Dec 20 - Dec 22

Grade 7 - Completed an assignment on the first part of Ch 4. Everyone received the assignment on Monday, students had time in class Mon & Tues to work on it, as well as their own time and were expected to pass it in by the due date - Wed, Dec 22...if not completed and passed in before the Christmas break, students knew they would receive a zero. Assignment marks are posted on SAS. When we return in January, assignments will be returned, we will review them and continue with Ch 4.

Grade 8 - Project marks were returned on Tuesday and are posted on SAS. We began to review for Ch 4 and will actually start work in the chapter when we return in January.

Grade 9 - Students wrote the Ch 3 test on Monday, receieved their marks on Tuesday but tests were not handed back, they will be given back after the break and the marks are posted on SAS. On Tuesday, students did group work to begin to prepare for Ch 4, which we will begin when we return in January.

I hope everyone enjoys their Christmas Holidays! See you in the New Year!

Dec 13 - Dec 17

Grade 7 - Ch 3 Projects were handed back, we discussed these in class and students should be able to answer any questions you may have about them. We continued to work on Chapter 4 and got through section 4.2. Students will have an assignment on Chapter 4 and what we have done so far - I will give it out on Monday. The assignment is due on Wednesday and they will have time in class to work on it and ask questions on Monday and Tuesday. The assignment must be completed and passed in before the Christmas break or students will receive a zero, we went over this in class and they all know about it. I will not have a chance to return the assignments, but marks will be posted on SAS as soon as the assignments are corrected.

Grade 8 - Wrote the Chapter 3 test on Tuesday. It was handed back on Friday and we went over it. Project Marks for Ch 3 will be handed back next week. We began Chapter 4 on Percent. Most of section 4.1 was covered. We will continue with the chapter next week, but not get too far into the chapter before the Christmas break. When we return, we will review what has been completed so far and then continue with Ch 4.

Grade 9 - Finished Chapter 3. We used class time on Wed, Thurs, and Friday to review and study for the test that is on Monday Dec 20th. If students are not in school on Monday to write the test, the MUST make arrangements to write it before the break begins on Wednesday or they will receive a zero - we went over this in class and all students are aware of this. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week will be used to review for Chapter 4 on Scale Factors & Similarity, which we will begin in January. I will do my best to get tests corrected and returned on Wednesday, but marks for the test will be on SAS over the Christmas break for sure.

Dec 6 - Dec 10

Grade 7 - Have started a new chapter on decimals, fractions, and percents. We have learned how to convert from one form to another. Students were given two handouts that they should be studying for the chapter and will need to know. We began to find percents of numbers later in the week and will continue to work on this next week. An assignment or quiz will be completed on what we have done in the chapter so far on the Monday or Tuesday before Christmas break.

Grade 8 - Chapter 3 presentations of assignments were completed this week and marks will be returned before the break. Chapter 3 test is on Tuesday, extra help was offered on Friday and is also offered on Monday. On Wednesday we will begin Chapter 4 - there may be a small quiz before the Christmas break on what we have done so far in the chapter.

Grade 9 - Continue to work on Chapter 3. This week we learned and practiced all of the exponent rules and completed sections 3.2 and 3.3. We will be finishing the chapter this week with section 3.4 and review or the chapter. A chapter 3 test is planned for Monday (20th) or Tuesday (21st) of the last week before the Christmas break. If students know that they will not be in class, they should arrange to make sure they have written the test before the break. After the break, we will begin on Chapter 4.

Nov 29 - Dec 3 - Can you Believe it's December???

Grade 7 - Finished Chapter 3 and wrote their test on Tuesday. Tests were handed back on Thursday and marks should be up to date on SAS. Assignments were passed in on Monday and will be handed back next week. Chapter 4 was started on Wednesday - 2 important handouts were given out on Thursday and Friday. Students should study and memorize these handouts, they will assist them greatly in understanding Ch 4. We will be working on Ch 4 until Christmas break.

Grade 8 - Continue to work through Ch 3 on the Pythagorean Theorem. Assignments for this chapter are due on Monday and presentations will take place during class next week. We should be completing the last section of the chapter next week and then will begin review. The test for Ch 3 will be on Tuesday Dec 14.

