Monday, 3/6-  Section 8.2- Graphing Equations y=ax² + c Tuesday, 3/7- Section 8.3- Graphing Equations y=ax² +bx +c Wednesday, 3/8-  Quiz Sections 8.1-8.3 Thursday, 3/9- Sections 8.4- Vertex Form Friday, 3/10- Section 8.4, continued   8th Grade Schedule Monday, 3/6-  Sections 8.1 and 8.2- Graphing y=ax² and y=ax²+b Tuesday, 3/7- Sections 8.2, continued Wednesday and Thursday- Benchmark testing at the middle school.  If testing is completed and student return to regular classes, we will start section 8.3. Friday, 3/9- Section 8.3- Graphing y=ax²+bx+c ..read more

Monday, January 23:  Chapter 6 Review:  Topics include exponent properties, exponential functions and characteristics, exponential growth/decay.  A review worksheet will be going home today.  It will be extra credit if turned in completed on Tuesday. Tuesday, January 24:  Chapter 6 Test Wednesday, January 25:  Begin Chapter 7 over Polynomials.  Today we will learn what a polynomial is and how to classify it. Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27:  Chapter 7.1- Adding and Subtracting Polynomials.  We will have in-class practice as well as DAILY ..read more

We will start this week with a review of some basic (yet very important) topics, followed by some topics we had to skip over from the first semester. Tuesday, January 3:  Review practice for solving equations, rewriting equations into slope-intercept (y=mx+b) form, and finding slope between two point (slope formula) Wednesday, January 4:  Quizizz assignment over review topics from Tuesday. Thursday, January 5:  Scatterplots and lines of best fit lesson/practice Friday, January 6:  Scatterplot activity ..read more

Monday- Section 4.2 – Writing Point-Slope Equations Tuesday- Section 4.2, continued Wednesday- Quiz over Section 4.1 and 4.2-  Writing y=mx+b and point-slope Thursday- Writing Standard Form equations Friday- mixed review of writing all types of equations   ..read more

Monday- Chapter 3 Test Review.  Topics include:  function/non function, linear/nonlinear, function notation, finding slope, rewriting equations into y=, graphing y=, direct variation Tuesday- Chapter 3 Test Wednesday (half day)- Introduction to Chapter 4 Thursday & Friday-  Begin Chapter 4, Section 1:  Writing Slope-Intercept Equations ..read more

Main idea:  Finish lessons for solving linear equations, including variables on both sides and special cases with no/infinitely many solutions.  Learn “Don’t Call Brown After Midnight” to remember the steps. Monday, 8/22- Section 1.3:  Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides Tuesday, 8/23- Section 1.3, continued:  Equations with special solutions Wednesday and Thursday 8/24-25:  Station work:  Skills Pyramid, Circuit Worksheet, Mini-Lesson (1.4) Friday, 8/26: Quiz #2- All sections 1.1-1.4 Click here to see weekly assignments and due dates.  Calendar is ..read more

We survived the first day!! Attached is the handout we discussed in class.  It has some information about rules and grading.  Much of this information is already posted to this blog in greater detail, especially the grading portion of the handout.   Click here to see the handout ..read more

Main idea:  different ways to write equations, including y=mx+b.  Graphing y=mx+b   Monday, 10/3:  Section 3.3:  Function Notation Tuesday, 10/4:  Section 3.3, continued Wednesday, 10/5:  Test Review Thursday, 10/6:  Test over Sections 3.1-3.3 Friday, 10/7:  Basic 3.4 lesson (finding the x-and y-intercepts of a graph) Click here to see this weeks’s assignments and due dates.  Calendar subject to change ..read more

Main Idea:   Begin study of functions.  What is it?  What types are there?  Updates In Red Monday, 9/19:  Section 3.1. Introduction to functions Tuesday, 9/20:  Section 3.1, continued (Teacher absent.  In class “Is it a Function?” Activity) Wednesday, 9/21 : Complete Section 3.1.  (Independent/Dependent and Domain/Range) Thursday, 9/22: Function Activity Stations (3.1 Worksheet, Domain/Range Matching Activity, Slope) Friday, 9/23:  Section 3.2:  Linear/Non-Linear Functions   Click here to see this week’s assignments and due dates.&nbs ..read more

Note:  I’m planning on taking this week to reteach much of the material from previous chapters, especially solving linear equations.  I plan on using Algebra tiles for these reteaching lessons.  It is a different method from when I taught it the first time through.  I’m hoping that this method may help students who may not have understood earlier to understand it now.  Advanced students who have already shown mastery may be given alternative assignments. Monday, 9/19:  Using algebra tiles to add/subtract integers and to combine like terms.  Review lesson, sma ..read more