Archive for January, 2009

Day 90 – 42 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
Exam Day – we went over Review Sheet #2 for ten minutes, and then they took the chapter 5 exam.
Homework: none
Lake Harriet
Exam Day – we went over the review sheet from yesterday, then the students began their exams.
Homework: none

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Day 89 – 43 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We reviewed for tomorrow’s test. They received a worksheet to help them study which will not be graded … it is only for their own practice.
Homework: study for exam
Lake Harriet
The students reviewed for their test tomorrow as well. I went around the room answering as many questions as I could. I will continue to do [...]

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Day 88 – 44 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We are reviewing for the exam on chapter 5 which will be Friday. They used the following for review, which needs to be done for homework:
Homework: 5.8 – Chapter Review #1
Lake Harriet
We are reviewing for an exam on Friday on chapter 5. The students had to finish yesterday’s work, then they reviewed using the following worksheet:
Homework: [...]

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Day 87 – 45 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We went over yesterday’s work, and then they practiced some more with graphing of systems of inequalities.
Homework: Question #3 on Section 5.7 Skills worksheet
Lake Harriet
The students worked together going over sections 5.6 and 5.7, which we done last week. Many didn’t finish, so they’ll finish tomorrow.

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Day 86 – 46 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We worked in class on reviewing how to work with graphing two-variable inequalities. We could look at a graph and write its inequality, we can solve inequalities for y, and we can graph inequalities.
Homework: graph four inequalities that were given to them in class
Lake Harriet
With so many days gone, we are reviewing sections 5.6 and [...]

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Day 85 – 47 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We will go over their classwork that was graded on Tuesday night and then they’ll take a quiz on that section. It will be their last grade of the quarter.
Lake Harriet
No class. All students are breaking legs on a ski trip.

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Day 84 – 48 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
District Quarter Final Day – we took the quarter two assessment in the computer lab
Average Grade = 71.7%
Lake Harriet
District Quarter Final Day – we took the quarter two assessment in the computer lab
Average Grade = 92.7%

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Day 83 – 49 Days Until Spring Break!

Mr. Towne had to pull his daughter from daycare, so he wasn’t at school
Southwest
The students worked on a worksheet from section 5.6 in class, then turned them in for grading.
Lake Harriet
The students worked on section 5.7 (1 – 5, 8, 10) in class.

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Day 82 – 50 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We graphed some inequalities after taking our Math Fact of the Day Quiz. Then Igave them some time to begin their homework in class.
Homework: Section 5.6 # 1-5
Lake Harriet
We also graphed inequalites in class, and then they worked out of the textbook in class.
Homework: Section 5.6 # 2 – 5, 7

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Day 81 – 51 Days Until Spring Break!

Southwest
We went over homework and then in class they worked together on review of section 5.5.
Homework: none
Tomorrow we’ll have the sixth installment of the Math Fact of the Day quiz.
Quiz – Math Fact of the Day Number 6
Here is a link to the whole semester’s Math Facts of the Day.
Math Facts of the Day – [...]

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