On Monday, we began reviewing for the test on Wednesday by playing Jeopardy.
On Tuesday, we reviewed for the test by playing Bingo.
On Wednesday, after a short review, we took the test. Those who finished early worked on their projects and then turned them in.
On Thursday, we started with two warm-up questions from Domain 2 about the Louisiana Purchase and the Northwest Ordinance. We then watched the 2nd episode of America: The Story of Us and answered the movie-based questions. Finally, we took a quick look at the test study guide from Domain 2 and began discussing major themes.
On Friday, we will begin the notes for Expansion and fill in the cloze notes.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Algebra 1 Week of August 24 through August 28
August 24: We are now taking 5 minute basic skills drill tests every day. Monday-addition, Tuesday-subtraction, Wednesday-multiplication, Thursday-division, Friday-mixed practice. We began the new module on Friday of last week. This module includes commutative and distributive properties, combining like terms, translating from verbal expressions to mathematical expressions, perimeter, area, exponents, and Pythagorean theorem.
August 25: We took a quick skills check on distributive property and went on to learning about translating.
August 26: We played a fun Bingo game using translating skills.
August 27: We reviewed for tomorrow's quiz. We anticipate testing on Module 2 around the middle of next week.
August 28: We will take the quiz and then discuss area and perimeter, applying our knowledge of the distributive property to these skills.
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August 25: We took a quick skills check on distributive property and went on to learning about translating.
August 26: We played a fun Bingo game using translating skills.
August 27: We reviewed for tomorrow's quiz. We anticipate testing on Module 2 around the middle of next week.
August 28: We will take the quiz and then discuss area and perimeter, applying our knowledge of the distributive property to these skills.
| variablesexpressions.pdf |
| integers_-_rising_expectations.pdf |
| warm-up_sheet_week_4_foa.docx |
| wordsandmathematicalphrases.pdf |
| 4-3_notestranslating_verbal_phrases.notebook |
| homeworkverbalalgebraicexpressions.doc |
| variable_expressions_-_choice_board.pdf |
| variable_expressions_-_rising_expectations.pdf |
| distributive_property_notes.notebook |
| page_41_-_distributive_property.docx |
| page_39_-_commutative_property_go.docx |
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
U.S. History Week of August 17 - 21
On Monday, we started with a warm up about Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. Then we watched the brainpop episode about the Declaration of Independence and completed the activities associated with it. We then played trashketball to review for the quiz on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, we started with a warm up about Common Sense. We then played bingo to review for the quiz; then we took the quiz. After the quiz, we started filling in Revolution vocabulary.
On Wednesday, we started the New Nation powerpoint and cloze notes and continued with vocabulary.
On Wednesday, we worked on New Nation notes and began discussing the new government under the Constitution.
On Thursday, we took notes on the Federalist era and the structure of the new government.
On Friday, we watched a brainpop about the Constitution, added to vocabulary, and started on the Federalist, Anti-Federalist mini-project.
Link to powerpoints and cloze notes:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxydtaj-xV7xflNsTlFRcVh1eEp6b1NGN2VHWHR1TEY2VmZ2R0JGMldWa0JSMjVkM08wZDg
On Tuesday, we started with a warm up about Common Sense. We then played bingo to review for the quiz; then we took the quiz. After the quiz, we started filling in Revolution vocabulary.
On Wednesday, we started the New Nation powerpoint and cloze notes and continued with vocabulary.
On Wednesday, we worked on New Nation notes and began discussing the new government under the Constitution.
On Thursday, we took notes on the Federalist era and the structure of the new government.
On Friday, we watched a brainpop about the Constitution, added to vocabulary, and started on the Federalist, Anti-Federalist mini-project.
Link to powerpoints and cloze notes:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxydtaj-xV7xflNsTlFRcVh1eEp6b1NGN2VHWHR1TEY2VmZ2R0JGMldWa0JSMjVkM08wZDg
Algebra I Week of August 17 through August 21
August 17, 2015: We started with a five minute drill on subtraction. We took notes on adding and subtracting integers, and added the pages to our Interactive Notebooks. We practiced adding and subtracting integers with a Kuta worksheet.
August 18, 2015: We started with a five minute drill on multiplication. We reviewed some of the more difficult problems from the Kuta worksheet that combined multiple skills such as adding fractions and decimals as well as positive and negative integers. We then took notes on multiplying and dividing positive and negative integers and added the page to our interactive notebook. Next, we played an interactive game called Milling to the Music which gave us practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. We added a page to our interactive notebook on operation vocabulary. Finally,we completed the first three word problems on the homework worksheet. Please give the rest of the word problems a try and come to class with questions and concerns.
