Ms. Coleman

This week in GPS
We will continue to investigate the six parent functions. We are moving on to the cubic function and Absolute Value function. Our goal is to graph each function and determine each characteristic of that function. Vocabulary words that you need to know, domain, range, independent, dependent, end behavior, maximum and minimum values. Please complete your salary assignment and graphing quadratics. Have a great week.

Accelerated Math I

We having been working with circumference and area. We will be ending that topic and starting our topic on segments of a circle. Those segments consist of tangents, secants and chords. We did not have any homework tonight, but go back and look at the following problems 16-21. Be prepared to discuss those problems next class.

Accelerated Math I

No homework tonite, however you should be reviewing your arc measures and arc lengths of any given circle. We will be moving on to the area of a circle and finding the area of the different sectors of a circle. You guys are doing very well with circles. See you next class.

Today in GPS Algebra we started our Unit on Functions. We discussed new vocabulary for input/output charts. We discussed how graphing is related to the shuffle...LOL move to left, move to the right, take it back now ya'll. I gave you packages 8 and 9 to complete in your notetaking guide. Please continue to come to class prepared and if needed go and print a copy of my syllabus for your own records.

Accelerated Math I
We started our unit on circles. We discussed definitions for the unit and completed an activity using paper plates. For homework you had a sheet with circumference and area problems to review. Next class we will find the arc lengths and arc measures. What is the difference between the two?

Study Guides

Please print a copy of the Midterm Study guides,click on the links below.  

Download Midterm Review  Accelerated Math I

Download Midterm Review up to radicals GPS Algebra

Download Simplifying-multiplying-dividing-radical-expressions GPS Algebra HW Sheet

Test dates for GPS

White Day Students, December 15th

Blue Day Students, December 16th

This test will cover radicals, simplifying, multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting.



Test Dates for Accelerated Math I

White Day Students, December 15th

Blue Day Students, December 16th.

This test will cover, Triangle Congruences, Centers of Triangles, Midpoint and Distance.

Midterms start December 19th -22nd. Early release days are that Thursday and Friday, December 21st and 22nd.

Exam Schedule: Monday 1st and 2nd White, Tuesday 1st and 2nd Blue, Wednesday 3rd and 4th White, Thursday 3rd and 4th Blue. This is different from the dates on the letter you received in homeroom Monday, so make a note of it. New letters will go out next Monday in Homeroom. Have a great week.

Week of December 12th

Test dates for GPS

White Day Students, December 15th

Blue Day Students, December 16th

This test will cover radicals, simplifying, multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting. 

 

Test Dates for Accelerated Math I

White Day Students, December 15th

Blue Day Students,  December 16th.

This test will cover, Triangle Congruences, Centers of Triangles, Midpoint and Distance. 

Midterms start December 19th -22nd.  Early release days are that Thursday and Friday, December 21st and 22nd. 

Exam Schedule: Monday 1st and 2nd White, Tuesday 1st and 2nd Blue, Wednesday 3rd and 4th White, Thursday 3rd and 4th Blue.  This is different from the dates on the letter you received in homeroom Monday, so make a note of it.  New letters will go out next Monday in Homeroom.  Have a great week.

 

Week of December 5th

This week in GPS Algebra, we will continue to operate with radicals.  We will start multiplying then move to dividing and adding and subtracting.  This will conclude our lesson on radicals and will be testing December 15th and 16th on Radicals. 

In Accelerated Math I, we will finish our lesson on congruent triangles.  We will then begin centers of a triangle.  Believe it or not their are  four different centers.  These centers can be found by the point of concurrency of the medians, altitudes, angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors.  This next test is strictly vocabulary not much computation.  Please study your vocabulary terms as we go through them on a daily basis.  We will conclude our geometry unit with the distance and midpoint formulas.  Our next unit will be circles, so looking forward to this unit. 

Midterms start December 19th -22nd.  Early release days are that Thursday and Friday, December 21st and 22nd. 

Exam Schedule: Monday 1st and 2nd White, Tuesday 1st and 2nd Blue, Wednesday 3rd and 4th White, Thursday 3rd and 4th Blue.  This is different from the dates on the letter you received in homeroom Monday, so make a note of it.  New letters will go out next Monday in Homeroom.  Have a great week. 

 

Week of November 14th

GPS Algebra

This week we will learn how to expand polynomials using Pascal's Triangles.  This will be our last topic on polynomials and you will test this Thursday and Friday.  Blue day students your test will be Thursday and White day students your test will be Friday.  Then you will be off for the week of Thanksgiving. 

Accelerated Math I

We will finish our partner quiz on quadrilaterals.  We will go over the triangle inequality and learn how the sides and angles of a triangle correlate.  We will have our Part I test this Thursday and Friday. 
Blue day students your test will be Thursday and White day students your test will be Friday.  You all seem to have mastered quadrilaterals  and let's not remember how to find the sum of interior and exterior angles of any polygon. 

Dates to remember, Ninth Grade Success Night, this Tuesday from 4:30 to 7:00.  Please tell your parents to  come out and have a conference with your  teachers if you are not passing, so that we can work on a plan of action for your success.  Have a great week!

Week of November 7, 2011

This week in GPS Algebra

Monday we will finish our foldable on multiplying polynomials.  We have two more sections on our foldable to complete, Binomial times a Binomial.  We will use the FOIL method to multiply these polynomials.  I will also teach you the box method and you can pick which method you like the best.  Our last section will be multiplying a binomial times a trinomial.  There is no short cut to these just be prepared to work it because it is a little tedious.  Consider this a warning.  No School on Tuesday, enjoy your day off.  Thursday we will expand polynomials using the binomial theorem and Pascal's Triangle.  So we have a lot to cover before our Thanksgiving break. 

This week in Accelerated Math I

We will finish our lesson on special quadrilaterals.  We still have to cover the trapezoid and kite.  We will move on to Triangle Congruences, to prove two triangles are congruent.  So let's review, we started with sum of interior/exterior angles of any polygon, to quadrilaterals, to triangle congruency.  Whew.... Almost done with this unit, we still have to cover triangle inequality to centers of triangles.  And then we will be done. 

Have a great day off Tuesday, remember no school on this day.  Have a great week!

Week on October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween,

This week in Math, GPS Algebra, We will continue to add and subtract polynomials, we will move to multiplying polynomials.  Please revisit your integers rules, which states that when multiplying two negative numbers it yields a positive number.  A negative times a positive will yield a negative answer.  We will use the area model using algebra tiles as well.  When multiplying we will use the distributive property and a short cut method called FOIL. 

Accelerated Math I, We will use properties for special quadrilaterals.  These properties will help you find the missing side, angle or the length of the diagonal.  Our quadrilaterals are the following, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle, square, trapezoid, and kite.  Quick question is a square a rhombus and is a rhombus a square? 

Benchmarks will be taken this week in Accelerated Math I and GPS Algebra.  Have a great week!