8th Grade: Intro to Algebra
"Yesterday's Work"
November 9th to January 22nd
Unit 5: Geometry: A Focus on Formulas
Unit 6: Inequalities
Would you like to see Today's Work?
Friday, January 22nd, 2016.
1. Unit 6 Test.
2. Independent work.
Thursday, January 21st, 2016.
1. Unit 6 Practice Test
2. Check your own answers
3. Test tomorrow! Be organized, practiced, and prepared!
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016.
1. Let's check homework.
2. p71 in INB: Lesson 6.2, cont'd: How Do I Solve Inequalities in Two Variables?
3. CW/HW: Inequalities in two variables, Practice B: 1 -7 & 12 -14
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016.
1. Graph this line. Worth 5 points.
2. p70 in your INB: Lesson 6.2: How Do I Solve Inequalities in Two Variables?
3. CW/HW: Inequalities in 2 Variables: 3 -10 & 15
Friday, January 15th, 2016.
1. Let's check work and earn points.
2. Finish what problems you didn't get done this week.
3. Reminder Work: Unit 3: Graphing Functions
4. Turn in your work.
Thursday, January 14th, 2016.
1. Let's check work and earn points.
2. p69 in your INB: Lesson 6.1, cont'd: Solving Inequalities in One Variable (ex7)
3. Classwork and Homework: Dolciani, 42 - 50 even
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016.
1. Independent Work on the Dolciani Problems.
2. Check your work along the way. 12 - 40 even due tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016.
1. Let's check homework. Did you show correct algebraic steps?
2. p68: Lesson 6.1, continued: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable? (ex6)
3. Classwork: More Inequalities Practice. Solve and graph the evens.
Monday, January 11th, 2016.
1. p68 in your INB: Lesson 6.1, continued: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable? (ex5)
2. Classwork & Homework: Two-Step Problems, 1 - 7 Show steps on a separate sheet for full credit.
Friday, January 8th, 2016.
1. Let's check last night's homework.
2. p68 in your INB: Lesson 6.1, continued: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable?
3. Classwork: Multiplication and Division Inequalities
Thursday, January 7th, 2016.
1. Let's check our homework (again) part one part two
2. p67 in your INB: Lesson 6.1: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable?
3. CW/HW: Solving Inequalities with One Variable 1 - 9
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016.
1. Let's check homework.
2. p66 in your INB: Lesson 6.0, continued: Graphing Inequalities
3. Redo your homework from last night with the practice we had in class.
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016.
1. Welcome Back!
2. Page 0 in your INB: Table of Contents. What are we learning this year?
3. p64 in your INB: Title Page: Inequalities
4. p65 in your INB: Lesson 6.0: What is the Difference between an Equation and an Inequality?
5. HW: Intro to Inequalities
Thursday, December 17th, 2015.
1. Unit 5 Test. Put on page 63.
2. No HW
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015.
1. Continue working on your Practice Test.
2. Check your answers.
3. Fix your mistakes. Be brave and grow.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015.
1. Let's check our work on Surface Area.
2. Unit 5 Practice Test
3. Check your work on your own.
4. HW: Finish the Unit 5 Practice Test.
Monday, December 14th, 2015.
1. Unit quiz on Thursday!
2. p60: Geometry in 2D: Surface Area
3. HW: Surface Area: Make a net and find the Surface Area for #1 and #2
Friday, December 11th, 2015.
1. Let's look at our use of the Circle Formula.
2. Classwork: Area of Trapezoids.
Thursday, December 10th, 2015.
1. Reminder: Unit 5 Test next Thursday.
2. Turn in your HW, worth 5 points.
3. p60: Geometry in 2 Dimensions: Area Formulas
4. HW 5.2: Calculating Area of Circles
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015.
1. Unit 5 Test: Thursday, December 17th.
2. Let's check homework: front back
3. p59: Lesson 5.1, continued: Radical Numbers
4. HW: Please find the distance between these two numbers. Use all 4 steps for using a formula.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015.
1. Unit 5 Quiz: Thursday, December 17th.
2. Please find the distance between these two points. Worth 5 points; due at the end of class.
3. HW: Pythagorean Theorem problems: front back
Monday, December 7th, 2015.
1. Take the next portion of the MAP/NWEA test.
2. No HW tonight.
Friday, December 4th, 2015.
1. Let's check homework. Did you use all 4 steps of using a formula?
2. p57: Lesson 5.1, Continued: The Pythagorean Theorem, ex2
3. Classwork: Using the Pythagorean Thm to find Legs: front back
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015.
1. What were some strategies that you used to solve the problem?
2. A new thinking tool: The Pythagorean Theorem.
3. p57: Lesson 5.0, continued: How Do We Use a Formula?
4. p58: Lesson 5.1: Geometry in 1 Dimension: The Pythagorean Theorem
5. HW #5.1: The Pythagorean Theorem: front back
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015.
1. Let's show off our 5-Dimensional Self Portraits. What did you come up with?
2. Mr. Barnes has a distance puzzle for you. It's worth 10 points if you can get it right!
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015.
