Dec. 15-19

This week, we will do a final exam review and more geometry preview lessons and activities where appropriate. The final exam will be on Friday, December 19th and will count as one test grade. It will not be over 60 questions due to already having the EOCT.

Dec. 8-12

Monday and Tuesday will be the EOCT. Part I is on Monday and Part II is on Tuesday. For the rest of the week, we will be doing some previews of geometry or remediation for the final exam next week. It will be differentiated based on individual student needs.

Dec. 1-5

This week, we will be finishing the review for the EOCT, including taking part 2 as an individual test on Tuesday. The EOCT will be next Monday and Tuesday during regular class time.

Nov. 17-21

This week, we will be doing a review of chapter 4, which is mostly on slopes, linear equations and graphs.

We will be doing a lot of test practice this week. One sample will count as a daily grade and the first part of the EOCT practice test will count as a test.

WHen we return from break on Monday, Dec. 1st, we will be taking Part II of the practice test and it will count as a test. WE have gone over those tests several times since the beginning of the semester.

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Nov. 10 - 14

This week, we will be working on reviewing systems of linear equations (chapter 7 from Integrated I) and reviewing all of chapters 1-7 this week. The End - of - Course Test is on December 8th and 9th. Please remember that we will be out for a week at Thanksgiving, so this leaves us only a few short weeks before then and then one week after the break to prepare. Do your best on this test and take the review seriously.

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Nov. 3 - 7

Mon - EOCT practice Part I - Individual

finish class work from Friday - review of chapters 1 - 6 from Integrated I

Tue - Going over part I answers and explanations

Wed. - School break for students - teachers will be in training sessions

Thurs - Individual Part II of EOCT practice test

Fri - Going over part II of EOCT practice test

October 27-31

There will be a brief review and then a quiz on Monday over just long division with polynomials. After that, we will be doing a factoring review and possibly some people will do a multiplication facts speed test if they have not had at least an 80% in the past.

Most importantly, Integrated II students will have a test on simplifying, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers (fractions) with polynomials.
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Oct. 20-24
MONDAY - review for fractions test with numbers
We did the fractions unit to prepare more for the new unit this week using more complicated fractions with polynomials
Lesson on simplifying rational expressions and multiplying rational expressions
Notebook check.
TUESDAY - Test on basic fractions
Lesson on dividing rational expressions
WEDNESDAY - long division with polynomials
adding and subtracting rational expressions with like denominators
THURSDAY - adding and subtracting rational expressions with unlike denominators
adding and subtracting mixed number polynomials (#1-8 only)
FRIDAY - solving rational equations
test review

Test Tuesday, October 28th

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Oct. 13-17
This week, we are going to be working on some basic skills involving fractions and multiplication facts. Some of the multiplication tests on basic facts will be timed. Also, notebooks will be checked on Mondays until the end of the semester. There will be a test over factoring (including trinomials, greatest common factor and difference of two squares) this Friday, October 17. The grouping problems on the factoring test will count as extra points. There will be a fractions test next Tuesday and it is involving simple computations and simplifying fractions. Calculators will not be allowed on that fractions test (Tues, Oct. 21) or the multiplication facts tests, but they will be allowed on the factoring test on Friday, October 17th.

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This week is mostly a review of chapter 3 equations from Integrated II.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequality number lines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probability review
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This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

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This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
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I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

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The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

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Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

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Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!

Dec. 15-19

This week, we will do work on the computers on Monday and Wednesday due to final exams on Thursday. Tuesday, we will do the second part of the final exam review. The final exam for 2nd and 3rd periods will be on Thursday, December 18th. (4th and 5th periods will not meet on that day.) The final exam for 4th and 5th periods will be Friday, December 19th. (2nd and 3rd periods will not meet on Friday.)

Dec. 8 - 12

Monday and Thursday, we will be working on computers. Tuesday, we will be adding and subtracting square roots and doing a review. Wednesday, there will be a test over all of square roots. Friday, we will do part one of a final exam review.

Dec. 1-5

Monday and Thursday, we will be working on computers. Tuesday, we will be going over the group test from before break. Wednesday, the individual section of the test is due (Students had this since Nov. 20th). We will also begin a section over understanding and simplifying square roots. On Friday, we will be multiplying and dividing square roots.

