Saturday, October 31, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Please celebrate responsibly this holiday weekend.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Friday, October 30

College Algebra - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 3.5 - 3.8 in class today. HW for Monday - Complete the Ch. 3 Form 1B Test. This will be collected and graded, and extra credit will be awarded based on the # of correct responses.

Accl. Geometry - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 3.1 - 3.5 in class today. HW for Monday - Complete pgs. 135 - 136 #1 - 5, #7 - 8; and pgs. 167 - 169 #2 - 6.

Thursday, October 29

College Algebra - We concluded our review for tomorrow's quiz (Sec. 3.5 - 3.8), focusing on graphing rational functions and synthetic division. No HW for Friday, other than to prepare for the Sec. 3.5 - 3.8 Quiz.

Accl. Geometry - We concluded our discussion of basic constructions, focusing on the relationships among special segments of a triangle. No HW for Friday, other than to prepare for the Sec. 3.1 - 3.5 Quiz.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Wednesday, October 28

College Algebra - We continued our review of the 2nd half of Ch. 3, focusing on sketching the graphs of rational functions. The quiz covering Sec. 3.5 - 3.8 will be Friday, October 30. HW for Thursday - Complete the review worksheet distributed in class and complete the review problems for Sec. 3.5 - 3.8 on pg. A31 of your text.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed Sec. 3.5, focusing on the construction of parallel lines. We began our review of the first half of Ch. 3, focusing on the basic constructions. The quiz covering Sec. 3.1 - 3.5 will be Friday, October 30. HW for Thursday - Complete the practice quiz distributed in class.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Tuesday, October 27

College Algebra - We began our review of the 2nd half of Chapter 3, focuing on the different types of variation. HW for Wednesday - Complete the Sec. 3.8 Practice Worksheet.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed conditional statements and biconditionals statements, in order to clear up some concerns we had on the Ch. 2 test. We gave a very quick introduction of Sec. 3.5 - Constructing Parallel Lines. HW for Wednesday - Complete the following on line activities:

Constructing Parallel Lines:
http://www.mathopenref.com/constparallel.html
http://www.hstutorials.net/math/geometry/constructions/parallel_pt_not_on_line.htm

Complete the following worksheets:
http://www.mathopenref.com/wsparallel.html

Complete the following problems in your book - pgs. 164 - 166 #2 - 5 and #17

Monday, October 26

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 3.8, focuing on direct, inverse, and joint variation. HW for Tuesday - Complete pg. 194 #13 - 24.

Accl. Geometry - We concluded out discussion of Sec. 3.3 - 3.4, focuing on altitudes and angle bisectors in a triangle. HW for Tuesday - Complete pgs. 160 - 162 #1 - 10 and #14 - 16.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Friday, October 23

College Algebra - We concluded our discussion of Sec. 3.7, focusing on horizontal and slant asymptotes. HW for Monday - Pgs. 186 - 187 #16 - 19, #21 - 22, #28 - 31.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of basic constructions, focusing on altitudes in a triangle. Tonight's HW includes watching online videos showing methods for bisecting an angle. HW for Monday - Pgs. 156 - 157 # 1 - 2, #5, #11 - 12; and complete online activities for Sec. 3.4 (see below).

Instructions for Bisecting an Angle:
http://www.mathopenref.com/constbisectangle.html
http://www.hstutorials.net/math/geometry/constructions/bisect_acute_angle.htm

Worksheets reviewing the Bisection of an Angle:
http://www.mathopenref.com/wsbisectangle.html
http://www.mathopenref.com/wsangle30.html

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Thursday, October 22

College Algebra - We began our discussion of Sec. 3.7, discussing vertical asymptotes of polynomial functions. No HW for Friday.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of basic constructions, focusing on Sec. 3.1 and 3.2. HW for Friday - Pgs. 147 - 148 #2 - 3, #6 - 8, #10, #12 - 14; and Pgs. 151 - 153 #2 - 5, 7 - 11, #15 - 20.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wednesday, October 21

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 3.6 in class today, focusing on increasing/decreasing intervals of a function and critical points on the graph of a function. HW for Thursday - Complete pg. 177 #15 - 21, #26 - 29, #34.

Accl. Geometry - We began our discussion of Ch. 3, focusing on basic constructions using a compass and protractor. HW for Thursday - Complete the basic constructions as explained in the following:

http://www.uhigh.ilstu.edu/math/sondgeroth/geom/09%20geom%20wksht%20031.doc

Tuesday, October 20

We employed Schedule B today. Following class meetings, all classes beginning with Period 4 were only 45-minutes in length.

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of Sec. 3.5, focusing on discontinuity in a function. HW for Wednesday - Complete pg. 166 #12 - 14, #16 - 19, #21 - 24, #30.

Accl. Geometry - We completed the retest for Ch. 2 in class today. No HW for Wednesday.