August 19, 2015: Today we worked in groups to prepare for the Module 1 Assessment.
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August 20, 2015: Module 1 Assessment
August 18, 2015: We started with a five minute drill on multiplication. We reviewed some of the more difficult problems from the Kuta worksheet that combined multiple skills such as adding fractions and decimals as well as positive and negative integers. We then took notes on multiplying and dividing positive and negative integers and added the page to our interactive notebook. Next, we played an interactive game called Milling to the Music which gave us practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. We added a page to our interactive notebook on operation vocabulary. Finally,we completed the first three word problems on the homework worksheet. Please give the rest of the word problems a try and come to class with questions and concerns.
August 19, 2015: Today we worked in groups to prepare for the Module 1 Assessment.
| day-4_testreviewsheet.docx |
| day-4-integerhomework.docx |
August 20, 2015: Module 1 Assessment
U.S. History Week of August 10 through August 14
We finished European exploration and colonization with a 10 question quiz. We took cloze notes on the Road to the Revolution and finished the vocabulary for colonization. We watched the first episode of America: The Story of Us and took cloze notes on it. We analyzed the first two lines of the Declaration of Independence and discussed the 4 principles that guided the thinking of the Founding Fathers. We watched the brainpop episode about the Declaration of Independence and completed the corresponding activity. The quiz over the Revolutionary War will be Tuesday, August 18.
Algebra Support Week of August 10 through August 14
8-10-15 We practiced adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators and multiplying and dividing with fractions.
8-11-15 We worked on converting between scientific and standard notation, and we worked with powers of 10.
8-12-15 We continued with converting between fractions, decimals, and percents and placed these on number lines. We made a human number line in class where each student received two or three cards to place on a number line at the front of the class.
8-13-15 We began learning about the Real Number system and added Frayer models to our Interactive Notebook.
8-14-15 We took a 5 minute drill test on addition. We took a pre test on adding and subtracting integers. We continued with the Real Number system and added more cards to the human number line. We took two quick skills checks on converting fractions and powers of 10.
Handouts for this week:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxydtaj-xV7xfmZRNmQyNzF5RDZlTklhNFg5ZTFBajR5Ukhwc0tFYUVUckp2ZG9GYjJEc0k
8-11-15 We worked on converting between scientific and standard notation, and we worked with powers of 10.
8-12-15 We continued with converting between fractions, decimals, and percents and placed these on number lines. We made a human number line in class where each student received two or three cards to place on a number line at the front of the class.
8-13-15 We began learning about the Real Number system and added Frayer models to our Interactive Notebook.
8-14-15 We took a 5 minute drill test on addition. We took a pre test on adding and subtracting integers. We continued with the Real Number system and added more cards to the human number line. We took two quick skills checks on converting fractions and powers of 10.
Handouts for this week:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxydtaj-xV7xfmZRNmQyNzF5RDZlTklhNFg5ZTFBajR5Ukhwc0tFYUVUckp2ZG9GYjJEc0k
Sunday, August 16, 2015
U.S. History August 3 through August 7
This week we started by reviewing the syllabus and locating the states of the United States. We got started discussing European exploration and colonization and ended the week with a quiz on the 50 states.
Algebra 1 Support Week of August 3 through August 7
Week One-Welcome back to school. Look here for a weekly updates. Also, I will include a link to google docs of the handouts for the week.
8-3 Welcome and review of syllabus.8-5 Students learned order of operations.
8-6 Divisibility and prime factorization-Review of divisibility rules and their use in finding factors of a number.
8-7 Interactive notebook pages added. Students reviewed converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and fractions to decimals.
Link to google docs:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxydtaj-xV7xfmxXWkNiZ2lkT1pBeUxSN3RLeXBad3ZVbW9IVm82OVFUTldsLVJmcmU2Szg
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Welcome back to school!
I'm excited for a new year in Wheeler's amazing ESOL program. This is my fifth year as an ESOL teacher at Wheeler. I have taught many subjects at Wheeler, including IEL, 10th Literature, 12th Literature, Algebra, and U.S. History. For the 2015-2016 school year, I will be teaching Algebra I and U.S. History. I hope this blog is a valuable resource to both students and parents.
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