CMP Classroom Notes (2015-2016)

"Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team."

- John Wooden, Coaching Legend

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Week 13: PARCC Testing and Continue Unit 7: Real Numbers

4/04, Monday: No Notes/PARCC ELA Test #1

4/05, Tuesday: Simplifying Radicals

4/06, Wednesday:

4/07, Thursday:

4/08, Friday:

Week 12: Complete Mini Unit: March Madness Brackets; Begin Unit 7: Real Numbers

3/28, Monday: Calculating Brackets

3/29, Tuesday: Calculating Brackets

3/30, Wednesday: Calculating Brackets

3/31, Thursday: No Notes/Begin Unit 7: Real Numbers

4/01, Friday: No Notes/PARCC Math Tests #1 & #2

SPRING BREAK (NO SCHOOL)

3/21, Monday: No Notes/Spring Break

3/22, Tuesday: No Notes/Spring Break

3/23, Wednesday: No Notes/Spring Break

3/24, Thursday: No Notes/Spring Break

3/25, Friday: No Notes/Spring Break

Week 11: Begin Mini Unit: March Madness Brackets!

3/14, Monday: March Madness!

3/15, Tuesday: No Notes/Group Stat Hunt

3/16, Wednesday: No Notes/Group Stat Hunt

3/17, Thursday: No Notes/Group Stat Hunt

3/18, Friday: No Notes/Group Presentations

Week 10: Complete Unit 5: Solving Equations

3/07, Monday: Distributive Property, Entrance and Exit Slips

3/08, Tuesday: "Learning to Crawl"

3/09, Wednesday: Distributive Property Assessment

3/10, Thursday: Distributive Property Assessment

3/11, Friday: No Notes

Week 9: Continue Unit 5: Solving Equations

2/29, Monday: No Notes/Using Music Videos

3/01, Tuesday: No Notes/Using Algebra Tiles

3/02, Wednesday: No Notes/Leveled Assessment for Solving Equations

3/03, Thursday: Distributive Property

3/04, Friday: No Notes/Early Early Dismissal at 1:15 PM

Week 8: Continue Unit 5: Solving Equations

2/22, Monday: Classroom Practice, Combining Like Terms

2/23, Tuesday: More Classroom Practice, Combining Like Terms

2/24, Wednesday: No Notes

2/25, Thursday: No Notes/Exit Slip

2/26, Friday: Fixed vs Growth Mindset, Analyzing Word Problems

Week 7: Continue Unit 5: Solving Equations

2/15, Monday: NO SCHOOL/PRESIDENT'S DAY

2/16, Tuesday: No Notes/8th Grade Math Department ISD/Substitute Teacher

2/17, Wednesday: Distributive Property

2/18, Thursday: Combining Like Terms and Distributive Property

2/19, Friday: Steps to Solving Equations/Exit Slips

Week 6: Begin Unit 5: Solving Equations

2/08, Monday: Parallel Lines and Transversals, Complex Problem

2/09, Tuesday: Solving Equations

2/10, Wednesday: Solving Equation, Problems from 5.0 HW

2/11, Thursday: More Solving Equations, Problems from 5.0 ALL

2/12, Friday: No Notes/Assessment

Week 5: Logic Puzzles and Parallel Lines Cut by Transversals

2/01, Monday: Final Logic Puzzle

2/02, Tuesday: Parallel Lines and Angles

2/03, Wednesday: Parallel Lines and Transversals

2/04, Thursday: No Notes/Class Worksheet

2/05, Friday: No Notes/Assessment

Week 4: Logic Puzzles

1/25, Monday: No Notes/HW Check QUIZ, 2.5 - 2.8

1/26, Tuesday: Logic Puzzles

1/27, Wednesday: Logic Puzzles 2

1/28, Thursday: Logic Puzzles 3

1/29, Friday: Logic Puzzles 4

Week 3:

1/18, Monday: NO SCHOOL; MLK Day

1/19, Tuesday: No Notes/QUIZ 2.5 - 2.8

1/20, Wednesday: Review of Transformations Quiz (Scantron)

1/21, Thursday: CAREER DAY/Making a Personal Budget

1/22, Friday: Review of HW Check Quiz Problems

Week 2: Conclude Unit, Congruence and Similarity

1/11, Monday: 2.5: Identifying a Series and Determining Congruence or Similarity

1/12, Tuesday: 2.6: Sum of the Angles of a Triangle

1/13, Wednesday: 2.7: Similar Triangles

1/14, Thursday: 2.8: Parallel Lines Cut By a Transversal

1/15, Friday: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS; Staff Institute

Week 1: Welcome Back/Review

1/04, Monday: No Notes/Review Classroom Procedures Team Game

1/05, Tuesday: No Notes/Transformation Quiz, GeoGebra

1/06, Wednesday: No Notes/Transformation Quiz, GeoGebra

1/07, Thursday: No Notes/Transformation Quiz, GeoGebra

1/08, Friday: No Notes/Transformation Quiz, GeoGebra

Second Semester

Week 18: Continue Unit, Congruence and Similarity

12/14, Monday: No Notes

12/15, Tuesday: Assessment Review

12/16, Wednesday: Working at Google

12/17, Thursday: No Notes/Holiday Movie Day

12/18, Friday: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Week 17: Continue Unit, Congruence and Similarity

