Week of December 14-18

Math 8 Agenda:
Mon 12/14
Finish Stats Test
Wisweb - building houses with side views
Homework: None

Tue 12/15
Go over Stats Test
Area
Homework:

Wed 12/16
Nets
Homework: None

Thu 12/17
Surface Area Stations
Homework: None

Fr 12/18
Surface Area Stations
Homework: None

Geometry Agenda:
Mon 12/14
Go over Mini-Test
Lesson Similarity in Right Triangles & Trigonometric Ratios
Homework: 8-1 Practice A & 8-2 Practice B Worksheets

Tue 12/15
Lesson Solving Right Triangles & Angles of Elevation and Depression
Homework: 8-3 & 8-4 Practice A Worksheets

Wed 12/16
Lesson Law of Sines and Law of Cosines & Vectors
Homework: 8-5 & 8-6 Practice B Worksheets

Thu 12/17
Review

Fri 12/18
Final

Extra Credit

Good until December 18, 2009
Math 8:
Pedro made a list of all his math quiz scores for the semester.

72, 67, 51, 98, 84, 89, 95, 76, 57, 55, 66

What measure of central tendacy should Pedro use to determine if he scored over 70 on at least half of his quizzes?

Geometry:
Sunlight hits the top of a pole and a building at the same angle. The pole is 10 feet tall and casts a 20-foot shadow. The building casts a 100-foot shadow. What is the height of the building?

Week of Dec. 7th-11th

Math 8 Agenda:
Mon 12/7
Bob Bullock Museum Field Trip
Homework: None

Tue 12/8
Displaying Data Matching Activity
Homework: None

Wed 12/9
Box & Whisker Quiz
Misleading, skewed, and biased graphs
Homework: 9-8 Practice Worksheet

Thu 12/10
Review
Homework: Study

Fri 12/11
Statistics Test

Geometry Agenda:
Mon 12/7
Bob Bullock Museum Field Trip
Homework: None

Tue 12/8
Applying Properties of Similar Triangles
Homework: 7-4 Practice A Worksheet

Wed 12/9
Review

Thu 12/10
Similar Triangles Test

Fri 12/11
Similarity in Right Triangles
Trigonometric Ratios
Homework: 8-1 Practice A Worksheet & 8-2 Practice B Worksheet

Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4

Math 8 Agenda:
Mon 11/30
Scatterplots
Homework: CDs and Downloads

Tue 12/1
Mean, Median, Mode
Homework: None

Wed 12/2
EARLY RELEASE
Interventions

Thu 12/3
STATISTICS PACKET
Homework: None

Fri 12/4
Box & Whisker Plots
Homework: None

Geometry Agenda:
Mon 11/30
Similar Polygons
Homework: p.466-467 #12; 14; 20; 22; 26; 28; 38

Tue 12/1
Proving Triangles Similar
Homework: p.475-477 #16; 18; 20; 22; 24; 32; 36

Wed 12/2
EARLY RELEASE
Interventions

Thu 12/3
PROVING TRIANGLES SIMILAR PACKET
Homework: None

Fri 12/4
Go over Proving Triangles Similar
Homework: None

Week of November 23-27

Math 8 Agenda:
Mon 11/23
Scatterplots
Homework: None

Tue 11/24
Scatterplots
Homework: None

Wed 11/25
SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Thu 11/26
SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Fri 11/27
SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Geometry Agenda:
Mon 11/23
Triangle Similarity
Homework: None

Tue 11/24
Triangle Similarity
Homework: None

Wed 11/25
SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Thu 11/26
SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Fri 11/27
SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Extra Credit Opportunities

Week of November 16th-20th

Math 8:
Amanda is preparing to buy her first car. She plans make a down payment of 20% and finance the rest. She's already saved $5,125. What's the most expensive car she could buy if she uses her savings as the down payment?

Geometry:
Recall our Sandwich Shoppe Activity. Please provide a detailed explanation of a "sandwich" that can be used to prove a pair of triangles is either congruent or similar.

Week of Nov. 16-20

Math 8 Agenda:
Mon 11/16/09
Tricky Problems

Tue 11/17/09
Review - loop

Wed 11/18/09
Review - with clickers

Thu 11/19/09
Test on Percents

Fri 11/20/09
Begin Statistics Unit

Geometry Agenda:
Mon 11/16/09
Review Coordinate Proof

Tue 11/17/09
CHANGE: Geometry Activity using Cabri Jr. Application of TI84+

Wed 11/18/09
Review - loop

Thu 11/19/09
Review - using clickers

Fri 11/20/09
Test on Triangle Congruence

Geometry - Proof #9 from Class Discussion

Describe how you could use the formulas for midpoint and slope to prove the following. Given: Triangle HJK, R is the midpoint of side HJ, S is the midpoint of side JK. Prove: segment RS is parallel to side HK.



