Parent Information for Advanced Algebra (Blocks 2 & 3)
F.A.Q. / Expectations (i.e., classroom procedures)
Log of daily activities and assignments–scroll down to the current date:
| Date | Warm up (information); activities and instructional strategies used in class; Upcoming information; “Links” to videos; Assignment |
| Beginning of Term 1 (scroll down to find the beginning of Term 3) | |
| Wed 8/13 | First official day for all students; Name tents, Handed out books; Ppt with border problem, perspective (several perspective sheets); SOAR, why advanced algebra; 80-20 grading; Handed out student inventory sheet to fill out; handed out assignment (with answers included): Read 1.1 and 1.2; do pg 15 #3, 4, 8, 25, 27, 30, 36, 39, 40, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75 |
| Thur 8/14 | Warm-up [focus on “negative” issues and use of “( )”]; used clickers to post four m/c problems; answered questions on the hmwk; turned in hmwk; “Solve Me Maybe” video, solved equations at the board; not enough time for roundtable activity with solving equations…just did the Cookies problem as a class; handed out assignment (with answers included again): Read 1.3 do pg 21 #2, 5, 10, 13, 18, 20, 31, 38, 39, 48. |
| Fri 8/15 | Click here for the Friday in class resource!!!! Warm-up (no solution problem, machinist “bolt” problem); Handed back homework and “Hartman’s worked out solutions”; time to compare last night’s work, answer some questions, and turn in. Showed the resource video!; partner coach (not enough time in Aug, 2014); Read 1.4 do pg. 29 #5, 8, 11, 17, 21, 22, 24, 38, 41, 44. There is a chapter 1 test planned for Tuesday!!! I suggest you read ahead and look at section 1.5!!! |
| Mon 8/18 | Warm-up (various absolute value problems to set the stage for today); Handed back 1.3 hmwk; Students posted work for 1.4 around the room; Student “self-assessment” for a grade. Moved on….Notes and examples and board work for 1.5 absolute value EQUATIONS (click here for notes from 2012-13 school year) AND notes and examples and partner coch for absolute value INEQUALITIES (click here for notes from 2012-13 school year). Read 1.5 do pg 36 #1, 4, 5, 7, 16, 20, 22, 26, 46; Worked out solutions for the 1.5 assignment are here (click HERE.) Review sheet handed out for tomorrow’s test…..worked out solutions for the review here; Dr. Hartman has a meeting in the morning; thus if you need help…form a study group with one another (and utilize the resources on this page!) The test is tomorrow covering 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5. |
| Tue 8/19 | Final questions before the test (a couple abs. value inequal. from yesterday’s partner coach); Chap 1 test; 2.1 preview packet to fill out by tomorrow |
| Wed 8/20 | NASA mathematician video; went over page 1 of the test; Guess my function and CBR (motion ranger); went over the preview packet…addressing many concepts from 2.1. QQT with functions; GRAPH video to “teach” slope-intercept form. Board work. do 2.1 pg 59 #12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 36, 38, 53 and do pg. 67 #1, 4, 6, 11, 16, 20,25, 26, 66 and graph y+3=-2(x-2) |
| Thu 8/21 | Warm up (matching sheet); Went over the abs. value questions off the test; Questions on the hmwk (will finish it up tonight); Talked about how to graph an equation in standards form and point slope form; Warm up (UNL Costs)…set the stage for…..Talking about writing the equation of a line from a table, from a graph, given a point and slope, and given two points. Revisited the UNL cost problem. Homework: start the “white” packet; Click here if you want help looking at the “pink” note packet. (No, it’s not pink… but it’s the note packet). Click here to see a video from last year’s lesson. Chapter 2 test is next Wednesday. |
| Fri 8/22 | Warm up (finished the matching sheet); Cleaned up the “stuff” from this week…graphing horiz/vert lines…looking at perpendicular and parallel lines…revisiting writing the equation (in all 3 forms) from 2 points….Turned in Wed’s hmwk….tests back…time to work on the homework packet handed out yesterday! Finish the hmwk packet. The test is on Wednesday! |
| Mon 8/25 | Warm-up (graph y = abs x with a table….used the table to generate the V shape); Talked about the basics of Calc 101…and how to graph an absolute value function; Used the calculator to discover the “a,” “h,” and “k” transformations. Looked at a couple specific examples of listing the transformations / graphing; Answered a couple of questions off the homework packet Assignment: finish up the packet; Do the worksheet on 2.5/2.6; Worked out solutions for tonight’s 2.5/2.6 hwmk: click HERE…. Remember the test is Wednesday |
| Tue 8/26 | Warm-up (talked about “how” to graph an abs value equation); ACT/DCA clicker problem (#23); Board work with graphing abs. value equations and linear equations; Reviewed the boundary point method for solving/graphing an abs. value inequalities (only in the variable of “x”)…THEN used the boundardy point method to graph linear inequalities and abs. value inequalities (in the variables of “x” and “y”) Read 2.7 do pg 104 #1, 5, 15, 42, 48 and work on the review sheet (click here for the worked out ipad video for the review) Test is tomorrow! Some turned in last night’s worksheet. Some also turned in the big 2.1-2.4 packet. NOTE: The review sheet had some missing formulas….Click REVIEW SHEET if you want to download a better one!!! |
| Wed 8/27 | ACT/DCA clicker question #15….Final Questions over chapter 2? Turned in “late” hwmk; Chapter 2 test; Preview activity for chapter 3 for hmwk |
| Thu 8/28 | Warm up (supply and demand problem from pg 123 #55): used clickers (59, 58) and partner work (46-48) and the worksheet from last night to “teach” the section. partner Mini-White board work; 3.1 pg 120 #2, 3, 5, 13-16, 37 AND 3.3 pg 136 #4, 5, 7, 9, 16, 20, 30, 45; Use graph paper |
| Fri 8/29 | Students compared hmwk; Warm up (solve an application with a system of inequalities); Tests back; All I Do is Solve…you tube video; Notes and examples on 3.2 (solving systems using the elimination and substitution methods)…; forum rotation partner work; Read 3.2 do pg 128 #1, 3, 8, 9, 18, 20, 24, 36 and then do 30, 35 and then do 15, 16, 17 Click here for a helpful video for elimination and substitution |
| Tue 9/2 | Warm up (Checks and Coffee problems); answered some questions on the 3.1/3.3 and 3.2 assignments; be ready to turn them in tomorrow; Level challenge for graphing!; Review sheet handed out. Video for the review is here; Chapter 3 test is tomorrow; Chap 1-3 retest will be next Monday. |
| Wed 9/3 | Warm up (Clicker NeSA problem related to chapter 2); Went over last problem on the level challenge; turned in chap 3 hmwk (with homework self assessment); Chap 3 test; reading sheets for 5.1 and 5.2 for hmwk (also do 5.1 pg 241 #1, 2, 3, 11, 45, 46, 47 and 5.2 pg 248 #1, 3, 10, 28); Retest is next Monday |
| Thu 9/4 | Notes and info on 5.1-5.2; Graded part of the chapter 3 test; handed back old chap 1 & 2 tests to look over; started to review for the chap 1-2-3 retest: tonight…BEGIN working on the 5.1-5.3 graphing sheet (you can do 2/3 of it now). 2. BEGIN working on the review sheet. Videos for the review sheet are here (part 1) and here (part 2)…the video for the last question is HERE (I somehow forgot to record that!) |
| Fri 9/5 | Warm-up graphing a quadratic (given in standard form) and solving an application problem); Discussed graphing the vertex form of a quadratic equation y=a(x-h)^2+k; Chap 3 tests back; Time to work: 1. Keep working on the 5.1-5.3 graphing sheet (you can do all of it now). 2. Work on the review sheet. |
| Mon 9/8 | Clicker NeSA problem (14a); Cumulative 1-3 retest….hmwk: FINISH the worksheet (5.1-5.3) given out on Thursday of last week! |
