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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 Wednesday  
Wednesday notes on 8.4 Slope-Intercept Form of a Line 3rd page (155) of graphing packet--slope-int form Thursday  
Thursday        
Friday        

Week of 3/1/10-3/5/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday notes on 12.1 Quadratic Equations with Perfect Squares 12.1 pg 563: 7-47 eoo, plus 41, 45 Tuesday AM
Tuesday handed back and reviewed Chapter 11 tests; began notes on 12.2 Completing the Square read section 12.2 Wednesday AM, LM
Wednesday notes on 12.2 Completing the Square 
12.2 pg 566: 7-27 odd, 28-30 all Thursday AM
Thursday notes on 12.3 Quadratic Formula 12.3 pg 569: 1-25 odd get to at least 17 for Friday AM
Friday notes on Graphing Basics/Parts of a Graph worksheet on plotting points Tuesday  

Week of 2/22/10-2/26/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday notes on 11.10 Simple Radical Equations; reminder: TEST over Chapter 11 Thursday; handed out review sheet 11.10 pg 548: 13-45 eoo, 47 Tuesday  
Tuesday Took California Mathematics League math contest work on review sheets for Chapter 11 (given out last Thursday) Wednesday  
Wednesday handed back math contest from yesterday--congratulations to Danny S. for a perfect score of 40!
Review for test tomorrow over Ch 11
study! Use Chapter review, self-tests, and review sheets that I handed out    
Thursday test over Chapter 11 Radicals none    
Friday Purim - No Class      

Week of 2/16/10-2/19/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday No School - Presidents Day
Tuesday notes on 11.8 Adding & Subtracting Radicals; started assignment in class 11.8 pg 541: 1-21 eoo, 23-37 odd Wednesday JC, MS, RS, BY, NZ
Wednesday discussed and turned in 11.8 assignment; notes on 11.9 Multiplication of Binomials Containing Radicals 11.9 pg 545: 1-21 eoo, 23-33 odd; 45, 47 challenge Thursday ALev, DSar, DSut, BY, NZ
Thursday turned in 11.9 HW; worked on review wksht covering last couple of sections none   BY, NZ
Friday took practice math contest (actual is next Tuesday); Test over Chapter 11 next Thursday finish wksht from yesterday   BY, NZ

Week of 2/8/10-2/12/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday notes on 11.3 Rational Square Roots 11.3 pg 519: 17-37 odd, 45, 47 Tuesday BY, JC
Tuesday discussed and turned in HW; notes on 11.4 Irrational Square Roots 11.4 pg 522: 1-29 odd Wednesday JC, BY
Wednesday turned in 11.4 HW; notes on 11.5 Square Roots of variable Expressions 11.5 pg 526: 9-37 odd Thursday BY, RS, MS
Thursday notes & discussion on 11.6 Pythagorean Theorem (no assignment; notes on 11.7 Multiplying, Dividing, and Simplifying Radicals 11.7 pg 538: 9-57 eoo do about 30 minutes of work for Friday RS, MS
Friday returned and went over Test over Chapter 6; discussed 11.7 assignment and continued working on it (some turned it in) 11.7 (see above) Tuesday MS, RS, JC

Week of 2/1/10-2/5/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday finished notes on 6.7 Polynomial Long Division; announced test on Friday over chapter 6 6.7 pg 274: 9-33 eoo, 35, 38 Tuesday MS, BY
Tuesday discussed and turned in 6.7 assignment; talked about complex fraction and worked on assignment Extra | Complex Fractions pg 278: 10, 13, 17, 19, 36 Wednesday AM, DavS
Wednesday went over last night's assignment (it will not be turned in for a grade); pop quiz over 6.5 (worth a 5 point HW assignment); began review for test on Friday over Ch 6 work on Self-Tests 1-3 in book Thursday  
Thursday reviewed in class for test tomorrow over Ch 6; handed out extra review sheets STUDY!    
Friday took test over chapter 6      

Week of 1/25/10-1/29/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday continued working on 6.5 assignment; started reviewing for quiz Wednesday over 6.1-6.4 finish 6.5; Self-Test 2 (for review) Tuesday JC
Tuesday reviewed for quiz tomorrow     JC, BY
Wednesday quiz over 6.1-6.4 read 6.6
6.6 pg 271: 17-37 odd, 43, 45
stop @ 25 for tomorrow  
Thursday discussed 6.6 Mixed Expressions (no notes), continued working on it in class 6.6 (see above) Friday  
Friday notes on 6.7 Dividing Polynomial none   AB

