STUDY, STUDY,STUDY

Next week is the last week for Unit 1. Make sure you study your Vocabulary Words. This week we will review all of the standards.

Glossary

Here is the website for the online dictionary:

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

TO ALL CLASSES

801,802, 803--
Make sure you do the Take home Quiz for Unit 1

804--
Continue to study the standards packet.

All Classes

801-- You have a quiz on tuesday and make sure you have DN/CW/HW#8 completed and ready to check.

802 &803-- You have the SUM FUN #1 and the standard packets due next week.
For the sum fun #1 you have to have 2 down = 79, 28 across = 61, 27 across = 100.
With these numbers you can figure out the sum fun#1.

804 -- You have a quiz on Tuesday, Please study the material on HW#8 fraction review.

Try this sudoku

Week of Oct. 6, 2008

To all 8th Grade classes:

Grades are do next week on the 17th of October.

We have a Quiz this week!!!

Binders are due this week for a quiz grade.
-- Please bring your binders daily
-- Make sure you have purchased dividers and organized your binders.

Every class received their Impact Text books except 801. You will receive yours on Tuesday. Please make sure you take the textbooks home and leave them there for a reference.

Challenging Problems

1.)Imagine you have one cup of tea and one cup of coffee. Place a spoonful of the tea into the coffee and then place a spoonful of the tea/coffee mixture back into the tea. Does the cup of coffee now contain more tea or the cup of tea more coffee?

Explain your answer by posting a comment.

Class 801

Homework#4 is due during the next class period.
Please make sure you understand Question #3 on the classwork because you could have a quiz.
Remember that Wednesday you are going to the testing site.

Mr. Roumph

Stem 803, 804,802,801

HW- On the course expectations sheet -- Please give an example for each.

Homework over the weekend

801-

This class has no homework.
You guys did well on the quiz. Great Job!!

802, 803, and 804-

This class has to study for the quiz on Monday.
Finish Homework#3 and the review worksheet for the quiz.

Good luck and see you on Monday.

Welcome 8th Graders

Welcome to Thurgood Marshall Academy 2008/2009 school semester........

The mission of the TMA Institute is to provide the highest quality educational and social opportunities for students through programs designed to meet their abilities and needs.

Welcome! Every student who enters our classroom has the right to learn just as every teacher has the right to teach in an environment that is safe, suitable to learning, and free from any distractions. In order to maintain these rights, everyone should be aware of the responsibilities and expectations designed to help you continue to be hard working and dedicated students. By getting to know each student, I will help you discover your full potential by providing a rigorous curriculum of the Math Standards.

Course Description:
8^th grade mathematics is a year-long course that prepares students to enter the study of Algebra I (a high school credited course). The focus of the course is building the foundation necessary for success in the study of algebra. Students will become familiar with the following: the properties of mathematics; the language of algebra; solving one step and two step equations; adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers and integers; solving inequalities; graphing equations and inequalities; proportion; percent; statistics and graphs; probability; applying algebra to geometry; measurement; introduction to trigonometry; and the study of polynomials.

Class Guidelines:

No one has the right to interfere with someone else's learning.

Mr. Roumph