| Tue 9/9 | We did a “group of 3” warm up at the boards (graphing quadratic equations and solving a “word problem”) right away; Addressed the fact that (x+5)^2 is NOT equal to x^2+25; Addressed taking a vertex and a point and writing the equation of a quadratic (see example 2 on page 253); Set the stage for factoring (5.4) using a “X” puzzle; Short individual formative quiz (similar to the group warm-up); Do pg 248 #11, 42, 74, 75 and Do pg. 255 #3, 25, 43, 45, 51, 53, 75, 77 |
| Wed 9/10 | Clicker NeSA problem (more 14; and wheelbarrow); handed back quiz….click HERE for a video going over the quiz (graphing quadratics in standard form and vertex form…as well as an application); took a question on the homework; turned in hmwk; Teach Me How To Factor video; notes on factoring; level challenge with factoring. Hmwk: Read 5.4 do pg 263 #3-45 (by 3’s) and 51-63 (by 3’s) |
| Thu 9/11 | Warm up (finished the level challenge for factoring); Notes and examples on 3 methods to solve quadratic functions: A) Factoring and the zero product property, B) Square roots (when there is not “bx” term), and C) Graphing (and finding the zeros). do 5.5 pg 270 #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 31, 48, 51, 65. Click HERE for a helpful video on section 5.5 (first three methods on how to solve quadratics) |
| Fri 9/12 | Partner coach (factoring and solving); answered a couple questions; Students turned in pg 263 (5.4); Board work; Graphing application problem (others on the sheet…but only time for #1); Work on the 11 critical problems this weekend! |
| Mon 9/15 | Clicker warm up (5); Warm up with solving (x+3)^2=9 and the area of a triangle problem; Board work to intro add/subt/mult “i’ problems; set the stage for why we need “i” (notesheet to guide); notes on solving with “i;” READ 5.6 do pg 278 #1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 29, 34, 36, 40, 41, 44, 46 |
| Tue 9/16 | Work day; A. partners/trios worked through about 9 QQT cards related to “i;” B. Students turned in the 5.5 pg 270 book assignment; C. Students turned in missing homework; D. The solutions to the critical “11” problems from the weekend were posted around the room–students “graded” their own and gave themselves a self-assessment score; E. Students compared the answers to last night’s hmwk; F. The bulk of the time was devoted to working on the goldenrod chapter 5 checkpoint. (Finish the checkpoint for hmwk tonight). There is a video that goes over 7, 11, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34 of the checkpoint….click HERE If you want to download a copy of the checkpoints, download it here (note that #30 is a typo…well missing box…you’ll see it in action on the video) |
| Wed 9/17 | Warm-up: Mid Quarter Self Reflection; Notes and examples on solving by completing the square and converting to vertex form. (Used several “exhibits” like in a courtroom to set the stage for today’s very important topic!) Read 5.7 do pg 285 #7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 31 |
| Thur 9/18 | Warm-up: Rectangle problem; Answer keys out for the hmwk; Finished up the chapter…The Quad Song; Notes on the Quadratic Formula / Discriminant; Roundtable; Closure sheet to the chapter; Work on a few quadratic formula problems: Pg 293 #3, 7, 13, 32, 35, 42, 56; Work on the chap 5 review (click here for video help for levels 1&2 and click here for video help for levels 3-6). Click here to download the review sheet. Chap 5 test is Monday; we are starting chapter 6 on Friday. |
| Fri 9/19 | Warm-up: Begin working on chapter 6 (standard form, classifying polynomials, adding-subtracting-multiplying polynomials); Time to look over the answer keys from the homework…self assessment on 5.7-5.8. Began to investigate end behavior (handed out notesheet); Finally, did a brief review of chapter 5…handed out a list of things to know! Study this weekend. The chapter 5 exam is Monday. |
| Mon 9/22 | Warm-up: Another perspective of end behavior; Chap 5 exam; Hmwk: A. Read 6.1; B. Read pg. 312; C. Do pg 309 #1-7 odd, 33, 35, 41, 48, 50, 56; D. Do #1-8 on the end behavior worksheet! |
| Tue 9/23 | Warm up (Clicker 16a/b/c); Showed “i” on calc; looked at def. of a polynomial; time to compare hmwk; answered a question off of homework….really started to get into 6.2….half went to the board to mult each time…. Looked at multiplying polynomials. Looked the relationship between the factored form of a polynomial function and its zeros. Used factored form, zeros, and end behav to sketch graphs (need to bring in y-int). Hmwk: Finish 309 (classification, add/subtr, mult); Finish End behav worksheet; Start doing worksheet (sketching polynomials); Use pg 315 out of the book and your calculator to explore multiplicity!!! Try to come into class knowing what’s going on with multiplicity |
| Wed 9/24 | Warm up (used our calc to find the zeros/max/min/window of an “ugly” cubic function); Turned in pg 309 and pg 312 book work; Answered questions on the worksheet; addressed multiplicity on the worksheet (finish the worksheet tonight!); Moved on to look to look at special factoring of polynomials in standard form…spent time at the board developing this!; Hmwk: Do pg 330 #21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 47, 48, 52, 56 as well as pg 317 #2, 10, 18, 26, 34 (and finish up the worksheet from yesterday) |
| Thur 9/25 | Warm up (used calc to find zeros/max/min….of an “ugly” quartic function); Chap 5 tests back..went over them; N.O.W. (no opportunity wasted video)…reminded students about online resources: Khan, Textbook, my website…Reviewed elementary “long division” at the boards; Notes and examples with LONG division of polynomials. Read 6.3 Do pg 324 #1, 3, 5, 37, 38, 40 and then 9, 10, 23… Note the ex. cred. opportunity is still down. Chap 6 Khan resources: Click here for some links. |
| Fri 9/26 | Warm-up #1 on front side of notesheet; Reviewed long division; Made some connections/set the stage for next week; Notes on synthetic division; Backside of notesheet; Time to work!!! Do pg 324 #13, 15, 22, 38…then turn in…THEN work on the chapter 6 check point review sheet. Note; I changed #13: x^4+1x^2-20. Click here for the video that goes with the check point (Click here for problems 1-4, click here for problems 5-11, click here for problems 12-18); Chap 6 test is next Thursday |
| Mon 9/29 | Warm up (DCA-NeSA clicker 12); Pairs worked a problem at the board to check whether or not a factor was really a factor (set the stage for p/q); Looked at the big picture: Goal for chap 6 (had “cards” to put up on the white board); At the boards: solved the problems we already know how to); At our seats: learned how to solve problems using the “p/q bank” and “division”…started to get into some of the other KEYS (will finish up tomorrow); Read 6.5-6.6 do pg 339 #3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 17, 19, 21, 37, 38 |
| Tue 9/30 | Warm up (ans keys out for last night’s work); Lots of notes/examples with 6.5-6.6 (used graphic organizer); Continued the “capstone” of the course; Do pg. 343 #1, 2, 5, 7, 10-12, 22, 42; BIG test is on Thusday….since tomorrow a late start day…there are extra times built in for students to study!!! i have placed answer keys for both the pg 339 and pg 343 assignments in the main office. You can pick one up and study in the commons during the late start tomorrow. |
| Wed 10/1 | Warm up (Maximized the volume of a box cut from an 11×17 sheet of paper); Answer keys out for hmwk; Self assessment for ch 6 hmwk; Final 3 “capstone review” problems; Chap 6 test is tomorrow…Work on the review!!! iPad videos are here and here |
| Thur 10/2 | Chap 6 exam; work on various chap 5 prac problems (worksheet) |
| Fri 10/3 | Looked over the chapter 5 exam again; went over the practice problems from last night; partner coach activity. Assigned chap 6 prac problems for the weekend (Pg 359 #6, 8; Pg 360 #13, 16, 21, 37, 39; Pg. 361 #40, 46; Pg. 362 #17) |
| Mon 10/6 | Looked over the chapter 6 exam; went over the prac problems from the weekend; partner coach activity for chapter 6; Work on the cumulative review…ipad videos are here and here |
| Tue 10/7 | Cumulative retest; begin preparing for the final!!! (Ch 1-2-3-5-6)…Look through the book…each section…. |
