Mrs. Diggs' Math Blog

Week of May 17 & May 24

2010-05-17T13:09:00.000-07:00

Class review: Monday May 24

8th Grade Math Final: TUESDAY MAY 25

8th Grade Celebration: Wednesday May 26

Week of May 17:

Pre-Algebra

Mon 5/17 Scatter Plots
HW PB 9-7

Tue 5/18 Best Representation of Data
HW PB 9-8

Wed 5/19 Review Unit 12 Data
HW p. 510-512 pr 5-16

Thur 5/20 NOTEBOOK Check Unit 12
HW STUDY FOR TEST!

Fri 5/21 TEST Unit 12
No homework!

Ramp-UP

Mon 5/17 Learning from Progress Check
HW p. 61 Homework Book B

Tue 5/18 It's Cold Up There
HW p. 62 Homework Book B

Wed. 5/19 Word Problems
HW p. 63 Homework Book B

Thur 5/20 Notebook Check, Unit 7 and Test Review
HW: STUDY for TEST!

Fri 5/21 TEST Unit 7
No Homework!

Week of May 10

2010-05-11T05:15:00.000-07:00

Ramp Up

Mon 5/10 Reviewing adding & Subtracting Negative Numbers
HW: Homework Book B p. 53-54

Tue 5/11 Multiplying & Dividing Negative Numbers
HW: Homework Book B p. 555-56

Wed 5/12 Mixed Operations
HW: Homework Book B p. 57

Thur 5/13 Number Properties
HW: Homework Book B p. 58

Fri 5/14 HomeWork Quiz & Progress Check
HW: Homework Book B p. 59-60

Pre-Algebra

5/10 Mon Organizing Data
HW PB 9-2

5/11 Tue Measures of Central Tendency
HW PB 9-3

5/12 Wed Variablitity
HW PB 9-4

5/13 Thur Displaying Data
HW PB 9-5

5/14 Fri HW Quiz & Misleading Graphs
HW PB 9-6

Week of May 3

2010-05-03T12:58:00.000-07:00

Pre-Algebra

Mon 5/3 Surface Area
HW PB 8-7

Tue 5/4 Scaling 3-D figures
HW PB 8-10

Wed 5/5 Review, Notebook Check
HW STUDY for TEST!

Thur 5/6 TEST
HW p. 459 pr 1-18

Fri 5/7 Samples & Surveys
HW PB 9-1

Ramp-UP

Mon 5/3 Putting Numbers in Order
HW p. 48 Homework Book B

Tue 5/4 Adding Negative Numbers
HW p. 49 Homework Book B

Wed 5/5 Subtracting Negative Numbers
HW p. 50 Homework Book B

Thur 5/6 Adding & Subtracting Negative Numbers
HW p. 51 Homework Book B

Fri 5/7 Balloon Model; Homework Quiz
HW p. 52 Homework Book B

Week of April 26

2010-04-28T14:41:00.000-07:00

Ramp UP

Mon 4/26 Cummulative Frequency
HW p. 39-42 Homework Book B

Tue 4/27 Mean, Median, & Mode
HW p. 43 Homework Book B

Wed 4/28 Data Review
HW: Data Project

Thur 4/29 Map Testing
HW p. 44-45 Homework Book B

Fri 4/30 Extending the Number Line
HW p. 46-47 Homework Book B

Pre-Algebra

Mon 4/26 Perimeter and Area of Trapezoids and Triangles
HW: p. 397-398 pr 24-36 even

Tue 4/27 Circumference & Area of Circles
HW p. 404 pr 1-18

Wed 4/28 Three-Dimensional Figures
HW p. 410 pr 4-10

Thur 4/29 MAP Testing

Fri 4/30 Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
HW PB 8-5

Ramp UP Data Project

2010-04-22T14:46:00.001-07:00

Data Project

1. Pick one project from the 3 attached.
2. Complete ALL steps and follow all directions.
3. Make sure your graphs have a title, labels, and legend, as needed.
4. Neatness and use of color DO count in your final grade.
5. Due Wednesday April 28. You should turn in the project you choose, plus the graph and any support data.
6. This is worth 100 points and is 10% of your 9 weeks grade.

Do You Measure Up? Shaquille O'Neal Hand & Foot Span
Due Wednesday April 28
Shaquille O'Neal, a former basketball player in the NBA, is a very large person. He wears a size 20 shoe. Using ratios, you can find Shaq's hand span and make comparisons to your own hand span.
Tools: 1 metric tape measure, Graph paper
Procedure:
Measure the foot length and hand span of 10 students. Record your data in the table below.
Student Name Foot Length Hand Span Ratio (F/H)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Average

Shaquille O’Neal 41 cm

1. Using the average ratios of foot length to hand span, calculate the hand span of Shaquille O'Neal.
2. Using graph paper, graph the foot length and hand span information from your table.
3. Extend the axis for foot length to include Shaquille O'Neal's 41 cm foot.
4. Draw a line of best fit for the graphed data.
5. Locate the foot length and corresponding hand span for Shaquille O'Neal on the line.
6. Make a Bar graph of the Ratio (F/H).

Go Fish! : Math Outdoors
DUE: Wednesday April 28
Imagine that you are asked to determine the number of fish in a nearby pond. To count the fish one by one, you could remove the fish from the pond and stack them to one side, or mark each fish so you would not count them over and over again. Counting like this could be hazardous to a fish's health!To determine the number of animals in a population, scientists often use the capture-recapture method. A number of animals are captured, carefully tagged, and returned to their native habitat. Then a second group of animals is captured and counted, and the number of tagged animals is noted. Scientists then use proportions to estimate the number in the entire population.

Tools: 1 paper lunch sack - represents the "lake"
about 50 goldfish crackers - represent the "fish" in the lake
pretzel fish crackers - represent the "tagged fish
styrofoam cup - represents the "net"
1 paper plate

A. Collect the Data :
Capture:
Use a paper lunch bag with goldfish crackers inside.
With the "net," scoop a sample of goldfish out of your "lake" onto the paper plate.
Replace your sample of goldfish with pretzel fish. These are your "tagged" fish.
Count the number of "tagged" (pretzel) fish and then return them to the bag.
There are _____ tagged fish in the entire lake.
Recapture:
Shake the bag gently.
For the first casting, use your net (cup) to remove a sample of fish. Count the number of "tagged" (pretzel) fish in your sample and record the total in the first column below.
Return all of these fish to the lake (bag) and shake gently to mix them up.
Repeat this process until you have gathered information on 10 samples and filled in the table on the next page.

Sample Number Number of Tagged Fish in Sample Total Number of Fish from Sample
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Average

B. Analyze the Data

1. To find the AVERAGE number of tagged fish, add up all 10 samples of the tagged fish and divide by 10. Do the same thing to find the AVERAGE number of total fish in your samples. (Using the AVERAGE number with 10 samples is more reliable than using any one sample's data.)

2. Use the proportion below to estimate the total number of fish in your lake:
Average # tagged in samples divided by Average # in samples equals

Total # tagged in lake divided by Total # fish in lake

ESTIMATED POPULATION: ____________________

3. Now count the total number of fish in your lake(paper bag) to determine how close your estimate from the "sampling" is to the actual number of fish in the lake.
ACTUAL POPULATION: _____________________

4. How close were you to the actual number of fish?

5. Create a graphic representation for your data.

Can I Wear Shorts Tomorrow? : Weather, Averages, and Math
Due Wednesday, April 28

1. Compare the temperatures of the following three cities with similar latitudinal positions.
Richmond, VA Dodge City, KS San Francisco, CA
37.50 N ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 37.77 N ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,37.62 N
77.33 W ,,,,,,,,,,,, 99.97 W ,,,,,,,,,,,122.38 W

2. Predict the average annual temperature for each city. Justify your prediction.

3. Below are the monthly average temperatures for these cities. Calculate the range, mean, and median, and create a line graph of the three data sets.

Richmond, VA . . . . .Dodge City, KS . . . . . San Francisco, CA
Jan. 35.7 degrees . . . . . . 29.8 degrees . . . . . . . 51.1 degrees
Feb. 38.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52.6
March 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52.8
April 57.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.8
May 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.1
June 73.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7
July 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1
Aug. 76.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . .78.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Sept. 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63.6
Oct. 58.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Nov. 49.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5
Dec. 40.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.1

4. What is the annual average temperature for each city?

5. What range of temperatures can be expected in each city throughout the year?

6. Is knowing the average annual temperature for a city enough to know the climate throughout the year? Explain.

7. Since these cities have similar latitude positions, what else could be affecting the monthly temperatures?

8. Compare the month with the highest average temperature in each city. Why do you think the temperature in San Francisco peaks in October?

9. Using one of these three cities, create a bar graph of the data using the month names as labels. Compare the bar graph with the line graph. Which graph do you prefer? Why?

Week of April 19 - April 23

2010-04-19T13:39:00.001-07:00

Pre-Algebra

Mon 4/19 Symmetry & Tessellations
HW p. 366-367 pr 8-22

Tue 4/20 Notebook Check & Test Review
HW STUDY!

Wed 4/21 TEST
HW p. 385 pr 1-32

Thur 4/22 Perimeter and Area of Rectangles
HW p. 391-392 pr 17-23

Fri 4/23 Area of Triangles and Trapezoids
HW p. 397-398 pr 24-36 even

RAMP-UP

4/19 Notebook Check and TEST review
HW: STUDY!

4/20 TEST
HW: Begin Data Project, due 4/28

4/21 Organizing Data
HW: Homework Book B p 39-40

4/22 Relative Frequency
HW: Homework Book B p 41

4/23 Cumulative Frequency
HW: Homework Book B p 42

Week of April 12

2010-04-12T14:05:00.000-07:00

Ramp - UP

Mon April 12 Mixed Operations
HW R&C p. 41, unit 6 Book

Tue April 13 Progress Check
HW p. 33 Homework Book B

Wed April 14 Learning from Progress Check
HW p. 34 Homework Book B
Notebook Check

Thur April 15 Shortest Time
HW p. 35-36 Homework Book B

Fri April 16 Review
HW p. 37 Homework Book B

*** Notebook Check Mon April 19 & TEST Tue April 20***

Pre-Algebra

Mon April 12 Geometry Vocabulary
HW PB 7-1 & PB 7-2

Tue April 13 Triangles and Polygons
HW PB 7-3 & p. 344 pr 20-32 even

Wed April 14 Coordinate Geometry
HW PB 7-5

Thur April 15 Congruence
HW p. 356-357 pr 6-14 even

Fri April 16 Transformations
HW p. 361 pr 24-32 even

*** Notebook Check Tuesday April 20 & TEST 4/21****

Pre-Algebra Take home Test

2010-03-31T15:24:00.000-07:00

DUE TUESDAY APRIL 6

Pre-Algebra Unit 9 Take-Home Test: Graphing Lines

You will have to provide your own graph paper, if you did not take your test home, for problems 1-7. You can print graph paper from the internet.

Graph each equation and tell whether it is linear. Use at least 3 points for each line, and label each line.

1. y = x + 2

2. y = - 3x

3. y = x2

4. y = 2 – 3x

Graph each inequality.

5. y > x + 3

6. y < 4x - 3

7. 3y ≤ x - 6

Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points.

8. (0, -8) and (-1, -10)

9. (4, 3) and (5, -1)

10. (0, 0) and (-2 , -3)

Write each equation in slope- intercept form. [ y = mx + b ]
Then identify the slope and y-intercept.

11. 3y = 6x + 15

12. 2x + 4y = 12

13. 8x = 4y

14. 6x + 3y = 9

Write the point- slope form [ y – y1= m (x – x1) ] of each line with the given conditions:

15. Slope = 2 passes through (3, 4)

16. m= 3 passes through (2, 0)

17. m = -4 passes through (3, -2)

Use the point-slope form to identify a point that the line passes through and the slope of the line.

18. y – 4 = -2(x + 7)

19. y + 8 = -6(x - 9)

20. y – 7 = -3x

Week of March 29 & April 6

2010-03-29T12:57:00.000-07:00

RAMP UP

Mon March 29 Finding Differences
HW: Homework Book B p. 28

Tue March 30 Additive inverses
HW: Homework Book B p. 29

Wed March 31 Shortest distance
HW: Homework Book B p. 30

Thur April 1 Dividing fractions
HW: Homework Book B p. 31

Fri April 2 No School

Mon April 5 No School

Tue April 6 STATE MATH TEST

Wed April 7 STATE MATH TEST

Thur April 8 STATE MATH TEST

Fri April 9 Make-up Day

Pre-Algebra

Mon March 29 Point Slope Form
HW PB 12-4 even

Tue March 30 Graphing Inequalities
HW PB 12-6

Wed March 31 Notebook Check
HW p. 673 pr 6-16 even AND 20-24 even

Thur April 1 Review
HW Take Home Test Due Tue 4/6

Fri April 2 No School

Mon April 5 No School

Tue April 6 STATE MATH TEST

Wed April 7 STATE MATH TEST

Thur April 8 STATE MATH TEST

Fri April 9 Geometry
HW PB 7-2 AND Geometry Vocabulary Project

Week of March 22

2010-03-22T05:20:00.000-07:00

Welcome Back!

