Core 8 Math (Period 8) Assignments

Happy Tuesday!!

Today students took their 3rd STAR Adaptive math test!  This test completes our testing requirements for the year!!!  

Students have been assigned Module 8 lesson 1, Solving Systems of Equations.  This is an 8th Grade Common Core standard, so all of our friends PCSing out of Kansas will benefit from these lessons greatly (I don't want to create gaps!!!) For those staying in Kansas, this is not an 8th grade Kansas standards... but...this is a HUGE hurdle students often struggle with in Algebra 1.  Please encourage students to do their work and to do it well, as these lessons should increase their success next year in Algebra!  It's a Win-Win academically, but it is the end of the year... students will have time in class to do the work if they choose to use their time wisely on math instead of socializing... We will work systems for the rest of this week, utilizing the Rovers towards the end of the week.

 

All Math Work is DUE FRIDAY!!!!  May 17th is the last day I will be accepting any math work, whether it be corrections and retakes, missing work, or their current work.  I will update grades over the weekend, pass back papers on Monday and have the students verify their scores.  I will submit grades for Report Cards on Monday, May 20th!!!

Please email if you have any questions or concerns.

I am available Tuesday and Wednesday until 4 for tutoring in room 103.

I hope you have a great week!

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Final!!!

Happy Wednesday!  

Today in class worked on a review for the Math Final which will take place tomorrow!

The test is called the 8th Grade Standards Assessment, it is a district assessment over the 8th grade standards, 40 Questions over two days.

Star Test will be next Tuesday May 14th, which will conclude our testing season!  

We will be covering Systems of Linear equations the rest of the week, as it is an 8th grade Common Core standard, but not a Kansas 8th grade standard, and I'd like to give those heading out the best chance at success next year.  Those staying, it'll be a preview of what they'll need next year!

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Monday!!!

It's crazy to think there's only two Monday's left this school year!!!  WOWZERS!

Today in math class we started Module 14, Statistics.

Students should have WB pages 436-438 # 1-12 completed for class on Tuesday.

Tuesday and Wednesday we will review for the 8th Grade Standards test that will be given Thursday.

During our Assembly time, 8th graders participated in a presentation by Mr. Clark from Mars Wrigley Confectionary, learning about chemical engineering, the process of taking a product from the idea stage to production at a new plant, and all of the processes between.  He discussed packaging requirements, weight to volume conversions, surface area constraints, etc.  Math and Science applied in real life!  Students were also given candy from the Mars Wrigley company.  

We also found out some good news regarding the overall State Assessment Scores, more details in the future, but things are looking GREAT at PJHS!!!

I hope you have a great Monday evening,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Tuesday

Today was a work day, most students should have the assignment 13.3 WB pages 411-416 Problems 1-24 completed, it is due tomorrow! Students took notes over the material and started the assignment on Monday :)

Wednesday's assignment is the "Ready to Go On" and Assessment Readiness on pages 417-418.  

Thursday will be the Module 13 Quiz

Friday is the Unit Review and Study Guide for the Unit 5 test which is scheduled for Tuesday April 30. Students will take their STAR Test May 2st and the 8th grade Math Final is tentatively scheduled for May 9th.  

 

Please encourage students to continue working hard, as we still have good work to do!

As always please email me with any question or concerns.

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

 

Happy Thursday,

Here are the notes from class today!  Lesson 13.1 Volume of Cylinders.

The links are for a proof of the Formula for the Area of a Circle, and the beloved "Circle Song".

Students should be working on their year in review, IXL:Algebra 1 A, IXL:8th Grade W,Y&Z.  They are also working in their purple workbooks, "Assessment Readiness" pgs 27-28.  

The 8th grade State Assessment is Tuesday April 16th and Wednesday the 17th, with our Ice Cream lab on Thursday the 18th.  :)

The 8th grade Math Final is tentatively set for May 14th, it is a cumulative final covering all of the standards taught this year.  

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

Respectfully,

Mrs. Faught

Happy Wednesday,

I hope everyone is having a great week!  

Today in Math class students were given an opportunity to label their KAP Math Resource Sheet, 

turn in any missing assignments (grades post today), turn in the Module 12 Recap worksheet, and we worked through the Module 13 Pretest, Module 13 "Are you Ready", and the Assessment Readiness Purple Workbook pages 27-28.  It sounds like a lot of work, but we had an hour in class, many students finished prior to leaving.

