9-1 Polynomials Unit December & January

On Friday, Dec. 17 after finishing the BEDMAS test and Tuesday, Dec. 21st period 3 you will be using THE LEARNING EQUATION 9 (TLE 9).

Go to VARIABLES & EQUATIONS.  Select TERMS OF POLYNOMIALS.Complete the following areas (look at the picture below).  Do the EXAMPLES, PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS and EXTRA PRACTICE tabs.  You can also try the SELF CHECK if you like to test yourself.

If you finish, go back to the MENU and try out VARIABLES & EQUATIONS.  Select ADDING AND SUBTRACTING POLYNOMIALS WITH TILES (demo).  Do the EXAMPLES, PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS and EXTRA PRACTICE tabs. You can also try the SELF CHECK if you like to test yourself.

So far....we have built gardens with algebra tiles.   We have had a few in-class handouts. 

You will be able to download them all here.  Answer keys will also be posted soon.

Grade 8 Math Dec. 13 - 22

Your division assignment is due MONDAY.

It is pages 139-140 question #4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 19; page 145 question # 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13; and pages 151-152 question # 3, 8, 9, and 11.

UNIT TEST ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2010.

Grade 8 Science Dec. 13 - 22

Grade 8 science!!!

EDIBLE (or non-edible if you chose) CELLS are going to be presented in class WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15th.  Make sure to bring everything you need to share your knowledge of the cell organelles. 

You will be interviewing your classmates and taking interview notes.

Below is the project outline handed out in class if you need to see what you are being marked on:
http://www.box.net/shared/67a84n94qn

CELL MEMBRANE webquest is available here.  Please print out (it is only 2 pages!) and fill in and draw the required elements.  Go to the following webpages to answer the questions.

For Part A:  http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html

For Part B:  http://www.susanahalpine.com/anim/Life/memb.htm

For Part C:  http://www.usd.edu/~bgoodman/Osmos.htm

For Part D:  Go to any website and write down the URL.

For Part E:  http://www.usd.edu/~bgoodman/LipidsandDiffusion.html

December Newsletter at Acadia

Here is the link to the newsletter at Acadia.

9-1 Math Dec. 6th - Dec. 22nd

*Students who are done recording their BEDMAS question using SMARTNOTEBOOK software can download the POLYNOMIAL WORD SPLASH here and start finding out about our math vocabulary!

We will start by talking about the DEFINITIONS of the vocabulary listed above.

*We are working on outcome B-3 Students will be able to use order of operations and BEDMAS.

Text 2.3 assignment of pages 66 - 68 #5, 8, 10, 16
Text 3.6 assignment of pages 140 - 142 # 5, 8, 12,13, 17, 21

These questions should be completed for Tuesday, December 7th before class.

We will have a CUMULATIVE TEST on B-3 order of operations and BEDMAS with fractions, integers, decimals and exponents the week of December 13 - 17th.

*The on-line assignment for class on Monday, December 6th is:

A)  Go to the following link and watch the student present a BEDMAS question.
http://nool.uoit.ca/index.php?page=content&id=328    (use earphones!)

B)  With a partner or working alone, create a BEDMAS question with EITHER fractions OR decimals (or both if you want a challenge) AND at least ONE EXPONENT that has 3 or more "steps" to its solution.  Write it down on paper first and solve it.  Think about how you would explain solving it. 

C)  OPEN the START MENU on your computer, go to ALL PROGRAMS, then go to SMART TECHNOLOGIES, then go to SMART NOTEBOOK, then go to SMART NOTEBOOK 10.  Re-copy your question on a file that you create there.  Save it in your MY DOCUMENTS folder (create one for MATH if you can).  Name it with your initials then bedmasquestion.  For example, the name of my file would be ssbedmasquestion  (SS are my initials).

D)  Once the SmartNotebook 10 is open, click on the VIEW menu (3rd from the top left).  Then go down the dropdown menu and click on CUSTOMIZE TOOLBAR.  The second row down, 6th picture across is the SMART RECORDER icon.  CLICK AND DRAG this icon to the toolbar where you see your other screen tools.  If you need help doing this, ask me! 