Pre-Algebra

Mon. 3/22 Graphing Linear Equations
HW PB 12-1

Tue. 3/23 Slope of Line
HW p. 635-636 pr 8-16 even

Wed. 3/24 Slope
HW PB 12-2

Thur. 3/23 Slopes & Intercepts
HW PB 12-3

Fri. 3/24 Point Slope Form; HW Quiz Vocabulary
HW REDO PB 12-3

*** Notebook Check 3/31 Take Home Test 4/1 due 4/6 ***

RAMP-UP

Mon 3/22 Adding and subtracting fractions
HW: Homework Book B p. 21-22

Tue 3/23 Adding fractions with different denominators
HW: Homework Book B p. 23-24

Wed 3/24 Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
HW: Homework Book B p. 25

Thur 3/25 Multiplying fractions by fractions
HW: Homework Book B p. 26

Fri 3/26 Homework Quiz; Progress Check
HW: Homework Book B p. 27

Week of February 22 & March 1

2010-02-22T05:51:00.000-08:00

Pre-Algebra March 1-5

Week of March 1 - March 5
The students will be completing Unit 8, Multi-step Equations aand Inequalities. Students are working self-paced, and are expected to complete each assignment with 80% correct. If they do not reach this goal, there are alternative assignments to complete. All Unit 8 assignments or alternates are due by Tuesday 3/9, when the notebooks are checked.

*** Unit 8 Test is Wednesday 3/10 ***

Unit 8 Assignments:

PB 11-1, all
PB 11-2, odd, 1-15
PB 11-3, odd 1-15
PB 11-4, all
PB 11-5, all
PB 11-6, odd 1-15

Alternative assignments:
Section 1: p. 586, pr 20-40 even
Section 2: PB 11-2, even, 2-14
Section 3: PB 11-3, even, 2-14
Section 4: p. 602, pr 10-26 even
Section 5: p. 606, pr 28-28 even
Section 6: PB 11-6, even 2-14

Ramp-UP March 1-5

Mon 3/1 Progress Check
HW: Homework Book B p. 11-12

Tue 3/2 Learning from theProgress Check
HW: Homework Book B p. 13-14

Wed 3/3 Word Problems
HW: Homework Book B p. 15

Thur 3/4 Synchronizing Events
HW: Homework Book B p. 16-17

Fri 3/5 Unit in Review
HW: Homework Book B p. 18-19 & Review Poster

*** NOTEBOOK CHECK 3/9 & TEST 3/10 ***

Pre- Algebra February 22-26

Mon 2/22 Permutations
HW p. 575 pr 6,7, & 9-16

Tue 2/23 Review
Study for TEST

Wed 2/24 TEST
HW p. 581 pr 1-18 and Unit 8 organizer

Thur 2/25 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
HW PB 11-1

Fri 2/26 Solving Multi-step Equations
HW PB 11-2

Ramp-UP

Mon 2/22 Prime Factorization
HW: Homework Book B p. 5

Tue 2/23 Factors and Prime Factors
HW: Homework Book B p. 6

Wed 2/24 Common Factors & HW Quiz
HW: Homework Book B p. 7

Thur 2/25 Common Multiples
HW: Homework Book B p. 8-9

Fri 2/26 Least Common Multiple
HW: Homework Book B p. 10

Week of February 15

2010-02-16T11:00:00.000-08:00

Ramp Up

Mon 2/15 No School : President's Day

Tue 2/16 Using Multiplication
HW: Homework Book B, p. 1

Wed 2/17 Using Division
HW: Homework Book B, p. 2

Thur 2/18 Multiples & Factors
HW: Homework Book B, p. 3

Fri 2/19 Prime Numbers
HW: Homework Book B, p. 4

PRE-ALGEBRA

Mon 2/15 No School : President's Day

Tue 2/16 Odds
HW: PB 10-7

Wed 2/17 Counting Principle
HW: p. 561 pr 12-20 even

Thur 2/18 Permutations and Combinations
HW: p. 566 pr 20-34 even and Notebook Check

Fri 2/19 Review
HW p. 569 all

**** NOTEBOOK CHECK 2/23 and TEST 2/24****

Week of February 8

2010-02-09T14:03:00.000-08:00

Monday Feb 8 Snow Day!

RAMP-UP

Tue 2/9 Formula Table; summary poster
HW notebook check Homework Book A p. 97

Wed 2/10 Notebook Check; Review
HW STUDY FOR TEST

Thur 2/11 TEST Unit 4
HW Comprehensive Review Units 1-4

Pre-Algebra

Tue 2/9 Simulation and Theoretical Probability
HW p. 543 pr 10-18 even

Wed 2/10 Independent and Dependent Events
HW p. 548 pr 6-16 even

Thur Predictions ; HW Quiz
HW p. 552 pr 10-16 even

Friday- February 12 No School Inservice

Week of February 1

2010-02-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

Ramp Up

Mon 2/1 Progress Check
HW Homework Book A p. 87-88 & Take - home quiz # 3

Tue 2/2 Volume of rectangular prisms
Homework Book A p. 89-90

Wed 2/3 Volume of Solids
Homework Book A p. 91 pr # 2 & 3 and p. 92 pr # 1

Thu 2/4 Volume of Spheres
Homework Book A p. 93 # 1 & 2 AND p. 94
Notebook Check

Fri 2/5 Unit review
Homework Book A p. 95-96

***** Notebook Check 2/9 & TEST 2/11********

Pre-Algebra

Mon 2/1 Percents
HW p. 308 pr 1-20 even

Tue 2/4 Test Review
HW : STUDY for test

Wed 2/3 TEST & Notebook Check
HW: p. 519 pr 1-32

Thur 2/4 Probability
HW p. 525 pr 6-12, all

Fri 2/5 Experimental Probability
HW p. 529-530 pr 6-16 even

Week of January 25

2010-01-26T14:25:00.003-08:00

Pre-Algebra

Mon 1/25 Applications of Percent
HW PB 6-6

Tue 1/26 Sales Tax vs. Discount
HW p. 300-301 pr 10-16 even

Wed 1/27 Interest
HW PB 6-7

Thur 1/27 Interest
HW: p. 304 pr 10-18 even and
Notebook Check

Fri 1/29 Review; HW Quiz
HW p. 308 pr 1-20 even

*** Notebook Check 2/2 Unit 6 Test 2/3 ***

Ramp- Up

1/25 Area of triangles & rectangles
HW HW Book A p. 83

1/26 Area of Polygons
HW HW Book A p. 84

1/27 Area of Circles
HW HW Book A p. 85

1/28 Progress Check
HW HW Book A p. 86

1/29 Learning from Progress Check
HW HW Book A p. 87-88

Week of January 18

2010-01-20T13:08:00.001-08:00

Monday January 18 Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday
No School

Tuesday January 19 Teacher Inservice
No School

Pre-Algebra

Wed 1/20 Finding Percents
HW PB 6-3

Thur 1/21 Percent of Number
HW PB 6-4

Fri 1/22 Percent Change [Increase/Decrease]
HW PA 6-5

RAMP UP

Wed 1/20 Review Perimeter & Circumference; HW Quiz
HW p. 80 Homework Book A

Thur 1/21 Word Problems with Geometry & Area
HW p. 81-82 Homework Book A

Fri 1/22 Area of Rectangles and Triangles
HW p. 83 Homework Book A

Week of January 11

2010-01-11T12:58:00.000-08:00

RAMP UP

1/11 One Dimensional Measure
HW Homework Book A p. 73

1/12 More About Units of Measure
HW Homework Book A p. 74

1/13 Measuring Geometric Figures
HW Homework Book A p. 75

1/14 Perimeter
HW Homework Book A p. 76-77

1/15 Circumference; Quiz
HW Homework Book A p. 78-79

Pre-Algebra

1/11 Scale and Conversion Factors
HW p 258 pr 1-11

1/12 Notebook Check
HW p. 262-265, all

1/13 Review
HW Study for Test

1/14 TEST
HW p. 271 pr 1-31

1/15 Intro to Unit 6
HW PB 6-1

Week of January 4, 2010

2010-01-05T11:18:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! I hope your new year is mathiliciously wonderful.

Pre-Algebra

Mon 1/4 Review Ratios, Rates and Proportions
HW PA 5-2, odd

Tue 1/5 Review Solving Proportions and Similarities
HW PB 5-4 even

Wed 1/6 Review Dilations
HW p. 246 pr 8-14 even

Thur 1/7 Indirect Measurement
HW PB 5-7 & begin notebook check

Fri 1/8 Scale & HW Quiz
HW PB 5-8, odd

**** 1/12 Notebook Check & 1/14 Unit 5 Test *****

Ramp Up

Mon 1/4 Quadrilaterals
HW: Homebook Book A p. 65

Tue 1/5 Quadrilaterals and Triangles
HW: Homebook Book A p. 66-67

Wed 1/6 Types of Triangles
HW: Homebook Book A p. 68

Thur 1/7 Measurement of Angles
HW: Homebook Book A p. 69-71

Fri 1/8 Reviewing Quadrilaterals & Triangles; HW Quiz
HW: Homebook Book A p. 72

Week of December 14 & 21

2009-12-15T05:34:00.000-08:00

Pre-Algebra

Mon Dec 14 Ratios, Rates, & Unit Rates
HW PB 5-2

Tue Dec 15 Solving Proportions
HW PB 5-4

Wed Dec 16 Similar Figures
HW

Thur Dec 17 Dilations
HW

Fri Dec 18 Practice Test, Make-up work Day
HW

Ramp Up

Mon Dec 14 Lesson 24 Applying Percents
HW p. 62 on separate page

Tue Dec 15 Notebook Check; Practice Test
HW p. 63 Homework book A

Wed Dec 16 Test Review
HW Study for test

Thur Dec 17 TEST
HW:

Fri Dec 18 Practice Test, Make-up work Day
HW:

WEEK OF DECEMBER 21

NO SCHOOL ~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Week of November 30 & December 7

2009-12-01T05:49:00.000-08:00

Pre-Algebra

12/7 Pythagorean Theorem
HW p 200 pr 1,3,6,8,15,24,& 25
Notebook Check

12/8 Notebook Check
HW: p. 207 pr 1-8, 2-22, 25, 28-30, 38, 40, & 45-48

12/9 Review
HW: Study for TEST

12/10 Unit 4 TEST
HW: p. 213 pr 1-26

12/11 Intro to Unit 5: Rates & Ratios
HW: p. 218 pr 16-22 even

Ramp-UP

12/7 Word Problems
HW: Homework Book A p. 57

12/8 Progress Check
HW: Homework Book A p. 58

12/9 Percents and the Number Line
HW: Homework Book A p. 59

12/10 Comparing Percents
HW: Homework Book A p. 60

12/11 Percents & Decimals; HW Quiz
HW: Homework Book A p. 61

*** NOTEBOOK CHECK 12/15 *****TEST 12/17****

Pre-Algebra:

11/20 Mon Scientific Notation
HW p 177 pr 12-22 even

12/1 Tue Squares & Square Roots
HW p. 184 pr 14-26 even

12/2 Wed Estimating Square Roots
HW p. 184 pr 28-40 even
& p. 188 pr 23-28 all

12/3 Thur Real Numbers
HW p. 193 pr 32-42 even
Notebook Check

12/4 Fri Pythagorean Theorem & HW Quiz
HW p 198 pr 14-22 even

*** NOTEBOOK CHECK 12/8***** TEST 12/10****

Ramp-UP

Mon 11/30 Estimating Square Roots
HW p. 52 Homework Book A

Tue 12/1 Inverse of Multiplication
HW p. 53 Homework Book A

Wed 12/2 Division
HW p. 54 Homework Book A

Thur 12/3 Dividing Multi-digit Numbers
HW p. 55 Homework Book A

Fri 12/4 Dividing Decimals & HW Quiz
HW p. 56 Homework Book A

Week of November 23

2009-11-24T13:41:00.000-08:00

Pre-Algebra

Mon 11/23 Exponents
HW p. 168 pr 14-24 even

Tue 11/24 Properties of Exponents
HW RT 4-3

Ramp-Up

Mon 11/23 Multiplying Multi-digit Numbers
HW Homework Book A p. 50

Tue 11/24 Multiplying Multi-digit Decimals
HW Homework Book A p. 51

Week of November 16

2009-11-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

Ramp-Up

Mon 11/16 Adding Multi-digit Decimals
HW p. 45 Homework Book A

Tue 11/17 Subtracting Multi-Digit Decimals
HW p. 46 Homework Book A

Wed 11/18 Progress Check
HW p. 47 Homework Book A

Thur 11/19 Multiplying Numbers on a Number line
HW p. 48 Homework Book A

Fri 11/20 Strategies for Multiplying & Homework Quiz
p. 49 Homework Book A

Extra Credit: Charities

For extra credit: due Mon 11/23
Research a charity and discover the following information:

1. How do they help people?
2. How much of the money that they collect goes to help people?
3. What do they spend the money that doesn’t help people on?
4. Why should we support them?

Your charity must have 501 (c3) status and may not promote a specific religious point of view: so Lord’s Diner is okay, but my church’s mission is not.

20 points possible for written response, with an additional 15 points for a presentation to the class.

Pre-Algebra

Mon 11/16 Equations, Tables & Graphs
HW p 146 evens

Tue 11/17 Notebook Check
HW p. 153 pr 2-16 even & 17

Wed 11/18 Review
HW Study for TEST!

Thur 11/19 TEST
HW p. 159 pr 1-10 all & 12-30 even

Fri 11/20 Introduction to Unit 4: Exponents and Roots
HW p. 164 pr 16-28 even

Week of November 9

2009-11-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

Ramp-Up

Mon 11/9 Adding on the Number Line and Strategies for Adding
HW p. 39& 40 Homework Book A

Tue 11/10 Subtracting : The inverse of Adding
HW p. 41-42 Homework Book A

Wed 11/11 NO SCHOOL : Veteran's Day
We are the Land of the Free, because of brave soliders!

