Monday, March 8, 2010

Monday, March 8, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry Grade 9
Objective: Students will solve problems involving parallelograms in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions about homework due today and students practiced solving problems of special quardilaterals.
Assignment: PP 291-292,#25-28 and 36-42.
Homework: pp297-298 #1-22. Due on Wednesday 3/10/10.

*******BONUS PROBLEM***** Geometry text p.301, #59-62. due by Friday 3/12/10.

Period 3 IB Math Studies Grade 11
Objective: Students will Geometry and trigonometry problems to prepare for a quiz next class.Following the warm up students worked on the Take home quiz on Geometry, and were reminded that practicing the exercises in H&H Chapter 10 is important to be able to do well on the exam. Students began a process to grade their ouwn IA paper. This will continue on Wednesday, please have your grading criteria with you on Wednesday.
Tomorrow, IB students will get some practice with a real test. The IB May 2008 paper. Please bring your own calculator to class on Tuesday for this.
Assignment: Review sets A,B an C in Ch 10 H&H. (If not already done last week.) Make sure you know how to do all but the the wind bearing problems.
Please make sure you have given me two copies of your IA.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 grade 9
Objective: Students will demonstrate skill in using multiplicatoin and division, and practice multi-step inequalities.
Following the warm up, students worked on some practice problems before a brief quiz. Mrs. Dennard went over all practice problems and homework problems with the class, A brief quiz was distributed. Check Schoolmax for your scores and updated average!
Assignment:Text p 155-156,#2-38 even.
Homework: Complete classwork for next class.

Remember work harder - get smarter!!

Period 3 Math Studies IB Diploma Program grade 11
Objective: Students will solve word problems using Trigonometry and Geometry in order to pass the quizzes and tests....
Following the warm up, students turned in their Internal Assessment Papers. Two copies were due FINAL today. And I'm happy to say all students managed to get it to me today! Great job!
Assignments: Review Sets B and C in Chapter 10 all problems.
Take home quiz 3-2 on geometry problems.

Remember work harder - get smarter!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will learn to define and classify quadrilaterals in order to solve problems in calculating area of special quadrilaterals.
Following the warm up, students worked in pairs on the classwork:
Assignment: Text pp 288-294, #1-24. Any part of the assignment not completed in class can be done for homework.

Period 3 IB Math Studies grade 11
Objective: Students will practice solving word problems using trigonometry and geometry.
Two warm ups were completed today - Wednesday's and todays. Following the warm up, students worked in pairs on the classwork, and Mrs. Dennard finished interviewing all students about their IA Papers. Students were reminded to include the context for their interpretation- ie - what do your math testing results mean in the context of your paper?
Assignment: Text H&H Review Set C Chapter 10 pp 352-353 #1 -13.
Homework: FINAL deadline for completed IA Paper is tomorrow!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 garde 9
Objective: Students will solve inequalities using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Following the warm up, students worked in small groups on the classwork, and put selected problems on the white board.
Assignment: Text p. 149, #4,8,12,16,20,24,28. and p. 151 Checkpoint Quiz 1 #1-10.
Homework - worksheet on the back of the warm up sheet and p. 704, #1-26.


Period 3 IB Math Studies grade 11
Objective: Students will work on their IA projects during class time. About two thirds of our class was on a field trip through the English Department, so we worked on papers: Mrs. Dennard continued interviewing students about their papers.
Homework: Complete your IA Paper.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and n2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective:Students will demonstrate skills in solving problems of relationships within triangles.
Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard took questions about the Chapter Review and Chapter test on p 284 in the text (HW) before distributing the Chapter 5 test.

Homework - Worksheet 6-1 on the back of the warm up sheet.

Period 3 IB Math Studies grade 11
Objective: Students will demonstrate skills in solving IB Geometry problems in Quiz 3-2. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard took questions on the homework, and dis cussed progress in the IA projects. After lunch, students took the Quiz, but did not have enough time to finish it.
No homework assigned: Work ON YOUR PAPER!

Monday March 1, 2010

B day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 grade 9
Objective: Students will use multiplication and division to solve inequalities in order to find out how much food can be purchased for a food bank.
Following the warm up, students took notes on instruction, and Mrs. Dennard led the class in guided practice. Then students were assignened independent practice. Mrs. Dennard gave each student their progress report of assignments received as of the previous Friday, and discussed the report with each individual student. All papers turned in by Friday 2/26 were graded and returned to students.
Assignment:p.149, # 1,5,9,13.
Homework,p. 149-150, # 31-39, 41,56,59,63,67,75.
There will be a brief quiz on Wednesday.

Period 3 IB Math Studies grade 11
Objective: Students will solve problems using area in order to solve real-worls problems.
Following the warm up, all papers received by Friday 2/26 were returned to students. Progress reports listeing all assignment to date in Q3 were distributed to students, and Mrs.Dennard discussed progress with each students individually.
Assignment: Text H&H, p 370-371, 11D, #1-12, and 11E.1, #1-4.

Quiz tomorrow on Geometry.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will solve review problems in Chapter 5 in order to prepare for the Quiz today on Ch 5-4 and 5-5, and the Chapter 5 test next class.
Following the warm up, students worked in small groups to complete inequality problems on p. 694, #17-30. Mrs. Dennard went over these exercises with the class before distributing Quiz 3-1 on Chap 5-4 and 5-5.
Following the Quiz, students worked in small groups to begin the Chapter Review,
pp. 281-283,#1-42.
Homework: Chapter test p. 284, #1-24
Next class - Chapter 5 TEST Be prepared!!!

All students - please have your ID on a lanyard in front of you, and be in full PHS uniform. Make sure any sweater you bring to school is a PHS uniform color. Please bring your binder, your math book, 2 pencils and looseleaf paper to each class. Too may students are storing papers in the textbook, which can damage the binding......If you break it - you will buy it!

Period 3 Math Studies IB Diploma Program grade 11
Objective: Students will solve extended(long) problems involving Geometry and Trigonometry in order to prepare for the IB Exams.
Following the warm up, students worked in small groups to complete Paper Two in Topic 5, Geometry and Trigonometry in the Oxford text pp.,pp 281-282.
Homework: Complete all end of Chapter problems in Topic 5 in Oxford test.
Error analyses on Quiz 3-1 Trigonometry are due on Monday, 3-1-10.
Do additional research to bolster your "Interpretation" section in your IA Paper.
All IA papers must be turned in to me for final grading
on or before Friday March 5, 2010.