Assignments and Information for the week of 3/3/08

With Fractions, Integers and Decimals now behind us it is time to move on with a discussion and review of Algebraic Equations.
We start the week looking at and creating graphs and tables of data. We then take this information and create an Algebraic Equation that represents it. The purpose of this work lays the foundation for our future work with Linear Equations.After spending a day talking about Then we will spend some time solving one-step Algebraic Equations. This will be a quick review of some work we did late last semester. It is always good to take advantage of opportunities to go back and review key foundational concepts. The week will be closed of with a small quiz on the weeks work.

Please remember to submit all assignments timely to ensure the highest level of credit.

3/3/08 Algebraic Equations - Analyzing tables and graphs to create Equations (V&P 3.1)
Homework: Green Sheet - Page 56 (V&P) #2 & #4

3/4/08 Algebraic Equations continued (V&P 3.3)
Homework: Green Sheet Page 57 (V&P) #13-17

3/5/08 Solving One-Step Algebraic Equations (MB Skill 8)
Homework: Green Sheet TBD

3/6/08 Fraction, Decimal Test Return and Review.
Algebraic Equation Quiz Review

3/7/08 Quiz - Algebraic Equations

A little note for next week. Ed Performance testing will occur next Monday and Tuesday. I will announce the locations on Friday. Have a good week.

Assignments and Information for the week of 2/25/08

Fractions, Integers and Decimals...oh my!
We have worked hard over the past four weeks now it is time to see how well we did.
After spending a day talking about Zero (How we can get there, what it is and what it is not, and the concept of absolute value) which supports our Integer work, it will be test time. We will spend one last class period reviewing the main concepts we have encountered. I will provide a review sheet that you will be able to use during your test. We will work as a group to complete as much of the review as we can and the rest will be up to you to study prior to the test. You will have two days to complete the test. My hope is with the extra time everyone will have the best opportunity to be successful. So be sure to be in class for the test and review.
Congratulations to all of you who are seeing the value of being prepared for class. Meeting this expectation really helps get the most out of our class. Thank you.
Please remember to submit all assignments timely to ensure the highest level of credit.

2/25/08 No School - Mid-winter Break

2/26/08 Zero. The sum of a number and it's negative. Absolute value.
Homework: TBA

2/27/08 Test review
Remember you can use your notes, previous quizzes, classroom references and calculators (on parts) of your test. The only brain that will be available to you will be yours, so be sure you have all your questions answered (and written in notes, hopefully) and organized for the next two days.

2/28/08 Test(Day 1) - Fractions, Integers, Decimals, and Zero

2/29/08 Test(Day 2) - Fractions, Integers, Decimals, and Zero

I am looking forward to an amazing week.

Assignments and Information for the week of 2/18/08

While we have not quite been able to let our work on Fractions and Integers go this week, we will work around them and perhaps a different perspective will help to clear up the remaining confusions. So while we are converting fractions to decimals and back we have oppourtunites to improve our skills of reducing fractions. While we have decimals on our brains we will take a shopping trip. On our trip we will have the chance to add, subtract and muliply decimals as we take advantage of sales discounts and at the end pay the sales tax. We will then have a number day where we will talk about Zero. How we can get there, what it is and what it is not, as well as talking about absolute value. All of which helps to support our Integer work last week. Along with our Math work we will keep working at improving our note taking and organizational skills.
Congratulations to all of you who are seeing the value of the homework. Great Job!
Please remember to submit all assignments timely to ensure the highest level of credit.

2/18/08 Integers Quiz

2/19/08 Fractions to Decimals and back.
Homework: TBA

2/20/08 Let's go shopping!!! Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Decimals.
Homework: TBA

2/21/08 Zero. The sum of a number and it's negative. Absolute value.


2/13/08 Clean Up Quiz (Which means I hope to be able to clean up all our loose ends)and Homework Catch Up.


Have a great 5 day week (It's the only one this month. Unless the snow has other ideas)!!

Assignments and Information for the week of 2/11/08

Sorry that I did not give you and update last week. Lets chalk it up to the snow days and say we gave the blog a snow week too.
Last week we finished up our work on Fractions and took a quiz that we will complete the first day of this week. This week we will revisit Integers. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, & Division will all be covered. While this may seem a real step back the goal of this week is to improve our sense of numbers, which will only help down the road with other concepts. As time allows we will expand our previous discussion of reducing fraction to talk about scaling and scale factors. Along with our Math work we will look at how notes are taken and used in class. These should be valuable tools for each of you, but if you do not know how to use them they have no worth. So we will look at wasy to get and keep your math folder organized.
Congratulations to all of you who are seeing the value of the homework. Great Job!
Please remember to submit all assignments timely to ensure the highest level of credit.

2/11/08 Finish Fractions Quiz

2/12/08 Integers Preview
Today we will do some work to see how much of a review we need on the topic.

2/13/08 Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Intergers
Homework: TBA

2/14/08 Multipling and Dividing Positive and Negative Intergers
I will be at a Mathematics conference tomorrow so be sure you have asked all your questions as my brain will be 100 miles away for the Quiz tomorrow.
Homework: TBA

2/13/08 Integers Quiz (Good Luck!) and Homework Catch Up.


Have a great week!!