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,...

   Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday February 22 - Friday February 26 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday February 22  - Hey everyone, today we are using class time to review. We are working on the Chapter 10 Review on:  Pg 400 (#1-23), this is not homework as you will have class time tomorrow to work on it Tuesday February 23  - Hey everyone, today we are continuing to review. So you can use class time to work on the Ch. 10 Review on Pg 400 (#1-23) If you are done you may want to work on the Chapter 10 Practice Test which is on: Pg 402 (#1-15) Moreover, I will have a couple extra-practice worksheets for you to work on if you'd like. Wednesday February 24 -  Hey guys, because of some Lifeskills activities taking place in the morning a number of classes will miss math today. If you have Math you can study, and/or work on the Chapter 8 Practice test which is on Pg 402 (#1-15) Thursday February 25 -  Hey everyone, today we a...

  Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday February 15 - Friday February 19 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday February 15  - No school today, as it is Family Day. I hope you all had a great day! Tuesday February 16  - Hey everyone, today we are starting section 10.4 and we're looking at understanding how to solve multi-step equations of the form a(x + b) = c using a model. The model we will be using is Algebra Tiles. They are a good way of visualizing the manipulation on both sides of the equation when they are solved.  Please refer to the section 10.4 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 397 (#2-7) Wednesday February 17 -  Hey guys, today we are wrapping up section 10.4 and we're looking at solving multi-step equations of the form a(x + b) = c. We are going to solve these types of equations by applying the distributive property.  Please refer to the section 10.4 NOTES ...

Below is the Math agenda for the week of Monday February 8 - Friday February 12 for my Grade 8 & 9 classes:  Grade 8 Monday February 8  -  Hey everyone, today we are working in section 10.3 and looking at solving 2-step equations that are of the form x/a + b = c using ALGEBRA.  Remember, when solving a 2-step equation: Isolate the variable, by performing the opposite operation to both sides of the equation. Remembering to:  1st: Perform the adding/subtracting 2nd: Perform the multiplying/dividing Please refer to the section 10.3 NOTES in the gr. 8 notes tab on my Blog for details and for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 392 (#8-11) Tuesday February 9  - Hey everyone, today we are using class time as a work-period to wrap up section 10.3, and using the remainder of the time to prepare and study for tomorrow's quiz. Moreover, there were a few extra-practice worksheets to do for review.  Today's activity is on Pg 392 (#12-16) Please refer to th...