Week of 1/12/09-1/16/09
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | Notes on 5.5 Difference of Two Squares; announced quiz on Thursday over 5.2-5.6 | 5.5 pg 206: 11-17 odd, 33-65 odd | Tuesday | CP, TA, RG, LH |
| Tuesday | notes on 5.6 Squares of Binomials | 5.6 pg 210: 1-13 odd | Wednesday | |
| Wednesday | went over last night's assignment; handed out review worksheet that we work; quiz will be a short one at the end of the period tomorrow | Review wksht over 5.2-5.6 (to study for quiz) | Thursday | MbI |
| Thursday | reviewed, then took quiz over 5.2-5.5 | none | ||
| Friday | finished notes on 5.6 Squares of Binomials | 5.6 pg 210: 1-13 odd, 21-65 odd | next Wednesday (1/21/09) |
Week of 1/5/09-1/9/09
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | notes on 5.2 Dividing Monomials | 5.2 pg 192: 7-29 odd, 35-49 odd, 53-59 odd | Tuesday | LH, AL, CP |
| Tuesday | reviewed last night's HW; notes on 5.3 Monomial Factors of Polynomials | 5.3 pg 196: 9-27 odd, 37-53 odd (54 bonus) | finish up to 37 by Wednesday | CP, CM. AL |
| Wednesday | worked on 5.3 assignment | add to 5.3 HW: pg 198 1-11 odd; Mixed Review 1-9 all | Thursday | CM, AL |
| Thursday | notes on 5.4 Multiplying Monomials Mentally | 5.4 pg 201: 1-37 every other odd, 39-49 odd | Friday | AL, CP |
| Friday | went over the HW from 5.4 | none | CP, CL |
Week of 12/15/08-12/19/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | Took quiz over sections 4.8-4.10 | none | ||
| Tuesday | no class--special speaker in JS | |||
| Wednesday | discussed section 5.1 Factoring Integers | 5.1 pg 186: 1-51 odd; (52 Bonus) | Thursday | |
| Thursday | got back, went over quiz from Monday (4.8-4.10); I will give out a Bonus packet tomorrow that students can do over break to get extra credit; "Make-up" quiz tomorrow this last quiz (I'll average the two scores together) | study for make-up quiz | Friday | CP, CM |
| Friday | short make-up quiz fro 4.8-4.10; gave out bonus extra credit packet that students can work on over break | bonus extra credit packet--worth +2% (max) on overall grade | Monday (1/5/09) | AC |
Week of 12/8/08-12/12/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | discussed 4.9 HW; did a practice quiz--pg 170 #10, pg 173 #6 | finish the practice quiz problems if you didn't do so in class | Tuesday | CP, SBS |
| Tuesday | went over practice quiz from yesterday; notes on 4.10 Problems Without Solutions | 4.10 pg 176: 3-15 odd, (16 Bonus) | Wednesday | MbI, (MBB--there part of the hour) |
| Wednesday | went over the 4.10 HW; announced quiz next Monday (12/15) over 4.8-4.10 | Self test pg 177, 1-4 all | Thursday | AL, CP |
| Thursday | discussed last night assignment; worked some more review problems (see "Assignment") | pg 180: 20-22 pg 181: 37-40 |
Friday | CP |
| Friday | final review for quiz on Monday; handed out solutions to even problems from sections 4.8-4.10--use them to study (practice problems) | study for quiz | JD, JK |
Week of 12/1/08-12/5/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | went over the Geometry wksht HW; handed back, went over Chapter 4 tests | none | TA, SBS, MbI | |
| Tuesday | notes on 4.8 Rate-Tme-Distance Problems | 4.8 pg 170: 1, 3, 9-15 odd, (17, 19 challenge) | finish 1,3,9 by tomorrow | SBS |
| Wednesday | continued working on 4.8 assignment | see above | all due Thursday | SBS |
| Thursday | notes on 4.9 Area Problems | 4.9 pg 173: 1-11 odd, (12 bonus) | 1-5 due Friday | SBS, AL, SS |
| Friday | continued the 4.9 assignment | see above | all due Monday | AC, CL, SBS |
Week of 11/24/08-11/25/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | Geometry Review--Volume of Cylinders, Prisms, Cones, and Pyramids | problems I assigned on the two wkshts I handed out | next Monday (12/1) | RG, SBS |
| Tuesday |
Trip to JCHS in SF |
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Week of 11/17/08-11/21/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | notes on 4.6 Multiplying Polynomials | 4.6 pg 162: 9-27 odd, 28, 29-49 odd, 50 (49, 50 for extra challenge) | Tuesday | CP, DW |
