Nov 16th

IMP 100
We have been working on linear equations and distribution. Tonight expect an assignment related to distribution and tomorrow's will be solving equations.

IMP 200
They've been taking notes one normal distribution and bell curves. Tonight's assignment is to create the bell curve for our bedtimes, finding sigma is sometimes difficult.

Geometry
We are well into chapter 3 and should have a work day in the lab on Tuesday and maybe a quiz on Thursday. The current topic is constructions and we had assignments in chapters 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5

Statistics
We are working with variance currently. There will be an assignment tonight related to the topic.
Last week I gave a lot of book work and practice.

Advising
This week is conferences and we will be testing in advising period for a while.

NOV 5th

IMP 100
There will be quiz on Monday on graphing linear equations. HW tonight was practice, there were 5 questions all on linear equations.

IMP 200
HW 2, 4, 6 have now been assigned

Geometry
We took our chapter 2 test on Tuesday and will begin 3.1 and 3.2 today. I have a worksheet 3.1+3.2 for their assignment tonight. If they prefer I can give them a book assignment instead.

Statistics
Thursday there was 5 graphs due, related to the rolling of dice and x bar. Last night I gave a book assignment and a worksheet for homework and we did a reading on why we divide by n-1 when working with x-bar. The worksheet was titled: standard deviation and CVars.

Advising
On Monday and Tuesday we watched "Dark Days" a documentary about the homeless in MYC who live under the subway. Most students are still working on their small group projects.

Nov 2nd

IMP 100 We are starting graphing. Tonight's HW will be practice with graphing. The last assignment was HW 15.

IMP 200 Is beginning a unit on probability. Today we did an in class project concerning mixed nuts. Some groups have yet to present. Our homework tomorrow will be HW 2.

Geometry: We just finished Chapter 2 and will have a test this week. There were 2 worksheets for chapters 2.1 + 2,2 and 2.3 + 2.4 we did 2.5 1-9 odd and 2.6 1-11 odd in the book.

Statistics: We finished out tests and did an in class assignment on Variation. Last class we begin studying normal distribution with dice data. We will finish working with this data today.

Advising: We went gleaning last Friday and it was absolutely great. All of the food we gathered was donated to Salvation Army. We had about 12 full boxes of fresh produce. This week we will be watching dark days on Monday and Tuesday. Thursday will be our free work day instead. Friday there will be no school. Friday is also the last day before midterm progress reports.

Week 6 10/26

IMP 100
We've been covering distribution and took a quiz last Thursday. Many students did not finish this quiz and will finish today. I have assigned up to HW 15 at this point.

IMP 200
We are preparing for a quiz on the quadratic formula and the vertex form. There have been two assignments on the vertex form and a review handed out today to some students who were done.

Advising
We are going gleaning this Friday and have been working on our hunger/homeless information. Some students are working on posters others on papers. And still others are planning a hunger banquet with our buddies class for around thanksgiving.

Geometry
We finished chapter 1 and had a test. There was a worksheet handed out last class on inductive and deductive reasoning. Tomorrow's HW will be in chapter 2.3, finding the nth term, which will be very much like algebra, some kids will struggle because of that.

Statistics
We had a test on chapter 2 last week about half the class choose the take home option. Today we will be in chapter 3 focusing on variance and standard deviation.

Week 5 10/12

IMP 100
We last did a quick intro to graphing and have been focused on solving and setting up equations. They've had HW 9 and 11 last assigned. Today we will be doing HW 12. On Wednesday there will be a HW makeup day.

IMP 200
Today we have a quiz on Factoring, Distribution and Graphing. Thursday there was a review assignment and before that there was a worksheet called quadratic graphing.

Geometry
We are midway through chapter 1 and it's a long chapter. At the end of each unit I assign a few or a lot of questions. Here are the most resent: p 42 1-25 p51 1-31 odd p 56 1-4, 12-26 even

Statistics
We'll finish chapter 2 today hopefully, it's focus was on various types of graphs. The last 2 assignments were p69 39 and 44, and "getting to know the class." I'm debating whether or not to have a quiz on graphing, currently I think having a few good examples in their portfolio would do. So then maybe expect an e-pearl assignment to get those guys up there.

