Week as of May 17th to May 21st

This week we will continue working with Polynomials. Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing.

Students will be given review packet so they can review what we covered during 7th grade.

We will be making our ITBS exams from the 18,19 and 20th so I will not be able to meet with some of the class sections. I strongly recommend to visit the blog to check your daily assignments.

Thursday May 20th Pre-Algebra Test 7-3

Friday May 21st Pre-Algebra 7-1, 7-2, 7-4

Have a wonderful week!!!!!!

Week as of May 10th to May 14th

Dates to keep in mind:

Thursday May 13th : 7-3 Test

Friday May 14th : 7-1, 7-2, 7-4 Test

This week we will be working with Polynomials

Vocabulary

monomial

polynomial

binomial

trinomial

degree

Packets will be given to students for lesson 3.1 and 3.2

Students will expand their knowledge of polynomial to include expressions with more than one term, such as binomials and trinomials and they will need to add, subtract and multiply polynomials.

For Monday May 17th you are to tun in the Self-Check Quizzes for 13-1 and 13-2

Go to www.pre-alg.com/self_check_quiz

Week as of May 3rd to May 7th

Dates to keep in mind:

Wednesday Math 5th 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 Test

Thursday May 6th 7-4 Test

Test will include Lines and Angles Relationship Exercises and Circumference and Area:

Circles Exercises.

Vocabulary: circle, diameter, center, circumference, radius, pi

Please study from packet

We will be working Mountain Math Exercises as well as Equations, Adding and Subtracting Fractions.

Week as of April 26- April 30

Dates to keep in mind.
April 27th Vocabulary Test
May 4th Test including exercised related with line and Angles Relationships and Transformations on the coordinate plane and Circumference.
Students are to turn-in Foldable related with Vocabulary and Samples for Line and Angles Relationships. Friday, April 30th (we have been working in class in it.)
Keep in mind to study on a daily basis by doing H.W.
Packets will be provided.

Week as of April 19th - April 23rd

Date to keep in mind: Tuesday April 27th Test

This week we will be working in Mountain math as a warm-up 4 exercises daily.

We will be finishing our Project.

We will begin Chapter 10-1

Line and Angle Relationships We will begin by reviewing the Prerequisite skills ( Solving Equations Multiplying Decimals, Adding Rational Numbers)

Students will need to understand and manage the following key terms for Tuesdays Test.

Parallel Lines

Transversal

Interior Angles

Exterior Angles

Alternate Interior Angles

Alternate Exterior Angles

Corresponding Angles

Vertical Angles

Adjacent Angles

Complementary Angles

Supplementary Angles

Perpendicular Lines

To do a Power Point Presentation will be used, and students will be working n a Foldable as we advance.

Keep in mind that they need to review daily because Pop Quizzes may be given.

Week as of April 12-April 16

Dates to keep in mind:

Math Test - Plato Practice and Vocabulary Tuesday April 13

Plato Math Test- Thursday April 15th

Pop Quizzes will be given

This week we will continue with the Plato Review Emphasizing the following topics:

• Geometry- Use of Formulas
• Graphing
• Analyzing Data
• Math Computation

Please make sure students review daily by doing their H.W.

Friday we will begin working in our Review Project (Materials are needed for Friday)

It consists of a Cube with the following data:

Kinds of Angles

Kinds of Quadrilaterals

Formulas and examples:

Triangle

rectangle

trapezoid

parallelogram

circle

Vocabulary and examples:

Point

line segment

line

parallel lines

intersecting lines

perpendicular lines

angles

They will be needing a "cartulina", white glue and markers.

Graded upon rubric.

Week as of April 6 to April 9

This week we will continue to work Mountain Math and Plato Review so we will be covering:

Probability and Predictions(Pages 310-311, 312- 314)

Vocabulary

• outcomes
• simple event
• probability
• sample space
• theoretical probability
• experimental probability

Stem and Leaf Plots( Pages 606-607-608-609-610-611)

Vocabulary

• stem-and-leaf plot
• stems
• leaves

Pop Quiz will be given any time.

Test will be Tuesday, April 13th. Includes Plato exercises and Vocabulary.

