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April 30, 2007

Today we talked about our Bridge Building Project which will begin this Thursday. I then collected the Polynomials quiz corrections from periods 2 through 7. They will be due for 1st. period tomorrow. We then checked the homework from the workbook 10-1 and 10-2 Practice pages. The homework for tonight is to complete more problems from 10-1 and 10-2 as follows: page 430 (#8,9,10) and page 435 (#6-10). We will cover 10-4 tomorrow and there will be a quiz on Wednesday covering 10-1, 10-2 and 10-4.

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April 27, 2007

Today we went over 10-1 Functions and 10-2 Using Tables to Graph Functions. The homework is to complete Workbook Practice 10-1 and Practice 10-2. Also, I passed back the Polynomials Quiz. You may do quiz corrections for 1 pt. each. Do these on a separate piece of paper and staple them to the front of your quiz. Progress reports have been passed out. You need to return them if you have a 79 or below in my class.

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April 25, 2007

Click below to see the notes on Subtracting Polynomials:

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Today we checked the homework from page 572 and workbook practice 13-3. After going over this, we covered 13-4: Subtracting Polynomials. The homework for tonight is to complete pgs. 575-576 (10-25/29-32) and page 576 (4-10 from the midchapter self test). There will be a quiz tomorrow over 13-1 through 13-4. There will be a study session in the morning before school at 8:20am.

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April 24, 2007

Please click below to see today's examples on Adding Polynomials:

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Today we continued our mini-unit on Polynomials. After checking the homework and going over questions from 13-1 and 13-2, we covered 13-3 Adding Polynomials. The homework for tonight is to complete the following: Pg.572 (10-27all/31-34all) and Workbook Practice 13-3 (5-16all). There will be a quiz on Thursday covering sections 13.1 through 13.4.

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April 23, 2007

Today we finished the movie and I collected the study guides. We then started a mini-unit on Polynomials. We covered 13.1 Modeling Polynomials and 13.2 Simplifying Polynomials. The homework for tonight is to complete the following:
pg. 563-564 (#24-31all/38/39)
pg. 568-569 (#21-32all/37/40)
There will be a quiz this Thursday over sections 13.1,13.2,13.3,13.4.

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April 17, 2007

Today we reviewed problems from the CRCT Practice Test in class. There is no homework. PLEASE remember to return your permission slips if you have not done so already...they are due tomorrow. Have a restful evening and best of luck on the math portion of tomorrow's CRCT test!

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April 16, 2007

Today we worked on a CRCT Practice Test. Tomorrow we will work on this test again. Several students have not returned their movie permission slips. PLEASE remember to bring these in tomorrow if you have not already done so. Also, the scores for the Chapter 4 Test should be posted to I-parent by the middle of the week. Thank you.

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April 13, 2007

Today we went over the homework and took the Chapter 4 Test. There is no homework. Please remember to return your permission slip if you have not done so already. Next week are the CRCT tests. The math test will be on Wednesday morning.

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April 12, 2007

Today after completing the warm-up activity, we checked the worksheet on scatterplots. We then went over circle graphs and completed together several of the problems from the circle graph worksheet involving the percent proportion. I will take a homework grade on the circle graph worksheet tomorrow. I then passed out a review/practice test. This is also due tomorrow. The test is tomorrow and there will be a study session in the morning at 8:20 am. I have not posted any grades on IParent since we have returned from spring break. I have taken several homework grades this week. These grades, along with the grades for CRCT Packet #4 and the Measurement Packet will be posted either Friday or Monday. Thank you for your patience!

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April 11, 2007

Please click below to see the scatterplot examples:

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Today we worked on 2 equations problems for the warm-up. We then went over the 3rd and final page of CRCT Packet #4. After this, we went over the homework on box and whisker plots. The topic today was Scatterplots. Please complete the worksheet on scatterplots. I also passed out a worksheet on circle graphs. Please look over this and attempt some of the problems. We will work through all of the problems on this worksheet in class tomorrow. I also picked up the measurement packet. Remember there is a test on Friday!

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April 10, 2007

Click below to see the notes on box and whisker plots:

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We are having a busy week in BAG class! Today we completed 4 more equation problems for the warm-up activity. We then checked and went over the 2nd page (front and back) of CRCT Review Packet #4. We checked last night's homework on Transformations. Finally, I explained Box and Whisker Plots. The homework for tonight is to complete Workbook Practice 4-5. Do not follow the directions in the workbook. Please do the following instead:
1. Order the data from least to greatest, if necessary
2. Find the range (greatest number minus least number)
3. Find the median (middle number OR average of the 2 middle numbers)
4. Find the lower and upper quartiles
5. Draw a box and whisker plot
Please be sure to complete this assignment on a separate sheet of notebook paper.

Finally, there will be a test this Friday which will cover the following material:
reading a frequency table (covered before spring break)
reading a histogram (covered before spring break)
reading a circle graph (to be covered Wednesday)
mean, median and mode (covered before spring break)
make a line plot (covered before spring break)
box and whisker plots (covered today)
scatter plots (to be covered Wednesday)
We will review this Thursday (especially those topics covered before spring break), and there will be a study session this Friday before school.

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April 09, 2007

Welcome Back! I hope everybody had a restful and enjoyable break. Today was a busy day. We started with a warm-up activity of solving multi-step equations using the distributive property. We then checked and went over the problems from the first page(front and back) of CRCT packet #4. We then talked about Transformations (reflections, rotations and translations). The homework for tonight is to complete the Identifying Transformations worksheet (front only). Also, the measurement packet is due this Wednesday.

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