Using First in Math Website.

Dear Parents,

My classes have been given the opportunity to try a new software called "First in Math". Every student received a user name and password for the program in class today. This program is a web based program so it can be used at home. I have added the link to this web page in the links section. Please encourage your student to use this software at home or at the library to help them with their math skills. I believe the students who take advantage of this software will increase their test scores in math. I appreciate your support with this website

Sincerely,

Mr. Crawford

Welcome Back Problems of the Week!! 11.9.09-11.13.09

Mr. Crawford has figured out how to put shapes on the blog (in the form of pictures) so now we are back in business. This week there will be five problems. The first two problems will be about angles, and the last three problems will be about area ans perimeter.

For 1 and 2, label the types of angles below and explain what makes them that type of angle.

For question 3 find the perimeter of the shape below. For question 4 find the area of the same given shape.

5. The base and height of a parallelogram in a floor tile pattern are 4.5 inches and 3 inches. What is the area of the piece of tile?

Sorry... no problems of the week this week.

Sorry students... there will be no problems of the week this week because Mr. Crawford could not figure out how to get graphs on this blog. What we will have this week is fun!!

Here are a few students creating their own coordinate grid pictures. They have to create their own picture and then write down the points in order so another student could draw the picture just by using the points.

10.26.09-10.30.09 Weekly Problems

This week, your weekly problems will consist of 2 multi-step equations problems and 3 inequality problems.

Solve the following problems:

1. 2y + 3 = 27

2. (x/4) - 2 = 30

3. 4x - 2 = -26

4. 5r - (-3) <>

5. -3x > 30

Good Luck!!

Mr. Crawford's Champions!

3.0 GPA or better for the first 9 weeks:

Gabrielle Brown
Melia Brown
Earl Butler
Autumn Campbell
Tam Dao
Esmeray De La Paz
Jalil Dent
Otis Dunmars
Raya Edwards
Keion Ferguson
Imani Francois
Damera Gallow
Tyren Gatlin
Donete George
Brittany Henry
Alyssa Hirstius
Ty'Sean Holland
Precious Jackson
Eunice Jepchumba
Jillian Johnson
Demesha Kelly
Kienna Kelly
Huy Le
Ryan Marcum
Diamond Morris
Linet Moya
Kimberly Ngo
Veronica Nguyen
Marquis PAtterson
T-ia Porter
Pariss Randolph
Marquis Richardson
Phuong San
Manuel Scott
Kierstin Smith
Amber Sterling
Sasha Sylve
Matthew Thornton
Besse Turner
George Wade
Maya Wren
Carlos Young

This week in the 201!

This week we focused on the Distributive Property and solving Integer problems. It was a fun week where we were able to show our mastery of the two subjects through whiteboard competitions.

10.19.09-10.23.09 Problems of the Week

Here are your problems of the week for this week. There will be two distributive property problems, 2 One-step equation problems, and 1 integer problem. Remember to post your answers as a comment.

1. Use the distributive property to solve the following problem: 5(3x + 7)

2. When you apply the distributive property to (5 - x)5 = 3(2 + x) what new equation do you get?

3. Solve the following equation using your do/undo chart: x - 23 = -4

4. Jeffrey is cooking muffins. the recipe calls for 9 cups of sugar. He has already put in 8 cups. Write an equation to solve the following problem, then solve it.

5. Solve: -12 * 6

Good luck!!

10.13.09-10.16.09 Questions of the Week

There will be five questions this week. The first two questions will deal with writing and evaluating expressions. The next two questions will be about square roots, and the final question will be an exponential pattern.

1. Southeast Middle School is selling coupon books to raise money. The food book costs $5.00, and the clothes book costs $7.75. Our class sold 16 food books and 34 clothes books. Write an expression to determine the amount of money our class collected.

2. Mr. Crawford has to have his car repaired after a wreak. The cost for parts is $350. The cost for labor will be $30 an hour. Write an expression to determine how much Mr. Crawford will have to pay to have his car repaired.

3. Mr. Smith wants to replace a damaged piece of crown molding that runs around his square ceiling. If the area of the ceiling is 121 square cm, what length of crown molding needs to be purchased?

4. Kelly is planting a square garden in her back yard. The area of her garden is 49 square feet. What is the length of one side of her garden?

5. You receive an e-mail telling you to forward it to exactly 5 people. If each of those people send it to 5 other people. If the pattern continues as described, how many people will receive the e-mail in round 6?

Don't forget to post your answers appropriately!

Unit 2 Edusoft Test Results

I am very proud of all of my math classes. All of you did very well on the Unit 2 Edusoft. Here are the official results.

1st Period:
Class Average- 71%
Percent Proficient- 80%

3rd Period:
Class Average- 86%
Percent Proficient- 100%

4th Period:
Class Average- 70%
Percent Proficient- 96%

Note: Proficient means the students who scored Basic or Higher on the Edusoft test.

10.5.09-10.9.09 Problems of the Week

Here are your first 5 problems of the week. Considering you have your first Edusoft test this Wednesday, these 5 problems will all be review.

Submit a comment with your answers. Remember, comment as "anonymous" and then sign your comment with your first name and your last initial and your block. Several of these problems are just like the problems that will be on your quiz this week.

1. To test a new car, a Hank drove 460 miles and used 12.5 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon did he get in this test drive, to the nearest tenth?

2. John can run 1 mile in about 6 minutes. Stan can run 1 mile in about 8 minutes. If both ladies run for 55 minutes, about how much farther will John run?

3. Solve: 9.00 - 2 * (0.32 + 5 * 0.15)

4. Kelly works at a toy store. The owner of the store bought 321 dolls for $3.78 each. Ashley estimated that the total cost for the dolls would be $1000. How does her estimate compare with the actual cost?

5. Mr. Crawford’s guests were assigned to rooms on the 5th floor. the first guest was assigned to room 520. the room numbers follow this pattern:

530, 537, 544, 551, 558,...

What will be the room number of the eleventh guest?

Good luck with these questions!!

9.30.09 Centers

The madness that is centers!!

Look at this Agenda. Isn't this a NOVEL agenda? The different colors make it pretty. The phrases make the students ask questions. I give it a 4!!

This student really knows her exponents.

This girl is working so fast her pencil is a blur!

We know our order of operations problems!

Computers make the learning more interactive.

Activinspire makes rolling dice so much more fun.

Special note: Student names will be included once the media release forms have been returned.