Accelerated Math 7
From the “What kid of puzzles do your 7th graders do in class?” department…

1) There are 13 stepping stones across a stream. One of the stones is loose and anyone who steps on it will be swimming. As you stand and watch three young boys cross the stream safely. The first boy steps on the first stone, skips the second, steps on the third, and so on. The second boy steps on the first two stones, skips two, steps two, and so on. The third boy steps on the first four, skips four, and so on. Which stone is the loose one?

2) A log is cut into 4 pieces in 9 seconds. At that same rate, how long would it take to cut the log into 15 pieces?


Accelerated Math 8
From the “What kid of puzzles do your 8th graders do in class?” department…

1) If it takes Big Ben thirty seconds to chime six o’clock, how long does it take to chime twelve o’clock?

2) A woman is going to town to sell her eggs. On the way, she passes a man named Sam who buys half of her eggs plus half an egg.
The woman continues on and passes a second person named Alice who buys half of her remaining eggs plus half an egg.
Just outside of town, the woman meets her friend Harry who buys half of her eggs plus half an egg.
Just as she is entering town she meets Betty who buys half of her eggs plus half an egg.
In town, the woman again sells half of her eggs plus half an egg. This time to a person named Tom.
Also in town, she meets the minister of her church and gives the minister half of her eggs plus half an egg.
Finally the woman arrives at the market. She has exactly 1 egg.
She never broke an egg on her journey!
How many eggs did the woman start with?

Accelerated Math 7
The last two weeks of school are all about review. We have revisited every topic we discussed and I plan to finish the year with a few practical labs so they can apply what they have learned. I look forward to seeing them all again in Accelerated Math 8.

Accelerated Math 8
The last four weeks of school have been all about review. We are working our way through previous Integrated Algebra regents exams and ending each week with a quiz on the week’s work. The quiz grades have gotten increasingly better along with their confidence. The regents exam will be on June 19th. Please remember to arrange for transportation from the high school to home on that day.

Thank you all for your support this year.

Accelerated Math 7

This week started with my accelerated math 7 students working on the first part of an integrated math regents. Instead of doing all 30 part one problems, I selected problems that were based on topics we have covered in math seven. Tomorrow I plan to collect their answers and do an item analysis in order to find out which questions were incorrectly answered and how often. Experience has shown that this is an excellent way of demonstrating what my students have learned and what topics need to be reviewed. Wednesday I plan to pass back their squeeze lab quizzes. This lab is a terrific opening for any number of topics we need to cover this year. We will be able to discuss direct correlation, slope, y-intercepts, and move into the general equation of a straight line.


Accelerated Math 8

This week started with my accelerated math 8 students working on the first part of an integrated math regents. Tomorrow I plan to collect their answers and do an item analysis in order to find out which questions were incorrectly answered and how often. Experience has shown that this is an excellent way of demonstrating what my students have learned and what topics need to be reviewed. At this point in the year my accelerated math 8 students have covered all the topics they need for their upcoming regents exam. However, covering the material can be a far cry from learning it. So I plan on spending this week going over whatever topics I think need the most review.