Grade 9 - Completed work on Ch 2 and wrote the test on Tuesday. Tests were handed back to the students on Wednesday and marks should be up to date on SAS. Chapter 3 on Exponents was started on Wednesday and we will continue to work on this chapter until the Christmas break. Section 3.1 is already complete, it is mainly review of previously learned concepts. We will start section 3.2 on Monday and begin to learn the exponent laws.

Enjoy your weekend!

Nov 15 - Nov 25

I apoligize for not updating the blog last week - I guess being pregnant is making me forgetful :)

Grade 7 - Have finished Chapter 3 and are reviewing for the test. Chapter 3 test is on Tuesday Nov 30. Extra help and review will be done in class on Monday and at lunchtime on Monday as well. The chapter 3 assignment (airport runway system) is due on Monday. On Wednesday we will begin Chapter 4 on Fraction, Decimals, and Percents which we shold finish before Christmas break.

Grade 8 - Are in the middle of Chapter 3. This is an important chapter and we will be taking our time going through it to make sure everyone has an understanding of the concepts. Students have been assigned a project for the Chapter that is due on Monday Dec 6. Some students are working on this individually and some are working in partners. Presentations for the project will happen the week of Dec 6 to 10. We will continue working in Chapter 3 and will probably finish in 2 weeks with a chapter test.

Grade 9 - Have finished Chapter 2. The Chapter 2 assignment was due today, Thursday Nov 25. It will be corrected and handed back on Monday to use for extra help and review for the Chapter 2 test on Tuesday Nov 30. On Wednesday we will begin Chapter 3 on Powers & Exonents and should finish before Christmas break.

November 1 - November 10

Grade 7 - Have started chapter 3 and are now on section 3.3. Much of this chapter has to do with drawing lines, parallel & perpendicular, angles, etc. The students will have an assignment for this chapter which is the Mathlink for the chapter. They will be working on it continuously throughout the chapter - it is to create an airport runway. Students have sheets to complete, a rough copy to draw and will be required to complete a good copy at the end. A due date has not been given on the assignment but it will probably be sometime during the last week of Nov.

Grade 8 - Tests for Chapter 2 were returned on Tuesday Nov 9. We have started Chapter 3 on Pythagorean Relationship. Currently students are working on squares and square roots and eventually we will use that information to understand the theory. Students will have an assignment for the chapter which has not been given or passed out yet, but it will most likely be to create a slideshow explaining the theory and relationship. We are only on section 3.1 and there are five sections in the chapter so we will be continuing to work through chapter 3 over the next couple of weeks.

Grade 9 - Students now have access to the textbook online. If any parents or students wish to get the textbook online, they can use their own username and password or the one created for parents is username: kndrmc@hotmail.com password: parents9
The website is mytextbook.ca, click on ebook and then enter the information.
Students are continuing to work in Chapter 2 on operations with rational numbers. We finished working on decimals are are currently on the section with fractions. Most of this work was all reviewed at the beginning of the year, so we are getting through the chapter quickly. Next we will be working on square roots and then finishing the chapter with an assignment and a test.

Oct 25 - 29

Grade 7 - Continued to work on BEDMAS or order of operations. Much practice was done on this in class all week and they had time to complete their assignment which was due on Friday. Assignments were handed back to help them prepare for the test on Monday - on BEDMAS, with regular and decimal numbers. We will begin Chapter 3 on Geometry next week.

Grade 8 - Completed and reviewed Ch 2. Students had time to work on assignments and ask questions in class. Assignments were due Friday and will be returned on Monday to help with review for the test on Tuesday. There is extra help on Monday at 1230pm if needed. Next week we will begin Chapter 3.

Grade 9 - Continue to work in Ch 2 on rational numbers. Students have worked on comparing and ordering rational numbers and are now beginning to perform operations with them, including word problems. We have just started section 2.2 and will be continuing with that next week.
*****A reminder that grade 9 students usually have Math homework, sometimes they have 10 minutes to complete some of it in class. Homework is worth marks and ALOT of students are not completing it right now. It is easy marks and will help them with what we are doing in class.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!

