Sun May 13, 2012
Week of May 14 - 18
8th Grade Math
Monday State Testing
Tuesday State Testing
Wednesday Solving equation with fractions Worksheet
Thursday Building Bridges
Friday TWMM 1.1 assignment
8th Grade Skills
Monday Solving equation with fractions Worksheet
Tuesday Solving equations
Wednesday Work Day
Thursday Building Bridges
Friday TWMM 1.1 assignment
Advanced 7th Grade
Monday Linear Representations
Tuesday Solving equation with fractions Worksheet
Wednesday Building Bridges
Thursday Science Field Trip
Friday TWMM 1.1 assignment
Algebra
Monday Ch 12.6 continued, Worksheet
Tuesday Ch 12.7, Sine and Cosine, Worksheet
Wednesday Ch 12.7 continued, pg 625 - 626, #9 - 55 odd, 56 - 59; EC #60, 61
Thursday Trig functions Worksheet
Friday Ch 12.8, Introduction to Matrices, pg 633 – 634, #4 – 10, 17 – 28, 35; EC #29 - 34
Sun May 06, 2012
Week of May 7 - 11
8th Grade Math
Monday Linear Posters
Tuesday Science Field Trip
Wednesday Inspired
Thursday Catch up
Friday Finish Posters, retest
8th Grade Skills
Monday State Testing
Tuesday Science Field Trip
Wednesday Inspired
Thursday Equations worksheet
Friday Multi-step equations Worksheet
Related Khan Academy Videos for 8th Grade Math and 8th Grade Skills
Advanced 7th Grade
Monday MSA 4.3 # 6 - 13
Tuesday MSA 4.4, #32, 33, 35, 41 - 45; EC #34, 46, 47
Wednesday Inspired
Thursday Linear Posters
Friday Linear Posters
Related Khan Academy Videos
Algebra
Monday Ch 12.5, Equation of a Circle, worksheet
Tuesday Science Field Trip
Wednesday Inspired
Thursday Ch 12.5 continued, pg 610 - 611, #8 - 27
Friday Ch 12.6, The Tangent Function, pg 618-619, #7 - 25; EC #26, 27
Related Khan Academy Videos
Equation of a circle practice exercises
Trig ratios explained (this is not a Khan Academy video, but comes from Teacher.com
Sun Apr 29, 2012
Week of April 30 - May 4
8th Grade Math
Monday MSA 4.3a workday, #16 - 23
Tuesday MSA 4.3b, #24 - 28, 30, 31
Wednesday MSA 4.4, #32, 33, 35, 41 - 45
Thursday MSA Test
Friday Building Bridges
8th Grade Skills
Monday MSA 3.4, #15 - 19, 22; EC#23, 34 - 36
Tuesday MSA 4.3a, #16 - 19
Wednesday MSA 4.3b # 20 - 24a-c
Thursday MSA 4.3c, 27, 28, 30, 32, 38
Friday MSA Test
Related Khan Academy Videos for 8th Grade Math and 8th Grade Skills
Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Advanced 7th Grade
Monday Calculating Slope, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2
Tuesday MSA 3.4, #15 - 19, 22, 23; EC # 34 - 36
Wednesday Finding y, given x Worksheet
Thursday MSA 3.5, #24a - c, 25 - 27; EC #42, 46
Friday MSA 4.3a, #16 - 23
Related Khan Academy Videos
Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Algebra
Monday Ch 12.4, The Distance Formula, pg 603, #30 - 41 (don't plot 36 - 41)
Tuesday Ch 12.4, The Midpoint Formula, worksheet
Wednesday Ch 12.3/12.4 quiz, Diagnostic Screening
Thursday Diagnostic Screening
Friday Triangle Midsegment Activity
Related Khan Academy Videos
Sun Apr 22, 2012
Week of April 23 - 27
8th Grade Math
Monday Finding y, given x Worksheet
Tuesday MSA 3.4, #15 - 19, 22, 23; EC # 34 - 36
Wednesday MSA 3.5, #24a - c, 25 - 27; EC #42, 46
Thursday MSA 4.3a, #16 - 23
Friday MSA 4.3b, #24 - 28, 30, 31
8th Grade Skills
Monday Finding y, given x Worksheet
Tuesday Distributive Property Worksheet
Wednesday Distributive Property Worksheet
Thursday Distributive Property Equations Worksheet
Friday MSA 3.4, #15 - 19; EC # 23, 34 - 36
Related Khan Academy Videos for 8th Grade Math and 8th Grade Skills
Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Advanced 7th Grade
Monday Distributing a Negative Sign Worksheet
Tuesday Equations Quiz, Direct variation activity
Wednesday Band gone
Thursday MSA 4.2, #2 - 14; EC# 15
Friday Calculating Slope worksheet
Related Khan Academy Videos
Finding the slope of a line
Algebra
Monday Ch 10/12 Review, pg 518, #1 - 5, 13 - 16; pg 638, #3 - 10, 13 - 16
Tuesday Ch 10/12 Test
Wednesday Band gone
Thursday Ch 12.3, Pythagorean Theorem, pg 595-596, #14 - 28
Friday Ch 12.4, pg 603, #30 - 41 (don't plot #36-41)
Related Khan Academy Videos
Distance Formula
Sun Mar 11, 2012
Extra Credit Opportunity
If you're interested in some extra credit, see the "Related Khan Academy Videos" for your class. Watch one and write a paragraph summarizing the video and include at least one sentence reflecting on what you learned from it.
