Math 9 Online Classrooms
Google Meet: Use Torrey's Google Meet Link in the event that we need to meet remotely! Google Classroom: You will use Google Classroom to submit digital work. (Reference below agendas for daily in-person classwork and homework.) Access all of your Classrooms HERE. Click one of the following links to sign up for SEMESTER 2: DUET 1 DUET 2 And check out this video regarding submitting assignments via Google Classroom! Khan Academy: Access Khan Academy HERE. (And see: instructions on how to access Khan assignments! Enter the following code to join your pod's Khan Academy class, for occasional content practice (although you are likely already added): DUET 1: MCMHZ8DX DUET 2: Q4YUWD39 Individual Support:
Please email me or check in with me in person to set up a time to meet with me during lunch or after school. I highly encourage you to find a time to check in with me one-on-one if you have needs or questions that are challenging to address within the context of class time! Also, feel free to email me with specific questions; I will get back to you during school days within 24 hours. See "About Me" for contact information. |
Weekly Class Agendas:
Unit 1: Patterns
Week 1, 8/26-8/27, Introduction to Math 9 and Unit 1: Patterns
Week 2, 8/30-9/3, Syllabus, Tech (Intro, Policy, and Philosophy), In & Out Tables, Functions
Week 3, 9/6-9/10 (Labor Day 9/6), In&Out Tables (abstract and real world), Functions, Habits of a Mathematician, Group Work, POWs
Week 4, 9/13-9/17, (Bio Field Trip to FLC 9/17), POW #1: The Broken Eggs, Peer Feedback, Presentations
Week 5, 9/20-9/24, Grading Policies, Simplifying (PEMDAS, Negatives), Finding Errors, Patterns Mini-assessment & Reflection
Week 6, 9/27-10/1 (PD Day 9/27), Negative Exploration, Generalizing Patterns with Variable Expressions
Week 7, 10/4-10/8, Summarizing the Unit: POW #2, Unit 1 Test, Unit Portfolio
Week 8, 10/11-10/15, Unit 1 (Patterns) Portfolio
Unit 2: The Cost of Travel
Week 1, 10/18-10/22 (Fall Break 10/22), Patterns Portfolio Revision & Submission, Intro to Unit 2
Week 2, 10/25-10/29 (PD Day 10/25, Ropes Course 10/17), The Financial Costs of Travel, Calculator Exploration
Week 3, 11/1-11/5 (Vision/Hearing Screening 11/2), $ Costs of Travel, Writing/Interpreting Variable Exp/Eq, Dimensional Analysis
Week 4, 11/8-11/12, The Financial Costs of Travel: Applying Dimensional Analysis, Graphing with Desmos, Rate of Change
Week 5, 11/15-11/19, The Financial AND Environmental Costs of Travel, Unit 2 Quiz
Thanksgiving Break (11/22-26)
Week 6, 11/29-12/3 (PD Day 11/29), Unit 2 Skills Practice (Tues/Thurs), Unit 2 Test (Fri)
Week 7, 12/6-12/10 (POL Prep Week, 9th Grade Exhibition - Wed), Exhibition Prep and Reflection, POL Prep
POLs (12/13-17), POL Schedule
Holiday Break (12/18-1/4)
Unit 3: Solve It!
Week 1, 1/3-1/7 (PD Day 1/3), Introduction to Unit 3: Solve It!, Writing Equations, POW #3
Week 2, 1/10-1/14, Solving Equations Algebraically (Pan-Balance metaphor), Distributive Property with monomials and bionomials
Week 3, 1/17-1/21 (MLK Holiday 1/17), Distributive Property, Factoring, FOIL, like terms (and applying to solving equations!)
Week 4, 1/24-1/28, Solving Equations Tools and Tricks: Equivalent Equations, Multistep Equations, Finding Errors
Week 5, 1/31-2/4, Mid-Unit Quiz, Setting Up and Solving Proportions
Week 6, 2/7-2/11, (No School 2/11) Catch up Day, Solving Literal Equations, Solving Equations with Graphs
Week 7, 2/14-2/18 (PD Day 2/18), Solving Equations with Graphs, Unit 3 Test Review
Week 8, 2/21-2/25 (Presidents Day Holiday 2/21), Unit 3 Test (Tues), Unit 3 Final Project
Week 9, 2/28-3/4, Unit 3 Final Project - DUE NEXT MONDAY!
Unit 4: The Pit and the Pendulum
Week 1, 3/7-3/11, Unit 3 Final Project, Unit 4 Overview, Story, and Initial Thoughts
Week 2, 3/14-3/18 (SLCs 3/16), Initial Experiments, Data Analysis Review
Spring Break, 3/21-3/25
Week 3, 3/28-4/1, (PD Day 3/28), Misleading Graphs, The Normal Curve
Week 4, 4/4-4/8, Calculating and Applying Standard Deviation, Gathering Standard Pendulum Data
Week 5, 4/11-4/15, (PD Day 4/15), Pendulum Variations: Conclusions!, Linear Equations Review, Graphing
Week 6, 4/18-4/22, Function Families and Transformations Exploration and Practice
Week 7, 4/25-4/29, (9th Grade Camping Trip Prep 4/29) POW #4, Finding Lines and Curves of Best Fit
9th Grade Camping Trip, 5/2-5/5 (PD Day 5/6)
Week 8, 5/9-5/13, Collecting Final Pendulum Data, Answering the Unit Question, Test Review
Week 9, 5/16-5/20 (All School Exhibition 5/19) Unit 4 Conclusions & Assessment, Exhibition Prep, Exhibition, ASE/Math 9 Reflection
TPOL Prep Week, 5/23-5/27 (Advisory Olympics, Graduation 5/27)
TPOLs, 5/30-6/2 (Memorial Day Holiday - Mon, 5/30, Last Day of School - Thurs, 6/2!)