| Tuesday | discussed last night's HW; notes on 4.7 Transforming Formulas | 4.7 pg 166: 1-29 odd, Mixed Review 1-8 all | 1-13 odd due Wednesday | CP, DW |
| Wednesday | worked on the rest of the 4.7 HW in class; handed out review packet for the Test on Friday | finish any unfinished assignments; work on review packet, focusing on trouble spots | no due date for review--won't be turned in | |
| Thursday | reviewed for test tomorrow over 4.1-4.7 | study! | AL | |
| Friday | TEST over chapter 4 covering sections 4.1-4.7--no word problems | none |
Week of 11/10/08-11/14/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | short notes on 4.4 Powers of Monomials; announced quiz over 4.1-4.4 on Friday (updated 11/11/08) | 4.4 pg 157: 9-53 odd | Tuesday | |
| Tuesday | used today as a catch-up/questions day; Moved Quiz to Friday instead of tomorrow | finish any assignments past due | CM, IA | |
| Wednesday | reviewed for quiz; notes on 4.5 Multiplying Polynomials by Monomials | 4.5 pg 159: 19-39 odd, 40-44 all | work on it in class after the quiz Friday | IA |
| Thursday |
no school--Parent-Teacher Conferences |
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| Friday | Reviewed, then took a short quiz over 4.1-4.4 (polynomials) | 4.5 assignment (see Wednesday) | Monday | CL, SBS |
Week of 11/3/08-11/7/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | handed back quizzes from Ch3 Word Problems; began Chapter 4 with 4.1 Exponents | 4.1 pg 144: 12-23 all, 33-49 | Tuesday | |
| Tuesday | went over 4.1 HW, handed it in; notes on 4.2 Adding & Subtracting Polynomials | none | ||
| Wednesday | finished 4.2 notes | 4.2 pg 148: 1-55 odd pg 150 Problems: 1-13odd Mixed Review 1-10 all |
finish 1-55 odd by Thursday | |
| Thursday | continued 4.2 HW in class; read on their own section 4.3 Multiplying Monomial (pp 152-154) | 4.2 assignment (see above) 4.3 pg 153: 11-51 odd |
finish 4.3 pg 153 11-29 odd for tomorrow | CM |
| Friday | finished working on 4.3 HW; notes on 4.3 Multiplying Monomials and 4.4 Powers of Monomials | 4.4 pg 157 9-53 odd | finish the rest of the 4.3 assignment |
Week of 10/20/08-10/24/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | no class--all-school Simchat Torah celebration | Quiz Friday over word problems | ||
| Tuesday |
NO SCHOOL |
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| Thursday | reviewed for tomorrow's quiz over chapter 3 Word Problems | review sheet; pg 139 1,2, 5,6,8,9,11,14-17 | Won't be collected--do what you need to do to study | JDu |
| Friday | took quiz over Chapter 3 Word Problems | none | MbI | |
Week of 10/13/08-10/17/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | no class--met 1st two periods together (8D & 8T) in JS | none | AL,CP (tardy) | |
| Tuesday |
NO SCHOOL |
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| Thursday | notes on 3.7 Cost, Income, and Value Problems; involves using charts in word problems | 3.7 pg 128: 5-17 odd | at least 30 minutes of steady work on 3.7 | JDu |
| Friday | discussed/continued working on 3.7 HW | finish 3.7 HW | Monday | CP |
Week of 10/6/08-10/10/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | discussed HW/turned it in; announced quiz on Friday covering sections 3.1-3.3, 3.5 (no word problems) which is primarily solving simple equations w/ one variable; handed out review sheet +extra credit | study for quiz using old HW and review wkshts that were given out | quiz Friday | CP |
| Tuesday | no class today | |||
| Wednesday |
NO SCHOOL |
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| Friday | took short quiz over Chapter 3 Equations | none | MBB, AaL | |
Week of 10/2/08-10/3/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Thursday | notes on 3.4 Using Equations to Solve Problems | 3.4 pg 113: 13-33 odd | Friday--stop at #25 | |
