Period B - We worked on holiday puzzles.  Here are some samples:

Period E - We had our Holiday Party.  THANKS to all those who brought in food.  We had more than enough delicious treats for all!

The unit tests ar also marked and will be returned your first day back.  

To all my students and their families, have a safe and happy holiday!!

Period B - Mid-unit Quiz :)

Period E - Unit test.:)

NOTE: For both grade 9 classes, I have updated marks. If you would like to know your child's current mark, please send me an email.

Period B - NO CLASS - School Play.  Don't forget tomorrow is the quiz on 2.1-2.3.

Period E - I did a homework to check who completed the review.  We then went over questions 27a and 27c which people had questions about.  We then played  Exponent Jeopardy.  Here are the results:

Period B - Students worked on our review for the quiz for on Thursday. P69 1-3b,4-7,9,10 from the text.  here is an outline of skills needed for the test:

Here are the solutions for the review:

Period E.  After much debate we moved the unit test to Thursday.  On Friday, we will have a holiday party instead...students can bring in food if they like. 

Period B - Today we corrected the assignment from Friday involving product and quotient of powers and order of operations questions. It seems we were doing well but just to confirm that wehave scheduled a quiz for Thursday.  This quiz will cover  eerything we looked at form 2.1-2.3 of the textbook.  That being: exponents of zero, exponents of one, powers of ten, order of operations and also dealing with negatives with powers. 

More interesting however, we looked at multiplication and compared the way parents probably learned it to the way it is sometimes taught today.  Here is a side by side comparison of each strategy.  Which do you prefer?  Take the poll on the right of the page.

Period E

Today we started our review.  Students completed an activity where they answered questions from different levels of difficulty and then compared answers with eachother through discussion.  Here is what it kind of looked like.

I'M BACK

Period B - Students worked on an assignment dealing with order of operations involving exponents.  It is HOMEWORK if not complete. 

Period E - We reviewed the last two assignments on our last exponent laws.  The UNIT TEST date was scheduled for NEXT FRIDAY,  DECEMBER 21st!  NO HOMEWORK.  We start review on Monday.

Have a good weekend! 

Period B - The class went through an example of how to determine the surface area of a composite 3D object.  Please note I have also posted the Pythagorean Theorem quiz solutions.

period E - We reviewed two exponent laws.  P76-77 # 4-6a,8,10,12ab,13,15 were assigned.