Monday, March 12, 2012

We began with this opener (pdf).

We then continued our review for the midterm (lesson, pdf). Our midterm is tomorrow.

Your homework is:

1. Review for the midterm. Look over your notes, work some problems from Coolmath or from the textbook, revisit the Moodle and take any of the pre-assessments we've done so far this semester, go over the review worksheets, or prepare some other way you think will help you. Make sure you study and are prepared for the midterm, including bringing a 3 by 5 note card with whatever you think might help you on it and a calculator with you to the midterm. You can start as early as 7:10 am if you wish.

Friday, March 9, 2012

We began with this opener (pdf).

We then continued our review for the midterm (lesson, pdf). Our midterm will be on Tuesday, March 13th.

Your homework is:

1. Review for the midterm. Look over your notes, work some problems from Coolmath or from the textbook, revisit the Moodle and take any of the pre-assessments we've done so far this semester, go over the review worksheet, or prepare some other way you think will help you.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Shortened class today due to TCAP. We began with our common assessment over exponents (key, pdf).

We then reviewed some more for the midterm (lesson, pdf). Our midterm will be on Tuesday, March 13th. Our next class will be on Friday of this week.

Your homework is:

1. Review for the midterm. Look over your notes, work some problems from Coolmath or from the textbook, revisit the Moodle and take any of the pre-assessments we've done so far this semester, or prepare some other way you think will help you.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Shortened class today due to TCAP. We began with this opener (pdf).

We then began our review for the midterm (lesson, pdf). Our midterm will be on Tuesday, March 13th.

We also talked about how we would have a common assessment tomorrow over exponents.

Your homework is:

1. Please prepare for the common assessment tomorrow over exponents. You can look over what we did today, your old notes, or go to the Moodle and retake the online pre-assessments we took earlier this semester over exponents.
   
2. Check the portal for the results of your assessments last week, fill out your student checklist with your results, and make a plan for retake (if necessary), including making an appointment. 

Monday, December 12, 2011

We reviewed for the final exam (lesson, pdf).

Remember that our final is first thing tomorrow morning, from 7:21 am until 8:46 am. While I anticipate you finishing in that amount of time, you can stay into the second final (which you have off) to finish if necessary. I will start distributing finals at 7:15 to anyone who is there (in case you want a few extra minutes), so please come in to class quietly when you do come in.

Don't forget to bring a calculator, at least two pencils, some scratch paper, and a note card if you want. Please also bring something to study/work on in case you finish early.

Your homework for tonight is:

1. Review for the final (both the multiple choice from Friday and the free response from today). Make sure you have all of the above to bring with you to class tomorrow. Get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, and try to get to class by 7:15 tomorrow.
   
2. While not a requirement, I would really, really, really, really (did I mention really?) like you to take 5-10 minutes and thoughtfully fill out this evaluation of me. You don't have to do it tonight, but sometime this week would be great. Thanks.
   
   
   
3. I will still be accepting donations for Kiva all week. Either bring them to the final tomorrow, or stop by my office any time all week. Thanks. (Total so far: $17.54; Last year: $71.41 from class, $300 total.)

Friday, December 9, 2011

We began with our assessment over Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities (key, pdf). As we discussed in class, I've decided not to count this one since I've been gone so much lately. I'd still like you to review the key and try to master the material.

We then reviewed for the final exam (lesson, pdf).

Your homework for this weekend is:

1. Review for the final exam.I gave you two packets, one for the multiple choice portion of the final and one for the free response portion of the final. You definitely need to do the multiple choice part this weekend. I will either post the key to the blog or email it to your google apps account (or perhaps both), most likely on Sunday (because I want you to work through it before getting the key). The key (pdf) is now posted.
   
   The second packet is the free response review. I highly recommend you work through that this weekend as well, although you don't have to. We will go over that in class on Monday, but I think it will be a much more valuable review for you if you have already tried to work the problems this weekend. So it's up to you, but I would highly recommend it.
   
2. Any more donations for Kiva? It would be great if you could bring some in on Monday, although I will accept them all next week. (Total so far: $17.02; Last year: $71.41 from class, $300 total.)
   
3. You might check out this article with suggestions for how best to prepare for finals.

Friday, September 23, 2011

I had to take my daughter to an appointment this morning, so Mrs. Blechschmidt kindly filled in. It was also a shortened class due to the pep assembly in the afternoon.

Today was a Carnegie Hall Day (practice, practice, practice) where you spent a lot of time reviewing how to graph a linear equation using intercepts, as well as some review over distributive property, solving equations with variables on both sides, proportions and percents, and dimensional analysis (no, I can't really run a 4.4 forty, unless it was 40 feet). If you didn't finish in class, please finish for homework this weekend (here's the key, pdf).

Your homework for the weekend is:

1. Have fun - and be safe - at all the homecoming activities.
   
2. Finish the review worksheet if you didn't finish in class.
   
3. Prepare for the Graphing Linear Equations by Using Intercepts Assessment on Monday. There are a variety of ways to do that including, but not limited to: review the online pre-assessment; review your notebook and/or the openers and lessons posted on the blog; review the video, work some practice problems in your textbook or that you find online. You can, of course, also get help from me, another math teacher, a teacher in the Study Center, a peer tutor in the Study Center, or a parent, sibling or friend. Do whatever works best for you, but make sure you're prepared. The expectation is that you should all be able to do very well on this assessment.