Middle School Algebra

2017-2018 School Year

9/5 - Welcome to Highview!
9/6 - Learning Names and Warming our brains up with some tree problems
9/7 - Expectations, Syllabus, and Chromebooks.   Solve-Me-Mobiles
9/8 - Collatz Conjecture, Solve-me-mobiles, Syllabus, and start semester 1 pretest

9/11 - Semester 1 Pretest
9/12 - Order of Operations
9/13 - Combining like terms
9/14 - Properties
9/15 - Review Expressions + Space-X quiz corrections: learn from our mistakes

9/18 - Start Solving Equations Solving one step equations with addition
                 Solving one step equations with division  Solving one step equations with multiplication
9/19 - Solving Equations Day 2  Solving multi step equations video
9/20 - Solving Multi-Step Equations
9/21 - Solving Multi-Step Equations (Square)
9/22 Solving with the Distributive Property Video

9/25 Solving with variables on both sides  Video: Solving with variables on both sides
9/26 Solving literal equations   Literal Equations Video
9/27 Solving word problems  Word Problems Video   Word Problems Video
9/28 Checking our answers + Review
9/29 Concept Check

10/2 Review
10/3 Unit 1 Test
10/4 Solving Proportions & Tile Pile    Solving Proportions Video
10/5 Equations with no or infinite solutions
10/6 Absolute Value Equations           Solving Absolute Value Equations

10/9 Calorie Cruncher Inequalities
10/10 Calorie Cruncher Inequalities
10/11 Personal Trainer
10/12 Concept Check for Solving Inequalities
10/13 No School

10/16 Solving Inequalities Review and Kahoot
10/17 Solving Inequalities Review
10/18 Solving Inequalities Test

10/23 Slope Introduction
10/24 Graphing Lines using a table    Video: Graphing Lines with a table
10/25 Graphing Lines using slope and y-intercept
10/26 Graphing Lines using slope and y-intercept
10/27 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

10/30 Lego Correlation Activity
10/31 Lego Correlation Activity
11/1 Lego Correlation Activity
11/2 Parallel and Perpendicular lines

11/6 Parallelograms and Rectangles
11/7 Parallelograms and Rectangles
11/8 Review
11/9 Unit Test
11/10 Square Dance Tango Desmos

11/13 Our Number System Venn Diagram & Number Line Activity
11/14 Square roots estimation practice
11/15 Cube Roots
11/16 Roots Review
11/17 Factorization Coloring and Prime Numbers

11/20 Thanksgiving Break
11/21 Thanksgiving Break
11/22 Thanksgiving Break
11/23 Thanksgiving Break
11/24 Thanksgiving Break

11/27 Roots Review
11/28 Irrational vs. Irrational
11/29 Simplifying Square Roots
11/30 Roots Test
12/1  Pythagorean Theorem Intro

12/4 Pythagorean Theorem Intro & Proofs
12/5 Pythagorean Theorem Practice
12/6 Pythagorean Triples Coloring
12/7 "Distance Formula" Boo!
12/8 Wheel of Theodorus

12/11 Wheel of Theodorus
12/12 Pythagorean Theorem Whodunnit
12/13 Pythagorean Theorem Review
12/14 Pythagorean Theorem Test

12/18 Exponents
12/19 Exponents
12/20 Exponents

1/8  Scientific Notation
1/9  Scientific Notation    Veritasium Video
1/10 Fixing Scientific Notation'
1/11 Exponents Review
1/12 Exponents Test

1/16 Probability Goldfish catch and release
1/17 Review for Final Exam
1/18 Review for Final Exam    Star Wars Quiz Data Collection
1/19 Exploration Day

1/22 Final Exam
1/23 Snow Day
1/24 Final Exam



1/29 Locker Cleanout / Slope Intercept Form Zombies
1/30 Cell Phone Plans Activity
1/31 Slope-Intercept Form
2/1 IXL Slope-Intercept
2/2 Point-Slope Form intro      Helpful Video: Point-Slope Form Graphing


2/5 Point-Slope Zombies
2/6 Point-Slope IXL
2/7 Waterpark Day
2/8 Standard Form Intro     Helpful Video:  Standard Form Word Problems


2/12  Standard Form Graphing
2/13  Converting between forms
2/14  Converting between forms
2/15   Forms Review
2/16   Marbleslides Lines