Oct 18- Oct 22

Grade 7 - Began to work on BEDMAS - students have notes on what this is. We worked on it with simple numbers and on Friday began to use decimal numbers. There will be an assignment handed out next week on BEDMAS that will be due Friday Oct 29 and a quiz on BEDMAS on Monday Nov 1. Students are reminded that they need to show their work and their steps. All decimal quizzes were handed back, both originals and rewrites.

Grade 8 - Continue with Chapter 2 and are wrapping up section 2.3. Next week will be used for review, an assignment and to prepare for the test on Monday Nov 1 or Tuesday Nov 2.

Grade 9 - Chapter one is finished and tests were handed back to students on Friday. We have started Chapter 2 on Rational numbers, students have already completed a poster project on this and we began section 2.1 on Friday. Next week we will continue with the first section and possibly move on to section 2.2.

Online Textbook

The textbook is presently available online for grade 7 & 8 students and should be shortly for grade 9 students. If the links in the previous post do not work for you, simply go to www.mytextbook.ca and click on the ebook link on the left hand side. The page with the username and password will then come up on your screeen.
As of Friday, Oct 22 all of the grade 8 students have an individual username & password and grade 7 students will receive theirs next week.

A Short Week - Oct 12 & 13

Grade 7 - Reviewed on Tuesday and wrote the decimal quiz on Wednesday. We will begin Order of Operations next week and quizzes should be returned on Monday.

Grade 8 - Chapter One tests were returned on Tuesday and students worked on section 2.2 on rates. We reviewed the test on Wednesday and went over questions that students had. We will continue with chapter 2 next week.

Grade 9 - Reviewed for Chapter One test, which is on Tuesday Oct 19. Extra help on Monday at 1230pm. After the test, we will begin Chapter 2 midway through next week.

Oct 4 - Oct 8

Grade 7 - Finished all operations with decimals. Began reviewing towards the end of the week. Students have a quiz on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals on Wed Oct 13. After this, we will begin the second part of Chapter 2 on Order of Operations.
PARENTS & STUDENTS: You can now find the book online by going to the following site http://www.ebook.mytextbook.ca/ and using the username - kndrmc@hotmail.com and the password - parents7
This is a general one that anyone can use to access the book. Students will all be given an individual username and password as well to access the book.

Grade 8 - Continued to work on Chapter 2. Section 2.1 was finished and section 2.2 will begin next week. Students will receive their tests for Chapter 1 on Tuesday.
PARENTS & STUDENTS: You can now find the book online by going to the following site www.ebook.mytextbook.ca and using the username - kndrmc@hotmail.com and the password - parents8
This is a general one that anyone can use to access the book. Students will all be given an individual username and password as well to access the book.

Grade 9 - Finished working on surface area (section 1.3) and began to review the entire chapter. There will be a test on Tuesday Oct 19 for Chapter 1 with extra help the day before (Monday) at 1230pm. Next week will be used for review for the test.

General Update

Sorry this is late...

Grade 7 - Are continuing to work on Chapter 2 - so far we have done adding, subtracting, and multiplying of decimals. We are currently working on diviiding decimals. When this is complete, we will review and will write a quiz - probably Tues or Wed of next week. After this we will complete the rest of Chapter 2 - Order of Operations.

Grade 8 - Have completed Chapter 1 and wrote a test on it today (Monday Oct 4) Chapter 2 will begin on Tuesday Oct 5 - it is about ratios, rates, and proportions.

Grade 9 - Have been working through Chapter 1 on Symmetry and Surface Area. We are currently working on surface area. There will most likely be a review/assignment near the end of this week and a test next Wed or the following week.

Now that I have returned from the conference and am back on the school schedule, updates should happen regularly on Friday afternoons/evenings.
Thanks for your patience & support!!!!

Sept 13-17

Grade 7 - Continued to review - worked on add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Majority of the time was spent on division and we will continue to use this in the first chapter we work on. Place value and number sense was quickly reviewed as well. Next week we will discuss rounding and estimating in preperation to starting Chapter 2, which should begin the end of next week.

Grade 8 - Reviewed order of operations, integers, and fractions all this week. We will shortly discuss percent and decimals next week and begin Chapter 1 on Data.