I'll attach the Mod. 12 Recap WS.  

 

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

Respectfully 

Betina Faught.

Happy Monday,

I just got back in town.

Students should have the "Ready to Go On" and the Mod 12 Assessment Readiness completed for class Tuesday, workbook pages 393 and 394.

Friday in class they received a worksheet dealing with the Pythagorean Theorem that was due today :).  

The substitute reports were good, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

ELA State testing will be on Tuesday and Wednesday day this week, with Math State test next week Tuesday and Wednesday.

I'm still grading the Parallel City Projects, I ask for your patience, we figured it will take 15-18 hours to grade all of them... so I'm going to need some time.  As long as it's not marked with a zero and missing, your student has turned it in!

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Today we jumped into the Pythagorean Theorem with both feet!

Students took the pretest yesterday and should have completed the "Are you Ready" online, which is a review of the necessary skills for this module, mainly order of operations :)

Today we worked on the explore activities in the text book, and took notes.  All notes and Guided practice problems should be complete before class Friday.

CITY PROJECT is DUE TOMORROW!!!  The file is in their Google Classroom if they have misplaced their rubric and directions.

As always, 

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Students worked on their review today, the will be taking the Module 11 Quiz tomorrow.

Workbook pages 369 and 370 should be completed and checked with the included key before coming to class on Tuesday.

Students should bring their Vocabulary to class on Tuesday!

 

I will have Skyward up to date this evening, I plan on finishing it after the board meeting.

Please email me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Friday!

Today in class we finished up the notes from yesterday and had time to work on the assignment, WB pages 366-368 # 1-11 and 1 Hot Question, it is Due on Monday :)

The Module 11 Quiz will be Tuesday the 26th!  Please encourage students to get their work finished and to practice on IXL if possible.  I've attached the notes from today.

Please email me if you have any questions,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Attached you will find the notes from today's class.

Angle Similarity in Triangles.

Students should finish what notes were not completed in class, and the Guided Practice.  1-11 and 1 HOT question should be completed by the end of class on Friday.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

The Parallel City Project is due in 1 week, March 29th, both portions, the map and the Lost story.

Thank you for your continued support,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Triangle Angle Theorems

Lesson 11.2 from the GoMath resources.  Students completed a hands on activity involving triangles, tracing triangles, and tearing off the corners of triangles to prove the triangle sum theorems.

Students should have the notes from class today in their journals, and the notes/explore pages in their workbooks, starting at page 353, through the Guided Practice on WB page 358.  We will continue working on the concepts in class on Wednesday, with the goal of no homework on Wednesday. GP and IP # 1-17 due Wednesday end of class.

I'm attaching the notes from class today.

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Here's the slides from today!

Students started working on their City Projects, as we are continuing our work with angle relationships!

Hope everyone had a great Spring Break!

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

This week students will be working on angle relationships and angle measurements.  This work is on worksheets handed out today, 3-4-19.  These worksheets will be due Wednesday 3-6-19, we will be working on them in class Tuesday.  

Quiz Corrections and Retakes should be completed this week if students want to improve their grades.  I will be available 3-4-19, 3-5-19, and 3-7-19 from 3:05 to 4:00 for tutoring and retakes.  Students may also come in for Advisory!  Academic Recovery is also available with Mrs. Green and Mrs. Lorenzen from 3-3:30.

I am still working on updating grades, please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

I hope you have a great week!

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Monday!

Students have taken the last two days to complete a benchmark district assessment, the Go Math Beginning of the Year test.  Everyone should have finished it up today!  

Those students that still need to finish their Module 7 Quiz will need to come in for Advisory or Academic Recovery from 3-3:30 M-Th this week.  

 

3rd Quarter Ends MARCH 8th!!!  Which is right around the corner!!!

We will begin working on our Geometry materials Tuesday!!!  Student received their Geometry vocabulary worksheets last week, and they are due this Friday.  Students will receive a couple of worksheets this week, my intent is that they work on them in class using our protractors and straight edges.  If they do not use their time wisely, they may have homework.

I will attach the vocabulary worksheet to this message.

I am working on grading the Module 7 Quizzes, with the snow days and number of absences, there are quite a few stragglers.  Please let me know if your student is able to stay after school. 

