PLEASE HELP US

Urgent help is needed in our class. We are in need of a class set of dry erase markers and glue sticks. These items are needed every day in class.

If it is within your ability to help us out, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much.

Math News - Week 10 (8 February - 12 February 2010)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Points, Lines & Planes (Section 7-1, pages 322-325)
   
2. Angles (Section 7-2, pages 326-329)
3. Angle Relationships (Section 7-3, pages 332-335)
4. Classifying Lines (Section 7-4, pages 336-339)
5. Triangles (Section 7-5, pages 344-347)
   

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. Due to a home basketball game, extra help will be on Thursday this week. This week on Friday by appointment. All are welcome, just let me know that you are coming.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objective #111
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #112 & 113
Wednesday Night (due Thursday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #116, 177, 188 & 119
Thursday Night (due Friday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #115, 120, 121, 122, 123 & 124.

Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week) can be scanned any day this week, but is due on Friday morning.

Assessments:

1. Thursday - Quiz 7A - 50 points

Math News - Week 9 (1 February - 5 February 2010)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Ordered Pairs (Section 6-6, pages 294-296)
   
2. Line Graphs (Section 6-7, pages 297-300)
3. Misleading Graphs (Section 6-8, pages 301-304)
4. Stem & Leaf Plots (Section 6-9, pages 305-307)
   

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. Due to an away basketball game, extra help will be on Tuesday this week. This week on Friday by appointment. All are welcome, just let me know that you are coming.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #151 & 153
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - AM Exercise sheet - objectives #154 & 155
Accelerated Math practice packet (worth 12 points this week)

Assessments:

1. Tuesday - Quiz 6C - 50 points
2. Thursday - Chapter 6 Exam - 100 points

Math News - Week 5 (11 January - 15 January 2010)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Adding and subtracting with Unlike Denominators (Section 5-7, pages 242-245)
   
2. Adding and subtracting Mixed Numbers (Section 5-8, pages 246-249)
3. Renaming to Subtract Mixed Numbers (Section 5-9, pages 252-255)
4. Solving Fraction Equations: Addition and Subtraction (Section 5-10, pages 256-259)
   

Extra Help:
Every Wednesday from 3:05 until 3:45. This week on Tuesday and Friday by appointment. All are welcome, just let me know that you are coming.

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - Homework sheet 5-7
Tuesday Night (due Wednesday) - Homework sheet 5-8
All week (due Thursday) - Accelerated Math packet (worth 18 points this week)

Assessments:

1. Tuesday - Quiz 5C (Sections 5-6 and 5-7) - 40 points
2. Thursday - Chapter 5 Exam - 100 points
   

The topics for the rest of the year!

Friday 12/11 - HMWK DUE - Lesson 4-7 Practice B & Homework also AM Packet - Topic to be covered in class: Lesson 4-8 (Adding & Subtracting with Like Denominators - page 188).

Monday, 12/14 - HMWK DUE - Lesson 4-8 Practice B & Homework - Topic to be covered in class: Lesson 4-9 (Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers - page 192).

Tuesday, 12/15 - HMWK DUE - Lesson 4-9 Practice B & Homework - QUIZ TODAY - Topics 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8 & 4-9.

Wednesday, 12/16 - CHAPTER 4 EXAM TODAY.

Thursday, 12/17 - Test corrections.

Friday, 12/18 - Holiday celebration.

All students are reminded that they have a daily assignment in AM. See me if you do not have this assignment or if you cannot print it at home.

Have a terrific holiday and I will see you all in 2010!

Math News - Week 12 (16 November - 20 November 2009)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Interpret the Quotient (Section 3-9, pages 131-133)
   
2. Solving Decimal Equations (Section 3-10, pages 134-137)
3. Divisibility (Section 4-1, pages 152-55)

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - Homework sheets 3-9 & 3-10
Thursday Night (due Friday) - Homework sheet 4-1
All week (due Friday) - Accelerated Math packet

Assessments:

1. Tuesday - Quiz 3B (Sections 3-5 through 3-10) - 50 points
2. Wednesday - Chapter 3 Exam - 100 points

These scores for these assessments will count towards the student's first term grade.

On Monday, 16 November, a meeting was held with each student who was missing work and each student clearly knows what work is missing and what is required to be done in order to receive credit for the first term. Scoring for this term ends on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 3:00 p.m. All late homework will be accepted until that time for credit. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!

Math News - Week 11 (9 November - 13 November 2009)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Scientific Notation (Section 3-5, pages 114-117)
   
2. Multiplying Decimals (Section 3-6, pages 120-123)
3. Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers (Section 3-7, pages 124-126)
4. Dividing by Decimals (Section 3-8, pages 127-130
   

The homework for the week is as follows:
Monday Night (due Tuesday) - Homework sheet 3-5
Tuesday Night (due Thursday) - Homework sheet 3-6
Thursday Night (due Friday) - Homework sheet 3-7
All week (due Friday) - Accelerated Math packet

Assessments: None

Reminders:

1. All grades are available via egrades. Click the link to go directly to e-grades. If you do not know the login, please contact me.

Math News - Week 10 (26 October - 30 October 2009)

This is the material that you will be learning in my class this week:

Topics: (The information in the parenthesis refers to the textbook that all students have at home. Parents, you may review the material with your children using this text.)

1. Multiplying Integers (Section 9-6, pages 473-475)
   
2. Dividing Integers (Section 9-7, pages 476-479)
3. Solving Integer Equations (Section 9-8, pages 482-485)

Students have homework in Accelerated Math. They should be completing objectives 29 & 30 for Monday, 31 & 32 for Tuesday and 33 for Wednesday. Homework handed in on time and complete receives full credit, late homework receives half-credit, homework not handed in receives no credit. Each homework assignment is worth 6 points. Students should do everything they can to catch up in Accelerated Math so that they are doing the work assigned on the day it is assigned. All students should know their login information and how to connect to the Accelerated Math website.

Assessments:

1. Quiz 3B - Tuesday, 27 October (Sections 9-4 to 9-8). (50 points)
   
2. Test #3 - Chapter 9 - Thursday, 29 October. (100 points)
   

Reminders:

1. I will be available on Wednesday, 28 October from 3:00 until 3:45 for after-school extra help. Please send me an e-mail to let me know that yuor child will be attending this session.
   
2. All grades are available via egrades. Click the link to go directly to e-grades. If you do not know the login, please contact me.