Sunday, September 23, 2012

Parent Teacher Conferences this MONDAY and TUESDAY!

Conferences are 5 - 8:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday evening.
You can find me and the rest of Team A teachers in the Safe Room.
Come by and say hi!

Friday, September 14, 2012

Sept. 17 - 21

7th grade:
Mon:  + mixed signed  worksheet
Tue:  - mixed signed worksheet
Wed:  Real world / review worksheet
Thur:  Scavenger hunt review
Fri:  test over + - fractions

8th grade:
Mon:  Scavenger hunt review
Tue:  Test over operations with integers and order of operations
Wed:  Exponent laws with multiplication  worksheet
Thur:  Exponent laws with division worksheet
Fri:  Product to a Power worksheet
(The exponent laws are NOT in the text book)  See the entry below from Sept 13th that has a website you can visit to find more information.

Algebra:
Mon:  What's wrong here?  worksheet
Tue:  Review due
Wed:  Chapter 2 chapter test
Thur:  3/1:  3 - 66 multiples of 3, 50, 52, 74 - 78
Fri:  3/2:  3 - 84 multiples of 3, 93, 96

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Laws of Exponents. 8th grade

During our next unit the 8th graders will be studying the Laws of Exponents in great detail.  The following website is a good resource to use for these laws.  They are NOT in the text book.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/exponent-laws.html

Copy and paste the about web address into your browser.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Sept 10 - 14

7th grade:
Mon:  Subtract Mixed Numerals worksheet
Tue:  What's wrong here?  worksheet
Wed:  no school
Thur:  + / - signed simple fractions (positives / negatives) worksheet
Fri:  + signed mixed numerals worksheet

8th grade:
Mon: + - integers page 44:  2 -28 even, page 48:  2 - 28 even
Tue:  x / integers page 55:  17 - 28, 31 - 38, 53 - 56
Wed:  no school
Thur:  Reivew
Fri:  Test  (this has been moved to Tuesday 9/18)

Algebra:
Mon:  2/5:  page 107 - 110:  1 - 9, 40 - 50
Tue:  2/5:  page 107 - 110:  10, 13, 14, 15, 20, 24 - 27, 35 - 39
Wed:  no school
Thur:  worksheet, more word problems
  Quiz  2/4 - 2/5
Fri:  Review  page 125 - 127:  10 - 63 all


Thursday, August 30, 2012

Sept. 4 - 7


Mon:  No School Labor Day!

7th grade:
Tue: Exploring with Fraction Circles and Comparing Fractions.  HW:  worksheet
Wed:  Exploring with Fraction Circles while Adding and Subtracting Fractions.  
Thur:  Adding Simple Fractions.  HW:  worksheet
Fri:  Adding Mixed Numerals.  HW:  worksheet

8th grade:
Tue:  Activity 2:  Exploring the number line, rational number and irrational numbers.  HW:  worksheet
Wed:  Review the Real Number System
Thur:  1st Test
Fri:  Order of operations.  HW:  worksheet

Algebra:
Tue: Multi-step equations day 2:  page 91 - 93 2/3:  22 - 62 even, skip 50
Wed:  ax + b = cx + d:  page 98 - 101 2/4:  1 - 20 all, 57 - 63 all
Thur:  day 2 ax + b = cx + d page 98 - 101 2/4: 21 - 39 all and 44 - 46 all
Fri:  Ratio and Proportion 4/1:  page 185 - 188:  14 - 28 een, 32 - 36 even, 54 - 60 even

Monday, August 27, 2012

Grades have now been posted in Power School

If you do not have access to power school, call the school office and they can hook you up.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Algebra Aug. 27 - 31

Mon:  Review for Chapter 1 test
Tue:  Chapter 1 test (100 points)  This is a biggie!!!!  Be sure you are prepared!
Wed:  One-step equations 2/1 pg. 77 - 80:  4 - 68(multiples of 4), 77,78,80,84,87 - 89
Thur:  Two-step equations 2/2 pg. 84 - 86:  2 - 72 even
Fri:  ax + b = cx + d 2/3 pg 91 - 93:  1 - 20 all, 68 - 73 all