| Friday | discussed last night's HW, continued working on it; gave new assignment from section 3.5 | 3.5 pg 119: 5-19 odd | do at least 30 minutes of QUALITY work |
Week of 9/22/08-9/26/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | returned quizzes from last week--check Engrade for your score; notes on 3.1 Transforming Equations: Addition and Subtraction | 3.1 pg 97: 25-59 odd | Tuesday | |
| Tuesday | added on to 3.1 notes/assignment | add on to 3.1 from yesterday: Word Problems 4-7, 17, 19, 20 | MBB | |
| Wednesday | discussed 3.2 Transforming Equations: Multiplication & Division | 3.2 pg 104: 1-31 odd | Thursday | |
| Thursday | notes on 3.3 Using Several Transformations | add onto 3.2: 33-51 odd 3.3 pg 109: 25-59 odd |
Friday | SBS |
| Friday | notes on 3.5 Equations w/ Variables on Both Sides | 3.5 pg 118: 19-31 odd, 32-36 all, 37-47 odd | Thursday (10/2/08) | DW |
Week of 9/15/08-9/19/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | Announced quiz Wednesday over +, -, x, divide integers and translating words into algebraic equations and expressions; short notes on 2.9 Dividing Real #s | 2.9 pg 85: 1-15 odd, 21-35 odd | Tuesday | CP |
| Tuesday | worked on wkshts for review for tomorrow's quiz | finish review sheets (won't be collected) and study | Wednesday | |
| Wednesday | Quiz over +, -, x, divide integers and translating words into algebraic equations | none | ||
| Thursday | worked on 2.7 Problem Solving: Consecutive Integers | 2.7 pg 77: 1-18 all | Friday | |
| Friday | reviewed the HW from 2.7; practiced working out some equations as prep for next chapter | none | LH |
Week of 9/8/08-9/12/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | notes on 2.6 Rules for Multiplication | 2.6 pg 72: 9-29 odd, 37-57 odd | Tuesday | MBB, DW, SBS |
| Tuesday | Went over 2.6 HW; used rest of the hour to do worksheet covering up to 2.6 in the book, plus review of different mathematical properties | front page of 2.6 review worksheet, plus 1-7 on the back | Wednesday | |
| Wednesday | discussion (no notes) 1.5 Translating Sentences into Equations | 1.5 pg 21 9-16, 20-22, 23-35 odd | Thursday | |
| Thursday | discussed/turned in 1.5 HW; discussed 1.6 Translating Problems into Equations | 1.6 pg 24 9-21 odd | Friday | |
| Friday | did a short ungraded self-quiz using the Mixed Review on pg 78; discussed/turned in 1.6 HW; short notes on 2.8 The Reciprocal of a Real Number | 2.8 pg 81: 13-33 odd | Monday | SBS, CP |
Week of 9/2/08-9/5/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | Labor Day--NO SCHOOL | |||
| Tuesday | notes on 1.6 (Holt) Factors & Exponents; short QUIZ tomorrow over 1.1 Order of Operations, 1.4 Distributive Property, 1.5 Combining Like Terms from Holt textbook | 1.6: 1-6 all, 7-25 odd Study for Quiz |
Wednesday | none |
| Wednesday | Took short quiz (see above); discussed integers, opposite, and absolute value; received wksht over 2.2 Adding Integers (Holt) | 2.2 (Holt) 6-34 even | Thursday | none |
| Thursday | 2.4 (Holt) Subtracting Integers notes/wksht | 2.4 (Holt) wksht, all problems on front and back | Friday | |
| Friday | worked on assignment from the book (not Holt)--2.4 Subtracting Integers | 2.4 pg 61: 13-41 odd, 47-59 odd, 62; Word
Problems: 5-11 odd Mixed Review: 7-12 all |
Monday | MBB, MbI |
Week of 8/25/08-8/29/08
| Day | Classwork | Assignment | Due date | Absent |
| Monday | First day of school! | none | ||
| Tuesday | handed out books; notes on 1.1 Variables & Equations | 1.1 pg 4 13-23 odd, 41-47 odd, Mixed Review (MR) 9-16 all | Wednesday | none |
| Wednesday | section 1.1 Rules for Order of Operations from Holt textbook handout | Written Exercises 15-27 odd, 31-47 odd on handout | Thursday | none |
| Thursday | notes/handout on 1.4 (Holt) Distributive Property | Written Exercises: 6-30 even, 33-41 all | Friday | ED |
| Friday | notes/handout on 1.5 (Holt) Combining Like Terms | Written Exercises: 16-32 even, 42-50 even | Tuesday | ED, RG, AL |