To reach the online textbook, extra practice, and parent resources, use the following web address:
my.hrw.com
username: mlile2
password: daniell
To reach all the resources available at USA Test Prep (the resources here are for all content areas), use the following web address:
school id: daniellmsga
username: lunch number
password: lunch number
August 22, 2011 | Permalink
Download 3rd week lesson plans
Monday - Assignment - 11-21, odd on slope-intercept handout. 1-12 on graphing handout. Quiz on slope Tuesday
Tuesday - Take quiz . No assignment
Wednesday/Thursday - Assignment - complete handout on parallel and perpendicular lines
Friday - Assignment- complete handout on writing equations given slope and one point
January 24, 2012 | Permalink
Plans for this week will need to be altered due to the eighth grade writing test and schedule changes. Below is my plan and assignments at the start of the week. I will stay as close as possible to the assignments that I have posted. Right now I plan to give a quiz on slope on Monday, January 23.
Download 2nd week lesson plans
Tuesday - I will be in collaboration meetings for most of the classes today. With the sub, the students will complete the quiz they started on Friday, complete a handout introducing them to slope and read pages 633 and 634 in the textbook. They should do problems 8-16 on textbook pages 635 and 636 for homework.
Wednesday/Thursday - complete handout on using the slope formula
Friday - complete handout on slope-intercept form of an equation. Quiz Monday.
January 17, 2012 | Permalink
Happy New Year everyone!!! Wow, I am having a hard time believing we have finished half of the school year. I hope you enjoyed the winter break. I know I did, but I am also excited about starting our 2nd semester and looking forward to a beautiful spring.
There will be a help session this Wednesday, January 11, as well as a quiz on Friday that covers the material learned in the 2 previous days of class. I have included a link to my lesson plans for this week in case you would like to follow what we are doing in class.
Download Lesson Plans for week 1
Assignments:
Tuesday - Handout. Help Session Wednesday. Quiz Friday.
Wednesday/Thursday - Handout. Quiz Friday
Friday - Take quiz. No Assignment
January 10, 2012 | Permalink
We will be taking our Unit 4 Test during the Wednesday and Thursday block classes. I am having a help session on Wednesday morning at 8:15. Ms. Isaacs and Ms. Peters will also be holding their sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please do not forget about the great online resources available to you and your children. They are great tools for study and review for the test.
Monday: Assignment - study for the unit test and get notebook in order to be checked.
Tuesday: Assignment - complete study guide and study for the test
Wednesday/Thursday: We will take the test. Of course there is no assignment!!
Have a wonderful winter break!
December 19, 2011 | Permalink
There will not be a help session this week due to a faculty meeting. Students are still welcome to attend Ms. Isaacs' session on Tuesday and Ms. Peters' session on Thursday.
There will be a function quiz on Friday. Also, the Unit 4 test will be given next Wednesday and Thursday during our block classes.
This Wednesday and Thursday we will be taking the County Checkpoint Test in math.
Monday: Assignment - Handout 5-1, problems 15 - 41, odd
Tuesday: No assignment except review your notes for the checkpoint test
Wednesday/Thursday: No assignment. We will be taking the checkpoint test
Friday: No assignment other than to begin studying for the unit test.
December 12, 2011 | Permalink
There will be a help session this Wednesday at 8:15. There will also be a quiz on sequences on Wed./Thurs.
Monday: Assignment - complete handout on tables and graphs. Quiz Wed./Thurs.
Tuesday: Quiz Wed./Thurs. Assignment - Compare - Contrast handout.
Wednesday/Thursday: Quiz. Assignment - complete handouts on relations and functions.
Friday: Assignment - complete handouts on linear and nonlinear functions.
December 05, 2011 | Permalink
I hope everyone had a relaxing Thanksgiving break. We will be starting Unit 4 with Georgia standard M8A3e, which is a study of arithmetic sequences.
There will not be a help session with me on Wednesday, November 30 at 8:15. Ms. Isaacs has a session on Tuesday morning and Ms. Peters has one on Thursday.
Progress Reports will be sent home on Wednesday of this week, also.
Monday: Assignment - Recursive form worksheet
Tuesday: In class we will complete the performance task "What's My Patter?"
Wednesday/Thursday: Assignment - Explicit form worksheet
Friday: In class we will compare and contrast the recursive and explicit forms of arithmetic sequences. There will be a quiz on these 2 forms on Monday. Therefore, although there is no written assignments, students should study their notes and corrected assignments over the weekend for the quiz.
November 18, 2011 | Permalink
3 Very Important Facts:
1. The Unit 3 Test is this Wednesday and Thursday.
2. Help Session Wednesday morning at 8:153. Cancelled due to a meeting
3. There are many resources for students and parents at the online textbook site and the USA Test Prep site. See the blog titled Online Resources for login information.
Monday: We will complete a study sheet in class for the Unit 3 test. Assignment - unit 3 study guide and begin studying for the test (Wednesday and Thursday)
Tuesday: We will go over the study guide and additional problems in class. Assignment - study for test
Wednesday/Thursday: Study session at 8:15/ Answer last minute questions, then take the test. No assignment
Friday: 8th mock writing test and grade social
November 14, 2011 | Permalink
I will be having a help session this Wednesday. Pick up is at 8:15 in the theater.
Inequality quiz on Monday, November 14
Unit 3 test on Wednesday and Thursday, November 16 and 17
Monday: Assignment - textbook page 46, 15 - 33, odd
Tuesday: No School
Wednesday/Thursday: Assignmnent - textbook page 602, 5 - 25, odd and 27 - 30, all
Friday: Inequality quiz on Monday. Assignment - textbook page 606, 15 - 30, odd
November 07, 2011 | Permalink
There will be a help session this Wednesday at 8:15.
Monday: Warm Up Quiz. Assignment - handout on absolute value equations. Quiz on Wednesday/ Thursday covering absolute value equations.
Tuesday: Assignment - Handout on absolute value equations including word problems.
Wednesday/Thursday: Quiz on Absolute Value Equations. Classwork on all equations. No assignment.
Friday: Introductions to inequalities. No assignment.
October 31, 2011 | Permalink
