January 7, 2009

Good morning and a Happy New Year to everyone!
 
Here on Team E we have hit the ground running in 2009 in hopes to wrap up our end of the 3rd marking period with productivity and confidence for the upcoming midterm exams.
 
Here is your update from several of the departments this week:
 
Math:
We have begun this post-holiday season reviewing inequalities and steps in which to solve them.  We will complete Investigation #3 today and move into Investigation #4 for the remainder of this week.  Quiz on Lesson 2 of Unit 3 will be early to middle of next week with review for the midterm taking up the end of next week.  Exams start Jan. 20th.
 
Social Studies:

We had homework tonight, 1/6/09, we are working on understanding effective ways for citizens and groups to communicate with the government. Students brainstormed over 20 ideas per class on how to effectively educate citizens and the government on issues. On 1/7/09, students will be working to answer 4 scenarios in which they will be starting a commission to solve problems in their schools and communities. The second half of it will be offered as extra credit for homework on 1/7.
 
Thanks for your time, and have a great rest of your week.

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December 15, 2008

Good afternoon everyone,
 
Here is your update for this week:
 

English-9:
*Notebook Quiz – Monday, Dec. 15th.
*We will be finishing up “Scarlet Ibis” this week.  Test on Thursday, Dec. 18th. 
 
Social Studies:
Civics has started its Citizenship unit. Will we looking into the rights/responsibilities of Americans. Will have homework Tuesday night.
 
Math:
Finishing up Unit 3, Lesson 2, Inv. 1 today.  Complete packet for HW tonight, and will be due tomorrow.  For this week, we will complete a stations activity, and finish up the work week with inv. 2 packet. 
 
Hope everyone has a very safe, and joyful holiday season!

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December 2, 2008

Good morning everyone,
 
I hope that everyone is doing well following the thanksgiving break, and we are closing in on the end of our first semester here at William Penn.  Here is a run down of what is going on within the Team E classrooms right now:
 
Math:
In class, we are working on Unit 3, lesson 1, investigation 3 right now, and hope to complete this by Wednesday.  We will be going through stations activities on Thursday and Friday, and will have a quiz review on Monday.  On Tuesday of next week, we will have the Lesson 1 quiz that deals with linear functions.  Students are welcome to sign up for Homework Club for thursday and get the help they need.
 
Science:

In Science, there is a unit test on energy tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec. 3)  We will be moving into chemistry on Thursday beginning with a lesson on safety and then into the basic parts of chemistry.
 
Social Studies:
This week had homework Monday 12/1 on Partisan Politics, rest of this week looking at the history of political parties and how they change/evolve over time.
 

Will have another homework sometime this week, the unit of political parties will be coming to a close soon.
 
English:

Students are still working on a short story unit.  We have just finished Bradbury’s “The Sound of Thunder” and will be starting Langston Hughes’ “Thank You, M’am” early next week.  Right now students are revising “Sound of Thunder” compositions (count as a quiz grade).  Each class period also came up with a class ACTION PLAN to help everyone find success in Marking Period 3.  Please ask your student about this plan – many of the plans include self-reflection, rewards for good behavior and peer help.  Each class set at least two goals they are trying to reach MP 3. 
 
Have a great rest of the week!

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October 28, 2008

Good morning everyone and welcome to another installment of the Team E Math blog here at William Penn High School.

This week, we began Lesson 2, Investigation 3 of Unit 2 dealing with Identifying outliers, and beginning to understand standard deviation.  We will complete the identifying outliers packet today in class and will have the 2.2.3 Check Your Understanding assignment due tonight for homework to be handed in tomorrow.  We hope to complete the standard deviation packet by thursday and finish out this week with a group stations activity/assessment.

With any questions, please feel free to contact us through e-mail or the team blog.

Thanks again for checking in and have a great week!

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October 21, 2008

Good afternoon folks!

This week in math class, we have begun working on Unit 2, Lesson 2, Investigation 2 on evaluating distributions of data.  We have completed this packet today for all classes, which will be handed in tomorrow for a grade.  Please check that your students have completed this, and will have it in their binders.  We will have a quiz review and binder check tomorrow.  Thursday will be our quiz day on Lesson 2 investigation 2, and we will finish out the class week with a stations activity day to wrap up to begin investigation 3 next monday.

With any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Take care!

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October 15, 2008

This week in class we are completing our Unit 2, Lesson 1 (histograms and plots of distribution).  Today (wednesday) we are having a quiz on this material.  If your student is taking the PSAT exam, they will complete this quiz on thursday during class time. 

Beginning Thursday, we will begin Lesson 2 of Unit 2 dealing with the five-number summary system.  With any questions, please feel free to contact us through e-mail or through the edublog site.

Have a nice rest of the work week!

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October 3, 2008

Good afternoon everyone,
 
Here’s a quick update for you on what went on this week in Math class here at William Penn:
 
We completed our Unit 1 test.  All of the grades for students have been adjusted and entered into the gradebook online.  This information can be access through the Home Access program. 
 
We have begun and completed Investigation #1, Lesson 1 of Unit 2 which deals with mean, median, mode, and graphical plots, such as histograms and dot plots.  We will continue onto investigation #2 next week.  Expectr your students to have homework at least twice next week!
 
Today is the last day of the first marking period!!!!  It has been a pleasure having the chance ot work with all of you in building success in your student’s freshman year here at William Penn High School.  I look forward to continuing the progress that we have made here in the classroom, and I expect much greater things to come in the very near future!
 
Have a great weekend!

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Monday September 29, 2008:

September 29, 2008

Good morning everyone,
 
Here is your beginning of the week update for the Team E math class!
 
This morning we are finishing up our Unit test.  Those grades will be uploaded throughout the week onto Home Access after students have completed those assessments.  With any questions regarding your students progress or test results, please feel free to contact us.
 
Tomorrow we will begin Unit 2, which deals with plotting histograms, number line plots, and scatter plots, and also understanding measures of center (mean, median, and mode).  We should complete Investigation 1 this week, and you can expect students to have homework in the “On your Own” packet throughout the class week starting tomorrow evening.
 
Also, just a note, the 1st marking period will come to a close this friday, and report cards should be sent home during the middle of next week.
 
Thank you once again for your time, and have a great week!
 
Regards,
 
Mr. Jesse McNulty
Integrated Math I Teacher – Mathematics Department
9th Grade Academy
William Penn High School
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September 25, 2008:

September 25, 2008

Good morning everyone,
 
This week we have finished up our lessons for Unit 1, and all students will be taking that exam later today.  Exams should be graded and entered into the gradebook by late this week or early next week.  Please feel free to check up for that update on the Home Access site.  Tomorrow we will be completing a stations activity in class to draw the Unit 1 to a close.  This activity will be placed in the gradebook as an assessment grade, so if a student had difficulty on this test today, then the stations activity will certainly help them out in the gradebook.  Monday of next week we will begin Unit 2 that deals with graphing and plotting data on calculators.  This Unit will move slowly, due to the need for the students to be very versed in the calculator commands, so it will take time to perfect those skills. 
 
With any questions, feel free to contact us.  Thank you for your time, and have a great rest of the work week.
 
Mr. Jesse McNulty
Integrated Math I Teacher – Mathematics Department
9th Grade Academy
William Penn High School
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Tuesday September 23rd, 2008:

September 23, 2008

This week in class we have continued our discussion on Lesson 3, investigation 2.  We will conclude this discussion tomorrow, and begin the review of our test on Wednesday.  Test on Unit 1 will be on Thursday.  Please make sure that you are properly preparing for the Unit test.

Have a great beginning of the work week!
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