations and inequalities. This week, we'll spend a day reviewing topics in Chapter 8 to date, then finish the last section of the Chapter, on graphing inequalities. The End of Chapter test is tentatively scheduled for April 7.

Monday (March 29)- (1) Pg. 741-744 (see below)
Tuesday (March 30)- (1)Pg. 421, #2, 3b, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21
Wednesday (March 31)-(1)Pg. 421, #5, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, and (2) 8-10 Practice Skills (just top problems #1-6)
Thursday (April 1)- (1) pg. 421, #8, 9, 22-29 and (2) complete the rest of the handout 8-10 Practice Skills
Friday (April 2)-(1) Practice Test (begin review)

Monday Review Sections and Problems (try to do them out of order):
8-9, #5, 7
8-3, #2, 8
8-6, #5-7
8-2, #3, 4, 16
8-8, #1-3
8-5, #1, 3, 5
8-1, #1, 2
8-7, #4, 10
8-4, #1, 5, 6

2010-03-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue the study of geometry this week. The focus this week will be on similar figures, polygons, and tessellations. Students will be creating their own tessellation later in the week. There will be quiz on Friday, covering sections 10-6 and 10-7

Monday (March 29)- (1) Pg. 442-443, #1-9, 11, 12, 16, 17, and (2) 10-6 Practice Skills
Tuesday (March 30)- (1)
Wednesday (March 31)-(1)
Thursday (April 1)-(1)
Friday (April 2)-Quiz on sections 10-6 and 10-7 (similar figures and polygons)

Course 3

Welcome back! Students in Course 3 continue the geometry unit this week, focusing on symmetry and translations in a coordinate plane. There will be a quiz on Friday.

Monday (March 29)- (1) Review: Pg. 284 "Mid Chapter Test"
Tuesday (March 30)- (1)
Wednesday (March 31)-(1)
Thursday (April 1)-(1)
Friday (April 2)-Quiz on sections 10-6 and 10-7 (similar figures and polygons)

Pre-Algebra

Monday (March 29)- (1) Pg. 741-744 (see listed sections and specific problems)
Tuesday (March 30)- (1)
Wednesday (March 31)-(1)
Thursday (April 1)-(1) Practice Test
Friday (April 2)-Quiz on sections 10-6 and 10-7 (similar figures and polygons)

2010-03-14T14:34:00.000-07:00

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue the study of geometry this week. The focus this week will be on triangles and quadrilaterals, their angle sums and characteristics. Students will be creating designs with various polygons, and exploring characteristics through games and patterns. There will be no quiz this week. When students return from Spring Break, Chapter 10 continues with similar figures and other geometry relationships.

Monday (March 15)- (1) Pg. 435, #1, 3, 4-9, 10-22 even, and (2) 10-5 Practice Skills
Tuesday (March 16)- (1)Pg. 436, #27-31 and (2) Finish geometry design from last week
Wednesday(March 17)-(1)(Polygon Games)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the geometry unit this week, focusing on angle relationships, triangles, and how the Pythagorean Theorem helps solve missing elements of special right triangles. Students will also explore quadrilateral characteristics this week.

Monday (March 15)- (1) Pg. 369, #4, #6-9, #12 and (2) 6-3 Practice Skills
Tuesday (March 16)- (1)Pg. 274, #1-9, 10-22 even and (2) 6-4 Practice Skills (evens)
Wednesday- (March 17)- (1) Angle search activity

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 8 this week, which focuses on functions and linear equations, and graphing equations and inequalities. This week, we review best-fit lines and making predictions using linear equations, and move on to explore systems of equations- solving by graphing and substitution. After Spring Break, we'll spend a day reviewing topics in Chapter 8 to date, then finish the last two sections of the Chapter. The End of Chapter test is tentatively scheduled for April 7.

Monday (March 15)-(1)Class activity using heights and arm spans and (2) 8-8 Practice
Tuesday (March 16)- (1)Pg. 417, #9-11, 12, 15, 17, and (2) 8-9 Practice (just #1-3)

Wednesday (March 17)- (1)Pg. 417, #18-23

2010-03-09T15:36:00.000-08:00

Course 2

Students in Course 2 begin a brand-new study of geometry this week. This study begins with an exploration of angles and angle relationships, and then continues as we study various shapes and their characteristics. This unit of study will continue throughout March and much of April

Monday (March 8)- (1) 10-1 Practice Skills
Tuesday (March 9)- (1)Pg. 424-425, #3-21, 24-27 and (2) 10-3 Practice Skills (evens)
Wednesday(March 10)-(1)Pg. 430-431, #2-16
Thursday (March 11)- Triangle Design

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the geometry unit this week, focusing on angles, angel relationships, triangles, and how the Pythagorean Theorem helps solve missing elements of special right triangles. Students will need a calculator for this entire unit of study, so if you don't already have one, now is the time to get one...

