Thursday & Friday - Ms. Gesner sick

Students worked on the "Where Should the Fundraising Party Be Held" assignment with Ms D'Aguilar.

Monday Jan 10, 2011

HW - Do a rough draft of ALL questions on "Where should they hold the fundraising party?" - Due Thurs

Fri Jan 7, 2011

Today we did an INTEGERS MINI-TEST

The we talked about solving algebraic equations.

HW - Show that you have spent at least 20 minutes on KenKen puzzles.

Thurs Jan 6, 2011

We did a Pre-Test on BEDMAS involving INTEGERS.

Ms. Gesner made lots of mistakes on the board... and 8-8 was very good at catching them.

Quiz tomorrow - Extra help available after-school. Extra help = extra chocolate!

Wed Jan 5th, 2010

Today we did a neat algebra problem involving balances, and a code from Sherlock Holmes.

HW - #5,6,7,8 on Sheet 6.7; Mini-Quiz on Integers Friday

More introduction to algebra today

HW - Sheet 6.7 Order of operations with Integers. Do #1,2,3,4

Today we reviewed: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Integers

We reviewed the meaning of the words variable, term, expression and equation. http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/definitions.html

We did a tasty example using peppermint patties. Mmmmm.

HW: Finish all questions both sides of sheet 6.2 (Subtracting Integers); 6.6 (Dividing Integers)