Thur 11/12 Adding Multi-Digit Numbers
HW p 43 Homework Book A

Fri 11/13 Rounding and Estimating
HW p. 44 Homework Book A

Pre-Algebra

Mon 11/9 Arithmetic Sequences
HW PB 3-6

Tue 11/10 Functions
HW p 136 pr 16-22 even

Wed 11/11 No School: Veteran's Day
If you can read this, thank a veteran!

Thur 11/12 Equations, Tables, and Graphs
HW p 140 pr 4-10 even, Notebook Check

Fri 11/13 Equations, Tables, and Graphs
HW PB 3-5

***** Notebook Check 11/17 TEST 11/19*****

Week of October 26 & November 2

2009-10-26T05:19:00.000-07:00

Ramp- UP

Mon 11/2 Measuring with Rational Numbers
HW p. 36 Homework Book A

Tue 11/3 Notebook Check and Test Review
HW p. 37 Homework Book A

Wed 11/4 Review
HW STUDY for Test

Thur 11/5 Test, Unit 2
HW Reteach 2-1 Rational Numbers

Fri 11/6 Re-Test
HW Multiplication Foldable

Pre-Algebra

Mon 11/2 Intro to Unit 3
HW p 120-121 pr 8-16 even

Tue 11/3 Test Corrections
HW p 120-121 pr 18-30 even

Wed 11/4 Graphing on a Coordinate Plane
HW PB 3-2

Thur 11/5 Interpreting Graphs
HW p. 130 pr 5, 6, 8, & 10

Fri 11/6 Functions HW Quiz
HW PB 3-4

Ramp -Up

Mon Oct 26 Lesson 9 Repeating & Terminating Decimals
HW p. 31-32 Homework book A

Tue Oct 27 Review HW Quiz
HW Fraction and Decimal Foldable

Wed Oct 28 Lesson 10 Rational Numbers
HW p. 33 Homework book A

Thur Oct 29 Lesson 11 Progress Check
HW p. 34 Homework book A

Fri Oct 30 Lesson 12 Ordering Fractions
HW p. 35 Homework book A

***** Notebook Check 11/3 TEST 11/5******

Pre-Algebra

Mon 10/26 Multi-step Equations
HW p. 102 pr 10-24 even

Tue 10/27 Notebool Check and review
HW p 109 evens

Wed. 10/28 Review
HW STUDY

Thur TEST
HW p. 115 all

Fri Unit 3 Organizer and Standards
HW p. 120-121 pr 18-30

Week of October 19

2009-10-20T07:59:00.000-07:00

Mon 10/19 No School Inservice

Pre-Algebra

Tue 10/20 Equations with Rational Numbers
HW PB 2-7 even

Wed 10/21 2-Step Equations
HW p. 100 pr 10-18 even

Thur 10/22 2-Step Equations
HW p. 100 pr 30-38 begin Notebook check

Fri 10/23 2-Step Equations & HW Quiz
HW PB 2-8 odd

**** Notebook Check 10/27 Unit 2 Test 10/29***

RAMP-UP

Tue 10/20 Using Decimals
HW p. 26

Wed 10/21 Classifying Numbers
HW p. 28

Thur. 10/22 Numberlines with Fractions
HW p. 28

Fri. 10/23 Division, Fractions, and Decimals
HW p. 29-30

Week of October 5 & Oct 12

2009-10-05T15:11:00.000-07:00

RAMP-UP MATH

Mon 10/5 Lesson 19 Review
HW pr 9 & 10 Lesson 19 and refine summary pr 2 p 97

Tue 10/6 Notebook Check
HW Practice Test

Wed 10/7 Test Review; How to Study
HW STUDY FOR TEST

Thur 10/8 UNIT 1 TEST
HW +/- Worksheet

Fri 10/9 Introduction to Unit 2
HW Unit 2 Lesson 1 p. 21 Place Value and Whole Numbers

Mon 10/12 Place Value and Decimals
HW p. 22-23 Homework Book A

Tue 10/13 Number lines with decimals
HW p. 24 Homework Book A

Wed. 10/14 Ordering Numbers
HW p. 25 Homework Book A

Thur 10/15 Review & Homework Quiz
HW RS 1-2 & RT 1-2
LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE OR MISSING WORK THIS 9 WEEKS!

Fri 10/16 No School

Pre-Algebra

Mon 10/5 Multiplying Fractions
HW p 78 pr 16-28 even

Tue 10/6 Multiplying Decimals
HW p. 78 pr 30-42 even

Wed. 10/7 Dividing Fractions
HW p 83 pr 24-30 even

Thur 10/8 Dividing Decimals
HW p 83 pr 36-46 even

Fri 10/9 Operations with Rational Numbers & HW Quiz
HW p 90 pr 2-20 even

Mon 10/12 Adding fractions with unlike denominators
HW p 87 pr 10-20 even

Tue 10/13 Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
HW p 87-88 pr 24-30 even

Wed 10/14 Equations with Rational Numbers
HW p 94 pr 14-22 even

Thur 10/15 Equations with Rational Numbers
HW Problem Solving 2-7
LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE OR MISSING WORK THIS NINE WEEKS!

Fri 10/16 No School

Conference Week

2009-09-30T05:17:00.000-07:00

Pre-Algebra

Mon 9/28 Rational numbers
HW p 66 pr 34-46 even

Tue 9/29 Converting fractions to decimals
HW p 66 pr 48-60 even

Wed 9/30 Comparing and Ordering Rational numbers
HW p 70 pr 28-33 AND 36

Thur 10/1 Adding and Subtracting Rational numbers
HW p. 74 pr 13-17

Fri 10/2 +/- Rational Numbers [HW Quiz -CANCELLED]
HW p. 74 pr 18-24

Ramp-Up

Mon 9/28Writing Formulas
HW p 90 pr 1-6

Tue 9/29 Translating English to Math
No HW

Wed 9/30 Vocabulary
HW: Using at least 5 vocabulary words write and solve at least 3 word problems

Thur 10/1 Lesson 19
HW R & C p 96 pr 1 & Notebook Check

Fri 10/2 Decimal Foldable
HW p. 97

***NOTEBOOK CHECK 10/6 & TEST 10/8***

Week of September 15 & 21

2009-09-15T05:44:00.000-07:00

RAMP UP

Mon 9/14 Distributive Property
HW p. 49 pr 1-2

Tue 9/15 Applying the Distributive Property
HW p 53 pr 1-2

Wed 9/16 Inverse Operations
HW p 57 pr 1-4

Thur 9/17 Progress Check
HW p 60 pr 2

Fri 9/18 Learning from Progress Check/Review
HW p. 65 pr 1-3

Mon 9/21 Relationships Between Quantities
HW p. 71 pr 1-3

Tue 9/22 Using Graphs
HW p. 76 pr 1-3

Wed. 9/23 Understanding the Problem
HW p. 81 pr 1

Thur 9/24 Representing the Problem
HW p. 86 pr 1-4

Fri 9/25 Review & HW Quiz
HW p. 90 pr 1-6

PRE-ALGEBRA

9/14 Mon Solving Equations Using Multiplication & Division
HW p 42 pr 44, 48, 50 & 52

9/15 Tue Equations with 2 steps
HW p 42 pr 54, 60 & 62

9/16 Wed Inequalities
HW p 46 pr 31-36

9/17 Thur Inequalities
HW p 47 pr 45-50

9/18 Fri Equations & HW Quiz
HW PA 1-8

9/21 Mon Equations
HW PB 1-9

9/22 Tue Notebook Check and Test Review
HW p 52-54 Study Guide

9/23 Wed Test Review
HW p. 55 evens

9/24 Thur Test Review
HW Test Tackler & Test Review

9/25 TEST
HW p. 61 pr 1-23

Week of September 7

2009-09-08T05:30:00.000-07:00

Mon Sept 7 NO SCHOOL Happy Labor Day

Tue Sept 8 NO SCHOOL Inservice

Wed Sept 9 MAP Testing

Pre-Algebra

Thur Sept 10 Solving Equations using Addition and Subtraction
HW p. 37 pr 20, 24, 26, 32 & 34

Fri Sept 11 + & - Equations
HW RT 1-7, EC pr 42 p. 38

Mon Sept 14 Solving Equations using Multiplication and Division
HW p. 42 pr 44, 48, 50 & 52

RAMP UP

Thur Sept 10 Review Justifications, Conventions, & Number Properties
HW p. 37 pr 4, 5, & 6

Fri Sept 11 Using Letters in Formulas
HW p. 43 pr 1 & 2

Mon Sept 14 The Distributive Property
HW p. 49 pr 1 & 2

WEEK OF AUGUST 31

2009-08-31T15:19:00.000-07:00

RAMP-UP

Mon 8/31 Review Lesson 1 & 2 Reasoning with Diagrams and Numbers
HW p. 15 & p. 21 Review & Consolidation

Tue 9/1 Review Lesson 3 & 4 Conventions Using Numbers and Letters
HW p. 22 Consolidation pr 4 & 5

Wed 9/2 Conventions Using Parentheses
HW p. 28 pr 1 & 2

Thur 9/3 Number Properties
HW p 34 pr. 1

Fri 9/4 Conventions and Number Properties
HW p 38 pr 1-4 AND Finish Conventions Poster

PRE-ALGEBRA

8/31 Mon Adding Integers
HW p 21 pr 32, 36, 38, 40 & 42

9/1 Tues. Subtracting Integers
HW p. 21 pr 44 & 45 AND p. 24 pr 20, 22, & 26

9/2 Wed. Adding & Subtracting Integers
HW p. 25 pr 30-33

9/3 Thur Multiplying & Dividing Integers
HW p. 28 pr 22, 26, 32, & 34

9/4 Fri Multiply & Divide Integers HW Quiz
HW p. 30 pr 1-24 even

WEEK OF AUGUST 24

2009-08-25T12:59:00.000-07:00

Pre-Algebra

8/24 Mon Variables & Expressions
HW: p. 8 pr 38, 40, 44, & 48

8/25 Tue Algebraic Expressions
HW: p. 12 pr 22, 24, 26, 30, & 34

8/26 Wed Algebraic Expressions
HW: p. 13 pr. 36

8/27 Thur Integers & Absolute Value
HW: p. 16-17 pr. 34, 38, 40, 46, & 48

8/28 Fri. Integers; Homework Quiz
HW: RT 1-3

RAMP-UP Pre-Algebra

8/24 Mon Reasoning with Diagrams
HW: p 5 pr 1-3

8/25 Tue Reasoning with Numbers
HW: p. 11 pr 1-3

8/26 Wed Reasoning with Letters
HW: p. 16 pr 1-2

8/27 Thur Conventions using Numbers
HW: p. 22 pr. 1-4

8/28 Fri Pre-test & HW Quiz
HW: p. 4 & 10 Review & Consolidation Problems

WELCOME BACK ! ! !

2009-08-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

The new school year is started and we are excited to see all our new and returning students. The first week in Pre-Algebra, we will be doing "getting-to-know-you" activities, learning policies and procedures, and discovering the Workshop model. We will also be learning about the school, 8th grade team, and classroom rules, as well as making some rules for our classes.

There is only one homework assignment this week, due on Fri 8/21:

Math Autobiography

Task
Your job is to write an autobiography of a famous mathematician ~ YOU!

Due Date
This paper is due Friday, August 21st.

Requirements:
1. Cover: self portrait
Above head: Finish this thought: I believe Math . . .
In hands: What you bring to class
Under feet: What support do you have [foundation]
2. Paper
- Maximum of two pages double spaced
Introduce yourself to class & Mrs. Diggs
- important dates and places - interesting facts your life
~ hobbies, pets, trips
Mathematical facts about you should be most of paper
- mathematical accomplishments
~ what you already know
~what you need to learn
~what will be fun to learn
3. Grading
- 50 points
- should include at least 5 paragraphs with correct grammar and spelling

Paragraph Outlines:

I Introduction
II Personal Information
1. Birthdate and birthplace
2. Family life
III Qualities that made the person interesting
1. What are some facts or qualities that made the person worth reading about
2. What is your career goal
IV Math Accomplishments
1. What have you accomplished in math
2. What is your best skill in math
3. What is a challenge for you in math
4. What do you still need to learn
5. What do you enjoy in math
V Conclusion

Week of May 18 & May 25

2009-05-18T05:49:00.000-07:00

Monday May 25 No School: Memorial Day

Tuesday May 26 Data Project due

Wednesday May 27 Last Day for Late & Missing Work

Thursday May 28 Math Final:
The final will only improve your grade-- it won't hurt your grade!

Friday May 29 Summer fun begins!!
First day of 7th grade: August 17th only 81 days to play

Mon May 18 Introduction to Data
HW PB 6-2

Tue May 19 Outliers & Bar Graphs
HW p. 310 pr 5-12

Wed May 20 Line Plots, tables, & Histograms
HW PB 6-8

Thur May 21 Misleading Graphs & Appropriate Displays
HW PB 6-9 & PB 6-10

Fri May 22 HW Quiz, review Data unit
HW Data Project

Data Project
Due: Tuesday May 26
1. Pick a topic for a survey; for example: Census
questions [age, # of people in household, highest
level of education, etc.], marketing questions [favorite
food, color preference, shampoo, etc.] or service
questions [restaurant service, grocery store experience, etc.]
2. Have your topic approved by Mrs. Diggs.
Write your survey question here:

___________________________________________
3. Survey your class members, other people in the
school, and outside school. You should have a minimum
of 25 results; but the more people you survey, the higher
your grade
4. Choose a graphic representation and display
your data. You may use bar graphs, line plots,
frequency tables, histograms, pie charts, scatter plots,
line graphs, or circle graphs. Be prepared to defend
your choice of display. Make sure that your display has
appropriate labels, key, data table, and title. Your
display should be neat, easy to read, colorful, and
interesting. Displays should be at least 8” X 11” but
no bigger than 24 inches X 30 inches.
5. Using your data and display, you will present a brief
summary to the class about your survey.
6. You may work in small groups of 2 or 3; or you may
work alone. The expectations for group projects are
that each person will collect at least 25 pieces of data,
and each person will do their own display. Your team
must be approved by Mrs. Diggs.
7. Using you display and data, answer these questions:
a. What is the range, mean, median and mode of your survey?

b. What do you think the average response to your survey is? Why?