E)You will need one of the phones to record your voice when you and your partner explain your question out loud like the student did on the video that you just watched.  Record a test first and see if your volumes are set okay.  Click on the RED record button on the SmartRecorder window when it pops up. Press the BLUE rectangle when you are done recording your session.  Save the file in your my documents, math folder please!  You will have two files, one is a Smartboard file with your question on it, and one is your video that you recorded of yourself (or yourselves) doing the question.

Let Mrs. Snyder know when you are finished your recording and save your file!  These will be shared with the class so check your work with your partner and other students before recording your session.

Good luck.

Grade 8 Math - Nov. 22nd - Dec. 10th

If you are done the HW assignment PAGES 132-133 # 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, you will be going to the computer lab on Monday afternoon  to work on THE LEARNING EQUATION 8.  Once you are logged in, click on the NUMBER OPERATIONS menu, then select DIVIDING FRACTIONS.  You only have to complete the EXAMPLES tab, the PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS tab and the EXTRA PRACTICE tab.  (See below for a HOW TO.....)  :-)

We have been working on multiplying and dividing fractions (Chapter 3 in the textbook).  We will also do order of operations with fractions as well.  Here is an AT HOME PRACTICE version of some questions students can complete under parental supervision!

Students have been working on a variety of tasks and problem solving in class.  One of them was creating a race course using their previous knowledge of fractions.

The textbook assignment for dividing was given out on Thursday, December 3rd.
         So far, we have been assigned....
PAGES 132-133 # 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13

Friday, Dec. 3rd, students will work on STRINGS OF DIVIDING FRACTIONS on a worksheet and start working on a text assignment, Monday, Dec. 6th of:
pages 139-140 #4,5,6,7,8,10, 12, 19
pages 145 # 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13

Students will be assigned problem solving questions with fractions from pages 151-152 in groups of 2 and create a visual solution to share with the class.

Students will practice order of operations (BEDMAS) with fractions and
do questions on page 155 #4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

The textbook assignment for multiplying should be completed!  It was....
Math textbook assignment..given Thursday, Nov. 25th......

Pg. 109 #16, 18, 22


Pg. 114-115 # 13 - 17


Pg.119 # 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19

Unit Test on Multiplying, Dividing FRACTIONS will be the week of Dec. 13 to 17th.

*Check page 158 in the text for the test outline.

*Try review questions on pages 159-161 #1-30 as needed asking for help from family, friends or teachers as needed!

*Do the Practice Test on the text page 162 #1-11 and feel good that you are as prepared as you can be.

9-1 Math Nov. 22 - Dec. 3rd

*We are working on outcome B-3  Students will be able to use order of operations and BEDMAS.

Text 2.3 assignment of pages 66 - 68 #5, 8, 10, 16

Text 3.6 assignment of pages 140 - 142 # 5, 8, 12,13, 17, 21

*We are currently working with concepts with EXPONENTS.

The Unit Test will be FRIDAY, NOV. 26th. It will cover outcomes B-1, B-2 (with some review of A-1 & A-2). B-1 & B-2 are chapters 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 & 2.5 in your textbook.

* Assigned so far are

Text 2.1 Read pages 52 - 55, review your in-class 2.1 notes from Nov. 8th, assignment of pages 55-57 #2, 4-14, 17

Text 2.2 Pgs. 61-62 #1-11 (all inbetween), 13, 14

Text 2.4 Pgs. 76-78 #1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 20

Text 2.5 Pgs. 83-85 # 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,10,14,15,16,20,21

All assingments are due Tuesday, Nov. 23rd to go over in class.

8-4 & 8-7 Science Nov. 1 to Dec. 10th

We are currently studying the parts of a cell.  We started on Thursday and continued on Friday, Dec. 3rd, drawing out plant and animal cells from our textbook pages 28 and 29.  These should be labelled and placed in a protective sheet in students' binders for later reference.  Tuesday, December 7th, students will be learning the functions of the cell organelles within the cell and making analogies for them.

Below is a basic diagram of a plant cell:

 Below is a diagram of a basic animal cell.

On Dec. 2nd, Thursday, we will have a 1 page circulatory review quiz to summarize the important outcomes in the curriculum with respect to the topics outlined in the picture below.  This was the review summary given to the students on Tuesday, Nov. 30th in class.  If you have been in class and asking questions and watching videos, using the textbook and participating in the activities in class, this "quiz" assessment is just that, a 1-page review of what we have done.

