Take home test

Click here for the take home test that is due this coming Wednesday night.

No Class 11/4

Class canceled for 11/4 please check back here for instructions for next week.

Class Cancelled for Wed. 10/7

I have canceled class for Wed. 10/7 and moved the test to next week (10/14). You should have extra time to prepare. Please check the sample problems below to know what to prepare for. Let me know if you have any questions.

Chapter 1 Test on Wednesday

For our test this Wednesday evening, in addition to the Chapter test, please look at these problems from the chapter 1. For those problem numbers that are underlined, videos showing how the problems can be solved are available. Simply click on the the problem number and you should see the video loading. I hope that helps.

Page 14 #2,3,4,6,7,8,26,27,28
Page 30 #7,8,14,15,19-23,26-31,48,49,51,52
Page 41 #2,4,10,11,16,17,19,21,35,36

All of the odds should be in your hw already.

Week 2 - Sept. 9, 2009

Syllabus can now be downloaded here.

Answers for Chapter 1 problems can be found here.

Week 1 - Sept. 2, 2009

The 7th Edition of our text book can be found here. The first chapter of the Conceptual Approach and the Activity Approach are both available there.

We will primarily be using the Conceptual Approach, but will reference the Activity Approach for a week or two in September.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives can be found here. Specifically, you can find both the peg puzzle and the Towers of Hanoi under Algebra Grades 6-8.

Homework pp. 13-18
Making a Drawing #2-4
Making a Table #6-8
Guess and Check #10, 12
Using a Model #16
Working Backward #18-20
General #26, 28, 30

Please note that the problems at the end of Section 1 are exactly the same for both the 7th and 8th Editions.

The syllabus will be posted later this week.