Edmonton Update

The world aquathlon (swim - run) championships were today in Edmonton and I was fortunate enought to win the bronze medal. I hope all is well back at slavens and I will see you on September 2nd. 

Please remember that our first cross country practice is on Tuesday morning at 7:00 am (meet in my room) and our first meet is at Washington Park a week from today (Wednesday). Make sure you are running 3 to 4timea this week so the 2-mile course. An be as enjoyable as possible. These runs are about keeping a sustainable pace for 30 min, not speed.  

Homework assignment sheet

Parent letter

Dear Parents,

Please read through this letter with your student tonight (8/25), 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 ninth year teaching 7^th and 8 the grade mathematics at Slavens and my thirteenth 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.  Besides my interests in teaching, I also have a passion for sports. In college I played football, rugby, and ran cross country.  This year I have the exciting opportunity to race as part of the US national triathlon team in Edmonton, Canada and as a result I will be out the rest of this week.

Post from my phone!

Look at me I can post from my phone!

Our new science teacher!

Tuesday - Friday 8th grade connected math

Thinking with Math Models
Inv 1.2
Warm-up
s and s inv 2.1 warm up (yes, this is the right one)
Launch
twmm_investigation_1.2_part_1
Summery
twmm_investigation_1.2_part_2_summery
Inv 1.3
Warm-up
 s and s inv 2.2 warm-up
Launch
  twmm inv 13 launch
Summery
twmm inv 1 3 summary

Inv 2.1
Warm-up
twmm inv 2 1 warm up
Launch
twmm inv 2.1 launch
summery
twmm inv 21 part a equation
twmm inv 2.1 full summery 


Inv 2.2
Warm-up
twmm inv 2 2 warm up
Launch
twmm inv 2.2 launch

7th grade unit tests explained

Variables and Patterns first three pages
Variables and Patterns last page
Stretching and Shrinking 1 to 8
Stretching and Shrinking 9 and 10
Stretching and Shrinking 11 to 13
Comparing and Scaling pages 1 and 3
Comparing and Scaling page 2
Accentuate the Negative
Moving Straight Ahead pages 1 and 2
Moving Straight Ahead pages 3 and 4
Moving Straight Ahead page 5
Filling and Wrapping
What do you Expect?

Connstructed Drawings

Constructed Drawings (How to)

Construction Lines:
6-point
 Cube part 1(6-point construction)

Cube:
Cube part 1(6-point construction)
Cube part 2


Also go to the constructed drawing page for examples.

Homework help

Chapter 12

12-2   Completing the Square
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
 
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

weekend homework

page 276
2-22 odd

video

I don't have another video due to the faculty meeting

Flipped class video 6-5 Adding and subtracting polynomial fractions day 1

6-5:
6-5 Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Polynomial Expressions

Flipped class videos 6-4 finding the least common denominator

6-4 Least Common Denominator part 1
6-4 least common denominators part 2

Weekend homework

3-54 mult of 3 p. 253

Chapter 6 help

Chapter 6
6-1:   Symplifying Fractions
How to simplify polynomial fractions part 1
How to simplify polynomial fractions part 2
How to simplify polynomial fractions part 3  

6-3:   Dividing Fractions
Dividing Fractions part 1
Dividing Frtactions part 2
Dividing Fractions part 3 
How to find prime factorization
6-3 dividing fractions examples

6-4:
6-4 Least Common Denominator
6-4 least common denominators part 2

6-5:
6-5 Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Polynomial Expressions
6-5 Adding and subtracting fractions with polynomials part 2 (easy to medium)
 6-5 Adding and subtracting fractions with polynomials part 3 (hard)

Homework due 4/17

P 248 # 2-28 evens

Chapter 9 test form b answers

Chapter 9 text form b # 1-5
Chapter 9 test form b # 6-10

Homework assignment sheet plus help videos

Chapter 9
9-1   The Graphing Meathod
 algebra 9-1 prob 17 part 1
 algebra 9-1 prob 17 part 2
 point slope form
9-2    The Substitution Method
9-2 How to solve a linear system using substitution
 solving linear systems substituation
solving a system of linear equations substitution part 2
solving linear systems mult_addition method
solving linear systems substitution 9-2 problems 3 and 11
9-4    The Addition or Subtraction Meathod
algebra 9 4 subrtaction
algebra 9 4 prob 1
algebra sheet 9 4 short talk on 6 and 18 start 20
algebra 9 4 prob 26 28 30 help
9-4 How to solve systems of equations with multiplication/addition method
9-5   Multipication with the Addition or Subtraction Meathod
 algebra 9 5 prob 11
alg 9 5 prob 17 and 23
 alg 9 5 mr 7 and 9
9-5 How to translate English into a system of equations

9-6 wind / current problems
9-6 how to solve wind/current problems

9-7 Puzzle problems
9-7 puzzle problems example 1
9-7 puzzle problems example 2
9-7 puzzle problems example 3
Chapter review:
alg review systems of equations
solve by substitution
solving by graph

Please watch. It's only 6 minutes

Please watch this short video.  It will help for tomorrow

Mayan Math

Homework answers

Here is your link to the mixed review homework explained

Ace due 3/6

ace 5-8 last section