Much going on at Milton Middle this week. Today we began the ACT explore test, we will finish up tomorrow. There are 2 county championships up for grabs this week; Football tomorrow night vs. Beverly Hills and the Volleyball tournament is Thursday and Friday. Hope everyone has a wonderful evening! Here are your summaries:

3rd, 5th, 7th

There is a QUIZ Tomorrow, make sure to finish your study guide (Pg. 160 #1-30) tonight so you are well prepared!

4th

We went over solving 2-step equations. For homework make sure to finish Pg. 202 #14-19, 23-25

8th

We reviewed some of Chapter 3. We will continue to do this tomorrow and have an assessment on Chapter 3 on Wednesday. For homework finish Pg. 205 #1-25, Omit #22-24

Alrighty! A long weekend ahead and a PAWS trip tomorrow! Whoo hoo!!

Here are your daily summaries:

3rd, 5th, 7th:

Today we played a game in class to review the first part of Chapter 3. We will have a review sheet to complete next Monday and the Quiz will be Tuesday.

4th:

We went over using multiplication and division properties to solve equations. For homework make sure you finish Pg. 194 #12-26 to be turned in during homeroom tomorrow!!

8th

Ok guys so after looking at the problem we talked about in class today I have to apologize for my brain fart and say that I am quite aggrevated with myself. I guess it happens to the best of us but here is the problem solved along with an explanation of why it is solved this way.

29a) Because they are asking you to write an equation that relates the age of the car to the value of the car that is LOST, you have a positive slope. If you remember in class we kept thinking that it would have a negative slope becase as the car gets older it is worth less money which is true, however they are not asking for the relationship between age of the car and the value of the car, they are asking for the relationship between the age of the car and how much the car has went down in value. So that being understood it is easy to come up with an equation. The difference in y-values is 1800 times the difference in x-values (because every year the car loses $1800 in value) so you formula is y = 1800x. The book was correct..darn huh?

29b) Now we can use that formula to solve for the age of the car when the value is $300. Remember that y is NOT the value of the car. It is the amount of money that the car has LOST in value. In order to find that we have to know the original cost of the car. We know that the car loses $1800 in value every year. We also know that after 1 year the car is worth $12,000. You need to add $1,800 to $12,000 and that gives the original value of the car ($13,800). We then find how much the car has LOST in value. To find this you take the original price (13,800) and subtract the current price (300) which gives you $13,500 LOST. This is what you substitute in for y in the formula and solve as I have below!

13,500 = 1800x

7.5 = x (divide both sides by 1800)

so when the car is valued at $300 it will be 7 years 6 month old. Phew, good thing I didn't give you any like this for homework tonight eh?

Make sure you complete Pg. 203 #32-37! Have a great evening!

Short week this week and a PAWS trip? Lucky you!

3rd, 5th, 7th
Went over identifying and classifying numbers in the real number system. For homework do Pg. 158 #11-18, 20, 23-25

4th
Took a quiz.

8th
Went over our quizzes and got an introduction to direct variation. For homework do Pg. 183 #10-19, 24-28.

Have a great evening!

Today was twin day! Tomorrow is school spirit. There will be a pep rally at the end of the day so we will run on a shortened schedule. There is a volleyball game tonight at Barboursville @ 5pm, be there or be square! Here are your daily summaries:

3rd, 5th, 7th
We finished our tests and got an introduction to square roots. For homework you have Pg. 146 #1,3,6,11,17,18,24,26,28,29

4th
We went over solving equations that contain rational numbers. Homework is Pg. 187 #3,7,18-26,28

8th
Students, you have a quiz Friday! Today you had a study guide to complete, Pg. 179 #1-24.

Enjoy!

It's 8th grade night at the Volleyball game tonight at 5pm so come on out and support! There is also the county tennis meet tonight so attendence is needed there as well. Well, "Get up and go day" has got up and went. Tomorrow is Hat Day!! (which just so happens to be my favorite day!) Spirit week is fun stuff, I am very upset with myself for forgeting my camera today but there will be pics for tomorrow, hopefully. On Friday we made Tie-dye shirts for homerooms, I think it went well for the most part! Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful afternoon! Here are your summaries:

3rd, 5th, 7th:

Today we played a review game which you know what that means...TEST MONKEY!!! (test tomorrow)

4th:

Started on the distributive property. For homework (if you didn't finish in class) Pg. 174 #15-30

8th:

Got to use the graphing calculators for the first time this year! For homework you need to finish Pg. 167-168 #1-15. As promised click here for the link to the graphing calculator.

Have a great day!!!

Pumpkin'n it up tomorrow, and then tie-dye? Man, you kids have some great teachers! Here are your daily summaries:

3rd, 5th, 7th
Paired students with a partner and had them complete Pg. 139 #1-20 (if you did not finish in class you need to complete it by Monday) while I checked their journals, agendas, and homework from yesterday. All grades are up to date on Edline, make sure you are looking at the correct six weeks now that there are 2 on there. Don't forget you have a TEST on Tuesday!

4th
Took their tests. I was unable to grade them today. Hopefully I will have some time tomorrow, if not, you'll have them Monday.

8th
Had an introduction to solving equations by graphing them. Homework tonight is Pg. 164 #1-4

The Pumpkin Festival is only 2 days away (aka pumpkin dumplings with pumpkin ice cream is only 2 days away!!!) Whoohoo! Today was "getting back on track day". Here are your daily summaries:
3rd, 5th, 7th
Today we went over scientific notation. It was a good review from Mrs. Conner's class, it also was the last section in Chapter 2 which means tomorrow we will do a study guide, Monday play a review game, and that leaves Tuesday to take the TEST! For homework tonight you have Pg. 132 # 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26. As promised the answer to # 26 is Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen, Silver, and Gold.

4th
The students played a review game today for bonus points on their TEST tomorrow. Study hard!!

8th
We were introduced to graphing linear functions and equations today. For homework do Pg. 157 #1, 3, 5-11

Have a great evening...TEST MONKEY!

Back to bloggin it up today! I had a very busy weekend followed by a training yesterday so the blog has been a little neglected. Here are your summaries:

3rd, 5th, 7th
We learned how to use powers & exponents today. For homework do Pg. 128 #10-16, 18-21, 24, and 27

4th
We went over some issues from Chapter 3. For Homework do Pg. 160 #11, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 38, 47, 49, 50, 56, 65-67. You have a test on THURSDAY!

8th
The students finished their tests today. After the test we went over some of the new vocab coming up in the next chapter....and I fell out of a wheelchair...nice!

Have a great evening!