Mr. Salem's MATH Blog

  Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday April 26 - Friday April 30 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday April 26  -  Hey everyone, today there is no online school. I hope you enjoy your day! Tuesday April 27  - Hey everyone, today we are using class time as a work-period to wrap up section 7.2. We are working on calculating the volume of different prisms and applying strategies to solve problems that involve volume.  Please refer to the section 7.2 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review. Today's activity is on Pg 260 (#11-20, 22,24) Wednesday April 28 -  Hey everyone, today we are starting section 7.3, and we are looking at developing the formula for the volume of a cylinder. Moreover, we'll be looking at calculating and applying the volume formula.  Please refer to the section 7.3 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review. Today's activity is on Pg 265 (#1, 3-7) Thursday Ap...

Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday April 19 - Friday April 23 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday April 19  -  Hey everyone, today we are reviewing for the Chapter 5 UNIT TEST on Surface Area. The Ch. 5 Unit Test will be open tomorrow morning at 8am and you will have until Thursday at 8pm to write it.  Please use the remainder of today's class to work on the Chapter 5 Review, Practice test and the extra-practice worksheets.  Tuesday April 20  - Hey everyone, today we are starting a new unit Chapter 7 (VOLUME). We will be looking at defining volume, the units, and how to calculate volume of prisms by using the general formula of: Volume = Area of the base x height.  Please refer to the section 7.1 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review. Today's activity is on Pg 250 (#1, 3-6) ***The Chapter 5 Unit Test is open at 8am today and you have all day to write it. You can access it in D2L. Please see the spec...

  Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday April 12 - Friday April 16 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday April 12  - Hey everyone, today we are writing the Chapter 5 QUIZ. All the best! Tuesday April 13  - Hey everyone, today are wrapping up the notes on section 5.4. We are looking at applying the surface area of a cylinder (in diagram form and net form) and applying the strategies to find the surface area of cylinders through word-problems.  Please refer to the section 5.4 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 186 (#6 -12)  Wednesday April 14 -  Hey everyone, today we are using class time to work on the Chapter 5 Review:  Today's activity is on Pg 188 (#1 - 19), if you are not done in class you can have some time in class tomorrow to work on it.  Thursday April 15 -   Hi everyone, today we are working on the Chapter 5 Practice Test if you are done th...

   Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday April 5 - Friday April 9 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday April 5  - No school today, I hope you all had a great spring break! Tuesday April 6  - Hey everyone, today are starting section 5.2 and looking at naming 3-D objects. Moreover, we will be going over drawing the nets of 3-D objects and making one of our own.  Please refer to the section 5.2 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 173 (#1-12) and is due on Wednesday as you will get some time tomorrow in class to wrap it up.  Wednesday April 7 -  Hey everyone, today we are starting section 5.3, and we are looking at calculating the surface area of rectangular prisms. A reminder that it has 6 sides and you will need to find the area of all 6 sides and take their sum.  Please refer to the section 5.3 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review...