Students had a microscope discovery class, in which they found the lenses of the microscope invert the image and magnify it up to 1000 times on our compound light microscopes at Acadia. 

The student lab handouts are available here. 

Students learned the use and care of a microscope. 

Students caculated magnification  and

made scientific drawings of various plant and animal cells.

On Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, a special unit test and exam review sheet was handed out and gone over with the class.  We talked about the respiratory system and the circulatory system meeting at the alveoli and the capillaries for GAS EXCHANGE to occur.  Please download the sheet here, and get the notes off a classmate and keep in your binder for later reference!

ASSINGMENT due Monday, Nov. 8th - DESCRIBE how gas exchange happens in the body

Option A:  you can write two paragraphs, one about oxygen going in and one about carbon dioxide coming out
Option B: you can click here to download a word cycle if you are making a word cycle with your vocabulary!  http://www.box.net/shared/fs4bam0fk3
Option C:  you can draw a picture and describe in point form the travels of oxygen and carbon dioxide into the blood and out of the body

Option D: you can sign up for VoiceThreads (using your pembinatrails email please and record and share your presentation with me ssnyder@pembinatrails.ca) and copy and download the picture provided above to show how gas is exchanged in the body.   Here is my VOICETHREAD that I made after school on Wednesday!



Here is your webquest for the HEART and CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.

Download it, click OPEN and save it to your MY DOCUMENTS, SCIENCE FOLDER.

Follow the directions, go to the websites and fill in your sheet on the computer and email it to me when you are done!  You may print a copy for your binder (shrink the text to less than 2 pages if you can).

If one of the websites doesn't work or you finish, check out DISCOVERY EDUCATION CIRCULATORY VIDEOS that I selected just for you!

http://www.box.net/shared/bypm8udj8t

Mrs. Gray will be helping us learn some reading strategies when we read science texts so we can look for important information! We will learn about the components of blood.


We will be working with the textbook and learning about TISSUES of the body.

9-1 Math Nov.1st to Nov. 18th

We have finished our Chapter 3 text studies on Rational numbers. 

Students got back their A-1 outcomes test ( /25 marks) and entered them on their tracking sheets.

Our A-1 and A-2 outcomes test is Tuesday and Thursday, Nov. 2nd and 4th (Take your Kid to Work day is on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd so that comes in between!

A-2 outcomes are adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions, decimals and integers.

Students have had many practice sessions and review opportunities (see the last 9-1 blog for all the text review suggestions).  Answer keys for in class handouts are available here (link to come later).


On Thursday, Nov. 4th, most students will finish off their A-1 & A-2 Unit test on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers (decimals, fractions and integers).  When you are done, you will complete an exponent intro sheet for me to see where you are at with exponent understanding and then watch some videos about exponents on Discovery Education (click under my assigned material in the STUDENT CENTRE!).  You will need headphones!
We will be moving onto our EXPONENTS unit starting Friday, November 8th.

Text assignments for this chapter will be assigned in the order of:

Text 2.1  Read pages 52 - 55,  review your in-class 2.1 notes, assignment of pages 55-57 #2, 4-14, 17

Text 2.2  Read pages 58 - 60,   review your in-class 2.2 notes,
assignment of pages 61-62 #1-11, 13, 14

Text 2.3  Read pages 63 - 65, review your in-class 2.3 notes,
assignment of pages 66 - 68 #5, 8, 10, 16

Mid Unit Review on page 69 Try all Questions followed by a quiz of 2.1 , 2.2 and 2.3 topics on exponents!

Text 2.4  Read pages 73 - 76, review your in-class 2.4 notes,
assignment of pages 76 - 78 #1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 20

Text 2.5  Read pages 79 - 83, review your in-class 2.5 notes,
assignment of pages 83-85 # 1,2, 4 to 8 inclusive, 10, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21

Text Unit Review pages 87, 88 and 89 try all questions
Do the Practice Test on page 90 try all questions

Ask any questions you have to me, then you're ready for the unit test on Exponents!

8-4 & 8-7 Math Nov. 1 - Nov. 18th

Unit Test on Multiplying, Dividing & Order of Operations with Integers Monday, Nov. 15th AND Tuesday, Nov. 16th!!