Week of 1/19/10-1/22/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday

NO SCHOOL - MLK Day

Tuesday discussed and turned in 6.1/6.2 HW; handed back and reviewed test over chapter 5 none   GR, AB
Wednesday notes on 6.3 Dividing Fractions 6.3 pg 256: 9-37 eoo, 39-45 odd, 46 bonus Thursday GR
Thursday notes on 6.4 Least Common Denominators 6.4 pg 261: 1-41 eoo Friday MS, SC
Friday went over 6.4 HW, I did not collect it for a grade; notes on 6.5 Addition and Subtracting Fractions 6.5 pg 267: 1-29 eoo, 31, 35-55 odd, 58 bonus finish through 41 by Monday SC

Week of 1/11/10-1/15/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday reviewed for Test tomorrow over chapter 5; handed out another review sheet covering sections 5.6-5.9, plus solutions study!    
Tuesday took test over chapter 5 none   DanG
Wednesday worked some problems from 5.13 together that involved word problems with polynomials none   NB, DSt
Thursday notes on 6.1/6.2 Simplify/Multiply Fractions 6.1 pg 249: 9-43 odd, 47, 49
6.2 pg 252: 13-33 eoo, 35-59 odd
  DSt
Friday continued working on 6.1 & 6.2 6.1/6.2 assignments (see above) Tuesday (no class Monday--MLK Day) DSu, AC

Week of 1/4/10-1/8/10

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday quick review of what we've covered so far in Ch 5 Polynomials; continued working on 5.11 assignment 5.11 pg 228: 7-47 eoo, 49-55 odd finish through 51 by Tuesday  
Tuesday discussed and turned in 5.11 HW; handed out review puzzle packet (6 pages total); Test over Chapter 5 tentatively scheduled for early next week (Monday or Tuesday) finish pages 1 & 2 of review packet    
Wednesday continued working on review puzzle packet finish the review packet (6 pages) Thursday DSar (late), BY
Thursday notes on 5.12 Solving Equations by Factoring; TEST next Tuesday over chapter 5 5.12 pg 232: 9-53 odd stop @35 for tomorrow BY, JC
Friday continued 5.12 assignment, handed out review sheet for test next Tuesday 5.12 if not done yet (see above); review for test 5.12 due Monday DSar, AM, DSut

Week of 12/14/09-12/18/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday continued working on assignment 5.8; worked on some review sheets when finished finish 5.8 Tuesday GR, DB
Tuesday notes on 5.9 factoring Pattern ax2 + bx + c 5.9 pg 222: 1-21 eoo, 23-43 odd; 45, 46 bonus Wednesday AM
Wednesday went over 5.9 HW; notes on 5.10 Factoring by Grouping 5.10 pg 225: 9-59 odd stop at #23 for Thursday JC
Thursday finished up 5.10 assignment in class finish 5.10 if not done in class; read 5.11 pg 227 Friday JC, DSar, NZ
Friday discussed 5.10 HW from last night and worked on it more during class no HW!  Enjoy your break!   JC

Week of 12/7/09-12/11/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday reviewed for quiz tomorrow over 5.2-5.6; students received review sheet with solutions  that they can use for practice study!   AM, DB
Tuesday took quiz over 5.2-5.6; read through 5.7 Factoring Pattern for x2+bx+c, c Positive and began assignment 5.7 pg 215: 1-55 odd; 56 bonus finish through #25 for Wed. BY
Wednesday discussed section 5.7 and methods for working out problems; continued working on assignment in class 5.7 (see above) Thursday AD
Thursday turned in 5.7; notes on 5.8 Factoring Pattern for x2+bx+c, c Negative 5.8 pg 218: 1-55 odd we'll finish it in class Friday  
Friday returned and went over quiz from 5.2-5.6; continued working on 5.8 in class none    

Week of 11/30/09-12/4/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday worked on area problems for section 5.3;
Announce QUIZ next Tuesday (12/8) over 5.2-5.6
5.3 (cont'd) pg 198: 1-11 odd; mixed review 1-9 all Tuesday  
Tuesday notes and discussion on 5.4 Multiplying Binomials Mentally 5.4 pg 201: 1-37 eoo, 39-49 odd Wednesday  
Wednesday discussed and turned in 5.4 HW; notes on 5.5 Difference of Two Squares 5.5 pg 206: 11-17 odd, 33-65 odd finish through 51 by Thursday  
Thursday finished 5.5 assignment in class; started working on 5.6 assignment in class finish 5.5 if not done in class
5.6 pg 210 1-13 odd, 21-65 odd
finish through 31 on 5.6 by Friday  
Friday worked on 5.6 assignment; reminder: QUIZ next Tuesday covering 5.2-5.6 finish 5.6 if not done in class
work on Self-test 1 (pg 199) and 2 (pg 212) to review for quiz
5.6 due Monday  

