Mr. Salem's MATH Blog

  Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday March 22 - Friday March 26 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday March 22  - Hey everyone, today we are reviewing for tomorrow's unit test. You should wrap up the Chapter Review first if you haven't done so already.  Today's activity is the Chapter 3 Practice Test: Pg 114 (#1-15) Tuesday March 23  - Hey everyone, today are writing the Chapter 3 UNIT TEST. All the best!! Wednesday March 24 -  Hey everyone, today we are starting a new unit Chapter 5 (Surface Area). We are looking at the vocabulary needed in order to communicate and be successful in this unit. Moreover, we are looking at visualizing 3-D objects.  Please refer to the section 5.1 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 164 (#1-5) Thursday March 25 -   Hi everyone, today we are working on section 5.1 and we're looking at sketching 3-D objects along with looking at...

Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday March 15 - Friday March 19 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday March 15  - Hey everyone, today we are writing the Chapter 3 QUIZ (which includes sections 3.1-3.3). All the best! Tuesday March 16  - Hey everyone, today are wrapping up the notes from section 3.4 and we'll be looking at how to apply the Pythagorean Theorem and find the missing length (LEG) of a right triangle.  Please refer to the section 3.4 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 103 (#1-5) Wednesday March 17 -  Hey everyone, today we are using class time to wrap up the questions from section 3.4. We are looking at applying the Pythagorean Theorem and using this theorem to solve application problems.  Please refer to the section 3.4 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 104 (#6-16) Thursday March 18 -  ...

  Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday March 8 - Friday March 12 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday March 8  - Hey everyone, today we will are looking at wrapping up Section 3.2 and we'll be looking at the fact that a right triangle will meet the following criteria:  "the sum of the areas of the squares attached to the legs of the triangle is equal to the area of the square attached to the hypotenuse." Please refer to the section 3.2 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 92 (#7 - 21). This activity is due on Wednesday. Tuesday March 9  - Hey everyone, today we are starting section 3.3 and we are looking at how to estimate the square root of a non-perfect square using mental math (ie: without a calculator). Moreover, we will also look at application questions pertaining to this idea.  Please refer to the section 3.3 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and fo...

Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday March 1 - Friday March 5 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday March 1  - Hey everyone, today we will be looking at 2 ways to determine if a number is a square number.  Method 1: by modelling it with tiles, and Method 2: the idea of prime factorization.  Also, we will be looking at finding the prime factors of a number by using a prime factor tree.  Please refer to the section 3.1 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 85 (#5-8) Tuesday March 2  - Hey everyone, today are looking at how to determine if a number is a perfect square by using prime factorization. "You will see that you must have an EVEN number of prime factors in order to be a perfect square." Please refer to the section 3.1 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 85 (#1,2, 9-16) Wednesday March 3 -  Hey everyone,...