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November 16, 2008

Math 1 Week of Nov 17-21

Monday, Nov 17
Warm Up: p. 26, #1,2,4,5 in test prep book
Statistics
HW P5: p. 265, #2-16 even and #17

Tuesday, Nov 18
Benchmark Test #3 - Meet in Room 421
After benchmark - Samples and Surveys
HW P6: p. 361, #1-11 and p. 364, #1-4

Wednesday, Nov 19
Comparing Statistics
HW P7: P. 371, #2, 4, 6, 8, 9

Thursday, Nov 20
Review Unit 4
HW P8: p. 373-374, #1-29


Friday, Nov 21
Test - Unit 4 - Probability and Statistics
Happy Thanksgiving!!

November 11, 2008

Math 1 11/11-11/14

Tuesday, 11/11
Counting and Permutations Lesson 6.2
Classwork: Practice workbook, p. 359-360, #1-20
Homework P1: p. 344, #1-18, 25-28 all in textbook

Powerpoint Lesson from today:
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Wednesday, 11/12
Spinner Task #1
Combinations - Lesson 6.3
Power Point below
Classwork: Practice workbook, p. 364-365, #1-18
Homework P2: p. 349, #1-9, 17-19 and p. 350, #16-20 in textbook

Power Point Lesson for Wednesday:
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Thursday, 11/13
Compund Probability Lesson 6.4
Homework P3: p. 353, #1-7 and p. 354, #1-6

Friday, 11/14
Quiz on Permutations and Combinations
Expected Value Lesson 6.5
Homework P4: #1-8 in Lesson 6.5

November 10, 2008

Monday, November 10

I was out today with a sick child. I should be back on Tuesday.

Here are the assignments you were supposed to complete in class:

2nd period - Math 1
Assignments:
1) Probability worksheet on the front table. Read the front side and answer questions on the back.
2) Also, answer all questions on pages 35-41 in the Test Preparation and Practice workbook you got on Friday. You may do your work in the workbook, but final answers must be written on your own paper to turn in.
The probability worksheet and answers to pages 35-41 must be turned in by the end of the period.


3rd and 5th period- Honors Algebra II
Assignment: Work problems in Section 8.3 and 8.4 in their blue practice workbook. Do on your own paper and turned in by the end of the period. There are extra workbooks in the front of the room. This assignment will be graded for accuracy and count as their quiz. No quiz on Tuesday.

November 03, 2008

Math 1 Week of November 3-7

Monday 11/3
Kites and Sec 5.12
HW G19: p. 331, #1-14 and p. 333, #6-15 to be graded for accuracy!

Tuesday 11/4
ELECTION DAY - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, 11/5
Coordinate Geometry
HW G20: Coordinate Geom Quadrilateral Task

Thursday 11/6
Coordinate Geometry
HW G21: Review Sheets for Test

Friday 11/7
Unit 3 Test #2
Quadrilaterals and Polygons
Notebook Check #2

October 27, 2008

Math 1 Week of October 27-31

Monday - October 27
Interior and Exterior Angles of Polygons (Sec 5.7)
HW G14: Workbook pages p. 312-314, #1-40 all

Tuesday - October 28
Propreties of Parallelograms (Sec 5.8)
HW G15: p. 306, #1-19 all

Wednesday - October 29
Parallelograms (Sec 5.9)
Classwork: p. 313, #1-12
HW G16: p. 302, #3-24 mult of 3, p. 304-305, #1-8, p. 315, #1-14

Thursday - October 30
Quiz on 5.7-5.9
Rhombus, Rectange and Square (Sec 5.10)
HW G17: P. 319-320, #5-28

Friday, October 31
Trapezoids and Kites (Sec 5.11)
HW G18: Worksheet - Rectangle, Rhombus, Square, Trapezoid

October 20, 2008

Math 1 October 20-24

FRIDAY, 10/24 - UNIT 3 GEOMETRY GALLERY TEST - CONGRUENT TRIANGLES

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the properties and characteristics of polygons?

MONDAY, 10/20 - Proofs/Triangle Spaghetti Activity
Triangular Inequalities
HW G11: Textbook – pg 287 #4 – 9, #13 – 24

TUESDAY, 10/21 - Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors in Triangles
Patty Paper Constructions
HW: Geometry Review sheet #1 for test - do not do textbook problems on the back of the sheet - we will do those in class on Wednesday!

