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Students may bring a healthy snack to 3rd period class.  I prefer you not bring foods that require a spoon or create crumbs (ie. granola bars).  Some suggestions are baby carrots, small pretzels, cheese sticks, Goldfish, apple slices, grapes. Water is the ONLY drink allowed in class. We will continue with the snacks as long as you clean up after yourselves.  Please note: You will not be permitted to go to your lockers to get your snack if you come to my class without it.

Supplies

·         Composition Books (blue and white marble, college ruled);

·         Two-pocket folder w/ fasteners for 3-holed papers;

·         Many pencils and erasers;

·         Red pens (not any other color, just red);

·        Compass, protractor, 12 inch ruler (w/ metric).

Announcements:

·       First Semester Review Packets are due Fri. 5/11

·       Algebra I Exemption Test Review Packets are due Thurs. 5/17

 

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Test Reflections:

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Coordinate Grid paper:

Click here for coordinate grid paper that you can print out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CURRENT WEEK

 

Monday

5/14/12

Finish:

Text p. 471:

·       #3 – 15 (3s)

Text p. 473:

·       #3 – 15 (3s)

Text p. 475:

·       MR (all)

Continue working on Algebra I Exemption Test Review Packet (due Thurs 5/17).

Tuesday

5/15/12

Ch. 12

Text p. 663:

·       #19 – 24 all

Text p. 569:

·       #2 – 10 even

Continue working on Algebra I Exemption Test Review Packet (due Thurs 5/17).

Wednesday

5/16/12

·       Finish Algebra I Exemption Test Review Packet (due tomorrow)

·       Test Reflections – due no later than Friday.

Thursday

5/17/12

Text p. 485:

·       #13 – 24

Text p. 488:

·       #5 – 17 (odd)

Text p. 493:

·       #1 – 11 (odd)

Friday

5/18/12

Text p. 488:

·       MR #1 – 12

Text p. 189:

·       Self Test #1 - 12

Shout Outs ->

 

8G:  Rachel G.

8W: Grace K.

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5/21/12

 

Tuesday

5/22/12

 

Wednesday

5/23/12

 

Thursday

5/24/12

 

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5/25/12

 

 

 

LAST WEEK

Monday

5/7/12

No written work

Study for World Language TEST tomorrow!

Tuesday

5/8/12

Worksheet – 8W

Game Day – 8G

Wednesday

5/9/12

Finish work from class, if needed

Thursday

5/10/12

·       Finish First Semester Review Packet – I will collect it tomorrow. Be sure work is SHOWN.

·       Finish in-class work: p. 566 #14, 15, 17, 18

·       Begin working on Algebra I Exemption Test Review Packet.

Friday

5/11/12

Finish:

Text p. 460:

·       #18 – 38 (4s)

Text p. 466:

·       #1 – 10 (all)

·       #24 – 45 (3s)

Continue working on Algebra I Exemption Test Review Packet (due Thurs 5/17).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Below, are some websites you might find useful.  On these sites, you may practice and review previously learned concepts, or develop a better understanding of a new concept.

 

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U1L4/S2U1L4Pract.html

Try this site to practice translating inequalities.

 

 

Great site for creating graphs – Use this for your PE/Math project.

 

http://www.math-play.com/index.html

 

www.funbrain.com

This site allows children from pre-K to grade 8 to practice math skills by playing interactive games

 

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/absineq.htm

This link is to a page explaining how to solve inequalities involving absolute value.

 

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html -- Fun and Challenging GAMES!

 

http://aschool-us.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-graphing-inequalities-in.html

Click on this link to review how to graph inequalities in a coordinate plane.

 

http://www.math.uh.edu/~mmarksc/2303/Notes/2303-Section-64.pdf

Graphing systems of inequalities.

 

http://www.algebralab.org/Word/Word.aspx?file=Algebra_DistanceRateTimeI.xml

Good practice for D=rt word problems.

 

http://tulyn.com/exponents.htm exponents

 

Good Algebra Site:

http://www.themathpage.com/alg/algebra.htm - several great lessons that provide immediate feedback and allow the student to progress to more challenging concepts

http://www.themathpage.com/alg/radicals.htm. - same site as above: lesson on radicals (square roots).

 

www.mathtv.org

Math TV:  This site is designed to help middle school students develop problem skills. It features step-by-step instructional videos covering algebra, geometry, fractions, percentages, and probability.

 

 

Here is a link to an Algebra textbook (not ours)… A GREAT resource:

http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/algebra_1_2007_na/book_home.htm?state=VA

Use this link to visit the website for an Algebra book that is similar to ours.

 

For chapter 5 practice:

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.learn.factor.html

This site introduces factoring and provides opportunities to practice at various levels. (ch. 5)  It can be tough to follow due to the use of * for multiplication and ^ to indicate the next number is an exponent.  I suggest you write the problems down so they look the way you are used to seeing them.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPjmX2H39dw video on how to factor quadratic trinomials using The Diamond method (similar to the algorithm).

 

Extra Credit - for Chapter 5

www.mathisfun.com/surds

Go to the link above and find out what a “surd” is. Come in with examples and non-examples written on an index card. Include an explanation of the origin of the word. (This will earn you a percentage point that you can apply to any Ch. 5 test or quiz).

 

 

For chapter 6 practice:

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/polydiv.htm  This link takes you to a page that demonstrates how to simplify polynomial fractions.  The second and third pages are devoted to long division of polynomials.

 

 

http://www.faust.fr.bw.schule.de/mhb/eratclass.htm

This site is great for finding all the prime numbers… it is an interactive version of Eratosthenes’ Sieve!  Click on numbers until all the number with multiples are gone.  When the boxes turn red, you are left with only prime numbers.  It may not work with all computers; you need Java Script for it to run.

 

http://regentsprep.org/regents/Math/math-topic.cfm?TopicCode=polymult

Multiplying Polynomials… This site has instructional information about each topic along with “practice” pages that are interactive.  The students can check their answers immediately, to see if they are on the right track.  Practice polynomials with powers, powers of powers, and powers of products. POWERFUL stuff!  -- yeesh--

 

 

 

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

Ask Dr. Math: A site that allows students to ask questions. Students can search archives for questions that have been asked in the past.

 

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=1555&team_id=29292

 

 

http://www.purplemath.com/index.htm - this site has lessons covering numerous topics

 

http://www.mathleague.com/help/algebra/algebra.htm

 

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/anxiety/index.asp

http://www.math.com/students/advice/anxiety.html

These two sites may help students to deal with math anxiety and developing math skills.

 

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book7/book7int.htm

This site was created by the Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching.  It provides the student with interactive tutorials on many different mathematical concepts.  Section 15.1 is one that I recommend for students who needed help with integers.