Friday, 4/29/16: Statistics: Scatter Plots

Today we transitioned back into instructional mode, after having completed the state standardized testing for math.  Our final unit is on statistics (Modules 14 & 15; the students received those text pages today), with scatter plots and two-way tables the key standards.

No homework was assigned for the weekend; we did not get far enough into the new lesson.

Friday, 4/15/16 through Thursday, 4/28/16: California State Standardized Testing

Beginning Monday, 4/18, through Thursday, 4/28, students are taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium standardized mathematics tests for California.  My math classes are testing during this time, not receiving regular instruction.  No homework is assigned during this time.

Thursday, 4/14/16: Review

We are starting the state standardized testing next week.

Tonight's homework is a photocopy, titled "Cumulative Review #2."  Students are to try to work all of the problems (front and back) on the paper tonight; we will review them in class tomorrow.

Wednesday, 4/13/16: Unit 4 Test on Congruence and Similarity

Tonight's homework is a photocopy, titled "Cumulative Review #1."  Students are to try to work all 12 of the problems on the paper tonight; we will review them in class tomorrow.

Monday, 4/11/16: Final Review for Unit 4 Test on Congruence & Similarity

We have our Unit 4 test on congruence & similarity tomorrow,Tuesday, 4/12, and Wednesday, 4/13, and students can be studying:

• translations, Lesson 9-1
• reflections, Lesson 9-2
• rotations, Lesson 9-3
• dilations, Lessons 10-1, 10-2
• congruence as a sequence of transformations, Lesson 9-5
• similarity as a sequence, Lesson 10-3
• Pythagorean theorem, Lessons 12-1, 12-2
• Angle relationships, triangles and parallel lines, Lessons 11-1 through 11-3
• Volume, Lessons 13-1 through 13-3

I gave students the rest of the practice version of the test today and we reviewed the problems in class.  For homework tonight, students should be revisiting the problems and refreshing how to do them in their minds.

Friday, 4/8/16: Reviewing for Unit 4 Test on Congruence & Similarity

We have our Unit 4 test on congruence & similarity coming up next Tuesday, 4/12, and Wednesday, 4/13, and students can be studying:

• translations, Lesson 9-1
• reflections, Lesson 9-2
• rotations, Lesson 9-3
• dilations, Lessons 10-1, 10-2
• congruence as a sequence of transformations, Lesson 9-5
• similarity as a sequence, Lesson 10-3
• Pythagorean theorem, Lessons 12-1, 12-2
• Angle relationships, triangles and parallel lines, Lessons 11-1 through 11-3
• Volume, Lessons 13-1 through 13-3

Today I distributed the first half (roughly) of a practice version of the Unit 4 test above.  We went through most all of the problems today.  For homework this weekend, students should be revisiting the problems and refreshing how to do them in their minds.

Thursday, 4/7/16: Reviewing Homework on Angle Relationships--Triangles

Today we reviewed the p.361 (8-14) homework that was due yesterday.  (We'd gotten backed up and I needed to make sure that my students are strong with this material.)  We're clear to move forward tomorrow; no formal homework is assigned tonight.  I do plan to assign homework over the weekend, however.

We have our Unit 4 test on congruence & similarity coming up next Tuesday and Wednesday, and students can be studying:

• translations, Lesson 9-1
• reflections, Lesson 9-2
• rotations, Lesson 9-3
• dilations, Lessons 10-1, 10-2
• congruence as a sequence of transformations, Lesson 9-5
• similarity as a sequence, Lesson 10-3
• Pythagorean theorem, Lessons 12-1, 12-2
• Angle relationships, triangles and parallel lines, Lessons 11-1 through 11-3
• Volume, Lessons 13-1 through 13-3

Wednesday, 4/6/16: Reviewing Homework on Angle Relationships--Parallel Lines

We reviewed the p.353 homework that was due yesterday (Tuesday, 4/5), and practiced simplifying a number raised to a fractional power and estimating the square root of a number without using a calculator.  Tomorrow we need to review the p.361 (8-14) homework that was due today.  No homework was assigned for tonight; we need to catch up.

Tuesday, 4/5/16: Lesson 11-2 on Angle Relationships, Triangles

Tonight's homework is p.361 (8-14).

Monday, 4/4/16: Lesson 11-1 on Angle Relationships, Parallel Lines

Period 1: your homework tonight is p.353 (7-17).

Per.3 & Per.4:  your homework tonight is p.353 (7-12).

Friday, 4/1/16: Volume of Cones and Cylinders

Tonight's homework is a photocopy, "Volume of Cones and Cylinders."  Students are to complete all 12 problems on this page.  They will need to use calculators on this assignment, but they also must show all steps in their homework spiral notebooks.