Submit this page, completed front & back(raw data), and
your display at the beginning of class on Tuesday 5/26.

Week of May 11

2009-05-11T13:39:00.000-07:00

Mon. May 11 3-d figures and volume
HW: PB 10-6 pr 4-8 & PB 10-7 pr 1-6 & 11
EC: PB 10-7 pr 8 & 10

Tue. May 12 Surface Area
HW: PB 10-9 & Notebook Check

Wed. May 13 Test Review & Notebook Check
HW: p. 590-592 pr 1-20 & p. 590

Thur. May 14 Test Unit 11; finish DCA
HW: Unit 12 Organizer & p. 291 pr 1-27

Fri. May 15: WSU Field Trip

Week of May 4

2009-05-04T13:33:00.001-07:00

Mon. May 4 Area
HW PB 10-1 [also for 9th hour p. 517 pr 10-20]

Tue. May 5 MAP Testing
HW PB 10-2

Wed. May 6 Compositite Area
HW PB 10-3

Thur. May 7 Area of Circles
HW PB 10-5

Fri. May 8 District Common Asessment
HW Notebook Check Unit 11

***NOTE: Important upcoming dates***
5/13 Unit 11 notebook check due
5/14 Unit 11 Test
5/15 WSU field trip

Week of April 20 & April 27

2009-04-20T13:33:00.000-07:00

April 27 No School Inservice
April 28 No School 5th grade visitation

April 29 Notebook Check & Vocabulary Quilt Due
HW p. 477 pr 1-20 & Study for test

April 30 Test on Unit 10
HW RS 9-7 & RT 9-7

May 1 Introduction to Unit 11
Review Perimeter & Circumference
HW p 517 pr 10-20 & PB 9-8
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April 20 Mon Polygons
HW p. 448 pr 9-20

April 21 Tue Congruence and Transformations
HW p 458 pr 4-10 & p 461 pr 6-16

April 22 Wed Symmetry
HW p 466 pr 9-18

April 23 Tessellations
HW p 470 pr 1-10 & p 471 pr 1-6

April 24 Vocaulary Quilt & HW Quiz
HW p. 474-476 pr 1-22 & Notebook Check

*******4/29 Vocabulary Quilt due *****
*******4/29 Notebook Check Unit 9 & 10 due******
###### 4/30 Unit 10 Test ######

Geometric Vocabulary Quilt
1. Create a quilt, using shapes cut from construction paper or shapes drawn and colored on white paper.
2. Smallest acceptable size: 8” x 11”
3. Largest acceptable size: 22” x 28”
4. Must use at least 4 colors.
5. The following shapes must be used, identified and defined:
Octagon Hexagon
Pentagon Quadrilateral
Parallelogram Square
Trapezoid Rectangle
Rhombus Right Triangle
Equilateral Triangle Obtuse Triangle
Acute Triangle Isosceles Triangle

6. Use your book to find the definition for each word. Write the word and definition in the appropriate quilt piece. Be sure to use the complete definition.
7. This assignment is worth 50 points. It is due on Wednesday, April 29th.

Week of April 13

2009-04-14T05:30:00.000-07:00

Mon April 13 Introduction to Geometry
HW PB 8-1 & PB 8-2

Tue April 14 Angles
HW p. 426 pr 9-23

Wed April 15 Lines
HW p. 430 pr 4-19

Thur April 16 Triangles
HW p. 439 pr 11-20 & PS 8-5

Fri April 17 Quadrilaterals, HW Quiz
HW p 444 pr 13-23, 28 & 30

Week of April 6

2009-04-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

Mon April 6 Time & Temperature
HW p 506 pr 12-19 & 23-28

Tue April 7 Group Work on Career Presentations
HW p 508 pr 1-20

Wed April 8 Group Work on Career Presentations
HW p. 531-532 pr 14-33

Thur April 9 Group Work on Career Presentations & Do The Right Thing Celebration
HW Take home test over Unit 9

**Unit 9 Notebook Check will be combined with Unit 10 Notebook**

Week of March 30 STATE TESTING WEEK

2009-03-30T10:21:00.000-07:00

Mon 3/30 Metric and Customary Units of Measure
HW: Go to bed early, get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast

Tue 3/31 State Math Test, part 1
HW: Go to bed early, get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast

Wed 4/1 State Math Test, part 2
HW: Go to bed early, get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast

Thur 4/2 State Math Test, part 3
HW: RT 9-3 & RT 9-4

Fri 4/3 Customary & Metric Units of Measure
HW PB 9-3 & PB 9-4
****Notebook Check due Thur 4/9 Test Thur 4/9****

Week of March 23

2009-03-24T05:14:00.000-07:00

Mon March 23 Welcome Back! Review Class Procedures & Probability
HW read Ch 12-5 and complete HW 12-5 in packet

Tue March 24 Compound Events
HW Ch 12-6

Wed March 25 Predictions with Probability
HW Test Review

Thur March 26 Test Review
HW Study for Test & Unit 8 Homework Packet due on Friday

Fri March 27 TEST!
HW read pp 492-493 pr 12-18 on p. 495 AND
read pp 500-501 pr 12-28 on p. 502 AND
CAREER PAPER DUE ON MONDAY, MARCH 30

CAREER PROJECT: Week of March 9 -12

2009-03-05T10:08:00.000-08:00

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EARN WHEN YOU GROW UP?

Topic: Careers and the need for math education

Essential Question: Should every student be required to take Algebra to graduate from High School?

Guiding Questions:
· What is the economic impact of a high school diploma? A college education?
· What are the math skills you might need to be successful in your chosen career?
· Why do colleges require algebra?
· How do the choices I make now affect my future?

Standards Addressed:
Math Sixth Grade: Standard 3: Mathematical Connections
All students will recognize and understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another, relate concepts to other disciplines, and apply them in real situations.

Language Arts Sixth Grade: Standard 3 - Writing: The student writes effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.

Assignment Summary: Students will choose from a list of career fields. Choice of career field will determine small group members. Working in these small groups, students learn about potential careers, incomes, and their associated educational requirements. Students will write a brief paper individually, and make an audio-visual presentation to peers in small groups.

Grading: Students will be graded on the following:
Individual Career Graphic Organizer 50 points
Individual Career Paper 25 points
Group Participation 45 points
Group Presentation 30 points

Due dates: Research March 10-12
Individual papers & Graphic Organizers due March 30
Group Collaboration April 6-9
Group Presentations April 14-16

CAREER RESEARCH Sites
http://mapping-your-future.org/features/careership/
http://www.careerkey.org/index.asp
http://www.surweb.org/LS/classroom.asp
http://wonderwise.unl.edu/
http://thefunworks.edc.org/SPTUI--FunWorks/funworks/accessible/home.php
http://www.bls.gov/search/search.asp
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocoiab.htm
http://www.math.com/students/advice/careers.html
http://www.coolmath.com/careers.htm

Week of March 2

2009-03-02T13:05:00.001-08:00

Mon Mar 2 Using Percents
HW PB 7-10 & prepare for notebook check

Tue Mar 3 Notebook Check and Test Review
HW Test Review Unit 7 & p. 405 pr 10-17 & p, 406 pr 18-38 even

Wed Mar 4 Test Review
HW Study & p. 407 pr 1-25

Thur Mar 5 Unit 7 Test
HW p. 665 pr 1-18

Fri Mar 6 Introductioin to Probability
HW p. 670 pr 5-20

Week of February 23

2009-02-23T11:39:00.000-08:00

Mon Feb 23 Scale Drawings
HW PB 7-6 & p 378 pr 1-15

Tue Feb 24 Percent
HW PB 7-7

Wed Feb 25 Percents, Decimals, and Fractions
HW p 387 pr 11-31

Thur Feb 26 Percents, Decimals, and Fractions
HW PB 7-8

Fri Feb 27 Percent Applications
HW p. 392 pr 19-34

**** Notebook Check Tue 3/3 ******
^^^^TEST, UNIT 7 Thur 3/5 ^^^^^

Week of February 16

2009-02-17T05:19:00.001-08:00

Mon Feb 16 No School: President's Day

Tue Feb 17 Introduction to Unit 7: Proportional Relationships
HW p 354 pr 6-25

Wed Feb 18 Ratios & Rates
HW p. 358 pr 18-26

Thur Proportions
HW PB 7-3

Fri Similar Figures; HW Quiz
HW p 365 pr 7-24 & p 368 pr 3-12

Week of February 9

2009-02-12T04:41:00.000-08:00

Mon Feb 9 Review Coordinate Plane
HW p. 656 pr 3-28

Tue Feb 10 Review Adding & Subtracting Negative and Positive Integers
HW Test Review Unit 6

Wed Feb 11 Test Review & Notebook Check
HW P 735 all problems, p. 659 pr 1-19, & STUDY for TEST

Thur Feb 12 TEST UNIT 6
HW p. 349 pr 1-25 all

Fri Feb 13 NO SCHOOL

Sat Feb 14 Happy Valentine's Day!

Week of February 2 : Conference Week

2009-02-02T06:07:00.000-08:00

Mon Feb 2 Adding Integers
HW PB 11-4

Tue Feb 3 Coordinate Grid and Adding Integers
HW Challenge 11-3 and p 614 pr 1-38

Wed Feb 4 Adding Integers
HW p 619 pr 17-24, 32-36, & 43-50

Thur Feb 5 Subtracting Integers
HW PB 11-5

Fri Feb 6 Subtracting Integers
HW p 624 pr 23-39 all

Week of January 19 & January 26

2009-01-23T11:01:00.000-08:00

WEEK OF JANUARY 26

Mon Jan 26 Introduction to Integers
HW p 604 pr 24-38

Tue Jan 27 Coordinate Grid and Ordered Pairs
HW PB 6-6

Wed Jan 28 Integers in the Real World
HW read pp 602-603 & PB 11-1

Thur Jan 29 Compare and Order Integers
HW read pp 607-608 & PB 11-2 and RT 11-2

Fri Jan 30 Coordinate Plane and HW Quiz
HW PB 11-3 & PS 11-3

WEEK OF JANUARY 19

Mon Jan 19 No School Dr. King Holiday

Tue Jan 20 No School Inservice

Wed Jan 21 Review Operations with fractions
HW p. 278 pr 1-25

Thur Jan 22 Notebook Check
HW STUDY for test; use pages 283-2284 pr 30-58 & page 285 pr 15-28 & 32-37

Fri Jan 23 Test over Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
HW p 599 pr 1-30

Week of January 5

2009-01-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

Mon Jan 5 Review Class Procedures & Review Fractions
HW p 250 pr 16-24 even

Tue Jan 6 5-6 Multiply fractions by Whole Numbers
HW p 256 pr 14-34 even

Wed Jan 7 Multiplying Fractions
HW PB 5-7

Thur Jan 8 Multiplying Fractions
HW p 262 pr 24-34 even

Fri Jan 9 Multiplying Mixed Numbers
HW PB 5-8

***** MY HERO PROJECT due Tue Jan 13****

Hero Project

2008-12-15T05:38:00.000-08:00

Research Sites:

http://www.biography.com/search/

http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

http://www.42explore2.com/biographies.htm

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/index.html

http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220016

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/09/heroes.top10/index.html

My Hero Project

a special project for math that is worth 10% of your grade this 9 weeks. It is due Tuesday, January 13 . Presentations will be January 13th, 14th, & 15th.
There are 5 steps to completing this project:

1. Think about who your hero is. Check with Mrs. Diggs for approval to use that person. (No athletes, entertainers or duplicates!)
2. Research and fill out the hero graphic organizer. You must use at least 2 sources, and list them in a bibliography.
3. Choose 3 activities from the Think-Tac-Know grid that are in a line:
horizontal, vertical, or diagonal and complete them.
4. Make a 2-5 minute presentation to the class about your hero.
5. Evaluate your own work after your presentation.

THINK–TAC–KNOW
Pick 3 activities form the grid: across, up & down, or diagonal:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

1. Draw a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts your life with your hero.

2. Write a mock interview with your hero. Ask what valuable information they would share with us today. What ideas might they have for improving our world?

3. Draw a biographical outline of your hero.
OR
Plan your own activity with Mrs. Diggs Approval.

4. Create a PowerPoint with pictures of your hero and a theme song that you think is appropriate for them.

5. Write a Biographical Poem about your hero. Be sure to follow the pattern. Then illustrate your poem with a drawing you make or a picture of your hero.

6. Create a timeline of your Hero’s Life. Be sure to include important world events, which occurred while your hero was alive and illustrations.

7. Create a blog, as if it were written by your hero. What would they say about their life? Hint: read some of their diaries or journals.

8. Write a letter to your Congressman, urging them to put your hero on a postage stamp. Be sure back up your request with facts about why this is an excellent idea.

9. Illustrate a 26-page alphabetical biography, in the format of an elementary school alphabet book. Such as "A is for Alabama. They were born in Alabama, and..."