1. Let's check homework.
2. Let's look at p54 in our notes. Can you describe the different dimensions to your neighbor?
3. Let's watch this video on the tenth dimension:
Friday, January 22nd, 2016.
1. Unit 6 Test.
2. Independent work.
Thursday, January 21st, 2016.
1. Unit 6 Practice Test
2. Check your own answers
3. Test tomorrow! Be organized, practiced, and prepared!
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016.
1. Let's check homework.
2. p71 in INB: Lesson 6.2, cont'd: How Do I Solve Inequalities in Two Variables?
3. CW/HW: Inequalities in two variables, Practice B: 1 -7 & 12 -14
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016.
1. Graph this line. Worth 5 points.
2. p70 in your INB: Lesson 6.2: How Do I Solve Inequalities in Two Variables?
3. CW/HW: Inequalities in 2 Variables: 3 -10 & 15
Friday, January 15th, 2016.
1. Let's check work and earn points.
2. Finish what problems you didn't get done this week.
3. Reminder Work: Unit 3: Graphing Functions
4. Turn in your work.
Thursday, January 14th, 2016.
1. Let's check work and earn points.
2. p69 in your INB: Lesson 6.1, cont'd: Solving Inequalities in One Variable (ex7)
3. Classwork and Homework: Dolciani, 42 - 50 even
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016.
1. Independent Work on the Dolciani Problems.
2. Check your work along the way. 12 - 40 even due tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016.
1. Let's check homework. Did you show correct algebraic steps?
2. p68: Lesson 6.1, continued: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable? (ex6)
3. Classwork: More Inequalities Practice. Solve and graph the evens.
Monday, January 11th, 2016.
1. p68 in your INB: Lesson 6.1, continued: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable? (ex5)
2. Classwork & Homework: Two-Step Problems, 1 - 7 Show steps on a separate sheet for full credit.
Friday, January 8th, 2016.
1. Let's check last night's homework.
2. p68 in your INB: Lesson 6.1, continued: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable?
3. Classwork: Multiplication and Division Inequalities
Thursday, January 7th, 2016.
1. Let's check our homework (again) part one part two
2. p67 in your INB: Lesson 6.1: How Do I Solve Inequalities with One Variable?
3. CW/HW: Solving Inequalities with One Variable 1 - 9
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016.
1. Let's check homework.
2. p66 in your INB: Lesson 6.0, continued: Graphing Inequalities
3. Redo your homework from last night with the practice we had in class.
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016.
1. Welcome Back!
2. Page 0 in your INB: Table of Contents. What are we learning this year?
3. p64 in your INB: Title Page: Inequalities
4. p65 in your INB: Lesson 6.0: What is the Difference between an Equation and an Inequality?
5. HW: Intro to Inequalities
Thursday, December 17th, 2015.
1. Unit 5 Test. Put on page 63.
2. No HW
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015.
1. Continue working on your Practice Test.
2. Check your answers.
3. Fix your mistakes. Be brave and grow.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015.
1. Let's check our work on Surface Area.
2. Unit 5 Practice Test
3. Check your work on your own.
4. HW: Finish the Unit 5 Practice Test.
Monday, December 14th, 2015.
1. Unit quiz on Thursday!
2. p60: Geometry in 2D: Surface Area
3. HW: Surface Area: Make a net and find the Surface Area for #1 and #2
Friday, December 11th, 2015.
1. Let's look at our use of the Circle Formula.
2. Classwork: Area of Trapezoids.
Thursday, December 10th, 2015.
1. Reminder: Unit 5 Test next Thursday.
2. Turn in your HW, worth 5 points.
3. p60: Geometry in 2 Dimensions: Area Formulas
4. HW 5.2: Calculating Area of Circles
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015.
1. Unit 5 Test: Thursday, December 17th.
2. Let's check homework: front back
3. p59: Lesson 5.1, continued: Radical Numbers
4. HW: Please find the distance between these two numbers. Use all 4 steps for using a formula.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015.
1. Unit 5 Quiz: Thursday, December 17th.
2. Please find the distance between these two points. Worth 5 points; due at the end of class.
3. HW: Pythagorean Theorem problems: front back
Monday, December 7th, 2015.
1. Take the next portion of the MAP/NWEA test.
2. No HW tonight.
Friday, December 4th, 2015.
1. Let's check homework. Did you use all 4 steps of using a formula?
2. p57: Lesson 5.1, Continued: The Pythagorean Theorem, ex2
3. Classwork: Using the Pythagorean Thm to find Legs: front back
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015.
1. What were some strategies that you used to solve the problem?
2. A new thinking tool: The Pythagorean Theorem.
3. p57: Lesson 5.0, continued: How Do We Use a Formula?
4. p58: Lesson 5.1: Geometry in 1 Dimension: The Pythagorean Theorem
5. HW #5.1: The Pythagorean Theorem: front back
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015.
1. Let's show off our 5-Dimensional Self Portraits. What did you come up with?
2. Mr. Barnes has a distance puzzle for you. It's worth 10 points if you can get it right!
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015.