Assigned Friday, Nov. 12th as review for the Unit test:
*Read & go overPage 96 has the Unit outline for the three main concepts being tested, Multiplying Integers, Dividing Integers and Order of Operations

**Complete as many questions on pages 97-98 between #1-24 as you need to to study for the test, check your answers on pages 502-503
***Complete all questions on page 99 the PRACTICE TEST and check your answers in the back on page 503


Please come and visit me with your parent(s)/guardian(s!)
Parent-Student-Teacher conferences are on:
Thursday, Nov. 18th from 7 to 9 pm

Grade 8 students are onto studying our next concept of INTEGERS, positive and negative whole numbers (including 0 as our numberline friend!).

We are working in CHAPTER 2 of the textbook, sign in to work using the online textbook here.  Your password and username should be written in your agenda or on a card in your math binder.  Email me if you forget the username and password.  We can't post it here.

Due on Wednesday, Nov. 3 are:
Multiplying assignment  Pages 73-75 # 3, 5, 8, 11, 12(a, b only) and 17
Dividing assignment is Pages 80-81 #3,4,5,9,10, 11, 12, 13, and 14

Show your thinking using numberlines, chip diagrams or explain in words what you are doing when asked WHY? :-)

Assignments for Nov. 4th are:
Dividing Integers Page 87 - 88 # 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 23

Complete the mid-unit reviewpage 83 # 1 to 13 before our 1 page quiz on multiplying and dividing integers  on Tuesday, Day 3, Nov. 9! Go over your assignments on text pages 73-75 and 80-81.

Starting Monday Nov. 8th, we will start practicing Order of Operations, or the "grammar of mathematics".  How many different ways can you evaluate the following expression?

3 squared x 6 + 36/4 - 1

To ensure everyone gets the same meaning from this expression (the same value), we use order of operations. 

Check out these websites on BEDMAS or PEDMAS (parenthesis instead of brackets).

The assignment on Monday, Nov. 8th in class will be:

Pages 92-93 # 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17

We will also have some activity handouts in class using order of operations to solve puzzles.  You can download them here  and   here.

9-1 Math Oct. 12 - 29th

We finished up adding and subtracting rationals last week and had an in class 5 question assessment.
Check that over with Mrs. S, Mrs. B or Mr. B in class this week please!  Oct. 18- Oct. 21.


3.4 - talks about MULTIPLYING rational numbers
Study your notes from MULTIPLYING RATIONALS

We talked about decimals on Oct. 18th in the morning and fractions in the afternoon.  It was a multiplication PARTY/shindig/hoedown/gathering.  Yeah-yea!  Try your hand at the PARTY of MULTIPLICATION worksheet that we did in class (it was a real hoe-down, a shindig if you will).

Monday, Oct. 18th......Assignment Pages 127-129 #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 *work on it in class on Tues, Oct. 19th



3.5 - talks about DIVIDING rational numbers
Study your notes from DIVIDING RATIONALS

Here is the handout from class about the introduction to dividing decimals

Assignment Pages 134-136 #3 to 13 inclusive, 17, 18, 21




I reccommend doing the mid-unit review questions on page 121 #1-10 all (Answers on page 483) when you are done everything as review before a quiz or test.

Before the unit test, it would be good to do the review on pages 144-145 #all (but do every 2nd letter in each question starting with a) then c) then e), etc. so you don't overdo your practice!) The answers are on page485/486.

There is also a PRACTICE TEST on page 146 #1-7, with the answer key on page 486, that would be a good review when you are done 3.1 to 3.6 in your text before the Unit Test!

Expect the unit test on Tuesday, Nov. 2nd and Thursday, Nov. 4th!  Take your Kid to Work Day is Wednesday, Nov. 3rd....enjoy your day at a workplace!

8-5 & 8-7 Math October 12 - 21

OUR SQUARE ROOTS, TRIANGLES and PYTHAGORAS' THEOREM unit test is on

 October 19(Day 6) and  20th (Day 1).

See below for assignments and how to study!

Assigned on Tuesday, October 12th*****Textbook pages 48,49,50,and 51 try #2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 14
Assigned Thursday, Oct. 14/Friday, Oct. 15*****Textbook page 55, 56 # 4,5,9,10,11, 12, 13, 18
Check your answers in the back of the book and ask any questions you have in class!

Here is the pythagorean theorem hand-in assignment you got back in class on Monday, Oct. 18th.
Here is the answer key for that assignment if you didn't get to check it over in class.