Nov. 17-21

We will be working on the Plato Computer program this week on Monday and Thursday. If you want to add points to your Math I grade, you are welcome to stay after school this Tuesday or Thursday until 4:30 or 5 to get more time on Plato. You are also getting credit for your work in your Plato notebook.

On Tuesday, we will be doing a lesson on adding and subtracting unlike rational expressions (including getting a common denominator). Students got a study guide last week over this unit and the test will be broken into two parts. Part I is with the group (on this Friday) and Part II will be individual (the Tuesday after the break). Each part will have about 10 problems and the test will look very close to the study guide.

Wednesday, we are doing a test review over rational expressions.

Friday is Part I of the test over rational expressions.

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Nov. 10-14

Please be ready to turn in your 10 division problems we worked on today in class. A simplified test over division of polynomials by monomials will be next Wednesday, November 12th. On Tuesday and Wednesday (after that test), we will be going over how to add and subtract rational expressions that have polynomials in them. The quiz on that will be Friday.

***IMPORTANT*** Please remember your personal earphones on Monday, November 10th, when we will start using PLATO, the computer program that has some tutorials with sound. We will also be doing that on Thursday, November 13th.

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Nov. 3 - 7

Mon - All assignments from the workbook will be collected and graded on Monday. Students will have about 15-20 minutes in class to finish whatever they need. If more time than that will be needed, students are to finish over the weekend. Some students needed extra time on the test today, so those review assignments weren't graded yet. These were assigned on Thursday, October 30th and you can find the exact pages by checking last week's blog or the post-it note in the frint cover of the workbook.
Monday, we will do an activity on simplifying rational expressions and restricting all denominators from being zero.

Tues - I will have a sub for math training today. Students will have an assignment on practicing simplifying rational expressions from yesterday using workbook page 178-179 (# 1- 21). If not completed in class, please finish for homework.

Wed - school holiday for students - teachers will be in training sessions.

Thur - review for quiz on simplifying rational expressions

Fri - quiz on rational exressions

Friday will also be a lesson introducing multiplication and division of rational expressions (fractions)

October 27-31
Mon- review polynomial division
4 problem quiz on division
review factoring (finish for hw if needed)
study for test

Tue-review for test
wkbk p. 173-174 (#1-16) finish for hw if needed
study for test

Wed.- re-test on polynomials (adding, subtracting and factoring)
hw: wkbk page 72-73 (# 10-27)
study for test

Thur - CW - Wkbk Page 88-89 (#4-30) and Wkbk. Page 97 (1-12)
hw: wkbk page 83-84 (#4-12, and 16-24)

Fri - test on long division and synthetic division
preview of upcoming unit
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October 20-24
MON -Collect factoring homework
Go over polynomials test answers and grades
give fractions packet back - *****students finish by Friday*****
work on that a little each day
review long division with polynomials (ws 8-4 front)
hw - practice long division on worksheet
TUE - Collect hw
lesson on simplifying rational expressions (ws 8-1) left column in class
and multiplying rational expressions (ws 8-2) left column
hw - right column on each side
WED - collect hw
dividing rational expressions
synthetic division
hw- make sure you can explain the steps of synthetic division and long division
THUR - review of factoring different types of problems
hw- fractions packet must be completed and turned in tomorrow
FRI - turn in fraction packet
review synthetic division
learning task on division
Test Tuesday, Oct. 28 on long division of polynomials and synthetic division
Review Monday, October 27

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October 13-17
This week, we will be reviewing for a section test in Math I and the taking a section test on polynomials. Students have a study guide that is very close to the actual test. We will have the PSAT testing on Wednesday, which is an early release schedule, so regular classes will not be meeting. On Thursday and Friday, we will be working on the next section of computations with multiplying and dividing polynomials.

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Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
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This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

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Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
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I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

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The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

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This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

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This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
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Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

We will be working on the Plato Computer program this week on Monday and Thursday. If you want to add points to your Math I grade, you are welcome to stay after school this Tuesday or Thursday until 4:30 or 5 to get more time on Plato. You are also getting credit for your work in your Plato notebook.

On Tuesday, we will be doing a lesson on adding and subtracting unlike rational expressions (including getting a common denominator). Students got a study guide last week over this unit and the test will be broken into two parts. Part I is with the group (on this Friday) and Part II will be individual (the Tuesday after the break). Each part will have about 10 problems and the test will look very close to the study guide.

Wednesday, we are doing a test review over rational expressions.

