First Quarter Survival

It's now just about the end of the first quarter of this year in 8th grade. The year is proving to be a challenge to everyone, but I, for one, am enjoying it. All of the good outweighs the bad. I am so please with the level of math ability that these students have brought to this class. It would help more if they just weren't so talkative, but we are working on that! :)
I hope most of you are usng the new Edline computer/internet program that will let you keep better track of your grades, assignments, etc. I also hope you continue to check out this blog. I will continue to change things from time to time and maybe even post a bonus or two! I encourage you to use this blog site and the Edline site for your daily assignments as they are much more updated, at least for math class, than the Homework Hotline phone number, but either is better than nothing. Keep up the good work!
As you may be wondering...is she actually in France standing in front of the Eiffel Tower? NO...I could only wish! But second best to the actual Eiffel Tower in France may be the Eiffel Tower Replica (restaurant) on the Strip in Las Vegas Nevada. I recently took a short trip to Las Vegas to meet my sister and her fiance to have some last "sisters" time before she gets married in December. (FYI, my sister is 3 years older than me and is an aerospace engineer for Boeing in Los Angelos.) We had a great time together playing some games, eating expensive dinners, shopping, taking pictures, seeing a show Cirque de Soleil "Ka," and hanging out at the hotel spa. I even got "Eiffel for This Color" nail polish at the salon for my pedicure! (Both my sister and I took French in high school, so we get excited about this kind of stuff!) Anyway, check out the picture! In a couple months, I will put new pictures up of the wedding and the newliweds!