Advising
We were suppose to get our e-pearl accounts up last week but I was sick and that slipped by the wayside. This week I hope to begin one on one conferences with students. They've filled out a reflection on their progress and state of being that we'll use to start us off.

Wednesday Testing

Hello. Here's some important information for this Wednesday.

Trillium will be administering the PSAT to all 11th grade students on Wednesday the 14th in the morning. It is important that on the 14th everyone taking the test is prepared to do so. They should have eaten breakfast, come prepared with a calculator or arranged to borrow one, have sharpened number 2 pencils and have arrived to school on time at 8:30am. Students arriving late will not be tested. All eleventh graders are expected to take the exam, unless they have a written note from their parents excusing them. Any 9, 10, 12th grade students who would like to take the exam should arrange with Jess and come with the $13 fee on the test day.

On the morning of the 14th teachers will be supporting a quiet testing environment. To better ensure this we have arranged LATE ARRIVAL for anyone not taking the exam. Students NOT taking the exam should come to school on time for Block A3 at 12:15. (School lunch is available at the regular time and students are welcome to come to the Multipurpose Room to eat between 11:30-12:10.) Because all High School Advisors will either be proctoring the exam or teaching a class there is no space or supervision in the morning for non-testing students.

Thank you for supporting a successful day for both testing and non-testing students. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

If you have an question regarding the exam please go to this website: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html

Week 4

IMP 200
I just handed out a list of missing assignments to students. Many had 50% or more missing at this point. Tomorrow we will be studying for a quiz on factoring and distribution and student will have time to make up missing work. I handed out a worksheet today called Quadratic Graphing.

IMP 100
They've also been given a list of missing assignments today, please ask to see that list.
Today we practice online with some algebra games to get at missing skills. Many students are still struggling with the order of operations and substitution. Very few students showed mastery on the last quiz. So we'll be stopped here for a while. The next topic's graphing so maybe it will be gotten a bit more then.

Geometry
They also have a list of missing assignments. I would recommend that they use more in class time to finish these assignments otherwise I will feel compelled to keep moving ahead. Today I assigned p 42, 1-25 and page 51, 1-31 odd.

Statistics
I haven't seen these guys this week because I was out with a cold on Monday. The sub did an activity called "getting to know the class" which I will collect.

Chemistry
Please go to jessrocks@wikispaces.com

Advising Report

We had an amazing retreat last week thank you all for making it happen. Tomorrow is national walk and bike day so please consider doing so if possible.

This weekend starting on Friday is Trillium in Bloom. It is a great time to get connected to this amazing community, learn new skills or simply be entertained by our amazing kids. Please see Trillium's website for more information.

This Friday is also an in-service day so, I'll be working but the kids have the day off. We will be in session for Columbus Day.

In advising we have been focusing on the theme of hunger. This up-coming Friday the 16th will be our first visit to the North Portland Rescue Mission. Our class had expressed an interest in gleaning and I've maybe found an interested farmer on Sauvie's. It will mean a lot of busing and walking unless we can get parent volunteers to drive. So be looking for that on a future Friday.

Week 3 9/29

IMP 100
Quiz today on substitution and evaluation, requiz on the order of operations
Group work on Catching Up and presentations

IMP 200
Box and whisker plots
Beginning work on factoring and distribution

Stats
chapter 2.1 do 2 question topic: frequency charts, histograms, frequency polygons

Geometry
1.1 1-31 odd
1.2 assigned today

Statistics Online

If you would like to see the book we are using in class in statistics please follow this link.

http://www.mhhe.com/math/stat/bluman4e/index.mhtml

Week 2 9/22

IMP 100
We have collected 4 assignments so far in class and have taken a quiz on the order of operations. There will be re-takes of that quiz happening in a week. We are now working on solving linear equations, substitution and evaluation.

HW Update:
Intro to the Order of operations (past due)
Pre-assessment (past due)
HW 2 (past due)
Hw 6 (past due)
HW 7 assigned today
HW 8 assigned 9/23

IMP 200

We covered graphing linear equations, some students did quadratic or equations involving roots. We took a quiz covering graphing and identifying the slope and y-intercept of a linear written in y=mx+b form. We are now working on writing equations given two points, but it's slow going. We've been reviewing how to solve algebraic equations.

