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Quarter 1
Monday, 11/7/05 to 11/11/05- No School
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Friday, 11/4/05 (period 9/10)- Lesson 2.3 Simlarity
Thursday, 11/3/05 (period 1)- Lesson 2.3 Similarity
Wednesday, 11/2/05 (period 9/10)- Lesson 2.3 Similarity
Objective: To finish Lesson 2.2. To begin to understand and apply the concept of similarity. To use proportions to find the missing side when working with similar figures. To use scale drawings. To model some types of 3-D drawings.
CW1: Finish p. 85-87
Tuesday, 11/1/05 (period 1)- Lesson 2.3 Similarity
Objective: To finish Lesson 2.2. To begin to understand and apply the concept of similarity. To use proportions to find the missing side when working with similar figures. To use scale drawings. To model some types of 3-D drawings.
CW1: Finish p. 85-87
Monday, 10/31/05- Lesson 2.2 Polygons
Objective: To understand and apply properties of polygons including quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and rhombi) and to work with regular polygons and the sum of interior angles of a polygon.
CW: Discuss answers to p. 81-82/1-22 all
CW2: Assign students p. 85-87/1-11 all
CW3: Assign special worksheet for NJ GEPA book
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Friday, 10/28/05- Quiz 5
Objective: To assess student understanding of points, lines, angles, and planes as covered in class.
CW: Quiz 5
CW2: p. 81-84/1-22 all
Thursday, 10/27/05- Lesson 2.2- Polygons
Objective: To continue to solve some types of GEPA problems that apply the concepts of points, lines, angles, and planes.
CW: Discuss and go over practice worksheet problems from NJ GEPA book 1-11.
Wednesday, 10/26/05- Lesson 2.1- Geometric Properties
Objective: To continue to apply concepts involving points, lines, angles, and planes.
CW: p. 77-79/1-11 (discuss and go over)
CW2: Practice worksheet of similar problems taking from NJ GEPA book, 1-11.
Tuesday, 10/25/05- Lesson 2.1- Geometric Properties
Objective: To continue to apply concepts involving lines, angles, and planes.
CW: Finish p. 71-75/1-23 all
CW: Check and discuss the above answers.
CW2: Do p. 77-79/1-11 all.
Monday 10/24/05- Lesson 1- Geometric Properties
Objective: To understand and apply concepts involving the following geometric terms- points, lines, rays, line segments, angles, vertex, perpendicular bisector, congruent, vertical angle, adjacent angles, complementary angles acute angles, supplementary angles, obtuse angles.
CW: Students do textbook, p. 70-74/1-16 all
CW2: Begin to discuss the above and check answers
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Friday, 10/21/05- Quiz 4
Objective: To assess students on GEPA type questions involving Cluster 1, Number Sense
CW: quiz 4
HW: None
Thursday, 10/20/05- Lesson 10 Problem Solving
Objective: To continue to solve some types of problems that use various problem strategies.
CW: p. 64/1-17 all and p. 65/1-5 all
Wednesday, 10/19/05- Review of Lessons 1-10
Objective: To work on a variety of different problems from cluster 1, Number Sense and Problem Solving, (taken from NJ GEPA workbook)
CW: Worksheet handout, 1-17.
Tuesday, 10/18/05- Lesson 10 Problem Solving
Objective: To use several strategies to solve a variety of GEPA type problems
CW: Performance assessment (do now) on 6 estimation problems
CW: Discussion and work p. 62-64, problems A and B, #1-17.
Monday, 10/17/05- Lesson 9 Estimation (day 3)
Objective: To continue to use rounding and estimation to check whether answers are reasonable.
CW: Return performance assessment (scientific notation) and go over, Check pp. 55-57/1-17 all and pp.58-60/1-18 all (estimation).
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Friday, 10/14/05- Lesson 9 Estimation (day 2)
Objective: To continue to use rounding and estimation to check whether answers are reasonable or not.
CW: NJ GEPA book examples
CW: CW: p. 58-60/1-18 all
Thursday, 10/13/05- No School
Wednesday, 10/12/05- Lesson 9- Estimation
Objective: To estimate square and cubed roots. To use estimation to do a quick calculation and to check if an answer is reasonable.
CW: Examples for NJ GEPA
CW: Textbook, p. 55-57/1-17 and discuss
Tuesday, 10/11/05- Lesson 8- Scientific Notation
Objective: To continue to represent numbers in scientific notation.
CW: Selected problems from NJ GEPA
CW: p. 51-52/1-15 all
Monday, 10/10/05- Lesson 8- Scientific Notation
Objective: To change numbers from scientific notation to standard form and vice versa.
