Friday, 10/30/15: Reviewing for Unit 1 Test on Linear Functions

Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  For students working with tutors, the packet I distributed Thursday with numerous sample problems would be the focal point for practice.

The homework for this weekend is the Unit 1 Practice Test handout, problems (18-28, & 30).

Thursday, 10/29/15: Whiteboard Practice / Review

Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  I had students record in the right margin of their assignment sheets the three pages which will serve as focal points in the process of preparing for this next test:  p. 91 (review of Module 3), p.123 (review of Module 4), and p.149 (review of Module 5).  The students definitely have p.149, having been given pages 125-150 on Tuesday.  Pages 91 & 123 are part of  just-completed Unit 1, which students may have either filed with me (we have a file box for Unit 1 for each period), or they still have at home.  (The idea is that students clean out their notebooks of their math work and file it, at the end of each major unit.  I will hold those folders for them, and return them several weeks before the standardized testing.)  If any student has pages 91 & 123 filed with me, I told them that they can retrieve their file folder until after this next test.  So to recap:  students can be working through / studying pages 91, 123, & 149.  For any students with tutors, these would be the pages I'd be working on.

Tonight's homework is the Unit 1 Practice Test, problems 1-8.  While students may mark up the practice test, they should be showing work on notebook paper.

Wednesday, 10/28/15: Reviewing Module 5 Homework on Writing Equations

Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  I had students record in the right margin of their assignment sheets the three pages which will serve as focal points in the process of preparing for this next test:  p. 91 (review of Module 3), p.123 (review of Module 4), and p.149 (review of Module 5).  The students definitely have p.149, having been given pages 125-150 on Tuesday.  Pages 91 & 123 are part of  just-completed Unit 1, which students may have either filed with me (we have a file box for Unit 1 for each period), or they still have at home.  (The idea is that students clean out their notebooks of their math work and file it, at the end of each major unit.  I will hold those folders for them, and return them several weeks before the standardized testing.)  If any student has pages 91 & 123 filed with me, I told them that they can retrieve their file folder until after this next test.  So to recap:  students can be working through / studying pages 91, 123, & 149.  For any students with tutors, these would be the pages I'd be working on.

Last night's homework was p.149, a review of Module 5.  We had short periods today, because of Rewards Day.  We used today to review last night's homework.  No homework is formally assigned for tonight, but please see above.  Remember that students can also be practicing the problems for Modules 3,4, and 5 online at my.hrw.com.

Tuesday, 10/27/15: Lesson 5-3, Finding Linear Equations, Bivariate Data

Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  I had students record in the right margin of their assignment sheets the three pages which will serve as focal points in the process of preparing for this next test:  p. 91 (review of Module 3), p.123 (review of Module 4), and p.149 (review of Module 5).  The students definitely have p.149, having been given pages 125-150 on Tuesday.  Pages 91 & 123 are part of  just-completed Unit 1, which students may have either filed with me (we have a file box for Unit 1 for each period), or they still have at home.  (The idea is that students clean out their notebooks of their math work and file it, at the end of each major unit.  I will hold those folders for them, and return them several weeks before the standardized testing.)  If any student has pages 91 & 123 filed with me, I told them that they can retrieve their file folder until after this next test.  So to recap:  students can be working through / studying pages 91, 123, & 149.  For any students with tutors, these would be the pages I'd be working on.

Tonight's homework is p.149 (1-6).

Monday, 10/26/15: Lesson 5-2, Writing Linear Equations from Graphs and Tables

Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  I had students record in the right margin of their assignment sheets the three pages which will serve as focal points in the process of preparing for this next test:  p. 91 (review of Module 3), p.123 (review of Module 4), and p.149 (review of Module 5).  The students definitely have p.149, having been given pages 125-150 on Tuesday.  Pages 91 & 123 are part of  just-completed Unit 1, which students may have either filed with me (we have a file box for Unit 1 for each period), or they still have at home.  (The idea is that students clean out their notebooks of their math work and file it, at the end of each major unit.  I will hold those folders for them, and return them several weeks before the standardized testing.)  If any student has pages 91 & 123 filed with me, I told them that they can retrieve their file folder until after this next test.  So to recap:  students can be working through / studying pages 91, 123, & 149.  For any students with tutors, these would be the pages I'd be working on.

