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.