 

This week my Tutoring schedule is weird.  My apologies, the orthodontist only works on Tuesdays and Thursdays.... so.

This week, 2/25/19 3-4:00

Tuesday Closed 

Wednesday 3-4:00

Thursday Closed (Ortho and Math Night)

Friday N/A (PLC Meetings after school). 

 

Thank you for understanding.

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Snow Day!!!

Students should complete any missing Module 7 work to turn in on Tuesday!

Thursday students started Module 7 Quiz, with this 4 day break it is vital that they continue to practice over the weekend!  Please have students work in any of three places: 1 their workbook, 2 IXL W-3-14 align to what we are working on, or Prodigygame.com (I've loaded the proper standards for practice).

Practicing over the 4 day break will continue the process of moving their algebra equation solving skills from the working memory into the long term memory, which is vital for future successes!  

I will work on updating grades this afternoon and will send out a progress report this evening.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Monday,

Students have been working on solving algebraic equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign!  Using their awesome fraction and decimal eliminating skills to simplify complex equations, and will work through the distributive property tomorrow!

The assignment for today is WB pages 207-208 problems # 10-19 all.

I'm attaching the notes from class and the workbook pages.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns, 

Respectfully,

Mrs. Faught

 

Pg. 206, Guided Practice was due today.

Happy Friday!

Thank you to everyone that came to Parent Teacher Conferences!

Skyward Grades are up to date, and progress reports have posted!  

Students that need to retake the Module 6 Quiz and possibly the Unit 2 Test, a retake request form is in Google Classroom.  Please have students fill out this form so I can plan accordingly.

I've attached some of the notes from class on Thursday!  

We are solving algebraic equations with variables, fractions, and decimals!!! 

The assignment that is Due Monday is 7.2 Workbook pages 203 to 206 notes 1-6 and Guided Practice 1-9.

Several students did not have their work done on Thursday, so please make sure 7.1 pages 200-202 # 1-13 all should be finished too!  If it isn't, they should have it finished for Monday too!!!

 

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Tuesday!

I hope everyone is having a great Day!  It is KANSAS Day after all!!!  

Today in class students started working on solving algebraic equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign.  Module 7, Workbook pages 197 to 202 are due on Wednesday. 

Students should show their work and may need an extra piece of paper to do so.

Module 7 Vocabulary is due on Wednesday, students may share their Quizlet study sets with me by emailing them to [email protected].  

If you have any questions or concerns please email me.  
Students have started retaking the Module 6 Quiz, Unit 2 tests will be passed back during the next class period.  Retake and corrective actions will be shared later this week.

Thank you for your time,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Greetings,

Happy Monday,

Today in 8th grade math, students had a work day.  

Students were given the opportunity to complete the "Are you Ready" from last week, were assigned Prodigy as a warm up, graded their Guided Practice problems, then had the rest of the class period to work on the assignment. 

WB pages 159-160 #'s 8-15 all.

Vocabulary is pg 151, define all terms with examples, due on Thursday 1-10-19

 

I hope everyone has a fantastic evening,

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

 

 

Happy First Friday!

Students should have finished their Pretest for Module 6 this week and the "Are you Ready" online.

In class today we started Module 6 Functions with vocabulary and standards.  Students were involved with a classroom discussion working through WB pages 151 through 157 # 1-10, with the assignment of WB page 158 # 1-7 following.  Several students finished everything in class :)

I'm attaching the completed slides from the 8th period class for student reference.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend!

Respectfully,

Betina Faught

Happy Friday!

I hope everyone had a great day!  Students worked to complete their Module 5 Post Test Quiz, there were a few students that didn't finish the Quiz in class today, they will have a few minutes at the beginning of class to finish it on Monday.  Mr. Akred covered my classes today, 

Students should work on WB pages CC19-20, these pages are in the front materials of the GoMath workbook.  They were intended to be used as a benchmark, however, we took the benchmark online, so these pages are fair game to be used as a study guide!!!

I've attached screen shots of the pages just incase you can't find them.

 

Yesterday I stated we would be working Module 13 after the Midterm, however, it should have been Module 14.  The Module 14 materials were opened this afternoon, students that are going to be gone the last week of the year should work on these assignments before they leave for Winter break.  

 

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns, 

V/R
Betina Faught

Happy Thursday!