Friday is Part I of the test over rational expressions.

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Nov. 10-14

Please be ready to turn in your 10 division problems we worked on today in class. A simplified test over division of polynomials by monomials will be next Wednesday, November 12th. On Tuesday and Wednesday (after that test), we will be going over how to add and subtract rational expressions that have polynomials in them. The quiz on that will be Friday.

***IMPORTANT*** Please remember your personal earphones on Monday, November 10th, when we will start using PLATO, the computer program that has some tutorials with sound. We will also be doing that on Thursday, November 13th.

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Nov. 3 - 7

Mon - All assignments from the workbook will be collected and graded on Monday. Students will have about 15-20 minutes in class to finish whatever they need. If more time than that will be needed, students are to finish over the weekend. Some students needed extra time on the test today, so those review assignments weren't graded yet. These were assigned on Thursday, October 30th and you can find the exact pages by checking last week's blog or the post-it note in the frint cover of the workbook.
Monday, we will do an activity on simplifying rational expressions and restricting all denominators from being zero.

Tues - I will have a sub for math training today. Students will have an assignment on practicing simplifying rational expressions from yesterday using workbook page 178-179 (# 1- 21). If not completed in class, please finish for homework.

Wed - school holiday for students - teachers will be in training sessions.

Thur - review for quiz on simplifying rational expressions

Fri - quiz on rational exressions

Friday will also be a lesson introducing multiplication and division of rational expressions (fractions)

October 27-31
Mon- review polynomial division
4 problem quiz on division
review factoring (finish for hw if needed)
study for test

Tue-review for test
wkbk p. 173-174 (#1-16) finish for hw if needed
study for test

Wed.- re-test on polynomials (adding, subtracting and factoring)
hw: wkbk page 72-73 (# 10-27)
study for test

Thur - CW - Wkbk Page 88-89 (#4-30) and Wkbk. Page 97 (1-12)
hw: wkbk page 83-84 (#4-12, and 16-24)

Fri - test on long division and synthetic division
preview of upcoming unit
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October 20-24
MON -Collect factoring homework
Go over polynomials test answers and grades
give fractions packet back - *****students finish by Friday*****
work on that a little each day
review long division with polynomials (ws 8-4 front)
hw - practice long division on worksheet
TUE - Collect hw
lesson on simplifying rational expressions (ws 8-1) left column in class
and multiplying rational expressions (ws 8-2) left column
hw - right column on each side
WED - collect hw
dividing rational expressions
synthetic division
hw- make sure you can explain the steps of synthetic division and long division
THUR - review of factoring different types of problems
hw- fractions packet must be completed and turned in tomorrow
FRI - turn in fraction packet
review synthetic division
learning task on division
Test Tuesday, Oct. 28 on long division of polynomials and synthetic division
Review Monday, October 27

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October 13-17
This week, we will be reviewing for a section test in Math I and the taking a section test on polynomials. Students have a study guide that is very close to the actual test. We will have the PSAT testing on Wednesday, which is an early release schedule, so regular classes will not be meeting. On Thursday and Friday, we will be working on the next section of computations with multiplying and dividing polynomials.

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Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
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This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

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Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
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I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

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The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

---------------------

This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

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This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
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Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

This week, we will be doing a review of chapter 4, which is mostly on slopes, linear equations and graphs.

We will be doing a lot of test practice this week. One sample will count as a daily grade and the first part of the EOCT practice test will count as a test.

WHen we return from break on Monday, Dec. 1st, we will be taking Part II of the practice test and it will count as a test. WE have gone over those tests several times since the beginning of the semester.

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Nov. 10 - 14

This week, we will be working on reviewing systems of linear equations (chapter 7 from Integrated I) and reviewing all of chapters 1-7 this week. The End - of - Course Test is on December 8th and 9th. Please remember that we will be out for a week at Thanksgiving, so this leaves us only a few short weeks before then and then one week after the break to prepare. Do your best on this test and take the review seriously.

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Nov. 3 - 7

Mon - EOCT practice Part I - Individual

finish class work from Friday - review of chapters 1 - 6 from Integrated I

Tue - Going over part I answers and explanations

Wed. - School break for students - teachers will be in training sessions

Thurs - Individual Part II of EOCT practice test

Fri - Going over part II of EOCT practice test

October 27-31

There will be a brief review and then a quiz on Monday over just long division with polynomials. After that, we will be doing a factoring review and possibly some people will do a multiplication facts speed test if they have not had at least an 80% in the past.