By Monday, April 12 you are to complete and make a hard copy of:

-Go to www.pre-alg-com/extra_examples

-Click on Self Check Quizzes

Chapter 12 Lesson 1

- Click on Sel Check Quizzes

Chapter 6

Lesson 9

Make sure to prepare a cover page that includes( school name, title/topics, Name, Date, Section)

Week as of March 22nd to March 26

Dates to keep in mind:

Friday March 26 Field Day - Half Day

Pop Quizzes will be given

Students will be given the following packets:

10-3

Transformations on the Coordinate Plane

Vocabulary:

Translation

Rotation

Quadrilaterals

Find the Missing angle

10-4

10-5 Finding Area of a Parallelogram, Triangle, Trapezoid

Vocabulary: Base, Altitude

We will be working on Mountain Math Problems and Plato Exercises

Students need to study and review daily.

March 15 to March 19

This week we will continue with Rational Numbers Operations(Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division) It is extremely important that you do your homework daily, focus in class and be prepared as well.

• calculator
• protractor
• cheat cards
• compass
• notebook/binder

We will also be reviewing exercises for Plato.

From now on you are to copy the H.W. in your NB and have it signed by parents.

The test that you had Friday will be given back, it will not be included in your grade, but you need to do it as part of your H.W. for Monday and Tuesday. It needs to be presented with a cover page and complete process should be included. 7-1, 7-2, 7.3 will have Chapter 5 test and Thursday will be 7-4

Also keep in mind Pop Quizzes may be given at any time.

Week as of March 8-12

Dates to keep in mind:

III Quarter ends March 12

Thursday March 11th 7-3, Last Test for the Quarter

Friday March 12th 7-1, 7-2, 7-4 Last test for the Quarter

We will be studying Measures of Central Tendency

• Determine a number that best represents or describes a set of data.
• use the mean, median and mode as measures of central tendency.
• analyze data using mean, median, and mode.

You will be using a calculator

Solving Equations with Rational Numbers

• Solve equations containing rational numbers.

Test will include: Writing fractions as Decimals, Rational Numbers as Fractions, Multiply and Divide Fractions, Add/Subtract like fractions, Least common Denominator, Adding/Subtracting unlike fractions, Measures of Central Tendency (mean, median and mode) Solving Equations with Rational Numbers

Week as of March 1st-March 5th

Family Day March 6th

Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying/Dividing Rational Number

Test Thursday March 4th - 7-3

Friday March 5th - 7-1, 7-2, 7-4

Monday, March 8th Students are to turn in Solving Rational Numbers Operations.

Pop quizzes may be placed at any time so students should study in a daily basis by doing their H.W.

This week we ill be working in:

• Mountain Math
• Displaying Data
• Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions
• Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
• Reviewing Multiplying/Dividing Rational Numbers.

Rational Numbers Operations Rubric

Students are to develop a display no bigger then 1/2 a cardboard which includes the following:

• Title, Name, Section 5 Points
• Writing Fractions as Decimals (2 examples) 10 Points
• Writing Decimals as Fractions(2 examples) 10 Points
• Least Common Multiples ( 2 examples) 10 Points (Listing the Multiples, Using the Table)
• Divide Fractions (2 examples) 10 Points
• Adding and Subtracting like Fractions (2 Examples) 10 Points
• Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions (2 Examples) 10 Points
• Creativity(Project is organized, colorful and can e used as a learning tool) 20 Points
• Questions (Teacher will ask how did student solve some of the problems) 5 Points

Second Plato Results were sent home today, don´t forget to review with your child and sign.

Week as of February 22nd- February 26th

We ha the test of Multiplying /Dividing Rational Numbers today. Next week we will be having a test Tuesday March 1st which includes

• Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers.
• Word Problems will be included as well as everything included in the Packets 5-1 to 5-9
  
• Vocabulary fot the Whole Section
  

Vocabulary for this week needs to be in the NB by Wednesday, February 24th

• multiple
  
• common multiples
  
• Least Common Multiple(LCM)
• Least Common Denominator(LCD)

Make sure to practice daily by doing you H.W. and Playing the games.
I also informed the students that Pop Quizzes reated with Mountain Math and Plato will be given at least once a week.
During our block period last week, working in a class activity to reinforce how to change fractions to decimals and to percents. We will integrate this with the Dispayin Data Section that we will be reviewing this week.