Today in class students completed their Module 5 review, those that finished had the opportunity to grade it in class as well.  I will attach a copy of the key for those that did not finish in class.  Please check over their review with them this evening.  WB pages 145 and 146.  

I had a substitute today, I needed to take my husband in for a medical procedure.

 

Students will be taking their Module 5 Quiz Friday 7 Dec. It is an eleven question quiz that aligns very closely to the review assignment.  If students do well on the review, they should do well on the Quiz.  It is an early release Friday, but I trust they will have time to finish in class as it is quite short.

 

Next week students will take the STAR test on Tuesday and their Midterm Final on Thursday with review days scheduled on Monday and Wednesday.  Friday the 14th will be a day to finish their Midterm and we will start Module 13 which deals with scatter plots and lines of best fit, which works in nicely to what we have been working on for the last two months.  It is a short Module that should fill the last week nicely.  If students are not in school this week they will need to complete the work early in their WB or online at my.hrw.com

 

As always, Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

V/R
Betina Faught

Greetings!

Students have been working on Module 5, lesson #1, workbook pages 127 through 132.

Notes should have been completed in class, or the online assignment is open at my.hrw.com.

Wednesday in class we graded WB page 130 and 131 #1-10.  5.1 a will be entered in to skyward today, it is the Guided Practice pg 130.  Tomorrow we will grade and enter in 5.1b #'s 5-16. 

For Module 5 students should have the "Are you Ready", Pretest, Vocaublary (pg 125 define and give examples) and now 5.1 # 1-16.

 

I've heard that some of you are stuck in airports, and some students are ill.  So know that you're missed, and please email me if there is anything I can do here to help!

 

I've attached the week at a glance, today's agenda, and notes for solving one of the problems.

 

V/R

Betina Faught

Happy Tuesday!  

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Veteran's Day weekend.  

This week students are wrapping up Module 4 with Lesson 4.4 Tuesday and Wednesday, the Mod. 4 Review on Thursday, and the Module 4 Post Test Quiz Friday.

With this in mind, all missing work for Module 4 is due by the end of the day Friday 16, November.

The online assignments are open, so if students would prefer to complete their work online they have that option.

I am working on grading their Vocabulary Quizzes and am working with Ms. Holland on grading the Slope Labs.  We're trying to work out dual credit :)

Academic Recovery is available everyday this week after school until 3:30.  I will be available today until 4 for tutoring, as well as Wednesday.  I am not here Thursday afternoon, I will be at the District office for meetings.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns, 

V/R
Betina Faught

Good afternoon,

I hope this makes it in time!!!  Wednesday at 5:04, I'm not sure if it will.

Students worked on Lesson 4.3 Graphing Linear Non-proportionate Relationships, starting class with an IXL warm-up Z-2.  Which asked students to substitute point values into the equations of lines.  If the point, substituted into the equation makes a true statement, that point would be on the line if it were graphed.  It is a solution to the function!  

The lesson had students using the y-intercept as a starting point when graphing the line, and the slope as the directions to find the subsequent points.  Most of the students had fun with it!  Their homework is the 4 problems in the Guided Practice on page 110.  The assignment for Thursday will be to finish the lesson, WB pages 111-112.  They will have a vocabulary Quiz on Friday, on this quiz they will have to create a venn diagram illustrating the relationship between proportional and non-proportional linear relationships.

I hope this message finds everyone well.

V/R

Betina Faught

Greetings,

I hope everyone is having a great day.

Students are digging deeper into the linear non-proportional relationships, functions, and the slope intercept form equation of a line.

Monday we graded 4.1 Pages 99-100, created a Venn diagram to compare the proportional and non-proportional linear relationships.  I'll attach a section of the notes.  

Tuesday's advisory study session will focus on graphing.  If students missed questions 13-16 on the Mod. 4 "Are you Ready" they need to come in during advisory.

Tutoring will take place on Tuesday and Thursday this week until 4pm. 

Happy Tuesday,

Students worked on "The Rest of the Story" Independent Practice and HOT questions, and ended class with an Exit Ticket which consisted of 1 calculation problem, find slope and y-intercept, and one multiple step problem where they had to interpret the data.  We went over the majority of things in class today.

Workbook pages 101 through 106 should be completed by Wednesday.  We will start a lesson in graphing on Wednesday, with a vocabulary Quiz on Friday.

