September 27th and 28th

We are back to block scheduling! Therefore, I will only meet with each class once during these two days.

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8 will be working on sections 1.6 and 1.7. Their homework is to complete practice 1.6 B and p. 40-42 10-14, 24-28 in the book (the book section will be the first part completed in class)

Hour 2 will be working on sections 1.5 and 1.6. Their homework is to complete 1.5 practice A (evens) and 1.6 practice A (evens)

Hour 3 will be solving equations. Their homework is to complete the two solving equations worksheets, showing ALL steps

September 26

I apologize for no post yesterday, I was out of town tending to an ill family member. Yesterday, math 8 students learned about solving equations mentally while Integrated I students learned about angles. Their homework is as follows:

Math 8 (hours 1, 5, 6, 8): finish 1.5 practice B
Math 8 (2nd hour): finish 1.4 practice A evens
Integrated I: Finish practice 13

Today students will be under the instruction of our counselor, Bill Scott, for a lesson on identifying and eliminating bullies.

September 22

All classes took a quiz today...their quiz grades should be reflected on the grade sheet you should have received via e-mail today.

Have a great weekend!

September 21

Today really feels like fall with the dreary, rainy day out! We took the science and language portions of the SAT-1o today...we just have social studies and listening left!

Today all classes are reviewing for a quiz.

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8: Finish quiz review (in class). Quiz tomorrow over sections 1.1-1.4. You can study from your notetaking guide and/or the resources online at www.classzone.com!

Hour 2: We finished notes on variable expressions. There will be a short quiz tomorrow over sections 1.1 and 1.2. The homework is to finish 1.3 practice A (odds only).

Hour 3: We are also reviewing for our quiz, which will be over sections 2.1-2.4. There is no homework except to study, study, study for the quiz!!!!

September 20

We are halfway done with SAT-10 testing! Hooray!

Today Hours 1, 5, 6, 8 are learning about exponents. The homework for today is to complete 1.4 Practice B evens only.

Hour 2 started learning about variable expressions. They have no homework today.

3rd hour will be focusing on estimating measures. The homework for today is complete Practice 12 #1-14.

September 19

The first day of SAT-10 testing went very well! Please continue to encourage your student to do his/her very best!

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8: continue with variable expressions Homework: Finish 1.3 Practice B

Hour 2: continue with order of operations Homework: finish 1.2 Practice A

Hour 3: Review of Scientific Notation Homework: p. 622 13-18

September 18

This week we will have shortened classes due to SAT-10 testing.

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8: Today we filled in our note-taking guides over section 1.3--variables and expressions Homework: Finish 1.2 Challenge Practice worksheet

Hour 2: We are still playing catch up! We filled in our note-taking guides for section 1.2--order of operations. Homework: make sure you have guided practice 1-3 done for tomorrow

Hour 3: We are going to focus today on multiplying and dividing numbers in scientific notation. Homework: p. 76-77 31-36, 38-46, 48-54

September 15

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8: Today we will be learning/reviewing order of operations (some of you might remember Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally or PEMDAS). One of the most common errors with order of operations is always doing multiplication first and then division. This is not correct. The correct method is to do parenthesis (or other grouping symbols) inside out, exponents, multiplication AND division from left to right, addition AND subtraction from left to right. Homework for the weekend is to finish 1.2 Practice B (Evens only).

Hour 2: We got a little behind because we spent so much time on our textbook inventory so today we will be doing the lesson over interpreting graphs. Homework for the weekend is to finish 1.1 Practice A.

Hour 3: Today we will be learning about scientific notation. It is important to remember that, when written correctly, a number in scientific notation is a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. The homework for the weekend is to do Practice 11 1-21 only.

September 13 and 14

Whew! What a week already! Due to block scheduling, I will only see each class once during the next two days.

Math 8: We are investigating the resources that accompany our new book, McDougal-Littell's Mathematics Course 3. You can find a link to McDougal's website on the right hand side of this page or you can visit www.classzone.com, choose math, choose middle school math, click on Missouri and then choose Middle School Mathematics Course 3. On this page, you will find parent resources, extra examples, practice problems and a link to the online textbook. This is especially important since students will only have access to in-class copies of the book. To access the online book for the first time, students must create a new account. The required student access code is 0618594027. All students should have recorded this in their agendas. After creating a new account, students will be able to login with just their username and password.

In class today we completed a textbook inventory which was a guided "scavenger hunt" through the book so that students became aware of the resources available to them. We also learned about histograms and frequency tables. Histograms look just like bar graphs except the bars have no spaces between them and they have intervals on the x-axis (horizontal axis). The homework is to complete Practice 1.1 worksheet for Friday. We will also grade the textbook inventory which should have been completed in class.

Integrated I: Today we reviewed integers (positive and negative numbers). In addition to this, we reviewed evaluating expressions for values...I think they are feeling a bit more challenged now!!! The homework is two-fold. Complete the skills bank worksheet, evens only as well as p. 67-70 1-12, 15-26, 28, 29, 33-34, 49-52.

September 12

Today both classes will be taking quizzes.

Math 8 has no homework after the quiz

Int 1: Read p. 57-60 then DO p. 60-63 1-4, 6-17, 19-32

September 11, 2006

Because of today's early release, classes are cut down to 30 minutes. During this time, all classes will be reviewing for their respective quizzes, which will be on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

The math 8 quiz will cover all four operations with fractions (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing).

The Int. 1 quiz will be over similar and congruent polygons

I'm looking forward to a great week!!!

Mrs. Miller

September 8, 2006

We made it to FRIDAY! Just a reminder that Monday is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 12:55 due to teacher inservice.

Today Math 8 students will be dividing fractions and Integrated I students will be studying similar polygons

The math 8 quiz originally scheduled for today will be moved back to Tuesday, September 12

homework:

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8: skill 12 worksheet; quiz over fractions on Tuesday
Hour 2: Skill 12 worksheet, odds only; quiz over fractions on Tuesday
Hour 3: 8.3/8.4 Practice worksheet

September 6th and 7th

Due to block scheduling, I will only see each class once between these two days. We will be working on some problem solving activities in class. There will be no homework!!!

Math 8: don't forget you will have a quiz over adding/subtracting mixed numbers and multiplying fractions on Friday!

September 5th

I hope you all had a fantastic 3 day weekend! The weather was perfect, so I hope you were outside to enjoy it!

This week, the math 8 classes will be multiplying and dividing fractions while the Integrated I class will be finishing up Chapter 1 in the book.


Homework:

Hours 1, 5, 6, 8: Skill 11 worksheet

Hour 2: Skill 11 worksheet, evens only

Hour 3: Practice 6 worksheet

September 1

Today, both classes took a quiz (as they will most Fridays) over the week's materials. This is helpful so I know if I need to reteach any concepts.

homework:

hours 1, 5, 6, 8: finish Whale Weight worksheet

Hours 2, 3: No homework

You can expect to receive an e-mailed progress report from me today (and every Friday). Please keep in mind it is very early in the semester! Because most classes do not have a lot of grades in the gradebook, each grade dramatically affects the overall grade at this point. As more assignments are entered, each item will count for less of the overall grade.

If you do not receive an e-mailed progress report from me by the end of today, you may e-mail me at jmiller@liberty.k12.mo.us and request that you be added to the list. If you already gave me your e-mail address and did not receive one, it is possible it was typed in the computer incorrectly, so go ahead and e-mail me from the account you would like to receive these e-mails.

Have a great 3 day weekend!!!