Week of February 23rd

We will finish up our unit, Growing, Growing, Growing, with the unit test on Thursday


Monday: 4.3/5.1
    HW: Work on study guide for review day Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 5.1/5.2
    HW: Work on study guide for review day Wednesday


Wednesday: Review Day - Bring questions from study guide
    ALL missing work/corrections due by 3:45pm today


Thursday: GGG Unit Test


Friday: Half day schedule/Fine Arts Fair
    No homework will be assigned-Bring book to return to the library on Monday.

Week of February 16th

We are working in Investigation 4 of Growing, Growing, Growing and are nearly finished with this book. Our unit test will be next Thursday, February 26th. I will hand out a study guide this Wednesday. It needs to be completed, with questions ready, for class on Wednesday, February 25th. The completed copy is due at the beginning of the hour on test day.


Monday: No school


Tuesday: Problem 4.2
    HW: Scientific Notation practice due Thursday


Wednesday: Problem 4.3
    Study guide handed out


Thursday: Problem 4.3/5.1
    HW: Rules of Exponents Practice due Monday


Friday: Problem 5.1/5.2

Week of February 9th

We are continuing to work through Investigation 3 in Growing, Growing, Growing. Friday's homework assignment is now due Wednesday because we didn't get through as much as I had expected.


Monday: Problem 3.2
    HW: pg. 50 #10-15 due Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 3.3


Wednesday: Problem 3.3/4.1
    HW: pg. 52 #27-30 due Friday


Thursday: Problem 4.1


Friday: Problem 4.2
    HW: Rules of Exponents due Tuesday

Week of February 2nd

Today we will finish Investigation 2 in preparation for tomorrow's quiz over Investigations 1 & 2.


Monday: Finish 2.2/2.3
    HW: pg. 20 17-21 due Wednesday


Tuesday: Investigation 1 & 2 Quiz


Wednesday: Problem 3.1
    HW: pg. 49 # 6, 7, & 8 due Friday


Thursday: Problem 3.2


Friday: Problem 3.2/3.3
    HW: pg. 50 #10-15 due Monday

Week of January 26th

We are continuing in the book, Growing, Growing, Growing this week.


Monday: Problem 1.3
    HW: pg. 18 #14 (given on a worksheet) due Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 1.3/2.1


Wednesday: Problem 2.1
    HW: pg. 19 #15 due Friday


Thursday: Problem 2.2


Friday: Problem 2.3
    HW: Scientific Notation practice due Monday

Link to the Scientific Notation video we watched in class today

Scientific Notation Video

Week of January 19th

We finished our book, Thinking with Mathematical Models with a quiz last Friday. This week we will start the book, Growing, Growing, Growing where we will learn about exponential growth and decay.


Monday: No school


Tuesday: New book: Growing, Growing, Growing (GGG) Problem 1.1
    HW: Exponent Practice - (math-aids.com) due Thursday


Wednesday: GGG Problem 1.2


Thursday: GGG Problem 1.2/1.3
    HW: Scientific Notation Practice (Cavalcade Publishing) due Monday


Friday: GGG Problem 1.3

Week of January 12th

We will finish up our unit, Thinking with Mathematical Models this week. There is a project assigned today that will be due Friday and we will take the final quiz Friday. Any missing work from Investigations 4 or 5 are due by 3:45pm on Friday.


Monday: Finish Investigation 4
    HW: TWMM Project-packet handed out in class today
      Due Friday at the beginning of the hour


Tuesday: Investigation 5 Problem 5.1


Wednesday: Problem 5.1/5.3
    HW: Project check-in. Bring project to class and share progress to earn one bonus point on the quiz.


Thursday: Problem 5.3
    Any missing work from Investigations 4 or 5 is due by 3:45pm today.


Friday: Investigations 4 & 5 Quiz - Project due at the beginning of the hour
    HW: Equation Practice DD36 due Tuesday.

Week of January 5th

Welcome back from break! We are continuing the book Thinking With Mathematical Models this week.


Monday: No school


Tuesday: Problem 4.1 A, B, D
    HW: pg. 74 #31-35 due Thursday


Wednesday: Problem 4.2


Thursday: Problem 4.3 A, B, C, D 1&2, E 1&2
    HW: Pg. 97 #3 and pg. 99 #5 (on a worksheet) due Monday


Friday: Problem 4.4

Week of December 15th

Wow! I can't believe this is the last week of the semester. All missing work/corrections are due by 3:45pm on Tuesday so I can finalize grades. Our quiz over Investigation 3 will be on Wednesday.