Unit 1: Patterns
Week 1, 8/26-8/27, Introduction to Math 9 and Unit 1: Patterns
Week 2, 8/30-9/3, Syllabus, Tech (Intro, Policy, and Philosophy), In & Out Tables, Functions
Week 3, 9/6-9/10 (Labor Day 9/6), In&Out Tables (abstract and real world), Functions, Habits of a Mathematician, Group Work, POWs
Week 4, 9/13-9/17, (Bio Field Trip to FLC 9/17), POW #1: The Broken Eggs, Peer Feedback, Presentations
Week 5, 9/20-9/24, Grading Policies, Simplifying (PEMDAS, Negatives), Finding Errors, Patterns Mini-assessment & Reflection
Week 6, 9/27-10/1 (PD Day 9/27), Negative Exploration, Generalizing Patterns with Variable Expressions
Week 7, 10/4-10/8, Summarizing the Unit: POW #2, Unit 1 Test, Unit Portfolio
Week 8, 10/11-10/15, Unit 1 (Patterns) Portfolio
Unit 2: The Cost of Travel
Week 1, 10/18-10/22 (Fall Break 10/22), Patterns Portfolio Revision & Submission, Intro to Unit 2
Week 2, 10/25-10/29 (PD Day 10/25, Ropes Course 10/17), The Financial Costs of Travel, Calculator Exploration
Week 3, 11/1-11/5 (Vision/Hearing Screening 11/2), $ Costs of Travel, Writing/Interpreting Variable Exp/Eq, Dimensional Analysis
Week 4, 11/8-11/12, The Financial Costs of Travel: Applying Dimensional Analysis, Graphing with Desmos, Rate of Change
Week 5, 11/15-11/19, The Financial AND Environmental Costs of Travel, Unit 2 Quiz
Thanksgiving Break (11/22-26)
Week 6, 11/29-12/3 (PD Day 11/29), Unit 2 Skills Practice (Tues/Thurs), Unit 2 Test (Fri)
Week 7, 12/6-12/10 (POL Prep Week, 9th Grade Exhibition - Wed), Exhibition Prep and Reflection, POL Prep
POLs (12/13-17), POL Schedule
Holiday Break (12/18-1/4)
Unit 3: Solve It!
Week 1, 1/3-1/7 (PD Day 1/3), Introduction to Unit 3: Solve It!, Writing Equations, POW #3
Week 2, 1/10-1/14, Solving Equations Algebraically (Pan-Balance metaphor), Distributive Property with monomials and bionomials
Week 3, 1/17-1/21 (MLK Holiday 1/17), Distributive Property, Factoring, FOIL, like terms (and applying to solving equations!)
Week 4, 1/24-1/28, Solving Equations Tools and Tricks: Equivalent Equations, Multistep Equations, Finding Errors
Week 5, 1/31-2/4, Mid-Unit Quiz, Setting Up and Solving Proportions
Week 6, 2/7-2/11, (No School 2/11) Catch up Day, Solving Literal Equations, Solving Equations with Graphs
Week 7, 2/14-2/18 (PD Day 2/18), Solving Equations with Graphs, Unit 3 Test Review
Week 8, 2/21-2/25 (Presidents Day Holiday 2/21), Unit 3 Test (Tues), Unit 3 Final Project
Week 9, 2/28-3/4, Unit 3 Final Project - DUE NEXT MONDAY!
Unit 4: The Pit and the Pendulum
Week 1, 3/7-3/11, Unit 3 Final Project, Unit 4 Overview, Story, and Initial Thoughts
Week 2, 3/14-3/18 (SLCs 3/16), Initial Experiments, Data Analysis Review
Spring Break, 3/21-3/25
Week 3, 3/28-4/1, (PD Day 3/28), Misleading Graphs, The Normal Curve
Week 4, 4/4-4/8, Calculating and Applying Standard Deviation, Gathering Standard Pendulum Data
Week 5, 4/11-4/15, (PD Day 4/15), Pendulum Variations: Conclusions!, Linear Equations Review, Graphing
Week 6, 4/18-4/22, Function Families and Transformations Exploration and Practice
Week 7, 4/25-4/29, (9th Grade Camping Trip Prep 4/29) POW #4, Finding Lines and Curves of Best Fit
9th Grade Camping Trip, 5/2-5/5 (PD Day 5/6)
Week 8, 5/9-5/13, Collecting Final Pendulum Data, Answering the Unit Question, Test Review
Week 9, 5/16-5/20 (All School Exhibition 5/19) Unit 4 Conclusions & Assessment, Exhibition Prep, Exhibition, ASE/Math 9 Reflection
TPOL Prep Week, 5/23-5/27 (Advisory Olympics, Graduation 5/27)
TPOLs, 5/30-6/2 (Memorial Day Holiday - Mon, 5/30, Last Day of School - Thurs, 6/2!)