| Wed 10/8 | Review in class for the final…34 m/c problems: pg. 113 (#1-10); pg. 233 (#1, 5, 10-12); pg. 363 (#1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10-14); pg. 427 (#1, 4-6); pg. 483 (#3, 5); pg. 595 (#7, 8); pg. 705 (#1)….Checked in calc today; some checked in book |
| Finals | If the online ex-cred opportunity is never up…then come in between 8-9 either Thurs/Fri to take the “paper” version of it! |
| Start of Term 2 | |
| Wed 10/15 | Clickers…DCA-Geom-Ex Cred “Trig” problems from end of term 1; at the boards to develop 4 of the prop. of exponents. At our seats to develop the final 3 properties. Started the quiz (will turn in first thing tomorrow); also work on 7.0 pg 368 #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23, 24 |
| Thur 10/16 | Turned in quiz; Posted 13 problems around the room (work/answers); Boardwork (old exp. dca problems); QQT; Lots of notes and examples with 7.1; looked at the “workbook” to check out the type of problems that will be on the assignment. Read 7.1 do pg 372 #13-21, 23-26, 42-47, 51-52, 72 |
| Fri 10/17 | 2 rounds of QQT; time to compare hmwk; turned hmwk in; Got quizzes back (correct them this weekend to improve grade); Notes and examples with 7.2. Read 7.2 do pg 377 #2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27-29, and rationalize 4/(1+sq.rt.5) |
| Mon 10/20 | Warm-up with rationalizing; Turned in quiz revisions; Questions on weekend’s hmwk; notes on adding/subtracting radical expressions (7.3) and more with rationalizing. Board work Do pg 382 1-7, 9, 11-13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 56-57, 59-60 odd; Click HERE for help with rationalizing…(Chap 7 quiz on Thurs) |
| Tue 10/21 | Mad Minute Warm Up; answered questions on hmwk; turn in any recent hmwk (e.g., 7.2 and 7.3); Level Challenge; posted student work to go over level challenge; 10 minutes to “start” Thursday’s quiz…..Hmwk: Green review 7.1-7.3 / preview 7.4 (Click Here for help with the front side. Click Here for help with the back side) Goal today was to put closure to 7.1-7.3 and be ready to start 7.4 on Wednesday! NOTE: Students must “watch” the video to check their homework before turning it in! They will need to add their “signature” to the top of the green sheet stating they did so. |
| Wed 10/22 | Warm up; Notes on 7.4; QQT; board work; do pg 388 #1, 2, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 36, 38, 42, 44, 47, 48, 65, 71, 88. Click Here for help with hmwk…NOTE: Students must “watch” the video to check their homework before turning it in! They will need to add their “signature” to the top of the green sheet stating they did so. Click here for some of the notes from class today: HERE |
| Thu 10/23 | Turned in Wed’s hmwk and Green review “IF” students signed the top saying they used the video; Notes and examples on solving radical/rational exponent equations; Finished the 7.1-7.4 quiz; Hmwk: pg. 394 #3, 7, 11, 15, 22, 26-29, 34, 35, 39, and (x-2)^(2/3) – 4 = 5…”Ans sheet given to students…”Show work to get these answers!”….. ADDITIONAL video to go over notes from class on solving equations 7.5 click here . |
| Fri 10/24 | First: Click Here for help with LAST NIGHT’S 7.5 hmwk ….. today: partner coach with solving; “exploration” with graphing square root and cube root functions… Looked at domain/range, transformations; “table” approach; (not enough time for card matching activity); Revise quizzes this weekend (include a sentence explaining your error!!!); We will move on to Probability on Monday; the DCA is Tuesday; Test is now Thursday; READ 7.8 and Do pg 417 #3, 7, 8, 11, 17, 19, 21, 33, 38, 39, 44, 47, 73; click HERE for a video to help with the 7.8 hmwk!!!! |
| Mon 10/27 | Application warm-up (Vol of sphere); Card matching activity (practice graphs of sq. roots and cube roots); Discussion about the basics of probability (Experimental, Theoretical, Notation, Sample Space, “0” to “1,” ((((didn’t have enough time to really develop— Dependent vs. Independent and Multiply to find the probability when it is Dep or Indep)…will come back to these on Tues or Wed)))); Do pg 42 #1, 2, 10-14, 17, 25, 26, 28-37, 39, 46, 47 AND DO pg 534 #1-7, 9….. DCA is Tues; Review sheet for Ch 7 will be given Tues; More with Probability on Wed; Chapter 7 exam on Thursday! |
| Tues 10/28 | DCA (district common assessment) in a computer lab; continue to work on last night’s assignment; Chapter 7 review; Click here for the video that goes with the review sheet! Test is Thursday |
| Wed 10/29 | Lots today: Looked at “pass the pigs” and “bears;” discussed folding and using “boxes” on the DCA (compliments to several); Ameer Abdullah article…work hard!!; too many missing assignments right now…talked about the plan for tomorrow and for the next week; Time to compare the pg 42 and 534 hmwk; a few questions; looked over the notes again from Monday; looked at indep vs. dep. probabilities; QQT activity with domain and range and transformations for Sq. Rt. and Cb. Rt. graphs; looked at events that are mutual exclusive and the fundamental counting principle. New assignment: pg 534 #10-14, 16, 18, 20, 24-27, 31-40 and do pg 348 #1, 6, 7, 13?, 21? ….. students will have time to work on this assignment tomorrow in class! (following the chap 7 test). Tonight: focus on preparing for the chapter 7 test!!!! |
| Thur 10/30 | Chap 7 exam; work on missing assignments and probability hmwk (Dr. Hartman was on his daughter’s field trip!) |
| Fri 10/31 | DCA clicker problems (S1: probability); put closure to mutual exclusive”ness;” Tests back / ans. key posted on elmo; LeBron’s new Nike video; Wiener dog racing videos; talking about permutations, nPr, and nCr; do pg 348 #1, 6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 19-22, 27, 29, 30, 32, 40, 46-49…. QUIZ handed out. There is a video that goes over the quiz: Click Here for help! The prob. / stats. test will be next Thursday |
| Mon 11/3 | Info sheet outlining when to turn in “stuff;” get your clicker and find the mean/median of {7, 3, 15, 14, 10, 8}; Clicker problems (DCA w/ mutually exclusive and PIN number and softball team); reviewed 8C3; Looked at the stats of the DCA…how I chose what we work on; Notes and examples on stem and leaf plots, box plots, Quartiles, IQR, outliers, etc… (used our results from the 2 parts of the chapter 7 test as data sets); board work practice; clicker practice for block 2; The assignment for the next 2 days: Pg 664 #3, 5, 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 25 AND Pg. 672 #1, 2, 5, 12, 17 AND Pg 695 #1-6, 9-16, 27 |
| Tue 11/4 | Warm up (mean/med/mode/range/min/Q1/med/Q3/max/IQR/ box plot / prove 2 is an outlier); finished up box plots; “fun” quiz; finished discussion on “spread” from the median perspective; moved to the “spread” from the mean perspective; standard deviation; used pg 669 to help learn about it; showed test scores again and the stand. dev. each each part (higher the spread; higher the stand. dev. and lower the spread; lower the stand. dev); analyzed our fun quiz and compared it with “plinko” (website); moved to the Normal Distribution (bell curve); talked about the percentages and standard deviations with that….assignment was posted yesterday; tomorrow will be review day; Thursday will be the test. |
| Wed 11/5 | Warm up (pg 670 top…problem….find the standard dev. by hand; check by looking at 670). Wrapped up the normal distribution and “skewed” (used the plinko app again); partner rotation at the boards to review; Work on the review sheet. Click here and here for the videos that go along with the review!!!! |
| Thur 11/6 | (Code Red block 2); Prob/Stats test; Homework: practice 7.1-7.4 problems (to prepare for retest) and a few chap 8.1-8.2 problems (to prepare for Friday)…also gave the “goldenrod” note sheet to help make sense w/ 8.1-8.2 (students will “fill in the blank”); also handed back Chap 7 tests for students to look at. Retest is scheduled for next Wednesday |