Grade 9 - Reviewed integers, students got along well with this and also reviewed fraction operations. Alot of students need to continue working on their fractions, as we will be using these skills for the majority of the year. Students can find work sheets online and can continue to use the websites we use in class for extra help. Exponents were quickly reviewed as well. Review will be completed next week and we will start into Chapter 1 on Symmetry & Surface Area.

****** I will be attending a conference in Montreal next week and will be absent from Tuesday to Friday. I will try my best to update the blog next Monday. Thanks for understanding. Enjoy the weekend!!!!

Sept 7 to Sept 10

Grade 7 - An outline was given out and explained. Students familiarized themselves with the book through a scavenger hunt sheet. We began to review basic addition & subtraction. Next week we will continue with a small review booklet on addition, subtraction, mulitplication, division, and number sense.

Grade 8 - An outline was given out and explained. Students familiarized themselves with the book through a scavenger hunt sheet. Review was started with multiplication & division. We will continue to review next week with order of operations, integers, and fractions.

Grade 9 - An outline was given out and explained. Students familiarized themselves with the book through a scavenger hunt sheet. Review started with order of operations and integer operations and will continue next week with fractions and exponents.

A great first week of school!

WELCOME BACK!

This site will be helpful to both students and parents in Ms. MacLellan's Math classes. It will be updated at the end of each week by grade level.
It will briefly describe what has been covered in clas during the week and what plans are for the upcoming week.
It will also include important dates for assignments and tests.
Any information that is important for the classes will be posted here, as well as when I hand back marked material - that way parents will know when to expect a mark coming home.
I am looking forward to a great year, with lots of MATH and FUN!
Any questions or concerns, please email at kxmaclellan@edu.pe.ca

June 14 - 18

Grade 7- completed Chapter 11 and wrote a quiz on chapters 10 & 11 on Wednesday. These will be handed back on Monday but most students already know their mark. Started Chapter 12 and will continue with it next week. Students will need to hand in their textbooks on Wednesday June 23.

Grade 9 - Wrote their assessment/exam and have seen their marks already and they are on SAS. Thanks for a great year! Enjoy the summer!

June 7 - June 11

Grade 7 - Completed Chapter 10 and began Chapter 11. Extra help was given on Wed & Fri on both chapters. There is one section left to cover in Chapter 11 and the plan is to write a quiz on both chapters on Tuesday June 15. If the students still need a little more time, we will write the quiz later in the week. After the quiz we will finish the year with Chapter 12.

Grade 9 - Continued to review for the exam. We completed a practice exam on Thursday which the students can use to study and there are also practice questions online. Monday will be our "Nacho Review", Tues - Chapter 9 Assignment is due & Extra Help, Wed - Exam preperation & Extra Help. The exam is on Thursday at 830am. Students can recieve extra help any day next week at lunch or after school, they just have to let me know. Enjoy the sunshine!

May 31 - June 4

Garde 7 - Completed all sections of chapter 10, continued to work on exercises for each topic, and began working on the Chapter 10 review. Next week we will cover Chapter 11 and there will be a quiz on Chapters 10 & 11 on Tuesday June 15. Following that we will cover Chapter 12 during the last week and a half of school.

Grade 9 - Continue to work on Slope (in the booklets) and review for exam. Next week we will finishing Slope and linear equations, reviewing for the exam and doing a practice exam on Thursday & Friday. Monday June 14 will be a review party day including snacks and math. Students are reminded that it is their responsibility to be reviewing and studying on their own and asking questions about anything they do not understand. Important dates - June 16 is the last day of Math class and June 17 at 830am is the Math exam.

May 25 - May 28

Grade 7 - Reviewed adding and subtracting integers and wrote the test for Chapter 9 on Thursday. Friday we started Chapter 10 on Patterns & Expressions. The next two chapters both focus on the introduction of algebra. We will probably combine the two chapters together and I hope to get through and finish them in the next two weeks. Students will have either an assignment or test on these two chapters. We will be moving through the rest of the book at a quicker pace than most of the year, as we have work we need to complete before June 25. Student should be prepared to stay focussed and work hard for the next four weeks.

