no class - Mr. T showing Civil War
documentary to both classes
Thursday
discussed and turned in 10.4 assignment; notes on
10.5 Absolute Value in Open Sentences
10.5 pg 485: 3, 5, 19, 21
Friday
TM
Friday
worked on graduation song
TM
Week of
5/17/10-5/21/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
Test over Chapter 9: System of Equations
none
Tuesday
class cut short by Shavuot assembly;
discussed set notation, unions, intersections, Venn diagrams
none
Wednesday
No School - Shavuot
Thursday
Friday
no class - storyteller assembly
Week of
5/10/10-5/14/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
began review for test over Chapter 9
(tentatively scheduled for next Monday 5/16)
Self-Test 1, pg 437
Tuesday
Tuesday
Reviewed for test
Mixed Exercises pg 433
work at your pace
Wednesday
more test review
Thursday
reviewed section 10.2 Inequalities (not on test);
continued reviewing chapter 9
Friday
finished review for test over chapter 9
study
Test Monday
Week of
5/3/10-5/7/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
no class - ERB testing
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
reviewed for test tomorrow over Chapter 8 Graphing
study!
Friday
took test over Chapter 8
Week of
4/27/10-4/30/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
no class - jetlag
Tuesday
announced test over Chapter 8 (Graphing)
tentatively scheduled for Friday; short notes on 8.4 Extra -
Perpendicular Lines
8.4 Extra pg 370: 1-17 odd
Wednesday
OB, EK, BZ
Wednesday
discussed and turned in 8.4 extra
assignment; started working on review sheets in class for test on Friday
over chapter 8 (8.1-8.5)
review sheets
try to finish by
tomorrow
OB, EE
Thursday
Mr. D out sick - work on review sheets, study for Test
Friday
Mr. out sick again (sorry) - Test postponed until
next week; work on review sheets (new ones for Chapter 9 given by sub)
Week of
4/7/10-4/9/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Wednesday
reviewed how to solve systems of equations;
notes on 9.5 Multiplication with Elimination Method
9.5 pg 432: 1-11 odd, 13-29 eoo, 31; 44
bonus
Friday
OB, ALW, TM, NS
Thursday
continued 9.5 assignment
Friday
no class - Holocaust memorial assembly
Week of
3/22/10-3/26/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
notes and discussion on 9.1 Graphing
Method of solving a system of equations; also talked about 10.8
graphing systems of Inequalities, but no notes or assignment
9.1 pg 415: 1-11 odd
Tuesday
OB, EE
Tuesday
notes and discussion on 9.2 Substitution
Method of solving a system of equations
9.2 pg 419: 1-1-13 odd, 31, 33; 40 bonus
Wednesday
OB, EE
Wednesday
continued work on 9.2 assignment
see above, added #23
Thursday
OB, NL
Thursday
discussed and turned in 9.2 assignment; notes on 9.4
Addition/Subtraction Method (aka Elimination Method
9.4 pg 427: 1-11 odd
Friday
NL
Friday
fun with graphing--how to graph just about anything!
none
NL, ALu
Week of
3/15/10-3/19/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
notes on 8.5 Determining the Equation of
a Line; continued work on graphing packet
full graphing packet (8 pages)
Thursday
EK
Tuesday
notes on 10.2 Solving Inequalities;
continued work on graphing packet
10.2 pg 466: 1-31 odd
Graphing packet
packet due Th,
10.2 - Friday
EE, ALu
Wednesday
no class - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday
notes on 10.7 Graphing Inequalities
10.7 pg 492: 1-25 eoo, 27, 29
Monday
EE, EK, ALu
Friday
no class - making bagel lunches
Week of
3/8/10-3/12/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
No School - teacher professional
day
Tuesday
notes on 8.3 Slope of a Line; handed
out graphing packet of worksheets that we'll be using for this chapter
1st page (153) of graphing packet--slope of
a line
work at least uninterrupted 20 minutes on the packet
tonight
Friday
continued working on graphing packet
first 6 pages due by next Wednesday
Week of
3/1/10-3/5/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
discussed and turned in 6.6 assignment;
notes on Polynomial Long Division - it won't be on test, but I just
wanted to make students aware of it; TEST Thursday over Chapter 6
(6.1-6.6)
finish 6.6 if not done