Biographical Outline

Draw an outline of your hero or their silhouette. Then use words to either outline or fill in their portrait.

Bio Poem
First Name
3 adjective that describe them
Lover of __________
Who fears _________
Who would like to ____________
Son/Daughter of ______________
Resident of ______________
Last Name

My Hero Graphic Organizer

1.Who is your Hero?
a. Birth date
b. date of death
c. where did they live
d. tell about their family
e. what are they famous for?
f. how did they use math?
g. Other facts about their life?
2.Why are they your hero?
a. what have they done?
b. What important ideas are meaningful to you?
c. How have they lived that is an example for you?
3.Why should we learn about them?

Bibliography:
Book: Author, Book Title, publisher, date.
Internet: “Article Name”, web address, author, date created.
Magazine: author, “Article Name”, Magazine Title, date published.

Week of December 15

2008-12-15T05:27:00.000-08:00

Mon 12/15 Test Corrections
HW p. 722 pr 1-21, all

Tue 12/16 Hero Project Research in Library
HW Hero Project

Wed 12/17 Hero Project Research in Library
HW Hero Project

Thur 12/18 Hero Project Research in Library
HW Hero Project

Fri 12/19 NO SCHOOL : ENJOY YOUR WINTER BREAK!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Week of December 8

2008-12-08T05:40:00.001-08:00

Mon 12/8 District Common Assessment, part 2
HW: Notebook

Tue 12/9 Notebook Check
HW: p. 283 prob 2-29

Wed 12/10 Performance Task
HW: p. 285 prob. 1-15

Thur 12/11 Test Review
HW: STUDY for TEST!

Fri 12/12 TEST
HW p. 226 Vocab connections, p. 227 Try This & p. 253

LONG RANGE ASSIGNMENT: Heroes Project due 1/13/09

Week of December 1

2008-12-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

Mon 12/1 Adding & Subtracting Mixed Numbers
HW p 237 pr 42-47 and p 240 pr 6-14
Also due 12/2: MATH AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ASSIGNED LAST WEEK

Tue 12/2 Adding & Subtracting Mixed Numbers
HW PB 5-3

Wed 12/3 Regrouping Mixed Numbers
HW PB 5-4

Thur 12/4 Fraction Equations
HW PA 5-5

Fri 12//5 Fraction Equations
HW p 252 pr 1-25
Prepare notebook for check

*******NOTEBOOK CHECK TUESDAY 12/9 ******

####### TEST, Unit 5, part 1 THURSDAY 12/11 ######

Week of November 24

2008-11-24T05:18:00.000-08:00

Mon Nov 24 Ch 5 sec 2 Adding & Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators
HW p 236 prob 6-24

Tue Nov 25 Adding & Subtracting Fractions, continued
HW PB 5-2 & p 237 prob 42-47
Unit 4 Test Corrections
Math Autobiography

Wed Nov 26 No School

Thur Nov 27 Happy Thanksgiving!

Fri Nov 28 No School

Math Autobiography:

Task
Your job is to write an autobiography of a famous mathematician ~ YOU!

Due Date
This paper is due Tuesday, December 2nd.

Requirements:
1. Cover
- an appropriate display relating to the mathematician
2. Paper
- maximum of two pages double spaced- important dates and places - mathematical accomplishments - interesting facts your life- mathematical facts about you are highlighted
3. Grading
- 100 points
- this is your project for 2nd nine weeks
PAPER:

I Introduction
II Personal Information
1. Birthdate and birthplace
2. Family life
3. education
III Math Accomplishments
1. What have you accomplished in math
2. What is your best skill in math
3. What is a challenge for you in math
4. What do you still need to learn
IV Qualities that made the person interesting
1. What are some qualities that made the person worth reading about
2. What is your career goal
V Conclusion

Week of November 17

2008-11-17T05:47:00.000-08:00

Mon 11/17 Estimating with Fractions
HW p 204 pr 20-40 even and p 208 pr 12-22 even
Prepare for Notebook Check

Tue 11/18 NOTEBOOK CHECK
HW p 216-218 pr 1-67 ALL

Wed 11/19 Review
HW Study for TEST

Thur 11/20 TEST
HW p 225 pr 1-36

Fri 11/21 LCM
HW RT 5-1

Week of November 3 & November 10

2008-11-03T11:09:00.000-08:00

Nov 3 Mon 4-2 Factors and Prime Factorization
HW PB 4-2

Nov 4 Tue 4-3 GCF
HW PB 4-3

Nov 5 Wed 4-4 Decimals & Fractions
HW PB 4-4

Nov 6 Thur Decimals & Fractions
HW p 183 pr 12-27 & 52-56 AND p 179 solve pr 1-4

Nov 7 Fri 4-5 Equivalent Fractions & HW Quiz
HW PB 4-5 AND p 188 pr 21-44 even

Nov 10 Mon NO SCHOOL- In service

Nov 11 TUE NO SCHOOL - Veteran's Day

Nov 12 Wed Mixed Numbers
HW PB 4-6

Nov 13 Thur Compare and Order Fractions
HW PB 4-7

Nov 14 Fri Adding & Subtracting Fractions
HW PB 4-8

^^^^^NOTEBOOK CHECK Tue 11/18 ^^^^^

**** TEST Thur Nov 20******

Week of October 27

2008-10-27T10:02:00.000-07:00

Mon Oct 27 Review Ch 3
HW p 148 prob 1-25 & Notebook Check

Tue Oct 28 Notebook Check
HW STUDY for TEST!

Wed Oct 29 TEST Ch 3
HW p 161 pr 1-5 all AND pr 6-32 even

Thur Oct 30 4-1 Divisibility
HW p 166 pr 21-40

Fri Oct 31 Do the Right Thing
HW Happy Halloween!

Week of October 20

2008-10-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Monday 10/20 Dividing Decimals Sec. 3-6
HW PB 3-6

Tuesday 10/21 Division with Decimals Sec. 3-7
HW p 139 pr 16-38 even

Wednesday 10/22 Interpreting Quotients Sec. 3-8
HW PB 3-7 even AND PB 3-8

Thursday 10/23 Decimal Equations Sec. 3-9
HW PB 3-9 & prepare for notebook check

Friday 10/24 Decimal Equations
HW p 146 pr 10-28 even & prepare for notebook check

Upcoming Assignments: *** NOTEBOOK CHECK 10/28***
^^^ TEST over Chapter 3 on 10/29^^^

Week of October 13

2008-10-10T12:34:00.000-07:00

Monday Oct 13 NO SCHOOL

Tuesday Oct 14 Finish DCA
HW p. 122 prob. 1-8 AND 17-23

Wednesday Oct 15 Multiplying Decimals Section 3-5
HW PB 3-5 [also review p 126 assigned last week, due Thursday]

Thursday Oct 16 Scientific Notation and Multiplying Decimals
HW p. 132 prob. 30-50 even AND p. 148 prob. 1-10

Friday October 17 Dividing Decimals Section 3-6
HW p. 136 pr 10-26 even

Week of October 6: Last week of grading period

2008-10-07T05:41:00.000-07:00

Monday 10/6 3-3 Add and Subtract Decimals
HW p. 120 prob. 12-42 all

Tuesday 10/7 3-4 Scientific Notation
HW RT 3-4

Wednesday 10/8 Scientific Notation & Test Corrections
LAST DAY FOR LATE AND MISSING WORK
HW PB 3-4

Thursday 10/9 District Common Assessment
HW p. 126 prob. 17-47 all

Friday 10/19 NO SCHOOL

Week of September 29

2008-09-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

Mon 9/29 Review Equations RT 2-8
HW p 96 pr 28-60 Even AND
NOTEBOOK CHECK

Tue 9/30 Notebook Check
HW p. 97 Show all work

Wed. 10/1 Review Ch 2: Equations
HW p 98-99 pr 2-20 Even AND
STUDY for TEST

Thur 10/2 TEST
HW p 103 pr 1-25

Fri. 10/3 Decimals 3-1
HW p 110 pr 17-42 show all work

Week of September 22

2008-09-23T11:42:00.000-07:00

Mon 9/22 2-5 Addition Equations
HW p 76 pr 8-28 even

Tue 9/23 2-6 Subtraction Equations
HW p 79-80 pr 8-28 even

Wed 9/24 2-7 Multiplication Equations
HW PB 2-7

Thur 9/25 2-8 Division Equations
HW p 87 pr 10-28 even;
all group activities due on Friday!

Fri 9/26 Equation review; Homework Quiz
HW p 88 pr 1-20; notebook check

**** Tue 9/30 Chapter 2 Notebook Check ******
#### Wed 10/1 Chapter 2 Test ####

Week of September 15: Conference Week

2008-09-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

Monday 9/15 Variables
HW PB 2-1

Tuesday 9/16 Translating Math
HW p 60 pr 20-36 even

Wednesday 9/17 Tables and Algebraic Expresssions
HW p. 64 pr 6-12

Thursday 9/18 Problem Solving
HW p 19, Use Upic

Friday 9/19 Equations, Homework Quiz
HW p 72 pr 8-40 even

Week of September 8

2008-09-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Mon 9/8 1-7 Patterns
HW read p 32-34 then work p 35-36 pr 12-24 even

Tue 9/9 1-7 Patterns
HW notebook & PB 1-7

Wed 9/10 Review
HW Notebook & p 45 pr 1-28

Thur 9/11 TEST
HW Unit Organizer Chapter 2

Fri. 9/12 2-1 Variables & expressions
HW p 57 pr 11-24

Week of September 1

2008-09-03T16:56:00.000-07:00

Mon Sept 1 Happy Labor Day!

Tue Sept 2 Inservice- No School

Wed Sept 3 Order of Operations
HW PB 1-4 AND p 24 c/r (correct and return)

Thur Sept 4 1-5 Math Properties
HW p 28 pr 31-42

Fri Sept 5 Homework Quiz or MAP testing
HW p 42 prob 5-37

Week of August 25

2008-08-24T20:57:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Monday Aug 25 Compare and Order Whole Numbers 1-1
HW p. 8 pr 21-37

Tuesday Aug 26 Estimation with Whole Numbers 1-2
HW p. 12 pr 14-28 even

Wednesday Aug 27 Exponents 1-3
HW p 16 pr 33-61 even

Thursday Aug 28 Order of Operations 1-4
HW p 24 pr 23-33, 43 & 45

Friday Aug 29 Review Sections 1-1 thru 1-4
HomeWork Quiz
HW PB 1-4

Welcome Back!

2008-08-19T06:12:00.001-07:00

Welcome to a New School Year!

I'm excited to have you in class. Here is the agenda for our first full week of school:

Course 1

Mon Aug 18 Class procedures on note taking and being a CHAMP
HW Create a Country

Tue Aug 19 Class procedures for Fire Drill, Tornado Drill and how to complete a math paper
Olympic facts math relays
HW Order Whole Numbers

Wed Aug 20 Math relays, recognition for yesterdays team winners, BLOG
HW correct and/or finish relay math

Thur Aug 21 How to get & Use Journals
Math Measurements
Standards & Course and Unit Organizers
Olympic Math Measurements
HW graph results of one relay contest

Fri Aug 22 Placement Test/QUIZ
Get Books
HW p xxiii in Math book

Last Week of School

2008-05-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

We're still learning!

Course 1

Mon May 19 Measures of Central Tendency
HW p 316 pr 6, 8, 12 & 14

Tue May 20 Coordinate Plane
HW PC 11-3

Wed May 21 Ordered Pairs
HW PC 6-6

Thurs May 22 Last Day of School: Final
HW: Have a great summer!

Course 2

Mon May 19 Equations & Inequalities
HW Board Problems

Tue May 20 Inequalities
HW PB 12-6

Wed May 21 Pythagorean Theorem
HW PA 9-8

Thur May 22 Final: Last Day of School
HW: Have a great Summer!

2008-04-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

Week of May 12
Course 1

Mon 5/12 Test
HW NM & Unit 12 Organizer

Tue 5/13 Mean, Median, Mode
HW p 300 pr 6-18 show all work

Wed 5/14 Measures of Central Tendency
HW 6-2
"Average" Survey

Thur 5/15 Outliers and Bar Graphs
HW p 304 pr 4, 6, 7, & 8
p. 310 pr 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 & 12

Fri 5/16 Field Trip

Course 2

5/12 Test
HW Newspaper Math & Unit 12 Organizer

5/13 Two Step Equations
HW p 680 pr 8-20

5/14 Equations, cont'd
HW PB 12-1 evens

5/15 Multi-Step Equations
HW p 684 pr 8-20 even & p 688 pr 22-28 even

Fri 5/16 Field Day

Week of May 5
Course 1

Mon 5/5 Volume of Cylinders
HW RT 10-8 & PA 10-8

Tue 5/6 Surface Area
HW PA 10-9 & RT 10-9

Wed 5/7 Economic Newspaper Math
HW NM, Test Review Notebook

Thur 5/8 Formulas
HW Study Guide

Fri 5/9 Test Review
HW NOTEBOOK due Monday 5/12
STUDY FOR TEST

Course 2

Mon 5/5 Theoretical & Experimental Probability
HW RT 11-2, PB 11-2, RT 11-4 & PB 11-4

Tue 5/6 Prob., cont'd
HW p 639 pr 4-12 even
and Venn diagram compare and contrast Theoretical & Experimental Probability

Wed 5/7 Economic Newspaper Math
HW NM, study guide, notebook

Thur 5/8 Independent and Dependent Events
HW RT 11-5 & PB 11-5

Fri 5/9 Test Review
HW PREPARE FOR NOTEBOOK CHECK and
STUDY FOR TEST

Week of April 28
Course 1

Mon 4/28 Area of triangles & trapezoids
HW RT 10-2 &PB 10-2

Tue 4/29 Area of composite figures
HW RT 10-3 & PB 10-3

Wed 4/30 Area of Circles
HW PA 10-5

Thur 5/1 Area of Circles
HW PB 10-5 & NM

Fri 5/2 3-d figures
HW RT 10-6, RT 10-7 & PB 10-7

Course 2

Mon 4/28 Review Unit 10
HW p 616-618 pr 1-12 & 15-17

Tue 4/29 Review for test Practice Test p 619
HW STUDY for TEST: organize notes

Wed 4/30 Open note TEST [no books!]
HW: Unit 11 graphic organizer
p 625 pr 1-5, all & 6-36 even

Thur 5/1 Introduction to Probability
HW Newspaper Math
p 630 pr 11-18

Fri 5/2 Experimental Probability
p 634 pr 6-14

Week of April 21-- A short Week!