Monday (March 8)- (1) 6-1 Practice Skills
Tuesday (March 9)- (1)Pg. 264-265, #3-23 and (2) 6-2 Practice Skills (evens)
Wednesday- (March 10)- (1) Pg. 269, #5, 10, 11, 14, 15 (2) just circled problems on handout 6-3 Practice Skills

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 8 this week, which focuses on functions and linear equations, and graphing equations and inequalities. This week, we explore writing equations in slope-intercept form using graphs and coordinates, plotting scatter plots and finding best-fit lines, and solving systems of equations.

Monday (March 8)-(1)(work sample practice)
Tuesday (March 9)- (1)Pg. 407-408, #1-9, 12-30 even (2) 8-7 Practice

Wednesday (March 10)- (1)Pg. 410-411, #5-8, 12, 13

2010-03-01T15:37:00.000-08:00

Course 2

Students in Course 2 finish the review of the entire fraction unit this week, including conversions between fractions, decimals, and percentages .
The end of unit test will be administered on Wednesday and thursday of this week.

Monday (March 1)- (1) Continue review
Tuesday (March 2)- go over the review....study!!!
Wednesday-Thursday (March 3-4) TEST on all fraction processes and concepts.

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the geometry unit this week, focusing on the Pythagorean Theorem: solving for missing sides, and applying the theorem to real-life situations. Students will need a calculator for this entire unit of study, so if you don't already have one, now is the time to get one...

Monday (March 1)- (1) Pg. 135-136, #5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25 and (circled problems) on handout "3-4 Practice Skills" (just the circled problems)
Tuesday (March 2)- (1)Pg. 135-136, #10-11, 26-31, #35 and (2) "3-4 Practice" (just the bottom section)
Wednesday- (March 3)- (1) Pg. 138-139, #1-6, #8-13, #16
Thursday (March 4)- (1) Scavenger Hunt (2)handout "3-5 Practice Skills"
Friday (March 5)- Quiz on Sections 3-3, 3-4, and 3-5

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 8 this week, which focuses on functions and linear equations, and graphing equations and inequalities. This week, we explore rate of change and slope-intercept form.

Monday (March 1)-(1)Pg. 385-386, #4, 5, 9-13 (20) (just #1 and 2 and 14-15 on the handout)
Tuesday (March 2)- (1)Pg. 385-386, #3, 6-7, 14-19 (2) the rest of the handout

Wednesday (March 3)- (1)Pg. 400-401, #12-30 even, and (2) 8-6 Practice (evens)
Thursday (March 4)-(1)Pg. 400-401, #1-11, 313-31 ODD, #35, and (2) 8-6 Practice (odds)
Friday (March 5)- Quiz on Sections 8-5 and 8-6

2010-02-22T15:16:00.000-08:00

Week of February 16-19

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue to convert between fractions, decimals, and percentages, though this week students use conversion process to compare and order fractional amounts presented in various forms. Students will also study "fraction families", demonstrating how the same fractional part can be represented in multiple ways, and creating brief presentations explaining the various processes. There will be no quiz this week; on Friday, students will begin reviewing for the end of unit fraction test tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Monday (Feb. 22)- (1) Pg. 229-230, #2, 5-10, 20-34 even, #37-40
Tuesday-Thursday (Feb.23-25)- Fraction Family Project
Friday (Feb. 26) - Review work (see handout for page, section, and problems to review.

Course 3

Students in Course 3 begin the geometry unit this week, beginning with squares, square roots, and the Pythagorean Theorem. Students will need a calculator for this entire unit of study, so if you don't already have one, now is the time to get one...

Monday (Feb. 22)- (1) Pg. 118-119, #2, 5-12, 1, 14-37, 43-45 (2) 3-1 Practice Skills
Tuesday (Feb. 23)- (1)Pg. 121-122, #5-29, 32, 33
Wednesday- (1)(game..no book work)(2) 3-2 Practice Skills (evens only)
Thursday (Feb. 25)- (1) Pg. 135, #4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21 and (2) 3-4 Practice Skills...just the circled numbers
Friday (Feb. 26)- Quiz on Sections 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 8 this week, which focuses on functions and linear equations, and graphing equations and inequalities. This week, we explore intercepts and slope. Students will need graph paper regularly for this chapter.

