Odds and Ends

We spent the day completing a variety of tasks. Students started on the Tile problem. Some students made up work they were missing today in class.

Tonight's Homework: Complete the Tile Problem. Do all problems on pages 113 and 114 of the Home Book.

Clear Solo Cups?

Students were served lemonade today, but there was a catch . . . they had to measure the height of the liquid in their glasses as they took drinks, and record the information in a data table. This information will be transformed into a graph and an equation as a part of tonight's homework. Due to changes in my meeting schedule, I have moved the quiz over this material to Friday, January 18th.

Tonight's Homework: Finish the table, graph and equation for the lemonade drinking activity we did in class today. Also, do both problems on page 45 of the Moving Straight Ahead book. Finally, don't forget, there's a quiz over this material on Friday, so start preparing now.

Understanding the Parts of an Equation

An equation can help us understand where points will end up on a grid, and can help us interpret a line. We took some time to identify "up front costs" and the cost per unit, and where these show up in different types of equations. Students will take a quiz over this material on Wednesday.

Tonight's Homework: ACE 2 (15, 16, 29, 33, 34, 38)

Pulling Things Together

Today, we looked at how the equations, graphs and tables can help us triple check our work to ensure we have the right answer. We even did a little algebra to show that it, too, can lead us to the correct answer.

Tonight's Homework: ACE 2 ( 6 - 10 )

Comparing Costs Using Slope and the Y-Intercept

After discovering a page was ripped out of the teacher's manual yesterday, we eventually got back on track and talked about how our equations related to the graphs we could make of them. We identified that the y-intercept would be the value we add or subtract in the equation, and that the slope of the line would be the coefficient of the variable in the equation. We'll continue to explore this relationship in the coming days.

Tonight's Homework: Complete all parts of problem 2.3

Using Tables, Graphs and Equations

Today, a guest teacher taught the lesson, as I was at a district meeting. Students looked at tables, graphs and equations that describe a particular situation to help them answer questions related to the situation. Many of today's problems involved lines that intersected, and what that intersection meant in the context of the situation.

Tonight's Homework: Finish problem 2.2 if you did not do so in class today. Then do ACE 2 (1 - 5)

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome, 2013! Students had a chance to redo a portion of the field trip problem today in class. This allowed everyone to warm up their math brains, while improving their scores on that particular assignment. We revisited walking rates by looking at problem 2.1 and ensuring that everyone understood how using a graph, data table and equation would help to solve the problem.

Tonight's Homework: Get your grade slip signed and bring it back to school tomorrow. Do page 25, problem 2.1, parts A and B. If you didn't turn in the pink worksheet and/or the field trip problem today, be ready to do so tomorrow.