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.