for studying, work on Self-Tests 1-3 (pp. 258, 269, 277)
work on study
stuff as needed
Tuesday
gave out review sheets for 6.1-6.1; did some
group review over chapter basics
work on review sheets as needed
test Thursday
NS
Wednesday
finished reviewing for test
NS, DorG
Thursday
took test over Chapter 6
none
NS, DorG, EK
Friday
notes on Graphing Basics/Parts of a Graph, Solving
for y (to put in the form y = mx+b)
two worksheets on plotting points and solving for y;
read/skim through Ch 8
passed back ungraded quiz over 6.1-6.3,
discussed some specific problems; went over some problems on 6.5
assignment (from last week) and continued it in class
continued 5.11 assignment; did a little
extra work on squaring binomials/factoring perfect square trinomials
(section 5.6)
finish 5.11 (work about 1/2 hour)
Tuesday
TM
Tuesday
finished up 5.11 assignment
TM
Wednesday
notes on 5.12 Solving Equations Using
Factoring
5.12 pg 232: 1-45 eoo, 50 bonus
stop @29 for
Thursday
TM
Thursday
finished up 5.12, started review of chapter 5; Test
next Tuesday over Chapter 5
finish 5.12 if not done in class
Friday
RR
Friday
began in class review for test next Tuesday
review sheets
work on what you need the
most practice
Week of
1/19/10-1/22/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
NO SCHOOL - MLK Day
Tuesday
notes on 5.10 Factoring by Grouping
5.10 pg 225: 1-37 odd, 39-59 eoo
Wednesday (stop
@25)
RR
Wednesday
finished notes on 5.10, discussed last
night's HW; continued working in class on 5.10 assignment
5.10 (see above)
work about 25
minutes
NS
Thursday
discussed and turned in 5.10 assignment; notes on
5.11 Using Several Methods of Factoring
5.11 pg 228: 7-29 odd, 31-51 eoo
stop at #23
NS
Friday
continued working on 5.11 assignment in class
we'll work on rest of 5.11 in class Monday; work on it
this weekend if you like
NS, EK
Week of
1/11/10-1/15/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
notes on 5.8 Factoring Pattern x2+bx+c,
c negative
5.8 pg 218: 1-49 odd
stop @19 for
tomorrow
Tuesday
added some notes to 5.8 (started yesterday);
continued working on assignment in class
5.8 (see above)
Wednesday
DorG, EE
Wednesday
discussed and turned in 5.8 HW; notes on
5.9 Factoring Pattern ax2+bx+c
5.9 pg 222: 1-43 odd, 44 bonus
finish 1-19 for
Thursday
Thursday
continued 5.9 assignment
5.9 (see above)
Friday (full assignment)
Friday
did some more practice over ax2+bx+c
factoring patterns; turned in/discussed HW
puzzle sheets (pp 91, 92)
Tuesday (no class Monday--MLK
Day)
EK, NS
Week of
1/4/10-1/8/10
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
reviewed what we've covered so far in Ch. 5
(Polynomials); returned, discussed quiz over 5.2-5.4; continued working
on 5.5 HW and also handed out review puzzle packet
turned in 5.5 HW; continued working on
review puzzle packet in class; handed out
2010 Mathematics Game (click to download pdf of game, challenge your
parents!)
pages 1-3 of puzzle review packet; read
section 5.6 in prep for tomorrow
finished up 5.2 assignment in class; read through
section 5.3
complete 5.2 (see above)
Friday`
Friday
returned and went over quiz from Tuesday (4.5-4.9);
notes on 5.3 Monomial Factors of Polynomials, worked on
assignment in class; announced quiz next Thursday over 5.2-5.4
5.3 p196: 9-25 odd, 31-43
next Tuesday (no HW this
weekend)
ALu
Week of
11/30/09-12/4/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
notes on 4.8 Rate-Time-Distance Problems; Announced QUIZ over 4.5-4.9 for next Tuesday (12/8)
4.8 pg 170: 1, 3
Tuesday
Tuesday
went over last night's HW' worked on more
problems in class
4.8 (full assignment): 1-11 odd; 13 bonus
Wednesday
Wednesday
turned in 4.8 HW; notes on 4.9 Area
Problems
4.9 pg 173: 1, 3
Thursday
OB, EE
Thursday
continued working on 4.9 HW
added 5, 7, 9 to 4.9 assignment (see above)
Friday
Friday
went over the 4.9 HW; talked about what will be on the
quiz next Tuesday over 4.5-4.9; gave solutions to selected problems from
assignments that you can do for review/extra practice
start reviewing--see solutions
EE, OB, EK, BZ, NL
Week of
11/23/09-11/24/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
notes on 4.7 Transforming Formulas
