Amanda Spiess

November 26, 2008 2:50 PM

IT"S A ........

BOY!!! I am having a little baby boy. So 4th period you should be very happy knowing that you were all correct! To my 6th period....no matter what you say (and you know who you are) there is just ONE baby still. not 2 not 3 and especially NOT 6, just 1. Sorry 7th period but there will be one boy in the class. Well I hope everyone is doing well and having a great break! I will see all of you on Monday. Have a great Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Spiess and Beanie (Parker Edward Spiess)

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November 19, 2008 12:58 PM

by Amanda Spiess

November 19, 2008: Reviews

math review

algebra review

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November 17, 2008 3:52 PM

by Amanda Spiess

November 17, 2008: auto % of change

Today we went to the computer lab and did a project over percent of change. We looked up 5 new cars and then saw what the trade in value would be. We used the price we bought the car new for the original price. This paper is worth 3 DAILY grades so make sure that if you didn't turn it in today it gets in to me tomorrow. If you have misplaced it then i have a paper with car information on the blog and a tutorial on how to solve a percent of change.

Paper:

Download file "Percent of changeauto.doc"

Tutorial:

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November 14, 2008 2:15 PM

by Amanda Spiess

November 14: percent of change

Today we learned about percent of change which is not a new concept because it was introduced to you in 7th grade. Here is a tutorial on how to find the percent of change.

Tutorial:

Bonus opportunity: If you bring me pencils I will give you .5 point per pencil in bonus points to be used on daily grades. You can have up to 50 points.

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November 13, 2008 7:55 AM

by Amanda Spiess

November 13: In class

Today you have a sub in class. You are to watch the blog an fill in your notes with me. Then you are to do some examples along with me and then some on your notes. Finally you will do a couple to turn in for a grade. You may watch the blog as many times as you need to. I will also post some examples seperately.

Notes:

Algebra:

Today you have a sub. You are to watch the blog and finish your notes along with me. Then you are to do the student practice (using your notes) until the end of class. If you finish the worksheet with time left over, there will be another worksheet waiting with the sub.

Note to all classes: If you are too loud or disruptive then the sub will send for me and I will automatically write you up for 4 days lunch detention with no buy outs!!!!

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November 12, 2008 1:01 PM

by Amanda Spiess

November 12

Today in class we spent some more time on how to show if a relationship is proportional or nonproportional. To refresh your memory on how to do this look back to November 11's blog. Here is the homework paper from today:

Download file "homeworkproportional1.jpg"

Download file "homeworkproportional2.jpg"

Algebra:

Today in class we looked at different ways to find an equation of a line. Tomorrow we will continue the discussion and have an in depth blog tutorial.

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November 11, 2008 4:57 PM

by Amanda Spiess

November 11

Proportional and nonproportional situations:

Today in class we talked about propotional situations. Here are some ways you can see if the a relationship is proportional: 1. the equation only contains multiplication or division

2. the graph is linear (makes a line) and goes through the origin

3. the unit rates of the dependent value over the independent value are all equivalent.

Examples:

Download file "proportionalandnonproportional.zip"

Algebra:

Today in algebra we looked at representations of linear functions. We looked at their verbal descriptions, their equations, and their tables. we did have homework tonight and i will photo the page to the blog for you with an example. Don't forget about the bonus that you can get for giving me 4 creative situations on your homework.

homework:

example of #2 on homework:

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November 6, 2008 5:08 PM

by Amanda Spiess

November 6, 2008

6 week test time again! Its time again. I hate giving 2 tests in one week but I did not realize that this 6 weeks had only 5 weeks in it. UGH! I have attached the reviews to the blog just in case one gets lost or didn't make it home.

Prealgebra/math review

Download file "2nd 6 weeks test review math.doc"

Algebra math review

Download file "2nd 6 weeks test review algebra.doc"

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November 5, 2008 10:46 AM

by Amanda Spiess

November 5, 2008

Today in both math and algebra we took a test. Tomorrow we will review for the 6 weeks test and Friday will be out 6 weeks test. I will post a review and a tutorial online for both math and algebra. Look at the tutorial to see how to solve problems that will appear on the test.

here is an estimated todo calender for the 3rd 6 weeks. Hopefully this is how much we will get done.

