We completed a worksheet on which we had to graph linear equations of different types, connect the dots that led to a number and a letter that were used to decode a secret message. We also completed a TenMarks.com quiz on linear equations and proportionality.
We completed two worksheets on graphing linear equations given the slope-intercept form and given the y-intercept and a point. We completed an online module on scientific notation.
We worked through his word problem worksheet converting English descriptions of equations to mathematical statements. We worked on his computer homework on scientific notation.
We worked completed a worksheet and a computer quiz on the rules of exponents including the multiplication and division rules, the exponent rule, the negative exponent rule, the zeroth rule, etc.
Josh completed a reading assignment for extra credit in Reading Plus on wetlands and oil spills. Afterwards, he did a vocabulary exercise, also for extra credit. He completed Math homework - pre-Algebra.
We completed his homework classifying real numbers as irrational, rational, integers, whole, and natural. To prepare for his test, I quizzed him to classify numbers in these categories and did some examples of iterating square roots of numbers using multiplication.
We worked from his test review sheet drilling problems on solving and graphing one- and two-step equations and inequalities. Once he was confident in the concepts, he asked me to help him with his Language Arts homework, an article about a teenager who climbed the highest peaks on each continent and write an argumentative paragraph.
