January 2 - January 6, 2017

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.  Have a safe and relaxing Christmas break.

Math Quote:  The essence of  math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. - S. Gudder

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book	No School	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.2	Lesson 4.2
Red book	No School	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.2	Lesson 4.2
Blue book	No School	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.2	Lesson 4.2
Algebra	No School	Lesson 4.3	Lesson 4.3	Lesson 4.4	Lesson 4.4
Geometry	No School	pp. 143-145	pp. 146-148	pp 151-156	Unit 1 review
Financial Peace	No School	Lesson 6.1			Lesson 6.2

December 12 - December 16, 2016

Merry Christmas to all.  Have a great Christmas break.

Math Quote: Black holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.
-Author unknown

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book	Field trip	Lesson 3.2	Lesson 3.2	Project	Early Release
Red book	Field trip	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.1	Project	Early Release
Blue book	Field trip	Lesson 4.1	Project	Project	Early Release
Algebra	Field trip	Lesson 4.3	Project	Project	Early Release
Geometry	Field trip	Lesson 3.3	Project	Project	Early Release
Financial Peace		Test Ch.4			No class

December 5 to December 9, 2016

Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving holiday.  We have a full schedule for the remainder of this year so we need to finish strong.  Mid term is 12/7/16.

Math trivia: What is the correct mathematical name of the division bar in a fraction?

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book	Lesson 3.4	Lesson 3.4	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	No class
Red book	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	Test Ch. 3	Lesson 4.1(no class 5th)	No Class(4th)
Blue book	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	Test Ch 3	No Class
Algebra	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.1	Lesson 4.2	Lesson 4.2	No class
Geometry	Mod 3.1	Mod 3.1	Mod 3.2	Mod 3.2	No class
Financial Peace		Lesson 4.4			No class

November 28 - December 2, 2016

Hope everyone had a an enjoyable and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday.

The middle school is sponsoring a food drive from November 21 - December 14.  Bring all food items to your homeroom.

Math Trivia for the week: The first time a digit repeats six times in succession in pi is at the 762nd position where you can find six nines in a row.  This is known as the Feynman Point.

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book	Lesson 3.2	Lesson 3.2	Review	Lesson 3.3	Lesson 3.3
Red book	Lesson 3.5	Lesson 3.5	Lesson 3.5	Review Ch 3	Review ch. 3
Blue book	Lesson 3.3	Lesson 3.3	Lesson 3.4	Lesson 3.4	Review 3.3,3.4
Algebra	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	Review Ch. 3	Test Ch. 3
Geometry	Review Mod 2	Review Mod 2	Test Mod 2	Mod 3, pp 113-117	Mod 3, pp 118-122
Financial Peace		Lesson 4.2			No class

November 21 - 25

HappyThanksgiving everyone.  We have a lot to be thankful for and I am so thankful that our country has established this day to give thanks to our God.

1 Chronicles 16:34.  Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good and His love endures forever.

Math Trivia:  The polar diameter of the earth is quite close to (within 0.1%) half a billion inches.

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book	Lesson 3.1	Thanksgiving worksheets
Red book	Lesson 3.4	Thanksgiving worksheets
Blue book	Lesson 3.3	Thanksgiving worksheets
Algebra	Graphing project	Graphing project
Geometry	Graphing project	Graphing project
Financial Peace		Lesson 4.1

November 14 - 18

Great conference week.  I enjoyed meeting each of you that attended a conference.  We are now in second quarter and the holiday season is quickly approaching.  I am looking forward to all the celebrations and festivities that will be happening.

Math Trivia - 18 is the only number that is twice the sum of its digits.

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book	Review ch 2	Review ch 2	test ch 2	Lesson 3.1	Lesson 3.1
Red book	Lesson 3.2	Review	Lesson 3.3	Lesson 3.3	Lesson 3.4
Blue book	Lesson 3.1	Lesson 3.1	Lesson 3.2	Lesson 3.2	Review
Algebra	Lesson 3.2	Lesson 3.2,3.3	Lesson 34	Lesson 3.5	Lesson 3.5
Geometry	Lesson 2.3	Lesson 2.3	Lesson 2.4	Lesson 2.4	Review
Financial Peace		Lesson 3.3			Lesson 4.1

November 7 - 11

Conference Week

Math Trivia:  The equals sign was invented in 1557 by Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde.  The word 'equal' is from the Latin word aequalis as meaning uniform, identical, or equal.

Day/Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Green book		Review Ch. 2		Review Ch. 2	No School
Red book		Lesson 3.2		Lesson 3.2
Blue book	Lesson 3.1		Lesson 3.1
Algebra	Lesson 3.1		Lesson 3.1
Geometry
Financial Peace				Lesson 3.4