1. Let's check homework.
2. Let's look at p54 in our notes. Can you describe the different dimensions to your neighbor?
3. Let's watch this video on the tenth dimension:
4. HW: Make a self portrait of yourself in the 5th Dimension. Make sense of 5th Dimensional Space!
Monday, November 30th, 2015.
1. Let's make a place holder for p40 to p53 (We'll fill these in later)
2. p53: Title Page: Unit 5, Geometry: Making Sense of the World Around You.
3. p56: Lesson 5.0: What is Geometry and How Can We Use It?
4. Homework: Estimating Area (given in class)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015.
1. Let's check our homework.
2. p40: Lesson 3.5, continued: How Do We Construct Linear Functions (Given two points).
3. Classwork: Constructing Linear Functions
Monday, November 23rd, 2015.
1. p38 & 39: Lesson 3.5: How Do We Construct Linear Functions?
2. Classwork & Homework: Constructing Linear Functions
Friday, November 20th, 2015.
1. Turn in the work from the sub.
2. Take another shot at the last test.
3. Turn in your test.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015.
1. Show respect and teamwork today!
2. Work on the classwork and turn it in to Ms. Harrison.
3. Show more respect and teamwork today!
4. No HW tonight.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015.
1. Turn in your Homework.
2. Review: How do we find slope in a function?
3. HW: Find the slope of these functions.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015.
1. Let's check our homework. Have you mastered slope?
2. Let's finish p36 in our notes.
3. Life Expectancy of the People of Angola.
4. p37: Linear Equations in the Real World: Calculating the Life Expectancy of the People of Angola
Monday, November 16th, 2015.
1. Notes, p36: Linear Functions in the Real World: Life Expectancy in the US
2. Slope Practice from the Dolciani Book: do the first 16 problems.
Friday, November 13th, 2015.
1. Let's look at those 4 functions.
2. Classwork: A focus on slope.
Thursday, November 12th, 2015.
1. p30 in your INB: Graphing Linear Equations
2. Practice converting functions to slope-intercept form and graphing them
3. HW: Graph the 4 functions given in class.
Wednesday, November 13th: Veterans Day, No School
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015.
1. Turn in your 3 linear functions (worth 10 points).
2. Let's look at page 28 in our notebook.
3. Classwork: Practice converting a function into Slope-Intercept form.
4. No HW
Monday, November 9th, 2015.
1. Review Lesson: How to Graph a Function using a T-Table
2. Classwork: Let's graph linear functions for points.
3. Individual Conferences with Mr. Barnes about your test. Put it on Page 35.
4. HW: Graph at least three Linear Functions.
Monday, November 30th, 2015.
1. Let's make a place holder for p40 to p53 (We'll fill these in later)
2. p53: Title Page: Unit 5, Geometry: Making Sense of the World Around You.
3. p56: Lesson 5.0: What is Geometry and How Can We Use It?
4. Homework: Estimating Area (given in class)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015.
1. Let's check our homework.
2. p40: Lesson 3.5, continued: How Do We Construct Linear Functions (Given two points).
3. Classwork: Constructing Linear Functions
Monday, November 23rd, 2015.
1. p38 & 39: Lesson 3.5: How Do We Construct Linear Functions?
2. Classwork & Homework: Constructing Linear Functions
Friday, November 20th, 2015.
1. Turn in the work from the sub.
2. Take another shot at the last test.
3. Turn in your test.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015.
1. Show respect and teamwork today!
2. Work on the classwork and turn it in to Ms. Harrison.
3. Show more respect and teamwork today!
4. No HW tonight.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015.
1. Turn in your Homework.
2. Review: How do we find slope in a function?
3. HW: Find the slope of these functions.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015.
1. Let's check our homework. Have you mastered slope?
2. Let's finish p36 in our notes.
3. Life Expectancy of the People of Angola.
4. p37: Linear Equations in the Real World: Calculating the Life Expectancy of the People of Angola
Monday, November 16th, 2015.
1. Notes, p36: Linear Functions in the Real World: Life Expectancy in the US
2. Slope Practice from the Dolciani Book: do the first 16 problems.
Friday, November 13th, 2015.
1. Let's look at those 4 functions.
2. Classwork: A focus on slope.
Thursday, November 12th, 2015.
1. p30 in your INB: Graphing Linear Equations
2. Practice converting functions to slope-intercept form and graphing them
3. HW: Graph the 4 functions given in class.
Wednesday, November 13th: Veterans Day, No School
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015.
1. Turn in your 3 linear functions (worth 10 points).
2. Let's look at page 28 in our notebook.
3. Classwork: Practice converting a function into Slope-Intercept form.
4. No HW
Monday, November 9th, 2015.
1. Review Lesson: How to Graph a Function using a T-Table
2. Classwork: Let's graph linear functions for points.
3. Individual Conferences with Mr. Barnes about your test. Put it on Page 35.
4. HW: Graph at least three Linear Functions.