Tonight's homework is from the text, p.139 (8-11).

Thursday, 10/22/15: Continuing Lesson 5-1, on Writing Linear Equations

Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  I had students record in the right margin of their assignment sheets the three pages which will serve as focal points in the process of preparing for this next test:  p. 91 (review of Module 3), p.123 (review of Module 4), and p.149 (review of Module 5).  The students definitely have p.149, having been given pages 125-150 on Tuesday.  Pages 91 & 123 are part of  just-completed Unit 1, which students may have either filed with me (we have a file box for Unit 1 for each period), or they still have at home.  (The idea is that students clean out their notebooks of their math work and file it, at the end of each major unit.  I will hold those folders for them, and return them several weeks before the standardized testing.)  If any student has pages 91 & 123 filed with me, I told them that they can retrieve their file folder until after this next test.  So to recap:  students can be working through / studying pages 91, 123, & 149.  For any students with tutors, these would be the pages I'd be working on.

Tonight's homework is from the thin green workbook that the students have:  it is p.29 & p.30, all problems.  It is a "stretch" homework assignment, meaning that it is challenging.  I still want students to try it to the best of their ability.  They may not be getting correct answers but I want them to work with each problem as best they can.  We will be reviewing it in class on Friday.  As long as I know that the student made an honest effort, the student will get full credit.

Wednesday, 10/21/15: Lesson 5-1, Writing Linear Equations

We were on an assembly schedule today, which meant that while I saw all of my classes today, we had shorter periods--except for Per.1, which lasted an hour.

In Per.1 we had a terrific opportunity to deeply work with the second half of Lesson 5-1 (we started it Tuesday), and we looked at completing the bottom part of p.133 (#'s 10 & 11).  Problem #11 is worth some extra credit points tonight.

Periods 3 & 4 were significantly shorter today, so we only got through a portion of Lesson 5-1, on writing linear equations.  This is a cornerstone skill, and I want to present this material carefully, without rushing.  I will be assigning homework Thursday night, but no homework was formally assigned tonight.

HOWEVER:  Our next assessment is a traditional-type test, to be given on Nov. 4 & Nov. 5.  It will be on Modules (chapters) 3, 4, & 5.  I had students record in the right margin of their assignment sheets the three pages which will serve as focal points in the process of preparing for this next test:  p. 91 (review of Module 3), p.123 (review of Module 4), and p.149 (review of Module 5).  The students definitely have p.149, having been given pages 125-150 on Tuesday.  Pages 91 & 123 are part of  just-completed Unit 1, which students may have either filed with me (we have a file box for Unit 1 for each period), or they still have at home.  (The idea is that students clean out their notebooks of their math work and file it, at the end of each major unit.  I will hold those folders for them, and return them several weeks before the standardized testing.)  If any student has pages 91 & 123 filed with me, I told them that they can retrieve their file folder until after this next test.  So to recap:  students can be working through / studying pages 91, 123, & 149.  For any students with tutors, these would be the pages I'd be working on.

Tuesday, 10/20/15: Lesson 5-1, on Writing Linear Functions

Tonight's homework is p.133 (5-9).  Students should try this to the best of their ability, but know that we will go over their homework tomorrow, in class.

Monday, 10/19/15: Transition Between Units 1 & 2

We finished Unit 1, on Real #'s and Proportional Relationships, last Friday, 10/16.  As students had been taking the district-wide Performance Task last Thursday and Friday, we had a backlog of homework needing correction & review built up.  We addressed that today.  Tuesday, we will be starting Lesson 5.1.  The students will get the pages for Module (chapter) 5 during class Tuesday, but the textbook is also available online (see below).

