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

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

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!

Friday September 12, 2008:

September 12, 2008




Good day to everyone!

In math class the past few days we have completed working on an exponential growth situation that dealt with population change of South American countries, with emphasis placed on Brazil.  Students have handed in that material to be graded today, and will be posted by early next week.  As for the Lesson 1 quiz which was taken on Monday, absent students this week have been completing the quiz, so that will be handed back on Monday.  For families with Home Access, the grades have been posted, so you may access your student’s realtime grade in our class at this point in the marking period.

To also add, Team E has decided to begin an e-mail update on Mondays and Wednesdays that will include Math, English, Social Studies, and Science updates.  With any specific questions regarding student performance in class, please contact the specific instructor.

Today in class students are completing a stations activity where they move around the room to different stations answering a series of questions in  cooperative groups.  These grades will also be posted either later today or early next week.

Thank you for your time, and have a great weekend!

Tuesday September 9th, 2008:

September 9, 2008




Good day to everyone!

Just a note for everyone…yesterday’s quiz on Lesson 1 has been graded and all students who were present and completed the quiz have had their grades posted onto Home Access.  You are welcome to check those out at your leisure.  As for class today, we began discussing and will continue to discuss Lesson 2, Investigation 1 throughout the rest of this week. 

We have also assigned an extension activity that will be due for student’s on friday.  This is a task assignment which will be placed in the gradebook as an assessment.  This is an open-note assignment any students may use whatever resources they would like to access the information.  This is a similar paper to the quiz just taken, so the students are very familiar with the material discussed.  With any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Have a great day!

Monday September 8th, 2008:

September 8, 2008




Good day to everyone in Team E!

Today, we have taken a quiz on or material we reviewed, discussed, and evaluated in Lesson 1.  We will be grading this assessment later today and hope to have the grades available to home access members by tomorrow at the latest.  Students are welcome to sign up for after-school help for tuesday and thursday of this week.  As always, per classroom rules, students must sign up one-day in advance in order to attend after school help sessions. 

With any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Land or Mr. McNulty either through e-mail or through the blog.

Take care, and have a great week!

 

Friday September 5th, 2008:

September 5, 2008




Hey there everyone!

This week in class we have discussed the main concepts around the topics of rate of change and both exponential growth and decay.  Since we have covered a significant amount of material in our class, Mr. Land and I both feel that it is time for a QUIZ!!!!  This will be taking place on Monday in class.  Parents, please remind your students to review their investigation packets to help them with the quiz material.  These materials are their best tools for success on the quiz.  They will have the entire class period, and calculators will be available.

Thanks again for checking in, and have a great safe weekend!

September 2nd, 2008:

September 2, 2008




Good afternoon everyone!

Today in class, we continued our discussion on independent and dependent variables, along with evaluating several examples for slope, y-intercept, and rate of change.  Tonight’s homework that will be due tomorrow is to complete up through problem #4 in the investigation packet.  We will discuss the checkpoint and check your understanding in class tomorrow before moving onto investigation #3 in the second half of this week. 

Students and parents, you can expect a quiz/test on lesson #1 either friday of this week, or monday of next week.

Have a great night!