Grade 9 - Continue to work in the booklet created to go with the final chapter. Scatter plots and lines of best fit are finished, matrices will be reviewed once more on Monday, and slope will be taught and reviewed on Monday & Tuesday. Students will be provided with a list of everything that is on the exam on Monday. The list will have all of the chapters and what information will be covered in each chapter. In the middle of the week we will begin review for the exam. Students will have time in class to review in groups and individually for the following 2 weeks until June 16. A reminder that the exam will be written on the morning of June 17.

Better late than never... May 17-21

Grade 7 - Last week continued to learn how to add & subtract integers. This will continue to be reviewed and the test for this chapter is planned for Thurs May 27. Students will then begin Chapter 10 on Patterns & Expressions.

Grade 9 - Continue to work on the last section for the year. Last week we began scatter plots and lines of best fit. This week we will learn matrices and then on to slope. We are working from a booklet produced specifically for these areas. The plan is to wrap up this section by end of May/June 1 and have the remaining 2 weeks to prepare and review for the exam.

May 10 - May 14

Grade 7 - Completed Chapter 8 and wrote the test on Tuesday & Wednesday. On Thursday we began Chapter 9 on Adding & Subtracting Integers. We will be using the book for this chapter but not following everything in it. Students took notes this week and began to complete a chart on how to add and subtract integers. Students NEED to understand the concept of integers to complete this chapter, if they are unsure, please go over their notes with them. We will continue with Ch 9 this week and hopefully have an assignment or test the next week before the end of May.

Grade 9 - Chapter 8 on Transformations was discussed and reviewed quickly this week, there will only be one or two questions from this chapter on the exam. We began Chapter 9 and have almost completed the probablility section of the chapter, which is mainly review from previous grades. We will continue this week with Ch 9 and hopefully finishing it by the end of May. We will then use the first 2 weeks of June for review for the exam/assessment.

May 3 - May 7

Grade 7 - Completed & reviewed Chapter 8 on circles. Both classes have a test on Chapter 8 on Tuesday. Extra help was offered last week. We will review and do practice questions for the test early in the week and we will be starting the next chapter at the end of the week.

Grade 9 - Finished Chapter 6 and wrote a quiz on Wednesday. Began Chapter 8 on Transformations, we will not spend a lot of time on this chapter and most of the work is on the computer. We wrote another assessment quiz and will go over it early this week. Chapter 8 will be wrapped up this week and then we have two chapters left to complete before beginning to review for the end of year exam/assessment. The date for the exam/assessment is June 17 in the morning.

April 26 - April30

Grade 7 - Still working on Chapter 8. This week we covered area of a circle and began to read/interpret circle graphs. Last section to cover is creating/drawing circle graphs and then we will review and finish Chapter 8. Chapter 8 test is scheduled for Tuesday May 11, we will do a review or assignment before this date. Extra help is offered Tues (May4) and Thurs (May 6)at lunch time.

Grade 9 - Finished all new information from Chapter 6. Students were given a Ch 6 assignment on Thursday that is due Tuesday May 4. There will be a chapter 6 quiz on Wednesday and class on Tuesday will be used to review for the quiz. We will write another assessment quiz this week and begin the next chapter, which is Chapter 8 on Transformations.

April 19 - April 22

Grade 7 - Continued with Chapter 8 on circles. We learned about measurements on a circle and how to find circumference. Students should know the following terms and what they mean - radius, diameter, pi, and circumference. They also worked with different formulas related to circles this week and those should be copied down in their binder. This week, we will be reviewing and moving on to area of a circle. Assignments were not passed back but should be back to them on Monday.

Grade 9 - Began Chapter 6 on Measurement. So far, we have discussed congruent & similar triangles, how to determine them and the difference between the two. We will continue this and the rest of chapter 6 this week. Quizzes were not returned to the students as there are still a few who were away that need to write it, but most students did see their mark and they will be returned as soon as everyone has completed the quiz. We will most likely write another practice quiz for the assessment this week as well.

April 12 - April 16

Grade 7 - Finished Chapter 7 and passed in assignments on Tuesday. On Wednesday we began Chapter 8 on Circles - we will be learning diameter, radius, circumference, area, and drawing circles. The chapter is fairly easy and should not take too long. A small assignment was assigned - Math Link on Page 272 - 7D is due Monday (April 19) and 7M is due Tuesday (April 20). We will continue with Chapter 8 this week and Ch 7 assignments should be handed back by Thursday.