 

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

V/R
Betina Faught

Happy Halloween!

Today in class students created a Slope and Rate of Change Lab.

I'll attach the slides, information and slides are loaded into the Google Classroom!

Students worked in teams to successfully complete the lab with in our 47 minute period.  It's been an exciting day!  Homework is for students to wrap up their lab reports. 

Mod 4 vocab was assigned on Tuesday and is due on Friday.  The "Are you Ready" and Pretest were online Tuesday for students to complete and most did.  Module 4 Quiz scores have been entered into Skyward.

We will start with Module 4 book work Thursday after students turn in their Lab reports.

I hope you have a fun and safe evening,

V/R
Betina Faught

Happy Friday!!!

I hope everyone had a great week!  This week students worked to finish Module 3, Proportional Relationships.  The assignment for today is to complete pages 89 and 90, the practice quiz and assessment readiness.  I will post the answer key by Saturday evening in Google Classroom. Students will take the Module 3 Post Test Quiz Monday.  

All missing work must be turned in Monday before they take the Quiz!  

 

If you have any questions or concerns please email me.

I will be updating Skyward and sending our progress reports this weekend.

Thank you for your time,

V/R

Betina Faught

 

Happy Monday, 

Thank you for coming to Parent Teacher Conferences last week.  It was great to see so many families participating!  We appreciate your time and dedication.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Today in class we started lesson 3.2 Rate of Change and Slope.

Students worked on notes and guided practice, pages # 77-80, problems # 1-9.

Tuesday we will work through WB pages 81 and 82, students will also have time to complete their Constant of Proportionality Puzzles from last Wednesday.

Puzzles and Lesson 3.2 materials are due by Wednesday.

Wednesday we will be working with the Unit Rate as slope.  Questions # 1-10 and 1 hot question pages 83-88.  Depending on how the students progress through the lessons, the Practice Quiz, WB page 89 "Ready to Go On?" will be Thursday, with the Post Test Quiz on Friday, October 26, 2018.  If students need more time and practice I'll bump the Quiz to next week. 

There will be a copy of the notes uploaded into Google Classroom.

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

V/R
Betina Faught

 

 

Happy Monday!

 I hope everyone had a great weekend!  

This week students are continuing their work in Representing proportional relationships.  Today in class we reviewed what was introduced and worked on last week, and graded their Guided Practice, page 74 in the workbook.  Work to be completed: WB pages 75 and 76.  Students had the majority of the class period to work on the assignment and ask questions.

 

Tuesday students will be taking the Interim Kite test, it is a benchmark through the state assessment site.  Purpose is to familiarize students with the testing platform, types of questions, and it will give me information on student progress, areas we need to focus on more, etc.  

 

Wednesday we will continue our work with proportional relationships with the introduction of slope.

 

Thursday and Friday students do not have school, rather we are here for you :)

Parent Teacher Conferences are Thursday and Friday of this week.  I look forward to seeing you there!

 

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

I hope you have a great week,

V/R 
Betina Faught

 

 

Happy Tuesday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  

Today in class students worked on a Breakout EDU activity. Here's a link to their welcome page if you're wondering about BreakoutEDU  https://www.breakoutedu.com/welcome.

The topic for the breakout is Scientific Notation and Exponent Rules, one team was really close to opening the box, if they had another 5 minutes in class I'm certain they would have succeeded!  Tomorrow students will have about 10 minutes to wrap up the Breakout, they will then work on their Module 3 Pretest, Proportional Relationships.

Module 3 vocabulary is due on Friday, Oct. 12.  Students should define the 10 terms from page 69 in their workbooks and give an example demonstrating each term.

 

Vocabulary is key to being successful in class, if students do not understand what is being asked, their chance of successfully answering the question is very small.  Please encourage students to complete this assignment fully.

 

Thursday in class students will be working on their vocabulary and the "Are you Ready" online assignment.

Friday we will begin direct instruction of Module 3, lesson 1, Representing Proportional Relationships Workbook pages 70 to 74.

 

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

V/R

Betina Faught

 

Mastery Monday!!!

Papers were passed back, students were asked to verify their grades in Skyward, as grades are due at the end of the week.

I've requested that any make up work, corrections, completions, and/or retakes be completed by Tuesday, tomorrow, as I will need to have time to grade them :)

In class students graded their Study Guide, had a Q&A session over study guide, and some White board review.

