Be sure to understand the following words:  translation (slide), rotation (turn), reflection (flip), clockwise, counter-clockwise, x-axis, y-axis, 90 degree turn, 180 degree turn.

Math

5th & 6th Periods: Worksheet, Homework 1.2

7th Period:  p. 108, # 12-44 even (7th period is doing work from the book because of their behavior)

I will be out tomorrow for a meeting of the Key Leaders Network.  I am sure that I will learn a lot while I am there.  Students will work on review for the Progress Monitoring test that will be given on Friday.  This test will measure their progress on the following objectives:

• Determine measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and the range using a given set of data or graphs including histograms, frequency tables, and stem-and-leaf plots.
• Use the order of operations to evaluate numerical expressions.
• Translate verbal phrases into algebraic expressions and algebraic expressions into verbal phrases.

Pre-Algebra started Integers today after the test.  Their assignment is pp. 59-61, #20-76 even.  Many students were able to finish this before they left class today.  I will give them 5 minutes at the beginning of class tomorrow to finish it up, but if that is not enough time for them to finish because of tonight’s ball game, they can bring the work to me on Monday.  We will begin something else tomorrow, and this would give them two assignments over the weekend. 

Math classes have a worksheet over mean, median, mode and range.  It was very short.  I had planned to give a retest over Chapter 2 tomorrow, but I have not done the things in class that I wanted them to do before I tested them again.  We will review tomorrow and have the retest on Monday.

I did not assign homework today.  Math did have a worksheet to do in class that needs to be completed by tomorrow, but they should have had time to finish it in class.  I will be giving tests Thursday over Chapter 1.

Last night’s homework:

Math: p. 28, #1-20

Pre-Algebra: pp. 31-32, #14-24 even, 42-52 even, 62-72 even

Today Pre-Algebra worked with graphing on the coordinate plane.  They had time to work on their assignment during class.  It was pp. 36-38, #12-56 even.

Math classes learned about properties of numbers.  We took notes on a Foldable, and the assignment is pp. 32-33, #12-26 even, 39, 42-48, 52-56 even.

I reminded students of my late work policy.  The only circumstance under which I take late work (if the student was in class the days it was assigned and checked) is with a note from a parent.  If your child does not have time to complete their work tonight (I’m thinking of football players and cheerleaders), I will let them have an extra day if they bring me a note from you tomorrow saying they didn’t have time to complete it.

Go Black Bears! 

We decided to split this chapter in half and test tomorrow so that we will have plenty of test grades before progress reports.  We reviewed in class today, and the test tomorrow will cover sections 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4.  Tonight’s homework assignment is the workbook pages over those sections.  This is for math and pre-algebra. 

Open House will be Tuesday, September 12 at 6:00 pm. I am looking forward to seeing you there.

We took our first test today.   I will try to have them graded by Monday.  5th period did not finish before time for class to end.  They can finish on Monday.  There was an assignment after the test that is for homework if it was not finished in class.  All classes had to do all the problems on page 5 in their textbook without using a calculator.

Have a great weekend!

Pre-Algebra:

We looked at misleading statistics today.  I found some interesting articles on this topic that you might enjoy.  Here is a quiz to see if you understand.  The homework assignment is pp. 632-633, #6-13 all. 

Math:

The quiz took much longer than expected today, so we did not begin a new lesson.  The homework for tonight is from the Practice Skills Workbook, Lessons 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4.  These are on pages 10, 12, and 13.  You only have to do the odd problems.  I passed out the workbooks in class today.  You may write in the workbooks, and they are yours to keep.

We will return to class tomorrow to finish the Data Analysis chapter.  We will do two more sections and then have a test on Friday.  The work I assigned last week is due tomorrow.  Here is a summary of what I have planned for this week:

 Pre-Algebra

Monday:  Computer lab, finish pp. 620-621, #10-24 even

Tuesday:  Histograms, pp. 626-627, #12-28 all

Wednesday: Quiz over 12.1-12.4, Misleading Statistics, pp. 632-633, #6-13 all

Thursday:  Review Chapter 12, Study Guide Workbook pages 12.1, 5.8, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Friday: Test over Chapter 12

Math

Monday:  Computer lab, finish p. 568, Lesson 2.4, #1-12

Tuesday:  Stem-and-Leaf Plots, pp. 78-79, #12-18 even, 19-21, 23-25, 35

Wednesday:  Quiz over 2.1-2.4, Bar Graphs and Histograms, pp. 88-89, #8-14 even, 15, 18-21, 23

Thursday:  Review Chapter 2, Practice Skills Workbook Lessons 2.1-2.4, 2.5, 2.7

Friday: Chapter 2 Test