Hello Everyone! This week, our eighth graders will be diving, head first, into systems of linear equations with a study of how to solve linear systems by graphing and by substitution.  This week, students will be responsible for two assignments; the sections 5.1-5.2 quiz which we will take at the end of the week and the weekly homework. This week, this will consist of 32 problems. The first 9 are either from past weeks or Monday of this week, while the remaining 23 will be taught between Tuesday and Thursday.

Hello All! This week, our students will be closing the chapter on linear equations and opening the chapter on systems of linear equations. This week, the chapter 4 test on Wednesday, the weekly homework (26 problems; comprised mostly of material from before break, with material from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week scattered throughout), and a new project which I will initiate on Friday to solidify students' understanding of this topic.

Hello Everyone! This week, we will be continuing our study of linear equations, expanding into both slope intercept form and standard form of  linear equations, culminating on Friday with slope Jeopardy. This week, students will be responsible for only two assignment; weekly homework and their jeopardy performance. Homework consists of 27 problems. Roughly the first half of which will be taught on Monday and Tuesday while the other half will be taught on Wednesday and Thursday. Throughout the homework, retrospective problems are scattered in order to re-expose students to older subject matter and call back to adjacent topics. As always, feel free to reach out with any questions.

Hello Everyone! This week we will be studying the slope of linear equations and the graphing of proportional relationships. This week students will be responsible for two assignments; the sections 4.1-4.3 quiz and the weekly homework. This week, the homework will be a bit shorter in alignment with the shorter week, consist of 25 problems. The first 20 problems will be taught on Monday and Tuesday, while the last 5 will be taught on Wednesday.

Hello Everyone! We will open this week by finishing our study of angles and triangles on Monday, then we will prepare for the chapter 3 test on Tuesday, before taking it on Wednesday. Then, in the latter half of the week, we will begin our study of linear equations and graphing for chapter 4. First with sloped lines, then vertical and horizontal lines. This week, students will have two assignments to complete; the aforementioned chapter three test, and finally the weekly homework. This week, the homework will have 30 problems. The first 10 are retrospective practice from the last two weeks. The following 20 problems will be taught between Thursday and Thursday, the majority of which will be on Tuesday and Wednesday with problems from Thursday dispersed intermittently.

Hello Everyone! This week we will round out our study of Angles & Triangles by studying the angles of Polygons on Monday and Tuesday and we will move on to the use of similar triangles in determining the areas and angle measures of polygons. Before, at the end of the week, we begin preparing for our chapter three test. This week, students will be responsible for two assignments; The sections 3.3-3.4 quiz and the Q2 Wk2 homework (Due: 11/3/2025). Within the homework, there are thirty problems. The first seventeen of which are pertinent to material taught on Monday and Tuesday. While the remaining thirteen will be covered on Wednesday and Thursday.

Hello Everyone! In all honesty, I'm having trouble accepting that we are already at the end of quarter 1 (how the time has flown.)! During this week, 8th graders will have a field trip on Wednesday to the Colorado history museum and color-games activities on Thursday. However, during class this week, we will first review our performance on the chapter 2 test and then we will open chapter 3 which extends from the material of chapter 2 into angle measurements and intersecting lines. There will be no homework to worry about this week!

Hello All! This week, we will conclude our study of chapter 2: Transformations. We will spend the first two days of the week preparing for our test, on Wednesday will take the test, and afterwards we will introduce chapter 3. Students will be responsible for two assignments this week; the Chapter 2 test and the week 8 homework (24 problems or 8 per-night if completed in equal measurements on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights.). Please be on the look out for conference sign ups, the link will be in your email this week!

Hello All! This week, we will be continuing our study of transformations. We will start the week by identifying the types of transformations that fall into the category of "rigid motion". Then, we will start to study dilations, which scale up and down the size of figures. We will have a quiz on the beginning sections of chapter 2 on Tuesday, this week's notes will be due on Friday, and the homework for this week will consist of thirty problems (broken out to between five and six problems per night if completed in equal segments). As we come to the end of the first quarter, we are working to bolster our students' academic fortitude and stamina to adequately prepare them for their high school experience.

Hi Everyone! This week, our students will continue their study of transformations in the coordinate plane with a particular focus on reflections. As this is a shorter week, homework will be slightly reduced to account for the time off. Particularly, the homework will consist of 23 problems on the aforementioned subject matter which breaks out to less than 6 problems per week night. Students have a brief quiz on Thursday of this week.  

This week, our eight graders will be finishing out the first chapter in our curriculum. This chapter has covered equations of various types and gave our students exposure to solving for unknown variables both purely in terms of numbers and in terms of other variables. Once we've finished chapter one, we will end the week with a brief introduction to chapter two. Covering rudimentary geometry within the coordinate plane. Specifically how to translate or "shift" figures in the coordinate plane. This week, students will be responsible for a total of three assignments; The end of chapter 1 quiz, this week's homework, and this week's performance task. 

During this third week of the year, our eighth grade students will be focusing their attention and energy on sections 1.3 and 1.4 of our curriculum. These sections will still be covering simple equations, but we will be adding on variables to both sides of our equations. This progressive dial up of complexity helps students build familiarity with the tools available to them and provides a platform for them to reflect on skills from previous years as we build into more complex material. Homework for this week will be due next Monday, it will have twenty-five problems. Additionally, we will have a short quiz on the aforementioned sections on Thursday.

Last week, we started by reviewing class, school, and pod policies. In addition, we took our beginning of year pre-course assessment. This test does not count towards your student's final grades. Rather, it's a reference point for me to use in fostering their growth throughout the course of the year. This coming week, we will start our year of learning by creating a solid base to build upon throughout the year. This will begin with one-step(linear) equations and using simple operations to solve them. These concepts will ultimately be a strong precursor to the topics that will we grow into throughout the year. The homework has 25 problems which reflect on previous years of study and will be reviewed throughout this week.