I will attach the answer key to the Study Guide.

If you have any questions please ask!

Test starts TOMORROW!!!!

V/R

Betina Faught

Happy Wednesday!

Students worked on their Module 2 Post Test Quiz today.

The ones that I've graded have been good!!!  YAY!!!

Thursday we will be on an 8th grade field trip, Friday students will finish their Mod 2 Post Test Quiz and then work on their Unit 1 Study Guide.  Workbook pages 59-62.

Any missing assignments/corrections need to be turned in ASAP.  Grades will post next week after the Unit 1 Test.

I am hoping to have all of their corrections and grades entered by end of business this Friday, I will send out Skyward Progress reports as soon as I get things entered.

Thank you for your time,

V/R

Betina Faught

Tie it all together Tuesday!

Students graded their work from 2.4 Operations with Scientific Notation, and worked on the "Ready to Go On" practice Quiz, Workbook page 57.

I'll attach the answer key so they can check it when they've finished :)

Module 2 Quiz is tomorrow, Wednesday September 26th.  The students that are going on the Art field trip will have the opportunity to begin the Quiz in advisory on Wednesday, and they will have time to finish it on Friday.

Unit 2 test is in one week!  

I can hardly believe it's nearly OCTOBER!!!  First quarter grades are due next week, as it is the End of First Quarter!!!

I hope you have a great night,

V/R
Betina Faught

Happy Monday, 

Today in class students worked on Scientific Notation in IXL, there are a few study sets that have starts next to them.  These sets will help build the skills needed to be successful on the Quiz this Wednesday, as well as the Unit 1 Test that's next Wednesday.

 

Assignment for today is Workbook page 54-56 # 2-30 even and # 7 and #19.   It's due tomorrow.  

Tuesday's work is the "Ready to Go On" workbook page 57.

It is the Practice Quiz and will be due on Wednesday.  I generally load the answer key in Google Classroom, or will load it here, so students are able to check their work before the Quiz.

 

With the field trips this week, we will be Quizzing Wednesday and Friday.

Please email me if you have any questions,

V/R
Betina Faught

Happy Friday!

Today is a PLC Friday, so class periods are shorter, but advisory is nearly an hour long!

Students are becoming masters of Scientific Notation!!!  Today's challenge is solving problems using operations with scientific notation.  In class we are going through some basic notes, and working the guided practice problems on the white board.  

The Assignment is online at my.hrw.com: 2.4 Operations with Scientific Notation in their personal math trainer.  

If students do not have access to internet or a computer at home, they should utilize their nearly hour long advisory today to finish the assignment.

Next week will be busy with field trips, the Module 2 Quiz (online), and the Unit 1 Review.

I am working on getting the Mod. 1 Quiz corrections graded, I appreciate your patience.

 

We are continuing our study of Scientific Notation with Negative Exponents... students graded 2.3 Guided Practice #'s 1-15 today in class, then completed 16-34 in their workbooks.  If they didn't finish in class it's homework.  Class today was a work day.  

I've been working on updating grades in Skyward.  So far I've entered the homework assignments, the vocabulary that's been turned in on paper, and have started grading the Quizlet vocabulary.  I'm working on grading the Quiz corrections, but they take a bit to go through.

Homework packets from last week were handed back.  Students that scored 70% or lower will need to do another practice page, Workbook pg. 36.  It is over the same standard as pg. 20 in the packet.

Just like you wouldn't show up to a basketball game, having only practiced free throws once, it is beneficial to keep practicing skills we haven't mastered yet :) The online assignments are open for additional practice, as is IXL.  

Students will have a quiz over Scientific notation and exponent rules next week!  They're gaining confidence and doing a great job on the homework, so it should be a great boost for their grades!

 

Thank you for your continued support!

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns, 

V/R

Betina Faught

2.2 Scientific Notation with Negative Exponents

WB pages 45-48 # 1-15 all or online PMT 2.2.

Class notes are attached.

 

Power of Ten Place Value chart is helpful.

Happy Friday!

I hope everyone has had a great week and that you find the weekend restful!

Students do not have any new math assignments to complete over the weekend!  

