Vrijmoet's Math: 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 12/2	Review concepts from Chapter 3	Pages 157-159 #CL 3-133 through #CL 3-141
Tue. 12/3	Review concepts from Chapter 3	Worksheet, Practice 6
Wed. 12/4	Demonstrate mastery of Chapter 3 topics through completion of the Chapter Exam	No Homework: Exam Day
Thur. 12/5	No School Day -- Teacher Professional Development Day	--
Fri. 12/6	No School Day – Trimester Grading Day	--

Responsibility Points Trade-In Day: Wednesday, 12/4

Chapter 3 Exam: Wednesday

Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30 --- See you there!

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 12/2	Solve equations and check answers (Lesson 3.2.4)	Review your previous work on pages 125-126, #3-74 through # 3-78: Re-work problems as necessary, especially those involving steps!
Tue. 12/3	Solve equations requiring the Distributive Property (Lesson 3.2.5)	Pages 140-141, # 3-113 through # 3-117
Wed. 12/4	Complete tables and draw graphs to represent linear or nonlinear algebraic rules (Lesson 3.2.3)	Worksheet, Practice 12
Thur. 12/5	No School Day – Teacher Professional Development Day	--
Fri. 12/6	No School Day – Trimester Grading Day	---

Responsibility Points Trade-In Day: Wednesday, 12/4

Tests or Quizzes this Week

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 11/18	Determine the absolute value of any number (Lesson 3.2.3)	Pages 150-151, #3-118 through # 3-122
Tue. 11/19	Demonstrate mastery of lessons 3.1.1 through 3.2.2 by completing today’s quiz	No Homework. (You may complete the Extra Credit if you wish – it is due Thursday of this week!)
Wed. 11/20	Use coordinate graphs to find lengths between graphed points (Lesson 3.2.4)	Page 155, # 3-128 through # 3-132
Thur. 11/21	Review concepts from all lessons in Chapter 3, with particular focus on negative integers and rational numbers	No Homework – Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break Week!
Fri. 11/22	Our class does not meet today (Kennedy Early Release Day)	---

Next Quiz: Tuesday, 11/19

Office Hours this Week: Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 11/18	Solve equations and check answers (Lesson 3.2.1)	Pages 125-126, #3-74 through # 3-78
Tue. 11/19	Determine the number of solutions to an equation (Lesson 3.2.2)	Pages 129-130, # 3-84 through # 3-88 (Show a table, equation and graph for # 3-84; show STEPS to solve each equation in #3-87.)
Wed. 11/20	Complete tables and draw graphs to represent linear or nonlinear algebraic rules (Lesson 3.2.3)	Worksheet, Practice 11
Thur. 11/21	Demonstrate mastery of lessons 3.1.1 through 3.2.3 by completing today’s quiz	Optional Homework -- Due 12/2 at completion of Thanksgiving Break: Chapter 3 Review Packet
Fri. 11/22	Early Release Day: Period 5 class DOES meet, Period 2 class DOES NOT. If your class meets, we will review your quiz score and practice graphing inequalities.	No Homework

Special Note Regarding Thursday’s Homework:

You will receive five bonus points for accurate completion of the review packet.

(Minimum of 70% accuracy on each page required.)

Next Quiz: Thursday, 11/21

Office Hours this Week: Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 11/11	No School Day – Veterans Day Holiday	--
Tue. 11/12	Explore a tile problem through its multiple representations: table, equation, and graph (Lesson 3.1.3)	Pages 106-107, #3-23 through # 3-31, ODD NUMBERED PROBLEMS ONLY
Wed. 11/13	Complete tables and draw graphs to represent linear or nonlinear algebraic rules (Lesson 3.1.4)	Pages 109-110, # 3-37 through #3-41
Thur. 11/14	Use tables, graphs, and rules to represent situations; identify the independent and dependent variable in each equation (Lesson 3.1.5)	Pages 113-114, #3-46 through #3-50
Fri. 11/15	Review concepts in lessons from this week, and practice skill of graphing from a table and from an algebraic rule	Worksheet, Practice 10

Next Quiz: Friday, 11/15

Skills covered: writing a rule

from a table and graphing results

Office Hours this Week: Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 11/4	Build mastery of simplifying expressions and writing linear equations	Worksheet, Practice 8
Tue. 11/5	Extend patterns to find the “rule” for the algebraic equation (Lesson 3.1.1, Pages 93-95)	Pages 96-97, # 3-4 through #3-8
Wed. 11/6	Use tables, graphs, and rules to make predictions (Lesson 3.1.2, Pages 98-100)	Pages 100, #3-13 and #3-14
Thur. 11/7	Continue work with tables, graphs and rules (Lesson 3.1.2, Pages 98-100)	Worksheet, Practice 9
Fri. 11/8	If your class meets today we will review the concepts from previous three lessons. Kennedy Early Release – Periods 1, 2, and 3 will meet.	No Homework Today

Office Hours this Week: Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30

Day	Today you will:	Complete (5)
Mon. 11/11	No School Day – Veterans Day Holiday	--
Tue. 11/12	Explore multiple ways to represent a portion (Lesson 3.1.5)	Pages 127-128, # 3-73 through # 3-77
Wed. 11/13	Investigate using ratios to represent and solve problems (Lesson 3.1.6)	Pages 133-134, # 3-84 through # 3-88
Thur. 11/14	Explore addition and subtraction of integers, and learn the meaning of an integer’s opposite (Lesson 3.2.1)	Page 139, # 3-94 through # 3-98
Fri. 11/15	Locate negative numbers on a number line; represent situations using positive and negative values (Lesson 3.2.2)	Pages 143-144, #3-106 through # 3-110

Next Quiz: Tuesday, 11/19

Office Hours this Week: Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30