I would like you to write a 3 to 5 sentences reflecting on the portion of the 'Most Important Video' that we watched today. I am looking for comments and reflections about the mathematics that was discussed and the social ramifications resulting from exponential relationships in the real world. Please use examples.
I do not want comments about the presentation of the information. I know it let something to be desired.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
NO XC MEET TOMORROW!
We will not be traveling to Bear Valley Park tomorrow due to busing. We will instead hold an inter squad meet at McWilliams Park on FRIDAY at 3:45. Runners should wear their jerseys and spectators are welcome to watch. We will have a time trail start based on last weeks time with the fastest runner leaving last. We should have an exciting sprint finish and EVERYONE has a chance to cross the line first.
Girls at 3:45.
Boys will start after the last female runner finishes.
Girls at 3:45.
Boys will start after the last female runner finishes.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Broncos bonus
If Payton Manning throws 4 or more touchdowns OR runs in a TD himself there will be no homework due tomorrow. (If he does one of these things happens and you do your homework, good job.)
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Salvens XC Invite is still on!
Parks and rec came out and gave us the OK personally. We'll see everyone at the park! (12:00)
SLavens meet still on!
The Slavens XC Invite is is on as of 8:00. Consider the meet on unless otherwise told.
There is an app for race results so please look down for that information
The 6th grade starts at 3:45, 7th/8th B race at 4:15 and the A race at 4:30.
I have made a quick video going over the meet from when you get to the park to when leave the park including a map of the course with an explanation of the changes. In the event of rain, we will go ahead with the meet and in the event of lighting we will ask you to get your team into your bus and wait until the lighting passes. I hope that this will not be an issue. Here is the link to the youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Hg-Xi1irc
Please tell your runners to bring a dry set of clothes because they will get wet regardless of whether it is raining or not. Harvard Gulch will be plenty full.
Again this year we will have Jamba Juice selling smoothies so please tell your athletes that bringing $5 to $6 would make sense.
We have over 1050 runners registered so the meet t-shirts will be given out in the A race only. Everyone else will receive a finishers ribbon upon completion of the race.
Results:
Live results will be available and yes there is an app for that. Here is all of the timing/results links. Please pass this on to parents and runners.
Kirk Framke
There is an app for race results so please look down for that information
The 6th grade starts at 3:45, 7th/8th B race at 4:15 and the A race at 4:30.
I have made a quick video going over the meet from when you get to the park to when leave the park including a map of the course with an explanation of the changes. In the event of rain, we will go ahead with the meet and in the event of lighting we will ask you to get your team into your bus and wait until the lighting passes. I hope that this will not be an issue. Here is the link to the youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Hg-Xi1irc
Please tell your runners to bring a dry set of clothes because they will get wet regardless of whether it is raining or not. Harvard Gulch will be plenty full.
Again this year we will have Jamba Juice selling smoothies so please tell your athletes that bringing $5 to $6 would make sense.
We have over 1050 runners registered so the meet t-shirts will be given out in the A race only. Everyone else will receive a finishers ribbon upon completion of the race.
Results:
Live results will be available and yes there is an app for that. Here is all of the timing/results links. Please pass this on to parents and runners.
Also here is the link where results will be.
http://www.hallucinationsports.com/event/show/39501449. F
feel free to encourage participants, family,
friends of the event to get live results with our free app for iPod,
iPad, iPhone, Android phones and devices.
The links to download the app are below or you can search the respective stores on Hallucination Sports for the free app.
Android “Play Store” for android devices:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raceresults360.android.halsports&feature=search_result
iTunes Store for apple products:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hal-sports/id492972657?ls=1&mt=8
Here is a link to the video for proper affixing the timing tag. :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NEJx_yKTFMQ
I look forward to seeing you all on Friday,
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Broncos - Ravens Squares
The winning square gets a homework pass. If I win there is a quiz tomorrow, if Mr. Frost wins everybody gets a homework pass. (No money has or will changed hands)
My the odds be ever in your favor . . .
My the odds be ever in your favor . . .
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
xc Schedule
Practice and Meet schedule
Note: The start times for meets are in flux
9/3 7:00 am
9/4 meet wash park
9/6 7:00 am
9/9 7:00 am
9/11 7:00 am
9/13 Slavens meet (Harvard Gulch race starts at 3:45)
9/16 7:00 am
9/18 7:00 am
9/19 meet (Bear Valley Park)
9/23 7:00 am
9/25 7:00 am
9/26 (Bear Valley Park)
9/4 meet wash park
9/6 7:00 am
9/9 7:00 am
9/11 7:00 am
9/13 Slavens meet (Harvard Gulch race starts at 3:45)
9/16 7:00 am
9/18 7:00 am
9/19 meet (Bear Valley Park)
9/23 7:00 am
9/25 7:00 am
9/26 (Bear Valley Park)
9/30 7:00 am
10/2 Bible Park
10/4 7:00 am
10/7 310 pm
10/8 districts (Bear Valley Park)
10/2 Bible Park
10/4 7:00 am
10/7 310 pm
10/8 districts (Bear Valley Park)
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Parent letter
Dear Parents,
Please
read through this letter with your student tonight (8/27), verify that your
student has a homework assignment sheet, and sign the back page. Your
child should return this signed letter to me tomorrow in class.