Monday (Feb. 22)-(1)Pg. 384-385, #3-10, 12-32 even, and (2)handout: "8-3 Practice"
Tuesday (Feb. 23)- (1) Pg. 386, #1-3 (and finish the table, if you haven't already) and (2) 8-3 Skills Practice (just the circled problems)

Wednesday (Feb. 24)- (1)Pg. 390, #5-10, 14-20 even
Thursday (Feb. 25)-(1) Pg. 389-391, #1-3, 12, 13-19 odd, 28 and (2) 8-4 Practice (evens)
Friday (Feb. 26)- Quiz on Sections 8-3 and 8-4

2010-02-15T14:58:00.000-08:00

Week of February 16-19

Course 2

Students in Course 2 begin to take a look at conversions between fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students explore the concept of percentages in the early part of the week, then focus on conversions between all three forms of showing fractional parts.

Tuesday (Feb. 16)- (1) Pg. 218, #1-15, 16-34, 40-50, and (2) handout: "5-5 Skills Practice"
Wednesday (Feb.17) - (1)Pg. 222-223, #1-10, 12-26 even, 38-43, and (2) handout: "5-6 Skills Practice"
Thursday (Feb. 18) - QUIZ on converting between decimals, fractions, and percentages
Friday (Feb. 19) - (Field trip today)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 wrap up the unit of study on algebraic relationships, and begin the comprehensive review of the entire unit. Students will take their algebra test on Friday of this week.

Tuesday (Feb. 16)- (1) Practice Test (2) Correct Quiz from last week
Wednesday-Thursday (Feb. 17-18)- (1) Pg. 55-56, #25-40, #46-58, and (2)correct Practice Test from Tuesday
Friday (Feb. 19)- Test on Algebra

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra being Chapter 8 this week, which focuses on functions and linear equations, and graphing equations and inequalities. Students will need graph paper regularly for this chapter.

Tuesday (Feb. 16)-(1)Pg. 371, #1-9, 12-23, and 28-30 and (2)handout: "8-1 Practice"

Wednesday (Feb. 17)- (1)Pg. 377-379, # 1-11, 12-40 even, #46-50 even, and #51
Thursday (Feb. 18)-(1) Pg. 378-379, #13, 23, 25, 42-44, 45, 47, 49 and (2) handout: "8-2 Practice"
Friday (Feb. 19)- Quiz on Sections 8-1 and 8-2

2010-02-08T11:29:00.000-08:00

Week of February 8-12

Course 2

Students in Course 2 wrap up the first half of the Fraction, Decimal, and Percentage unit this week. Students complete and discuss a review guide on Monday and Tuesday, then take the mid-unit test on Wednesday. The test will cover all operations with fractions and mixed numbers. Later in the week they begin to take a look at conversion between fractions and decimals.

Monday-Tuesday (Feb. 8-9)- Review Guide and "Confused Calculations" handout
Wednesday (Feb.10) - Mid-Unit Fractions Test
Thursday (Feb. 11) - (1) Pg. 212, #10-12, 33-38 and (2) 5-4 Practice Skills
Friday (Feb. 12) - (1) Pg. 218, #1-15, #16-34 even, #40-50 even

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the unit of study on algebraic relationships. This week, students begin to explore inequalities, what they mean, how they are solved, etc.

Monday (Feb. 8)- (1) Pg. 494, #24-33, 35, 36 (2) 10-5 Practice Skills
Tuesday (Feb. 9)- (1) Pg. 498, #3-10, 12-22 even and (2) handout: "10-6 Practice Skills"
Wednesday (Feb. 10)- (1) Pg. 503, #2-8, #12-22 even
Thursday (Feb. 11)- (1) Pg. 504, #34-41 and (2) handout: "10-7 Practice Skills" just through #17
Friday (Feb. 12)- Quiz on inequalities (sections 10-5, 10-6, and 10-7)

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra wrap up Chapter 7 this week, reviewing multiple-step equations and inequalities. The Chapter 7 test will be administered on friday.

Monday (Feb. 8)-(1) Pg. 357, #1, 2, 4-9 (you don't need to graph this section, 13-26 (but you do need to graph this section) (2) 7-6 Practice (even)
Tuesday (Feb. 9)-(1)Pg. 357, #27-40 (2) Practice Test handout...treat it like a real practice test; try not to use your book or notes.

Wednesday (Feb. 10)- (1) Review assignment: Pg. 360-362, #11-43
Thursday (Feb. 11)-(1) (Review)
Friday (Feb. 12)- Test on Chapter 7

2010-01-31T11:31:00.000-08:00

Week of February 1-5

Course 2

Students in Course 2 wrap up the first half of the Fraction, Decimal, and Percentage unit this week. Throughout the week, students will review each operation and the steps required by creating a "Prezi" map of the process. These maps will be posted online for students to use in review. Next week, students will complete a calculations-based review, and take the Mid-Unit Fractions Test on Wednesday, Feb. 10. (There will be no quiz this week.)