8th grade math/prealgebra calender

Download file "estimate3rd6wkcalander.doc"

algebra calender:

Download file "estimate3rd6wkcalanderalgebra.doc"

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November 5, 2008 7:58 AM

by Amanda Spiess

October 30,2008

Math:

Today in class we did an activity over unit rates. .

Algebra:

Today in class we did linear inequalities. Make sure your inequalities are in slope intercept form if not you have to solve for y like we have done in past problems. Just remember that in some cases you have to flip the inequality sign. When you flip the inequality is when you multiply or divide by a negative number.

Download file "graphinginequalities.zip"

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October 28, 2008 1:31 PM

by Amanda Spiess

October 28, 2008

Hello everyone in blog land! yesterday in math we did a group worksheet in class. If you were absent then you need to get the worksheet from the absent folder. Today we started looking at proportions. Proportions are the 2 equivalent fractions. If your fractions are equivalent then they can reduce to the same ratio. For example 1/2 = 2/4 would be a proportion because 2/4 can reduce down or simplify to 1/2. Tomorrow we will be exploring unit rates. there are no downloadable instructions for today.

Algebra:

Today in algebra we discussed Linear Inequalities. Inequality means that they are not equal. So inequalities use symbols such as <,>,

<, and >

here is the instructions for graphin linear inequalities. if you missed today's class your homework was to do the practice problems at the end of the notes. Use the corresponding graphs to graph the given inequalities and then give me two coordinates that would make the inequality still true. (hint: pick two points in the shaded region)

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October 23, 2008 7:36 AM

by Amanda Spiess

October 22: Scientific Notation and Algebra Review

ay in class we learned about scientific notation. Scientific notation is a compact way of writing numbers. Remember if your number is in standard form and you have a number in front of the decimal when you put your number into scientific notation your exponent will be positive. If your number in standard form does not have a number in front of the decimal or there is just a 0 in front of the decimal then your exponent in scientific notation will be negative. Click the link below to see a tutorial. There is no homework. The first part of the video was needs to say going from standard notation to scientific notation.Please be patient because the videos do take a little while to load. If your computer asks you to open or save you may do either one.

Algebra: here is your test review. the scanned version you can print off if you have lost your review and the video is me doing certain problems on the review. Homework is to STUDY for your test tomorrow. Be Patient with the videos they may take a while to load on your computer.

Download file "slopewithcoordinates.avi"

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October 21, 2008 1:04 PM

by Amanda Spiess

October 21: long time no blog

So as you can probably see its been a while since I have last blogged. Due to technical difficulties I have been unable to blog recently and tell you the truth I have been very busy. I will do better about this. Today in class we did an activity over estimating irrational square roots. Below you will find a link to an example lesson on how to find an approximation for irrational square roots. Remember that an irrational number is a number whose decimal form never stops and never repeats a pattern. There was no homework for this today. BONUS QUESTION: what would a good estimate for the square root of 58 be? This will be worth 2 points added onto your lowest daily grade.

Now for algebra: on this video you will see step by step instructions on how to find the x-intercept for the problem we started yesterday. There was no homework for this.

Download file "xintercept10-21.avi"

The bonus applies for both algebra and math

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October 14, 2008 6:42 PM

by Amanda Spiess

October 14, 2008

8th grade math/Pre-Algebra

Today in math we did a worksheet called rational number application evaluation. You can find this worksheet two of the links below. You will need to print out each half of the worksheet. There is also a link of me teaching half of the worksheet. If you were absent,you are to watch the recording of me teaching the first half of the worksheet then finish the second half of the worksheet. If you didn't understand just watch me reteach the worksheet and see if that helps. If you still do not understand, leave me a comment.

Also don't forget about your BONUS opportunity and Friday is a quick test, Wednesday you get your review, Thursday we review in class and Thursday after school I am having a study powwow in my room.

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October 14, 2008 2:37 PM

by Amanda Spiess

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog! How this blog works is if you miss a day of school or need help on your home work, you can come to this blog and click on links to get the notes you missed, a video of me doing the notes (which you can follow along and get the notes), copies of homework for that class, and a video of me working out a couple of homework problems. If you are in my Algebra class you will want to click on the links that say Algebra, otherwise click on the links that say math.

Soon to come to this blog is peer tutorial videos on how to do certain math problems. ex. adding integers or subtracting integers.

Sometimes I will put bonus questions on the blog and to answer them you just leave me a comment.

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