5.12 Maths

Students in both 7th and 8th grade took tests today.

5.11 Maths

7th Grade
Students will take a quiz on Thursday. Be sure to complete the practice worksheet and study linear relationships in tables, graphs and equations - especially slope.

8th Grade
Students will take a quiz on Thursday. Be sure to complete the practice worksheet and study exponential relationships and exponential operations. Spend some time on khanacademy.org !

5.9 Maths

7th Grade

Students continue practicing their skills with tables, graphs and equations of linear relationships. We started the following practice in class, and it should be completed before Tuesday: 4ACE #2-12, 43, 44.

8th Grade

Students are learning about growth factors, growth rates and compound growth in their study of exponential relationships in Problem 3.2. The following practice is assigned:

R2 - 3ACE #1, 2, 4

R3 - 3ACE #1, 2, 8

4.4 Maths

7th Grade
In Problem 1.2, students are exploring linear relationships in tables, graphs and equations. Complete all of question A before next class.

8th Grade
Students completed a quiz on reflection, rotation and translation transformations on a coordinate grid.

4.1 Math

7th grade

Students continued their investigation, determining walking rates and writing linear equations.

For practice, 1ACE #'s 1 and 2.

*Tests are to be signed and brought back Monday, April 4th.

8th grade

Today, students reviewed material from investigations 2 and 5 to prepare for the upcoming quiz (Monday, April 4th).

Remember to review your practice sheets!

3/9 Math

7th Grade
Quiz today: adding positive and negative numbers.

8th Grade
Students will be writing a reflection to summarize what they learned in Investigation 1. Students will also begin working on investigation 2.1, line reflections. Quiz tomorrow on reflection, rotation, and translation symmetry!

3/8 Math

Today all students worked on compiling their portfolios for the upcoming Student-Led Conferences.

8th graders - Don't forget to have your tests signed and brought in tomorrow!

3/4 Math

7th Grade
Students are learning about fact families. The following practice is assigned: 2ACE #'s 17-20, 22, 26

8th Grade
Students are learning about translational symmetry. The following practice is assigned:Page 14, question B

3/3 Math

7th Grade
Students are learning the relationship between adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. The following practice is assigned: 2ACE #'s 10, 11, 13

8th Grade
Students are learning about symmetries in kaleidoscope designs. The following practice is assigned: 1ACE #'s 20-25

3/2 Math

7th Grade
Students are learning how to subtract positive and negative numbers. The following practice is assigned:
R2 ACE #6A-F, 7, 31
or
R3 ACE #6A-I, 31

8th Grade
Students are learning reflectional and rotational symmetry. The following practice is assigned:
R2 1ACE #2-10
or
R3 1ACE #6-10, 31-33

2.16 Maths

7th Grade
Students completed a quiz on adding positive and negative numbers.

8th Grade
Students completed the unit test on the Pythagorean Theorem.

2.14 Maths

7th Grade
Quiz on Tuesday: adding positive and negative numbers.

8th Grade
Unit test on Tuesday: the Pythagorean Theorem.

2.11 Maths

7th Grade
Students are developing algorithms for adding positive and negative numbers in Problem 2.1.

8th Grade
Students are applying their understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem to solve geometric problems in Problem 4.3. The following practice is assigned: 4ACE# 8, 9, 10.

2.8 Maths

7th Grade
Students continue to practice adding positive and negative numbers in Problem 1.4. Be sure to complete all of question A before Wednesday.

8th Grade
Students were returned two assessments today: Thinking with Mathematical Models Unit Test and Looking For Pythagoras Check Up 2. Corrections and parent signature for the Pythagoras quiz are due Wednesday.

2.4 Maths

7th Grade
Students continue to develop their number sense for adding negative numbers in Problem 1.3. Be sure to complete the following practice before Monday: 1ACE #20-29 (write a number sentence for each).

8th Grade
Students took a quiz to assess their mastery of the Pythagorean Theorem.

1.31 Maths

7th Grade
Students are building their number sense with positive and negative numbers in Problem 1.2. Students should be sure to complete the entire problem before class on Tuesday.

8th Grade
Students are preparing for a quiz on the Pythagorean Theorem on Wednesday. Be sure to complete Math Reflections 3 and the practice packet.

1.28 Maths

7th Grade
Students should complete all of Problem 1.1 before class on Monday.

8th Grade
Students should complete question 1 of Math Reflections 3 before class on Monday.

1.27 Math

7th Grade
We are starting a new unit of study on integers and rational numbers. Today students explored some properties of positive and negative numbers in Problem 1.1. Students should make sure they have completed to the end of question C before class on Friday.

8th Grade
Students continue to explore and apply the Pythagorean Theorem in Problem 3.4. The following practice is assigned:
R2 - 3ACE #7, 15-18, 35
R3 - 3ACE #7. 15-17, 25, 35

1.24 Maths

7th Grade
Students received their marked unit tests today and completed a test dissection. Students are bringing their tests home to be signed by a parent. SIGNED TESTS MUST BE RETURNED ON TUESDAY.

8th Grade
There was no 8th Grade math class today.

1.18 Maths

7th Grade
On Wednesday, students will take the unit test for the Comparing & Scaling unit. To prepare, students should complete question 2 on page 66 and review their notes and assessments from the unit.

8th Grade
The Pythagoras Check-Up 1 quiz was returned to students today. Students began to derive the pythagorean theorem by exploring the relationship between the areas of the squares formed on the legs of a right triangle to the square formed by the hypotenuse. No practice is assigned.