Test tomorrow

I tricked you again today. I would never give you a test on Monday!! Just like I should have never scheduled a test on the day of the Hunger Exercise and the International Potluck!!! So our test will be tomorrow, December 1st. The practice test you had today is VERY similar so if you did well on it, you have nothing to worry about. If not, ask questions and study hard before tomorrow. Know that I am NOT going to trick you again. Tomorrow is the real thing!!!

not much time

not much time to write the assignment

p.195 #25-43 (odd) due Thursday

Finish Correcting Tests

Please work on finishing your test corrections and journaling about them. If you have already completed that, then you don't have any homework. We will go over many of the problems that were commonly missed on Monday.

Interest-ing problems

So using the Coin/Stamp model, we worked on interest problems today. Remember the formula for interest problems is Pr = I.

Breathe slowly and take your time with the work tonight which is on page 186 #3-9 (odd)

We'll continue working on these problems tomorrow.

Long time, no blog

Sorry that I have taken a hiatus from blogging. But here I am, back again.

Just so you know, in case you are wondering what the perimeter of a rectangle is (some of you may have forgotten this from Math 6). Perimeter is the distance around. . .you might need this from #12.

Tonight's Homework is to prepare you for the Quiz we will have on Wednesday.

p. 215-218
#1-5, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25-28, 31, 32

See you on Wednesday!

YIKES!

Many of us have been sick the last couple of weeks. I haven't been posting and I am sorry for that. For the last few days we have not had homework. We are working on Coin and Stamp problems in class and for those of you who are absent, we will go over these kinds of problems again when you return to school.

If you want to take a look at it before we all return after parent-teacher conferences, it is located in section 4.2 We are working on various problems from 2 in a box on pages 159-161

See everyone on Monday, hopefully all well by then.

After the test

You all worked hard on your tests this week. It was long, I know. I didn't mean for it to be, but you guys were determined and meticulous and I am excited to look over your results. I am sure that I will be pleased. Thanks for being such diligent worker bees.

When you were finished with your tests I told you to begin working on the Cumulative Review and the first section of chapter 4.

You do NOT have to work on this over the weekend!

However, on Monday you will have Jan as your sub and I expect for you to pick this back up then. If you do not finish it in class on Monday then it will become your HW for Monday night.

Hope that you all have great advisee outings.

The work:
Cumulative Review: pg. 143-144

1st section of Chapter 4: pg. 151-153 (1-29 odd)

Test on Wednesday

We will not have class on Tuesday and when you return we will be having a test on Chapter 3! To prepare for the test please do the Chapter Review on pages 140-141. I will answer questions about it before we begin the test.

See you then!

no Quiz. . .now we have a test on Wednesday

Today we learned the last skill that you will need to have for your Algebra Test that will be next week. The test is on Chapter 3.

Please do the following assignment for homework:
p. 133 #47-61 odd

This is some practice on the Multiplying and Dividing using Inequalities that we did in class today.

See you all on Monday.

~t

Inequalities and Quiz...no Test

Tonight you have a bit of practice with Inequalities that we started in class today.

HW for tonight: p. 132 #1-27 (odd)

I announced a quiz today. The quiz will be on Monday. I have decided just to go ahead and make it a test since we are so close to finishing Chapter 3. I'll talk to you all about it tomorrow.

See saw

HW: p. 124 179-183 odd

Remember, it's just plug it in

Today we worked on some plug it in problems that took some dissecting first. You are to work on a few more of these tonight:

page 122 and 123
#161-175 (odd)

Tomorrow: See-saws

Interest Problems

Come to class on Tuesday with your thinking caps on. There was a little frustration today--maybe it was because it was Friday or because we were so close to lunch, but our next class will take a lot of concentration and an open mind to think outside the box.

Homework for the weekend:
p. 109 #195, 197, and 199

Interest and Percentage problems

Easy Night

Finish test corrections.

We'll be returning to dirt and worms tomorrow. (see last post for details)

See you tomorrow.

DRT and WRMS

We worked on some d=rt problems that you are all familiar with from Pre-Algebra. Now that you are in Algebra we are working on DRT and WRMS. . . Worms is not an acronym for anything, it's just a little extra flavor (more complicated problems) using the DRT concepts.

You are to finish the problems that we started in class for homework:

p. 105-106
#135-146 (all)

*Please be sure that you check all of the odd ones in the back of the book before coming to class.

No Homework

Since we had our first test today, there is no homework for tonight, Tuesday, September 22

-enjoy your day off from work!

Test on Tuesday

The sub left good notes about your work in class today. I'll be back on Monday and I can answer any questions that you have about the test:

On the test you may see:

*Identifying Properties
*Simple Equations
*Translating expressions
*Translating and simplifying expressions
*Absolute value
*Integers, Fractions, and decimal work

We will go over any of these concepts that you want to on Monday, as well as go over the Cumulative Review on pages 86 and 87 that you did in class today. If you want more practice for the test, you can do the Chapter Tests at the end of Chapters 1 and 2.

Last but not least--for those of you that followed directions this weekend and came to see this site, I will ask the class if they know the following code word: ROY--that way I know if they have really come to the site. Remember ROY and don't tell anyone---SSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!

See you all on Monday.

Verbal expressions

We practiced translating verbal expressions and for HW please work on applying these skills.

Don't forget to look at the blog tomorrow to see what is on our test.

Test on Tuesday!!!!

HW for Thursday night is:
p. 76 #93-99

Properties

Our review (and for a few the first time---so you say) of properties today helped us to remember some basic number rules that will help us make sense of numbers as we continue our Algebra journey.

*You will be responsible for knowing that information on our first test. You can find them on pages 58-60.
~practice with those properties, we did in class, (p.65 #11-20)

* In class yesterday you all worked on review of simple equations. We will continue to working with some review of Pre-Algebra skills for the next few days. Our homework tonight is to practice some expression combinations.

*Homework for Tuesday night is:
p. 66 (#45-50, #61-72) please do ALL the problems included and not just the odd problems.

speak soon,
t.

*

Review still

Today we worked on absolute value and opposites again and time with word problems. For weekend homework, please check these more challenging problems out.

p.20 #139-13 (odd)

The test that you started on the first day of classes was passed back to you today. Please complete the inventory (that shows me what you still want to work on some more) before Monday.

Have a great weekend

New Year!

This year will be an exciting adventure down math lane. I know that sounds quite cheesy, huh? Well, after sharing with you my stories of math horror----and you let me know that this gives you confidence in me as a math teacher. . .I hope that I can live up to those expectations.

I am excited to teach this class. A group of students that I haven't worked with, for the most part, since you were in your first year of middle school. My how time has flown. We are going to have a wonderful time getting to know each other "Mathematically"


Reminders from our mini class the other day:

You will need a cover for your book
You will need a composition book (I have about 9)
You will need your own method for taking notes and completing homework assignments

See you on Tuesday when we begin our adventure!