FINAL EXAMS IN JUST ONE WEEK

Week of June 8 - 10:

We have a short little week as the end of the school nears quickly.

Here are some study hints to help prepare for the final exams:

1. Form study group of three or four people. Rewrite tests, pick out difficult problems for each other, and make up new questions. The study group can meet right after school until the late bus comes at 6:00pm. Do this a couple of days a week and your score will go up.

2. Meet outside of class with your teachers to ask specific questions.

3. Redo the most difficult problem from each homework assignment.

The Grade 9 math exam is one week from this Friday. The time to begin studying is NOW!

Welcome New DT Students

Week of May 4-8:

This week marks the beginning of the next rotation of Design Technology in 8th grade. This is the final group that will be learning Alice for the year!

Grade 8 Design Technology:
After a brief introduction to me and the course, the students will be installing Alice and then doing four tutorials on the basics of ALICE.

Grade 9 Math:
This week we finish our unit on Coordinate Geometry. Our final unit of the year is on Statistics and Probability. Be sure to add our next test to your calendar: May 19 - Unit 6 Individual Test.

FOUR DAY WEEK! Happy May Day! Go Workers!

Week of April 27-30:

You've got to love a four day week! Thank goodness for workers day!

GRADE 9:
We will continue to prepare for our Summative Task on Wednesday: A Patterning Assignment. The we continue our unit on Coordinate Geometry. We'll be talking about transformations on Quadratics.

GRADE 12:
Our 12th graders are off studying for their big exams. I'll be around in my office if anyone has any questions.

GRADE 8:
My Design Technology students will be presenting their final ALICE projects. Don't forget that we'll be meeting in the Senior School s208. The students will be bringing in some snack to celebrate our last class meeeting.

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Week of April 20-24:

Hopefully everyone enjoyed Spring Break. We had friends from California visiting us and we travelled to Salzburg and Venice. It was a lovely vacation break.

GRADE 9:
We are continuing our unit on Coordinate Geometry. We will be moving into exploring Quadratic Graphing. On Tuesday we will be offering a retake of the Unit 5 Algebra Solving Test during class. The grade on this test will be considered as an additional Criterion A grade but it will not replace the original score.

GRADE 12:
This is our final week of classes! We will be solving Paper 1 and Paper 2 problems getting ready for our big exam! GO SENIORS!

GRADE 8:
My Design Technology students will be working on their big ALICE story project that they will be presenting on April 30th. Time to get those creative juices flowing!

SPRING BREAK!

Week of April 6 - 8:

Spring Break is just a couple of days away. All of us are looking forward to a well earned break.

GRADE 9:
We are continuing our unit on Coordinate Geometry. Our main focus is graphing using points, lines, and tables. We are now half way through the unit and will begin transforming graphs when we return from Spring Break.

GRADE 12:
We have only four more days of class left! This week will be spent working on Paper 1 and Paper 2 questions. Unfortunately, Spring Break for my seniors will be limited to studying for their IB exams.

Happy Easter to all!

The Grade 12 students have only 5 more classes!

Week of March 30 - April 3:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Math Clinic: Monday, March 30th, 2009 16:00-17:00, RM 120

GRADE 9:
This week we will be continuing our unit on Coordinate Geometry. We have been reviewing graphing a variety of ways especially y = mx + b.

GRADE 12:
We are down to our final five classes! We will be spending class time working on both Paper 1 and Paper 2 questions. Our focus will be to identify the problems that you are confident with and start with those.

GRADE 8 DESIGN TECHNOLOGY:
This week, the students will be making their first presentations in our class. They will each share their "Lost at Sea" projects. We will be moving to room 215 in the Senior school so that we can have a dark room.

Mr. Haley's Podcast is featured in the iTunes Store "New and Notable" section

Week of March 9-13:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Math Clinic: Monday, March 9, 2009 16:00-17:00, RM 120

iTunes:
I now have three different PODCASTS up and running that are available through iTunes. Both my Grade 9 and Grade 12 math classes have podcasts which amplify what we learn in class. This past Friday, one of these podcasts was featured on the iTunes Store in the "New and Notable" section.

GRADE 9:
This week we will be finishing up our Unit about Algebra Solving. We have learned how to solve quadratics three different ways so we now move into applications of quadratics.

GRADE 12:
Our calculus unit is coming to an end as we finish up with the first derivative and move into the meaning of the second derivative. We've got less than 14 days of classes left before the big IB test. Time to tie up all those loose ends.

GRADE 8 DESIGN TECHNOLOGY:
Last week, the students began learning about the 3-D simulation world of ALICE. This week we'll be continuing with the tutorials and then begin programming our first story.