Homework is due the day after it is assigned unless you are absent. No credit will be given for late work. Your parents will be notified via e-mail if homework completion becomes an issue. PLEASE NO HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THE TEACHER. Dec.21st,2009 Algebra- Complete Daily hw quiz and warm up exercises for 4/8.Organize chp4 notes for a quiz Wed. (open notebook ) quiz and prepare for a quiz Tuesday on lessons 4.6 and 4.7 Pre-Alg. -A4-No written hw.Organize your notes for a quiz next week on chp.4 Also quiz on Tuesday 4.5 to 4.8. A2 has a ws on equations to complete.(Famous Ocean Liner) If you need a reference for a private school for next year, please give me a stamped self-addressed envelope and the proper forms in a timely fashion. Archived info from Pre-Alg. last year: Week of Sept. 9th Classroom rules Chp.one daily ex.1.1 and 1.2 Week of Sept.16th Daily ex. 1.3 Problem Solving Strategies 1.4 Key words Properties of whole numbers Week of Sept.23rd Daily 1.6 ws1.8 exponents Careers in Math video Week of Sept. 30th Order of operations Daily 1.9 Week of Oct.7th Started chp. 2 Sample test chp one Week of Oct. 14th Distributive property Combining Like terms Math Mystery-The Phantom of the Bell Tower Fibonacci Sequence Week of October 21st Started functions 2.6 Did 2.7 checking the answer Explained Pascal's Triangle Week of October 28th Started scientific notation Started chp 3 Venn Diagram on our system of numeration Did addition of integers We visited Tri-County on 10-28-05 Week of Nov. 4th Did subtraction of integers Did multiplication and division of integers Did evaluating expressions Week of Nov. 11th Did practice 35-making a table Did graphing (x,y) coordinate geometry Week of November 18th Graphing functions-absolute value, quadratic, exponential, and linear Cat drawings- translations Watched Pizza Perfect Caper - a math detective sto Week of Nov. 23 Started chp 4 One step equations MATERIAL for second notebook check Week of Dec. 2nd Using muly. or division to solve one-step equations Passed out a list of key math words for addition,subtraction,division, and multiplication Week of Dec.9th Talked about favorite formulas-D=rt etc. Did more work on 2 step-equations Week of Dec. 16th Origami Started chp. 5 Pictographs and Bar graphs Week of Dec. 22nd We went to see a play in Boston Talked about choosing the appropriate graph-practice 59 We also made booklets on the types of graphs we have studied. Week of Jan. 6th Talked about problems with too much or too little information-practice 60 Talked about the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range Viewed the Great Zoo Design movie Talked about choosing the appropriate statistic Week of Jan. 13th The greaT M & M experiment was conducted to calculate the mean, mode, median, and range of the colors in a small bag of candy. Started Data Collection and Frequency Distribution tables Week of Jan. 20th Started Geometry chapter 6-basic terms-point,line,ray, etc. Complementary,Supplementary angles Week of January 27th Measured angles Talked about parallel and perpendicular lines Week of February 3rd Triangle theorem-Any two sides have to be greater than the third side Notes on types of Quadrilaterals Explained symmetry Started chp.7 Factoring-factor trees Week of February 10th GCF and LCM explained Tangrams collected Collected timelines Watched Manor House Mystery on geometry MATERIAL FOR THE THIRD NOTEBOOK QUIZ IS BELOW THIS LINE Week of February 17th Notes on 7.4 Notes on 7.6 Comparing Fractions Cut and paste number line activity on rational nos. was completed Students took a geometry test right before vacation Week of February 24th-Vacation Week of March 4th Did notes 7.10 graphing sentences-< or > Did notes 7.11 on negative and zero exponents as well as scientific notation for very small nos. Started chp. 9 notes on 9.1 Ratios and Proportions Week on March 10th Started percent collages in class Watched a video on scale drawings-Seaside Park was the title of the movie Did a ws called Talking PerCents on finding the % of a Number Passed out a chart giving common decimal, fraction, and percent equivalents. Week of March 17th Pi Day Discount and sale price Commission Week of March 24th Simple Interest explained Percents of increase or decreaseStarted chp 10 -perimeter Week of March 31st Circumference Area of circles Congruent and similar figures Week of April 7th Areas of circles Indirect measurement Started Pyhtagorean Property Week of April14th Square roots Started chp 11 Stem and Leaf plots Histograms Frequency Tables