Hello Everyone, As we approach spring break, our eighth graders will be studying negative exponents, zero exponents, and scientific notation(both what it is and how solve equations involving scientific notation). We will have three assignments to consider, the 8.1-8.4 quiz on Tuesday, part 2 of the chapter 8 performance task on Friday, and the weekly homework. Homework this week will consist of 34 problems which are intended to be completed sequentially in increments of roughly 9 from Monday to Thursday.

Hello Everyone, we are officially in the fourth quarter of the year and are making our way into spring. As we begin the fourth quarter, our eighth graders will be studying exponents and scientific notation. Particularly, this week we will be going through what exponents are fundamentally and how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers with exponents. This week, students will have two assignments; part 1 of the chapter 8 performance task on Friday, and the weekly homework (20 problems from a variety of topics but predominantly the most recent chapter and Monday to Wednesday of this week).

Hello Everyone! During this week, while we are in between quarters, we will be keeping pace with and maintain course on our curriculum. Our eighth graders will have one primary focus for this week; the chapter 7 test. Throughout the past two weeks, we have students functions and we will open the week by tying these concepts together before reviewing and preparing for the test on this subject matter on Wednesday. Remember, we also have conferences on Thursday and Friday so there will be no school on either of these days! Students will not have homework this week as our full focus will be on the aforementioned test.

Hello Everyone, I can't believe that we are already bringing quarter 3 to a close! This week, in class, our students will be comparing linear and nonlinear functions as well as drawing conclusions from functions and graphs. Assignments this week will consist of two quizzes (one on Monday and the second on Friday) as well as the weekly homework. The homework will cover concepts from Friday of last week and Monday through Thursday of this week. It will have thirty one questions and be due on Monday, March third. Some other important information for this week, late work will be due on Wednesday so please make sure that students are able to submit any assignments that they have not already. Additionally, please check your email for my conference sign up link!

Hello Everyone, during this sixth week of the quarter, our eighth graders will be diving deeper into functions, going beyond the identification and forms of functions into how functions can be represented as well as the study of linear functions. Which is very similar to the linear equations we studied through December and the first half of January. 

Hello Everyone, this week, our eighth graders are going to be opening the week at the end of a chapter. We will begin the week by preparing for and then taking the chapter 6 test. After that, we will open up the next unit, functions. Throughout Wednesday and Thursday of this week we will be covering the general notion of relations and functions. This week, students will be responsible for their chapter 6 test and the weekly homework. This week, homework consists of 36 problems which, while many come from the new unit, the actual concepts come from previous portions of the year. So, much of this should feel familiar. As our eighth graders approach high school, I have started ramping up the volume of their homework problems so as to adequately prepare our students for the workload over the coming years.

Hello Everyone, during this short week, our eighth grade students will finish reviewing systems of linear equations and take the unit test on Thursday. After which, we will briefly review the test before diving into our sixth unit, covering data analysis and displays.This week, students will have the chapter 5 test as well as the weekly homework which is made up of 24 problems from chapter 5 material to help students review for the test.

Hello Everyone! This week, we will be continuing our study of linear equations, expanding into both slope intercept form and standard form of  linear equations, culminating on Friday with slope Jeopardy. This week, students will be responsible for only two assignment; weekly notes and homework. Homework consists of 27 problems. Roughly the first half of which will be taught on Tuesday while the other half will be taught on Wednesday and Thursday. Throughout the homework, retrospective problems are scattered in order to reexpose students to older subject matter and call back to adjacent topics.

Hello Everyone! This week, we will be opening the week by closing our third unit of the year by taking the chapter 3 test. Then, we will open chapter 4 which focuses on linear algebra. Students will be introduced to graphing linear equations throughout the week. First with sloped lines, then vertical and horizontal lines. This week, students will have three assignments to complete; the aforementioned chapter three test, the week's notes, and finally the weekly homework. This week, the homework will have 30 problems. The first 10 are retrospective practice from the last two weeks. The following 20 problems will be taught between Thursday and Thursday, the majority of which will be on Tuesday and Wednesday with problems from Thursday dispersed intermittently.