Most importantly, Integrated II students will have a test on simplifying, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers (fractions) with polynomials.
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Oct. 20-24
MONDAY - review for fractions test with numbers
We did the fractions unit to prepare more for the new unit this week using more complicated fractions with polynomials
Lesson on simplifying rational expressions and multiplying rational expressions
Notebook check.
TUESDAY - Test on basic fractions
Lesson on dividing rational expressions
WEDNESDAY - long division with polynomials
adding and subtracting rational expressions with like denominators
THURSDAY - adding and subtracting rational expressions with unlike denominators
adding and subtracting mixed number polynomials (#1-8 only)
FRIDAY - solving rational equations
test review

Test Tuesday, October 28th

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Oct. 13-17
This week, we are going to be working on some basic skills involving fractions and multiplication facts. Some of the multiplication tests on basic facts will be timed. Also, notebooks will be checked on Mondays until the end of the semester. There will be a test over factoring (including trinomials, greatest common factor and difference of two squares) this Friday, October 17. The grouping problems on the factoring test will count as extra points. There will be a fractions test next Tuesday and it is involving simple computations and simplifying fractions. Calculators will not be allowed on that fractions test (Tues, Oct. 21) or the multiplication facts tests, but they will be allowed on the factoring test on Friday, October 17th.

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This week is mostly a review of chapter 3 equations from Integrated II.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequality number lines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probability review
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This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

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This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
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I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

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The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

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Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

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Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!

Please be ready to turn in your 10 division problems we worked on today in class. A simplified test over division of polynomials by monomials will be next Wednesday, November 12th. On Tuesday and Wednesday (after that test), we will be going over how to add and subtract rational expressions that have polynomials in them. The quiz on that will be Friday.

***IMPORTANT*** Please remember your personal earphones on Monday, November 10th, when we will start using PLATO, the computer program that has some tutorials with sound. We will also be doing that on Thursday, November 13th.

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Nov. 3 - 7

Mon - All assignments from the workbook will be collected and graded on Monday. Students will have about 15-20 minutes in class to finish whatever they need. If more time than that will be needed, students are to finish over the weekend. Some students needed extra time on the test today, so those review assignments weren't graded yet. These were assigned on Thursday, October 30th and you can find the exact pages by checking last week's blog or the post-it note in the frint cover of the workbook.
Monday, we will do an activity on simplifying rational expressions and restricting all denominators from being zero.

Tues - I will have a sub for math training today. Students will have an assignment on practicing simplifying rational expressions from yesterday using workbook page 178-179 (# 1- 21). If not completed in class, please finish for homework.

Wed - school holiday for students - teachers will be in training sessions.

Thur - review for quiz on simplifying rational expressions

Fri - quiz on rational exressions

Friday will also be a lesson introducing multiplication and division of rational expressions (fractions)

October 27-31
Mon- review polynomial division
4 problem quiz on division
review factoring (finish for hw if needed)
study for test

Tue-review for test
wkbk p. 173-174 (#1-16) finish for hw if needed
study for test

Wed.- re-test on polynomials (adding, subtracting and factoring)
hw: wkbk page 72-73 (# 10-27)
study for test

Thur - CW - Wkbk Page 88-89 (#4-30) and Wkbk. Page 97 (1-12)
hw: wkbk page 83-84 (#4-12, and 16-24)

Fri - test on long division and synthetic division
preview of upcoming unit
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October 20-24
MON -Collect factoring homework
Go over polynomials test answers and grades
give fractions packet back - *****students finish by Friday*****
work on that a little each day
review long division with polynomials (ws 8-4 front)
hw - practice long division on worksheet
TUE - Collect hw
lesson on simplifying rational expressions (ws 8-1) left column in class
and multiplying rational expressions (ws 8-2) left column
hw - right column on each side
WED - collect hw
dividing rational expressions
synthetic division
hw- make sure you can explain the steps of synthetic division and long division
THUR - review of factoring different types of problems
hw- fractions packet must be completed and turned in tomorrow
FRI - turn in fraction packet
review synthetic division
learning task on division
Test Tuesday, Oct. 28 on long division of polynomials and synthetic division
Review Monday, October 27

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October 13-17
This week, we will be reviewing for a section test in Math I and the taking a section test on polynomials. Students have a study guide that is very close to the actual test. We will have the PSAT testing on Wednesday, which is an early release schedule, so regular classes will not be meeting. On Thursday and Friday, we will be working on the next section of computations with multiplying and dividing polynomials.

