Mr. Salem's MATH Blog

Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday September 28 - Friday October 2 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday September 28  - Hey everyone, today we wrote the Chapter 2 QUIZ on ratios and rates. If you were absent today please come and see me so we can accommodate some time for you to write.  Tuesday September 29  - Hey everyone, today we used class time to work on remaining questions in section 2.3 which pertain to solving problems that involve proportions.  Today's activity is on Pg 68 (#18 - 28) and is due tomorrow if you didn't finish in class today.  Wednesday September 30  - Hey guys, today we are starting to review the content that we have learned thus far.  Today's activity is the Ch. 2 Review on Pg 70 (#1-18), and is due tomorrow if you didn't finish in class Thursday October 1  - Today we are using class time to work on the: Ch. 2 Practice Test on Pg 72 (#1-14) Friday October 2  -  We are starting Ch. 4 (UNDERSTANDING PERCENTS). We will be lo

 Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday September 21 - Friday September 25 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday September 21  -  We are looking at calculating the unit rate, and applying the unit rate with application problems.  Today's assignment is on Pg 60 (#7-11) Tuesday September 22  - Today we are using class time as a work-period to wrap up section 2.2.  Today's activity is on Pg 61 (#12-19) Wednesday September 23  -  We are looking at what is proportional reasoning: A proportion is a relationship that says that two ratios or rates are equal. A proportion can be written as a fraction.  Today’s activity is on Pg 67 (#1-9). Thursday September 24  - Today we looked at applying the concept of proportions with a real world problem.  Today's activity is on Pg 67 (#10 -17). Friday September 25  - No school today as it's a non-instructional day. Have a nice weekend and review for the QUIZ on Monday (September 28). It will be on sections 2.1- 2.2. Rati

Below is the Agenda for the week of September 14 - September 18 for grade 8 & 9.  Grade 8 Monday September 14  - Today we reviewed Congruent Shapes and Congruent Triangles.  Some videos to support with Congruence:  Basic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELWgQiiHSE Intermediate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86iU3fypTd4 Advanced https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-conguence/xff63fac4:hs-geo-congruent-triangles/v/other-triangle-congruence-postulates Tuesday September 15  - Today we started Chapter 2 on (Ratios, Rates and Proportional Reasoning). We defined what is a Ratio and looked at the 3 ways to represent it.  Today's activity is on Pg 46 (#1-3) Wednesday September 16  - Today we defined what is an equivalent fraction, which are fractions that have the same value, even though they may look different. An example is 1/2 and 4/8. Moreover, we looked at how to create equivalent fractions by using multiplication and division.  Today's activity is Pg 51 (#1-8) Thu

Hey Everyone, this is my new BLOG. The link to my old Blog if you're interested is:  https://mrsalemsmathblog.wordpress.com/  Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday September 21 - Friday September 25 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday September 7  - No school today as it is Labor Day! Tuesday September 8 - Today we went over the course outline, expectations and the blog. Moreover, in the afternoon you went through the mini-timetable.  Wednesday September 9 - Today we reviewed our base 10 number system, word and numeric form of numbers and place value.  Today's activity is the "worksheet on consecutive numbers & hexagonal magic." Thursday September 10 - Today we continued reviewing place value and word form of a number.  Today's activity is the "worksheet on place value and numeric form of a number. " Friday September 11 - Today we reviewed Polygon's we defined what makes up a Polygon. Moreover, we talked in detail about tr