Is it really May already?

Time sure goes by fast by when you are having fun and time is definitely going by fast for us. This year has been very enjoyable. The dreaded end-of-course exam is finally completed and I feel good about my students overall. We have 5 weeks of school left and I still have a lot planned for the students. We will begin this period talking about how math is used in the real world. I will have some guest speakers and I am also making the students complete a project where they research how math is used in the career field of their choice. This project will be due on Friday, May 7th. We will then do a Geometry Unit which will take up the next two weeks of class time. I want for my students to have a fundamental understanding of Geometry so that they can be successful in there next year. For the homework, I will give them 8 book assignments that will be due around Friday, May 21st. After that, we will review and take the semester test. Here is a breakdown of the next three weeks (which will definitely change):

Monday, May 3rd- In-class Image project
Tuesday, May 4th- Guest Speaker
Wednesday, May 5th- Computer Lab, work on "Math in Real World" project
Thursday, May 6th- Lesson 11.4 Pythagorean Theorem, finish Image project
Friday, May 7th- Present "Math in Real World" project, Project DUE

Monday, May 10th- Midpoint/Distance Formula
Tuesday, May 11th- Similar Triangles
Wednesday, May 12th- Review Activity
Thursday, May 13th- Trig Ratios
Friday, May 14th- Review Trig Ratios, In-class Activity

Monday, May 17th- Review Slope-intercept form
Tuesday, May 18th- Review Parallel/Perpendicular lines
Wednesday, May 19th- Review all sections, work on assignments in class
Thursday, May 20th- Review activity for the test
Friday, May 21st- GEOMETRY TEST, NOTEBOOK DUE, ALL ASSIGNMENTS DUE!

List of assignments:
Geometry Assignments-100 points total, 12 points each
Lesson 11.4: p. 608 15-36 multiples of 3
Lesson 11.5: p. 613 14-26 even (Find the midpoint and the distance between the points in all the problems)
Lesson 11.6: p. 619 12-24 multiples of 3
Lesson 11.7: p. 628-9 21-60 multiples of 3
Slope-intercept form: p. 284 12-27 multiples of 3
Parallel/Perpendicular: p. 296 15-39 multiples of 3
Review part 1: p.634-6 33-66 multiples of 3, skip 48
Review part 2: p. 310-12 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 42, 54, 57, 60, 63

Please make sure that these assignments are completed, they can definitely help or hurt grades a significant amount. Thanks for your help, feel free to contact me if you have any comments/questions.

03/29 Update

It's that time of year again...End of Course tests for Algebra I are only 3 1/2 weeks away. It can be a little stressful trying to get everything covered, but I feel confident that we will achieve good scores this year. Here is a breakdown for class for the next two weeks:

Monday, March 29th- TLI Testing, No Homework
Tuesday, March 30th- Lesson 11.1 Simplifying Radical Expressions; HW: Begin Chp. 11 WKSH (odds only)
Wednesday, March 31st- Lesson 11.2 Operations with Radical Expressions; HW: Continue working in Chp. 11 WKSH (odds only)
Thursday, April 1st- Lesson 11.4 Pythagorean Theorem; HW: Continue working on Chp. 11 WKSH (odds only)
Friday, April 2nd- Review Activity for 11.1, 11.2, & 11.4

Monday, April 5th- Review Chapter 5 (Slope and Graphing Lines)
Tuesday, April 6th- Review Chapter 5 (Writing Equations in Slope-intercept form)
Wednesday, April 7th- Review Chapter 5 (Parallel and Perpendicular lines)
Thursday, April 8th- Review Chapter 5 and Chapter 11
Friday, April 9th- Test over 11.1, 11.2, 11.4, and Chapter 5; Notebook check DUE and Chapter 5 and 11 Worksheets DUE

Feel free to email me at ehubbard@pgtigers.org if you have any questions or comments! I hope everyone has a good week.

03/07 Update

Hello, I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Here is a breakdown for the next couple of weeks. With all the school events, this is subject to change.

