Middle School Mathematics, Stafford, Oct 20 - 24

 

Hello from math land! Here is a look at what will be happening in my class room this week.

 

This week in Integrated Algebra study probability and the situational relationship of probability and fractions. We seek to understand finding the probability of independent events using fractions and multiplication.

 

As we continue our work in chapter 3 this week we focus on families of equations and their graphs. The students will begin recognize equations and predict their graphs. We continue to deepen our understanding of multiplication using exponents both positive and negative.

 

This week in geometry we will use our acquired skills from prior chapters to perform geometric investigations and make conjectures about line and angle properties. The students will explore many of these line properties using coordinate geometry. Additionally I will assess the students on their algebra skills relating to this chapter such as properties of midpoints, slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines, and intersection of lines.

 

This week in Algebra II we continue our study of matrices. Our work focuses on operations with matrices such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and finding determinants and inverses of matrices.