Introduction
This
will be my eighth year teaching 7th and 8 the grade mathematics at Slavens and my twelfth year in DPS.
I received my Bachelors
of Architecture and my teaching credential from Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and my Masters of Education from Lesley University.
I then worked as an architect in San Francisco and Santa Barbara for three
years while my wife worked towards her law degree at the University of
California at Berkeley. We moved here in September 2001 and I spent my first
year in Denver substitute teaching primarily at Colorado Academy. I accepted a permanent position in the Denver
Public Schools in August 2002. The four years prior to teaching at Slavens, I
taught seventh and eighth grade connected math as well as algebra at Grant
Middle School. I still stay active in architecture by teaching an architecture program
sponsored by the Denver Architectural Foundation and Slater Paull Architects. Besides my interests in teaching and
architecture, I also have a passion for triathlon. I have been competing in the
sport since 1991 and raced as a professional from 1999 to 2002. .
Seventh and Eighth
Grade Connected Math Program (CMP 2)
In
seventh and eighth grade we will be continuing the CMP 2 curriculum, which most
of the students have experienced previously. For those of you who are new to
this curriculum, CMP is a project-based mathematics program that promotes
discovery learning by placing a premium on hands-on activities and problem
solving. CMP 2 does include algebra, however, in preparation for the high
school placement tests, as well as IB and private school entrance exams, 8th
grade
students will be expected to complete weekly assignments with more traditional
algebra problems so that students have a better chance of receiving high school
algebra credit after their eighth grade year and/or getting into the program of
their choice. I am excited to tell you that over my seven years at Slavens,
approximately 70% of Slavens 8th graders start
high school in 10th grade honors geometry.
Slavens Math Blogs
I
maintain two classroom blogs, one for each grade. I will post all explanations of homework
questions on the blogs as well as class announcements on these blogs. If
students choose not to use the blog, they will be missing a significant
resource for receiving help. Students (and parents) are able to become
followers of the blog, which means that you will receive alerts to new
posts. I highly recommend that every student becomes a follower of these blogs.
The addresses of the blog sites are:
Slavens8thgrademath.blogspot.com
Slavens7thgrademath.blogspot.com
Although
it is my goal to have things posted by 4:30 each day, due to faculty meetings,
extra help, coaching obligations, and family responsibilities I can’t guarantee
that I will be able to finish all posts by 4:30 and I appreciate your
understanding.
Extra Help
Your
first line of help is the blogs. I have
a library of hundreds of help videos on homework and class work already posted
and waiting for you on the blogs. Each
unit has a page that can be assessed by the tabs just under the title and the
videos are listed by investigation. If
you have trouble with your homework look to the blog first. When using the help videos don’t just watch
the problem and then do it yourself. You
should pause the video after each step and do that step yourself before
continuing the video. If you would like
help on a problem that isn’t on the blog, then all you need to do is write the
problem number on the ‘to be blogged’ board the next day and I will get it up
on the blog. While you’re reading this
why not go to the site now to check it out.
If
after the blog and asking questions in class aren’t enough, then I will suggest
coming to extra help. I intend to
continue providing extra help one day a week after school from 3:10 - 4:10.
During most of the year these help sessions will be on Thursday, however, I am going
to be coaching cross country, Mathletics, MathCounts, and flag football so
during the first athletic season, help days will change from week to week. I will post the days I am available on the
bottom of the homework assignment sheet and on the math blogs. Please check it every two weeks so that you
and your student know when help is offered. If you have any questions, feel free to
contact me at kirk_framke@dpsk12.org.
Please allow 24 hours for me to
respond.
Finally, every year
around October several parents ask for referrals for tutors. The vast majority of students will not need
tutors to pass my classes, but instead of waiting for crisis to occur I am
offering two suggestions if this is something you are interested in. Last year 8 students were seeing a tutor
regularly
Former student tutor:
Emma Campbell 303.692.9492
Homework
It
is my intent to give 30 to 45 minutes of CMP homework a night. Some assignments may take more or less time
depending on the student. I do not want students to spend more than
an hour on math homework a night so if your student has worked for a solid 60
minutes you can stop them and write a note on their homework and still receive
full credit.
CMP
homework is graded on whether or not you tried it to the best of your
ability. CMP homework will be checked in
as opposed to graded. If you and/or your
child would like to check your answers for the homework if you are getting them
right, to are encouraged to either watch the full explanation videos on the
blog or read the answer key which is also on the blog. Obviously it would be considered cheating to
look at the answers prior to doing the problem.