Monday (Feb. 1)- Begin Prezi map project
Tuesday-Wednesday (Feb. 2-4) - Continue Prezi map projects
Friday (Feb. 5) - Finish Prezi map projects

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the unit of study on algebraic relationships. This week, students put together all of the processes we've explored thus far (using the Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Properties of Equality, combining like terms, and applying the Distributive Property) to solve multiple-step algebraic equations. As students explore and practice with these problems, they will be creating short "Jing" videos that outline the solution process. Toward the end of the week, we begin an analysis of inequalities. There will be no quiz this Friday.

Monday (Feb. 1)- (1) Finish equation handout, (2) Make solution notecards, (3) do quiz corrections
Tuesday (Feb. 2)- (1) Create Jing videos
Wednesday (Feb. 3)- (1) Continue Jing videos (2) use videos to check solutions to remaining problems (3) "Find the Error" handout
Thursday (Feb. 4)- (1) Continue Jing videos (2) use videos to check solutions to remaining problems, (3) pg. 477, #36-44, and pg. 640, #21-30
Friday (Feb. 5)- (begin inequalities) (1) and (2) 10-2 Study Guide

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 7 this week, reviewing multiple-step equations with variables on both sides, and working with inequalities. In the early part of the week, students will create Jing videos demonstrating more than one way to solve an equation and vote for the best method using the vote mechanism on this blog. Later in the week, we begin working with inequalities, moving on the sections 7-3, 7-4, and 7-5 in the text. There will be no quiz this Friday.

Monday (Feb. 1)-(1) Create Jing video, (2) correct quiz (if necessary)
Tuesday (Feb. 2)-(1) Pg. 740, all problems not already completed as part of Jing project.

Wednesday (Feb. 3)- (1) pg. 342-343, #1-16, 18-40 even [*note- second period pre-algebra will complete the 7-2 Practice Skills handout for homework...and save pg. 342 for class tomorrow]
Thursday (Feb. 4)-(1) pg. 347-348, #1-12, 14-42 even, #47 (2) 7-4 Practice
Friday (Feb. 5)- (1Pg. 353, #1-12, 14-36 even, (2) 7-5 Study Guide (No quiz this week)

2010-01-25T14:37:00.000-08:00

Week of January 25-29

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue to explore the unit of study on fractions, decimals, and percentages. This week, students put together several processes we've explored throughout the last few weeks (finding equivalent fractions, LCM, adding and subtracting with like denominators, "renaming" to subtract, etc.) to calculate problems involving unlike denominators.

Monday (Jan. 25)- (1) Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators packet
Tuesday (Jan. 26) - (1) Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators packet
Wednesday (Jan. 27) - (1) Renaming to Subtract Mixed Numbers (with unlike denominators) packet
Wednesday (Jan. 28) -Fraction game :)
Friday (Jan. 22) - (short) QUIZ on adding and subtracting with unlike denominators, mixed numbers, and regrouping. To prepare, do corrections to any assignments from the week, and review your math journal notes and examples.

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the unit of study on algebraic relationships. This week, students explore concepts such as "like terms" and the distributive property, and will be

Monday (Jan. 25)- (1) Complete like terms packet up to page 21
Tuesday (Jan. 26)- (1) (finish) like terms packet
Wednesday (Jan. 27)- (1) Distributive Property packet
Thursday (Jan.28) - (1) Applying the Distributive Property handouts
Friday (Jan. 29)-Quiz on combining like terms and using the distributive property. To prepare, do corrections to any assignments from the week, and review your math journal notes and examples.

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra begin Chapter 7 this week.

Monday (Jan. 25)-(1) Pg. 332, #10-22 even (2) 7-1 Practice (only up to #12)
Tuesday (Jan. 26)-(1) Pg. 337, #10-16 even (2) 7-2 Practice

Wednesday (Jan. 27)- (1) Pg. 337, #22-25, #30-32, (2) finish the 7-2 Practice handout
Thursday (Jan. 28)-(1) Pg. 339, #1-5
Friday (Jan. 29)- Quiz on sections 7-1 and 7-2 , and on inequality vocabulary. To prepare, do corrections to any assignments from the week, and review your math journal notes and examples. The extra practice available in the book may be helpful for this as well.

2010-01-19T14:27:00.000-08:00

Week of January 19-22

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue to explore the unit of study on fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students learned to multiply and divide with fractions and mixed numbers last week; this week, students begin adding and subtracting with like and unlike denominators. There will be no quiz this week.

