Mr. Salem's MATH Blog

Below is the Math AGENDA for the week of Monday March 28 - Friday April 1 for my Grade 8 & 9 Math classes: Grade 8 Monday March 28  -  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.  Tuesday March 29 -  Hi everyone, today we are working on the Chapter 5 Practice Test if you are done the Ch. 5 Review.  The activity is on Pg 190 (#1 - 11)  Wednesday March 30 -  Hey everyone, today we are reviewing for the Chapter 5 UNIT TEST on Surface Area. All the best!! Thursday March 31 -  Hey everyone, today we are starting  Chapter 3 Pythagorean Theorem.  We will be looking at exploring the idea of perfect squares vs non-perfect squares.  Today's activity is on Pg 80 (#1-5). Friday April 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 Met

Below is the Math AGENDA for the week of Monday March 14 - Friday March 18 for my Grade 8 & 9 Math classes: Grade 8 Monday March 14  -  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.  Today's activity is on Pg 179 (#1-6) Tuesday March 15 -  Hi everyone, today we are looking at calculating the surface area of a triangular prism. A reminder that there are 5 sides and you will need to find the are of (2 triangles and 3 rectangles 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.  The activity is on Pg 180 (#7-16) Wednesday March 16 -  Hi everyone, we are starting section 5.4, and we are looking at understanding and proving the surface are

Below is the Math AGENDA for the week of Monday March 7 - Friday March 11 for my Grade 8 & 9 Math classes: Grade 8 Monday March 7  - Hey everyone, today we are writing the Chapter 2 UNIT TEST! All the best!! Tuesday March 8 -  Hi everyone, today we are working on section 5.1 and we're looking at sketching 3-D objects along with looking at viewing objects from the: top, bottom and side views when the orientation has been changed.  Please refer to the section 5.1 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  The activity is on Pg 168 (#1-4) Wednesday March 9 -  Hi everyone, we are wrapping up section 5.1 and we're looking at sketching 3-D objects on isometric dot paper. We will also be looking at visualizing 3-D objects that have been rotated clock-wise and counter clock-wise.  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 169 (#5-11) Thursday March 10 -  Hey everyone,