Week of October 1

This week....

Monday-Review quiz from last week, practice word problems, and discuss what makes an answer reasonable
Tuesday-setting up and solving proportions
Wednesday-setting up and solving proportions
Thursday/Friday-Unit 2 Assessment (major test!)

Homework this week....Test review will be given on Monday and due on Thursday/Friday

Monday-8.2C 1/2 sheet
Tuesday-Writing an equation for and solving the proportions we work on in class
Wednesday-8.1B Independent Practice 1/2 sheet. This only has three questions, but each question has several extension questions.
Thursday/Friday-No homework-enjoy your weekend!

Week of September 24

This week...

• Monday-solving multi-step problems involving rational numbers-specifically integers (positive and negative whole numbers). Try balancing your parents checkbook!!
• Tuesday-more multi-step problems-matching equations to word problems then solving those equations
• Wednesday-more multi-step problems involving rational numbers
• Thursday/Friday-quiz and more practice solving multi-step problems involving rational numbers.

All students have notes on how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, decimals, and integers. You will need these skills in order to solve all of the multi-step problems we work through during the week. Be sure to use these notes to help you be successful!

Homework this week...

• Monday-"Operations with Rational Numbers" worksheet
• Tuesday-8.2A TAKS practice 1-6 worksheet
• Wednesday-Red book page 16 #1-5. Match AND solve #5
• Thursday/Friday-Red book pages 16-17 #1-4. These are the questions for 8.2B

Week of September 17, 2012

This week...

• Monday-Unit 1 Test
• Tuesday-Translating words into math operations ("increased by" means to add) AND practicing adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions, decimals, and integers
• Wednesday-Reviewing expressions and equations (what's the difference?)
• Thursday/Friday-Review order of operations and solve multi-step problems involving fractions, decimals, percents, and integers

Homework this week...

• Tuesday-Gray book page 4 #1-8 odd AND page 5 #1-9 odd
• Wednesday-Gray book page 7 #1-12 odd

Week of September 10th

This week we will be...

• reviewing squares and square roots
• scientific notation
• converting between fractions, decimals, and percents
• ordering fractions, decimals, and percents (use a number line to do this)

Homework this week...

• Monday night-Red book page 15 #1-5
• Tuesday-Gray book page 20 #1-12
• Wednesday-Gray book page 12 #1-6 and 10-13 (on a number line)
• Thurs/Fri-complete classwork as needed

Major test Monday 9/17 covering the real number system, problem solving, squares and square roots, scientific notation, comparing and ordering real numbers.