Dec. 1-5 Math I (2nd Period)
Here is a general outline for the last three weeks of the semester:
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.