Math Week 1-27-20

ALL: Reminders--

• Last day for 2nd quarter make-up, redo, late, or bonus work for Mr. Albrecht's mathematics classes is Tuesday, 1-28-20 at 11:59 p.m.
• Raise a Glass for Ray is this coming Thursday, 1-30-20 from 6-8 at The Promontory. Link for details and tickets.
• No school for students on Friday, 1-31-20 for teacher professional development.

7th grade: CIRCLES continues. We focus on area of circles. Test on Wednesday. Also: Ask your student about Khan Mappers!


8th grade: Linear relationships. Slope. Rate of change. Vertical intercept. Getting very conceptual and abstract. Practice is key! Also: Ask your student about Khan Mappers!

Homework for week 1-27-20

7th grade


8th grade

Math Week 1-20-20

ALL: I hope everyone had a great day celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.


ALL: Second quarter grade cut-off for Mr. Albrecht is 1-28-20 by the end of the day. I will not accept any late, bonus, make-up, or redo work after that for the second quarter.


7th grade: We continue to work with circles. Last week almost everyone did very well on our Kahoot at the end of the week. This week we will find the area of circles.


8th grade: What is a relationship is linear but not directly proportional? How do we find slope? How can we think about that relationship?

Homework for week 1-20-20

7th grade


8th grade

Math Week 1-13-20 (mid-week updates)

Tutoring Opportunity: Maroon Tutor Match is open for Winter quarter at UChicago. This is low cost ($13 per hour) one-on-one tutoring! Link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3keszE6UwpumseZylbAxvqczCXBIp7vY7ww2My8_jv-B7rg/viewform


PTO: General Meeting Jan 21st from 5 to 6:30. Salads and fitness!

Math Week 1-13-20

ALL: No school next Monday, 1-20-20 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Consider making it a day of service to your community: https://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/where-to-volunteer-on-mlk-day


7th grade: We continue to learn about circles and all their parts. Here is a helpful video:

8th grade: We will continue with linear proportional relationships and then ask: what if the relationship is linear and not proportional? What then?

Homework for week 1-13-20

7th grade


8th grade

Raise a Glass for Ray!

Raise a Glass for Ray!

Math Week 1-6-20

7th Grade: Will review constant of proportionality in all its representations--table, graph, story, and equation. Then it is on to circles. Key vocabulary to learn: diameter, radius, circumference, pi.


8th grade: We Will review constant of proportionality from 7th grade in all its representations--table, graph, story, and equation. We will look at how this relates to our study of slope from before break. We will end the week with a vocabulary review. Check out the list here. It is daunting!