Monday, November 30, 2009

Monday, November 30

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I am home sick today. Mrs. Zaitzeff is your sub.

College Algebra - You will have the entire hour to complete a worksheet covering Sec. 4.7 - Solving Radical Equations. The worksheet will be collected at the end of the hour. No HW for Tuesday.

Accl. Geometry - Mr. Reiman will work with you to complete a worksheet that covers Sections 5.2 and 5.2 - conjectures relating to the interior and exterior angles of a polygon. HW for Tuesday - pg. 259 - 260 #3 - 14 and pg. 264 #5 - 11.

Have a great day; hopefully, I will see all of you tomorrow!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable break. Don't eat too much turkey...

Tuesday, November 24

College Algebra - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 4.5 and 4.8 in class today. HW for Monday - Read Sec. 4.7 and complete pgs. 255 - 257 #12 - 21, #29 - 31, #44 - 45.

Accl. Geometry - We began the Chapter 4 Take-home Test in class today. HW for Monday - complete the Ch. 4 Take-home Test. The test is due at the start of class on Monday. Points will be deducted for every HOUR the test is late.
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Monday, November 23

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of polynomial functions, focusing on polynomial regression to find equations that best represent a given data set (Sec. 4.8). HW for Tuesday - Complete pgs. 261 - 263 #4, #8 - 13 all, #14 - 18 even.

Note: We will take a quiz on Tuesday covering Sec. 4.5 and 4.8.

Accl. Geometry - We concluded our discussions of Chapter 4, completing a practice test in class. HW for Tuesday - Prepare for the Chapter 4 Test.
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Friday, November 20

College Algebra - We concluded our discussion of Sec. 4.5 (solving polynomial equations). HW for Monday - Complete #13 - 18 on the Sec. 8.5 (Alg 2) worksheet that was distributed in class.

Note: College Algebra students will have a quiz covering the second half of Chapter 4 (Sec. 4.5 - ???) next Tuesday, November 24.

Accl. Geometry - We concluded our discussion of the new material in Chapter 4 (Sec. 4.2 and Sec. 4.8). HW for Monday - Complete pgs. 208 - 209 #1 - 9 and pgs. 245 - 247 #1 - 3, #12.

Note: My Accl. Geometry students will have some type of assessment (quiz ??? test ??? quest ???) covering Chapter 4 next Tuesday, November 24.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thursday, November 19

College Algebra - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 4.4 - 4.5. HW for Friday - Complete pg. 240 #18 - 25.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of congruent triangles, focusing on the application of the definition of congruent triangles. HW for Friday - pg. 233 - 234 #3 - 9 and #13 - 15.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wednesday, November 18

College Algebra - We completed our discussion of Sec. 4.4 - 4.5 in preparation for tomorrow's quiz covering the same sections. HW for Thursday - complete the worksheets and/or problems assigned in class today to help review for the quiz.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of wasy to prove two triangles are congruent focusing on SSS, SAS, and AAS. HW for Thursday - Complete pg 224 #7 - 19 and pgs. 229 - 230 #4 - 17.
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Tuesday, November 17

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of polynomial equations, focusing on the Rational Root Theorem and DeCartes' Rule of Signs (Sec. 4.5). HW for Wednesday - 9:00 - Complete pg 234 #10 - 22 even, #23 and 11:00 - Complete pg 234 #4, 11, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 23.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of triangle, focusing on ways to prove two triangle are congruent (Sec. 4.4 - 4.5). HW for Wednesday - Complete the worksheet packet distributed in class.
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Monday, November 16

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 4.3, focusing on the Remainder and Factor Theorems. HW for Tuesday - 9:00 complete pgs. 226 - 227, #17 - 26; #19 and 11:00 complete Sec. 4.3 Study Guide and Practice worksheets.

Accl. Geometry - We complete our discussion of Sec. 4.3, focusing on the relationship between the sides and angles of a triangle and the exterior angles of a triangle. HW for Tuesday - complete pg. 214 #1 - 13 and pg. 220 #19 - 21.
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday, November 13

Beware ... it's Friday the 13th!!!

College Algebra - We took a quiz covering Sec. 4.1 - 4.2. HW for Monday - Complete worksheet distributed in class.

Accl. Geometry - We covered Sec. 4.3, focusing on the relationships between the sides and the sides and angles of a triangle, using the GSP files linked from my U-High web page. HW for Monday - pg. 218 - 219 #1 - 16.