| Fri 11/7 | Paper folding (mission impossible); TED video on paper folding; set the stage for chapters 8 & 9; looked at the ans. key of the test; “fish” applet; Forbes article; basics of 8.1-8.2 with graphing; 2 examples for notes (including domain/range/asymp and transformations); Partner coach activity for reviewing 7.1-7.4; homework: Graphing worksheet (with a few book problems as well); Fill out more of the goldenrod notesheet; start preparing for the retest! |
| Mon 11/10 | Partner coach warm up (graphing radical equations); Gave out answers to the goldenrod notesheet; A few minutes to study it as well as look for questions off the worksheet from Friday; Went over 1 problem from Friday’s worksheet; Notes and 2 examples on how to write an exponential function given 2 points; General notes on Exponential functions (new amt = initial amount x (return rate) ^ time)….growth (1+r) and decay (1-r); difference between growth/decay rate and growth/decay factor; difference between appreciation and depreciation; a few examples, including the “bears” problem; Tests back; Tonight: do pg 435 #10, 12, 16, 20, 38, 39, 57, 58, 60, 61 and try page 442 #15, 19, 24. Handed out the review for the cumulative: Click for Probability review; Click for Statistics review; Click for 7.1-7.4 / 7.5 review; Click for 7.8 review. The big retest is Wednesday. |
| Mon 11/11 | Partner coach (prob/stats at students seats); partner coach (Ch 7 solving at the boards); Handed back tests again to look over; Looked at linear regr. of (missing assign vs summative score); another example of “fitting” points to an exponential; a few application problems; began to look at simple interest and compound interest. No new assignment tonight as I want students to study and prepare for tomorrow’s retest. |
| Wed 11/12 | 5 minutes to look over “help” sheet for chapter 8; looked at annual interest and compounded interest (quarterly, daily, etc…) set the stage for “e;” Addressed “pert” and half life. Time for the cumulative retest; worksheet for 8.1-8.2 for homework |
| Thur 11/13 | (VB 50 min classes); Started w/ ans. keys to 8.1-8.2 worksheet; began looking at 8.3 (logarithms)…how to rewrite and how to evaluate…… two rounds of QQT in the forum with logs (rewriting and then evaluating); Time to start the homework: Do pg 450 #6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, then TRY (15, 17, 19, 20, 22), then 50, 53-57….(gave answers too). Also gave the Pink Quiz..…good news…help is available–Watch the video (click here) that goes over the quiz…. |
| Fri 11/14 | DCA/Log clicker problems; 5 min mad minute for rewriting and evaluating logs; connections with “inverses;” tests back and test results; most of our time on graphing logs and graphing logs with transformations; few turned in the quiz!; 8.3 worksheet for homework |
| Mon 11/17 | (Turn in Quiz!!!) (Pep Rally Schedule) (Mid Quarter Reflection…for PT Conferences) Went over lots of questions from the 8.3 worksheet; Board work graphing of logs; Set stage for properties of logs; notes on properties of logs; PPT w/ many practice problems; 8.4 worksheet for homework. |
| Tue 11/18 | Partner “board work” (graphing a log); two NeSA/ACT prep clicker questions; answers out for the 8.4 assignment; Quiz (8.1-8.4); Tonight: catch up on any and all missing homework, make a list of questions that you have for chapter 8, preview 8.5 |
| HELP | Other Chap 8 videos: (Of course you can go to the Khan academy and watch MANY log/exponential videos there)…. 8.1 Stuff (notesheet is here; ipad video 1 is here; ipad video 2 is here😉 Various 8.1-8.4 items including Condensing and Expanding at the end!! ( click HERE ); GRAPHING LOGS!!! (clock HERE ); 8.5 Solving (click here for the video for solving exponentials; click here for the video for solving logs) |
| Wed 11/19 | Intro with 5^x equals (5, 25, 100, 125, 625)…set the stage for change of base…used the Khan video for change of base…lots of notes on solving exponentials / log equations. (See the video links in the previous “help” cells to help…) Work on quiz (due at start of class on Friday); Read 8.5 do pg. 464 #1, 5, 12, 23, 25, 29, 35, 37, 44, 45, 101, 104 |
| Thur 11/20 | Students posted solutions for hmwk around room; Looked at on DCA problem (#1…rewriting P=2l+2w); touched on the basics of 8.6 (essentially a remix of the whole chapter but using “e” the natural base AS the base and “LN” the natural log for all log work; Forum “partner-speed dating activity” using pg 472 #7-9, 14, 17, 23, 25, 28, 29, 31-38 and 55, 58, 59; Homework: FINISH QUIZ; Read 8.6 do pg. 472 #5, 6, 16, 26, 39, 62, 67, 68, 69 |
| Fri 11/21 | First part of class: New info on direct, inverse, joint, and combined variation; (Note sheet); Second part of class: (a) students posted solutions to the 8.6 assignment, (b) student “self-formative assessment” for chapter 8 work; (c) graded the quiz together; Homework: Work on the Review for the Chapter 8 exam (next Tuesday) iPad videos for the chapter 8 review are here and here |
| Mon 11/24 | Warm up (DCA clicker problems: vertex/max-min / expressions with negatives); more with 2.3/9.1: “Variation” (back side of the notesheet); time to work on an assignment: pg 74 #18, 20, 24, 28 and pg 491 #2, 4, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 34, 53…..moved on to preparing for tomorrow’s chapter 8 exam: a) “How much can you make” and b) partner coach. Spend time working through the review sheet! |
| Tue 11/25 | Chapter 8 exam; keep working on the 2.3 pg. 74 and 9.1 pg. 491 assignment listed above….also work on the “Chap 9 skills” fraction review and factoring review worksheet. |
| Thanksgiving break (W-Th-F) | |
| Mon 12/1 | 5 min to focus on the pg 74/491 work; ans keys given out for students to look at; 5 minute to look at the “chap 9 skills” sheet with Dr. H; Looked at the calendar for the next 3 weeks; handed back the chap 8 tests; Set the stage for the last graphing concept of the course–“the reciprocal function” y = 1/x Click here for a helpful video. Homework: Graphing worksheet with 6 problems… |
| Tue 12/2 | Watched first part of the video I posted yesterday…on graphing…partners worked on a graphing problem at the board. Rest of the time: notes-examples with 9.4…ALL at the board….see video here….do pg. 511 #1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 43-45… Also work on the pink quiz |
| Wed 12/3 | Warm-up with problems from variation, graphing, simplifying, multiplying-dividing, and even some from adding-subtracting. Brief discussion on adding-subtracting (9.5). “Played” this video: ( here ) as students filled out a notesheet that went with the video. (If time, talk about “complex” fractions…if not…then on Friday). The assignment: Read 9.5 Do pg 517 #10, 13-16, 18, 20-22, 26, 29….work on quiz! |
| Thur 12/4 | Warm up at the boards (clicker problems with slope); practice with subtracting; notes and information on 9.6—solving rational equations using (a) cross multiplication and (b) multiplying by the LCD. Video for today is HERE. Hmwk: pg 524 #1, 4, 5, 14, 39, 41, 43, 46 |
| Fri 12/5 | 45 min to start class: Turn in the graphing hmwk worksheet and the 9.4 pg. 511 bookwork. Students posted work from 9.5 and 9.6…we went over it….Quiz is due….work on the “learning targets”…. Answers for the learning targets are here. After 45 min, we graded the quiz in class, looked at the students’ posted work around the room, and “finally” discussed simplifying complex fractions!!!. This weekend: study! Study! STUDY!!! |
| Mon 12/8 |
Dr. H was at a conference. Time to work on the review sheet. Video for the review is here. (NOTE: THERE IS AN ERROR ON #15….MY EXP OF 3 TURNED INTO AN EXP OF 2!!!!…ANSWER SHOULD BE 6.02). Test is tomorrow. Consider additional studying: a) reviewing old videos, b) “finishing/studying” homework, c) looking at the chapter review in the book (pp. 539-541), d) working some of the extra practice at the back of the book (pp. 852-853) or in the workbook. Students were given the extra credit opportunity (which closes at midnight on Friday).
