Week 7 - Anticipating Fall Break

Pre-Algebra Announcements

The entire Pre-Algebra department has decided to go to homework twice a week instead of every day.  Generally, assignments will be given on Mondays and Wednesdays and they will be due on Wednesdays and Fridays.  The primary reason for this change is to reduce the amount of time spent in class reviewing homework answers, which will free up time in class for students to practice skills and get immediate feedback.  Additionally, providing more flexibility in the homework due date (two days to do homework instead of just one) allows students to manage their time.  For example, if you have a soccer game on Tuesday night, you could do all of your homework on Monday night and be ready on Wednesday.

This Friday is Jog-A-Thon, which means that all of the classes will be shorter.  Because of this, we will have our quiz on Thursday.  On Friday, I will be demonstrating a Problem-Based Assessment (PBA).  PBAs are district tests designed to align with the Common Core assessments that the state of California is adopting in the 2014-2015 academic year.  When we return from Fall Break, the students will complete a practice PBA.  The week after, they will complete the actual PBA.

Homework and topics for this week are below:

Day/Date	Topic	Homework
Monday (9/24)	Two-Step Equations with Rational Numbers	TB Pg. 100 #15, 16, 19, 22
Tuesday (9/25)	Two-Step Equations with Rational Numbers
Wednesday (9/26)	Properties (Associative, Commutative, Distributive)	Unit 2 Quiz 2 Practice
Thursday (9/27)	Unit 2 Quiz 2
Friday (9/28)	PBA Demonstration	No HW

UCLA Math Announcements

Homework for this week is as follows:

Monday (9/24) - Book 9 pg. 6
Tuesday (9/25) - Quiz 9 Practice
Wednesday (9/26) - Book 10 pg. 14 #7-12
Thursday (9/27) - Quiz 10 Practice
Friday (9/28) - No HW

Week 6 - End of Grading Period 1

Pre-Algebra Announcements
Last Friday, we took our first unit test on integers and rational numbers.

Below are some brief statistics by class period.

Total Students	Average Score	Greater Than 90%
30	82%	8

Additionally, we had 3 students earn 100% (JP Bowersox, Cameron Hoppe, & Aadarsh Mahra), and 4 students miss just one question (Darrick Hattix, Leonardo Hernandez-Duenas, Leah Peterson, & Jaylene Potter).

Students can earn half credit points back if they complete their test corrections, which we started in class on Monday.  Below are the requirements:

• Test corrections must be completed on binder paper.
• The original question must be copied onto the binder paper.
• Work for each step must be shown.
• The correct answer must be boxed.
• Test corrections must be turned in to the Work Submission tray in class.

This week, we will extend the learning we did with one-step equations in the first unit to multi-step equations and inequalities in unit 2.  Homework for the week is as follows:

Day/Date	Topic	Homework
Monday (9/17)	Stem & Leaf Plots	Test Corrections (if applicable)
Tuesday (9/18)	One-Step Inequalities (addition/subtraction)	WB 3-6 #6, 7, 8, 9
Wednesday (9/19)	One-Step Inequalities (multiplication/division)	WB 3-7 #1, 2, 3, 4
Thursday (9/20)	Two-Step Inequalities	Unit 2 Quiz 1 Practice
Friday (9/21)	Review & Quiz	No HW

UCLA Math Announcements

This week, we will finish the 8th book in the UCLA math series.  It is the end of the first unit, so we will be having the first test (not just a quiz!) on Friday.

 Homework for the week is as follows:

Day/Date	Topic	Homework
Monday (9/17)	Fractions, Decimals, and Percents	Book 7 - Skill Builder 1
Tuesday (9/18)	Expanded Form & Fraction Review	Quiz 7 Practice
Wednesday (9/19)	Fraction / Decimal Equivalence	Book 8 - Skill Builder 1 (pg. 10)
Thursday (9/20)	Unit 1 Review	Unit 1 Practice Test
Friday (9/21)	Review & Quiz	No HW

Week 5

Pre-Algebra Announcements

This week, we will be finishing our unit on Integers and Rational Numbers.  We will have our first unit test on Friday as well as our first Math Journal Check.  We will take a practice test on Thursday in class  and I will also show students what a 100% math journal should look like so that they can all earn 100% on the math journal check on Friday.  Below is the homework for the week:

Monday (9/10):  WB 2-3 #3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11
Tuesday (9/11):  WB 2-6 #5, 9, 20, 21
Wednesday (9/12): WB 2-7 #5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13
Thursday (9/13): Rework missed Practice Test questions
Friday (9/14): No HW - Test and Math Journal Check today!

UCLA Math Announcements
This week, we will begin our second unit: fractions.  We have just completed the first four UCLA math workbooks and after this next set of four books, we will have our Quarter 1 Test (there are 32 UCLA math books altogether).  Below is the homework for the week:


Monday (9/10):  Parent Signature on Release Form
Tuesday (9/11): Practice Quiz 5
Wednesday (9/12):  Skill Builder 2A (pg. 17 from the pink Book 6)
Thursday (9/13): Practice Quiz 6
Friday (9/14): No HW

Week 4

I hope that you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Pre-Algebra Announcements
This week, we will be beginning our study of rational numbers (fractions & decimals).  We will begin on Tuesday with converting between fractions and decimals, Wednesday we will be multiplying rational numbers, Thursday we will be dividing rational numbers, and on Friday we will have our quiz. Our first test (Unit Test 1) will be one week from Friday on September 14.  Homework for this week is as follows:

Tuesday (9/4) - WB 2-1 #4, 6, 10, 13, 23
Wednesday (9/5) - WB 2-4 #3, 13, 16, 28, 29
Thursday (9/6) - Unit 1 Quiz 3 Practice Problems
Friday (9/7) - No HW (Quiz today)

UCLA Math Announcements
This week we will be beginning our study of integers.  We will be adding and subtracting on Tuesday and Wednesday and multiplying and dividing on Thursday and Friday.  Be prepared for Quiz 3 on Thursday and Quiz 4 on Friday.  Homework is subject to change, but below is the plan.


Tuesday (9/4) - Skill Builder 1 (pg. 18) of the Week 3 (yellow) booklet
Wednesday (9/5) - Quiz 3 Practice Problems
Thursday (9/6) - Quiz 4 Practice Problems
Friday (9/7) - No HW (Quiz today)