2/20   Word Problems
2/21   Lines Review
2/22   Lines Review
2/23   Lines Test

2/26   Functions Carnival
2/27   Function or not
2/28   Domain and Range
3/1     Function Notation
3/2     Function Notation


3/6     Function Practice
3/7     Function Practice

SPRING BREAK

3/19  Functions Review
3/20  Functions Concept Checks 1 and 2
3/21  Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
3/22  Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Formulas
3/23  Pi Day

3/26  Arithmetic and Geometric Concept Checks
3/27 Functions and Sequences Review
3/28 Functions and Sequences Test
3/29 Intro to Systems of Linear Equations

4/2  Solving Systems by graphing
4/3 Solving Systems by graphing
4/4  Solving Systems by graphing
4/5  Solving Systems by substitution    Video:  Substitution
4/6  Solving Systems by elimination    Video:  Elimination Intro     Video:  Elimination advanced

4/9  Choose your method:  Graphing, Elimination, or Substitution
4/10  Word Problems with Elimination
4/11  Review
4/12  KELLEY FARM FIELD TRIP
4/13  Systems Test

4/16  SNOW DAY
4/17  MCA Review
4/18  MCA
4/19  MCA
4/20  MCA

4/24  Challenge Day
4/23  Classifying, Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
4/24  Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
4/25  Multiplying Polynomials
4/26  Multiplying Polynomials

4/30  Factoring Trinomials






























































Archive (2016-2017)

9/14 & 9/15 Lesson in Class
9/16 Lesson in Class
9/21 Lesson in Class

9/27 Lesson in Class
9/28 Lesson in Class
9/29 Lesson in Class
Review Day Activity

10/3 Lesson in Class
10/4 Concept Check Link
10/5 Review Day
10/6 Unit 1 Test
10/7 Finish Unit 1 Test

10/10 Lesson in Class
10/11 Lesson in Class
10/12 IXL day
10/13 Review in Class

10/17 Guess my Age Inequalities
10/18 Unit 2 Inequalities Review
10/19 Unit 2 Test

10/24 Battleship coordinates practice
10/25 Graphing Practice
10/26 Slope Desmos Activity
10/27 Lesson in Class

10/31 Slope Practice IXL
11/1 Slope Quiz
11/2 Parallel Lines Investigation
11/3 Perpendicular Lines Investigation

11/7 Identifying Polygons with Slope
11/8 Identifying Polygons with Slope
11/9 Review for Test
11/10 Review for Test
11/11 Slope Test

11/14 Squares and Roots
11/14 Approximating Square Roots (to the nearest tenth)
11/16 Approximating Square Roots Continued
11/17 Practice Quiz
11/18 Quiz

11/28 Classifying Numbers
11/29 Classifying Numbers
11/30 Ordering and Classifying Numbers
12/1   Concept Check - Classifying Numbers
12/2   Algebra Review

12/5 Review For Unit 4 Test
12/6 Unit 4 Test
12/7 Finding the areas of squares
12/8 Pythagorean Theorem Introduction

12/12 Pythagorean Theorem Introduction
12/13 Pythagorean Theorem Application

1/9 Exponents
1/10 Exponents
1/11 Negative and Zero Exponents
1/12 Scientific notation
1/13 Scientific notation

1/17 Exponents Review
1/18 Exponents Test
1/19 Science Museum Field Trip
1/20 Exploration Day

1/23 Finals Review
1/24 Semester Final Test
1/25 Semester Final Test

1/30 Thinking Day
1/31 OLPA
2/1  OLPA
2/3 OLPA
2/4 Linear Equations Introduction

2/6 Semester Pretest
2/7 Graphing with a table
2/8 Graphing with slope and y-intercept
2/9 Graphing with slope and y-intercept
2/10 Marbleslides

2/13 Concept Check
2/14 Relearning and Desmos Maze
2/15 Graphing with Point-Slope Form
2/16 Converting Point-Slope Form
2/17 Point -Slope Form Review

2/21 Linear Word Problems
2/22 Parallel / Perpendicular Equations
2/23 Concept Check
2/24 Standard Form

2/27 Standard Form
2/28 Review Day
3/1 Review Day
3/2 Linear Test
3/3 Linear Test Wrap-up

3/6 Is it a function?
3/7 Function Notation
3/8 Function notation
3/9 Series Introduction
3/10 Writing Geometric & Arithmetic Rules

3/13 Review Day
3/14 Review Day
3/15 Series and Functions Test