Wednesday, June 8th
- Reviewed homework
- Continued review work - MHS Practice Exam
Monday, June 6th
- Returned and reviewed the last two chapter tests - share your marks with your parents
- Reviewed homework
- Review Handout "Fair Themed Questions"
Friday, June 3rd
- Reviewed homework
- Wrote the Mini-Standard Test
- Review Handouts
- "Review Word Problems"
- "Algebra Review"
- Will use part of English to do the Review Slide Show since we did not have enough time this morning
- Is available in the Pages & Files Section for your referral
Wednesday, June 1st
- Returned and reviewed Quiz on Parallelograms & Triangles - get it signed by your parents
- Reviewed homework - May Quick Review & Chapter Review
- Continued Chapter Review
- Workbook
- Pg 171 # 3
- Pg 172 # 1, 3
- Pg 174 # 4
- Pg 176 - All
- Pg 177 # 3
- Pg 178 # 9, 15
- Review Handout - "Review Word Problems"
- Reminder: Mini-Chapter Test Friday, June 3rd
- Update your memory aid with all your formulas and hints for metric conversion
Monday, May 30th
- Returned and reviewed Quiz on Squares & Rectangles
- Get it signed by your parents
- Reviewed homework on Triangles & Trapezoids
- Quiz on Parallelograms and Triangles
- Discussion and Examples of Area of Complex Shapes
- Work in Workbook
- Pg 168 # 1, 2
- Pg 169 # 1,2
- Pg 170 # 1, 2
- Mini-Standard Chapter Test
Thursday, May 26th - Subs
- Period Two - Area
- Reviewed homework on Parallelograms & Triangles
- Continued work on Area of a Triangle
- Notes of Area of a Trapezoid
- Work
- Back of notes - Pizzazz Page
- Textbook
- Pg 164 # 7
- Pg 165 # 10 - 15
- Quiz next class on Parallelograms & Triangles
- Period 4 - Year End Review
- Reviewed the answers to the 2018 Review Handout
- Continued year end review
- Quick May Review - due Wednesday, June 1st
Wednesday, May 25th
- Reviewed homework
- Quiz on Perimeter and Area of a Square & Rectangle
- Notes on Area of a Triangle
- Work
- Textbook (Parallelogram)
- Pg 154 # 8, 10
- Pg 155 # 16
- Handout 5.2 (Triangle)
- Tomorrow - Double Math
- Period Two - Area of Triangle & Trapezoid
- Period Four - Review for the end of the year (Go over answers to 2018 Package and start a new one)
Thursday, May 19th
- Reviewed homework
- Completed a handout on Word Problems for Squares & Rectangles
- Started Area of a Parallelogram
- Quiz next class (Wednesday, May 25th) on Perimeter of Regular & Irregular Polygons and Area of a Square & Rectangle
Tuesday, May 17th
- Started the last chapter: Perimeter & Area
- Notes & Discussion on Metric Conversion and Formulas for Perimeter of Regular and irregular Polygons, Area of Squares & Rectangles
- Work
- Mini-Handout - metric conversion
- Workbook
- Pg 160 # 3 - 5
- Pg 161 - All
- Pg 162 # 3 - 7
- Pg 163 # 1, 2, 3 - 5
- Pg 164 # 1, 3, 5
- This weeks end of year review: Handout 2018 - We will review the answers next Wednesday
Friday, May 13th
- Chapter Test
- 17 days of class left - so only 12 periods of Math!