Week of 11/23/09-11/24/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday notes on 5.3 Monomial Factors of Polynomials 5.3 pg 196: 31-41 odd Tuesday DSa
Tuesday finished discussion about 5.3 (no more notes), continued assignment full assignment for 5.3: 9-53 odd; 54 bonus Monday (11/30) DSa, MS, DaGo
Wednesday

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday
Friday

Week of 11/16/09-11/20/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday started/continued 4.10 assignment; handed out review sheet for QUIZ on Wednesday covering 4.7-4.10 4.10 pg 176: 3-15 odd, 16 bonus Tuesday (4.10); review sheet will not be collected AM, KR, SC
Tuesday finished reviewing for quiz over 4.7-4.10 study for quiz tomorrow   AM, RS, AL
Wednesday took quiz over 4.7-4.10 read over section 5.1 pg 185    
Thursday quick notes on 5.1 Factoring Integers 5.1 pg 185: 1-51 odd; 52 bonus Friday DSu
Friday turned in HW; notes on 5.2 Dividing Monomials 5.2 pg 192: 7-29 odd, 35-49 odd, 53-59 odd finish through 45 by Monday AC, JC

Week of 11/9/09-11/13/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday notes on 4.8 Rate-Time-Distance Problems 4.8 pg 170: 1, 3, 9-15 odd; 17, 19 challenge problems finish through #9 by Tuesday AM, BY
Tuesday finished 4.8 assignment in class 4.8 (see above) Wednesday JC
Wednesday notes on 4.9 Area Problems; started assignment in class--do your best on these.  If you can't get some of them, we'll discuss them in class--no worries! 4.9 pg 173: 1-11 odd; 12 bonus Friday  
Thursday No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday discussed and turned in the 4.9 assignment; short discussion on 4.10 Problems Without Solutions; talked about quiz next week over 4.7-4.10 none   JC, AL, AB, DSt

Week of 11/2/09-11/6/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday returned Test over 4.1-4.6 Polynomials; worked on test corrections in class finish test corrections; read section 4.7 pg 165 (try out a few of the odd problems if you like) Tuesday GR
Tuesday went over test correction from quiz, turned them in; notes on 4.7 Transforming Formulas 4.7 pg 166 1-15 odd Wednesday MS, AC
Wednesday no class--assembly for special speaker from Uganda      
Thursday discussed 4.7 a little more, worked some problems together 4.7 pg 166: 1-29 odd Friday DSa, JC, AM
Friday sub today (Michael); practice for the Math Contest from the California Mathematics League none    

Week of 10/26/09-10/30/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday Gone to DC!  Follow our travels to, from, and in our nation's capital at the official DC trip blog.
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Friday

Week of 10/19/09-10/22/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday reminder: QUIZ Thursday over 4.1-4.6; discussed/turned in 4.5 HW assignment; notes on 4.6 Multiplying Polynomials 4.6 pg 162: 9-27 odd, 28, 29-49 odd, 50 (49, 50 optional challenge problems) finish through #25 for tomorrow  
Tuesday finished working on 4.6 in class; started reviewing for quiz on Thursday work on Self-test 1 (pg 151) and Self-test 2 (pg 164) for review Wednesday JC
Wednesday reviewed for quiz tomorrow (received a worksheet with some more problems, solutions included) study!   AM
Thursday took quiz over 4.1-4.6 Polynomials; we'll dover the rest of the chapter when we get back from DC none    
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 and turned in 4.2 assignment; handed the Chapter 3 tests back, went over them in detail; students who scored 80% and below (see engrade), or 80+% and feel they need some help on certain issues, need to come see me at lunch none   NB, NZ
Tuesday 4.3 Multiplying Monomials 4.3 pg 153: 11-51 odd Wednesday  
Wednesday discussed 4.3 HW, turned it in; 4.4 Powers of Monomials 4.4 pg 157: 9-53 odd Thursday  
Thursday went over 4.4 HW. turned it in; reviewed in class what we've covered so far in Chapter 4 (polynomials) Mixed Review pg 157: 1-9 all Friday  
Friday notes on 4.5 Multiplying a Polynomial by a Binomial; QUIZ next Thursday over 4.1-4.6 4.5 pg 159: 19-39 odd, 40-44 all; 42 & 44 are bonus Monday MS, RS, NB

Week of 10/5/09-10/9/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday finished review for Test tomorrow over Chapter 3 study!   DB
Tuesday Took Test over chapter 3 none   DB, AM
Wednesday notes on 4.1 Exponents, began assignment in class 4.1 pg 144: 12-23 all, 33-47 odd no HW--we'll finish in class  
Thursday notes on 4.2 Adding/Subtracting Polynomials 4.2 pg 148: 1-55 odd` stop at #19 for tonight, finish 4.1 assignment JC, NZ, BY
Friday continued working on 4.2 assignment in class finish 4.2 if not done in class Monday  

