week #1
1. Mon 8/17 first day of school
get Course Expectations signed Tue 8/18
2. Tue 8/18 begin Learning Styles Inventory – keep notes no HW
3. Wed 8/19 work on Learning Styles Inventory,
we will review results on Thursday no HW
4. Thur 8/20 finish and review Learning Styles Inventory no HW
begin math review assessment
5. Fri 8/21 finish begin math review assessment no HW
week #2
6. Mon 8/24 we will get textbooks tomorrow Tue 8/25
take notes: Algebra Vocabulary (keep them in binder) no HW
7. Tue 8/25 check out textbooks, cover them, take them home no HW
8. Wed 8/26 warm-up assignment, turn it in then review
continue Algebra Vocabulary notes
HW do 1-1 Lesson Reading Guide worksheet Thur 8/27
9. Thur 8/27 work in teams to review key words / phrases for
math operations and Algebra;
review 1-1 Lesson Reading Guide worksheet no HW
10. Fri 8/28 continue reviewing 1-1 Lesson Reading Guide worksheet;
do Practice Writing Parts p100 worksheet in class
week #3 **QUIZ @ end of week**
11. Mon 8/31 practice writing algebraic expressions;
do p.101 worksheet Tue 9/1
12. Tue 9/1 review p.101, hold onto it;
practice writing word phrases from algebraic expressions
13. Wed 9/2 warm-up vocabulary review;
do Write Word Phrases For Algebraic Expressions from overhead
due Thur 9/3
14. Thur 9/3 Back To School Night tonight 5:00 – 7:00
review Write Word Phrases For Algebraic Expressions from overhead;
prepare for QUIZ
15. Fri 9/4 **MINIMUM DAY**
take QUIZ
week #4
16. Mon 9/7 **LABOR DAY – NO SCHOOL**
17. Tue 9/8 watched and discussed President Obama’s Back To School speech
18. Wed 9/9 add to notes words that mean equal;
do Setting Up Algebra Word Problems p103 worksheet in class
19. Thur 9/10 reviewed Setting Up Algebra Word Problems p103 worksheet
begin Types of Numbers notes, we’ll finish notes tomorrow
20. Fri 9/11 fix / correct mistakes on QUIZ from 9/4/09 and turn it back in;
remainder of class time do make up work
week #5
21. Mon 9/14 continue Types of Numbers notes
22. Tue 9/15 begin adding integers;
do Adding Integers With SAME Sign p.75 w/s and
Adding Integers With OPPOSITE Signs p.76 w/s Wed 9/16
23. Wed 9/16 review Adding Integers With SAME Sign p.75 w/s and
Adding Integers With OPPOSITE Signs p.76 w/s;
begin rules for subtracting integers no HW
24. Thur 9/17 **Mr. Meis will be out today**
do Integer Subtraction w/s Fri 9/18
25. Fri 9/18 make up day
week #6
26. Mon 9/21 practiced adding / subtracting positive & negative integers using
football statistics from the past weekend;
do Bank Account Check Register Tue 9/22
27. Tue 9/22 reviewed Bank Account Check Register;
practiced multiplying / dividing integers;
do Multiplying Integers Dividing Integers p78 worksheet Wed 9/23
28. Wed 9/23 review Multiplying Integers Dividing Integers p78 worksheet;
work on word problems on back of p78 worksheet (do together);
begin Basic Properties of Algebra notes no HW
29. Thur 9/24 Jeopardy game - review for QUIZ tomorrow study for QUIZ
30. Fri 9/25 **QUIZ Integers**
week #731. Mon 9/28 continue Basic Properties of Algebra notes no HW
32. Tue 9/29 finish Basic Properties of Algebra notes;
read pp26-29 The Distributive Property in text;
do “Worksheet #30” Wed 9/30
33. Wed 9/30 do warm up and turn in; review “Worksheet #30”
practice order of operations in class no HW
34. Thur 10/1 do Order of Operations worksheet (both sides, do even #s) Fri 10/2
35. Fri 10/2 students given “missing assignments” report, class time used
to work on missing assignments
week #8 **CAHSEE English Language Arts Tue 10/6 , Math Wed 10/7**
36. Mon 10/5 review Order of Operations worksheet pp82-83;
review for CAHSEE
37. Tue 10/6 **CAHSEE English Language Arts**38. Wed 10/7 **CAHSEE Math**
39. Thur 10/8 begin Order of Operations Poster Project
40. Fri 10/9 finish and turn in Order of Operations Poster Project
week #9
41. Mon 10/12 Combining Like Terms notes;
do Combining Like Terms worksheet (all problems) Tue 10/13
42. Tue 10/13 despite being given 10 minutes in class yesterday to work only
1 student had the worksheet with them today so today was used
for students to do the work in class and turn it in