Monday, March 8th- 9.3/9.4 Factoring Trinomials- HW: Factoring WKSH
Tuesday, March 9th- 9.3/9.4 Solving by Factoring- HW: Continue working on factoring WKSH
Wednesday, March 10th- Review 9.3/9.4- HW: Continue working on factoring WKSH
Thursday, March 11th- 10.1 Quadratic Functions- HW: Work on Quadractic WKSH
Friday, March 12th- Work on Factoring and Quadratic WKSH in class

Monday, March 15th- 10.4 Quadratic Formula, HW: Work on Quadratic WKSH
Tuesday, March 16th- 10.4 Discriminant, HW: Work on Quadratic WKSH
Wednesday, March 17th- Review 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, & 10.4, HW: Work on worksheets in class
Thursday, March 18th- Test over 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, & 10.4, Quadratic and Factoring Worksheets Due.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions/concerns. I am available for tutoring before school and Mr. Cook is available after school for those who need some extra help. I hope you all have a great week...and Go Tigers!

February 22nd Update

Hello, I hope everyone is having a good week. Here is an update of what to expect for the next two weeks in class. This is subject to change and I will edit this post when things change.

Monday, February 22nd- Lesson 8.7 Multiplying Polynomials
Tuesday, February 23rd- Review 8.7, work on p. 455 4-42 even in class. Quiz at the end of class
Wednesday, February 24th- Lesson 9.1 Factors and Greatest Common Factors, HW: p. 477-8 21-60 multiples of 3
Thursday, February 25th- Lesson 9.2 Factoring using the distributive property, HW: p. 484-5 18-57 multiples of 3, skip #45.
Friday, February 26th- Review activity over 8.7, 9.1, & 9.2

Monday, March 1st- Review Chapter 7, Begin Review Worksheet
Tuesday, March 2nd- Review Lessons 8.1, 8.2, & 8.3, Continue working on Worksheet
Wednesday, March 3rd- Review Lessons 8.4 & 8.5, Continue working on Worksheet
Thursday, March 4th- Review Activity, Continue working on Worksheet
Friday, March 5th- Test over 8.7, 9.1, & 9.2 plus Chapter 7 and 8.

Parent-teacher conferences are on Thursday, February 25th from 3:30-8:30. I look forward to seeing everyone there. Feel free to contact me if you have any comments/questions. I hope you all have a good week!

Parent Teacher Conferences February 25th

Just wanted to let everyone know that Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday, February 25th from 3:30 to 8:30. This is a slight modification from the original schedule as this will be a full student/teacher day.

February 9th Update

Hello, I hope everyone is having a good snow day. I just wanted to send off an Algebra I update for the next two weeks. Hopefully, we can dodge the snow for a while and try to get caught up. We are going to be starting Chapter 8: Polynomials. Here is a list of the daily work in class for the next two weeks (this is subject to change):

Monday February 8th- Lesson 8.1 Multiplying Monomials; HW: p. 413-4 3-48 multiples of 3
Tuesday February 9th- No school, Snow Day.
Wednesday February 10th- Lesson 8.2 Dividing Monomials; HW: p. 421 3-36 multiples of 3
Thursday February 11th- Lesson 8.3 Scientific Notation; HW: p. 428-9 18-54 multiples of 3 and p. 464-5 12-27 multiples of 3
Friday February 12th- Review Activity over 8.1-8.3; In-class activity

Monday February 15th- Lesson 8.5 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials; HW: p. 441 3-30 multiples of 3, 32-33
Tuesday February 16th- Lesson 8.6 Multiplying a Polynomial by a Monomial; HW: p. 446-7 15-48 multiples of 3
Wednesday February 17th- Review lessons 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, & 8.6; HW: Study Guide
Thursday February 18th- Continue reviewing, review activity
Friday February 19th- TEST OVER LESSONS 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5 & 8.6. STUDY GUIDE AND NOTEBOOK DUE AS WELL!

Feel free to e-mail me at ehubbard@pgtigers.org if you have any questions or comments. Have a good day.

February 2nd Update

Hello parents, first off I want to apologize for not being in better communication with you all throughout the year. It appears that I have all of the technology fixed and now I will try to update this blog weekly. For Algebra I, we will be having a test on this Friday, February 5th. It will be over sections 7.1-7.4. Here are a list of the assignments from this section:
Monday, January 25th- p. 379 12-27 multiples of 3
Tuesday, January 26th- p. 385 12-33 multiples of 3
Wednesday, January 27th- p. 391 14-26 even
Tuesday, February 2nd- p. 372 15-39 multiples of 3
Wednesday, February 3rd- p. 391 8, 10, 28-38 even
Thursday, February 4th- Study Guide
Friday, February 5th- TEST OVER 7.1-7.4

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at (479) 846-4212 or e-mail me at ehubbard@pgtigers.org. I am available for tutoring in the mornings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and Mr. Cook is here after-school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thanks for your help and cooperation!