12/16/11

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! When we return to the classroom, we will be continuing with Unit 4 and learning about slope. The students will return to school on Wednesday, 1/4/12.

12/14/11

Missing assignment lists were distibuted on Monday. ALL of this missing work is due by Friday (12/16/11) at 3:30 PM. We will spend Thursday and Friday making up work and going over the most-missed problems from the benchmark.

12/13/11

Benchmark tomorrow! Study, study, study!!!

12/12/11 Homework

All classes should complete the Benchmark 2 packet! Math benchmark is Wednesday!

12/8/11 No Homework

Tomorrow I will be handing out a review packet for the math benchmark. We will be using this packet through Tuesday (12/13) with some supplemental practice problems. The test is next Wednesday.

12/7/11 TEST Tomorrow!!!

The unit 4 test on Relations and Functions had to be moved to tomorrow (12/8/11) due to Reading benchmark on Friday. A test review packet was passed out in class today - it is very similar to the test (the vocabulary definitions are exactly like the test, but in a different order). We were not able to go over every problem in class, but the students were given the correct answers.

Friday we will start our review for the Math benchmark which is next Wednesday (12/14/11).

Monday 12/5/11 Homework

There are two items for homework:

1. One page handout that students were allowed to work on in class (if they didn't finish in the 15 minutes provided, they need to finish it at home)

2. GALT workbook page 132 problems #18-23 (students should put the linear equation in function form and then graph)

Week of 12/5/11

Monday - Solve and graph linear equations with 2 variables
Tuesday and Wednesday - Using x- and y-intercepts
Thursday - Test Review
Friday - Test 4A (covers functions, linear equations, and intercepts)

12/1/11 Homework

All Classes:

GALT Workbook page 131 problems #1-17.

11/30/11 Homework

1st Academic: Write me a letter explaining how you can improve the behavior in our classroom.

2nd & 3rd Academic: No homework

4th Academic: Page 7 of function handout

11/29/11 Homework

All classes have the following homework:

GALT workbook pages 126 & 127 problems #1 - 12. Some students were able to finish their homework in class.

Monday, 11/28/11 No Homework

We started learning about relations and functions. There is no homework tonight.

11/18/11 No Homework!!!

Have a wonderful week off of school! When we return, we will be learning all about functions!

11/17/11 Homework

All classes - Quiz on inequalities tomorrow!

Homework - Page 111 in GALT workbook problems #5-14

11/16/11 Homework

Homework is on inequalities with multiplication/division (don't forget to flip the inequality sign if you are multiplying/dividing by a negative number).

All classes: GALT workbook page 107 problems #5-12

P.S. Don't forget to bring 3 canned goods to be able to attend the talent show during exploratory classes tomorrow!

11/15/11 Homework

Academic 1: GALT workbook page 104 (#13-20)

Academic 2-4: GALT workbook page 104 (#13-22)

11/14/11 No Homework

Missing assignment reports were handed out today in all classes! Please get all missing work done this week.

We started discussing inequalities. No homework tonight, but there will be some tomorrow.

Week of 11/14/11

We will be focusing on Inequalities next week and we will end the week with a quiz on Friday (11/18) before the Thanksgiving break. Have a great weekend!

11/9/11 Homework

Please finish the study guide for Test 3B that we started in class. We will go over all the answers on Thursday and the test will be given on Friday, 11/11/11. (I had to leave early on Wednesday and I want to be sure that the students are ready for the test.)

11/8/11 No Homework

The students who are taking the field trip tomorrow were given a study guide for the test on Thursday. No homework tonight.

11/7/11 Homework

The homework sheet is 20 problems on absolute value equations. The front side is 1-step equations and the back is 2-step equations. There should be two answers for each question unless there are no solutions at all.

The test on Wednesday is being moved to Thursday since 14 of my students will be on a field trip on Wednesday.

Week of 11/7/11

Monday - More practice on absolute value equations (there will be homework)
Tuesday - Quiz on absolute value equations and review translating equations
Wednesday - Test 3B on Equations (1- and 2-step and absolute value)
Thursday - Inequalities (there will be homework)
Friday - Inequalities

11/3/11 No Homework

No homework tonight! Tomorrow is dedicated to absolute value equations!