Grade 9 - Chapter 7 was reviewed Monday & Tuesday and we wrote the Ch 7 quiz on Wednesday. On Monday, we did a practice quiz to help with the end of the year exam/assessment and went through it on Friday - reviewing and going over questions. We will do two more of these in the next month and will do a larger one near the end of the year. This week we will begin Chapter 6 on Measurement - dealing with triangles and angles. Ch 7 quizzes will be returned this week.

March 29-31 & April 6-8

Grade 7 - Finished up Chapter 7. Students are still struggling with subtracting mixed numbers and this will continue to be reviewed. Next week they will be working on a Chapter 7 Assignment, all on fractions. The assignment will most likely be due on Tuesday April 13, but students will have time in class next week to work on it. Subtracting mixed numbers is the only thing not on the assignment - this will be reviewed on April 12 - 14 and a quiz only on subtracting mixed numbers will be given on either April 15th or 16th. After this, we will move on to Chapter 8 on Circles.

Grade 9 - Continues with Chapter 7. Surface area and volume of a pyramid was introduced this week and cones and cylinders will be covered next week. We will continue to review this on April 12 - 15 and write a quiz on Chapter 7 on either April 16th or April 19th. After this, we will begin Chapter 6 on Measurement.

The blog will not be updated again until April 16th, as I am away all next week.
Thanks for all of your ongoing support in Math & I hope everyone has a great Easter Break!

March 22-26 Sorry It's Late :)

Grade 7 - Continue with Chapter 7. Worked on improper fractions and mixed numbers and how to convert them to each other. Adding and subtracting mixed numbers was also introduced and will continued to be worked on next week. Students should expect an asssignment for Chapter 7 next week. Fraction quizzes were handed back on Thursday.

Grade 9 - Started Chapter 7 on Shape & Space. We covered surface area and volume of rectangular & triangular prisms. We will continue with this next week and will also cover pyramids, cones, and cylinders.

March 8-12

Grade 7 - Completed and reviewed section 7.2 on fractions. We wrote a quiz on Friday on Sections 7.1 & 7.2. We will begin section 7.3 when we return from the break and hope to finish the chapter by Easter.

Grade 9 - Reviewed Chapter 5 all week with extra sheets and group work. Students presented on various topics and a 5 question quiz was completed on Friday. When we return from the break we will be beginning Chapter 7 on Shape & Space.

Enjoy your March Break!

A Short Week - March 2 & 3

Grade 7 - Began Chapter 7 and completed section 7.1 on common denominators. Students really need to know their multiplications tables for this chapter and reviewing them would be a great help to their understanding of factors and multiples. Next week we will continue with Chapter 7 and fractions.

Grade 9 - Corrected assignments for Chapter 5 and worked on a new action plan for their strengths and weaknesses for Chapter 5 and what they need to work on. We will use next week to wrap up Chapter 5 and students will focus on the area they are finding the most difficult in the chapter.

Feb 22 - Feb 26

Grade 7 - Completed Chapter 6. We reviewed during the week and wrote the Chapter 6 test on Wednesday. At the end of the week we began Chapter 7. We will be working on Chapter 7 for probably the next 3 weeks, it involves adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, improper fractions, and mixed numbers.

Grade 9 - Completed Chapter 5. We reviewed during the week and completed a quiz on the second half of the chapter. There is a Chapter 5 assignment due on Monday. Next week we will be doing some review of concepts covered since September and work on some questions to review for the assessment in June before beginning the next chapter.

A Short Week...Feb 16-19

Grade 7 - Finished all concepts in Chapter 6 and began to review. There will be a test on Chapter 6 on Wednesday, Feb 24 and extra help will be given at noon on Monday.

Grade 9 - Continued with Chapter 5 and have completed all concepts. A quiz will be given either Tuesday or Wednesday on the second half of the chapter and an assignment handed out at the end of next week.

Feb 8th - Feb 12th

Grade 7 - Continued with Chapter 6. Finished learning about factors and how to use them to reduce. Did section 6.2 on adding fractions with the same denominator and next week we will do the same with subtracting. Students should be prepared for a small test on Ch 6 the last week of February. We worked on journals for the first time this week and did a small assignment in class on Friday that is due on Tuesday, Feb 16th. Ch 5 assignments and test were returned on Wednesday.