Week of 9/29/09-10/2/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday no school      
Tuesday notes on 3.7 Cost, Income, and Value Problems; problems that use charts/tables for organization 3.7 pg 128: 5-9 odd; finish 3.5 WP if you didn't finish Wednesday RS, NZ
Wednesday worked on the rest of 3.7 assignment 3.7 pg 128: 5-17 odd (full assignment) (17 is bonus) Thursday DSu
Thursday went over the 3.7 HW assignment; announced test next Tuesday over Chapter 3 Solving Equations (includes word problems) none   DSu
Friday Talked about Test 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) work on review sheet--solution here (pg 1, 2, 3, 4) Test Tuesday ALe

Week of 9/21/09-9/25/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday went over quizzes and returned HW; short notes on 3.3 Using Several Transformations (to solve equations) 3.3 pg 110: 13-31 odd Tuesday  
Tuesday continued working on 3.3 assignment add 33-59 odd onto 3.3 (see above); read section 3.5 pg 116 Wednesday GR
Wednesday went over 3.3 HW; notes on 3.5 Equations w/ Variables on Both Sides 3.5 pg 118: 19-31 odd, 32-36 all, 37-47 odd Thursday  
Thursday notes on 3.4 Using Equations to Solve Problems 3.4 pg 113: 13-33 odd (stop at 25 for tonight)
3.5 pg 119: 5-19 odd
Friday (stop at #25) AC
Friday reviewed the HW from last night finish the 3.4 assignment Tuesday AC, NB

Week of 9/14/09-9/18/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday went over the 2.7 HW; announced quiz Thursday over operations with integers (Chapter 2) for Review: Self tests on pp. 64, 78, 86 Tuesday DB (tardy)
Tuesday covered 3.1 Transforming Equations: Addition & Subtraction 3.1 pg 97: 25-59 odd; word problems 4-7, 17, 19, 20 Wednesday  
Wednesday 3.2 Transforming Equations: Multiplication & Division 3.2 pg 104: 13-27 odd, 37-51 odd finish after quiz tomorrow  
Thursday took quiz over Chapter 2 (Integers); continued 3.2 assignment (see above) Monday AM
Friday NO SCHOOL - Rash ha-Shanah      

Week of 9/8/09-9/11/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday NO SCHOOL - Labor Day      
Tuesday No class - President Obama speech      
Wednesday went over HW from 2.6; did some review work on 1.5 Translating Sentences into Equations 1.5 pg 20: 1-35 odd Thursday  
Thursday notes on 2.8/2.9 Reciprocals/Dividing Integers 2.8 pg 81: 15-31 every other odd (eoo), 33
2.9 pg 85: 1-33 eoo, 35
Friday  
Friday discussed 2.8/2.9 HW; short talk on 2.7 Problem Solving: Consecutive Integers 2.7 pg 77: 1-18 all Monday  

Week of 8/31/09-9/4/09

Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Monday notes on 1.6 (Holt) Factors & Exponents; announced quiz Wednesday over what we've covered so far (1.1, 1.4, 1.5 in Holt packet) 1.6 (Holt) pg 17: 1-6 all, 7-25 odd Tuesday  
Tuesday received books; went over 1.6 HW and turned it in; notes on 2.2 Adding on a Number Line *Study for tomorrow's quiz
*2.2 pg 52: 11-37 odd, Mixed Review 1-9 all
2.2 due Thursday  
Wednesday took quiz; finished working on 2.2 HW (see yesterday's assignment) added 2.3 pg 56: 23-43 odd to yesterday's assignment 2.2/2.3 due Thursday  
Thursday discussed 2.4 Subtracting Real Numbers 2.4 pg 61:  19-59 odd; Word Problems 1-11 odd, 12 Friday DB
Friday 2.6 Rules for Multiplication 2.6 pg 72: 9-29 odd, 37-57 odd Tuesday DaSa

Week of 8/26/09-8/28/09
Day Classwork Assignment Due date Absent
Wednesday First Day of School!  Went over class rules/expectations, class supplies (1-inch binder, dividers, loose leaf paper, pencils), and other generalities get your class supplies!
1.1 (Holt) pg 3: 15-27 odd, 31-47 odd
ASAP on class supplies
1.1 due Thurs.
 
Thursday notes on 1.4 (Holt packet) Distributive Property 1.4 (holt) pg 13:  6-30 even, 33-41 all Friday GR
Friday notes on 1.5 (holt) Combining Like Terms 1.5 pg 15: 16-32 even, 42-50 even Monday JC, GR