Monday, January 31, 2011

Math 9
Review of Mid-Year Exam

Math 8
Review of Mid-Year Exam

Friday, January 28, 2011

Math 9

Math Celebration Party for Great Skills demonstrated on Mid-Year Exams.

Math 8
Returned Mid-Year Exams.
Reviewed Exams.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Snow Day

Wednesday January 26, 2011

Math 9

Mid-Year Exams returned.
Assigned: page 212 Ex. 1 and 214 Ex. 2

Math 8
Reviewing Equations
Assigned 6.6/6.7 Sheet.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Math 9
Reviewed In-Class assignment from yesterday's class.
Define "Key Words" page 207.

Math 8
Reivew of procedure for solving equations.
Assigned 6.4/6.5 Sheet.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Math 9

In-class assignment.
No Homework.

Math 8

Define Key Words from page 77, as well as:
Square Number
Non-perfect Square
Prime Number
Prime Factors
Right Triangle
Complete Handout 6.3--showing all your work as usual.

Math 9

Math 9s:
You have done remarkably well on Part 1 of the Mid-Year Exam.
I am very proud of you.
Congratulations, you are no longer gnats.
Welcome to Mosquito status...at the very least... :-)

Math 8 and 9 Thursday and Friday, Jan. 20/21

Math 8 and 9
Mid Year Exams are being written on these two days.

Math 8 and 9 Monday-Wednesday, January 17-19, 2011

Math 9
Reviewing all math learning from the beginning of the year until now.
Summative Assessment on Thursday and Friday.
Basic Skills of Integers, Fractions, BEDMAS.
Ch. 2 Rational Numbers
Ch. 3 Powers and Exponents
Ch. 5 and 7 Polynomials
Ch. 8 Equations.

Math 8
Reviewing all math learning from the beginning of the year until now.
Summative Assessment on Thursday and Friday.
BEDMAS
Ch. 8 Integers
Ch. 6 Fractions
Ch. 10 Equations
Ch. 9 Linear Relations

Math 8 and 9 January 14, 2011

Math 9
Equations Test.

Math 8
Linear Relations Test.

Math 8 and 9 January 12, 2011

Math 9
Equations.
Focusing on how to block out word problems into mathematical expressions and equations.
Work on page 328-329 for any incorrects.
Assigned: Chapter Review
Test Friday

Math 8
Linear Relations
Assigned page 362 # 6 - 9.
Review the chapter.
Test tomorrow.

Math 8 and 9 January 11, 2011

Math 9
Equations Work.
Assigned: Card Stock assignment:
complete equation 4d on page 332-- no characters touching; operations to both sides demonstrated in a different colour. The solution is -2.
Chapter 8 Test Friday.

Math 8
Linear Relations.
Assigned page 361 # 13-15 and page 362 # 1-5.
Chapter 9 Test Thursday.

Math 8 and 9 January 10, 2011

Math 9
Working on Equations
Assigned page 327 # 6 - 12 Use the "x by LCD" strategy for the equations with fractions.

Math 8
Working on Linear Relations.
Assigned page 360 # 1 - 12.

Math 8 and 9 Friday, January 7, 2011

Math 9
Returned yesterday's quizzes. Reviewed answers.
Worked on questions from page 328.
No homework.
Review for Mid-Term Exam.

Math 8
Worked on questions from page 357.
No homework.
Begin reviewing for Final Exam.

Math 8 and 9 Thursday January 6, 2011

Math 9
Quiz on Equations
Assigned page 328 # 16 – 22.

Math 8
Reviewed yesterday's questions.
Assigned page 357 # 11 – 18.

Math 8 and 9 Wednesday January 5, 2011

Math 9
Study Chapter 8 Notes--critically important.
Finish pages 319, 321, and 326 for any items that were problematic.


Math 8
Reviewed yesterday's work.
Assigned page 357 # 5-10.
Sent home a note with each student showing percentage of homework completion for Term 2.

Math 8 and 9 Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Math 9
Quiz: equations with multiple fractions are solved by multipying each term by the LCD. WHY is this the strategy??

Assigned page 321 # 23 - 25 and page 326 # 4 - 15.

Math 8
Back into Linear Relations!
Finish up page 340 # 13 - 16.
Assigned page 348 # 4 - 11.