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.

Week of September 4th

Remember no school Monday! Enjoy Labor Day.

When you return on Tuesday we will be covering the Real Number System. Here is a link to better understand what this is.
http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/math/ms/c30708/01NumberSense/1-4RealNumSystem.html

HW Tues is to complete the Real Number System worksheet you started in class.

Open house is next Thursday 9/6 beginning at 6:30. Hope to see you there!

First early release Friday will also begin next week.

Welcome!

Welcome back 8th graders! Hope you had a wonderful summer. Now it is time to get back to school and back to math. We will start off the year learning problem solving strategies that will help you tackle those long, confusing word problems.

Check this blog weekly for upcoming information and daily activities.

Week of May 7, 2012

This week 8th graders will:

• Take their first Algebra test on Monday and Tuesday.
• Learn how to solve one and two step equations.

Week of April 30, 2012

This week 8th graders will continue to prepare for Algebra by combining like terms in geometry and by applying the distributive property to simplify expressions.