For Friday February 26th students are to present their Project which should include:

Page 1- Cover page (School´s Name, Subject, Project´s Name, Students name, Grade and Section, Place and Date) 5 Points

Page 2- Vocabulary: They are to define (fraction, decimal, percent, degree, bar graph, Pie Graph) and provide 2 examples for each. 15 Points

Page 3- Data table (40 Points)
data was recorded in class, and the conversions were completed as well.
Unfortunately those students who didn´t bring their Skittles bag will have 20 Points less(was announced one week in advanced)

Color	Fraction	Decimal	Percent	Degree
Total

Page 4 - Bar Graph- includes Title, labels and data is displayed in an organized way.
Short Paragraph- Explaining how to interpret bars (20 Points)
Page 5- Circle graph or Pie Graph
Data is displayed and labeled. Student explains in a short paragraph how a circle graph is useful in displaying data.

Week as of February 15th-19th

Dates to keep in mind:
7-3 Thursday, February 18th Test
7-1, 7-2, 7-4, February 18th Test
March 6th Family Day / Buy your T-shirt

Test will

• vocabulary
  
• Writing fractions decimals
  
• Writing Mixed number as Fractions and Vice Versa
• Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers
  

Which we will be reviewing this week, students will be provided with their 2nd packet. They can use them to review.
We will have an activity so students are to bring skittles according to schedule posted last week.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Week as of February 8th- 12th

Dates to keep in mind.
Monday February 8th Games Presentation by groups (graded)
Thursday February 11th Half Day - students will be dismissed at 11:00am Teachers Training 6+1
Friday February 12th Spring Break Holiday.
Pop Quizzes will be given any day therefore students will benefit from practicing daily working in the H.W. assignments and playing the games.
Students are to manage the Divisibility Rules for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10

An activity to reinforce this will e held during each of the following Block Period.
For this activity students are to bring an individual bag of Skittles and a calculator, colors and markers.
Pre-Algebra 7-1 Monday, February 15th
Pre-Algebra 7-2 Thursday February 18th
Pre- Algebra 7-3 Friday February 19th
Pre-Algebra 7-4 Friday February 19th

This week we will begin working with Rational Numbers. Students will explore Rational Numbers, reviewing how to multiply and divide fractions and add and subtract like and unlike fractions. They will also practice how numbers, and determine GCF(Greatest Common Factor) and the LCM (Least Common Multiple). Tehy will examnine measures of central tendency. They will continue to solve equations and identify sequences.

Quiz Thursday, February 18th Pre- Algebra 7-3
Friday, Febraury 19th Pre-Alegbra 7-1, 7-2, 7-4

Will include vocabulary:
terminating decimal
mixed number
reapeating decimal
bar notation
period
rational number
algebraic fraction
dimensional analysis
multiplicative inverses
reciprocals
multiple
common multiples
least common multiple (LCM)
least common denominator (LCD)

They will need to know how to :
Write Fractions as Decimal
Convert mixed Number to Improper Gractions and viceversa
Multiply and Divide Rational Numbers

Go to www.pre-alg.com/self_check_quiz and do quizzes for lessons 7-4, 7-5, 7-6
Turn them in with cover
7-1, 7-2, 7-3 for Friday
7-3 For Monday

Week as of February 1st-5th

Dates to keep in mind:
7-3 Test Thursday
7-1, 7-1, 7-4, Test Friday

It will include:

• Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting
  
• Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing
  
• Solving Multi-Step Inequalities
  
• Students need to be able to graph, check and Solve word problems.

This week we will be reviewing and students will be working in a Group Project.
Project: Create a Game that will enable students to review the following:

• One Step Equations
  
• Two Step Equations
  
• Solving Equations with Variable on Each Side
  
• Solving Equations by Graphing Symbols
  
• Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting
  
• Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing
  
• Solving Multi-Step Equations

Today they were assigned in their groups and the objectives were discussed.
They will be given 20 minutes each day and 40 minutes from their block.
Games need to be created at school, therefore they are to use their time wisely.
Monday they will be presenting their ganes to the rest of the class members. A spokesperson will be selected to explain the rules.
Students aare to follow the rubric to complete the assignment.

American School
Pre-Algebra

Name:
Group Members:
Game´s Name:

Game is to include the following operations:

• One Step Equations
  
• Two Step Equations
  
• Solving Equations with Variable on Each Side
  
• Solving Equations by Graphing Symbols
  
• Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting
  
• Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing
  
• Solving Multi-Step Equations

Game should be for four players.
An instruction sheet is to be provided as well as an answer key.

