Monday, December 21, 2009

Math 8 Surface Area and Nets

Notes and activities on Drawing Nets.

No Homework.

Math 9 Binomial Products

Notes on Binomial Products.

Assigned page 194 # 1 - 58. Not for homework.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Test on Pythagorean’s Theorem

Math 9 Dividing Polynomials by Monomials

No questions from yesterday’s work :-) We rock.

Assigned 5.4 Sheet.

Introduced Binomial Products.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Questions from yesterday’s work.

Review for Test.

Test Friday--Pythagorean's Theorem

Mathe 9 Dividing Polynomilas by Monomials

Question from yesterday’s work # 27. Focus on the instructions. The math is easy–understanding the instructions is key here.

Notes on Dividing Polynomials by Monomials.

Assigned page 191 # 1 - 25.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Questions from last night’s homework.

Assigned page 110 # 3 - 11

Test on Pythagorean's Theorem-- Friday.

Math 9 Multiplying a Polynomial by a Monomial

Quiz: Real Number System, Fractions, Integer rules with decimals.

Questions from page 189--# 43, 47, 48.

Assigned 5.3 sheet.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Reviewed proper way to demonstrate math process.

Students MUST: draw diagrams; state the formula; use substitution with brackets around the values; solve the equation using all steps.

Assigned: page 103 # 1 - 16 re-done with proper math process used.

Math 9 Multiplying a Polynomial by a Monomial

Notes on Multiplying a Polynomial by a Monomial

Assigned page 189 # 1 - 48

Monday, December 14, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Assigned page 103 # 1 - 16.

Math 9 Factoring

Assigned 5.2 Sheet, Factoring Expressions with Common Factors

Math 9, December 11, 2009

Quiz on Factoring Expressions.


Completed a teaching evalution for Miss. Heckbert.


Assigned 5.2 Sheet Factoring Expressions with Common Factors (not for homework).

Miss Heckbert (our pre-service teacher) finished her placement today.


Math 8, December 11, 2009

Quiz on Pythagorean's Theorem.

Reviewed questions from the Linear Relations Test.

Worked on page 103 # 1 - 11, 13, 15. (Not for homework)

Miss Heckbert (our pre-service teacher) finished her placement today.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Math 9 Factoring

Questions from last night's homework.

Lesson on 5.2 Factoring Expressions with Common Factors.

Assigned page 186 # 1 - 34.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Reviewed work on Square root and Squaring.

Reviewed the Pythagorean Relationship.

Assigned page 91-93 # 1-15.

Math 9 Factoring

Worked on page 184, #1-42 and sheet 5.1 Common Factors and GCF.

Introduced Section 5.2 Multiplying Monomials by Binomials.

Returned ch. 4 tests.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Math 8 Pythagorean's Theorem

Instruction on how to use the radical key on the calculator.

Activity on Pythagorean’s Theorem

Notes given on Pythagorean Relationship

Math 9 Factoring

Introduced Prime Factors, Common Factors, and Greatest Common Factors.

Assigned page 184 # 1 - 42 (not for hmwk due to evening field trip)

Monday, December 7, 2009

Math 8 Squares and Square Roots

Overview of Pythagorean’s Theorem.

Notes on Squares and Square Roots.

Assigned: page 85 - 86 # 9 - 16, 21, 22 and page 99 # 4 - 9, 11, 12

Math 9

Test today on Polynomials--ch. 4

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Math 8

Test today on Table of Values

Math 9 Polynomials

Review of materials for test on Monday.

Answers to page 171 # 48 - 51 are incorrect in the text. Answers should be:

#48) 4x over y cubed
#49) 9 over x cubed, y four.
#50) 5 a squared over b
#51) -2a over b squared, c squared.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Math 8 Table of Values.

Illustrated questions from last night’s homework.

Assigned Review Sheet # 25 - 51.

Math 9 Polynomials

Quiz on Polynomials.

Illustrated questions from last night's homework.

Assigned page 170 #s 1 - 27.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Math 8 Table of Values Review

Illustrated questions from last night’s homework:

8A: page 398 #10b, 9b and Page 357 #9
8B: page page 357 # 10a, 7d, page 398 #8a, c,10d, 9d


Assigned: # 1 - 24 on Review sheet passed out in class today.

TEST THURSDAY on Table of Values and all related skills.

Math 9 Dividing by a Monomial

Illustrated questions (# 46 page 161, and 4.5 sheet # 24) from last night’s homework on the board.

Gave notes on Dividing Polynomials with negative exponents.

Assigned page # 33 - 47
and Sheet 4.7

TEST MONDAY on Chapter 4--Polynomials