Tue Nov 01, 2011
Week of February 9 - 13
Pre-Algebra
Monday Activity
Tuesday Ch 5.8, Symmetry, worksheet, Worksheet
Wednesday Geometry Activities
Thursday Ch 5 review, pg 273 - 274, # 12 - 25
Friday Ch 5 Test
Advanced Math Topics
Monday Percent Applications, Worksheet
Tuesday Percent Applications
Wednesday Percent Applications,
Thursday Ch 4.5, Line graphs, bar graphs, Data sets, Activity Sheet
Friday Quiz, Ch 4.5/4.6, Circle graphs, histograms, Activity Sheet
Algebra
Monday Ch 7.2 Workday
Tuesday Ch 7.3, The Elimination Method, Worksheet
Wednesday Ch 7.3 continued, Worksheet, # 2 - 16 even
Thursday Ch 7.2, 7.3, Choosing a Method of Solving, 7.3 Worksheet, # 17-24
Friday Ch 7.4, Consistent and Inconsistent Systems, Worksheet
Thu Oct 27, 2011
Oregon State math applets
Last year, a computer science professor from OSU asked me if her students could write Java applets (computer programs written in Java) to help us understand math concepts. Below is a link to the programs they wrote. Check them out! Some are better than others...find the ones you like best.
http://classes.engr.oregonstate.edu/eecs/spring2008/cs161/Spring08MathApplets.html
Sat Sep 24, 2011
Week of September 26 - 30
Wednesday is Early Release Schedule
8th Grade Math
Monday Integer, Rounding Quiz; begin Data and Statistics
Tuesday Measures of Central Tendency Worksheet 1 , Worksheet 2
Wednesday Box and Whisker Plots
Thursday Box and Whisker Plots, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2
Friday S&P1.1 Overview
Related Khan Academy Videos
Mean, Median, Mode
Box and Whisker Plots
Advanced 7th Grade
Monday Filling and Wrapping (FW) Inv 1.1, #2 - 5; need grid paper
Tuesday F&W Inv 1.2, #8, 11, 12, 16; challenge assignment #8, 13, 14, 15
Wednesday FW 1.3, #10, 19
Thursday FW 1.4, # 6, 7, 17, 18
Friday FW 2.1 #1 - 4, 6; challenge #1 - 3, 6, 10
FW Investigation 1
FW Investigation 2
Algebra
Monday Ch 2 Review, pg 109 #1 - 43 odd
Tuesday Ch 2 Test
Wednesday Ch 3.1, Worksheet
Thursday Ch 3.2, Worksheet, #33 - 35 EC
Friday Ch 3.3, Worksheet, #1 - 18
[Related Khan Academy Videos
Solving Equations I
Thu Sep 01, 2011
Documents for Math Class
Students should be bringing home the following documents to be read and/or signed the first week of school.
Classroom procedures:
7th/8th grade
Algebra
Parent letters:
Advanced 7th grade
8th grade
Algebra
Oregon Standards:
7th grade (the 7th grade class will be covering a portion of the 7th grade standards as well as the 8th grade standards)
8th grade
Algebra
Mon May 09, 2011
Having Problems?
Here is a GREAT site that shows videos explaining all the math concepts covered in our classes...check it out!
http://www.khanacademy.org/
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