Project Presentation	4	3	2	1
Oral Presentation Requirements	The Oral Presentation meets all of the requirements in the description.
Development of Ideas	The Instructions given and written make sense and are connected.
Creativity	Game demonstrates superior level of creativity.
Structure	Problems were selected carefully and answer key has been provided for selfcheck

We had several students absent last week and they missed the test that was scheduled for Tuesday, January 26th.
Review´s have been given as follow:
Monday, February 1st during lunch time and after school from 2:30 - 3:30
Tomorow will be the last review and students are to do their test Thursday, February 4th.
They need to review at home as well.

Pre- Algebra Virtual Activity for Wednesday January 27th

Sections: 7-1, 7-2, 7-3

Objective: To review Vocabulary for Chapter 3 Equations Chapter 7 Inequalities.

You are to go to www.pre-alg.com/vocabulary_review
Read the instructions.
First go to Chapter 3- Equations (Copy in your notebook the exercises with the correct answers)
Second go to Chapter 7- Equations and Inequalities (Copy in your notebook the exercises with the correct answers)

7-2 H.W.

P. 739( 7-1, 2,6,10,16,20)

2. 5t-8=3t + 12
6. 5a – 5 = 7a – 19
10. 3p = 4 – 9p
16. 9 + 11a = - 5a + 21
20. 2.85a – 7 = 85a – 2

P. 740 ( 7 -2 Column 1-9)

1. 6(m-2)=12
2. 5 (2d + 4) = 35
5. 3 ( b + 1) = 4b – 1
7. 4 ( R – 6) = 6 ( R + 2)
9. 5/9 g + 8 = 1/6 g + 1

P. 740 ( 7-3 Column 1-14)
1. 5≥ 2t – 12 ; t = 11
3. 6r – 18 > 0 ; r = 3
5. h – 19 < 13 ; h = 28
7. b ≥ 4
10. m ≤ 0

13. At least 295 students attended Greenville Elementary School an Electric bill increased by $ 15 is now more than $ 80

Week as of January 25th - January 29th

Test Tuesday, January 26th. It includes one step equations, tow step equations, equations with variables on both sides and Solving Inequalities by Adding/Subtracting.
You need to be able to graph and prove the answer gotten is right by replacing the variable.
This week we will be reviewing using Mountain Math and Games that have been uploaded in the Blog site. So comments will be taken in consideration if you want to earn 5 extra points in your following test.
We will begin Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing and Solving with Multi-Step Inequalities.
word Problems will be included
Test Thursday, February 4th Sections 7-3 and Friday February 5th Sections 7-2, 7-1, 7-4
Keep in mind that Pop Quizzes can be given any time, so try to do your H.W. daily.

Week as of January 18th to January 22nd

Dates to keep in mind:
Plato math test Wednesday January 20th
Pre-Algebra next Tuesday January 26th includes vocabulary, one-step equations, tow-step equations, equations with variables in both sides and inequalities
Please review form worksheets and exercises done in class as well as homework.
during this week we will be reviewing.

Please make sure to be ready for Pop Quizzes related with Converting Measurements within the metric system and within the Customary System
Students will be able to use cheat cards

Week of Jan. 11 - 15th

Week of January 11 - 15th

This week we will be working in solving inequalities and solving inequalities by adding and subtracting. We will also be working with customary units. So students need to have their with the conversions every single day. A short project will be posted this coming Wednesday which needs to be turned in Thursday January 21st. Next test will be Thursday January 21st and Friday January 22nd upon scheduled.

Week as of January 4 to January 8

Happy New Year 2010!!!

Integrating what we covered by the end of the year- One and Two Step Equations (Chapter 3) we will begin working with Chapter 7. "Equations and Inequalities"

This week we will be covering:

• 7-! Solving Equations with Variable on Each Side
• 7-2 Solving Equations with Grouping Symbols

Vocabulary: Null or empty set
Identity

Monday, January 11th students need to turn in Self Check Quizzes for Lessons 7-1, 7-2
Go to www.pre-alg.com/self_check_quiz

Test Tuesday, January 12th Lesson 7-1, 7-2