2008-04-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Mon April 21 Area
HW Read Sec 10-1, then complete RS 10-1 & RT 10-1

Tues April 22 Good Choices Party
No Homework

Wed April 23 No School 5th Grade Visitation

Thur April 24 No School Inservice

Friday April 25 No School Conference Release Day

Course 2

Mon April 21 3-D figures
HW Finish notes over 10-1 & 10-2 then complete RS 10-1, RT 10-2 & PB 10-1

Tues April 22 Volume
HW RS 10-2, RT 10-2, PA 10-2

Wed April 23 Surface Area
HW PB 10-3, RS 10-4, PA 10-4, RT 10-4

Thur April 24 No School Inservice

Friday April 25 No School Conference Release Day

Week of April 14

2008-04-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Mon 4/14 Perimeter
HW PB 9-7

Tue 4/15 Circumference
HW PB 9-8
Test Review

Wed 4/16 Review
HW p 531 pr 14-30 & 35-40

Thur 4/17 Notebook Check & Test Review
HW STUDY!!!

Fri 4/18 Test
HW Unit 11 Organizer
Newspaper Math

Course 2

Mon 4/14 Area of Composite Figures
HW RT 9-6 & p 544 pr 10, 11, 14 & 22
start TEST REVIEW

Tue 4/15 Review
HW Test Review

Wed 4/16 Notebook Check & Test Review
HW STUDY !!!

Thur 4/17 TEST
HW Unit 10 Organizer and Newspaper Math

Fri 4/18 3 D figures
HW p 582 pr 13-21 and
define each of the vocabulary words on p 580 and give a real world example of each

Week of April 7

2008-04-04T07:54:00.000-07:00

Course 1

April 7 Notebook Check and Test Review
HW Study for test

April 8 Unit 9 Test
HW Unit 10 graphic organizer and Newspaper Math

April 9 Customary units of Measure
HW PB 9-3 and RT 9-3

April 10 Metric Measurement
HW PB 9-4 & PS 9-4

April 11 Time, Temperature, and Angles
HW PB 9-5 & RT 9-5

*** Notebook Check Unit 10 April 17 Test Unit 10 April 18***

Course 2

April 7 Test Review
HW Study for test

April 8 Unit 8 Test
HW Unit 9 graphic organizer and Newspaper Math

April 9 Perimeter, Curcumference and Area of Parallelograms
HW p 526 pr 10-26 even and PB 9-3

April 10 Area of Trapezoids and Triangles
HW PB 9-4

April 11 Area of Circles
HW PB 9-5 & PS 9-5

***TEST on Unit 9 April 17 Notebook check on Units 8&9 April 16 ***

Week of March 31

2008-03-27T14:14:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Monday 3/31 Metrics Review
no homework

Tuesday 4/1 State Math Test
no homework

Wednesday 4/2 State Math Test
no homework

Thursday 4/3 State Math Test
no homework

Friday 4/4 Unit 8 review
HW Test Review
Prepare for Notebook Check

***Geometry Test 4/8 Notebook for Unit 9 4/7 Unit 10 Test 4/18***

Course 2

Monday 3/31 Metric Review
no homework

Tuesday 4/1 State Math Test
no homework

Wednesday 4/2 State Math Test
no homework

Thursday 4/3 State Math Test
no homework

Friday 4/4 Unit 8 review
HW Test Review

***Geometry Test 4/8 Notebook for Units 8 & 9 4/15 Unit 9 Test 4/17***

Week of March 24

2008-03-27T13:26:00.000-07:00

Well, this has been a week of technology disasters as we work on preparing for the State Math Assessment! But, we finally have gotten the blog to acceept our posts.

Course 1

Mon 3/24 Angle Relationships
HW RT 8-3, RS 8-3 and p 426 pr 9-24 even

Tue 3/25 Lines and Patterns
HW RS 8-4, RT 8-4, PB 8-4 & p 452 pr 4-12

Wed 3/26 Triangles and Quadrilaterals
HW RT 8-5, RS 8-5, p 444 pr 13-28 even

Thur 3/27 Polygons and Congruence
HW PB 8-7, RT 8-9, & PB 8-9

Friday 3/28 Transforamtions & Symmetry
HW p 461 pr 6-16, RT 8-11, PB 8-11, RT 9-2, RT 9-4

Course 2

Mon 3/24 Polygons
HW RS 8-5, RT 8-5, & PB 8-5

Tue 3/25 Triangles
HW RS 8-6 & RT 8-6

Wed 3/26 Quadrilaterals
HW RS 8-7 & RT 8-7

Thur 3/27 Angles in Polygons
HW RS 8-8 & RT 8-8

Fri 3/28 Area, Perimeter & Circumference
HW PC 9-2, RT 9-5, and p 540 pr 6-24 even

Long Range Assignments

2008-03-13T05:34:00.000-07:00

These long range assignments are due Tuesday 3/25.

Course 1

Extended Newspaper Math Assignment

Using Newspapers from 3 different Sundays, find at least three related articles. Write an overview of the topic that displays your understanding of the problem, event or issue.

Ø This is due Tuesday March 25, 2008.
Ø Your paper should be a minimum of 5 paragraphs, and include an introduction and conclusion.
Ø Paper may be hand-written or typed, but no more than 2 pages double spaced, using the front of paper only.
Ø If it is typed use 12 pt and only one of these fonts: Arial, Tahoma, Times Roman, Century.
Ø Attach the newspaper articles used to your paper.
Ø You may use additional sources, ie. the internet, only if you cite them properly.
Ø Your paper should include math applications from the real world; for example: trends, graphs, or averages.

EXAMPLES:

Examine global warming.
What economic impact will the arena have on downtown Wichita?
How are rising gas prices affecting Wichita’s economy?
How does the winter weather affect farmers?
Discuss the educational system in Wichita.
Explore the impact of the war on Kansas.

Course 2

Geometry Game Assignment

Create a game that uses the Unit 8, Geometry, vocabulary to win.
It may be a board game or a card game, and should include everything to play the game: rules, board, pieces, spinner, dice, definitions, cards, or whatever else you might need to play this game.
Due Tuesday, March 27th.
This is a 100 point project.
You will be graded on:
Originality
Number of Vocabulary words used (at least 25)
How fun it is to play (as graded by the rest of the class)
Clarity of instructions—how easy it is to follow the rules!
Design features: colors, shapes, use of geometry in game
For extra credit: Explain how your game could be modified (changed) to be used with other math topics.

Week of March 10

2008-03-10T12:43:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Mon 3/10 Test Review
HW: Study for TEST!

Tue 3/11 TEST
HW: Unit 9 Organizer and RT 8-1 & RS 8-1

Wed 3/12 Intro to Geometry
HW: PB 8-1
Thur 3/13 Angles
HW: RT 8-2 & PB 8-2 & Newspaper Math

Fri 3/14 NO SCHOOL

Course 2

3/10 Mon Field Trip

3/11 Tue Angles
HW: RT 8-3 & PA 8-3

3/12 Wed Angles
HW: PB 8-3

3/13 Thur Circles
HW: RT 8-4, PB 8-4, & Geometry Game
Newspaper Math (EC)

3/14 Fri NO SCHOOL

Week of March 3

2008-03-03T13:34:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon 3/3 Percents
HW RS 7-7, RT 7-7, & PA 7-7

Tue 3/4 Percents, continued
HW p 383 pr 34-54 even

Wed 3/5 %, decimals, and fractions
HW RT 7-8 & PA 7-8

Thur 3/6 Using percents
HW RT 7-9 & PA 7-9

Fri 3/7 Using percents
HW RT 7-10, PA 7-10, AND Test Review

****NOTEBOOK CHECK 3/10 and TEST 3/11******

Course 2

Mon 3/3 Test Review & Notebook Check
HW STUDY for TEST!

Tue 3/4 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Wed 3/5 Intro to Geometry
HW Chapter 8 Organizer

Thur 3/6 Geometry 8-1
HW RT 8-1 & PB 8-1

Fri 3/7 Geometry 8-2
HW RT 8-2 & PB 8-2

Week of February 25

2008-02-25T13:27:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon Feb 25 1st Hour Proportions/Similare Figures
HW PC 7-3, PS 7-3, & RS 7-4
9th Hour Proportions
HW RT 7-3 & PB 7-3

Tuesday Feb 26 1st Hour In class assignment: Dynamath
HW Extra Credit: Challenge 7-3
9th Hour Proportions/Similare Figures
HW PC 7-3, PS 7-3, & RS 7-4
Extra Credit Challenge 7-3

Wednesday Feb 27 Similar Figures
HW PB 7-4 & RT 7-4

Thursday Feb 28 Indirect Measurement
HW RS 7-5, RT 7-5, & PB 7-5

Friday Feb 29 Scale Drawings
HW RT 7-6 & PB 7-6

Course 2

Mon 2/25 Line Graphs and Flow Charts
HW PS 7-6 RS 7-7 & RT 7-7
Newspaper Graph

Tue 2/26 Population & Samples
HW RS 7-8, RT 7-8, & PB 7-8

Wed 2/27 Scatter Plots
HW RS 7-9, RT 7-9, & PB 7-9

Thur 2/28 Misleading Graphs
HW RT 7-10 & RS 7-10

Fri 2/29 Test Review
Homework: TEST REVIEW

***** NOTEBOOK CHECK Mon 3/3 & TEST Tue 3/4 ***************

Week of February 11 & February 18

2008-02-12T13:47:00.000-08:00

Week of February 18

Course 1

Mon 2/18 No School

Tue 2/19 Test
HW p 349 pr 1-25

Wed 2/20 Introduction to Proportions
HW Unit Organizer p 354 pr 12-28

Thur 2/21 Ratios & Rates
HW RS 7-1, RT 7-1, PB 7-1, & RS 7-2

Fri 2/22 1st Hour Proportions
HW RS 7-3, RT 7-3, & PB 7-3
9th Hour NO CLASS- ASSEMBLY

Course 2

Mon 2/18 No School

Tue 2/19 Box & Whisker Plots
HW RS 7-5 & RT 7-5

Wed 2/20 Box & Whisker
HW p 396, prob 12, 13, & 14

Thur 2/21 Venn Diagrams
HW p. 399, all

Fri 2/22 Line Graphs
HW RS 7-6, RT 7-6, PB 7-6
Newspaper Graph Assignment

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11

Course 1

Mon Feb 11 12-5 Compound Events
HW PA 12-5

Tue Feb 12 Compound Events
HW p 690 pr 6-20 and PB 12-5
start on Test Review

Wed Feb 13 12-6 Predictions
HW RS 12-6, RT 12-6, & RB 12-6
finish Test Review

Thur Feb 14 HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! TEST REVIEW
HW Prepare for Notebook Check and study for test

Fri Feb 15 No School
Mon Feb 18 No School

*****TUE FEB 19 UNIT 7 TEST & NOTEBOOK CHECK******

Course 2

Mon Feb 11 7-2 Mean, Median, Mode
HW p 384 pr 6-16
Start Newspaper Data Assignment

Tue Feb 12 Measures of Central Tendency
HW RS 7-2 RT 7-2

Wed Feb 13 7-3 Bar Graphs and Histograms
HW RS 7-3, RT 7-3, PB 7-3

Thur Feb 14 7-4 Circle Graphs
NEWSPAPER DATA ASSIGNMENT DUE
HW RS 7-4, RT 7-4, PB 7-4

Fri Feb 15 No School
Mon Feb 18 No School

Week of Feb 4

2008-02-08T06:24:00.000-08:00

This has been a mixed up week because of the weather, snow day, re-scheduled conferences, and Mrs. Diggs' absence due to a funeral.

Course 1

Mon Feb 4 HW How's Business; Mysteries of Love; and Newspaper Math 1-27

Tue Feb 5 Experimental Probability
HW RT 12-3; PA 12-3; p 680 pr 4-6

Wed Feb 6 Theoreitical Probability
HW p 684 pr 10-30 even

Thur Feb 7 Probability
HW RS 12-4, RT 12-4, PB 12-4, NM 2/3

Fri Feb 8 Compound Events
HW RT 12-5, RS 12-5, PA 12-5

*** NOTEBOOK CHECK 2/13 TEST 2/14 Unit 7*********

Course 2

Mon Feb 4 Test Review
Homework Free Response Test 6A and NM

Tue Feb 5 Test Review
HW: STUDY

Wed Feb 6 TEST
HW p. 373

Thur Feb 7 Intro to Data
HW Unit Organizer, Unit 7 and Newspaper Math 1/13

Fri Feb 8 Frequency & Line Plots
HW p 379 pr 7-13, RS 7-1 & RT 7-1

Week of January 28: Conference Week

2008-01-29T13:10:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon Jan 28 Probability
HW RS 12-1, RT 12-1, Experimental Probability Worksheet

Tue Jan 29 Experimental Probability
HW p 674 pr 4-12 AND 15-22

Wed Jan 30 Experimental Probability
HW RS 12-2, PB 12-2, RS 12-3

Thur Jan 31 Counting Methods and Sample Spaces
HW PA 12-3, RT 12-3, p 680 pr 4-8

Fri Feb 1 FACTS REVIEW

COURSE 2

Mon Jan 28 Percents
Homework PS 6-5 & Newspaper Math

Tue Jan 29 Review
Homework p 367 pr 1-30 even

Wed Jan 30 Percent of Number
HW p 364-365 pr 1-37

Thur Jan 31 Notebook Check
HW p 361 pr 1-4

Fri Feb 1 Test Review
Free Response Test 6A

Welcome to 2nd Semester!

