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Mrs. Snipes

Honors Math 7-8

Welcome! I am thrilled to be teaching your child this year. I truly believe that every child has greater potential than even they realize. I want to challenge students to think and process thoroughly. I thrive on relationships and root for the underdog, and everyone is an underdog in some way! I want to help students achieve in ways they did not even know they could. I will observe and assess your student and strive to give individual feedback daily. I believe that students should begin to advocate for themselves and realize that their individual voice is important. I encourage students to email me or speak with me to communicate their academic needs/concerns. Confidence building is key is preparing students for a successful high school experience! Check here for a weekly overview of my lessons.

 

Week: Topics:
May 20-23, 2019
  • 8th grade review activities
    • volume
    • pythagorean theorem
    • graphing
May 13-17, 2019
  • Algebra Placement Test (Monday)
  • 8th Grade Year-End Assessment (show what you know)
  • Vocabulary Crosswords (to review the terms of the 8th grade math curriculum)
  • Systems (a return to investigate systems more in depth)
May 6-10, 2019
  • Relative Frequency in Two-Way Tables
  • Practice Test (Wednesday)
  • Test (Thursday)
April 29-May 3, 2019
  • Scatter Plots
April 22-26, 2019
  • Return to Unit 6 of 8th grade math
    • Scatter Plots
    • Two-Way Frequency Tables
April 15-19, 2019
  • GMAS Review
  • Practice with using Logic
April 8-12, 2019
  • GMAS Review
April 1-5, 2019
  • GMAS Review
March 25-29, 2019
  • SPRING BREAK!

March 18-22, 2019
  • GMAS Review

March 11-15, 2019
  • Solving Systems of Equations
    • All Methods
    • Word Problems
  • Test Friday

March 4-8, 2019
  • Solving Systems by Elimination
  • Solving Systems (all methods)
  • STAR test in computer lab on Friday to predict GMAS score and determine weakness

February 25 - March 1, 2019
  • Solving Systems of Equations
    • Graphing
    • Substitution (2 types)

February 18-22, 2019
  • Monday - holiday
  • Review test
  • Begin Systems of Equations
    • Solve Systems of Equations by Graphing
    • Solve Systems of Equations using Substitution

February 11-15, 2019
  • Linear Functions
  • Comparing 2 forms of linear functions
  • Practice Test thursday (check at home)
  • Linear Functions Test Friday

February 4-8, 2019
  • Linear Functions (graphs, equations, tables)

January 28 - February 1, 2019
  • Proportional relationships
  • Non-Proportional relationships
  • Slope
  • Graphing Linear Equations

January 21-25
  • Functions (tables, graphs, equations)
  • Quiz Thursday
  • Functions challenge problems

January 14-18, 2019
  • Volume (Cylinders, Cones, Spheres)
  • Unit 3 Test
  • Intro Functions
January 7-11, 2019
  • Distance between points using the Pythagorean Theorem
  • Quarterly Benchmark Assessment 2 (1/11) 
December 17-21, 2018
  • Pythagorean Theorem and its converse
December 10-14,2018
  • Unit 2 Test Tuesday (Exponents Unit)
  • Begin Unit 3 (Geometric Applications of Exponents)
  • Pythagorean Theorem
December 3-7, 2018
  • Solving multi-step equations that contain distributive property, rational numbers, and decimals
  • Solving equations with no solution, one solution, or infinitely many solutions
November 26-30, 2018
  • Operating with Scientific Notation
  • Quiz Friday
November 13-16, 2018
  • Scientific Notation
November 5-9, 2018
  • Properties of Exponents
  • Evaluating Expressions Using Properties of Exponents
  • Quiz Friday
October 29-November 2, 2018
  • Rational/Irrational Numbers
  • Squares/Cubes
  • Ordering Real Numbers
  • Quiz over above Wednesday
  • Properties of Exponents
  • Integer Exponents
  • Go Math! (Students & parents can reference the email sent to locate the textbook resources online)
October 22-26, 2018
  • Begin Unit 2, 8th grade
  • Rational & Irrational Numbers
  • Square Roots
  • Estimating Square Roots
  • Cube Roots
October 15-19, 2018
  • Review of Transformations
    • Translations
    • Reflections
    • Rotations
    • Dilations
  • Test Thursday over Transformations
  • QBA 1 Friday (Quarterly Benchmark Assessment)
October 9-12, 2018
  • Similarity of Figures
  • Proportions
October 1-5, 2018
  • Sequence of Transformations
  • Quiz on Wednesday over Congruent Transformations (Translations, Reflections, Rotations) 
  • Dilations
  • Scale Factor
September 24-28, 2018
  • Rotations
  • Algebraic Representations of Transformations (Translations, Reflections, Rotations)
September 17-21, 2018
  • Transformations Intro
  • Translations
  • Reflections
  • Quiz Wednesday (translations, reflections)
  • I have a district meeting Thursday, so a substitute will be in attendance for me.
  • Review Translations & Reflections
September 10-14, 2018
  • Unit 6 Practice Test Tuesday
  • Unit 6 Test Wednesday
  • Begin Unit 1 (8th grade) 
  • Substitute will be here for me on Friday. Students will complete a probability review packet during class.
September 4-7, 2018
  • Unit 5 Practice Test Tuesday
  • Unit 5 Test Wednesday
  • Begin Unit 6 with Independent and Compound Probability
August 27-31, 2018
  • populations and samples
  • random sampling
  • mean, median, mode, and range
  • outliers
  • making inferences using data about populations
  • quiz on Friday
August 20-24, 2018
  • area of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes
  • circumference of circles
  • surface area of 3 dimensional shapes
  • Volume of 3 dimensional shapes
  • Test on Thursday over Unit 1 (practice test given on Wednesday with answer key emailed home)
  • Populations and Samples (Friday to begin next unit)
August 13-17, 2018
  • investigate triangles through their sides and angles and classify those triangles
  • identify cross sections of 3D figures as a 2D shape. 
  • area and circumference of circles
August 8-10, 2018
  • introduction to the course (2nd half of the 7th grade curriculum and all of the 8th grade curriculum)
  • investigate the characteristics of a triangle, focusing on angle measures

 

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