Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

B Day


Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1, grade 9

Objective: Students will solve exponential problems in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs.Dennard went over the Finance word problems on the homework before beginning the new lesson on exponential growth.
Assignment: pp. 441,#1-19.Period 2 students received the 4th Quarter Project today. Period 1 students received this project last week. Please make sure you are making progress on your project! I am available after school on Thursday for extra help, or for you to use the computer in A-238.
Homework: Back of the warm up worksheet.
be prepared for A QUIZ ON ALL TOPICS OF EXPONENTS ON THURSDAY!

Work hard - practice the math - and get smart!


Period 3, Pre-Calculus, IB, grade 11

Objective: Students will evaluat and graph exponential functions in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs Dennard went over last night's homework, and retaught the lesson from yesterday. Students reviewed the properties of logarithms on p. 455.
After lunch, we viewed a lecture by Dr. Michael Starbird of Univ. of Texas at Austin on the Big Ideas of Calculus.
Assignment: Sullivan text handout: p.61, Mc Newton's Coffee:#1-6.
Quiz on Properties of Logarithms on Friday.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry

Objective: Students will review and practice for the Quiz on Chap. 7-4 through 7-8 on Thursday. Following the warm up, students worked in small groups to complete the assignment, and then worked on their Portfolio Projects for Chapter 7. This is due FINAL on Monday May 26, 2010.
Assignment:: Text pp.409-412, # 1-31.
Homework: Back of the Warm Up.

WORK HARD - GET SMART!

Period 3 Pre-Calculus IB

Objective: Students will solve logarithmic and exponential equations, and solve by graphing in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm Up many students had questions on the previous less. Mrs. Dennard retaught the properties of logarithms, and assigned 6 more for practice.
Assignment: Sullivan text p. 456,2,6,10,14,18,20.
Homework: pp 456-458, # 4-74 multiples of 4.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1, grade 9

Objective: Students will evaluate exponential functions; and graph exponential functions in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. dennard taught the new lesson, and students began work on their assignment. Period 1 was especially long today due to HSA testing, so 1st period students worked on projects that are due on Monday May 25.
Assignment: Text pp 432-433, #1-24, 34-36.
Complete worksheet on the back of the warm up, and get some work do=ne on your project!


Period 3 Pre-Calculus IB grade 11

Objective: Students will calculate logarithmic equations including change of base and exponential curve fitting. Following the warm up. students worked on the assignment. Students absents on Friday did not complete the quiz, so it was extended to be a take home assignment. There will be a larger quiz on this Friday.
Assignment: Sullivan text handout: pp4510459, #33-44, 49-56, 57-69 all.
Homework: pp457-459, #71-75.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors geometry, grade 9

Objective: Students will learn to use segment and area models to find the probabilities of events, in order to find the probability of winning a carnival game. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard asnswered questions about the homework before beginning the new lesson on geometric probability.
Assignment: Text pp 402-405,#1-8,10,12,14,15-22.
Homework: Text p.696,#1-24.
Next week:
Quiz on Tuesday 7-4 through 7-8, and Chapter review.
CHAPTER 7 test ON THURSDAY.


Period 3 Pre-Calculus IB, grade 11

Objective: Students will solve problems using addition properties of logarithms in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm-up, students took the scheduled quiz on logarithmic functions. After lunch, Mrs. dennard began the next lesson on properties of logarithms and curve fitting.
Assignment Sullivan text pp446-458,#1-32.

Next week Quiz on Wednesday - Chapter 6 TEST on Friday.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 grade 9

Objective: Students will multiply and divide powers with the same base, and raise a product and a quotient to a power. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions about the previous lessons' homework before teaching students how to simplify an expression with a term within parentheses taken to a power.
Assignment: Text pp. 413-414,#1-30 evens, and #42-50 all. Any work not completed during classtime is to be completed for homework.
Period received the Quarter 4 project assignment and were encouraged to get started on this.
Please be in uniform.
Please be on time for class!


Period 3 Pre-Calculus Math Studies IB grade 11

Objective: Students will solve properties of logarithms in order to solve problems with a human memory model. Asssignment: Larson Pre-Calc text handout: pp 260 - 262, #69, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 80, 83, 85, 86. Any work not completed during class time is expected to be done to turn in tomorrow. Be prepared for a quiz on exponential and logarithmic problems on Friday.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry grade 9

Objective: Students will learn to find the area of a circle, and ia sector, and segments of circles in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered homework questions, and assigned 5 more practice problems on that topic before beginning the new lesson on finding the area of a sector and a segment. Mrs. Dennard went revied each of the practice problems with students.
Homework : Complete Worksheet 7-6 on the back of the warm up sheet.
Be prepared for a quiz on 7-4 through 7-7.


Period 3 Pre-Calculus Math Studies IB grade 11

Objective: Students will solve problems using the properties of logarithms in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered question of the previoss lesson's homework before staring of the properties of logarithms. Assignment: Larson Pre-Calc text handout: p. 259, #9-40.
Be prepared for a quiz on Friday.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 grade 9

Objective: Students will multiply exponential term, including raising a power to a power, and a product to a power, in order to csolve real-world problems. Following the warm up, students took notes on the lesson, and were assigned practice problems, and worked on a handout on multiplying exponential terms,
Assignment: Text pp. 405-409, # 31,34,37,40,42,44, Handout
Homework, Back of the warm up, and the other side of the group work handout on Scientific Notation.


Period 3 Pre-Calculus Math Studies IB gradew 11

Objective: Students will solve and graph exponential and logarithmic equations in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions on the lesson and homework assignment, and students were assigned 6 more practice problems on the same topic.
Homework: Complete classwork assignment.