Before our unit test on Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem, please check over page 54 the UNIT REVIEW and look at the 3 main concepts from the unit. These are the three key ideas you  need to know.  Link to the sign in for our online textbook here.

Also, try pages 55, 56, 57 # 1 - 27, as you need to practice your skills before the unit test (the answers are on page 499 in the back).

Finally, try the PRACTICE TEST on pages 58-59 #1-10 (answers on page 499) ANY night you don't have homework already. Come see me when you have any questions about what is going on in math! :-)

9-1 Math Friday, Oct. 8

Go to the wiki  http://snydergrade82011.pbworks.com/

Log in with your username and password you were given (check your my documents or your agenda).

Update your personal page with:
a) your definition of what a rational number is
b) provide 5 examples (each for)
             i) natural numbers
            ii) whole numbers
            iii) integers
            iv)  rational numbers

Go to DISCOVERY EDUCATION.

I have assigned some videos for you to watch.

8-4 & 8-7 Science....Oct. 8 - Oct. 25th

 

Here is the blank sheet for filling in your ORGAN SYSTEMS notes in from class last week.
Here is your DIGESTIVE SYSTEM matching worksheet from class last week.

TASK #1.....Go to our class wiki page at http://snydergrade82011.pbworks.com/ .   Find two classmates that have reported on a different disease or condition then you and ask 1 question about the body system affected or the prevention/treatment of the disease or condition. 

TASK #2.....Go to our class wiki page at http://snydergrade82011.pbworks.com/  .  Find a class mate that doesn't have their initials & page posted on the main page and show them how to link it there.  See below for a picture of who has already posted.

TASK #3  Download, save or print  AND COMPLETE your IMMUNE DIGESTIVE HAND-IN assignment, here.  It is due Monday, Oct. 25th in class, you can hand it in Thursday or email it if you are DONE!

TASK #4.....Go to KID'S HEALTH website.  Watch the MOVIE, read the ARTICLE and do the QUIZ on all 3 digestive/excretory system organs below!

*stomach

*liver

*bladder

TASK #5.....Go to the survey link and help our class decide about setting some goals about:

a) personal management skills (organization, behaviour, sharing & learning in class)


b) academic goals & outcomes for science


These goals will be gathered and voted on by secret ballot in class and used for parent teachers on Nov. 10th and Nov. 18th. You will be explaining to your parents/guardians about your learning in science so far this year.

That's all for today folks!  Feel free to do this in your spare time, during lunch or after school in the library on the computers, all you need are headphones.  You can also do it at home with internet access and a computing device!







Activity for October 15th.....Go to http://www.xtranormal.com/ and sign up with your school smail and password for the computer login at school.  Create a 1 or 2 person skit about food coming into the body and exiting the body in the digestive and excretory systems.  Use 5 vocabulary words from the videos we watched.  mouth, tongue, saliva, salivary glands, teeth, esophagus, sphincter, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, kidney, liver, bladder, urethra, colon, rectum, or anus!  Remember we call the wastes feces or urine.


Use this website to help answer the questions for your immune system assignment.  Download it by clicking on it if you lost it!!!  :-)

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/htbw_main_page.html

Here is how to get to the wiki to hand-in your question #5.

http://snydergrade82011.pbworks.com/

8-4 & 8-7 SCIENCE

We completed the WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE checklist in class. 

It is called, "MR. C. GREEN".  Each letter stands for a characteristic of what it means to be alive.
  That link is to the class notes.


Please download the marking rubric for the MR. C. GREEN assignment here. 

It is due FRIDAY, October 1st in class.  Most of the projects have an IN-CLASS presentation piece to them. At the least, the student needs to post their poster, story or other work in the class for peer viewing.  I expect most students are doing songs, videos, skits, powerpoints or puppet shows to show their learning about making something that is NOT ALIVE come alive.

Presentations will occur FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, in class.  Also, students handing in pieces need to hand in what they have at that time, so Mrs. Smith and I can try to see where you are at over the weekend.  Don't forget this deadline!

8-4 & 8-7 Math Sept. 27 - October.8

We are DONE working with the geoboards and figuring out what types of triangles exist.

Here is a picture of what our class came up with.

