Week of 11/24

During the two and a half days we attend school this week, students will continue working on their Cafeteria survey. In groups, they will duplicate one of their graphs on chart paper to display in the high school hallway and cafeteria. Please take a minute to go by and look at the information.

This last week, students used Microsoft Excel to create frequency tables, pie graphs, column graphs, and line graphs. They were able to learn the different features that Excel has to offer so that they may be able to use this program in other aspects of their life.

Week of 11/17

Monday--Began working on Cafeteria Survey--Students will create a frequency table using Excel.

Tuesday--Continue working on the Cafeteria Survey--Students will find the measures of central tendency and range. They will also create a bar graph, line graph, and circle graph using technology.

Wednesday--Continue working on the Cafeteria Survey project--It will be due December 3, 2008.

Thursday--Students will work as a group to duplicate one of their graphs on chart paper. These charts will be hung up in the cafeteria for all to view.

Friday--Continue working on project

Week of 11/10

Monday--Chapter 10-3 Data Distributions--Mean, median, mode, and range--outliers--determine which measure of central tendency best describes the data set--no homework

Tuesday--Chapter 10-3 Data Distributions--Box-and-whisker plots--p. 697 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 30, 39-43, 54--Use Technology to make graphs p. 700-701

Wednesday--Possibly continue with the technology--Begin Cafeteria Survey project

Thursday--continue working on Cafeteria Survey project

Friday--Continue working on Cafeteria Survey project

Week of 11/3

Monday--Begin Chapter 10 Section 1--Organizing and displaying data--Assignment 17-33 all

Tuesday--Grade 10.1, Begin 10.2--

Wednesday--Pass Party--Grade 10.2 and start review

Thursday--review 10.1 and 10.2

Friday--Test over 10.1 and 10.2

Week of 10/27 to 10/31

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday--Students will be taking Benchmark tests.

Thursday and Friday--We will analyze the results and the test.

The Week Ahead

Monday--Grade Making Practice Fun 15, Answer questions for 2-5 Literal Equations, Assign Making Practice Fun 16

Tuesday--Grade 2-5, Work on Making Practice Fun 16

Wednesday--Grade Making Practice Fun 16, Review 2-1 to 2-5

Thursday--Test 2-1 to 2-5

Friday--Begin Benchmark Testing

Solving 2-step Equations

Students worked on a 48 problem worksheet Making Practice Fun 13. It is due tomorrow with all work shown.

2-1 Solving Equations using Addition and Subtraction

p. 80 24, 34, 42, 49, 59, 61-63, 68-70, 78-87

Vocabulary Test on Thursday over Chapter 1 (all) and Chapter 2 Sections 1 and 2.

Test

Students took a test today.

They were given their Chapter 1-1 to 1-5 test to correct.

Review

Students need to review for their test on Thursday. It will cover Chapter 1 Sections 6, 7, and 8.

p. 64 53-89

1-8 Introduction to Functions

Students completed an exploration worksheet. Each student was given a notecard that they labeled with the following terms: coordinate plane, x-axis, y-axis, origin, ordered pair, and quadrants I-IV. Students were given a worksheet in which they were to label each point with the correct ordered pair and then create a table using the coordinates.

1-4 Powers and Exponents

Students were asked to write definitions of three vocabulary words--power, base, and exponent. Students were asked to complete the assignment on page 29.

1.3 Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers

After reviewing the rules for multiplying and dividing real numbers, students were allowed to work on the assignment. Pages 23-25, 14-24 even, 25, 26-66 even, 73-74, 90-98 Extra Credit p. 25 76-88 even

1-2 Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers

Today, we learned how to add and subtract numbers with the same signs and with different signs. We did this using number lines, integers, calculators, and the rules of signed numbers. The assignment is page 17-19, 13-35, 37-42, 50-52, 60-68. Extra Credit problems are p. 19 54-58 even.

1-1 Variables and Expressions

We continued discussing indicator words for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We translated words into algebraic expressions. The students are working on writing situations given an algebraic expression. This must be completed at home if they did not complete it in class. The book assignment for 1-1 is pages 9-11, 17-31, 33-34, 38, 40-42, 48-50, 56-64 (even). This will be due on 8/29/08.

1-1 Variables and Expressions

Today, we learned about variables, constants, and numerical and algebraic expressions. We are in the process of writing indicator words for the four operations--addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We will continue this tomorrow and work on the assignment.