Math with Mrs. Carin Sanders

Monday: Tangram Puzzles (7.3.si.1)
Today, students will use various shapes that are discussed in chapter 10 to completely construct tangram puzzles.  In this activity, students will discover that triangles can be transformed to fit all quadrilaterals.
Homework:  None

Tuesday: 10-5 Quadrilaterals (7.3.spi.2)
Today, students will learn to identify and classify quadrilaterals.  Students will take notes on the overhead; students will also complete practice problems from the overhead.  Student will work individually to complete Practice Skills lesson 10-5 and Enrichment lesson 10-5.
Homework:  textbook page 435 numbers 4-24 even only.

Wednesday:  Mid- Chapter Practice
Today, students will review sections 10-1 through 10-5 in a mid- chapter practice on page 438 in textbook.  Students will have a questions and answers session after completing the review.
Homework:  Study sections 10-1 through 10-5

Thursday:  10-6 Similar Figures (7.3.spi.3)
Today, students will determine whether figures are similar and find a missing length in a pair of similar figures.  Students will copy notes from the overhead.  Students will complete textbook page442 numbers 3-15 all.
Homework:  textbook page 588, Lesson 10-6; numbers 1-6 all.

Friday:  10-6 Similar Figures (7.3.spi.3)
Today, students will determine whether figures are similar and find a missing length in a pair of similar figures.  Students will work individually to complete Practice Skills worksheet lesson 10-6.
Homework:  Study notes and vocabulary words.

Monday: Chapter 2 Review- Mini Project
Today, students will work in groups to review the contents of chapter 2.  Students will be given a section to review; groups will be responsible for making presentations to the classroom using the overhead.
Homework:  Study for Vocabulary and chapter 2 test.

Tuesday: Chapter 2 Review- Mini Project
Today, students will continue to work in groups to review the contents of chapter 2.  Students will be given a section to review; groups will be responsible for making presentations to the classroom using the overhead.  Students will also complete chapter 2 review in the textbook.  Students will complete page 99.
Homework:  Study for chapter 2 test and vocabulary test.

Wednesday:  Think Link
Today, students will take the December Think Link Test in the computer lab.
Homework:  Study for Vocabulary test tomorrow!

Thursday:  Vocabulary Test
Today, students will a vocabulary test over chapter 2 words.
Homework:  Study for chapter 2 test tomorrow!

Friday: Chapter 2 Test (Graphs)
Today, students will take a test over chapter 2.  After the test, students will be asked to read a book silently.
Homework: None

Monday: 10-1 Angles and 10-3 Angle Relationships (7.3.spi.2)
Today, students will classify and draw angles and identify and apply angle relationships.  Students will define new vocabulary words on pages 413 and 422.  Students will take notes and complete in class practice problems from the overhead.
Homework:  page 587 Lesson 10-1, numbers 2-18 even; and page 588 Lesson 10-4 numbers 1-6 all.

Tuesday: 10-1 and 10-3/ Begin 10-4 Triangles (7.3.spi.2)
Today, students will continue to classify and draw angles; students will also continue to identify and apply angle relationships.  Students will complete Lesson 10-1 and 10-3 Practice Skills worksheet.
Homework: Study Notes

Wednesday: Think Link
Today, students will take the December Think Link test in the computer lab.
Homework:  None

Thursday:  Think Link/ 10-4 Triangles (7.3.spi.6)
Today, students will finish taking the December Think Link test in the computer lab.  After completing the test, students will begin lesson 10-4 on Triangles.  Students will identify and classify triangles.  Students will complete practice problems from the overhead.
Homework:  textbook page 430 numbers 8-17 all.

Friday: 10-4 Triangles (7.3.spi.6)
Today, students will continue to identify and classify triangles.  Students will complete Practice Skills lesson 10-4 in class.
Homework:  Study notes.

Monday:  No School!
Homework:  NA

Tuesday:  2-7 and 2-8, Bar graphs and Histograms/ Misleading statistics
Today, students will learn to create and interpret bar graphs and histograms.  Students will also learn to determine when statistics are misleading.  Students will work individually to complete packet lessons 2-7 and 2-8.
Homework:  Study for Vocabulary test and chapter 2 test.

Wednesday:  Review for chapter 2
Today, students will review for chapter 2 test.  Students will work in groups to review for chapter 2.  Each group will be given a different section to cover for the chapter 2 test.  Each group will have to provide examples and questions while they present their section to the class.
Homework:  Study for Vocabulary test and chapter 2 test.

Thursday:  Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 2
Today, students will take a vocabulary test over chapter 2.  After the test, groups will continue presenting sections for the chapter 2 test on tomorrow.
Homework:  Study for chapter 2 test tomorrow!

Friday: Chapter 2 test
Today, students will take a test over chapter 2.  After the test, students will be asked to read a book silently.
Homework:  Have a great holiday break!

Monday: 2-2 Making Predictions/ 2-5 Stem- and – Leaf Plot  (7.5.spi.5 and 7)
Today, students will learn to make predictions based on given information.  Students will also learn to construct and interpret stem- and leaf plots.  Students will take notes and complete in- class examples on making predictions. Students will also take notes on how to construct and interpret a stem- and – leaf plot. Students will complete packet section 2-5.
Homework: page 78 numbers 11-13 all.