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| Tue 12/9 | Chap 9 exam; preview chapter 7B (Read 7.6 and do the “note”sheet front and back!) |
| Wed 12/10 | Review of chapter 8 activity (P. Coach); New material from chapter 7B (Operations on functions and Composition of functions); Assignment 7.6 pg 400 #1, 2, 4, 6, 15, 18, 22, 24, 29, 31, 32, 40, 46, 48, 53; 63, 65, 85. VIDEO TO HELP WITH 7.6 CONTENT is here; |
| Thur 12/11 | Board work with composition of functions; Partner coach review of chapter 8 activity; New material from chapter 7B (Inverses); Assignment 7.7 Pg 410 #1, 5, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 25, 27, 41, 48; (VIDEO TO HELP WITH 7.7 CONTENT IS here); |
| Fri 12/12 | Finish covering new material from chapter 7B (Composition of functions and inverses)..used “Composition sheet w/ 9-12 and the back of yesterday’s notesheet;” Then handed tests back; Then gave time for small groups to work through partner coaches for 9a and 9b. Assignment STUDY…..Handed out the review for the retest; The 8-9 cumulative videos are here and here. Deadline to complete the extra credit online tests is TONIGHT |
| Mon 12/15 | Chap 8-9 Cumulative Retest; Prepare for the short 7.6-7.7 exam for tomorrow; handed out the review sheet for the short test scheduled for Monday (click here for the review sheet); iPad worked out solutions to the review are here (only look at the beginning part #1-5) and here (fast forward to the end to see #20-21). |
| Tue 12/16 | Short 7.6-7.7 exam; start preparing for the final; (book problems will be assigned…TBA) |
| Wed 12/17 | Prepare for the final; work through mult. choice problems; Note: you can always revisit videos from earlier in the term!; check in book and calculator |
| Thur Fri | Finals |
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| Start of Term 3 | |
| Date | Warm up (information); activities and instructional strategies used in class; Upcoming information; “Links” to videos; Assignment |
| Mon 1/5/15 | First official day of term 3; Name tents, Handed out books; Ppt with border problem, perspective (several perspective sheets); SOAR, why advanced algebra; 80-20 grading; Handed out student inventory sheet to fill out; handed out assignment (with answers included): Read 1.1 and 1.2; do pg 15 #3, 4, 8, 25, 27, 30, 36, 39, 40, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75 |
| Tue 1/6 | Warm-up [focus on “negative” issues and use of “( )”]; used clickers to post four m/c problems; turned in hmwk; “Inspire her mind” video; “Solve Me Maybe” video, solved equations at the board; not enough time for “variables” problems or the roundtable activity with solving equations…handed out assignment (with answers included again): (Note: shortened time due to PLC) Read 1.3 do pg 21 #2, 5, 10, 13, 18, 20, 31, 38, 39, 48. |
| Wed 1/7 | No School…brrrrrrr!!!!! Cold day??? |
| Thur 1/8 | Click HERE for the Thursday in class resource!!!! Warm-up (cleaned up equations…including ‘literal’ equations from Tuesday…and the Cookies problem); Handed back homework and “Hartman’s worked out solutions;” time to compare last night’s work, answer some questions, and turn in. Talked about all the resources online…textbook ( http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com ); hippocampus; Lincoln Library; Khan….my website!!!…Showed the resource video! (That’s the Click HERE at the beginning of this “cell”); partner coach; Read 1.4 do pg. 29 #5, 8, 11, 17, 21, 22, 24, 38, 41, 44. There is a chapter 1 test planned for Monday!!! I suggest you read ahead and look at section 1.5 tonight as well!!! |
| Fri 1/9 | Warm-up (various absolute value problems to set the stage for today; also a “geometry” problem related to chapter 1!!!); Handed back 1.3 hmwk; Students posted work for 1.4 around the room; Student “self-assessment” for a grade. Moved on….Notes and examples and board work for 1.5 absolute value EQUATIONS (click here for notes from 2012-13 school year) AND notes and examples and partner coch for absolute value INEQUALITIES (click here for notes from 2012-13 school year). Read 1.5 do pg 36 #1, 4, 5, 7, 16, 20, 22, 26, 46; Worked out solutions for the 1.5 assignment are here (click HERE.) Review sheet handed out for tomorrow’s test…..worked out solutions for the review here; The test is MONDAY covering 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5. |
| Mon 1/12 | Final questions before the test (a couple abs. value inequalities); Chap 1 test; 2.1 preview packet to fill out by tomorrow |
| Tue 1/13 | Guess my function and CBR (motion ranger) w/ Dr. Hartman; went over the preview packet…addressing many concepts from 2.1 w/ Mr. Payer. GRAPH video to “teach” slope-intercept form. Board work. do 2.1 pg 59 #12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 36, 38, 53 and do pg. 67 #1, 4, 6, 11, 16, 20,25, 26, 66 and graph y+3=-2(x-2) |
| Wed 1/14 | Warm up (matching sheet); NASA video (Precision….”Do my job; do it correctly..do it well”….WORK HARD!!!….think about your future! QQT (w/ functions in block 2)….FINISH up last night’s hmwk tonight!; Talked about how to graph an equation in standard form and point slope form; Started to think about UNL Costs…set the stage for/talking about writing the equation of a line from a table, from a graph, given a point and slope, and given two points. Click HERE for a notesheet (called the “pink” notesheet) and then click here if you want to see Dr. Hartman’s work through the notes!!!. Also, Click here to see a video from last year’s lesson!!! (Very helpful if you need some extra help or if you were gone.) Chapter 2 test is next Tuesday or Wednesday. Homework: start the “pink” packet (2.1, 2.2, 2.4). |
| Thur 1/15 | Warm up (finished the matching sheet); Warm up (UNL cost problem); Looked at #11 off pink packet; Turned in 2.1-2.2 bookwork (from earlier); Tonight: FINISH pink 2.1-2.2, 2.4 packet!!! Handed back tests; looked at analysis. S1 DCA on the laptops; the test is on Wednesday! |
| Fri 1/16 | Warm-up (3 abs value inequalities/equations; a few “clicker” problems; went over the matching sheet). Addressed a few of the issues we saw on the 2.1-2.2 hmwk as well as the test; Moved on to graphing y = abs x with a table….used the table to generate the V shape); Talked about the basics of Calc 101…and how to graph a linear equation and then an absolute value function; Used the calculator to discover the “a,” “h,” and “k” transformations. Did some “motion abs. value!!!” Looked at a couple specific examples of listing the transformations / graphing; TURNED IN the 2.1-2.4 pink packet; Do the worksheet on 2.5/2.6; Worked out solutions for tonight’s 2.5/2.6 hwmk: click HERE…. Remember the test is Wednesday |
| Mon 1/19 | MLK Day |
| Tue 1/20 | Warm-up (graphing linear equation-standard form and abs. val. equation-vertex form); Answered a few questions off homework/pink sheet; addressed issues off the pink sheet; Concept attainment model (is – is not) for introducing 2.7: Graphing linear inequalities and abs. val. inequalities Board work practice; ended with iPhone application problem. Read 2.7 do pg 104 #1, 5, 15, 42, 48 and work on the review sheet (click here for the worked out ipad video for the review) Test is tomorrow! Some turned in last night’s worksheet. Some also turned late work (including the pink packet). Click REVIEW SHEET if you can’t find yours!!! |
| Wed 1/21 | Warm up (graphing linear inequalities / abs. value inequalities; writing equations given a point and perpendicular slope; writing equation given a graph; Chapter 2 test; Preview activity for chapter 3 for hmwk |
| Thur 1/22 | Warm up (iPhone problem…Mr. Payer….also used clickers (59, 58) and challenge work (46-48)) Went over the warm-up. Touched on the worksheet from last night to “teach” the section. partner Mini-White board work w/ 3.1 and 3.3. Mr. Payer also spent time “thinking” about when it’s a dependent, inconsistent, and independent system WITHOUT graphing it!!!…just by thinking!; 3.1 pg 120 #2, 3, 5, 13-16, 37 AND 3.3 pg 136 #4, 5, 7, 9, 16, 20, 30, 45; Use graph paper |