WEDNESDAY, 10/22 - Medians and Altitudes in Triangles
HW: Geometry Gallery Test 1 Review Sheet

THURSDAY, 10/23 - Cell Tower Task - Points of Concurrency in Triangles
HW: Finish Review Sheet and Study for Test!!

FRIDAY, 10/24 - UNIT 3 - GEOMETRY GALLERY TEST ON TRIANGLES
Have a nice weekend!!

October 12, 2008

Math 1 October 13-17

Monday, October 13
Finish Geometry Quiz #1
Lesson on Triangle Congruence
Power Point Lesson:
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HW G7: Triangle Congruence Worksheet

Tuesday, October 14
Trangles Task
HW G8: Triangle Congruence Worksheet #2 (including radicals)

Wednesday, October 15
PSAT - No class
Work on HW #G8

Thursday, October 16
Triangle Proofs
HW #G9: p. #239, #15, 16
p. 245, #17, 18
p. 247, #10
p. 254, #15, 16

Friday, October 17
More Triangle Proofs
HW: Textbook Assignment

October 05, 2008

Math 1 October 6-10

Monday, October 6
Geometry Unit - Sec 4.5 Proofs with Segments And Angles
HW Assignment: Proof Worksheets

Tuesday, October 7
Sec 4.6 Proofs with Angle Pair Relationships
HW Assignment: Practice workbook p. 243, #1-19

Wednesday, October 8
County-mandated Benchmark Test
HW Assignment: Textbook p. 219, #1-8
p. 225, #1-21

Thursday, October 9
Sec 4.7 Proofs with Perpendicular Lines
HW Assignment: Textbook p. 233, #1-18
p. 222, #5-7
p. 227, #7-16

Friday, October 10
Quiz over Sec 4.5-4.7 and Proofs
Assignment: No homework!
**If you did not finish the quiz, I will give you the first 15 minutes of the period on Monday to finish.

September 28, 2008

Math 1 Week of September 29 - October 3

Test moved to Wednesday!! That gives everyone TWO mornings - Tues and Wed - to come in for extra help!!

Monday, Sept 29 - I will be giving my junior homeroom a graduation diagnostic test.
Mrs. Diblasi will be with you again and help you review radicals and word problems for the test on Wednesday.
HW: Review Sheet

Tuesday, Sept 30
I will be in class to review with you for test tomorrow.
HW: Extra review problems - worksheet

Wednesday, October 1
TEST on Rational Expressions and Radicals
HW: Geometry definition sheet

Thursday, October 2
Finally start Unit 3 - Geometry!!!
Geometric Properties
HW: Angle Relationships Worksheet

Friday, October 3
Begin Proofs
HW: Have a great weekend!! Happy Homecoming!!

September 23, 2008

Math 1 Week of September 22 - 26

Monday, September 22
I was out. Assignment: pp. 173-174 in workbook
Homework: p. 159, #1-9

Tuesday, September 23
Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
Homework: p. 173, #1-6 and #13-21 in textbook

Wednesday, September 24
I will be administering the graduation writing test to my junior homeroom.
You will have another Math 1 teacher come and teach the class.
You will have a group assignment from the workbooks and an individual assignment to be turned in for a grade.
No homework - you should have finished the assignment in class

Thursday, September 25
Simplifying, Multiplying and Dividing Radicals
Homework: p. 144, #1-12 and finish review for quiz

Friday, September 26
Quiz over Rational Expressions
Adding and Subtracting Radicals
Homework: Worksheet on Radicals

Test on Unit 2 - Part 2 Rational Expressions and Radicals next Tuesday!

September 22, 2008

September 22, 2008

I am out today with a sick child. Here are the assignments for today.

Math 1 - Do pages 173 and 174 in your workbook and the worksheet given out by the sub on multiplying and dividing rational expressions
Homework: p. 159, #1-9

Honors Algebra II - Read Sec 5.1 and 5.2 in your textbook. It should be review of quadratics from Algebra I.
Assignment: p. 278, #16-48 evens and p. 286-287, #16-42 evens

I'll be back tomorrow!!
Mrs. Jones

September 14, 2008

MATH 1 Week of Sept 15-19

TEST on Wednesday - Adding, Subtracting, Multplying and Factoring Polynomials
Notebook Check on Wednesday too!

