Week of August 27, 2012

Monday: We continued our activity with number tricks and algebraic reasoning.
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR THE UNIT 1 TEST ON THURSDAY (8/30/12)!!!

Tuesday: Students worked through additional practice problems on algebraic proofs. 
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR THE UNIT 1 TEST ON THURSDAY (8/30/12)!!!

Wednesday: We reviewed for the Unit 1 Test.
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR THE UNIT 1 TEST ON THURSDAY (8/30/12)!!!

Thursday: Unit 1 Test

Friday: Students watched video clips on different career fields that involve geometry and other mathematical topics.  They were to write a paragraph on how they saw math being used, then reflect on the significance of math in the real world and how it is used in their chosen career.  We also started a new unit on similarity and congruence. 

Week of August 20, 2012

Monday: Students were given a quiz on analyzing arguments. Then, they worked on the mini-project called Reasoning in Advertising (see handout from last week's post).
Homework: Bring in magazines for tomorrow!!!

Tuesday: Students were introduced to geometric reasoning through line and angle relationships.  They were given a handout of additonal examples, then worked in stations with a partner on practice problems.
Homework: Study your notes!!! There will be a quiz this week:)

Wednesday: Students were able to retake the quiz on analyzing arugments after a whole-class review session.  Then, we worked further with geometric reasoning.

Thursday: We did more practice problems on line and angle relationships on whiteboards as a class.  Then, students were introduced to algebraic reasoning through an activity with number tricks.

Friday: We continued the activity on number tricks.  The students were to come up with an algebraic expression based on the given steps.  Then, they were able to create a number trick of their own (including the expression and starting/ending table) to present to the class.

**Unit 1 Test next week....date TBA**


REMEMBER TO COME TO TUTORING IF YOU NEED HELP...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO STRUGGLED ON THE QUIZ THIS WEEK!!!

Week of August 13, 2012

Monday: We continued our CSI Activity (check out the mock crime scene below)!

Tuesday: Students were able to collect evidence for their case file and work on their projects in class.  They were also given blank copies of the Incident Report and Evidence Collection Log (these forms must be included in the case file project).

Wednesday: Students were able to work on their projects in class.

Thursday: We began learning how to analyze arguments and test their validity. Students went through an exercise where they were given several quotes and short passages, and they had to identify the premise(s) and conclusion.

Friday: Students submitted their case file projects.  We also continued our lesson on analyzing arguments.  Students learned about conditional statements and began an activity on Reasoning in Advertisements.


**REMINDER: IF YOUR PROJECT IS NOT ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 10 POINT DEDUCTION EACH DAY IT'S LATE!!!!**



Reasoning Strategies (Course 3)


POW1-Reasoning (Course 3)

Week of August 6, 2012

Monday: Getting to Know You/Team Building Activities & Housekeeping Items

Tuesday: Course 3 Pre-Assessment

Wednesday: Course 2 Review (Quadratics), Intro to CSI Unit
Homework: Practice Problems for Quadratics (#s 1-16)

Thursday: Went through solutions to problem set; Course 1 Review

Friday: We started our CSI Activity (Students worked in stations to learn how to fill out police reports and work through case files to decide on a guilty suspect....ask your child about it!)
Homework: Case File Writing Assignment (DUE FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012)

WELCOME BACK (2012-2013)

Hello everyone!

Summer is officially over, and it is time to begin a new year at WSE!  I am so excited to get to know all of my new students!  I have a lot of new ideas that I cannot wait to implement!  

Now, getting down to business....this blog is where you will find assignments, copies of handouts, class updates, math resources, as well as college and scholarship information.  

Below is a copy of the course syllabus. Feel free to leave comments and questions at any time!  

Integrated Mathematics Course 3 Syllabus

Have a great year!