Tuesday:  2-5 ( Complete)/ Begin Box- and Whisker Plot (7.5.spi.7)
Today, students will learn to create and interpret a box- and whisker plot.  Students will define: box – and- whisker plot, upper and lower extreme, quartile, and interquartile range.  Students will work individually to complete packet section 2-5 Practice side.
Homework:  Study for Quiz on tomorrow

Wednesday:  Quiz 2-1 through 2-4/ 2-6 Box- and Whisker Plot (7.5.spi.7)
Today, students will take a quiz over sections 2-1 through 2-4.  After the quiz, students will complete packet section 2-6 on box- and -whisker plots.
Homework:  page 568; numbers 3 and 4

Thursday:  2-7 Bar Graphs and Histograms (7.5.spi.1)
Today, students will learn to construct and interpret bar graphs and histograms.  Students will work individually to complete packet section 2-7 Practice Skills.
Homework: Begin studying for test on Wednesday

Friday:  2-8 Misleading Statistics (7.5.spi.7)
Today, students will learn to determine when statistics are misleading.  Students will look at various articles from newspapers to determine whether or not the ad’s are misrepresented.  Students will complete packet section 2-8.
Homework: Study for Chapter test on Wednesday!

Monday:  5-5 Congruent Triangles/ Read Stories
Today, students will determine whether a set of triangles are congruent (based on congruence statements).  Students will work individually to complete wkbk page 38 Practice side.  Students will also share stories from Lesson 5-3.
Homework:  Study your notes

Tuesday:  5-6 Similar Triangles/ Continue to read stories
Today, students will determine whether triangles are congruent, similar, or neither.  Students will take notes from the overhead and complete in class practice problems before completing textbook page 216 numbers 3-17 all.
Homework: textbook page 619 Lesson 5-6 numbers 1-6 all.

Wednesday:  5-4 Symmetry/ Finish Reading stories
Today, students will draw lines of reflection for various figures; students will also determine whether each figure has rotational symmetry.  Students will be asked to complete wkbk page 37 Practice side.
Homework:  Study notes from today

Thursday:  5-7 Transformations and M.C. Escher/ Begin chapter 5 review
Today, students will use transformations to create Escher-like patterns.  Students will work in groups to complete an activity that forms a tessellation.  Students will also begin chapter 5 review questions on page 224 of textbook.  Students will complete page 224, numbers 1-25 all.
Homework:  Begin studying for chapter 5 test which will be on Tuesday of next week.

Friday:  Chapter 5 review
Today, students will create review questions from each section of chapter 5.  Students will be asked to work with their groups to give the class a review of the section that has been given to them.  Students will do this by making an overhead transparency and going over the questions and the answers with their classmates.  The teacher will give students correct answers to textbook page review.
Homework:  Study for chapter 5 test, which will be on Tuesday of next week!

Monday:  Chapter 4 Test Review/ Create a booklet for Chapter 2 Notes
Today, students will review for chapter 4.  After the review, students will begin chapter 2 on Statistics: Analyzing Data.  Students will create a booklet, which will aid them in organizing the notes for various types of charts and graphs for this chapter.  Students will begin notes on a frequency table. Students will need to include the definitions of: statistics, data, frequency table, scale, and interval in their booklet of notes.
Homework:  Study for Chapter 4 Test

Tuesday:  Chapter 4 Test/ 2-1 Frequency Table (7.5.spi.7)
Today, students will take a test over chapter 4.  After the test, students will learn to organize and interpret data in a frequency table.  Students will complete Practice Masters from the Unit packet.
Homework:  page 56 numbers 8-11 all.

Wednesday: 2-3 Line Plots (7.5.spi.7)
Today, students will review information from frequency tables; after the review, students will  learn to construct and interpret line plots.  Students will take notes in their booklets and complete Practice Masters from the packet.
Homework:  Study Notes from booklet

Thursday: 2-4 Mean, Median, and Mode (7.5.spi.4)
Today, students will review line plots; after the review, students will find the mean, median, and mode for a set of data.  Students will take notes in their booklets and complete Practice Masters from the packet.
Homework:  Textbook page 72 numbers 10-13 all.

Friday: 2-4 Mean, Median, and Mode (7.5.spi.4)
Today, students will continue to find the mean, median, and mode for a set of data.  Students will complete practice word problems from the packet.
Homework:  None; have a great weekend!

Monday:  Mid Chapter Practice Test for Ch.4
Today, students will take the mid chapter practice test for chapter 4.  Students will review the answers to the practice test.  Students will also play a game with index cards to review equations.
Homework:  None

Tuesday:  4-6 Functions and Linear Equations (7.2.spi.2)
Today, students will learn to graph linear equations.  Students will take notes from the overhead where they will learn the definitions of the following words: function, function table, domain, range, and linear equation.  Students will complete in class practice problems with teacher; students will then complete independent practice problems on page 180 numbers 8-24 even.
Homework: page 180 numbers 9- 17 odd only.

Wednesday:  4-6 Functions and Linear Equations (7.2.spi.2)
Today, students will continue to learn how to graphs linear equations.  Students will complete Practice wksht 4-6.  Students will turn in worksheet after completion.
Homework:  Study notes

Thursday:  4-7 Lines and Slope (7.2.spi.2)
Today, students will find the slope of a line.  Students will work independently to complete textbook page 184 numbers 1-19 all.
Homework:  textbook page 574 lesson 4-7; numbers1-6 all.

Friday: 4-7 Lines and Slope (7.2.spi.2)
Today, students will continue to find the slope of a line.  Students will work in groups to complete practice worksheet and enrichment masters worksheet on lines and slopes.  Students will receive the correct answers after completing the assignment.
Homework: None; have a great weekend!