As we are catching up, I did not assign homework tonight.  However, I do plan to assign homework from Lesson 5-1 on Tuesday.  For anyone working with tutors, our current slate of new, upcoming lessons, is from Modules (chapters) 5, 6, & 7.  This week we are working on lessons 5-1, 5-2, etc.  Our second unit is on Functions and Linear Equations.  Please remember that there is an online version of the textbook, through my.hrw.com , and that your student should know his or her log-in information. 

Friday, 10/16/15: Day 2 of Unit 1 Performance Task

This weekend's homework is pages 123 and 124 from the textbook, all problems on the pages.  Students should have pages 123 & 124 in their possession.  If for some reason they do not, remember that there is an online version of the textbook at my.hrw.com .  Earlier this year, students were given their log-in information.

Thursday, 10/15/15: Day 1 of Unit 1 Performance Task

Students began taking their first performance task on the computers today.  No homework is assigned for tonight.  For families looking ahead, p.123 and p.124 of the textbook (all problems) will be assigned for homework over the weekend, due Monday.  Students should have pages 123 & 124 in their possession.  If for some reason they do not, remember that there is an online version of the textbook at my.hrw.com .   Earlier this year, students were given their log-in information.

Wednesday, 10/14/15: Final Day of Practice Before Performance Task

Tonight's homework is from the thin green workbook that the students have:  pages 19 & 20, all problems.

Tuesday, 10/13/15: Reviewing Homework

Our first performance task (first test) will be Thursday, 10/15 and Friday, 10/16.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.)

Tonight's homework is from the thin green workbook that students have in their possession.  They are to do all of the problems on pages 22 and 23.

Monday, 10/12/15: Preparing for Performance Task

Our first performance task (first test) will be Thursday, 10/15 and Friday, 10/16.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.)

Tonight's homework is from the thin green workbook that students have in their possession.  They are to do all of the problems on pages 26 and 27, except for #'s 5 & 6 on p.27.

Friday, 10/9/15: Preparing for Next Week's Performance Task

Sorry about the missed post yesterday.  I was out for a high school articulation meeting.

Our first performance task (first test) will be Thursday, 10/15 and Friday, 10/16.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.)

No homework was assigned for the weekend; however, on Monday I will verify that the students completed yesterday's assignment, a photocopy entitled "5-4 Exercises," problems 13-36.

Wednesday, 10/7/15: Continuing to Strengthen Operations with Scientific Notation

Our first performance task is now the week of Oct. 12.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.)  We are now reviewing for this performance task, having worked on the necessary prerequisite skills of operations with scientific notation.

No homework was assigned for tonight; it would be counterproductive.  I continue to need to use our class time wisely.

Tuesday, 10/6/15: Continuing to Strengthen Operations with Scientific Notation

Our first performance task is now the week of Oct. 12.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.) 

Tonight's homework is a third worksheet on scientific notation.  It is labeled worksheet #3.  Students are assigned problems 1-8 for tonight.

Monday, 10/5/15: Strengthening Operations with Scientific Notation

Our first performance task is now the week of Oct. 12.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.) 

Tonight's homework is a second worksheet on scientific notation.  I told the students to label it worksheet #2.  Students should try problems 1-8.  If they have difficulty with it, know that I will be reviewing it in class tomorrow.  (This is Lesson 2-4 of the textbook.)

Friday, 10/2/15: Reviewing Operations with Scientific Notation

Our first performance task is now the week of Oct. 12.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.)  We are spending our class time getting students stronger with scientific notation, and working on operations with scientific notation.

Tonight's homework is a photocopy that I gave to students today, with scientific notation problems.  Students are to do problems 13-28 of this photocopy.

Thursday, 10/1/15: Reviewing Lesson 2-4, Operations with Scientific Notation

We have our first major test, a performance task, on October 8 & 9 next week.  It is primarily on operations with scientific notation, Lesson 2-4.  (The students have the pages for Lesson 2-4.)  We are spending our class time getting students stronger with scientific notation, and working on operations with scientific notation.

Tonight's homework is from page 13 of the thin workbook that students have, problems 1-8.  Scratch work needs to be shown on notebook paper.