Tuesday (Jan. 19)- (1) Adding and Subtracting with Like denominators packet, (2) handout: "6-3 Practice Skills"
Wednesday (Jan. 20) - (1) Renaming to Subtract Mixed Numbers packet
Thursday (Jan. 21) - (1) pg. 225-226 in textbook, #1-6, #8-15, and (2) handout: 5-4 Practice Skills (evens only)
Friday (Jan. 22) - (short) QUIZ on adding and subtracting with like denominators, mixed numbers, and regrouping, and LCM. To prepare, do corrections to any assignments from the week, and review your math journal notes and examples.

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the unit of study on algebraic relationships. Students this week continue to work with the Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Properties of Equality, but begin to put them together to solve two-step equations.

Tuesday (Jan. 19)- (1) handout: "3-3' and "3-4 Practice"
Wednesday (Jan. 20)- (1) Pg. 476-477, #4-11 (no homework)
Thursday (Jan.21) - (1) Pg. 476-477, #13-22, and (2) handout: "10-2 Practice Skills" (#'s 2-21 only)
Friday (Jan. 22)-(1) Pg. 476-477, #27-34, and (2) handout: "10-2 Study Guide"
*No quiz this week

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra wrap up Chapter 6 this week; we will review the entire chapter on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then complete the Chapter 6 Test on Thursday of this week. Next week, we begin Chapter 7.

Tuesday (Jan. 19)-(1) Pg. 316-320, #6-68

Wednesday (Jan. 20)- (review)
Thursday (Jan. 21)-TEST on Chapter 6
Friday (Jan. 22)- Make-up work day

2010-01-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

Week of January 11-15

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue to explore the unit of study on fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students learned to multiply with fractions last week; this week, students multiply with mixed numbers and then divide both fractions and mixed numbers. Students will take a quiz on Friday covering multiplication and division with fractions and mixed numbers.

Monday (Jan. 11)- Cross multiplication and multiplying with mixed numbers packet

Tuesday (Jan. 12)- (1) Pg. 256-257, #4-9, 11-22, and #25-32 (finish for homework)
Wednesday (Jan. 13) - (1) Dividing fractions packet
Thursday (Jan. 14) - (1) Pg. 266-267, #3-6, #12-19 (2) handout: "Dividing with Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Whole Number" and (3) the last page of yesterday's packet (multiplying and dividing problems on one page)
Friday (Jan. 15) - Quiz on multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers.

Course 3

Students in Course 3 continue the unit of study on algebraic relationships. Students this week continue to work with the Addition and Subtraction Properties of Equality and begin working with the Division Property of Equality as well.

Monday (Jan. 11)- (1) Pg. 48, #18-29, (2) 4-2 Practice (odds)

Tuesday (Jan. 12)- (In-Class Game)
Wednesday (Jan. 13)- (1) Pg. 52, #14-19 and (2) handout: 4-3 Practice Skills
Thursday (Jan.14) - (1) Pg. 52, #8-11, #22-31 and (2) handout: 3-4 Practice
Friday (Jan. 15)-Quiz on the addition, subtraction, and division properties of equality.

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 6 this week; wrapping up the chapter with sections 6-8 and 6-9, focusing on percent increase/decrease and basic probability. In the third week of the month- next week- we will review and complete the Chapter 6 test.

Monday (Jan. 11)-(1) Pg. 306-307, #1, 3-8, #10-17, and (2) 6-8 Practice (evens)

Tuesday (Jan. 12)-(1) Pg. 306-307, #18-24, and (2) handout: "6-8 Practice (odds)

Wednesday (Jan. 13)- (1) Pg. 309, #1-6
Thursday (Jan. 14)-(1) Pg. 312-313, #4-7, 12-28, and (2) handout: 6-9 Practice (evens)
Friday (Jan. 15)- Quiz on Sections 6-8 and 6-9

2010-01-03T16:53:00.000-08:00

Week of January 4-8
Happy 2010!

Course 2

Students in Course 2 begin a long unit of study on fractions, decimals, and percentages. The early part of the unit focuses on basic fractional concepts and working with fractional parts; developing an understanding of the relationship between parts and wholes. Students then move on to calculating operations with fractions, and later in the unit students will convert between fractions, decimals, and percentages.

Monday (Jan. 4)- Intro to Fraction packet

Tuesday (Jan. 5)- (1) Mixed Number packet, and (2) handout: "Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions"
Wednesday (Jan. 6) - (1) Equivalent fraction handout, (2) two handouts on reducing fractions
Thursday (Jan. 7) - (1) Finish packet on multiplying fractions
Friday (Jan. 8) - Quiz on basic fraction concepts, mixed numbers and improper fractions, and reducing fractions.