There
will be additional homework assignments that will be turned in and graded for
accuracy. The most common of these are
the algebra sheets in 8th grade and online Edmodo assignments for 7th
grade. These assignments are typically
once a week. The algebra will be passed
out on either Monday or Tuesday and will be due on Friday.
Grades
Final
grades are weighted. The categories for
8th grade are tests/quizzes (55%), CMP home work (15%), class work
(15%), algebra enrichment (15%). Seventh
grade will vary slightly.
I
look forward to a great year and please feel free to contact me when
appropriate (email is best),
Friday, May 24, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
constructed drawings help
You don't really have to click on these videos for the movie!
Construction Lines:
6-point
Cube part 1(6-point construction)
Cube:
Cube part 1(6-point construction)
Cube part 2
Interlocking Triangles
Interlocking triangles part 1
Interlocking triangles part 2
Interlocking Squares
Interlocking squares part 1
Interlocking squares part 2
OctoStar
How to make an octostar part 1
How to make an octostar part 2
Death Spiral
How to construct a death spiral part 1
How to construct a death spiral part 2
How to construct a death spiral part 3
5/10-point Construction (Star)
How to construct a star part 1
How to construct a star part 2
Interlocking Star
How to construct a star part 1
How to construct a star part 2
Next step:
How to turn a 10-point construction into an interlocking star
10-point Spider Web / Interlocking Star
10-point spider web (interlocking 10-point star) part 1
10-point interlocking star part 2
Construction Lines:
6-point
Cube part 1(6-point construction)
Cube:
Cube part 1(6-point construction)
Cube part 2
Interlocking Triangles
Interlocking triangles part 1
Interlocking triangles part 2
Interlocking Squares
Interlocking squares part 1
Interlocking squares part 2
OctoStar
How to make an octostar part 1
How to make an octostar part 2
Death Spiral
How to construct a death spiral part 1
How to construct a death spiral part 2
How to construct a death spiral part 3
5/10-point Construction (Star)
How to construct a star part 1
How to construct a star part 2
Interlocking Star
How to construct a star part 1
How to construct a star part 2
Next step:
How to turn a 10-point construction into an interlocking star
10-point Spider Web / Interlocking Star
10-point spider web (interlocking 10-point star) part 1
10-point interlocking star part 2
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Completing the square / chapter 12 help
Your assignment due Monday is 1-9 odd p. 566 (written exercises)
You have tons of examples here:
How to solve by completing the square part 1
How to solve by completing the square part 2
How to solve by completing the square 2012 1
How to solve by completing the square 2012 2
Chapter 12
12-2 Completing the Square
completing the square 1
completing the square 2
completing the square 3
completing the square 4
completing the square example 1 2011
completing the square example 2 2011
12-3 The Quadratic Formula
Quadratic formula intro 1
Quadratic formula intro 2
Quadratic equation example 1
Quadratic Formula example 2
Quadratic Formula example 3
how to solve a quadratic expression using the quadratic formula
quadratic formula problem 12 3 prob 11
12-4 Graphs of Quadratic Equations: The Discriminant
12-2 completing the square hwq prob 11
12-2 completing the square hwq prob 17
The discriminant lesson
discriminent
alg 12-4 6 and 12
alg 12 4 16 and 22
12 4 the discriminant problem 14
the discriminant 12-4 prob 19
You have tons of examples here:
How to solve by completing the square part 1
How to solve by completing the square part 2
How to solve by completing the square 2012 1
How to solve by completing the square 2012 2
Chapter 12
12-2 Completing the Square
completing the square 1
completing the square 2
completing the square 3
completing the square 4
completing the square example 1 2011
completing the square example 2 2011
12-3 The Quadratic Formula
Quadratic formula intro 1
Quadratic formula intro 2
Quadratic equation example 1
Quadratic Formula example 2
Quadratic Formula example 3
how to solve a quadratic expression using the quadratic formula
quadratic formula problem 12 3 prob 11
12-4 Graphs of Quadratic Equations: The Discriminant
12-2 completing the square hwq prob 11
12-2 completing the square hwq prob 17
The discriminant lesson
discriminent
alg 12-4 6 and 12
alg 12 4 16 and 22
12 4 the discriminant problem 14
the discriminant 12-4 prob 19
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Chapter 11 test help
Chapter 11 test form b problem 10 a-e
Chapter 11 test form b problem 11
Chapter 11 test form b problem 12 to 14
A note on definitions. I miss read Problem 5a. I was using the definition for rational numbers NOT real numbers. A real number is any number that is either positive, negative, or zero. So every fraction will be real, but not necessarily rational.
Good luck studying
Chapter 11 test form b problem 11
Chapter 11 test form b problem 12 to 14
A note on definitions. I miss read Problem 5a. I was using the definition for rational numbers NOT real numbers. A real number is any number that is either positive, negative, or zero. So every fraction will be real, but not necessarily rational.
Good luck studying
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