HW Update:
Pre-Assessment (past due)
Find the slope and y-intercept (past due)
2 graphs (past due)
Algebra Review (do today)
Writing equations assigned 9/22


Geometry
Page 4-6 # 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 (past due)
Geoboard activity regarding the count of right triangles (past due)
Pythagorean Thm using geogebra (done today)
page 12 do one problem

Statistics

Pre-assessment past due
Ti-activity in class
Human histogram due 9/23
Test on Vocabulary 9/23

Week One Plans

Welcome Back!

Here are my plans for the first week of classes:

In advising we will be starting our unit on hunger and doing a few get to know you activities. Our first class meeting will be on Wednesday and our first all school meeting will be on Friday.

In IMP 100 we will be starting each day will a review of old concepts like the dreaded fraction. We will then learn/review the order of operations. Expect some homework from these days. There will be a pre-assessment that will be handed out the first day of class which will help inform my instruction. It should be done independently.

In IMP 200 we will start with a graphing review and move into a more generic Algebra review. There will be a pre-assessment that will be handed out the first day of class which will help inform my instruction. It should be done independently.

In Geometry we'll be starting with a geo-board activity and Chapter 1.

In Statistics there will also be a pre-assessment, followed by a TI activity and CH 1. Which will focus on terms and definitions. It's a short chapter that will be followed up by a quiz.

In Chemistry there will be an in class pre-assessment and a written HW assessment focusing on fears and issues related to the class. We will then move on to the "the atom and the scientific method."

Close Out Week

This is the last week for my morning classes. There are 3 more afternoon classes.
In most every class there is a portfolio due, it is worth 25% of the final grade so most energy is being focused there. Students are redoing quizzes and tests for better scores and doing their final assessments. In IMP 100 and 200 there is a final assessment that will only help the students overall grade. In Pre-Calc there is a final that will be averaged in as a normal test. Geometry and Combinatorics have no finals although Geometry will have a math savager hunt.

May 28th

IMP 100
HW 25
Finish POW

IMP 200
HW 1, 2, 3
Finish POW

Geometry 200
6.1
6.2

Combinatorics
2 board questions

Pre Calculus
Review for logs
logs quiz

May 20th

Sorry I haven't posted regularly but camp out and testing have taken up a lot of time.

IMP 100
POW divisors
HW 12
Late HW question

IMP 200
POW Alice
Exponent Packet all
Quiz Exponents/requiz quadratics
Purple Book 1-18 and one word problem

Geometry
5.7 do one problem
Chapter 5 test

Combiatorics
Group projects
Movie crit
Review for test 2
Test 2
Network
Spell Checker
Divisor counting

Pre-Calculus
pg 404 every 4th question
quiz on logs

April 30th

IMP 100
Board problem finding the slope and graphing a line given two points.
HW 13

IMP 200
Exponential Packet to page 6

Geometry
Project on the 3 Mid-segments conjecture

Combinatorics
Intro to graph theory
Spell checker
Network reliability

Pre-Calculus
Review project

Advising
Debates today!
Camp out quickly approaching
Projects night tonight
Senior project night tomorrow

April 21st

Mid-Semester progress reports are coming home to you all. The grade your student received was 50% HW and 50% tests/quizzes. Their actual grade will most like be improved when I factor in participation and their portfolio.

IMP 100
Group Presentation of word problems
HW 11 Line Up

IMP 200
Introduction to Exponential Equations
Exponential Packet: pages 1-4 at this point

Geometry
We derailed onto a proof concerning mid-segments
5.4 was assigned yesterday

Combinatorics
Test 2 review was assigned last week
Test 2 happened this week

Pre-Calculus
The game was a bit confusing but worthwhile
This week pages 7-10 hopefully

Advising:
We are preparing for our speeches
Senior are working on their projects
Campout committee is meeting more productively
Our yearbook page has yet to be designed

April 13th

IMP 100
HW 10 and Lake assignment
HW 9 is passed due

IMP 200
Finishing up a quiz on Monday
We are starting a new unit on exponents Tuesday

Geometry
5.2 assigned last week
5.3 and 5.4 for this week

Combinatorics
Counting Divisors
Group Theory WS from last week

Pre-Calculus
Last week page 1-3 on logs
This week 4-6 and maybe a game

Advising
Conferences beginning next week
12th grade projects due soon!
Speech work samples

