Thursday, January 29, 2009

Thursday, January 29

College Algebra - We made an attempt to clarify the strategies used to graph transformations of the sine and cosine function in preparation for tomorrow's test. No HW for Friday, other than to study for Friday's quiz covering Sec. 6.3 - 6.5.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed the practice test in preparation for tomorrow's test over Chapter 5. No HW for Friday.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Wednesday, January 27

College Algebra - We continued our review of Sec. 6.3 - 6.5 ahead of Friday's quiz covering those sections. HW for Thursday - pg 415 #29 - 38.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our review of the properties of quadrilaterals. HW for Thursday: Complete the first part of the Chapter 5 Practice Test.

Tuesday - January 27

College Algebra - We had a sub today, so students spent the hour working on review problems from Sec. 6.4 and 6.5. Complete the 6.4 - 6.5 worksheet in class and return to the sub before the end of the hour. HW for Wednesday - Pgs A36 - A37 Extra Practice for Sec. 6.4 (#1 - 7) and Sec. 6.5 (#1 - 7).

Accl Geometry - We reviewed ways to prove that various quadrilateral properties are true. HW for Wednesday: Pgs 304 - 305 #1 - 16.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Monday, January 26

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of graphing sine and cosine funtions. HW for Tuesday - pg 384 #23 - 26 and #29 - 32.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing onthe properties of rectangles, rhombii, and squares. We focused specifically on the properties of their diagonals. HW for Tuesday - pgs 300 - 302 #1 - 8.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Friday, January 23

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of graphing sin/cos curves, focusing on vertical and horizontal shifts (Sec. 6.5). HW for Monday - pg 373 #17 - 26 and pgs 383 - 384 #14 - 22.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on parallelograms (Sec. 5.5). HW for Monday - Read Sec. 5.6 and complete pgs 294 - 297 #1 - 16, #26 - 28.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Thursday, January 22

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of graphing the sine and cosine functions, focusing on amplitude and period. HW for Friday - pgs. 363 - 364 #13 - 24, #27 - 30, #33 - 39, and #45 - 48. You can downlad copies of trig graph paper by clicking on the option on the left-hand column of my U-High website at http://www.uhigh.ilstu.edu/math/sondgeroth/biogroth.html.

Accl. Geometry - We completed our quiz covering Sec. 5.1 - 5.4. HW for Friday - Read Sec. 5.5 and complete pgs. 283 - 286 #1 - 7, #9 - 11, #13, #15 - 19.

Wednesday, January 21

College Algebra - We began our discussion of sine and cosine graphs. HW for Thursday - Sketch the graph of y = cos x from 0 to 2(pi) and identify the max, min, axis, amplitude and period of the graph.

Accl. Geometry - We completed our review of Sec. 5.1 - 5.4. HW for Thursday - Study for tomorrow's quiz covering Sec. 5.1 - 5.4.

Tuesday, January 20

College Algebra - We reviewed the relationship between angles measured in degrees and radians. HW for Wednesday - pg 348 - 349 #31 - 37, #40 - 44, #50 - 51.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed Sec. 5.1 - 5.4. HW for Wednesday - complete Sec. 5.1 - 5.4 review HW packet.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Friday, January 16

Are you kidding me????????

I don't even want to try to calculate the odds for U-High having three snow/weather day cancellations in succession. I am sure that will be a nearly once in a lifetime occurrence for all of us.

The long lay-off has been enjoyed by many of us, but we should be back in school on Tuesday! make sure that you have completed the assigned HW for each class.

In College Algebra, we will pick-up with our discussion of radian measures of angles and their relation to the unit circle.

In Accl. Geometry, we will continue our discussion of the properties of various quadrilaterals.

Enjoy the extended break ... we'll see everyone Tuesday ... HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!

Thursday, January 15

Toooooooo cooooooold to go to school = another day off

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tuesday, January 13

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 6.1 - radian measure for angles. HW for Wednesday - pg. 297 #39 - 44 and pg. 348 #18 - 26, #28 - 30.

Accl. Geometry - We completed our discussion of Sec. 5.3 - properties of kites and trapezoids - and began our discussion of Sec. 5.4 - midsegments of triangles and trapezoids. HW for Wednesday - pgs. 277 - 279 #1 - 9, #14 - 16.

Monday, January 12

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of Sec. 5.3. HW for Tuesday - pgs 296 - 297 #14 - 37.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed Sec. 5.3 - properties of kites and trapezoids. HW for Tuesday - pgs 271 - 273 #1 - 13, #17.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Friday, January 9

College Algebra - We took a pop quiz over Sec. 5.1 and then we began our discussion of Sec. 5.2 - the Unit Circle. No HW for Monday.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed Sec. 5.1 and 5.2 - sums of interior and exterior angles in a convex polygon. HW for Monday - pgs. 263 - 265 #1 - 12, #16 - 17.

All Geometry students should complete the ALEKS assessment by Saturday, Jan. 10.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Thursday, January 8

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of Sec. 5.1. HW for Friday - No new assignment; recheck your answers for the HW that was assigned for today.

Accl. Geometry - We completed the ALEKS algebra assessment and began our investigations in Sec. 5.1. HW for Friday - Complete the polygon/angle worksheet distributed in class. Read Sec. 5.1 in the text and complete pgs. 259 - 261 #1 - 14, #17, and #20.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Wednesday, January 7

College Algebra - Read Sec. 5.1 and complete pgs 281 - 282 #20 - 22, #24 - 26, #33- 40, #43, #46 - 49, an #53 - 58.

Accl. Geometry - We began taking the ALEKS online algebra assessment. The results of this assessment will help guide the placement of our geometry students in their math classes for 09-10. No HW for Thursday.

Remember - Tomorrow, Jan. 8 - is a Schedule A day!