CW: p. 49-50/1-17 all and teacher led and discussion
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Friday, 10/7/05- Quiz #3 (Lessons 5,6,&7)
Objective: To assess understanding of GEPA order of operations, absolute value, exponents and roots.
CW: Quiz 3
Thursday, 10/6/05- Review Lessons 5-7
Objective: To review order GEPA order of operations, GEPA absolute value, GEPA exponents and roots.
CW: Check and discuss pp. 41-43
QUIZ tomorrow on Lessons 5-7
Wednesday, 10/5/05- No School
Tuesday, 10/4/05- No School
Monday, 10/3/05- Lesson 7 Exponents and Roots
Objective: To evaluate and simplify expressions containing exponents and roots. To develop an number sense understanding of roots and their inverses.
HW: None
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Friday, 09/30/05 - Lesson 6 Absolute Value
Objective: To continue to simplify/evaluate expressions that contain using and understanding the absolute value concept.
CW: Discussion p.38-39.
CW: p. 39-40/1-16 all.
Thursday, 09/29/05- Lesson 6 Absolute Value
Objective: To simplify expressions and use the absolute value.
CW: Graded performance assessment, return and go over quiz 1
CW: Begin absolute value.
Wednesday, 09/28/05 - Lesson 5 Algebraic Order of Operations.
Objective: To continue to simplify GEPA type expressions by using the order of operations.
CW: Collected Do Now on teacher made problems 1-9
Tuesday, 09/27/05- Lesson 5, Algebraic Order of Operations.
Objective: To simplify numberical expressions by using the order of operations.
CW: Go over the first 5 problems of Worksheet Macro C.
CW: Notes/discussion p. 29-30 and do p. 31-32/1-10.
Monday, 09/26/05- Quiz #2 - Lessons 3 and 4
Objective: To assess student understanding of terminating/repeating decimals, irrational numbers, ratio, proportion, and percent type problems.
CW: Quiz 2 (minor assessment - 24 points
CW 2: After quiz work on Macro C, more problems 1-9
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Friday, 09/23/05- Lesson 4: Ratio, Proportion and Percents.
Objective: To continue to solve some types of percent problems.
CW: p. 23-24 and do some percent of increase/decrease problems.
Thursday, 09/22/05- Lesson 4: Ratio, Proportion and Percents
Objective: To be to solve some types of percent problems
CW: p. 22-23 (work together with teacher) and p. 25-26/1-10 all.
Wednesday, 09/21/05- Lesson 4: Ratio, Proportion and Percents
Objective: To be able to write the comparison of two numbers as a ratio, to solve a proportion, to do some types of percent problems.
CW: Discussion of definitions and meanings of above
Tuesday, 09/20/05- Lesson 3: Repeating Decimals and Irrational Numbers
Objective: To continue to determine whether a fraction is a terminating decimal, a repeating decimal, or an irrational number.
CW: p. 18-20.
Monday, 09/19/05- Lesson 3: Repeating Decimals and Irrational Numbers
Objective: To determine whether a fraction changes to a terminating or repeating decimal. To be able to write a repeating decimal as a fraction.
CW: p. 14-17
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Friday, 09/16/05- Quiz (Lessons 1 and 2)
Objective: To assess concepts of Lessons 1 and 2
To begin Lesson 3, repeating decimals and irrational numbers.
CW: Quiz and pp. 13-17.
Thursday, 09/15/05- Objective: Chapter 2 Comparing and Ordering Numbers.
Objective: To continue to order rational numbers.
CW: p. 7-9 and p. 10-11/1-9 all.
Wednesday, 09/14/05- Objective: Chapter 2 Comparing and Ordering Numbers
Objective: To use an inequality symbol to compare two rational numbers. To order several rational numbers.
CW: P. 4-5/1-8 all
Tuesday, 09/13/05- Objective: Chapter 1-Number Sense and Numerical Operations.
Objective: To classify numbers as natural, whole, integers, and rational
numbers.
CW: p.2-3/1-12 a;; and p. 4-5/1-9 all.
Monday, 09/12/05- Objective: To review and discuss the answers to the GEPA assessment given last week.
CW: Student/teacher discussion of GEPA diagnostic test.
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Friday, 09/09/05- Objective: To assess student understanding of some GEPA open ended type problems.
CW: Students will finish multiple choice problems and work on 4 types of open ended GEPA problems (one from each cluster).
Thursday, 09/08/05- Objective: To assess student understanding of some GEPA multiple choice type problems.
CW: Students will work individually on Diagnostic Test - Part 1, problems 1-20.
Wednesday, 09/07/05- Objective: To orientate students on rules, regulations, policies, and general information.
HW: Purchase Supplies- 3-ring binder, folder, paper, pencils, book cover, calculator (scientific $10-$20 range). Review Memo with parents/guardians and sign and have parents/guardian sign.
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