Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The Coordinate Graph
2.) Test corrections
3.) POW
ALL DUE FRIDAY!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Intro to functions
Read pages 66-67
Do set I and II on pages 67-69 (Set IV is extra credit)
Work on POW
Monday, September 24, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
The Distributive Property
Set I and Set II (Odds) on page 55
Set IV is extra credit
Review and Study for your first QUIZ!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Parentheses
Parentheses - page 48: Set I and Set II (Set IV is Extra Credit)
Revise your math autobiography!
POW (use rubric)
First Quiz: Tuesday!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Zero/One & Several Operations
Zero and One : (page 35-38) Set I and Set II All, Set IV - Extra Credit
Several Operations: (pages 42-43) Set I and Set II All, Set IV - Extra Credit
Due Friday:
POW
Response to autobio
Monday, September 17, 2007
Review, Correct and Organize
I highly recommend buying a binder and looseleaf for class. I do not want any more spiral notebook paper handed in.
This week's POW:
A palindrome is a number that is written the same forward and backward. Some examples include 11, 242, and 909. How many whole-number palindromes exist between 10 and 1,000?
Remember to show your thinking. See rubric for method of assessment.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Raising to a Power
- Set II - All
- Set IV - Extra Credit
- Make a graph of the paper folding activity (number of folds and number of layers)
- Math Autobiography
- Parent Responses to Blog Questions
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Multiplication and Division
Set I - ODD
Set II - 13, 17
Set III - 24
Set IV - ALL
Division (begins on p. 23)
Set I - ODD
Set II - 14, 15
Set III - 20, 23
Set IV - Extra Credit
Addition and Subtraction Homework
Tonight's Homework:
Addition – p. 8 -11
Set I – All
Set II – 11, 13, 16
Set III – 21
Set IV – Finish Number puzzle
Subtraction – p 13 -16
Set I – All
Set II – 15, 17
Set III- 19, 24
Continue:
POW (problem of the week)
Autobiography
Blog questions (for parents). Email them to Skanchwala@bmsonline.org
First Week Assignment
1. Visit the blogspot with a parent and have them read the introduction and answer the questions about you. They can email me the answers at Skanchwala@bmsonline.org or you can print out a copy and turn it in to me.
2. Write your math autobiography (Due Sept. 17). Including your goals for the year. Here are some guiding questions:
How do you feel about math, and why?
What topics come easy to you and what do you find difficult?
What do you want others to learn about you as a learner of mathematics?
What supports your math learning?
What gets in the way of learning math?
3. Number Tricks
Getting to know your student
I’d like to get to know your student as quickly as possible this year. Would you please answer the following questions and send them back to school with your child tomorrow?
Thank you.
Sheila Kanchwala
About My Student
My child’s name (please print) _____________________________
My name ________________________________________________
1.) What is important for me to know about your child?
2.) How does your child feel about math?
3.) What do you feel is the most important aspect about teaching and/or learning math?
Introduction
Dear 8th grade families,
I would like to introduce myself to you as your child’s math teacher this year and tell you a little bit about how math will be structured this year. First, a bit about me: I have taught Spanish and Math Seminar for three years at the Little Red Schoolhouse in New York City. I have also taught math-reasoning course at the Center for Talented Youth through Johns Hopkins University and at the National Young Scholars Program. I am looking forward being at Berkeley Montessori School and getting to know all of you in the near future!
This will be an exciting class, and your child will be engaging in math in a variety of ways. I have the highest of expectations of each student, because I believe that all students are capable of learning math. The curriculum I will mostly draw from is called Elementary Algebra by Harold Jacobs. This curriculum is very rich in teaching skills for abstract thinking.
We will begin with an intensive review of fundamental operations that will lead to our study of functions and graphs. Through the course of the year, we will study integers, rational numbers, equations in one and two variables, simultaneous equations, exponents, polynomials, factoring, fractions, square roots, quadratic equations, real numbers and fractional equations.
Please refer to the blog www. http://bmsmath8-2.blogspot.com/ for any ongoing announcements and for daily assignments. Should you have any questions feel free to email me at Skanchwala@bmsonline.org or call me at BMS, extension 257.
I look forward to a great year!
Sincerely,
Sheila Kanchwala
BMS Middle School Math Teacher