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Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
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This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

-----------------------

Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
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I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

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The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

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This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

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This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
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Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

Mon - EOCT practice Part I - Individual

finish class work from Friday - review of chapters 1 - 6 from Integrated I

Tue - Going over part I answers and explanations

Wed. - School break for students - teachers will be in training sessions

Thurs - Individual Part II of EOCT practice test

Fri - Going over part II of EOCT practice test

October 27-31

There will be a brief review and then a quiz on Monday over just long division with polynomials. After that, we will be doing a factoring review and possibly some people will do a multiplication facts speed test if they have not had at least an 80% in the past.

Most importantly, Integrated II students will have a test on simplifying, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers (fractions) with polynomials.
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Oct. 20-24
MONDAY - review for fractions test with numbers
We did the fractions unit to prepare more for the new unit this week using more complicated fractions with polynomials
Lesson on simplifying rational expressions and multiplying rational expressions
Notebook check.
TUESDAY - Test on basic fractions
Lesson on dividing rational expressions
WEDNESDAY - long division with polynomials
adding and subtracting rational expressions with like denominators
THURSDAY - adding and subtracting rational expressions with unlike denominators
adding and subtracting mixed number polynomials (#1-8 only)
FRIDAY - solving rational equations
test review

Test Tuesday, October 28th

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Oct. 13-17
This week, we are going to be working on some basic skills involving fractions and multiplication facts. Some of the multiplication tests on basic facts will be timed. Also, notebooks will be checked on Mondays until the end of the semester. There will be a test over factoring (including trinomials, greatest common factor and difference of two squares) this Friday, October 17. The grouping problems on the factoring test will count as extra points. There will be a fractions test next Tuesday and it is involving simple computations and simplifying fractions. Calculators will not be allowed on that fractions test (Tues, Oct. 21) or the multiplication facts tests, but they will be allowed on the factoring test on Friday, October 17th.

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This week is mostly a review of chapter 3 equations from Integrated II.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequality number lines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probability review
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This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

---------------

This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
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I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

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The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

------------------------

Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

------------------------

Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!

Mon - All assignments from the workbook will be collected and graded on Monday. Students will have about 15-20 minutes in class to finish whatever they need. If more time than that will be needed, students are to finish over the weekend. Some students needed extra time on the test today, so those review assignments weren't graded yet. These were assigned on Thursday, October 30th and you can find the exact pages by checking last week's blog or the post-it note in the frint cover of the workbook.
Monday, we will do an activity on simplifying rational expressions and restricting all denominators from being zero.

Tues - I will have a sub for math training today. Students will have an assignment on practicing simplifying rational expressions from yesterday using workbook page 178-179 (# 1- 21). If not completed in class, please finish for homework.

Wed - school holiday for students - teachers will be in training sessions.

Thur - review for quiz on simplifying rational expressions

Fri - quiz on rational exressions

Friday will also be a lesson introducing multiplication and division of rational expressions (fractions)

October 27-31
Mon- review polynomial division
4 problem quiz on division
review factoring (finish for hw if needed)
study for test

Tue-review for test
wkbk p. 173-174 (#1-16) finish for hw if needed
study for test

Wed.- re-test on polynomials (adding, subtracting and factoring)
hw: wkbk page 72-73 (# 10-27)
study for test

Thur - CW - Wkbk Page 88-89 (#4-30) and Wkbk. Page 97 (1-12)
hw: wkbk page 83-84 (#4-12, and 16-24)

Fri - test on long division and synthetic division
preview of upcoming unit
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October 20-24
MON -Collect factoring homework
Go over polynomials test answers and grades
give fractions packet back - *****students finish by Friday*****
work on that a little each day
review long division with polynomials (ws 8-4 front)
hw - practice long division on worksheet
TUE - Collect hw
lesson on simplifying rational expressions (ws 8-1) left column in class
and multiplying rational expressions (ws 8-2) left column
hw - right column on each side
WED - collect hw
dividing rational expressions
synthetic division
hw- make sure you can explain the steps of synthetic division and long division
THUR - review of factoring different types of problems
hw- fractions packet must be completed and turned in tomorrow
FRI - turn in fraction packet
review synthetic division
learning task on division
Test Tuesday, Oct. 28 on long division of polynomials and synthetic division
Review Monday, October 27

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October 13-17
This week, we will be reviewing for a section test in Math I and the taking a section test on polynomials. Students have a study guide that is very close to the actual test. We will have the PSAT testing on Wednesday, which is an early release schedule, so regular classes will not be meeting. On Thursday and Friday, we will be working on the next section of computations with multiplying and dividing polynomials.