Monday, 9/15
Perimeter, Area and Volumes problems
Factoring with leading coefficient other than 1
HW #17: Review Sheet for test #1-33 odd

Tuesday, 9/16
Review for Test
HW #18: Finish review sheet #2 and study!

Wednesday, 9/17
Polynomials Test
After Test - Dividing Polynomials
(Sec 2.7)
HW #19: Worksheet of Dividing my a Monomial

Thursday, 9/18
Divide Polynomials (Sec 3.7)
HW #20: Worksheet of Dividing by a Binomial

Friday, 9/19
Rational Expressions (Sec 3.8)
HW #21: p. 167, #1-17

September 08, 2008

Math 1 Sept 8-12

Monday, September 8
Sec 2.5 Factoring using the GCF
HW #13: p. 79, 13-21 and p. 80, 10-18
This will be graded for accuracy

Tuesday, September 9
Benchmark Test
HW#14: Review sheet of adding, subtracting, multiplying and factoring GCF
This will be graded for accuracy

Wednesday, September 10
Sec 2.6 and 2.8
Factoring Trinomials and Special Products
HW #15: p. 83, #1-9 and p. 84, #1-6

Thursday, Sept 11
Sec 2.9 Factoring by Grouping
Classwork: Workbook p. 102, #13-27
HW #16: Review Sheet of factoring for quiz

Friday, Sept 12
Factoring Quiz
(short class due to Pep Rally)

September 02, 2008

Math 1 September 2-5

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: In what ways can algebraic methods be used in problem solving?

Tuesday, September 2
Adding and Subtracting Polynomials (Sec 2.1)
HW #10: p. 61, #1-14

Wednesday, September 3
Multiplying Polynomials (Sec 2.2)
HW #11: p. 66, #1-15, 19, 20

Thursday, September 4
Special Products of Polynomials (Sec 2.3)
Classwork: p. 70, #1-18
HW #12: Review sheet for quiz

Friday, September 5
Quiz on Logic and Adding/Subtracting/Mupltiplying Polynomials
Calculator Lesson
No HW

August 24, 2008

Math 1 August 25-29

UNIT 1 Function Families - Test on Wednesday!
EQ: What is a function and how do you describe the characteristics of a function?

Monday 8/25 - Finish Sequences
Sequences worksheet for classwork
HW: Study sheet for functions - definitions and characteristics

Tuesday 8/26 - Review Unit 1 Function Families
HW: Finish Review Sheet

Wednesday 8/27
Unit 1 Test

Thursday 8/28
Logic - Conditional Statements (Sec 4.2 and 4.3 in textbook)
Negation, Inverse, Converse, Contrapositive
HW:p. 207, #1-19 all

Friday 8/29
Logic - Sec 4.4 in textbook
HW: TBA

August 18, 2008

Math 1 August 18-22

Monday, August 18th
Continue Characteristics of Functions - Analyzing Graphs
Work in groups
HW: Start quiz review sheet

Tuesday, August 19th
Finish Characteristics of Functions
Complete quiz review sheet
HW: Study for quiz!

Wednesday, August 20th
QUIZ on Functions
Start Task #2 - Walking, Falling and Making Money
HW: no hw
Thursday, August 21st
Continue Task #2 in groups
HW: Average Rate of Change WS

Friday, August 22nd
Sequences of Numbers
HW: Arithmetic Sequences WS

August 12, 2008

Math 1 August 11-15

Welcome to Harrison HS!

I'm looking forward to working with you this semester.
This week please get all of your supplies and get your notebook set up.
There is a list of supplies on the syallbus

Math 1 Syllabus: Download file

Here is our schedule for the week:

Monday, August 11
Introductions, Syllabus, Review Packet
HW: work on review packet

Tuesday, August 12
Begin Function Families Unit Task #1 Exploring Functions with Fiona (parts 1-4)
HW: Continue to work on review packet

Wednesday, August 13
Finish Task 1 - Parts 5-7
Functions, Domain and Range
HW: worksheets on Domain and Range

Thursday, August 14th
Functions - Parent Graphs and Characteristics
HW: worksheet

Friday, August 15th
Continue Function Characteristics