Monday, October 19

College Algebra - We covered Sec. 3.5 in class today, focusing on the end behaviors of the graph of a function. HW for Tuesday - complete pg. 165 #1 - 3, #6 - 8, #11.

Accl. Geometry - We returned and discussed the Ch. 2 test in class today. No HW for Tuesday. We will retake the Ch. 2 test in class on Tuesday.

Friday, October 16

College Algebra - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 3.1 - 3.4 in class today. No HW for Monday.

Accl. Geometry - We completed a test covering Ch. 2 in class today. No HW for Monday.

Thursday, October 15

College Algebra - We concluded out review of Sec. 3.1 - 3.4 ahead of tomorrow's quiz. No HW for Friday.

Accl. Geometry - We concluded our review in preparation for tomorrow's test over Ch. 2, focusing on the second half of the chapter. No HW for Friday.

Wednesday, October 14

College Algebra - We completed our review of Sec. 3.1 - 3.4 ahead of tomorrow's quiz covering those sections. HW for Thursday - Complete review worksheet for Sec. 3.4 (Alg 2 8.8).

Accl. Geometry - We began our review for Friday's Ch. 2 Test, focusing on the 1st half of the chapter. HW for Thursday - Complete review worksheets 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6 Practice and 1.7 study guide/practice.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Tuesday, October 13

NO SHOOL FOR STUDENTS TODAY as teachers participate in an institute day.

Monday, October 12

NO SCHOOL TODAY in honor of Christopher Columbus.

For more information on the man who "discovered" America, go to:
http://news.aol.com/article/students-learn-about-the-dark-side-of/712947

Friday, October 9

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 3.3, focusing on graphic methods for solving non-linear inequalities. HW for Wednesday - Complete the review worksheet for Sec. 3.3 (Sec 6.6 Study Guide).

Accl. Geometry - We concluded our discussion of Chapter 2 and turned our attention to reviewing for the Chapter 2 Test next Friday (October 16). No HW for Wednesday.

Remember ... We have no school on Monday, October 12 (Columbus Day) or Tuesday, October 13 (Teacher Institute).

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thursday, October 8

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 3.2, focusing on ways to manipulate the graph of several familiar functions. HW for Friday - pgs. 142 - 143 #5 - 11, #27 - 30, and #35.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed Sec. 2.6, focusing on the angle relationships that exist with parallel lines. HW for Friday - Complete pgs. 131 - 133 #1 - 7, #9 - 10, #14 - 22.

Wednesday, October 7

College Algebra - We began our discussion in Chapter 3, focusing on line and point symmetries that exist the graphs of various functions. HW for Thursday - Pgs. 134 - 135 #15 - 27 odd and #28 - 30.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of conditional statements, foucing on Syllogisms. HW for Thursday - Complete the Syllogism worksheet distributed in class today.

Tuesday, October 6

College Algebra - We completed the calculator portion of the Chapter 2 Test in class today. No HW for Wednesday.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed conditionals statements today, focuing on the converse, inverse and contrapositive. HW for Wednesday - Complete the Logical Statements worksheet distributed in class today.

Monday, October 5

College Algebra - We completed the Multiple Choice / No Calculator portion of the Chapter 2 Test in class today. No HW for Wednesday, other than to study for the second part of the test that we will complete in class tomorrow.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed Section 2.5 - Linear Pairs and Vertical Angles. HW for Tuesday - pgs. 124 - 127 #1 - 10 and #22 - 28.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Friday, October 2

College Algebra - We continued our review for next week's test covering Chapter 2. HW for Monday - Complete Chapter 2 multiple choice practice test.
Complete
NOTE: We will begin the Chapter 2 Test in class on Monday, October 5, completing the NO calculator portion of the test. At this time, the 2nd portion of the test will be completed in class on Wednesday, October 7.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed Sec. 2.4 - Deductive Reasoning. HW for Monday - Complete Steps 1 - 5 of the Exploration Activity involving Networks on pgs. 120 and 121.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Thursday, October 1

College Algebra - We discussed a 5th way to solve systems of linear equations, using augmented matrices on our graphing calculators (Sec. 2.5 B). HW for Friday - 9:00 Sec. 2.2 #8 - show the appropriate work necessary to solve this system BY HAND using an augmented matrix; 11:00 - complete the review worksheet distributed in class.

Accl Geometry - We completed the 2.1 - 2.3 quiz in class today. HW for Friday - Read Sec. 2.4 and complete pgs. 117 - 119 #1 - 10; #14 - 35.

Wednesday, September 30

REMEMBER - We are on Schedule A tomorrow, October 1!

College Algebra - We completed our quiz covering Sec. 2.6 - 2.7 in class today. No HW for Thursday.

Accl. Geometry - We completed our review for the Sec. 2.1 - 2.3, spending most of the hour discussing the HW packet from Tuesday. We began the quiz in class and will complete it tomorrow in class. No HW for Thursday.