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Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
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This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

-----------------------

Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
---------------------------------
I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

-------------

The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

---------------------

This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

---------------------------------------------------------------

This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
-------
Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

There will be a brief review and then a quiz on Monday over just long division with polynomials. After that, we will be doing a factoring review and possibly some people will do a multiplication facts speed test if they have not had at least an 80% in the past.

Most importantly, Integrated II students will have a test on simplifying, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers (fractions) with polynomials.
-------------
Oct. 20-24
MONDAY - review for fractions test with numbers
We did the fractions unit to prepare more for the new unit this week using more complicated fractions with polynomials
Lesson on simplifying rational expressions and multiplying rational expressions
Notebook check.
TUESDAY - Test on basic fractions
Lesson on dividing rational expressions
WEDNESDAY - long division with polynomials
adding and subtracting rational expressions with like denominators
THURSDAY - adding and subtracting rational expressions with unlike denominators
adding and subtracting mixed number polynomials (#1-8 only)
FRIDAY - solving rational equations
test review

Test Tuesday, October 28th

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Oct. 13-17
This week, we are going to be working on some basic skills involving fractions and multiplication facts. Some of the multiplication tests on basic facts will be timed. Also, notebooks will be checked on Mondays until the end of the semester. There will be a test over factoring (including trinomials, greatest common factor and difference of two squares) this Friday, October 17. The grouping problems on the factoring test will count as extra points. There will be a fractions test next Tuesday and it is involving simple computations and simplifying fractions. Calculators will not be allowed on that fractions test (Tues, Oct. 21) or the multiplication facts tests, but they will be allowed on the factoring test on Friday, October 17th.

------------

This week is mostly a review of chapter 3 equations from Integrated II.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequality number lines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probability review
--------------------------
This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

---------------

This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
----------------------
I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

----------------------
The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

------------------------

Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

------------------------

Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!

Tue-review for test
wkbk p. 173-174 (#1-16) finish for hw if needed
study for test

Wed.- re-test on polynomials (adding, subtracting and factoring)
hw: wkbk page 72-73 (# 10-27)
study for test

Thur - CW - Wkbk Page 88-89 (#4-30) and Wkbk. Page 97 (1-12)
hw: wkbk page 83-84 (#4-12, and 16-24)

Fri - test on long division and synthetic division
preview of upcoming unit
-------------
October 20-24
MON -Collect factoring homework
Go over polynomials test answers and grades
give fractions packet back - *****students finish by Friday*****
work on that a little each day
review long division with polynomials (ws 8-4 front)
hw - practice long division on worksheet
TUE - Collect hw
lesson on simplifying rational expressions (ws 8-1) left column in class
and multiplying rational expressions (ws 8-2) left column
hw - right column on each side
WED - collect hw
dividing rational expressions
synthetic division
hw- make sure you can explain the steps of synthetic division and long division
THUR - review of factoring different types of problems
hw- fractions packet must be completed and turned in tomorrow
FRI - turn in fraction packet
review synthetic division
learning task on division
Test Tuesday, Oct. 28 on long division of polynomials and synthetic division
Review Monday, October 27

-------------------------------
October 13-17
This week, we will be reviewing for a section test in Math I and the taking a section test on polynomials. Students have a study guide that is very close to the actual test. We will have the PSAT testing on Wednesday, which is an early release schedule, so regular classes will not be meeting. On Thursday and Friday, we will be working on the next section of computations with multiplying and dividing polynomials.

-----------------
Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
------------------
This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

-----------------------

Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
---------------------------------
I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

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The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

---------------------

This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

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This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
-------
Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

Test Tuesday, October 28th

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Oct. 13-17
This week, we are going to be working on some basic skills involving fractions and multiplication facts. Some of the multiplication tests on basic facts will be timed. Also, notebooks will be checked on Mondays until the end of the semester. There will be a test over factoring (including trinomials, greatest common factor and difference of two squares) this Friday, October 17. The grouping problems on the factoring test will count as extra points. There will be a fractions test next Tuesday and it is involving simple computations and simplifying fractions. Calculators will not be allowed on that fractions test (Tues, Oct. 21) or the multiplication facts tests, but they will be allowed on the factoring test on Friday, October 17th.