12/07, Monday: No Notes/DEA Testing

12/08, Tuesday: No Notes/DEA Testing

12/09, Wednesday: No Notes/Looking for Pythagoras Assessment Re-Dos

12/10, Thursday: Transformations with Geogebra

12/11, Friday: Transformations with Geogebra

Week 16: NEW UNIT, Congruence and Similarity

11/30, Monday: Transformations

12/01, Tuesday: Active Reading

12/02, Wednesday: No Notes

12/03, Thursday: No Notes/Ten Marks Assignment

12/04, Friday: Dilating a Figure

Week 15: Continue Unit, Looking for Pythagoras

11/23, Monday: No Notes/Study for Assessment

11/24, Tuesday: No Notes/Unit Assessment

11/25, Wednesday: NO SCHOOL

11/26, Thursday: NO SCHOOL

11/27, Friday: NO SCHOOL

Week 14: Continue Unit, Looking for Pythagoras

11/16, Monday: No Notes/Practice Assessment

11/17, Tuesday: No Notes/Substitute/X-Wing and Y-Wing WS

11/18, Wednesday: Y-Wing WS, Area of a Trapezoid

11/19, Thursday: Triangle Notes; Labsheet 3.1

11/20, Friday: No Notes

Week 13: Continue Unit, Looking for Pythagoras

11/09, Monday: Assessment, Shapes and Angles

11/10, Tuesday: Problem 2.3, Set-Up

11/11, Wednesday: Problem 2.3, More Info

11/12, Thursday: Areas of Shapes

11/13, Friday: Areas of Shapes, Millennium Falcon WS

Week 12: Continue Unit, Looking for Pythagoras

11/02, Monday: Review Investigation #1 Assessment

11/03, Tuesday: Problem 2.1, Looking for Squares & Problem 2.2, Square Roots

11/04, Wednesday: Problem 2.2, Square Roots

11/05, Thursday: Problem 2.2, Square Roots (Cont'd)

11/06, Friday: Problem 2.3, Finding Segment Lengths with Squares

Week 11: Continue Unit, Looking for Pythagoras

10/26, Monday: Methods to Solve Problem 1.3

10/27, Tuesday: No Notes/Classwork

10/28, Wednesday: Problems to Review for Test

10/29, Thursday: No Notes/Assessment

10/30, Friday: No Notes/Early Early Dismissal

Week 10: Begin New Unit, Looking for Pythagoras

10/19, Monday: No Notes/Class Portfolios

10/20, Tuesday: No Notes/Unit Pre-Assessment

10/21, Wednesday: No Notes/Problem 1.1

10/22, Thursday: No Notes/Problem 1.2

10/23, Friday: Classification of Shapes

Week 9: Continue Chapter 2

10/12, Monday: NO SCHOOL, Columbus Day

10/13, Tuesday: Homework, Labsheet 2ACE

10/14, Wednesday: No Notes/Classwork and Discussion

10/15, Thursday: 2.3, Tree Top Fun

10/16, Friday: No Notes / Slope Assessment #2

Week 8: Continue Chapter 2

10/5, Monday: No Notes

10/6, Tuesday: No Notes

10/7, Wednesday: No Notes

10/8, Thursday: No Notes

10/9, Friday: No Notes / Slope Assessment #1

Week 7: Continue Chapter 2

9/28, Monday: No Notes/HW Catch-Up Day

9/29, Tuesday: Slope of a Line

9/30, Wednesday: Finding the Slope of a Line from a Graph

10/1, Thursday: Finding the Slope of a Line from Two Points

10/2, Friday: No Notes

Week 6: Continue Chapter 2

9/21, Monday: No Notes / Continue Investigation 2.1

9/22, Tuesday: Labsheet 2.1A; Labsheet 2.1B; HW P. 33, Problem C

9/23, Wednesday: P. 33, Problem C, Bellwork Check

9/24, Thursday: Line of Best Fit

9/25, Friday: Could Doc Brown's DeLorean really accelerate to 88 mph in that parking lot?

Week 5: DEA Testing / Begin Chapter 2

9/14, Monday: No Notes / DEA Testing

9/15, Tuesday: No Notes / DEA Testing

9/16, Wednesday: Chapter 1 Test Review

9/17, Thursday: No Notes / Math Skills Practice

9/18, Friday: Begin Chapter 2

Week 4: Thinking with Mathematical Models, Wrap Up

9/7, Monday: NO SCHOOL, LABOR DAY

9/8, Tuesday: Rates of Change

9/9, Wednesday: No Notes / Review for Assessment

9/10, Thursday: No Notes / Review for Assessment

9/11, Friday: No Notes / Chapter 1 Assessment

Week 3: Thinking with Mathematical Models Investigation 2 and 3

8/31, Monday: No Notes

9/1, Tuesday: 1.3, Custom Construction Parts (Finding Patterns)

9/2, Wednesday: 1.3, Cont'd; More Notes

9/3, Thursday: 1.3, Consistent vs Increasing Rate of Change

9/4, Friday: ACE Question #3, Work from Class

Week 2: Thinking with Mathematical Models Investigation 1

8/24, Monday: Classroom Guidelines, Procedures, and Expectations

8/25, Tuesday: No Notes

8/26, Wednesday: Building Bridges

8/27, Thursday: Graphing Data

8/28, Friday: Slope and Equation of a Line

Week 1: Welcome Back

8/19, Wednesday: No Notes

8/20, Thursday: Classroom Guidelines, Procedures, and Expectations

8/21, Friday: Classroom Guidelines, Procedures, and Expectations