| Fri 1/23 | 3.3 Application problem; NeSA-ACT prep Clickers (23 and 7); compared hmwk; answered a couple questions; Looked at answer key to chap 2 test; All I Do is Solve…you tube video; Notes and examples on 3.2 (solving systems using the elimination and substitution methods)…; Read 3.2 do pg 128 #1, 3, 8, 9, 18, 20, 24, 36 and then do 30, 35 and then do 15, 16, 17 Click here for a helpful video for elimination and substitution; Chapter 3 exam is Wednesday |
| Mon 1/26 | Warm up (Socks / Ice Cream apps….and Clicker: Wheelbarrow and dirt!!!); answered some questions off the 3.2 assignment; turned in the 3.2 assignment; test folders out for students to look at their tests; Another 3.3 application problem; time for partners to work through 3.1-3.3 practice problems. Review sheet handed out. Video for the review is here; Chapter 3 test is WEDNESDAY; Chap 1-3 retest will be NEXT Monday. We will move on to chapter 5 on TUESDAY. |
| Tue 1/27 | Warm up (graphing y = x^2); Notes and info on 5.1-5.2; (Basics of a quadratic function; quadratic, linear, constant terms; standard form ax^2+bx+c; basics of the graph–the parabola–including vertex and axis of symmetry; talked about the key for setting up a table to graph–(-b / 2a); looked at the max and min of a quadratic application); Time to work on the level challenge for graphing; tonight: finish up the level challenge for graphing; keep working on the chapter 3 review sheet; STUDY!!!; you can “start” the first 2/3 of the chapter 5.1-5.3 graphing sheet (front side and the book probs at the top of the back side). |
| Wed 1/28 | Warm up (application with quadratics–VERTEX!!!, graphing a quadratic, finishing graphing levels); Chapter 3 exam. Tonight work on the front side of the 5.1-5.3 worksheet and the book problems on the back side! |
| Thur 1/29 | Warm-up: graphing a quadratic (given in standard form) and solving an application problem; Discussed graphing the vertex form of a quadratic equation y=a(x-h)^2+k; Practice with graphing; Board work review for chap 1-2-3; Hmwk: finish up the 5.1-5.3 graphing sheet (you can do all of it now). You will turn it in tomorrow! |
| Fri 1/30 | Warm up (graph a quadratic in vertex form; graph a quadratic in standard form; application of a quadratic); Went over the warm up; time for comparing and questions for the 5.1-5.3 worksheet; Turned in the 5.1-5.3 worksheet; Test folders back; looked at the chapter 3 exam. Board work review for the cumulative retest. Review sheet for homework: Click Here for the review sheet itself. Videos for the review sheet are here (part 1) and here (part 2)…the video for the last question is HERE (I somehow forgot to record that!). The retest is MONDAY! |
| Mon 2/2 | Snow Day! |
| Tue 2/3 | Cumulative 1-2-3 Retention/Retest; After the test, work on the “take-home” 5.1-5.3 quiz. IF a snow day happens again tomorrow, PLEASE work ahead by reading through 5.4 and preparing to factor in class…we will be going faster! |
| Wed 2/4 | Snow Day! |
| Thur 2/5 | Turn in quiz right away; Other tools: a) taking a vertex and point and writing an equation….b) converting from vertex to standard form….and c) factoring!…..Teach Me How To Factor video; notes on factoring. Hmwk: First do pg 256 #43, 45, 51, 53, and 77 and THEN Read 5.4 do pg 263 #3-45 (by 3’s) and 51-63 (by 3’s) |
| Fri 2/6 | Warm up (Level challenge with factoring). Tests back; Notes and examples with solving quadratics from three perspectives: a) Factoring and the zero product property; b) Square roots (given there is no “bx” term); and c) using our calculator to approximate the zeros using the calculator tools. Assignment: BESIDES finishing the level challenge, do 5.5 pg 270 #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 31, 48, 51, 65. Click HERE for a helpful video on section 5.5 (first three methods on how to solve quadratics); click HERE for a video going over the pink quiz (graphing quadratics in standard form and vertex form…as well as an application); Click HERE for extra help with using your calculator!!! |
| Mon 2/9 | (Pep rally schedule) Warm up: 1st fill out mid quarter reflection then consider a “calculator” problem; Board work to intro add/subt/mult “i’ problems; set the stage for why we need “i;” notes on solving with “i;” READ 5.6 do pg 278 #1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 29, 34, 36, 40, 41, 44, 46 |
| Tue 2/10 | Warm up (Solve 2(x-3)^2 = 32 type problem and an AREA of a rectangle problem)…handed out answer keys for Friday’s and Monday’s homework (look over); optional Quiz-Quiz-Trade practice; Chapter 5 check point!!! work time!!!! (Finish the checkpoint for hmwk tonight). There is a video that goes over #7, 11, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34 of the checkpoint….click HERE We will look at completing the square tomorrow and the quadratic formula on Thursday…the test is Friday |
| Wed 2/11 | Notes and examples on solving by completing the square and converting to vertex form. Work hard! (Test is Friday). Read 5.7 do pg 285 #7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 31 |
| Thur 2/12 | Warm up (post answers around the room from 5.7); Board work practice; Formative “self” assessment for the past few assignments; Finished up the chapter…The Quad Song; Notes on the Quadratic Formula / Discriminant; Worked on a few quadratic formula problems: Pg 293 #3, 7, 13, 32, 35, 42, 56; Work on the chap 5 review (click here for video help for levels 1&2 and click here for video help for levels 3-6). Click here to download the review sheet. Chap 5 test is tomorrow; we are starting chapter 6 on Monday. ADDITIONAL resource: Mr. Geist’s review sheet (click HERE) and Mr. Geist’s worked out answers to the review sheet!!! (click HERE). |
| Fri 2/13 | Chapter 5 exam; afterwards…preview sheet for chapter 6 |
| Mon 2/16 | Begin working on chapter 6 (standard form, classifying polynomials, adding-subtracting-multiplying polynomials); Investigated end behavior (handed out notesheet); Chapter 5 tests back; Hmwk: A. Read 6.1; B. Read pg. 312; C. Do pg 309 #1-7 odd, 33, 35, 41, 48, 50, 56; D. Do #1-8 on the end behavior worksheet! |
| Tue 2/17 | Warm up (zeros and factoring); Looked at the relationship between the factored form of a polynomial function and its zeros. Used factored form, zeros, and end behav to sketch graphs (could bring in y-int too). ALSO looked at multiplicity!!! Hmwk: Do doing worksheet (sketching polynomials); Use pg 315 out of the book and your calculator to help with multiplicity!!! |
| Wed 2/18 | Warm up (Partner coach for Ch 5 factoring and Ch 5 graphing)…discussed ex. cred. “window” on Synergy; Answered questions on the worksheet; used our calc to find the zeros/max/min/window of an “ugly” cubic function); Moved on to look to look at special factoring of polynomials in standard form…spent time at the board developing this!; Hmwk: Do pg 330 #21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 47, 48, 52, 56 as well as pg 317 #2, 10, 18, 26, 34 (and finish up the worksheet from yesterday). The chapter 6 exam is next Thursday with the chap 5-6 retest the “following” Monday |
| Thur 2/19 | Warm up (used calc to find zeros/max/min….of an “ugly” quartic function); Reviewed elementary “long division” at the boards; Notes and examples with LONG division of polynomials. More boardwork Read 6.3 Do pg 324 #1, 3, 5, 37, 38, 40 and then 9, 10, 23… Chap 6 Khan resources: Click here for some links. |
| Fri 2/20 | Warm-up (answer keys for the past two assignments too look at…looked at the plan for the next week and a half). Notes on synthetic division; Backside of notesheet; Time to work!!! Do pg 324 #13, 15, 22, 38…then turn in…THEN work on the chapter 6 check point review sheet. Note; I changed #13: x^4+1x^2-20. Click here for the video that goes with the check point (Click here for problems 1-4, click here for problems 5-11, click here for problems 12-18); Chap 6 test is next Thursday. Extra credit it up; check synergy!!! |