43. Wed 10/14 do Worksheet #6 Combine Like Terms Using Distributive Property
(problem #’s 2,4,6,10) Thur 10/15
44. Thur 10/15 practiced more combining like terms using dist. property;
do District Assessment
45. Fri 10/16 make up day
week #10
46. Mon 10/19 review operations w/ positive & negative integers;
fix mistakes on Combining Like Terms worksheet Tue 10/20
47. Tue 10/20 turn in warm-up 10/19/09;
do Evaluating Expressions Worksheet (#1-20) Wed 10/21
48. Wed 10/21 review Evaluating Expressions Worksheet;
do practice test questions (keep your paper, we’ll do more later);
do Kuta Software Evaluating Expressions w/s (even #’s) Thur 10/22
49. Thur 10/22 review Kuta Software Evaluating Expressions w/s;
do a practice test question; QUIZ tomorrow
50. Fri 10/23 **QUIZ** (Algebra Properties, Order of Operations,
Combining Like Terms, Evaluating Expressions)
week #11
51. Mon 10/26 keep warm-up 10/26/09, keep definitions (the different Properties of Equality)
52. Tue 10/27 reviewed QUIZ from 10/23/09; practiced solving one-step equations;
do One-Step Algebra Problems w/ Addition / Subtractions p108 w/s Wed 10/28
53. Wed 10/28 review One-Step Algebra Problems p108 w/s;
do More One-Step Algebra Problems p109 w/s Thur 10/29
54. Thur 10/29 review More One-Step Algebra Problems p109 w/s;
do One-Step Algebra Prob’s w/ Mult./Division p110 w/s in class
55. Fri 10/30 **progress report grades due** - make up day
week #12
56. Mon 11/2 do Multiplying And Dividing With Negative Numbers w/s p112 (1-20)
do Variables With A Coefficient Of Negative One w/s p113 (1-12) Tue 11/3
57. Tue 11/3 do warm-up (write 4 one-step equations) in class
review w/s p112 (1-20), w/s p113 (1-12)
58. Wed 11/4 do Two Step Algebra Problems p119 worksheet (#1-20) Thur 11/5
59. Thur 11/5 do warm up (solving two step equation);
review Two Step Algebra Problems p119 worksheet (#1-20);
do practice CAHSEE questions on back of warm up;
get ready for QUIZ tomorrow (solving one-step & two-step equations)
60. Fri 11/6 **QUIZ** solving one-step & two-step equations
week #13
61. Mon 11/9 review QUIZ from Fri 11/6;
practice solving two-step equations with fractions no HW
62. Tue 11/10 do “More Two Step Algebra Problems With Fractions” p121 w/s in class
63. Wed 11/11 **Veterans Day – NO SCHOOL**
64. Thur 11/12 make up work
65. Fri 11/13 make up work
week #14 Mr. Meis will be out all week
66. Mon 11/16 Culture & Math: The Maya – answer questions no HW
67 Tue 11/17 Culture & Math: The Greeks - answer questions no HW
68. Wed 11/18 Combining Like Terms worksheet no HW
69. Thur 11/19 Stand And Deliver video – answer questions no HW
70. Fri 11/20 Stand And Deliver video – answer questions no HW
Thanksgiving Break 11/23 – 11/30
week #15
71. Mon 11/30 NO SCHOOL
72. Tue 12/1 keep ratio and proportion notes
73. Wed 12/2 p.108 (1,2,4,5) p.109 (9,10,11,15-20) Thur 12/3
74. Thur 12/3 Ratio And Proportion Word Problems p.277 worksheet Fri 12/4
75. Fri 12/4 review p108, p109. Ratio And Proportion Word Problems p.277 worksheet
week #16
76. Mon 12/7 begin Functions notes no HW
77. Tue 12/8 continue Functions notes no HW
78. Wed 12/9 practice vertical line test;
do p.152 (1-3, 5-6, 15-20) p.153 (21,45) Thur 12/10
79. Thur 12/10 we couldn’t review pp.152-153 today because no one had it completed;
begin linear equations notes, keep them in your notebook
80. Fri 12/11 do “Wild Weather” linear equation table of values w/s;
do “Make Table of Values (Solutions) Then Graph” w/s
week #17 **FINALS WEEK**
81. Mon 12/14 review “Wild Weather” & “Make Table of Values (Solutions) Then Graph” w/s;
review topics for FINAL exam
82. Tue 12/15 review for FINAL exam
83. Wed 12/16 periods 1, 3, 5 final exams
84. Thur 12/17 periods 2, 4, 6 final exams
85. Fri 12/18 **WINTER BREAK begins**
2nd semesterweek #18 assignment due
86. Mon 1/4 video notes: Linear Equations Ax + By = C no HW
87. Tue 1/5 practice finding x- and y- intercepts of standard form equations;
do “Operation Algebra” worksheet #1 for HW Wed 1/6
88. Wed 1/6 review “Operation Algebra” worksheet #1;
do worksheet p164 (finding x- and y- intercepts then graph) Thur 1/7