- One last chapter - Perimeter & Area
- Lots of review
- Exam Period:
- C1: Situational Problem: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
- C2: Mathematical Reasoning (like a longer chapter test): Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Thursday, May 12
- Returned and reviewed Quiz # 2
- Reviewed homework
- Completed the last of Chapter Review
- Create your memory aid for tomorrow's chapter test
- Period 2 instead of Period 3
Wednesday, May 11th
- Field Trip to the Science Center
Tuesday, May 10th (sub)
- Reviewed homework
- Chapter review in the Workbook
Friday, May 6th
- Triangles & Quadrilaterals - Classifying & Properties
- Work
- Handout - Triangle Properties
- Workbook
- Pg 123 - Classify by angle & side (Ex: Acute Isosceles)
- Pizzaz Worksheet D-34 & D-35
- Workbook
- April Problem of the Day - Starting to review for the end of the year exam
- Solve each problem (your answers will be 1 - 30 - no duplicates)
- Cut out the questions and glue them on the appropriate date (match your answer to the date)
- Due by: Friday, May 13th
- Chapter Test: Friday, May 13th
Wednesday, May 4th
- Reviewed homework
- Quiz # 2 - Lines & Angle Relationships
- No homework
Monday, May 2nd
- Returned and reviewed Geometry Quiz # 1 - Lines and Angles
- Get it signed by your parents
- Re-test for those who failed and wish to improve their grade - Thursday at 11:20
- Let me know in advance so I have the right number of copies
- Reviewed homework, then continued work on Alternate & Corresponding Angles
- Workbook
- Handouts
- Pizzaz - D-32 & D-33
- "Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal"
- Quiz next class - see list of topics below
Friday, April 29th
- Practiced finding missing angles
- Reviewed homework
- Introduced Angle Relationships Part 2: Corresponding & Alternate Angles
- We will continue with this concept Monday
- Next Quiz: Wednesday, May 4th - on all concepts since the last quiz
- Parallel & Perpendicular Lines
- Line & Angle Bisectors
- Angle Relationships: Adjacent, Vertically Opposite, Complementary, Supplementary, Corresponding & Alternate
- The Angles in a Triangle
- Finding missing angles using all this knowledge & being able to explain your steps
Wednesday, April 27th
- Two Truths & One Lie Activity
- Reviewed Homework
- Triangle Conjecture to discover the sum of the angles in any triangle
- Work
- Workbook
- Pg 121 # 7 - 10, 12, 15
- Pg 122 # 4 - 6
- Pg 123 - All
- Pg 125 - 129 - All
Monday, April 25th
- Notes on Angle Relationships
- Work
- Workbook
- Pg 119 & 120
- Pg 121 # 1 - 6, 11, 13, 14, 16
- Pg 122 # 1 - 3
- Handout - Pizzaz Pages D-30 & D-31
Thursday, April 21st
- Quiz on intro concepts
- Lines & Bisectors - finished discussion, completed a worksheet & reviewed the answers
- Started talking about Angles Relationships
Tuesday, April 19th
- Reviewed all the work from the different stations
- Quiz Thursday on these concepts
- Review the words notes, paying special attention to words in bold
- Review the kinds of questions that I asked you to do in your workbook and in your handouts
- Discussed and did notes on Lines & Bisectors
- Parallel
- Perpendicular
- Perpendicular Bisector
- Angle Bisector
- We will work on these new concepts next class
Thursday, April 14th
- Small situational problem
- Finished the geometry stations handouts
- Finish anything that you did not complete in class
Wednesday, April 13th
- Reviewed homework
- Started the Geometry Chapter with some review stations
- Will complete the work tomorrow - no homework
Tuesday, April 12th
- Mini-Chapter Test (45 minutes)
- Revisiting Chapter Questions from Ratio, Rate & %
- Handout
- Find and correct the errors in the solutions
- We will start Geometry tomorrow - bring you geometry set
Wednesday, April 6th
- Reviewed homework
- Quiz on Solving Problems with a Table of Values
- Chapter Review
- Workbook
- Pg 109 & 110
- Pg 107 # 6 - 9
- Mini-Chapter Test: Tuesday, April 12th
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- No review - just tables of values work
Friday, April 1st
- Reviewed homework
- Continued work on Solving Problems with a Table of Values
- Nelson Textbook
- Orange Textbook
- Pg 141
- Pg 144 # 7
- Pg 145 # 8, 10
- Pg 46 # 12, 13
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Some Useful Websites for Extra Practice:
https://www.khanacademy.org/
An excellent free site that covers all math topics - tutorial videos with examples explained step-by-step,
plus practice questions (quiz style) with immediate feedback
http://mathtrain.tv/
A free site which has student created video explanations (sometimes easier for kids to understand) for
most of the content that we teach
https://www.mathplayground.com/
A game based site that works on mastering the basics (like multiplication and division) which are crucial
- memorization of these facts allows the brain to be free to grapple with harder concepts
https://www.math-aids.com/
A worksheet creator that allows you to control the topic, the number of questions and the difficulty level
- a great place to start when looking for extra practice