2008-01-03T12:34:00.000-08:00

Week of January21

Course 1

Mon 21 No SCHOOL

Tue 22 Graphing Functions
HW p 648 pr 12-28 even; get ready for Notebook Check

Wed 23 Notebook check & Test Review
HW Study

Thur 24 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Fri 25 Introduction to Unit 7
HE p 665 pr 1-18; review vocabulary words

Course 2

Mon 21 NO SCHOOL

Tue 22 Percents
HW PB 6-4

Wed 23 Percent of Number
HW RS 6-5 & RT 6-5

Thur 24 Percent of Number
HW PB 6-5

Fri 25 Using percents
HW Test Review & Notebook Check

Week of Jan 14

Course 1

Mon 14 Integers
HW p 532 pr 1-13

Tue 15 Equations
HW RS 11-8 & RT 11-8

Wed 16 Equations
HW Challenge 11-8

Thur 17 Functions
HW RS 11-9, RT 11-9, & PA 11-9

Fri 18 Functions
HW PB 11-9, Test Review, Notebook

***TEST 1/24 NOTEBOOK CHECK 1/23***

Course 2

Mon 14 Intro to Unit 6
HW p 327 pr 1-4 AND 5-35 even

Tue 15 Percents
HW p 332 pr 28-40 even

Wed 16 Percents
HW RS 6-1, RT 6-1 & PB 6-1

Thur 17 Percents, Fractions & Decimals
HW RS 6-2, RT 6-2, PB 6-2

Fri 18 Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
HW p 335 pr 12-30 even, RS 6-3, RS 6-4, RT 6-4

WEEK OF JAN 7

Course 1

Mon 7 Integers
HW RS 11-3, RT 11-3, & PB 11-3

Tue 8 Coordinate Plane
HW PS 11-3, Challenge 11-3, RS 11-4

Wed 9 Adding Integers
RT 11-4 & PB 11-4

Thur 10 Add/Subtract integers
HW p 620 pr 43-58 even & RS 11-5

Fri 11 Subtract Integers
HW RT 11-5 & PB 11-5

Course 2

Mon 7 Similar Figures
HW RS 5-8, RT 5-8, & PB 5-8

Tue 8 Scale
HW RS 5-9, RT 5-9 & PB 5-9, notebook

Wed 9 Review
HW Test Review

Thur Notebook Check and Test Review
HW Study

Fri 11 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Welcome Back!

Course 1

Jan 3 Thur Integers
HW p 599 pr 1-26

Jan 4 Fri Integers
HW p 608 pr 19-34 even

Course 2

Thur Jan 3 Proportions
HW p 296 pr 1-3 & 11-21

Fri Jan 4 Similar Figures
HW p 302 pr 10-19; RS 5-7; & RT 5-7

MATH TEST FRIDAY JANUARY 11 over Unit 5

Week of December 17

2007-12-18T09:27:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon Dec 17 Test Review
HW Studey for test

Tue Dec 18 TEST!
HW Newspaper Math

Wed Dec 19 Fraction review and test corrections
HW p 291 ALL

Thur Dec 20 Facts practice: Quizmo
HW Holiday Message
Greetings
Multiplication Mosaic

Fri Dec 21 NO SCHOOL! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! SEE YOU JAN 3!!

Course 2

Mon Dec 17 Proportions 5-4
HW RS 5-4 & RT 5-4

Tue Dec 18 Proportions
HW p 285 pr 25-45 even

Wed Dec 19 Solving Proportions 5-5
HW RS 5-5 & RT 5-5

Thur Dec 20 Facts practice: Quizmo
HW: p. 289 pr 16-26, solve proportion AND
p. 289 pr 28, 30, 38, & 40 AND
Multiplication Worksheet

Fri Dec 21 NO SCHOOL! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! SEE YOU JAN 3!!

Week of December 10

2007-12-13T15:38:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon 10 Multiplying fractions
HW RT 5-7

Tue Snow Day

Wed 12 Multiplying Mixed Numbers
HW PA 5-8

Thur 13 Dividing Fractions
HW RS 5-9 & PA 5-9

Fri 14 Equations with Fractions
RT 5-9, RS 5-10, RT 5-10, Pa 5-10, Test Review
Any work not completed in class is homework!

TUESDAY DEC 18: UNIT 5 TEST over Fractions

COURSE 2

Mon 10 Ratios
HW RS5-1 & PB 5-1

Tue Snow Day

Wed 12 Rates
HW RS 5-2 & p 276 pr 8-20 even

Thur 13 Rates
HW RT 5-2 & PB 5-2

Fri 14 Measurements
PA 5-6, RS 5-6, PB 5-6 Any work not completed in class is homework!
Extra Credit: PS 5-6 & Challenge 5-6- only accepted if homework from 5-6 is turned in on Monday as well.

Week of December 3

2007-12-04T07:20:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon 12/3 Equations with Fractions
HW RS 5-5 & PA 5-5
Hero Project due 12/4

Tue 12/4 Hero Project due; presentations
HW RT 5-5 AND p 285 pr 1-15 all

Wed 12/5 Hero presentations
Review for Test
HW STUDY for TEST

Thur 12/6 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Fri 12/7 multiplying fractions
HW RS 5-6
PA 5-6

Course 2

Mon 12/3 Functions
HW RS 4-5 EC PA 4-6
Hero Project due 12/4

Tue 12/4 Hero Project due; presentations
HW p 244 pr 17-28 even

Wed 12/5 Hero Presentations
Test Review
HW STUDY for TEST

Thur 12/6 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Fri 12/7 Unit 5 Overview
HW RS 5-1 & PB 5-1

Tue 12/4

HEROES !

2007-11-29T15:43:00.000-08:00

Don't forget your Heros project is due next Tuesday, December 4th. You should plan on making a brief presentation to the class about your Hero, using the 3 things you created. You need to turn in your graphic organizer and bibliography:

My Hero

This is a special project for math that is worth 10% of your grade this 9 weeks. It is due Tuesday, December 4. Presentations will be December 4th, 5th, & 6th.
There are 5 steps to completing this project:

1. Think about who your hero is. Check with Mrs. Diggs for approval to use that person. (No duplicates!)
2. Research and fill out the hero graphic organizer. You must use at least 2 sources, and list them in a bibliography.
3. Choose 3 activities from the Think-Tac-Know grid that are in a line:
horizontal, vertical, or diagonal and complete them.
4. Make a 2-5 minute presentation to the class about your hero.
4. Evaluate your own work after your presentation.

THINK–TAC–KNOW
Pick 3 activities form the grid: across, up & down, or diagonal:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

1. Draw a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts your life with your hero.

2. Write a mock interview with your hero. Ask what valuable information they would share with us today. What ideas might they have for improving our world?

3. Draw a biographical outline of your hero.
OR
Plan your own activity with Mrs. Diggs Approval.

4. Create a PowerPoint with pictures of your hero and a theme song that you think is appropriate for them.

5. Write a Biographical Poem about your hero. Be sure to follow the pattern. Then illustrate your poem with a drawing you make or a picture of your hero.

6. Create a timeline of your Hero’s Life. Be sure to include important world events, which occurred while your hero was alive and illustrations.

7. Create a blog, as if it were written by your hero. What would they say about their life? Hint: read some of their diaries or journals.

8. Write a letter to your Congressman, urging them to put your hero on a postage stamp. Be sure back up your request with facts about why this is an excellent idea.

9. Illustrate a 26-page alphabetical biography, in the format of an elementary school alphabet book. Such as "A is for Alabama. They were born in Alabama, and..."

Biographical Outline

Draw an outline of your hero or their silhouette. Then use words to either outline or fill in their portrait.

Bio Poem
First Name
3 adjective that describe them
Lover of __________
Who fears _________
Who would like to ____________
Son/Daughter of ______________
Resident of ______________
Last Name

My Hero Graphic Organizer

1. Who is your Hero?
a. Birth date
b. date of death
c. where did they live
d. tell about their family
e. what are they famous for?
f. how did they use math?
g. Other facts about their life?

2.Why are they your hero?
a. what have they done?
b. What important ideas are meaningful to you?
c. How have they lived that is an example for you?
3.
Why should we learn about them?

Bibliography:
Book: Author, Book Title, publisher, date.
Internet: “Article Name”, web address, author, date created.
Magazine: author, “Article Name”, Magazine Title, date published.

2007-11-26T05:25:00.000-08:00

Week of November 26

Course 1

Mon 11/26 Adding & Subtracting Fractions
HW PA 5-2

Tue 11/27 +/- fractions
HW p 236 pr 18-40 even

Wed 11/28 +/- Mixed Numbers
HW RS 5-3 & RT 5-3

Thurs 11/29 Regrouping Fractions when Subtracting
HW p 246 pr 16-40 even

Fri 11/30 Fraction Practice
HW RS 5-4, PS 5-4 & PB 5-4

Course 2

11/26 4-2 Graphing
HW PB 4-2 OR p 230 pr 8, 10, 12, & 14
EC Puzzle 4-2

11/27 4-3 Interperting Graphs
HW RT 4-2 & PA 4-3

11/28 Functions, Tables & Graphs
HW PA 4-4

11/29 Functions, Tables & Graphs
HW RS 4-4 and RT 4-4

11/30 4-5
HW p 261 1-20 ALL AND
p 244 pr 8-28 even OR PB 4-5

Week of November 19

Course 1

Mon 11/19 5-1 Lowest Common Multiple
HW RS 5-1 & RT 5-1

Tue. 11/20 Adding and Subtracting Fractions
HW RS 5-2

Course 2

Mon 11/19 4-1 Coordinate Plane
HW 4-1 Challenge or Get the Point (due Mon 11/26)

Tue 11/20 Library work on Heroes project
HW Heros Project

HAPPY THANSKGIVING!!!

Veteran's Day Week

2007-11-13T05:26:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon Nov 12 No School

Tue Nov 13 Test Review
HW STUDY! extra practice p. 219

Wed Nov 14 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Thur Nov 15 Unit 5 Overview
HW p 225 ALL

Fri Nov 16 LCM
HW p 230 prob 14-30 even
begin Hero Project

Course 2

Mon Nov 12 No School

Tue Nov 13 Test Review
HW STUDY! extra practice p. 215 pr 17-36

Wed Nov 14 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Thurs Nov 15 Unit 4 Overview
HW p. 221 ALL

Fri Nov 16 Coordinate Plane
HW: Reading Stategies 4-1 AND
PB 4-1 OR rt 4-1 and prob 14, 16, 22, 24, 26
Begin Hero Project

Week of November 5

2007-11-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

Course 1

Mon Nov 5 Review Mixed numbers
HW RT 4-6 & PB 4-6

Tue Nov 6 Review Ordering Fractions
HW RT 4-7 & PB 4-7

Wed Nov 7 Review Adding Fractions
HW RT 4-8 & PB 4-8

Thur Nov 8 Estimation with Fractions
HW RT 4-9 & PB4-9
Prepare for Notebook Check

Fri Nov 9 Notebook Check
Test Review
HW Test Review

TEST WED NOV 14

Course 2

Mon Nov 5 Review Dividing with decimals
HW RT 3-5 & PB 3-5

Tue Nov 6 Review Equivalent decimals and fractions
HW RT 2-10 & PB 2-10

Wed Nov 7 Compare and Order Numbers
HW p 130 pr 14-34 even

Thur Nov 8 Order #
HW RT 2-11 & PB 2-11
Notebook Check

Fri Nov 9 Notebook Check
HW Test Review

TEST WED NOV 14

Week of October 29

2007-10-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Mon Oct 29 4-4 Decimals and Fractions
HW: p. 183 pr 34-62 even

Tue Oct 30 4-5 Equivalent Fractions
HW: p 188 pr 38-48 even

Wed Oct 31 4-6 MixedNumbers and Improper Fractions
HW: p 194 pr 16-42 even

Thur Nov 1 4-7 Compare and Order Fractions
HW: p 200 pr 27-48 even

Fri Nov 2 4-8 Adding Fractions
HW p 204 pr 19-40 even
Notebook

Course 2

Mon Oct 29 3-4 Dividing Decimals
HW: p 168 pr 23-40 even

Tue Oct 30 3-5 Dividing by Decimals
HW: p 172 pr 28-44 even

Wed Oct 31 3-6 Decimal Equations
HW p 176 pr 30-44 even

Thur Nov 1 3-7 Equivalent Fractions & Mixed Numbers
HW p. 122 pr 46-55 AND pr 60-65

Fri Nov 2 3-8 Equivalent Fractions and Decimals
HW: p. 126 pr 14-34 even
Notebook

Week of October 22

2007-10-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Monday 10/22 Test Review
HW p 155 all and notebook check