Course 3

Students in Course 3 begin a new unit of study on algebraic relationships. The unit begins with a review of integers, and then students begin exploring the idea of balanced equations and the Addition and Subtraction Properties of Equality.

Monday (Jan. 4)- Complete Integer review handout packet on adding and subtracting with integers.

Tuesday (Jan. 5)- Multiplying and Dividing Integer packet
Wednesday (Jan. 6) - (no homework) :)
Thursday (Jan.7) - (1) pg. 47-48, #4-9, #12-17, and (2) handout 4-2 Practice Skills
Friday (Jan. 8)-Quiz on integers and the addition and subtraction properties of equality.

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 6 this week and next. The focus this week is on estimating and calculating percentages mentally, and working with the percent equation. Next week, we will wrap up Chapter 6, completing the last two sections in Chapter 6, and in the third week of the month we will review and complete the Chapter 6 test.

Monday (Jan. 4)-(1) Practice Quiz 1, pg. 292, (2) pg. 295-296, #2-5, 7-16, and (3) handout "6-6 Practice"

Tuesday (Jan. 5)-(1) pg. 295-296, #6, 9-11, 19-24, 27-34 and (2) finish handout from last night (6-6 Practice...just the problems not crossed out)

Wednesday (Jan. 6)- (1) Pg. 300-301, #4-7, #12-22 even (2) 6-7 Practice (evens only)
Thursday (Jan. 7)-(1) Pg. 300-301, #23-39, 42 and (2) 6-7 Practice (odds only)
Friday (Jan. 8)- Quiz on Sections 6-6 and 6-7

2009-12-15T15:39:00.000-08:00

Week of December 14- December 18
Have a great holiday break, everyone!

Course 2

Students in Course 2 complete a mini-unit on probability this week, exploring basic probability concepts and working with tree diagrams and the Fundamental Counting Principle. There will be no quiz this week, as we will spend Friday finishing up the "Measurement Fiesta" our annual integrated math and science exploration of measurement.

Monday (Dec. 14)- (Experimental Probability: paper bag and tile activity)

Tuesday (Dec. 15)- (1) Pg. 372, #10-25 (except #16 and 17) and (2) handout-"9-1 Practice Skills"
Wednesday (Dec. 16) - (1) Pg. 376, #7-12 and (2) "9-2 Practice Skills"
Thursday (Dec. 17) - (1) Pg. 379 #5-14, #4 and (2) 9-3 Practice Skills

Course 3

Students in Course 3 wrap up the unit on percentages, with a test on Chapter 5 tentatively scheduled for December 17th. To study, students should (1) complete any corrections from classwork, homework, or quizzes, (2) complete extra practice work in the back of the book, and other practice tests available in the chapter, and (3) review material in notebooks and textbooks.

Monday (Dec. 14)- Percent statement handout (crossword)

Tuesday (Dec. 15)- Review assignment: Pg. 246-248, #11-37, #51-54
Wednesday (Dec. 16) - Go over review
Thursday (Dec. 17) - Chapter 5 Test

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 6 this week. The focus this week is on scale and drawing to scale. Students will complete a couple of scale drawing activities and designs, and work through section 6-3 in the textbook.

Monday (Dec. 14)-Begin classroom design.

Tuesday (Dec. 15)-(1) Pg. 279, #8-17, and (2) handout "6-3 Practice Skills"

Wednesday (Dec. 16)- Pg. 279-280, #18-25 and (2) handout "6-3 Practice"
Thursday (Dec. 17)- Scale drawing project: (a) 1 cm : 10 cm expansion, (b) 1 cm : 1 cm (same size), and (c) 1 cm : .5 cm (reduction)

2009-12-06T11:51:00.000-08:00

Week of December 7- December 11

Course 2

Students in Course 2 wrap up the unit on data this week. Students will review the unit on Monday and Tuesday, and they will take a test on Wednesday, covering all sections in the text Chapter 2. To prepare, students should (a) review all work and notes from the unit, (b) make any necessary corrections to quizzes, classwork, and homework, (c) use the Glencoe online resources (http://msmath2.net) and (d) use text resources to complete additional practice problems.

Monday (Dec. 7)- (1) Pg. 96-98, #1-30

Tuesday (Dec. 8)- review, discuss study techniques, in-class study time
Wednesday (Dec. 9) - Chapter 2 Test
Thursday (Dec. 10) - (finish test)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 Continue to explore percentages this week; on Monday and Tuesday students create a conversion publication, explaining conversion processes in their own words. On Thursday and Friday, students explore percent equations, analyzing a variety of percentage, part, and whole relationships. There will not be a quiz this Friday. This percentage unit wraps up next week, with a test on Chapter 5 tentatively scheduled for December 16th or 17th.