Quiz Corrections are due on the 18th, or one week after I hand back their tests (some students were absent and received their work at a later date).  The forms for the corrections were passed out in class, and are also available on the book shelf in the classroom, and in Google Classroom, and I'll attach the PDF here as well :)

 

Next week we will continue our work with Integer Exponents, Scientific Notation, and Operations with Scientific notation.  Work will be assigned from their workbooks and/or online.  Assignments are started in class, but may need to complete the assignment on their own whether in advisory or at home.

 

I hope you have a great weekend,

V/R

Betina Faught

Happy Monday,

Students are continuing their work in Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation this week with lesson 2 Scientific Notation, working through the Power of Ten dealing with place value through notes, and workbook pages 39-42 # 1-15 examples and guided practice.  Most students finished in class, tomorrow we will grade it, and continue #16-28 all.

The online assignment is an alternative.

 

Quiz Corrections are due Tomorrow. 

 

As always, please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

V/R

Betina Faught  

Module 1 Quiz

Students should have the Module 1 Quiz completed Monday.

Students that have not finished Quiz in class will need to come in for advisory and Academic Recovery from 3 to 3:30 to complete the Quiz After school on Monday.

Tuesday will be spent modeling Quiz Corrections.  If students have not completed the Quiz they will have to leave the class room as we will be going over quiz questions in detail.

 

Module 2 Vocabulary is due on Friday September 14.  The 10 terms can be found on page 31 in the student workbook.

Students are to define and give an example of the 10 terms.  This can be done online or in their IMJ.  If completed online, students will need to share their Quizlet with me at [email protected].

There will be a vocabulary Quiz on Friday Sept. 14.

 

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

V/R
Betina Faught

Happy Wednesday!

Today in class students graded their review quiz, and participated in Review stations based on their Review Quiz results.  

QUIZ is tomorrow... really!  Students will not be allowed to use a calculator, as all of the assignments have been calculator free thus far, it follows what's been taught and expected for the Module.

Students have been using a perfect squares/ square roots chart.  Students will be allowed to use a perfect squares/square roots chart and cube/ cube roots chart on their Quiz tomorrow, they have to bring it with them.  It needs to be on a separate sheet of paper, not in their journals as this is not an open note Quiz.  The chart may be hand written or computer printed.  

As always, if you have any questions please email me at [email protected]

 

I hope everyone has a great evening!

V/R

Betina Faught

 

Module 1 Quiz Review/Study Guide.

Students are to complete Workbook page 27, the "Ready to Go On" or practice Quiz.

I'm attaching the first 3 problems worked out, and the answer key... so you can guide them in checking their work and correcting things before they come to class for the Quiz.

The Quiz is tentatively set for tomorrow, Wednesday, depending on how the class goes I may bump it back to Thursday.

The Quiz has been printed!  Once students finish their quiz they will have two online assessment pieces to complete.  The Module 2 "Are You Ready" which assesses the skills needed to be successful in Module 2, and the Module 2 Pretest.  

The Pretests are scored in a category of their own, it is weighted at 0%.  So any item in the Pretest (it's orange on my screen) it does not add into their grade.

I'll attach a picture for reference.

Please email if you have any questions or concerns.

V/R 

Betina Faught

Today students graded their work from Monday and Tuesday, took a quiz on the vocabulary terms, then started working on "Ordering Real Numbers".

Students worked on putting real numbers in order and approximating the value of irrational numbers to create inequality statements.

Students should complete the note section "Your Turn" problems on pages 21-23, questions 1-7.

Tomorrow we will continue to study how to approximate, relate, and use the approximations to solve equations.

WB pages 24-26 # 1-20 and a HOT question are due on Tuesday when we return from Labor Day.

I'll be out Thursday afternoon for an orthodontic appointment, please email me if you have any questions.

 

The online Personal Math Trainer assignment is also open and available for students for module 1.2 and 1.3.

Thank you for your time,

V/R

Betina Faught

Happy Monday,

Today in class students participated in a class discussion on approximating irrational numbers, and on the relationship between the numbers within the set of real numbers.  Monday's assignment is to complete the "Your Turn" problems from WB pages 15-17, Tuesday we will work through more problems in class, with WB pages 18-20 Questions 1-25 plus one HOT question Due on Wednesday.

Progress reports will be hitting your inbox from Skyward soon.  I graded assignments that were turned by Friday and those are all entered in.  The warm-up in class was to check the grades in Skyward and reflect, plan, and do something to make it better.  Several students turned in work, but it will take some time to get them graded, please check Skyward tomorrow.

