The last Post of 2008!

Today, as I suspected, it was incredibly hard to stay focused. The last day of math class for 2008!  So we played our games of chance... craps and blackjack mainly. :)

Yesterday we worked through the rest of Lesson 4, focusing on Set III.

As a heads up, we'll come back from break, pick up where we left off with Chapter 8 and soon thereafter it will be test time. Also on the horizon is a planned Games of Chance Evening in January to celebrate Chapter 8.  Look for more information in the new year. :)

See you in 2009!

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Dodging the tomatoes

I dodged just a few tomatoes today while we checked over Set I... it was quite a long set!   I told them we should have hit up a smoothie bar afterwards... it took that long!

Yesterday was one of those alone-independent work days... as was last night's homework.  Tomorrow they'll be finished up Sets II & III.  Tonight, however, no homework.

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And it gets hard again...

It's about that time again... for the kiddos to feel the burn.  Today (after doing quite a bit with me over the past few weeks) they were set loose again with Lesson 4, Set I ALL... to complete in class and tonight for homework.  They had about 30 minutes in class to work on it... I'm thinking another 30 minutes?

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Moving into Lesson 4

After a warm up and checking our Midway quiz, we started (and only briefly) our Lesson 4 on Binomial Probability.  No homework, as we didn't even get to the Sets yet!

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Workday, Halfway through Ch 8

Instead of moving forward, we took some time today to reprocess the first half of Chapter 8 (just lessons 1-3).  The kids will want to finish this work for homework if they didn't complete it in class.

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Shortened Day....

Because of the half day, our class got shortened a bit and we were only able to accomplish our warm up and then check our homework.  That means that tomorrow we'll hop into Lesson 4 -- Binomial Probability.

Dividing fractions ex 1

Ex 2

Parked in Lesson 3

After our plug-it-in warm up, we spent much of our time going back over Set I of Lesson 3 that the kids worked on in class and last night for homework.  Hm... which is leaving much of Set II for them to complete tonight for homework.  Moving steadily along...

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Oh where, oh where has Matthew been?

You may (or may not!) have been wondering about my whereabouts considering my lack of posting on the blog. :)

Last week was an incredibly full week--just beside myself busy. You all know how that feels!

And to add to the mayhem, I was away at the North Carolina Educational Technology Conference in Greensboro on Wednesday and Thursday. I cannot express to you what an amazing conference this is... you'll have to check out their website and read some of the session descriptions. This trimester I am actually considered as part of the "admin" staff in the middle school--and my focus is technology. I am blessed with the gift of time in the afternoons to learn about and offer workshops for other middle school staff members on technology. This conference was a way for me to keep my thumb on the pulse of what's happening. The newest buzz in the educational technology world? GoogleDocs. :) You should check it out if you've got some time.

Anyways, last week your children worked in Chapter 8 on Lessons 1 & 2. The latter they actually worked on with Lisa Ray, parent of a CFS students, while I was at the conference. 

Today we moved solidly into Lesson 3, Probabilities of Successive Events.  There might just be some form of quiz/test coming next week before break... but we'll have to wait and see.

You may have noticed that Chapter 8 seems to be taking awhile... and that's normal!  This chapter on probabilities always brings up great things to discuss... and ideas for projects.  As a heads up -- we're planning on scheduling some sort of game/casino night in mid-January so that your children can show off their knowledge of probability and games of chance!  Whoohoo!!  (Thanks, Camille!!!!)

And, can't forget, they have homework tonight: finish Lesson 3, Set I. ;)

Whew! Enjoy and have a lovely evening!

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Set I, Lesson 2