| Mon 2/23 | Warm up (Synthetic and Long division practice at the boards); Set the stage for solving in 6.5/6.6. Notesheet to help guide. Check whether or not a factor was really a factor (set the stage for p/q); Solved the problems we already know how to and then learned how to solve problems using the “p/q bank” and “division”…started to get into some of the other KEYS (will finish up tomorrow); Began to use the graphic organizer; Read 6.5 do pg 339 #1-4, 7, 11, 12 |
| Tue 2/24 | Warm up (ans keys out for last night’s work); Lots of notes/examples with 6.5-6.6 (used graphic organizer); Continued the “capstone” of the course; Do p. 339 #13, 17, 19, 21, 37, 38 and p. 343 #1, 2, 5, 7, 10-12, 22, 42 The BIG test is on Thusday |
| Wed 2/25 | Questions over hmwk… Final 4 “capstone review” problems (one application and three graphing); Chap 6 test is tomorrow…Work on the review!!! iPad videos FOR THE CHAPTER 6 REVIEW are here and here also….Mr. Geist’s review (click here) and Mr. Geist’s answer key for his review (click here) |
| Thur 2/26 | Chap 6 test; Handed out the Ch 5-6 Cumulative Review |
| Fri 2/27 | Note: Last chance for the extra credit Synergy opportunity is this weekend!!! Chap 6 test back; Board work practice from chapter 5/6 to prepare for the retest. Cumulative review…ipad videos are here and here I have also posted Mr. Geist’s Chap 5-6 cumulative REVIEW (click here) and his WORKED OUT KEY for the review (click here)…more great resources! |
| Mon 3/2 | Huge Ch 5-6 Retest; Begin to prepare for the final. How/ Read over the sections in the book from Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 |
| Tue 3/3 | Review for Finals; check in calculator and possibly book; 34 m/c problems: pg. 113 (#1-10); pg. 233 (#1, 5, 10-12); pg. 363 (#1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10-14); pg. 427 (#1, 4-6); pg. 483 (#3, 5); pg. 595 (#7, 8); pg. 705 (#1). |
| Wed/ Fri | Finals (check in book for sure) |
| Thur | Note: Thurs was no school due to state baskeball |
| Spring Break | |
| Start of Term 4 | |
| Mon 3/16 | Several Geom Clicker DCA problems; Reminded students of expectations and “resources” available for class….Discussion about the basics of probability (Experimental, Theoretical, Notation, Sample Space, “0” to “1,”…use of a venn diagram to help…geometric prob) Do pg 42 #1, 2, 10-14, 17, 25, 26, 28-37, 39 |
| Tue 3/17 | Turned in hmwk; looked at indep vs. dep. probabilities; replacement vs. non-replacement; use of a tree diagram vs. just multiplying; mutual exclusive vs not; P(A)+P(B)-P(A and B); the fundamental counting principle. New assignment: pg 534 #1-7, 9, 10-14, 16, 24-27, 31-40 |
| Wed 3/18 | Warm up (CAT!)….looked at factorial (permutations), permutations taken r at a time; combinations taken r at a time….re-read 1.6, 9.7…then READ 6.7 and do pg. 348 #1, 6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 19-22, 27, 29, 30, 32, 40, 46-49….then preview section 12.3 |
| Thur 3/19 | Notes and examples on stem and leaf plots, box plots, Quartiles, IQR, outliers, etc… board work practice; Read 12.3 do pg 664 #3, 5, 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 25 AND Read 12. 4 do pg. 672 #1, 2, 17 AND Read 12.6; Take home quiz will be given tomorrow; Test will be next Tuesday |
| Fri 3/19 | Learned about computing the standard deviation and looking at the normal distribution…a bit of calculator work as well….Reread 1.6, 9.7, 6.7, 12.3, 12.4, and 12.6…do pg 672 #4, 5 and do pg 695 #5, 6, 9-16, 27….COMPLETE THE TAKE HOME QUIZ….must be done when you come to class on Monday!!!! DCA on Monday and Prob/Stats test on Tuesday |
| Mon 3/23 | Graded own take home quiz; DCA (district common assessment) in a computer lab; Handed out Prob & Stats review; Click here and here for the videos that go along with the review!!!! Test is tomorrow!!! |
| Tue 3/24 | Prob/Stats test…afterwards…read 7.0 and take the “Alg Exponent” quiz (finish the quiz for homework!!!) |
| Wed 3/25 | (Hartman gone…sick child). Mr. Payer led the way through 7.1… Read 7.1 do pg 372 #13-21, 23-26, 42-47, 51-52, 72 |
| Thur 3/26 | 7.2 Do p. 377 #2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27-29 |
| Fri 3/27 | Handed back the 7.0 quiz (YOU SHOULD REVISE THIS)….notes on adding/subtracting radical expressions (7.3) and more with rationalizing. Board work Do pg 382 1-7, 9, 11-13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 56-57, 59-60 odd; Click HERE for help with rationalizing… |
| Mon 3/30 | Mr. Payer gone to an interview…Dr. Hartman gone b/c he now has his daughter’s illness!…Answer keys out for the weekend’s hmwk; Mad Minute Warm Up; Level Challenge; went over level challenge; possibly start the take home quiz?; for sure give the green review….Hmwk: Green review 7.1-7.3 / preview 7.4 (Click Here for help with the front side. Click Here for help with the back side) Goal today was to put closure to 7.1-7.3 and be ready to start 7.4 on Tuesday! WATCH THE VIDEO!!!! |
| Tue 3/31 | NOTE: Students must “watch” the video to check the GREEN REVIEW homework before turning it in! They will need to add their “signature” to the top of the green sheet stating they did so….Warm up; Notes on 7.4; board work; do pg 388 #1, 2, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 36, 38, 42, 44, 47, 48, 65, 71, 88. Click Here for help with hmwk… |
| Wed 4/1 | Turned in Last night’s hmwk; Turned in Green review “IF” students signed the top saying they used the video; Possibly turned in the Quiz (can wait until Thursday to turn it in); Notes and examples on solving radical/rational exponent equations…notes from class on solving equations 7.5 click here .; Tonight: Finish the 7.1-7.4 quiz; Hmwk: pg. 394 #3, 7, 11, 15, 22, 26-29, 34, 35, 39, and (x-2)^(2/3) – 4 = 5…”Ans sheet given to students…”Show work to get these answers!”….. Click Here for help with TONIGHT’S 7.5 hmwk ….Also an extra credit opportunity for prob and stats is available NOW via synergy! |
| Thur 4/2 | “exploration” with graphing square root and cube root functions… Looked at domain/range, transformations; “table” approach; (not enough time for card matching activity); Revise quizzes this weekend (include a sentence explaining your error!!!); We will move on to Probability on Monday; the DCA is Tuesday; Test is now Thursday; READ 7.8 and Do pg 417 #3, 7, 8, 11, 17, 19, 21, 38, 39, 44, 47, 73; click HERE for a video to help with the 7.8 hmwk!!!! |
| Mon 4/6 | Preparing for the chapter 7 test; revising quizzes; QQT; volume of a sphere…other review problems. Homework: Review Sheet Chapter 7 review; Click here for the video that goes with the review sheet! Test is Wednesday |
| Tue 4/7 | Went over the Prob (ex cred) and Stats (ex cred) results…addressed the most frequently missed problems. Did the same with the DCA most frequently missed problems. Some review time for tomorrow’s test. Work on the review and watch the video (posted yesterday). Some students missed due to the NeSA-R. |
| Wed 4/8 | Looked at the “Algebra 1” properties of exponents test (and the exponential growth/decay test) as a warm-up….lots of time for the chapter 7 exam…time to start prepping for chapter 8. Two different “worksheets” to get started with previewing for chapter 8. Extra credit window opened BACK up for prob/stats…via synergy |
| Thur 4/9 | Paper folding; TED video on paper folding; set the stage for chapters 8 & 9; basics of 8.1-8.2 with graphing; examples for notes (including domain/range/asymp and transformations); Partner coach activity for reviewing 7.1-7.4; homework: All do Pg 435 #16-23, 60, 62 and Pg 442 #12, 14…make sure you label asymptotes and state domain/range… Those of you who were coached during partner coaching: Do pg 848 #1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 21, 23, 24, 14 |
| Fri 4/10 | Finished partner coaching from yesterday; talked about the NeSA testing plan for Monday/Wednesday; Spent time with 8.1-8.2 (writing the exponential function given two points); partner coaching with solving from chapter 7; Weekend: A. Do pg 435 #10, 12, 14….B. Get caught up with missing hmwk….C. Do the extra credit!!! The big retest is next Thursday |
