Week 5.2

Congratulations to all students who participated in the Starr County Youth Fair.  It was great to see your projects and animals; I could tell that you put a lot of work into it!  I would like to remind all students that we have 16 school days until the 8th grade math STAAR and 17 days until the reading STAAR.  Keep working hard so you can demonstrate mastery on your exams!

Reminders:  Tutorials will resume this Saturday, March 4.   Make sure that you let me know if you will be unable to attend.

Honors Math 8 - Review Reporting Categories 1 and 4
Monday:  Ordering rational numbers/Scientific Notation
Tuesday:  Mean Absolute Deviation
Wednesday:  Using Trendlines in Bivariate Data
Thursday: Simple and Compound Interest/Financial Literacy
Friday:  Quiz


Algebra 1
Monday: Using ax^2+k to model data
Tuesday: Transformations of Quadratic Functions
Wednesday:  Quadratic Forms
Thursday:  Using y=ax^2+bx+c to model data
Friday:  Topic Practice

Week 5.1

Happy 5th 6 Weeks y'all!  We are officially in countdown mode - 21 days until 8th grade math STAAR and 43 days until the Algebra 1 EOC.  We are preparing diligently so we can demonstrate mastery in math and Algebra 1, so keep working hard - it WILL pay off!

Reminders:  I won't be staying for tutorials this week.  I will let you know if other teachers are staying.  Don't forget to bring $3 for the field trip this Friday.

Here's the schedule for the week:

Honors Math 8
Monday:  Effects of Change overview
Tuesday:  Changes in 1 and 2-dimensional measurements
Wednesday:  Changes in 3-dimensional measurements
Thursday:  Changes in 3-dimensional measurements
Friday: Starr Co. Youth Fair trip

Algebra 1
Monday:  Factoring trinomials ax^2+bx+c, when a>2
Tuesday:  Dividing polynomials
Wednesday: Dividing polynomials
Thursday:  Operations with polynomials review
Friday: Starr Co. Youth Fair trip

Week 4.6

Firstly, I would like to thank each student who came to tutorials this Saturday. I'm so proud of you for getting up early to be part of our tutorials.  This week you will have benchmarks and 6 weeks exams, so make sure that you study and get ready!

Algebra 1
Monday:  Review for 6 weeks exam
Tuesday: 6 Weeks Exam
Wednesday: Reading DBM 2
Thursday: Factoring trinomials
Friday; Factoring trinomials

Honors Math 8:
Monday: Volume/Surface Area Practice
Tuesday: Math DBM 2
Wednesday: Reading DBM 2
Thursday: Review Benchmark
Friday:  Volume and surface area practice

Week 4.5

Welcome back from the 3-day weekend!  We are gearing up for the STAAR soon, so expect District Benchmarks next week.  Tutorials resume this Saturday, February 11 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon.

Here's the schedule for the week:

Algebra 1:
Tuesday: Multiplying Binomials
Wednesday: Adding and subtracting polynomials
Thursday: Factoring polynomials
Friday: Factoring polynomials

Honors Math 8:
Tuesday: Topic 15 Assessment
Wednesday: Surface area overview
Thursday: Practice surface area
Friday: Practice surface area