Thursday, April 15, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry, grade 9
Objective: Students will demonstrate skill in solving problems with paralellograms.
Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions about the homework. Students took a brief quiz on parallelograms. Students were assigned classwork following the quiz.
Classwork Assignment: Text pp 342, #1-24 Practice test.
Homework:Text p.310,Checkpoint Quiz 1, #1-10; P.331,Checkpoint Quiz 2,#1-10; and, p.335,#11.
Chapter 6 TEST on Friday! BE PREPARED - PRACTICE-PRACTICE-PRACTICE !

Period 3 Math Studies IB, Grade 11
Objective: Students will learn the rules of differentiation; tangents to curves; and the second derivative in order to model real-world situations. Following the warm up Mrs. Dennard answered questions about the homework, and students started work on some practice problems.
Classwork Assignment: Text H&H pp.611-620,Exercises 19C(if not done already),19D #1-4,19E,#1-3,19F,#1-5.
Homework: Complete classwork, and do the investigation assigned to you (recall the sound-off for 1-2-3-4)Please put your work on a small poster for presentation. (Consruction paper size)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1, grade 9
Objective: Students will learn to graph linear inequalities, and write & use linear inequalities in order to model real-world situations. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard taught the lesson as noted. Students had some practice during class.
Assignment: Text pp370-375, #1-24. Please complete this for homework.
Homework : graphing- on the back of the warm up sheet.
Quiz on Linear Inequalities on Thursday.

We have only one more lesson in Unit 4 - Systems of Linear Inequalities. So this is a good time to put together any question you may have on this Unit.(Chapter 3 and Chapter 7.5&7.6.)

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Period 3, Math Studies, International Baccalaureate Program
Objective: Students will learn to differentiate a polynomial in order to model real-world situations. Following the warm-up, Mrs. Dennard showed each student the score on the recent Financial Math test, and each student was shown their current grade point average, and received a recommendatoin on how to improve.
Mrs.Dennard took questions on the homework, and students starte the assignment.
Assignment: Oxford text pp 357-362. Read the text thoroughly and do Exercise 7.2 #1-10.
Write out any questions you have as you proce through this assignment.
Quiz on Thursday on all lessons taught this week.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry
Objective: Strudents will demonstrate skills in solving problems using parallelograms, and learn to write proofs using coordinate geometry. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard went over any questions on the homework. Period 1 then took the 6-4 through 6-6 quiz. Peroid 2 had many more questions, so their quiz was moved to Wednesday.
Assignment: Text pp. 332-334,#1,2,5,6,8. P. 342 - #1-23.
Homework: Back of Warm up: Complete all questions on looseleaf paper.
Period 1 next class Chap 6 test.
Period 2 next class Quiz 6-4 through 6-6. Test on Friday.

Work hard, get smart.


Period 3 Math Studies Grade 11
Objective: Students will practice calculating rate of change and derivatives on order to model real-world situations.
Assignment: H&H text, pp 602-608, EX.19A.1,#1-5, 19A.2,#1-4, 19A.3,#1-2. Complete for homework if not completed in class.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2, Accelerated Algebra 1, grade 9
Objective: Students will demonstrate skills in solving compound inequalities with absolute value notation in order to model real world situations. Following the warm up, students put all homework problems(from Practice 6-6) up on the white board, and all answers were corrected in incorrect. Students then took a brief quiz on Chapter 6-4 through 6-6.
Homework: Text p.704, #1-54 Multiples of 3 (#3,6,9,12,15...)
Next week: Graphing Inequalities and prepare for the Unit 4 TEST!!!


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Period 3, Math Studies IB Program, grade 11
Objective: Students will demonstrate skill in all topics of financial mathematics to score well on the Topic Test today. Following the Test, students read a new lesson in the Oxford text- the first section on Introductory Differential Calculus, pp.349-355, and started on Exercise 7.1 on pp. 355 and 356. Homework is to complete this work, and study the readings in this section.

This is our last unit before we begin our review of the course to prepare for the exams. They are the first week in May. After the exams, Mrs. Dennard will teach the remaining sections of Pre-calculus to prepare students for AP Calculus next year with Mr. Gross. THIS IS MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Try to take that tech credit in the summer if that is in your way of taking Mr. Gross's excellent course.

Remember - the way to learn and retain math procedures is to PRACTICE them, not simply read your notes. That would be like reading over your notes for a swim meet, or a violin concert. But like a swim meet or a concert, a math test is a PERFORMANCE. So, prepare to perform at your best!

Work harder - get smarter.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2, Honors Geometry, grade 9
Objective: Students will solve problems involving parralelograms placed on a coordinate plane. Following the warm up, students completed a brief practice exercise, and Mrs Dennard then went over all homework problems. She retaught the lesson on parallelograms in a coordinate plane. The quiz was postponed to Monday.
Homework: Text p. 695, #2-16 evens, and #17-24 all.
The quiz on Monday will cover Chapter 6-4 through 6-6. BE PREPARED!
The Chapter 6 Test is scheduled for Wednesday.

Work hard - get smart!



Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective: Students will work on small groups to solve IB exam questions from the Oxford and H&H texts. Students completed warm ups for Thursday and Friday, and worked in small groups to complete Review Set A in Chapter 13 in H&H text.
Homework: Complete Ch13 Review Set A if not done in class; Do the even numbered problems in Paper1 and Paper2 from the Oxford text, pp 404-405.
Also the Investigation #2 Buying A Car, om p. 448 in the H&H Text

Be prepared for the test tomorrow on the Financial Mathematics unit. Test topics will include: Currency exchage, including commission fees; Simple interest; Compound Interest, Fixed Term Deposits; Effective versus Nominal rates; Depreciation, Personal Loans, and the Effect of Inflation.
Remembder to bring a dark blue or black ink pen for the test.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 grade 9
Objective: learn to solve problems that involve absolute value, and solve inequalities that include absolute value. Followong the warm -up, students were assigned a brief set of review problems before starting on the new lesson about absolute value.
Assignment: Review:P. 164,#25,33,34-37,39. (Turned in during class)
Absolute value assignment: pp167-171, #1-36 evens only.
Homework is the worksheet 6-6 on the back of the warm up. Do the evens only, and use loose leaf paper.
Final 3rg Quarter Grade sheets were distributed to all students.

Remember - work hard- get smart!


Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective: Students will solve problems related to effect of inflation and review Chapter 13 in order to best prepare for the Unit test on Thursday.
Following the warm up, students received a lesson on the Consumer Price Index and Inflation effects.
Assignment:H&H text p.449-432, 13F.1,#1-4, and 13F.2,#1-4
Homework: H&H Chapter 13 Review Set B,#1-7.
Optional (Recommended to have extra preparation for the Unit test) Oxford text pp 403-405Paper 1 #1-5, and Paper 2 #1-3.
Final 3rd Quarter grade sheets were distributed yesterday.
The Topic test on Financial Math is tomorrow, Thursday, 4/8/10.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will Name coordinates of special figures by using their proprties in order to examine a T-shirt design. Following the warm up, students worked on some review problems before having a new lesson on parallelograms in the coordinate plane.
Assignments: Review pp 323-324, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29.(Turned in during class)
pp. 326-329, #1-13.
Homework: back of warm up sheet.
****Quiz on Chapter 6-4 through 6-6 next class.
******Chapter 6 test on Monday April 12, 2010.

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Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective:tudents will solve financial math problems involving depreciation, personal loans, and inflation.
Assignment: H&H Text, pp 443-450, Ch 13D,#1-6 and 13E,#1-4.
Unit test on Financial math on Thursday/Friday.