We are working on:
a) pythagoras question booklet in our binders  (first 20 pages only!!!!)

b) assignments from your math textbook (use it online)  
*We have checked & completed   Pg. 8,9 #, 1, (2, 3,see below for answers) 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18

***Assignment from Monday, Sept. 27th 

Pg. 15/16 #9, 11, 13, 19 and 22   Go over using the answers in the back of your booklet Tuesday, Oct. 5th (in the afternoon)

Here is the in-class labelling triangles activity.

Here is the hand-in assignment from class Thursday, Sept. 30

*****The next assignment in the textbook that will be homework checked is
:  Page 25 # 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 23 checked on Tuesday, October 5th in class.

*****Finish for Thursday, October 7th in class......Practice using asquared + b squared = c squared on PAGE 7 & 9 of your math booklet handouts.
*****Do page 29 with your calculator to make sure you know how to use the square root button.



We will use DISCOVERY EDUCATION to view some videos about how to use the pythagorean theorem
Your username/password should be saved in your MY DOCUMENTS.
We'll use our classes on Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 6 &7th for this!


Assigned FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th..........................


*****On textbook pages 34, 35, 36 try #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14

*****On textbook pages 43, 44 try #3, 4, 6 (do only a, c, e, g), 7, 9, 11, and 12

*****On textbook pages 48, 49,50, 51 try #2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 21



Before our unit test on Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem, please check over page 54 the UNIT REVIEW and look at the 3 main concepts from the unit. 

Also, try pages 54, 55, 56, 57 # 1 - 27, as you need to practice your skills before the unit test (the answers are on page 499 in the back).

Finally, try the PRACTICE TEST on pages 58-59 #1-10 (answers on page 499) ANY night you don't have homework already.  Come see me when you have any questions about what is going on in math!  :-)

9-1 Math - Sept. 27th to October 8th

Hey 9-1!  We are on track with Chapter 3 in our text. 

3.1 - talks about What are RATIONAL NUMBERS?
         Study your notes from class (see the picture in this post)
                    Assignment Sept. 25th:  Page 100/101 #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8  (Basic facts)
                    Assignment Sept. 26th:  Page 102 # 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27
                                                  (Putting together concepts & Problem Solving)

Adding rationals introductory handout (1 page front and back) handed out in class Sept. 28th (Tuesday)

Adding rationals assessment FOR learning from Sept. 29th (Wednesday)

3.2 - talks about ADDING rational numbers (decimals, fractions, integers)
        Study your notes from ADDING RATONALS
                   Assignment:  Pages 111-113 # 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22

3.3  -  talks about SUBTRACTING rational numbers
           Study your notes from SUBTRACTING RATIONALS
                    Assignment Pages 114 - 118 # 2 to 11 inclusive, 13, 15, 16

Adding & Subtracting assessment FOR learning from October ___ ?


3.4  -  talks about MULTIPLYING rational numbers
           Study your notes from MULTIPLYING RATIONALS
                     Assignment Pages 127-129 #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17

3.5 - talks about DIVIDING rational numbers
         Study your notes from DIVIDING RATIONALS
                     Assignment Pages 134-136 #3 to 13 inclusive, 17, 18, 21

3.6 - talks about ORDER OF OPERATIONS (BEDMAS) with rational numbers
         Study your notes from Order of Operations with rationals in your binder!
                     Assignment: Pages 140 - 142 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

I reccommend doing the mid-unit review questions on page 121 #1-10 all (Answers on page 483) when you are done everything as review before a quiz or test.

Before the unit test, it would be good to do the review on pages 144-145 #all (but do every 2nd letter in each question starting with a) then c) then e), etc. so you don't overdo your practice!)  The answers are on page485/486.

There is also a PRACTICE TEST on page 146 #1-7, with the answer key on page 486, that would be a good review when you are done 3.1 to 3.6 in your text before the Unit Test!  Expect the unit test in the first 2 weeks in October.  Date yet to be determined, but bring your agenda to class to pencil it in!

9-1 Math Sept. 13 - 23

Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, we started RATIONAL NUMBERS in class (Chapter 3 in the textbook).  We created a diagram showing the FAMILY OF ALL NUMBERS in class in our binders.