Monday (Dec. 7)- (1) Create conversion outline, (2) begin Conversion Publication

Tuesday (Dec. 8)-Continue work on Conversion Publications
Wednesday (Dec. 2) - Conversion Publications due.
Thursday (Dec. 3) - (1) Pg. 234, #4-15, and (2) "5-6 Practice" (evens)
Friday (Dec. 4) - (1) Pg. 234, #16- 28 and (2) "5-6 Practice" (odds)

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra begin Chapter 6 this week. The focus of this chapter is rations, percentages, percent relationships and proportional relationships. This week, students will explore basic ration and percentage relationships, and next week explore scale conversions. There will be a quiz this Friday on sections 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, and 6-5. Next week, we look back at scale models (section 6-3) and complete scale drawings during the latter half of the week. There will be no quiz next week.

Monday (Dec. 7)- (1) Pg. 266-268, #2-11, 16-34 even, #49 and (2) handout "6-1 Practice"

Tuesday (Dec. 8)-(1) Pg. 273, #10-30 even, #32-35 (first period P-A) [fourth period P-A should do #10-26 even, and #32, and fifth period P-A should do #3-7, 12-14, 21-29, and #32-35, and (2) all three classes homework: handout "6-2 Practice"

Wednesday (Dec. 9)- Pg. 283-284, #2-14, #16-38 even, and #43-48 (except 4th period...just do #47 and #48)
Thursday (Dec. 10)- (1) Pg. 291-292, # (2) 5-5 Practice
Friday (Dec. 11)- Quiz on sections 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, and 6-5: To study, (1) review all notes and examples in your notebook from this week, (2) correct all classwork and homework assignments, (3) use the Chapter 6 resources on the Glencoe web site for Pre-Algebra, linked to this blog, and (4) complete additional practice problems using the back section of your text, the "Parent and Student Study Guides" available online, or complete unassigned problems from daily assignments and check your answers in the back of the book.

2009-11-28T11:49:00.000-08:00

Week of November 30- December 4

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue the unit on data and statistics this week. We explore box and whisker plots, compare and contrast bar graphs and histograms, and explore misleading data and data representations. Please feel free to send in any interesting graphs or data representations; we can analyze them in class discussions. Students will take a short quiz on Friday, covering sections 2-6, 2-7, and 2-8 in the text.

Monday (Nov. 30)- (1) Pg. 82-83, #5 and #8 (2) handout "2-6 Study Guide"...#3-6 only

Tuesday (Dec. 1)- (1) Pg. 87-88, #3-13 and (2) handout "2-7 Practice: Skills"
Wednesday (Dec. 2) - (1) Complete handout on misleading data. To complete, answer the following questions: (a) How is the graph mathematically incorrect? (b) How is the pictograph itself misleading? and (c) What might be a better way of presenting this data?
Thursday (Dec. 3) - (1) Pg, 93-94 #1, 7, 9-11, (2) complete "2-8 Practice Skills" (both sides)
Friday (Dec. 4) - (1) Quiz on sections 2-6 through 2-8 in the text. Students will be creating and analyzing box and whisker plots, bar graphs and histograms, and analyzing misleading graphs and data. To prepare, (a) Review all work and notes from the week, (b) make any necessary corrections, (c) use the Glencoe online resources (http://msmath2.net)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 begin to explore percentages this week; throughout the month we explore percentage conversions, percentage relationships, and apply percents to everyday practice. There will be a short quiz on sections 5-1 and 5-2 on Friday, December 4th, and then the next assessment will be a Chapter test covering all concepts in Chapter 5, administered on Thursday December 17th.

Monday (Nov. 30)- (1)Pg. 208-209, #4-11, 42, 43 and (2) complete "5-1 Practice Skills"

Tuesday (Dec. 1)- (1) Pg. 208-209, #14-38 even (in the little booklets) and (2) "5-1 Study Guide"
Wednesday (Dec. 2) - (1) Pg. 212, #4-15, and (2) "5-2 Practice Skills" evens only
Thursday (Dec. 3) - (1) Pg. 213, #18-32 even, #57-62 and (2) "5-2 Practice Skills" odds only
Friday (Dec. 4) - (1) Quiz on sections 5-1 and 5-2 in the text. Students will be creating and analyzing box and whisker plots, bar graphs and histograms, and analyzing misleading graphs and data. To prepare, (a) Review all work and notes from the week, (b) make any necessary corrections, (c) use the Glencoe online resources (http://msmath3.net)

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra wrap up Chapter 5 this week. The focus this week will be on working with equations with embedded fractions and analyzing arithmetic and geometric sequences. These are the last two sections of Chapter 5; on Thursday we will begin a Chapter 5 review and students will take the Chapter 5 test on Friday.