Monday: Problem 3.4


Tuesday: Problem 3.4
    All missing work/corrections due by 3:45pm


Wednesday: Investigation 3 Quiz


Thursday: Math Activity


Friday: Half day schedule

Week of December 8th

We started Investigation 3 on Friday and we will continue through that Investigation this week. We will finish this Investigation next week and have a final quiz before break. When we return in January we will do Investigations 4 and 5 and have a quiz to finish the unit. We will not have a unit test for Thinking With Mathematical Models.
Friday's homework will be the last assignment of the semester (due Monday, December 15th).
All missing work/corrections from this unit (Investigations 1-3) will be due by 3:45pm on Tuesday, December 16th


Monday: Continue 3.1/Start 3.2
    HW: pg. 73 # 13 due Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 3.2


Wednesday: Problem 3.2
    HW: pg. 70 4-7 (on a worksheet) due Friday


Thursday: Problem 3.3


Friday: Problem 3.3
    HW: Integer division practice AA-29 due Monday

Week of December 1st

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We are continuing our book, Thinking With Mathematical Models this week. We will have a quiz over Investigations 1 & 2 on Thursday.


Monday: Continue Problem 2.2
    HW: TWMM pg. 49 14-19 due Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 2.5


Wednesday: Problem 2.5
    HW: TWMM pg. 46  4 & 5 due Friday


Thursday: Quiz over Investigations 1 & 2


Friday: Problem 3.1
    HW: TWMM pg. 53 37 & 38 (on a worksheet) due Monday

Week of November 24th

Since this is a short week,  I am not assigning homework over the break. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!


Monday: Go over 1.3, finish 2.1


Tuesday: Start problem 2.2


Wednesday: No school


Thursday: No school


Friday: No school

Week of November 17th

We are continuing to work on our new book Thinking With Mathematical Models.


Monday: Review of area and perimeter
    HW: pg. 23 21-28 choose 6 due Wednesday


Tuesday: Wrap up Problem 1.1 and 1.2 start Problem 1.3


Wednesday: Problem 1.3
    HW: pg. 47 6&7 due Friday


Thursday: Problem 2.1


Friday: Problem 2.1/2.2
    HW: Equation Practice due Monday

Week of November 10th

We finished our unit Looking For Pythagoras last week and we will start a new unit, Thinking With Mathematical Models (TWMM), this week.


Monday: No school


Tuesday: Review concepts learned this year - Pythagorean Theorem, Linear Equations, Volume, and the Metric System. Students will rotate through stations practicing these concepts. 3rd hour will not meet today due to the Veteran's day assembly and panel.


Wednesday: Check out new books and return old books. Begin with problem 1.1 in TWMM
   HW: Equation Practice due Friday


Thursday: Continue problem 1.1/ start problem 1.2


Friday: Problem 1.2
    HW: TWMM pg. 20 # 9 due Monday

Week of November 3rd

We are finishing our unit, Looking For Pythagoras, this week and we will have our unit test Friday. All missing work and/or corrections are due by 3:45pm this Thursday, November 6th. The study guide will be handed out today.


Monday: Problem 3.4
    HW: Study guide - due for review (completed, except for questions) on Thursday. Completed copy due Friday at the beginning of the hour.


Tuesday: Problem 5.1


Wednesday: Problem 5.1


Thursday: Review Day


Friday: Unit Test
-no homework will be assigned this weekend

Update to week of October 27th

I did not hand out the study guide today as planned. I decided to make some changes to it and I will hand it out on Monday.


I did not assign homework for the weekend, but I did tell students that they could work on missing work and/or corrections. Any work from this unit is due by Thursday, November 6th @ 3:45pm.


We will take the unit test on Friday, November 7th.

Week of October 27th

We are continuing through the book, Looking For Pythagoras. We will work through Investigation 3 this week. I am tentatively planning the unit test for next week, Thursday or Friday.


Monday: Problem 3.1/3.2
    HW: pg. 50 #9-12 (on a worksheet) due Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 3.2/3.3


Wednesday: Problem 3.3
    HW: pg 50 #5-8 and pg. 54 #27 due Friday


Thursday: Problem 3.4


Friday: Problem 3.4/Pythagorean Theorem Practice
    HW: Study guide will be assigned Thursday or Friday (the unit test will be November 6th or 7th)

Week of October 20th

Problem 2.4, working with cube roots, slowed us down last week. We are ready to start Investigation 3 this week.
This week we have Parent Teacher Conferences. I hope to see all of you either Tuesday evening or Thursday. Thank you!




Monday: Problem 3.1
    HW: LFP pg. 32 47-58 due Wednesday




Tuesday: Problem 3.1/3.2
    Conferences: 4pm-8pm




Wednesday: Problem 3.2
    HW: Cube Root Practice due Monday




Thursday: No school - conferences 9am-6pm




Friday: No school

Week of October 13th

We took our quiz over Investigation 1 & 2 on Friday and we will finish up Investigation 2 this week. Problem 2.4 covers cube roots and volume, we will have a separate quiz over this material.
 We don't have school Friday for the end of the quarter.


Monday: Problem 2.4
    HW: LFP pg. 30 14-37 due Wednesday


Tuesday: Problem 2.4


Wednesday: Problem 3.1
    HW: Volume Practice CC-42 due Monday


Thursday: Problem 3.1/3.2


Friday: No school - end of first quarter