Grade 9 - Continued with Chapter 5. Quizzes were returned on Wednesday and students should expect another quiz coming next week on the rest of the chapter. Since there have been two quizzes for the chapter, there will be an assignment for Chapter 5 and then we will move on to Chapter 7 about Shape and Space. We did Math journals for the first time on Friday and will be using these for the remainder of the year.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!! Enjoy your long weekend!

Feb 1 - Feb 5

Grade 7 - Wrote the test for Chapter 5 on Monday. They will be returned this coming week, along with chapter 5 assignments. On Wednesday we began Chapter 6 on Operations with Fractions. Section 6.1 was covered this week on Rules of Divisibility, students copied these down and should be familiar with them. We also began to discuss factors and using factors to reduce a fraction down to lowest terms. We will continue with this concept next week and move on to section 6.2 on adding fractions with common denominators.

Grade 9 - Reviewed sections 5.1 to 5.4 and completed a surprise quiz on Thusday which will be handed back next week. We began the FOIL method, used to multiply binomials. Students have learned the concept, created an explanation of it through a slide show, diagram, etc. and have practiced many questions on it. We will continue to work on Chapter 5 and students should expect another quiz toward the end of next week on the rest of Chapter 5.

The Week with Our First Storm Day! (Jan 25-29)

Grade 7 - Ch 5 Assignments were passed in on Monday. We spent the rest of the week reviewing for the test. Students were given a test review, did it in class and then we went over all of the answers and any questions they might have had. The test was exactly a shortened version of the review and students were told this and had lots of time to review, study, and ask questions. I am hoping for much success in Chapter 5! Monday (today) we are writing the test and will begin Chapter 6 - Intro to Fraction Operations on Wednesday.

Grade 9 - Continue to work on Chapter 5. We have covered sections 5.1 - 5.4 and will be reviewing this Monday. We will continue with this chapter and will be beginning the FOIL technique this week. Students should expect a quiz or assignment on the first section of Chapter 5 next week.

Jan 18-22 Sorry It's Late...

Grade 7 - Continue to work on Chapter 5. Assignment was due on Monday Jan 25. We will be using Tues, Wed, and Thurs to review and the Ch 5 Test is on Friday Jan 29.

Grade 9 - Have finished Ch 3 and the quiz will be returned today (Tues). We have started Ch 5 on factoring polynomials. We will spend a lot of time on this chapter and there will probably be two tests.

Jan 11 - Jan 15

Grade 7 - Continue to work on Chapter 5 Probability. We completed up to section 5.4 this week. On Monday we will be discussing the Chapter 5 assignment which will be due on Monday, Jan 25 and can be found in the text book. A test on Chapter 5 will be coming up at the end of next week or the beginning of the next. This time we are going to do a practice test and go over it in class before we write the actual test to see if this helps students. There is extra help on Monday at noon and there will be more offered closer to the test.

Grade 9 - Continue with Chapter 3. There is a quiz on sections 3.1 and 3.8 on Monday. This week we reviewed these two sections and worked on extra sheets to help with understanding and for extra practice. There will be a class of review and questions on Monday, first period and third period we will write the quiz. This week we will also begin Chapter 5.

Jan 4 - Jan 8

Welcome to 2010!!!

Grade 7 - We have started Chapter 5 on Probability and completed sections 5.1 and 5.2 this week. Included in these sections is writing probability in fractions, ratios, and percents and using charts to organize outcomes of probability. Assignments completed before Christmas were returned on Friday. This week we will continue with Chapter 5.

Grade 9 - On Monday & Tuesday we worked on a sheet of exam/assessment questions from what we have worked on since the beginning of the year. This is the second sheet of questions I have given the students and they will be very helpful for their exam at the end of the year. We started Chapter 3 and will only be completing sections 3.1 and 3.8. The rest of the week was spent on section 3.1, students are finding this section somewhat difficult and we will be going over a lot of the work in class. It is about creating equations from written statements and then solving the equation. This week will be spent completing Chapter 3 and preparing for a Chapter 3 quiz early in the following week. Assignments completed before Christmas were returned on Friday.