4.7 pg 166: 1-23 odd; 26 & 28 bonus
Tuesday (work as
much a you can in about 30 minutes)
TM, ALu
Tuesday
took retake quiz over 4.1-4.1 (will be
averaged with first quiz only if score is an improvement); more work
with 4.7 Transforming Formulas
TM, ALu, NS, BZ, EE
Wednesday
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday
Friday
Week of
11/16/09-11/20/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
worked a little bit on the 4.5 assignment,
then put a freeze on that until after the quiz tomorrow; talked about
tomorrow's quiz over 4.1-4.4, handed out review sheet and solutions
study for quiz (review sheet will not be
collected, but use it as practice)
OB, QL, EK, RR
Tuesday
took quiz over 4.1-4.4
OB, EK
Wednesday
discussed/turned in 4.5 HW; began notes on
4.6 Multiplying Polynomials
4.6 pg 162: 9-21 odd
Thursday
Thursday
finished notes on 4.6, worked on assignment in class
4.6 pg 162: 9-41 odd, (43-47 extra challenge)
Friday
ALu
Friday
limited class today--students finishing bagel lunch
prep, then did a survey for Jim Joseph Foundation; handed back quizzes
and discussed them
finish 4.6 HW if not done yet
ALu, TM
Week of
11/9/09-11/13/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
discussed and turned in 4.2 HW; notes on
4.3 Multiplying Monomials
work on problems
as needed--they will not be collected
Tuesday
reviewed together in class for quiz
tomorrow; solutions for review sheet (given out today in class):
study!
EE, DoGo
Wednesday
took quiz over Chapter 3 word problems
none
Thursday
talked about DC trip
none
ALu
Friday
NO SCHOOL (for students, that is)--teacher professional
day
Week of
10/12/09-10/16/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
discussed 3.5 assignment (word problems) and
worked out some new problems in class
finish 3.4/3.5 assignment if not finished
yet
ASAP
TM, JM
Tuesday
notes on 3.7 Cost, Income, and Value
Problems
3.7 pg 127: 3, 7
Wednesday
TM, JM
Wednesday
worked some more problems together in class
3.7 (cont'd): 6, 10
Thursday
JM
Thursday
last day on 3.7
3.7: 9, 11, 13
Friday
JM, EE
Friday
announced quiz next Wednesday over word problems
from chapter 3 (3.4, 3.5, 3.7); worked on review sheet (same one that
was handed out for previous quiz) in class
work selected problems from review sheet (solutions
here: page 1,
2,
3,
4)
quiz next Wednesday--prepare
appropriately
JM
Week of
10/5/09-10/9/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
finished review for quiz tomorrow over
3.1-3.5 (skip 3.4)
study!
BZ
Tuesday
took Quiz over 3.1-3.5 (skip 3.4)
none
BZ, EE
Wednesday
notes on 3.4 Using Equations to Solve
Problems, started assignment in class
3.4 pg 113: 5-25 odd
Not HW--we'll
finish it in class
Thursday
continued working on 3.4, added some problems from 3.5
add 3.5 pg 118: 1-15 odd
work max of 25 minutes on 3.4
& 3.5
Friday
went over some of the problems from last nights
assignment
finish 3.4/3.5 assignments if not done (as much as you
can get, anyhow)
went over 3.5 assignment, turned it in; announced
quiz next Tuesday over sections 3.1-3.3, 3.5 (no word problems)
Mixed Review pg 110
Self-Test 1 pg 111
Friday
DoG, NS
Friday
Talked about quiz that will be next Tuesday; handed out
review sheet that you can work on, picking and choosing problems that
you need to work on most (it won't be collected)
review for quiz--see worksheet handed out today(solutions:
pg 1,
2,
3), and
also assignment from Thursday (see above)
Quiz Tuesday
NS, ALW
Week of
9/21/09-9/25/09
Day
Classwork
Assignment
Due date
Absent
Monday
reviewed for the quiz tomorrow over
Chapter 2 Integers Operations; took some notes on 3.2 Transforming
Equations w/ Multiplication & Division--we'll work on the assignment
tomorrow after the quiz
study for quiz--use self-tests, old HW
assignments, and chapter review (pg 89) as extra help
Tuesday
took quiz over Chapter 2 Integers; worked on
3.2 assignment after class
3.2 pg 104: 1-31 odd, 37-43 odd
Wednesday
OB, RR
Wednesday
went over quizzes from yesterday; notes on
3.3 Using Several Transformations (to solve equations)
3.3 pg 109: 1-19 odd
Thursday
OB
Thursday
went over last night's work, continued the assignment in
class after some more notes on 3.3