Tuesday 10/23 Notebook Check
HW Study for test

Wednesday 10/24 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Thursday 10/25 4-1 Divisibility & 4-2 Factoring
HW p 166 pr 37-43 all AND
p. 171 pr 35-44 even

Friday 10/26 4-3 GCF
HW p. 175 pr 19-33 even

Course 2

Mon 10/22 Test Review
HW p 214 pr 456-64 even AND
Notebook Check

Tue 10/23 Notebook Check
HW Study for test

Wed 10/24 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Thur 10/25 3-1 Estimation & 3-2 Adding & subtracting decimals
HW p 152 prob 30-40 even AND
p. 156 pr 28-44 even

Fri 10/26 3-3 multiplication of decimals
HW p 162 pr 28-48 even

2 nd Quarter Week of October 16-19

2007-10-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

******10/23 Notebook Check 10/24 Test *****

Course 1

October 15 No School

October 16 3-5 Multiplying decimals
HW p 132 pr 29-42 all

October 17 3-6 dividing decimals
HW p 132 pr 43-49 all AND p 136 pr 20-39 even

October 18 3-7 division of decimals, continued
HW p 139 pr 21-40 even

October 19 3-8 Problem Solving & 3-9 Equations with decimals
HW p 143 pr 4, 6, & 8 AND p. 146 pr 20-29 all plus TEST REVIEW

10/23 Notebook Check
10/24 Unit 3 test

Course 2

Mon Oct 15 No School

Tue Oct 16 3-9 Addition & Subtraction of Mixed Numbers
HW p 192 pr 28-46 even

Wed Oct 17 3-10 Multiplying Fractions
HW p 198 pr 32-54 even

Thur Oct 18 3-11 Dividing Fractions
HW p 202 pr 36-48 even

Fri Oct 19 3-12 Equations with Fractions
HW p 206 pr 28-44 even & Test Review

10/23 Notebook Check Unit 3a
10/24 Test Unit 3a

Week of September 24

2007-09-17T05:15:00.000-07:00

Week of September 24
Course 2

Monday 9/24 2-2 Adding Integers
HW p 84-85 pr 39-50 even

Tuesday 9/25 2-3 Subtracting Integers
HW p. 90-91 pr 36-50 even

Wednesday 9/26 2-4 Multiplying and Dividing Integers
HW PB2-4 even

Thursday 9/27 2-5 Equations with Integers
HW PB2-5 even Due Mon 10/1
Notebook Check due Tuesday 10/2
Test Review due Tuesday 10/2

Friday 9/28 NO SCHOOL

TEST 10/3 Wednesday!

Course 1
Monday 9/24 2-6 Subtraction Equations
HW p 80 pr 16-28 even

Tuesday 9/25 2-7 Multiplication Equations
HW p 83 pr 18-38 even

Wednesday 9/26 2-8 Division Equations
HW p 87 pr 10-24 even

Thursday 9/27 Review Equations
HW p 96 pr 34-60 even, except 38,46, 54
Notebook Check due Tuesday 10/2
Test Review due Tuesday 10/2

Friday 9/28 NO SCHOOL

TEST 10/3 Wednesday!

Week of September 17
COURSE 2

Monday 9/17 Test Review
HW: Notebook

Tuesday 9/18 Notebook Check
HW: Study for Test

Wednesday 9/19 MAP Testing
HW Study for Test

Thursday 9/20 Unit 1 test
HW Newspaper Math

Friday 9/21 2-1 Integers
HW PB 2-1

COURSE 1

Monday 9/17 Translate Words into Math
HW PB 2-2

Tuesday 9/18 Translating Between Tables and Expressions
HW PB 2-3

Wednesday 9/19 MAP TESTING

Thursday 9/20 2-4 Equations
HW PB 2-4 even

Friday 9/21 2-5 Addition Equations
HW p. 76-77 pr 18-32 even

WEEK of SEPT 10

2007-09-11T05:17:00.000-07:00

COURSE 1

Mon 9/10 Unit 1 review
HW p. 45 odd problems

Tue 9/11 Unit 1 review
HW Math notebook

Wed 9/12 Unit 1 Notebook Check
HW Study for Test

Thur 9/13 Unit 1 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Friday 9/14 Begin Unit 2
HW p. 56 -57 pr 10-24 even

Course 2

Mon 9/10 Combine Like Terms
HW p 44 pr 18-27 even AND RT1-8/PB1-7

Tue 9/11 Equations
HW p 48 pr 14-27 even

Wed 9/12 Addition & Subtraction Equtions
HW p 54 pr 25-42 even

Thur 9/13 Equations, con't
HW RT1-11/PB1-11

Fri 9/14 Multiplication & Division Equations
HW p 58 pr 22-32 even and 40 & 42 PLUS
Test Review and Notebook due next Tuesday, 9/18

TEST on Tuesday 9/18 -- Test moved to 9/20 because of MAP testing

Welcome Back!

2007-08-15T07:58:00.000-07:00

August 15, 2007

Welcome to a new school year! At this site you can find weekly assignments, homework helps, and long term project requirements. Feel free to post to my blog or ask questions, but be aware that there is a 2 day turn-around time for postings and responses.

~Mrs. Diggs

Week of May 7

2007-05-07T05:41:00.000-07:00

Course 2
TEST ON THURSDAY
NOTEBOOK CHECK ON FRIDAY!

Mon. 5/7 Probability & Test Review
HW PWS 4-8

Tue. 5/8 Fractions & Test Review
HW p. 309 pr 19-30 & 43-53 plus p. 440 pr 4-13

Wed 5/9 Test Review
HW STUDY

Thur 5/10 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Fri 5/11 Clickers & Squares
HW p 412 pr 11-30

Course 1
TEST ON THURSDAY
NOTEBOOK CHECK ON FRIDAY!

Mon. 5/7 Division of Fractions & Test Review
HW Lesson 5-9

Tue. 5/8 Decimals, Percents, & Fractions & Test Review
HW Lesson 7-8

Wed. 5/9 TEST REVIEW
HW STUDY & get notebook ready

Thur 5/10 TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Fri 5/11 Clickers, Notebook Check & Equations
HW Equations:

Week of May 1

2007-05-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Monday No School

Tuesday May 1 Clickers, Unit 9 Overview
HW Lesson 1-4 Practice A & Reteach (due Thursday)

Wednesday May 2 MAP Testing
HW Newspaper Math

Thursday May 3 Addition & Subtraction of Fractions Review
HW Lesson 5-3

Friday May 4 Multiplication of Fractions Review
Lessons 5-7 & 5-8

Course 2

Monday No School

Tuesday May 1 Clickers Overview of Unit 11

Wednesday May 2 MAP Testing
HW Newspaper Math

Thursday May 3 Probability
HW

Friday May 4 Probability
HW

Week of April 23

2007-04-23T05:02:00.000-07:00

Course 1

Monday 23: Volume
HW p. 427- 429 pr 11-21; 26-28; 33 & Performance Task

Tuesday 24: Test Review
HW Study!

Wednesday 25: TEST over Unit 8 Measurement
HW Newspaper Math Careers, parts 4 & 5

Thursday 26: No School 5th grade visitation

Friday 27: No School, Inservice

COURSE 2

Mon 23 Functions
HW p 259-261 pr 24-40 even

Tue 24 Test Review
HW STUDY!

Wed 25 TEST on Unit 10 Equations, Inequalities & Functions
HW Newspaper Math Careers, parts 4 & 5

Thur 26 No School 5th Grade Visitation

Fri 27 No School Inservice

CAREER NEWSPAPER MATH
#4. On a separate page, plan one week of meals for your future family( as determined in steps 1-3). Be sure to include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, for all seven days. Remember the food pyramid!

#5 On a separate sheet of paper, plan a monthly budget for your future family. Be sure to include:
Housing, food (cost of #4 times 4 weeks), utilities, transportation, savings, charitable donations, entertainment, emergencies, child care, insurance, taxes & fees, misc.

Parts #4 & #5 are due Tuesday MAY 1ST!

2007-04-03T05:23:00.000-07:00

Week of April 16

Course 2

Monday 16: 2 step equations
HW PWS 6-3 (due Wed)

Tuesday 17 : Careers & Economics
HW Newspaper Math

Wednesday 18: 2 step Equations
HW p. 584 Lesson 6-3 problems 1-20- odd

Thursday 19: Inequalities
HW PWS 6-5

Friday 20: Inequalities
HW Test Review

Course 1

Mon 16 Perimeter & Area
HW PWS 4-4

Tue 17 Career & Economics
HW Newspaper Math

Wed 18 Area of Paralellogram
HW PWS 10-1

Thur 19 Area of Triangle
HW PWS 10-2

Fri 20 Area of Circle
HW Test Review

WEEK OF APRIL 9

Monday Test Review

Tuesday Performance Task Review

Wednesday TEST
HW Newspaper Math

Thursday Course 1 Clickers & Metrics
Course 2 Clickers & One Step Equation Review

Friday Course 1 Metrics & Measurement
HW PWS 3-2, PWS 4-8 & PWS 5-6

Course 2 2 step equations
HW p 241 prob 11-31 odd

WEEK OF APRIL 2

This will be a light week for homework, because of State Math Assessments.

Course 1

Mon Apr 2 transformations
HW symmetry packet & newspaper math (carried over from last week)

Tue Apr 3 transformations
HW finish transformation organizer

Wed Apr 4 scale
HW PWS 8-3

Thur Apr 5 Metrics
HW PWS 3-2

Fri Apr 6 Metrics
HW PWS 4-8 and Newspaper Math for 4-1-07

Course 2

Mon Apr 2 Patterns
HW Newspaper Math 3/25

Tue Apr 3 Expressions
HW p 244 pr 12-30 even & POP QUIZ CORRECTIONS

Wed Apr 4 Functions
HW p 250 mini lab

Thur Apr 5 Graphs
HW p 251-252 pr 6 & 7
Newspaper Math 4-1

Fri Apr 6 Functions & Equations
HW PWS 6-7
Unit 9 Test Review

First Week of 4th Quarter !

2007-03-28T05:43:00.001-07:00

Course 2

Mon March 26 Probability
HW PWS 13-1 & PWS 13-2 REMEMBER: Paper is due Thursday!

Tue March 27 Probability
HW PWS 13-3 & PWS 13-4

Wed March 28 Patterns
HW PWS 1-6

Thursday March 29 Sequences PAPER DUE TODAY!
HW PWS 4-3

Friday March 30 Numeric Patterns
HW p 210 prob 7-12 & Newspaper Math

Course 1

Mon Mar 26 Polygons & Circles
HW pages 1 & 2 Circle Pkt. VOCABULARY DUE THURSDAY!

Tue Mar 27 3 dimensional figures
HW pages 3 & 4 Circle pkt.

Wed Mar 28 Similar & Congruent Figures
HW PWS 9-6

Thur Mar 29 Symmetry VOCABULARY BOOKLETS DUE
HW Symmetry packet pp 1-5

Fri Mar 30 Transformations
HW finish symmetry pkt; PWS 11-8; & Newspaper Math

Reposting of March 12-25

2007-03-26T05:07:00.000-07:00

Dearest Students:
For some, unknown to me, reason, the last information posted to my blog didn't appear! The effect is that the long-range spring break assignmentts weren't available on this blog, as I promised. Therefore, I am extending the due date of these assignments by two days, until Thursday March 29, and reposting them.

Course 2 Week of March 12

Mon March 12 Test Review

Tue March 13 Test Review

Wed March 14 Test
HW Newspaper Math March 11, due March 26

Thur March 15 Clickers
HW Extended Newspaper Math Assignment, NOW due THURSDAY MARCH 29

Extended Newspaper Math Assignment

Using Newspapers from 3 different Sundays, find at least three related articles. Write an overview of the topic that displays your understanding of the problem, event or issue.

Ø This is due Tuesday March 27, 2007.
Ø Your paper should be a minimum of 5 paragraphs, and include an introduction and conclusion.
Ø Paper may be hand-written or typed, but no more than 2 pages double spaced, using the front of paper only.
Ø If it is typed use 12 pt and only one of these fonts: Arial, Tahoma, Times Roman, Century.
Ø Attach the newspaper articles used to your paper.
Ø You may use additional sources, i.e. the internet, only if you cite them properly.
Ø Your paper should include math applications from the real world; for example: trends, graphs, or averages.

Course 1 Week of March 12

Mon March 12 Angles All Around

Tue March 13 Angles

Wed Mar 14 Pi Day
HW Newspaper Math for March 11, due Monday March 26

Thurs March 15 Circles
HW Vocabulary Booklet, NOW due THURSDAY March 29

Vocabulary Assignment:

Ø Each person is responsible for creating a vocabulary study booklet.
Ø Words should be in alphabetical order.
Ø For each entry there should be:
ü the word
ü the geometric definition
ü an illustration
ü a real world example (i.e. for cylinder a coke can)
Ø All work should be done in pencil, colored pencils are acceptable.
Ø Be sure your illustration is easy to read. Neatness counts!
Ø Due Thursday, March 29.
Ø This assignment is worth 200 points.

angle
right
obtuse
acute
straight
degree
triangle
isosceles
scalene
equilateral
polygon
quadrilateral
square
rhombus
rectangle
parallelogram
trapezoid
pentagon
hexagon
heptagon
octagon
symmetry
parallel
perpendicular
circle
center
radius
diameter
semicircle
circumference
face
vertex
edge
base
prism
rectangular prism
cone
cylinder
sphere
similar figures
congruent figures
transformations
reflections
translations
rotations
scale factor
dilation
scale drawing