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This week is mostly a review of chapter 3 equations from Integrated II.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequality number lines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probability review
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This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

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This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
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I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

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The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

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Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

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Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!

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October 13-17
This week, we will be reviewing for a section test in Math I and the taking a section test on polynomials. Students have a study guide that is very close to the actual test. We will have the PSAT testing on Wednesday, which is an early release schedule, so regular classes will not be meeting. On Thursday and Friday, we will be working on the next section of computations with multiplying and dividing polynomials.

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Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
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This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

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Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
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I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

-------------

The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

---------------------

This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

---------------------------------------------------------------

This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
-------
Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

------------

This week is mostly a review of chapter 3 equations from Integrated II.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequality number lines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probability review
--------------------------
This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

---------------

This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
----------------------
I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

----------------------
The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

------------------------

Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

------------------------

Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!

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Mon Oct 6 Factoring practice and zero product property / review functions
Tue Oct 7 Unit test review
Wed Oct 8 Benchmark test I (county-wide test for Math I)
Thur Oct 9 Review
Fri Oct 10 Test on polynomials (know degrees, standard form of a polynomial, distributive property, multiplying polynomials by using FOIL, and solving basic equations by using farctoring.
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This week, we will be doing a review on Monday of adding, subtracting polynomials and the distributive property and FOIL method. This was pretty much everything on the quiz last week. FOr the rest of the week, we will be doing factors of numbers and factoring trinomials, which involves a lot of guess and check process and knowing factors of numbers is very helpful.

-----------------------

Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
---------------------------------
I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

-------------

The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

---------------------

This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

---------------------------------------------------------------

This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
-------
Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

-----------------------

Last week, we finished our unit on functions, rate of change and sequences. This week, we are beginning a unit on polynomials. We will be adding and subtracting them, multiplying them and dividing them. We are going to be using algebra tiles to build concepts and the FOIL method for multiplying. We are going to emphasize problem solving skills throughout.
---------------------------------
I was out for jury duty most of last week, so the calendar will be slightly adjusted. There was a section test scheduled and a unit test for last week, but we will have a section test over sequences and rate of change next Tuesday. THe sub was the same person all week and he said that they worked on that all week. Then next Thursday, the unit test will be over all of that AND functions. A detailed list of topics for the unit test will be given on Monday.

It is also below:

General Topics for the Unit I Math I Test (Thursday, Sept. 18th)

Functions

Determine whether a graph or table of values represents a function
Identify types of functions
Using a graph
Using an equation
Graph using a table of data
Domain and range
Interval of increase, decrease, and constant
Maximum and minimum
X-intercept and Y-intercept
End behavior
Creating sketches of graphs using characteristics

Domain of equations
Including special cases
-Denominators cannot be 0
-Under a radical (square root) cannot be negative

Interval notation

From inequalities
Correct symbols to use ( ) or [ ]
Graph on a number line (open or closed circles and rays)
Reading and writing function notation

Word problems

Graph information from given data
Decide whether or not the points should be connected
Identify dependent and independent variables
Create a function equation from a table of data
Use a graph or table to answer specific questions about the data

Rate of change

Find the slope looking at the graph
Find the rate of change looking at a table of data
Find the slope given two points
Compare rates of change on a graph or using a table

Sequences

Find the next term
Identify the rule of a sequence
Identify as arithmetic and geometric sequences
Formula an = a1 + d (n-1)

-------------

The functions test was postponed until Friday, August 29th, which allowed an extra day of review. After Labor Day, we will begin working on our next unit over rates of change and slopes. The plan over the next two weeks is to incorporate a little bit of basic skills review into each class for about 30 minutes or so at least. There will be a classwork assignment out of the text book each day and a homework assignment on Tuesday through Thursday next week and Monday through Friday the week after. After the first section and test, I have seen that there are many basic skills that we need to practice. There will never be a homework assignment over something that has not been taught in class or reviewed. In addition to the 30 minutes of skills review, we are still needing to begin our next unit on slopes. Here is the plan as of now:

Tuesday, September 2
Functions, graphs and domains
CW P. 11 (1-5), P. 13 (1-14), P. 14 (15-20)
HW P. 15-16 (1-19)

Wednesday, September 3
x-intercepts, y-intercepts
CW P. 19 (1-27)
HW P. 21 (1-27)

Thursday, September 4
Slopes of a line
CW P. 25 (1-27)
HW P. 27-28 (1-27)

Friday, September 5
Evaluating Functions
CW P. 41 (1-32) Left Column

Monday, September 8
Absolute Value Functions
CW P. 53 (1-15)
HW P. 54 (1-15)

Tuesday, September 9
Quadratic Functions
CW P. 100-101 (1-23) odds
HW P. 102 (1-23) odds

Please be sure to get a Pinnacle Grade Viewer account if you don't already so that you can keep track of grades. Your student can and should also get his or her own account. We want them to take responsibility for monitoring their progress and areas of weakness. There are some people who are doing an excellent job in the support class on all the smaller grades, but are not passing the Math I class due to their test score.

If you are ever absent for a test, be sure to bring an admit slip to show that your absence is excused. Then, you are to arrange to make up your test during a math make-up session before or after school. If absences are not excused, students are allowed to make up the work, but it will not count in the grade.

---------------------

This week we will be doing a review of function families. There will be a quiz Monday over maximum and minimum with x-intercepts and y-intercepts. We will also be working more with domain and range, especially with certain functions involving square roots. The test will be on Thursday.

---------------------------------------------------------------

This week, we are finishing the Fiona task (function word problems) and turning in all except task #6. Throughout the week, we will be studying further the 6 different parent graphs and the equations that go with them. WE will be analyzing the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase, intervals of decrease, and end behavior. Also, we will be assessing the basic properties (commutative, associative, and distributive), the sets of numbers (whole numbers, counting numbers, integers, rational, irrational & real numbers). Be ready to recall by memory quickly the square numbers at least up to 100. This list would be :

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

This class is doing a great job!
-------
Welcome to Harrison High School! Math I will be working on functions in the first unit, which should last for approximately two and a half to three weeks. This week, students will be taking a pre-test and also working on the first performance task of the semester called "Exploring Functions with Fiona". There will not be any homework for the first week of school.

Monday, Oct. 6 Solving Equations (using multiplication and division) and solving equations using more than one operation
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Solving Equations (with variables on both sides) and inequalitiy numberlines (just the basic concepts)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Difficult equations
Thursday, Oct 9 Ratios and proportions
Fri. Oct 10 Some basic probabiloity review
--------------------------
This week, we will be reviewing quadratic equations and going to a little more difficult level with it. We will also be doing a lesson on quadratic inequalities and how to graph them. There will be a review on Monday and Tuesday, and a test on Thursday.

---------------

This week, we are working on simplifying radicals and performing operations with radicals. We will also be doing basic tranformations with different functions. There will be a test over quadratics on Thursday, September 25th.
----------------------
I was on jury duty most of last week, so the schedule will be slightly adapted. There will be a quiz to complete over factoring on Monday and then we will be doing lessons this week on the quadratic formula and using the discriminant to determine how many solutions a quadratic function has. We will be doing more practice with factoring too, and students will be expected to perform that skill independently since we have been working on that for almost two weeks now. It does take a long time to master since it involves a lot of reasoning skills and guessing and checking. There will be a test on Friday, Sept. 19th.

----------------------
The test went well for every student last Thursday over exponents. After Labor Day, we will be spending Tuesday, September 2nd continuing a cumulative review that we started over all of chapters 1-8. We are beginning the next unit over quadratics, which will involve factoring, taking square roots, discriminants, and quadratic formula. This unit will take approximately two weeks. The test is tentatively set for Thursday, September 11th. God bless our country.

------------------------

Last week, we worked on notebook checks, completing tasks 5 and 7, took a quiz on sets of numbers, and 3 properties. We took 2 simple assessments on exponents. This week, we will be taking the quiz again on 3 properties and sets of numbers, but it will also include perfect squares from 0-100. This week we will be discussing exponential growth and decay, scientific notation, then testing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, we will be having a review over all of Integrated I plus the exponents chapter.

------------------------

Integrated II will be taking a pretest this week and begining a review of Integrated I. Fortunately, this is a very small group of students again and we should be able to provide much individualized attention. Welcome back everyone!