Due Oct. 2
p. 120, questions 1 - 10 on sales tax.
Remember: 5% GST, 7% PST
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
For Parents
Dear Parents,
This is the course outline the students received at the beginning of the year. If you have any questions about the outline, please contact me.
Thank you.
Judy Doctoroff
jdoctoroff@grayacademy.ca
Grade 8 Math Outline
Teacher: Judy Doctoroff
Text: Mathpower 8
1. Square Root
1.11
2. Percent
Ch. 4
3. Ratio, rate and proportion
Ch. 3
4. Operations with fractions
Ch. 2
5. Operations with integers
Ch. 2
6. Problem Solving
Ch. 2
7. Graph and analyze two-variable linear relations
Ch. 5
8. Solve linear equations
Ch. 5
9. Pythagorean Theorem
Ch. 7.1, 7.2
10. Surface area: rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, cylinders
Ch. 8
11. Volume: prisms, cylinders
Ch. 8
12. 3 D objects
9.7, 9.8
13. Probability
Ch. 10
14. Critique data
Ch. 10
Main Topics:
Number: 6 units: Term 1 and 2
Algebra: 2 units: Term 2
Mid term exam will cover all topics in terms 1 and 2. It is worth 15% of the final grade.
Geometry: 4 units: Term 3 and 4
Statistics and probability: 2 units: Term 4
Final exam is cumulative. It is worth 15% of the final grade.
Course work:
Textbook assignments and Journal :These assignments are not graded. They are used to give the teacher an idea of how well the student is grasping the material in class.
Handout assignments: graded
Quizzes, tests: graded
Marks are cumulative for each term.
Late assignments: 10% reduction per day up to 50%. Any assignment not handed in after 5 days will be zero.
Handout assignments represent 75% of the term mark; tests and quizzes represent 25% of the term mark.
Assessment is used for various purposes.
Assessment for learning: where assessment helps teachers gain insight into what students understand in order to plan and guide instruction, and provide helpful feedback to students.
Assessment as learning: where students develop an awareness of how they learn and use that awareness to adjust and advance their learning, taking an increased responsibility for their learning.
Assessment of learning: where assessment informs students, teachers and parents, as well as the broader educational community, of achievement at a certain point in time in order to celebrate success, plan interventions and support continued progress
This is the course outline the students received at the beginning of the year. If you have any questions about the outline, please contact me.
Thank you.
Judy Doctoroff
jdoctoroff@grayacademy.ca
Grade 8 Math Outline
Teacher: Judy Doctoroff
Text: Mathpower 8
1. Square Root
1.11
2. Percent
Ch. 4
3. Ratio, rate and proportion
Ch. 3
4. Operations with fractions
Ch. 2
5. Operations with integers
Ch. 2
6. Problem Solving
Ch. 2
7. Graph and analyze two-variable linear relations
Ch. 5
8. Solve linear equations
Ch. 5
9. Pythagorean Theorem
Ch. 7.1, 7.2
10. Surface area: rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, cylinders
Ch. 8
11. Volume: prisms, cylinders
Ch. 8
12. 3 D objects
9.7, 9.8
13. Probability
Ch. 10
14. Critique data
Ch. 10
Main Topics:
Number: 6 units: Term 1 and 2
Algebra: 2 units: Term 2
Mid term exam will cover all topics in terms 1 and 2. It is worth 15% of the final grade.
Geometry: 4 units: Term 3 and 4
Statistics and probability: 2 units: Term 4
Final exam is cumulative. It is worth 15% of the final grade.
Course work:
Textbook assignments and Journal :These assignments are not graded. They are used to give the teacher an idea of how well the student is grasping the material in class.
Handout assignments: graded
Quizzes, tests: graded
Marks are cumulative for each term.
Late assignments: 10% reduction per day up to 50%. Any assignment not handed in after 5 days will be zero.
Handout assignments represent 75% of the term mark; tests and quizzes represent 25% of the term mark.
Assessment is used for various purposes.
Assessment for learning: where assessment helps teachers gain insight into what students understand in order to plan and guide instruction, and provide helpful feedback to students.
Assessment as learning: where students develop an awareness of how they learn and use that awareness to adjust and advance their learning, taking an increased responsibility for their learning.
Assessment of learning: where assessment informs students, teachers and parents, as well as the broader educational community, of achievement at a certain point in time in order to celebrate success, plan interventions and support continued progress
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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