| Mon 4/13 | 11th graders were out for the first 60 minutes for NeSA testing….Non-juniors: Partner coach to prepare for retest; looked through both of our old tests….ALL: Practice with on how to write an exponential function given 2 points; General notes on Exponential functions (new amt = initial amount x (return rate) ^ time)….growth (1+r) and decay (1-r); difference between growth/decay rate and growth/decay factor; difference between appreciation and depreciation; a few examples, including the “bears” problem…..; Tonight: do pg 435…#38, 39, 43, 57, 58……Handed out the review for the cumulative: Click for Probability review; Click for Statistics review; Click for 7.1-7.4 / 7.5 review; Click for 7.8 review. The big retest is Wednesday. |
| Tue 4/14 | Focused on specific applications of exp. growth and decay (interest compounded quarterly…monthly…daily…EVEN continuously…as well as “half life”)…began to look at the number “e”…8.1-8.2 worksheet for homework…you should also be preparing for Thursday’s retest. An extra resource is to click HERE to download Mr. Geist’s reviews and keys…study study STUDY!!!! Payer’s notes from class are HERE |
| Wed 4/15 | Juniors took the NeSA…more review for the retest….Mr. Payer’s review info is: tinyurl.com/LSWReview4-14 |
| Thur 4/16 | Ch 7 and Prob/Stats Retest!!! Also a take home quiz for 8.1-8.2 |
| Fri 4/17 | Lots and lots with 8.3…the famous Logarithm!!! Even “log war”…Worksheet for homework! |
| HELP! | Other Chap 8 videos: (Of course you can go to the Khan academy and watch MANY log/exponential videos there)…. 8.1 Stuff (notesheet is here; ipad video 1 is here; ipad video 2 is here😉 Various 8.1-8.4 items including Condensing and Expanding at the end!! ( click HERE ); GRAPHING LOGS!!! (click HERE ); 8.5 Solving (click here for the video for solving exponentials; click here for the video for solving logs) |
| Mon 4/20 | Mad Minute Warm-up w/ rewriting logs and simplifying logs….Graded the quiz in class….Went over a few questions from the 8.3 worksheet; LOTS of work related to properties of logs; notes on properties of logs; practice problems; 8.4 worksheet for homework. (tomorrow is NeSA…there will be a 8.1-8.4 quiz) |
| Tue 4/21 | Went over questions on the 8.4 assignment; self mid-quarter (parent teacher conf. reflection); time for students to work on “take home quiz” (some students were taking NeSA-Science)….hmwk: finish the quiz….clean up missing work….”study”….Chap 8 exam is likely on MONDAY!!!! |
| Wed 4/22 | Warm up with properties….lots of notes on solving exponentials / log equations. (See the video links in the previous “help” cell to help…); Read 8.5 do pg. 464 #1, 5, 12, 25, 29, 35, 37, 44, 45, 101; test is Monday |
| Thur 4/23 | Students posted solutions for hmwk around room; finished “applications” from 8.5; touched on the basics of 8.6 (essentially a remix of the whole chapter but using “e” the natural base AS the base and “LN” the natural log for all log work); Homework: a) read 8.5 and 8.5….b) do pg. 464 #23, 50, 51….c) do pg. 472 #5, 6, 16, 26, 39, 62, 67-69…..d) review chapter 8 graphing and compound interest and 1/2 life….e) clean up missing work!!!…..f) just study as there is a big test on Monday! |
| Fri 4/24 | First: warm; Second: finished up 8.6; Third: Question on 8.6 hmwk; Fourth: How much can you make; Fifth: Partner coach; Sixth: Review sheet!!! Test is Monday!!! Homework: Besides cleaning up missing work….Work on the Review for the Chapter 8 exam (next Tuesday) iPad videos for the chapter 8 review are here and here |
| Mon 4/27 | Review for chap 8 test; Chap 8 test; Preview assignment for chapter 9 |
| Tue 4/28 | ACT day…”no school” |
| Wed 4/29 | Dr. H leaves during the day for Washington DC. Mr. Payer introduced new info on direct, inverse, joint, and combined variation; (Note sheet); Key ideas…1) decide which variation and write down the basics…2) substitute given information and clearly state what “k” is…3) write the model…in other words re-write the basics but this time put a number in for “k”….4) often times “use” the model…..assignment: pg 74 #18, 20, 24, 28 and pg 491 #2, 4, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 34, 53… |
| Thur 4/30 | Dr. H in Washington DC. Mr. Payer cleaned up variation and set the stage for the last graphing concept of the course–“the reciprocal function” y = 1/x Click here for a helpful video. Homework: Graphing worksheet with 6 problems… |
| Fri 5/1 | Mr. Payer’s last day. Dr. H in Washington DC….cleaned up graphing y=1/x…board work practice with variation and graphing… |
| Mon 5/4 | Warm up review of graphing (horiz/vert asymptotes and dom/range…as well as full blown graphing) at the boards; review of variation at our seats…talked about the plan for the next 2 weeks…. Rest of the time: notes-examples with 9.4…ALL at the board….see video here….do pg. 511 #1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 43-45 |
| Tue 5/5 | Warm-up (questions on hmwk from yesterday); Discussion of 9.5 (adding and subtracting…. (If time, talk about “complex” fractions…if not…then on Wednesday.) ABSENT students: ). “Play” this video: ( here ) and fill out a notesheet (here notesheet) that goes with the video. The assignment: Read 9.5 Do pg 517 #10, 13-16, 18, 20-22, 26, 29… |
| Wed 5/6 | 1. Warm up (2x)/(x^2-2x-3) – (3)/(4x+4); 2. Students posted answers/work to last night’s work; 3. Spent time with complex fractions: 22/26/29 from last night and then some board work practice. 4. Notes and information on the first part fo 9.6—solving rational equations using (a) cross multiplication . Video for today is HERE. Hmwk: pg 524 #1, 4, 5, 14, 39, 41, 43, 46 Also gave a “quiz” to practice some chapter 9 problems at home!!! Test is Friday |
| Thur 5/7 | Went over 524 #1, 4, 5, 14…Notes on 9.6—solving rational equations using (b) multiplying by the LCD. Video for today is HERE. Hmwk: pg 524 # 39, 41, 43, 46….. Moving forward 0. There is a test tomorrow. B. There is Synergy extra credit open until Monday at Midnight. C. Work on the the goldenrod practice; D. work on the “learning targets”…. Answers for the learning targets are here. E. Review sheet…Video for the review is here. (NOTE: THERE IS AN ERROR ON #15….MY EXP OF 3 TURNED INTO AN EXP OF 2!!!!…ANSWER SHOULD BE 6.02). |
| Fri 5/8 | Chapter 9 test; read 7.6-7.7 to preview next week. To do this weekend: 0. Extra cred opportunity on synergy; 1. Make up missing homework (last chance to turn in is next Friday); 2. Again, preview 7.6-7.7; 3. Begin to prepare for the retest….work on Chap 8 (logs) especially!!! and any weaknesses from the Chap 9 test today |
| Mon 5/11 | Handed out “Dead Week (Just like the week before finals at UNL) information sheet; went over the first big idea (variation) of the test; P. coach activity for variation; New material from chapter 7B (Operations on functions and |
| Tue 5/12 | 1. Wend over the “log” partner coach from yesterday. 2. new material: composition of functions.. 3. Went over the fraction part of the test. Tonight: A. study variation. B. Study logs. C. to the assignment 7.6 pg 400 #22, 24, 29, 31, 32, 40, 63, 65, 85. VIDEO TO HELP WITH 7.6 CONTENT is here; D. continue to study all of 8 and 9!!! Test is Thursday |
| Wed 5/13 | Review!!!….lots of time with chapter 8 and 9……The 8-9 cumulative videos are here and here. The retest is tomorrow!!! |
| Thur 5/14 | Big Chap 8-9 cumulative retest |
| Fri 5/15 | Warm up with composition of functions; answered questions on the homework; New material from chapter 7B (Inverses); Assignment 7.7 Pg 410 #1, 5, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 25, 27, 41, 48; (VIDEO TO HELP WITH 7.7 CONTENT IS here); ALSO Prepare for the short 7.6-7.7 exam for Monday; (click here for the review sheet); iPad worked out solutions to the review are here (only look at the beginning part #1-5) and here (fast forward to the end to see #20-21). |
| Mon 5/18 | Final review for 7.6-7.7….short 7.6-7.7 test (no retest)…begin to review for finals…go through the sections of the book…Stats and Chap 7-8-9 |
| Tue 5/19 | Can check in book today; MUST check in calculator today; Time to work in class on multiple choice problems to review for the final |
| Wed / Thur | Finals!!!!!!!! |
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