September 14 - September 18, 2020

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)

Thursday September 17 - Today we looked at applying Ratios in application problems and real world scenarios. 

Today's activity is on Pg 52 (#9 - 16, 20 - 22)

Friday September 18 - Today we started Section 2.2 and looked at defining RATES, Unit Rates, and the distance formula: d = s x t. A reminder to calculate the unit rate you divide the numerator by the denominator. 

Today's assignment is on Pg 59 (#1-6)


Grade 9

Monday September 14 - Today we continued our review on Fraction operations. Today we reviewed how to add and subtract fractions. Please refer to the notes you received in class. 

Today's activity is the front-side of the "Fraction Operations Worksheet."

Tuesday September 15 - Today we started Chapter 3 (Powers and Exponents). We defined what is a Power and it's parts the base and exponent. 

Today's activity is the PENNY PROBLEM that I presented to you in class. 

Wednesday September 16 - Today we went over the penny problem in detail and looked deeper into its meaning, expression, graph and applications.

Today's activity is Alice in Wonderland on Pg 92 (#1-5)

Thursday September 17 - Hi guys, today we will be learning how to read powers, we also looked at how to evaluate powers with positive and negative bases. 

Today’s activity is on Pg 96 (#1-5).

Friday September 18 - Today we are using class time as a work-period to wrap up Section 3.1 and we are working on: 

Pg 96 (#6-22)