Monday (Nov. 16)- (1) Pg. 246, #20-40 even, and (2) handout "5-9 Practice" (#1-20 only)

Tuesday (Dec. 1)-(1) Pg. 251, #10-34 (all) (2) handout "5-10 Practice"

Wednesday (Dec. 2)- Review assignment: Pg. 254-258, #10-71, and #74-81
Thursday (Dec. 3)- Discuss review and study for Friday's test (see below for study suggestions).
Friday (Dec. 4)- Test on Chapter 5: To study, (1) review all notes and examples in your notebook from this week, (2) correct all classwork and homework assignments, (3) use the Chapter 5 resources on the Glencoe web site for Pre-Algebra, linked to this blog, and (4) complete additional practice problems using the back section of your text, the "Parent and Student Study Guides" available online, or complete unassigned problems from daily assignments and check your answers in the back of the book.

2009-11-16T14:10:00.000-08:00

Week of November 16-November 20

Several Items to note:

Friday, Nov. 20th is the end of Trimester 1. Students have been receiving paper copies of progress reports every other week since mid-October, and should be tracking their missing assignments carefully. Friday is the last day to receive credit on assignments for Trimester 1.
Students who are leaving town early should be sure to complete this week's assignments early and take the quiz (or test) before they leave.

Course 2

Students in Course 2 continue the unit on data and statistics this week. We explore line plots, measures of central tendency, stem and leaf plots, and box and whisker plots. Students will take a short quiz on Friday, covering sections 2-3, 2-4, and 2-5 in the book.

Monday (Nov. 16)- (1) Pg. 66-67, #5-11, 12-17, and (2) handout "2-3 Practice Skills"

Tuesday (Nov. 17)- (1) Pg. 71-72, #2-9, 11, 14, 16, and 17and (2) handout "2-4 Practice: Skills"
Wednesday (Nov. 18) - (1) 2-4 Hands-on Lab
Thursday (Nov. 19) - (1) Pg, 78 #5-10, (2) complete "2-5 Study Guide"
Friday (Nov. 20) - (1) Quiz on sections 2-3 through 2-5 in the text. Students will be creating and analyzing line plots, stem and leaf plots, and box and whisker plots, and calculating measures of central tendency . To prepare, (a) Review all work and notes from the week, (b) make any necessary corrections, (c) use the Glencoe online resources (http://msmath2.net)

Course 3

Students in Course 3 finish the first half of the unit on fractions, decimals, and percentages. This week we review every concept we've covered so far in this unit, and students take a mid-unit test on Thursday and Friday.

Monday (Nov. 16)- (1) Correct your quiz from last week, (2) Pg. 55-56, #25-40 and (3) complete Pg. 108-110, #9-44 (yes, all...but don't do # 19 or 20)

Tuesday (Nov. 17)- Finish review assignment
Wednesday (Nov. 18) - STUDY [a) do all corrections from quizzes, classwork, or homework, b) review notes, examples, and outlines in notebook, c) use the Glencoe resources for Chapter 2 on web site: http://msmath3.net and d) use the other practice resources in the text (extra practice assignments in the back of the book, practice tests, etc.]
Thursday (Nov. 19) - Mid-Unit Test on Fractions and Decimals
Friday (Nov. 20) - finish test

Pre-Algebra

Students in Pre-Algebra continue Chapter 5 this week. Chapter 5 focuses on fraction concepts (operations with fractions, etc.) Students will be using processes learned in Chapter 4 to simplify fractions as well. This week, the focus will be on dividing, and adding fractions. There will be a quiz on Friday covering sections 5-4 through 5-7.

Monday (Nov. 16)- (1) Pg. 218, #22-38 even, #40-45, and #52 (also be sure to answer essential question posed in class, and (2) handout "5-4 Practice" (evens)

Tuesday (Nov. 17)-(1) Pg. 222-223, #16-34 even, 35-44, 60-65 (2) handout "5-5 Practice" (evens only)

Wednesday (Nov. 18)- (1) Pg. 229, #22-33, #39-41 and (2) 5-6 Practice (evens)
Thursday (Nov. 19)-(1) Pg. 235, #17-28 (2) 5-7 Practice (evens)
Friday (Nov. 20)- (1) Quiz today covering sections 5-4 through 5-7 from the text. To study, (1) review all notes and examples in your notebook from this week, (2) correct all classwork and homework assignments, (3) use the Chapter 5 resources on the Glencoe web site for Pre-Algebra, linked to this blog (just focus on sections 5-4 to 5-7)