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Week of 5/14/12

We have started our CRCT review rotation. Academic 1 and 2 are remediation. Academic 3 and 4 will be learning about 9th grade material starting with polynomials.

Week of 5/7/12

Academic 1 and 2: We will cover all the topics on 8th grade geometry and start on the algebra topics. Academic 3 and 4: We will review and expand working with radical expressions.

Week of 4/30/12

1st and 2nd Academic will be reviewing set theory, probability, and exponents. 3rd and 4th Academic will be learning about permutations and combinations.

Week of 4/23/12

We will be retaking the quiz on Congruent/Pythagorean Theorem tomorrow (4/24/12). The students were given a worksheet to help prepare for the quiz. The worksheet will be counted as a daily grade. Thursday and Friday (if needed) we will be taking a mock CRCT test that will count as their 4th 9 weeks benchmark grade.

4/11/12

I have created 5 assessments on study island for additional practice for the CRCT. This is optional and will be counted as extra credit.

Week of 4/9/12

Review, review, review! We will be working out on the workbook titled "Georgia Grade 8 Mathematics" on pages 35 - 108. Any work in this workbook will help the students prepare for the CRCT next week. At the end of each class, the students are provided with the correct answers so that they can check their work. If they didn't finish in class, they need to finish at home and also rework the problems they answered incorrectly.

3/23/12

Sorry - couldn't post yesterday (was blocked)...

Due to the band trip today, the Unit 6 test has been moved to Tuesday (3/27/12). We will review on Monday. The rest of the week we will review for the CRCT test.

3/19/12 Homework

All students: GALT workbook page 214 problems #1-12. Quiz on Similar vs Congruent and Pythagorean Theorem on Wednesday!

Week of 3/19/12

Unit 6 is on Congruence. There are 5 learning topics: Similar vs. Congruent, Pythagorean Theorem, Special Right Triangles, Angles and Parallel Lines, and Parallel Lines and Tranversals. We covered the first two topics last week. This week we will spend a little more time on Pythagorean Theorem and try to finish the unit. Our unit test is planned for Friday, 3/23/12.

3/8/12

Have a great long weekend!

Tuesday we will begin with geometry. We will start with congruent vs similar shapes.

Week of 3/5/12

Monday - Discuss sequences and review for the benchmark
Tuesday - Review for the benchmark test
Wednesday - Math Benchmark!
Thursday - Make up work day
Friday - No school

2/28/12

The reading benchmark is first thing in the morning, which means our schedule will be adjusted and our classes will be shortened. We will continue to work through a system of linear inequalities. The test will be moved to Friday. The students need to finish one of the two worksheets handed out on linear ineqalities for homework.

2/27/12 Homework

Study for the quiz over systems of linear equations that will be given tomorrow. The quiz consists of 4 multiple choice questions and 2 questions to solve by graphing, substitution, or elimination.

We've also been working on graphing a system of linear inequalities. Students must complete one (of the two passed out) worksheet on linear inequalities.

Test on Thursday (or Friday if you are absent).

2/23/12 Homework

GALT Workbook page 174 # 3-6, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15. Some students were able to finish the assignment in class. A different quiz on systems of equations will be given next Tuesday. The unit test will be next Thursday. If students are not at school, they can complete the test before or after.

2/22/12 Homework

The students were given a worksheet on graphing inequalities in class. Their homework is the front side (4 problems). Some students may have finished the assignment at school.

2/17/12

The quiz that I gave the students on Tuesday on systems of linear equations showed that the students did not understand the material. We reviewed yesterday by taking notes. They were given back their quizzes today to finish/correct. Next Tuesday we will graph linear inequalities.

2/15/12 Homework

Finish the worksheet on system of equation word problems.

2/14/12 Homework

Homework for tonight: Complete a "quick write" on systems of equations. What is your favorite method to solve a system of equations? Why?

2/13/12 Homework

Worksheet on all three methods to solve a system of equations (graphing, substitution, and elimination). Completing this homework will be great practice for the quiz tomorrow.

Week of 2/13/12

This will be a very busy week in math.