11/1/11 Homework

All Classes: 2-Step Equations worksheet (10 problems). Quiz review on Wednesday and quiz on Thursday over 1- and 2-step equations. After the quiz we will discuss absolute value equations.

10/31/11 Homework

All classes: Pages 84-85 in GALT workbook problems #2-30 even only.

Week of 10/31/11

This week we will finally learn some new material!  We will start the week on 2-step equations and then we will solve equations that contain absolute values.  We will have a quiz this week on 1- and 2-step equations (probably Wednesday).  And the next unit test (3B) will be next week.

10/27/11 Homework

All classes:  GALT workbook page 74 problems #1-15.  Problems 13, 14, and 15 must be simplified before you solve.

10/26/11 Homework

Today the classes focused on 1-step equations.  This is a skill that was learned in 7th grade and most students seem to understand the concept.  Some students are still struggling with working with integers.

Homework for tonight:
All Classes:  GALT workbook page 70 problems 1-15 (show work).

10/24/11 Study for the Test

Missing assignment reports were passed out in each class today.  Missing assignments count as a zero until turned in and graded.  Unit 3A test tomorrow - students should study the study guide (Unit 3A Test Review) that was reviewed in class.

Week of 10/24/11

Monday (10/24) we will be reviewing algebraic expressions for a Unit test (3A) on Tuesday.  The test will cover translating, evaluating, and simplifying.  Wednesday we will start equations.  We will review one- and two-step equations and learn about solving equations that include absolute value.  Have a great weekend!

10/19/11 No Homework

We had a shortened class schedule today for a pep rally to support our football teams in the playoffs.  No homework tonight.  Tomorrow (Thursday) we will be reviewing for the quiz on Friday.  Unit 3 will be split into three parts for testing.  Test 3A (covering Expressions) will be on Tuesday.  We will review on Monday.

10/18/11 Homework

We do have a homework sheet tonight on simplifying algebraic expressions.  First eliminate the parentheses by using the distributive property and then combine like terms.  Quiz scheduled for Friday on simplifying expressions - it will include the following vocabulary words:  constant, coefficient, variable, term, like terms, translate, evaluate, and simplify.

10/17/11 No Homework tonight!

The students performed very well on the quiz from Friday.  The grades are listed in the parent portal of Infinite Campus (if you don't have a login, contact the front office).  We started discussing simplifying algebraic expressions today.  There is no homework tonight, but we will have a worksheet for homework tomorrow (Tuesday, 10/18).

Week of 10/17/11

Next week we will be working on simplifying variable expressions and then 1- and 2-step equations.  Have a great weekend!

10/13/11 Homework???

We discussed the properties of algebra today - Commutative, Associate, Identity and Distributive.  The classwork/homework is page 58 in the GALT workbook problems 1, 3, 4, 13, 14, and 15.  There will be a short quiz (10 problems) tomorrow on translating/evaluating algebraic expressions.

10/12/11 Homework

We do have homework tonight.  It is a worksheet on writing algebraic expressions.  Some classes had time in class to finish this assignment.

10/11/11 Homework

The homework for tonight is a worksheet that was handed out in class.  The front side is translating expressions (the answers should be expressions, not one number) and the back side is evaluating expressions (the answers should be one number).  There are a total of 40 problems, but this is basically a review from 7th grade.  Some students were able to finish the worksheet in class.

ALL missing work (missing reports were passed out in class today - Tuesday) is due during homeroom/enrichment tomorrow (10/12/11)!  Grades must be in the system tomorrow afternoon and I need time to change the grades.

Miles 8th Grade Math

We will be starting Unit 3 on Tuesday (10/11/11).  Unit 3 focuses on Linear Equations and Inequalities.  This unit begins with translating and evaluating algebraic expressions (hopefully the students will remember some of this from last year).  We will have homework worksheets at least twice this week and possibly a quiz on Friday (10/14/11).