Answer: please note your answer would NOT have to be exactly like this

Use the midpoint formula (average of the x-coordinates, average of the y-coordinates) to find the coordinates of the midpoints R & S. Using the coordinates of R, S, H, & K and the slope formula (the difference of the y-coordinates "over" the difference of the x-coordinates) find the slopes of RS and HK. If those two line segments have the same slope, then we can say they are parallel.

Diagonals of a Rectangle Proof

Given: FGHI is a rectangle

Prove: The diagonals of a rectangle have equal lengths

*Using paragraph proof, until I learn how to format 2 columns*

We know that quadrialateral FGHI is a rectangle because it was given.

We can say that segments FI & GH are congruent using the definition of a rectangle. We can also say that angles I and H are rt angles by the definition of a rectangle. Because of the Right Angle Congruence Theorem, we know that angles I and H are congruent (that Thm. means all right angles are congruent to one another). Segments HI & IH are congruent by the Reflexive Prop. of congruence. So we know that Triangles FIH & GHI are congruent using the SAS postulate. Finally, we can say that segments FH & GI are congruent by CPCTC.

Week of November 9th-13th

Math 8 Agenda:
Mon 11/9/2009
Sales tax and discount
Shopping Spree (using laptops)

Tue 11/10/2009
Tax and tip
Menu math
Homework: Finish Menu Math

Wed 11/11/2009
Discussion on commision
Commission Word Problems
Homework: Finish Commission Word Problems

Thu 11/12/2009
Percents Quiz
Percent of Change
Homework: Accelerated Curriculum p. 32

Fri 11/13/2009
Tricky or Multiple-step problems
Homework: Trick or Treat Worksheet

Geometry Agenda:
Mon 11/9/2009
Debrief Sandwich Shoppe
Lesson on Triangle Congruence 4-4 & 4-5
Homework: p.246-248 #12-18 even; 28; 30; p. 257-259 #14; 16; 22; 26

Tue 11/10/2009
Lesson on CPCTC
Homework: p.263-265 #14; 22; 24; 26 (Not due until Friday)

Wed 11/11/2009
Geometry Benchmark

Thu 11/12/2009
Geometry Benchmark

Fri 11/13/2009
Lesson on Coordinate Proof
Homework: p.270-272 #14; 17; 18; 22; 26; 30; 36

Extra Credit Opportunities:
Week of Nov. 9th-13th

Math 8:
Amanda is preparing to buy her first car. She plans make a down payment of 20% and finance the rest. She's already saved $5,125. What's the most expensive car she could buy if she uses her savings as the down payment?

Geometry:
Recall our Sandwich Shoppe Activity. Please provide a detailed explanation of a "sandwich" that can be used to prove a pair of triangles is either congruent or similar.

Extra Credit Opportunities:

Week of Nov. 2nd-6th:
8th grade Math
Pick up Pizzazz Worksheets from class

Geometry
Prove one of the Theorems from Chapter 6, Section 1.

Week of November 2nd-6th

8th Grade Math Agenda:
Monday 11/2/2009
Test Review
Homework: Study

Tuesday 11/3/2009
Proportional Reasoning Test
Homework: None

Wednesday 11/4/2009
Benchmark corrects

Thursday 11/5/2009
How to set up proportions
Percent Sort shading activity
Fraction, decimal, percent matching cards (if time)
Homework: Percent sort activity if not finished in class

Friday 11/6/2009
Discount and sales tax
Shopping Spree (using laptops)
Homework: None

Monday 11/9/2009
Tax and tip
Menu math
Homework: Accelerated Curriculum p. 32

Geometry Agenda:
Monday 11/2/2009
Test Review - available in documents section w/separate answer key Homework: Study

Tuesday 11/3/2009
Test on Ch. 6
Homework: None

Wednesday 11/4/2009
Finish Test on Ch. 6
Homework: None

Thursday 11/5/2009
Sandwich Shoppe Activity
Homework: None

Friday 11/6/2009
Complete Sandwich Shoppe Activity
Homework: Answer questions from activity