Dec 31, 2014

Khan Academy Topics for January 14, 2015

For those of you who would like to get some work out of the way during our time off, here are the newest Khan topics.  The first topic practices proportions, which make up some of the questions on our next test. (I'm thinking Wednesday, January 10.)

The next two topics are an easy intro. to our next unit. Here they are:

 










Dec 25, 2014

Merrry Christmas to All!

Hope everyone is enjoying the time away from school.

Dec 23, 2014

Tuesday's Teaser; Christmas Edition

*As Santa prepared to deliver the last of his packages down under in Sydney, Australia, he noticed two small boxes at the bottom addressed to: "Bambino", Rome Italy. Realizing that the boxes had been misplaced and that he only had 4 hours before the Bambino would wake up, Santa strapped a pair of Nike Air Max Hyper Aggressor's on each Reindeer and sped towards Rome. Exactly 4 hrs. later, Santa delivered the boxes and headed home to Mrs. C.
  
Find the distance (in miles, rounded to the nearest hundred) between Sydney and Rome, then calculate Santa's average speed during his trip. Round Santa's speed to the nearest whole number.

 First five correct emails share 50 extra credit points. One correct answer gets them all, two correct get 25 points each,  etc....




* Information from the 2014 bestseller, "I Want to be an Algebra Teacher," by S. Claus

Dec 16, 2014

Tuesday's Teaser: Christmas Comes Early

Consider this an early Christmas gift. It's not easy, easy, but definitely more figure-out-a-ble than others. 

Your solution then, on or before the Winter Solstice. Work included, of course. If you are able to solve by this Friday, I'll double the bonus to 10 points! (equal to one test question) Here she is....

 

Dec 15, 2014

Daily Summary: December 15, 2014

Today we practiced our percent problem solving skills and reviewed for Tuesday's test.  You can view the entire slideshow here.


Dec 13, 2014

Week In Review: December 8-12, 2014

Our focus all week has been the relationship between fractions, decimals & percents. There were two class work assignments given, the first on Tuesday, and the second on Thursday.


Friday, December 12



Thursday, December 11



Wednesday, December 10



Tuesday, December 9



Monday, December 8

Commonwealth Day

Dec 7, 2014

Test Results

















Get 'em here

Khan Academy Topic Change

For whatever reasons, the 'Expressing Ratios as Fractions' topic is no longer available. It is being replaced by: Proportions 2. This change is also noted on the right side of the blog listing the current topics due.

Week in Review: December 1-5, 2014

December 5th

Test on Properties & Proofs

 December 4th

  


December 3rd

 


December 2nd




December 1st



Today marked our introduction to Properties. Class work 2.5 was given today. You can find a copy of it here (front)and here (back).
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