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MATH 8: Wednesday 3/18

Agenda:

  1. Notes: Solving Equations by Elimination Download M8Elimination Notes
  2. Classwork Examples Download M8KutaExElimination
  3. HW: Worktext workbook pg. 367 #1-15

  4. Need extra explanation?  Go to online tutorial     http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/syslin/AlgSysAdd.htm

  5. NEW BLOG COMING SOON!!!!!!!! Be sure to look around when you get there!

AC Math 1: Wednesday 3/18

Agenda:

  1. Notes and examples on Completing the Square
  2. No HW, we did not get very far!  Let's stay focused group!

All classes: Monday 3/16

Hello everyone!  Stay Tuned this week to see my NEW BLOG site revealed!!!  It will no longer be here at the TYPE PAD site.  Just keep clicking on my name from our Durham Home Page to see when the transition begins.

I am out of the building today and visiting ALLATOONA high school!  I will make sure to tell all your new teachers how wonderful you are!

Today's Agenda:

  1. Begin New Unraavel for the week.  Collect last weeks Unraavel.  Only 4 more weeks until CRCT!
  2. Classwork: You will be completing practice sheets on Systems of Linear Equations, all work is to be done at school and turned in so I may see how much you were able to finish.  We will wrap it up on Tuesday.  REMEMBER TO WEAR GREEN TUESDAY!  St. Patrick's Day!

  3. No HW TONIGHT!!

BETA CLUB : Environmental CLUB directions for Tomorrow!

Please read this attached letter from your president.....don't forget to show a teacher sponsor your service hours totals tomorrow!!Download Beta letter


Happy Pi Day everyone!  Celebrate Sat. at 1:59 pm!

Pi Day links and sound! MUSIC to your ears.

Pi Rap:   http://www.teachpi.org/music/rap.htm

Pi numbers song by the girls:   http://pi.ytmnd.com/

American Pi:    http://www.vvc.edu/ph/TonerS/mathpi.html

Karaeoke Pi:    http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/kferland/Pi_Songs/songs.html

Piano Pi:  http://www.avoision.com/experiments/pi10k/index.php


Thursday PRE- Pi Day activities......

Today in all classes, we attempted to discover Pi by measuring round items and calculating the circumference by Pi....this was no easy task.  We also created our pi hats!

Congrats to those who got really close!

Beth, Hunter, Billy,Hannah & Hannah, Caleb, Andrew, Stephen, Ryan B., Brandon and Jonathan.....

CALEB got the closest! Too cool!

For HW: Complete the back of the worksheet to investigate the digits!

Don't forget the Pi (Round food) for tomorrow and get ready to celebrate!!Savage Chickens - Pi

AC MATH 1: Wednesday 3/11

AGENDA:

  1. Check HW
  2. Begin Quiz on Quadratics
  3. Take home quiz to finish, it is due TOMORROW>  any bonus attempted must have work shown to prove answer!

MATH 8: Wednesday 3/11

AGENDA:

  1. 6 systems problems today for accuracy...if not finished, you will finish next week.
  2. NO HW

When the Student is READY, the Teacher will TEACH....

AC MATH 1: Tuesday 3/9

AGENDA:

  1. Check HW: Solving by Sq. Root!
  2. Notes and examples of COMPLETING THE SQUARE!

  3. HW: Purple workbook pg. 96 - 97 E.O.E

  4. QUIZ TOMORROW....open everything...notes -  books...whee!

MATH 8: Tuesday 3/10

AGENDA:

  1. Check HW: 3 problems from BLOG on Solving systems by substitution
  2. More notes and examples Substitution method for no solutions and all solutions
  3. HW: Practice Quiz

3 graphing problems:

1.   3x + y = 6        2.     x + y = 8              3.  6x + 3y = 6   

    4x - y = 8               2x + 2y = 10                  2x + y = 2

One Sol.                No Sol.                            All Sol.

(2,0)                      Parallel                              Same Line(Coincidental)


3 Substitution Problems

1.    -2x + y = -4          2.    -2x + y = 1         3.    x - y = 2

       2x + y = 2                    -4x + 2y = -6             3x - 3y = 6

     One Sol.                            No Sol.              All Sol.

      (1 1/2, -1)                   Parallel                            Same Line