Monday - Finish worksheet from Friday on elimination method (Homework - worksheet on all three methods for solving systems of equations - very similar to quiz)
Tuesday - Quiz on all three methods (6 questions) Start word problems
Wednesday - Writing/solving word problems with systems of equations (Homework - worksheet)
Thursday - Introduction to inequalities (Homework)
Friday - Inequalities

2/9/12 Homework

It sure is nice to be back to school! We finally discussed the elimination method for solving a system of equations. There are two homework problems for all classes. Page 169 in the GALT workbook, problems #8 and #9. Some students were able to finish this assignment during class. Tomorrow we will continue with the elimination method.

Out Sick!

I have a sinus infection and the doctor will not let me work until Thursday, 2/9/12. I have provided work for the substitute on systems of equations (graphing and substitution). We will learn the elimination method on Thursday. The quiz will have to be moved to early next week.

Week of 2/6/12

We will be learning the third method to solve a system of equations, called elimination. (The first method was graphing and the second method was substitution.) There will be a quiz on Thursday or Friday over all three methods.

2/2/12 Homework

We went over solving a system of equations through substitution today. The students need to do page 169 problems 4 and 5 in their workbook.

Week of 1/30/12

Monday - Retest of Unit 4 (slope, slope-intercept form, parallel and perpendicular lines, and function notation)

The rest of the week we will be learning 3 ways to solve a system of equations: using graphs, elimination, and substitution. It should be a fun week!

1/26/12 Homework Tonight!

We learned about systems of equations today and that you can have one solution (an ordered pair), no solutions (parallel lines), and many solutions (the same line). All classes were assigned homework in the GALT Workbook page 161 Problems #1-9.

1/24/12 No Homework

The students took the Unit 4 test today. There was also a homework sheet called Function Notation due today. No homework tonight - except to complete any missing work. Tomorrow we will finish the test (some students did not finish) and start Unit 5 - Systems. Unit 5 includes systems of linear equations, graphing linear inequalities, nonlinear functions, and sequences.

1/20/12 No Homework

Today we reviewed writing equations for parallel and perpendicular lines, briefly discussed the best-fitting line, and started learning about function notation. Next Monday will be a review day and the test will be on Tuesday. Have a great weekend!

1/18/12

Due to the short week and writing test, I've decided to postpone the Unit 4 test until next week. The test will be on Tuesday, 1/24/12. It will cover slope, slope-intercept form, writing linear equations and function notation.

1/17/12 Homework

The students were given a half-page print out of their missing work (LOTS of failing students due to missing work). In class we reviewed the slope of parallel and perpendicular lines to a given line. Then we discussed writing linear equations. The homework is a worksheet (Writing Linear Equations) and problems #18 and #19 from their workbook (page 147) should be written and solved on the back.

1/13/12 No Homework

We discussed the slope of parallel and perpendicular lines in class today. Next week we will try to finish Unit 4 with writing linear equations and function notation. The test is tentatively scheduled for next Friday, 1/20/12. Have a great weekend - see you Tuesday!

1/12/12 Homework

All Classes: Worksheet on graphing linear equations from slope-intercept form (problems 5 and 6 must be solved for y before graphing - show your work and your final slope-intercept form). Some students were able to finish the worksheet in class.

1/11/12 No Homework

The classes are on different lessons due to the writing test. There is no homework tonight, but there will be some tomorrow on slope-intercept form that will be due on Friday.

1/10/12

The quiz on slopes last Friday (1/6/12) didn't go too well for quite a few students, so we're taking another one today for Academic 1 and 2 and Wednesday for Academic 3 and 4. (The students completed a mock writing assessment this morning to prepare for next week's formal assessment. Therefore, we have a modified schedule today and next Wednesday.)

1/5/12 Homework

GALT workbook page 141 problems #1-3 and #10-21. There is also a quiz tomorrow consisting of 10 problems on finding the slope (2 using 2 ordered pairs, 4 using graphs, and 4 using equations).

1/4/12 No Homework

Today we learned about slope. No homework tonight, but tomorrow there will be homework and a quiz on Friday.