 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please send me an email,

V/R

Betina Faught

Happy Saturday!  

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

I've attached pictures from this week's white boards.  Students were assigned Module 1 Vocabulary, it was due Friday 8-24-18, as well as Module 1 Lesson 1 work.  There were two options for online homework, or they could do the work book assignment.  I will be grading and updating grades on Sunday afternoon.

If students have not turned in their assignment they should have access to it online at my.hrw.com.

Per the syllabus, students have 1 day to complete completion work, and 1 week to complete their corrections.  Corrections must be done on notebook paper, students find their mistake, explain it, and correct it.  Students that do the corrections will receive full credit for the assignment.

 

I have attached our Month at a Glance, it is tentative.  As of today, I'm planning on giving students the Module 1 Quiz on September 5th, the module 2 Pre test on the 6th with vocabulary and prerequisite skills assignment on the 6th.  

 

 

Happy Monday!!!

Today students took the STAR Adaptive Math Assessment.  It's a really neat adaptive test, such that as students answer questions the testing platform chooses their next question based on the previous answers.  If they get part of the question correct, it will take that into consideration.  We utilize this testing platform to identify gaps in their math skills, then we use interventions throughout the school day to fill those gaps!  :)   If students did not finish this in class, they will have a chance to finish in advisory.

Students started the Beginning of the Year benchmark test in the GoMath online resource last week.  Students will have the opportunity to finish this task on Tuesday.

 

Module 1 Vocabulary is due on Friday, student have 14 terms to define from page 5 in their GoMath Workbooks, available online or their physical workbooks.  Terms may be defined in their Math Journals or they may create a Quizlet Study Set and share it with me at [email protected].

This week our goal is to complete the testing, and dig into Module 1 Real Numbers, the first homework assignment will be online at my.hrw.com.  It will be assigned as soon as we get the testing wrapped up.

 

I realize it seems like a lot of tests are given the first two weeks of school, and I would like to apologize, we are doing our best to identify the needs of each student whether it's gaps in math class, or a student that may need to be moved up to Algebra because they are already proficient in the 8th grade standards.  We try to gather as much information as we can as quickly as possible.  Please email me if you have any concerns.  Students will have the data to share as soon as we get the reports printed.

 

Thank you for your time,

V/R

Betina Faught

 

Students have a choice as to which homework assignment they complete.

The GoMath program has many options to meet the student's practice needs.

Students are not to use calculators for Module 1, they need to practice their multiplication and division skills.  (Last year I had a student answer, on a test, that the square root of 4 is 2546)... I wish it wasn't true, but it is... they rely on calculators and trust what ever it says on the screen instead of realizing it's not a reasonable answer.  Please encourage students to practice their math facts including perfect squares and cubes.  Notes have been added to their Google Classroom :)

 

I've assigned practice/homework three different ways, they may choose one.

-Work book pages 12-13 # 1-18, 20-26, 30, and one H.O.T. question.

-my.hrw.com -Rational and Irrational Number-homework

-my.hrw.com -Rational and Irrational Number Interactive Student Lesson.

 

All three options offer practice for the skills we're working on in class this week.

Module 1 Vocabulary is also due tomorrow, students define the 14 terms from page 5 and turn them in. 

 

If you have any questions please send me an email at [email protected]

 

V/R

Betina Faught

 

Happy Friday!

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for coming to our Open House Thursday night!  It was nice to meet so many of you!

Students have been given a lot of information this week, textbooks, online resources, and many have taken multiple tests.

Today in math students took the Beginning of the Year test, it is not for a grade, it is given as a pretest for the whole year, a bench mark if you will.  So it isn't for a grade, no worries.

Monday students will be given the STAR math test which is an adaptive assessment of their mathematical skills.  

Vocabulary for Module 1 was assigned today and is due on Friday, August 20.

Students are to define the 14 terms either in their Math Journals, or they may create a Quizlet study set.  Quizlet is an online study program that allows students to create and practice online flash cards.  Students that choose to create a Quizlet study set will need to share their study set with me through the share option in Quizlet.  Title study set with the class period, student name, and module number to receive credit (often times the Quizlet ID is not the student name and I don't know who sent me the document).

 

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns,

V/R

Betina Faught