April 7th

IMP 100
We are doing a small packet beginning with the WS "Catching UP"
On Wednesday we are taking a quiz on solving equations and doing re-quizzes

IMP 200
We have begun a review of all things quadratic, a WS is involved
A final quiz on quadratics will occur on Wednesday or Thursday

Geometry 200
We began Chapter 5 today on Polygons

Combinatorics 300
We finished "the Committee" and "SSN WS" from Numb3rs
HW was to finish "ADVISOR"

Pre-Calculus 350
We are beginning logs and finish work samples

Advising
We are preparing for speech work samples

March 17th

IMP 100
We started our work samples yesterday.
Last week students were given one of two sets of assignments depending on what I thought they should be working on based on past quiz scores.
One group got HW 6, 7 and 8 from the IMP curriculum
the second group got "getting use to f(X)" and "exploring graphs and factors"

IMP 200
We started work samples last week and should finish this week
When done students have been working online at hotmath/games brushing up on writing linear equations.

Geometry
We had a test yesterday on chapter 4
Last week 4.8 and 4.7 were assigned and 4.6 was collected.

Combinatorics
We took a test last week and begun work samples
Yesterday I assigned a worksheet on committees.

PreCalculus
We also had a quiz last week on solving absolute value inequalities, and the quadratic formula.

Fibers
We knit and listen to This American Life

Advising
Some of us were in the computer lab doing state testing, other of us worked on homework and camp out planning.

March 9th

IMP 100
5 questions
WS on Solving Linear Equations
Quiz on Factoring and Distribution

IMP 200
Explore Graphs and Factors
WS solving Quadratics
Notes on the Quadratic Formula

Geometry 200
4.5 1-19 odd
4.6 1-12

Combinatorics
Quiz
Page 7-8

Pre-Calculus
Quiz on solving quadratics and absolute values
Were are still up to 1.3.16 in Prof e McSquared
pg 19 1-9 and 43-53 odd in the purple book

HW as of March 2nd

IMP 100
Graph of y=-3(x-4)^2 +6
Quiz on the order of operations


IMP 200
Quiz on Factoring and Distribution
Falling TV (parametric equations)
Vertex form
Explore graphs and Factors
perfect squares
Factor me
getting use to f(x)


Geometry
p 212 3,5, 7 and 10
4.4 1-19

Combinatorics
Fundamental Counting Principle
How many orders p3+4
Problem 3 page 6
9 probability questions done in class

Pre- Calculus
In Professor E Mc Squared we are up to 1.3.16
In the Purple book we've done page 10 1-8 and page 185 5-10

Advising
We are going to begin computer based state testing again this week.

S2 week 2

IMP 100
Perfect squares WS
Factor and Distribute WS
Prime Factorization

IMP 200
Part 1 factorization
Prime Factorization

Geometry 200
4.1 2-16
4.2 1-9
4.3 1-18

Combinatorics 300
"line UP"
How many ways are there to rewrite MISSISSIPPI?
Group work (Coin or Population)

PreCalculus 350
Chapter 1.1-1.3 set theory in Professor E Mc Squaured's Calculus Primer
Chapter 1.1 1-9 in PreCalculus

Fibers
Be prepared for our field trip tomorrow to a yarn store and coffee shop. Bring your spending money for supplies and/or a drink.

Advising
We've been doing the writing test all week. A few students will be finishing up next week, during advising or after school.

S2 Week 1

IMP 100
Pre- Assessment
Factoring and Distribution WS

IMP 200
Pre- Assessment
Factoring and Distribution WS
Perfect Squares WS

Geometry 200
Linear Equations warm-up

Combinatorics 300
Pre- Assessment

Pre-Calculus 350
Pre- Assessment
Number Review

Fibers
Field Trip to Central Library for patterns and ideas

Advising
Buddies on Thursday

Plans for posting HW and final week

I plan on posting HW weekly for Semester 2.

Right now it's the last week of S1:

IMP 100: Portfolio due, floor plans due

IMP 200: Final project or test this week
Packet of HW 12-17 due
Portfolio due

Geometry 200: Portfolio due

Algebra 300: Portfolio due

Pre-Calculus 350: Portfolio due