Note: There is a typo on the 3rd page of the handout. In the driections and the 2nd and 4th problems, please change angle PQS to
angle SQR.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Thursday, November 12

College Algebra - We completed our discussion of quadratic equations, focusing on the process of completing the square. HW for Friday - 9:00 - Complete pg. A32 Extra Practice Lesson 4-1 #1 - 4, #6 - 9 and Lesson 4-2 #4-5, #8-11 and 11:00 - Complete review worksheet distributed in class.
Remember ... We will take a quiz on Friday covering Sec. 4.1 - 4.2.

Accl. Geometry - We began our discussion of Ch. 4, focusing on the Triangle Sum Theorem. HW for Friday - pgs. 203 - 205 #2 - 14, #20 - 25.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Wednesday, November 11

No School in honor of Veteran's Day.

Take time today to thank a veteran for everything they have done to protect this great country!

Tuesday, November 10

Remember ... No school on Wednesday in honor of Veteran's Day.

College Algebra - We continued our discussion of polynomial functions, focusing on ways to solve polynomial equations. HW for Thursday - 9:00 pgs. 219 - 220 #21 - 27; #28 - 30 and 11:00 pg 219 numbers 12, 14, and 16.

Accl Geometry - We completed our Ch. 3 Test in class today. No HW for Thursday.

Monday, November 9

College Algebra - We began our discussion of Chapter 4, focusing on polynomial functions. We will have ISU college students teaching in the 11:00 class the next two weeks. HW for Tuesday - 9:00 complete the Lesson 4.1 Practice Worksheet and 11:00 - pgs. 210-211 numbers 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 31, 34, 36, 42, 46, 49, 50.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed for tomorrow's Chapter 2 Test. HW for Tuesday - Complete the practice test distributed in class.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Friday, November 6

College Algebra - We reviewed various methods of factoring polynomials, focusing on GCF, reverse "FOIL", grouping, and difference of squares. HW for Monday - Complete the evens on the factoring worksheet.

Accl. Geometry - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 3.6 - 3.8. HW for Monday - Complete the Ortohcenter Exploration Activity on pg. 192 of the text.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Thursday, November 5

College Algebra -We continued working on the Ch. 3 Test in class today. No HW for Friday.

Accl. Geometry - We completed our review of the second half of Ch. 3 ahead of tomorrow's quiz covering Sec. 3.6 - 3.8. HW for Friday - Complete Steps 1 - 5 of the Euler Line Exploration on pgs. 191 - 192.

Note: Accl. Geometry quiz on Friday covering Sec. 3.6 - 3.8. Test covering Ch. 3 on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Wednesday, November 4

College Algebra - We took the first half of the Ch. 3 test without the aid of a graphing calculator. No HW for Thursday, other than to prepare for the calculator portion of the Ch. 3 test.

Accl. Geometry - We completed our discussion of Sec. 3.7 - 3.8, focusing on the properties of the centroid of a triangle.
HW for Thursday - Complete the Lesson 3.7 and Lesson 3.8 worksheets distributed in class (http://www.keypress.com/documents/dg4/PracticeYourSkills/DG4PS_893_03.pdf)

Note: We will take a quiz covering Sec. 3.7 - 3.8 and slopes on Friday. We will take the Ch. 3 Test next Tuesday, November 10.

Tuesday, November 3

Remember the upcoming schedule changes at U-High:
Wednesday, November 4 - Schedule E - 1:00 Dismissal
Thursday, November 5 - Schedule A - 8:00 classes begin at 9:10

College Algebra - We completed our in-class review for the Chapter 3 Test, working on a show-your-work practice test (Ch. 3 Form 2B). No HW for Wednesday other than preparing for the Ch. 3 Test on Wednesday (no graphing calculator) and Thursday (w/ calculator).

Accl. Geometry - Complete the sketchpad activity packet that we began in class on Monday. HW for Wednesday - pgs. 188 - 189 #2 - 4, #9 - 11, #14.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Monday, November 2

College Algebra - We continued our review of Ch. 3 in preparation for a test on Wednesday and Thursday. HW for Tuesday - Complete the Ch. 3 Practice Test in the back of the book, pg. A??.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of Ch. 3, focusing on the significance of the points of concurrency for the various special segments of a triangle. HW for Tuesday - Read. Sec. 3.7 - 3.8.