We also started to write some definitions for: 

A rational number is..................
*
*
*
*
Come up with 4 points by Monday, Sept. 27th to share with a partner in class.  You can come up with more and fill your page with what other "experts" say RATIONAL numbers are. :-)


Hey 9-1.  Welcome back to school.  So far, we have briefly looked at :

a) families of squares (& square roots)
b) perfect square numbers
c) page 2 & 3 of your textbook
d)  Page 11, 12 #4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14
e)  Practice sheets #1, #2 for square roots (perfect & non-perfect) corrected in class

Please make sure you have your course yellow tracking sheets in the front of your math binder, followed by your The Real ME (multiple intelligences inventory), your family of squares notes & sketches, and your problem solving EFFORT chart.

On Tuesday, Sept. 14th, we spent 2 periods in the library doing the following:
a)  signing up for homework online updates from Mrs. Snyder's homework online page (click on NOTIFY ME)
b)  going to the blog and making an introductory comment under the post for 9-1 this week
c)  completing the beginning of the year survey at this link  Click here to take the 9-1 Homeroom survey!
d)  starting a wiki page for grade 9 math and linking it on Mrs. Snyder's 9-1 Homeroom & Math page at this link
Sign in with your user name and password given by Mrs. Snyder.  Type in that user name and password into your DATABASES file saved in your My Documents from last year.

Create a page named by your initials and 9-1 like this:  I would be     ss9-1.  Write 10 perfect square numbers that you know on that page.  Paste a link on the 9-1 wiki homepage that links to your page and maybe comment on a classmate's numbers if you have time.

Wow, that was a lot for one day.  Now I feel that we are digitally linked. :-)

8-4 & 8-7 Math September 13 - 23

On Tuesday, Sept. 21 & 22 in class....
*Students worked on prime factors and square roots on worksheets with Mr. Indergit.
*Students played with geoboards and made different types of triangles.  Please see the pictures  above for the notes you should have in your binder!

On Friday, Sept. 17 & Monday, Sept. 20 in class....
*Students were assigned & worked on their TEXTBOOK assignment of pages 8 & 9 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18 about square roots! 
*It is due for marking in class on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd in class.

Students have their math outlines and should bring back a signed sheet from parents and guardians with CONTACT INFO by Thursday, September 16th, 3:30!

8-4....clicked here to do their class survey.  Link was removed because we should be done it!

8-7....clicked here to do their class survey.  Link was removed because we should be done it!

Please make sure to go to your PTSD email account and send me an email at ssnyder@pembinatrails.ca
Click here to get to the PTSD Student email link page.  The username and password is the same as your computer access at school.  I will know if you did this when I get your email!  You are welcome to email me from a Gmail account if you have one of those and Goodle Follow my blog as well.  (If you don't know what that is ASK ME! :-)   )



We are starting SQUARE ROOTS & Pythagoras's Theorem.  We have taken notes in class and started introducing problem solving (see the pictures above).  Please make sure these notes are in your math binders everyone!

We will start working with the textbooks on Wednesday, Sept. 15th. Students have access to texts in the classroom, but we ask that they use the ONLINE textbook at home.

You can access it by going to mathmakessense.ca and

*select the .pdf book (not web book)
*select the grade 8 book

The students have been given the username and password in class, as we cannot give it online. Please email me at Stacey Snyder to get another copy of the username and password if it has been lost. I have asked students to tape the information by their computers at home and they will practice going to the text online in class.

8-4 & 8-7 Science September 8 - 23

We have been exploring science versus pseudo-science, talking about the body and various health conditions, organizing the structure of life from organisms - organ systems - organs - tissues - cells and learning about what it means to be alive.

We have completed a green exit slip about the 3 videos & DVD's that we watched about stimulus & response, the scientific method, the systems of the human body and ANTIBIOTICS!

MR.C.GREEN assignment was given out in class on Thursday, Sept. 23rd.  Students can download the rubric here if they have lost it.  They may show in a variety of ways how they understand if something is alive by creating their own "organism" that is alive and demonstrate that they know what each of the letters in MR.C.GREEN stand for - because that's being alive!



Title Pages were assigned on Friday, Sept. 10th.
8-4 - your title pages are due on FRIDAY, September 17th  (you will hand them in during one of our math classes that day).  If you forget for some reason, you have to fill out a HOMEWORK COMPLETION AGREEMENT and give it to Ms. Smith. 

Here is your download page for an EXTRA COPY of the TITLE PAGE assignment.