Thursday, April 28, 2011

Wednesday and Thursday, April 26 & 27, 2011

4/26 and 27/11 B Day

Period A1 Geometry grades 10-12
Objective: Students will use properties of midsegments in order to use indirect measurement to find the length of a lake. Folllowing the warm up, Mrs. Dennard explained the properties of a midsegment of a triangle, and went over several practice problems with the class.
Warm Up: p. 243 # 2-8 even.
Classwork: p246 #1-20.
Homework: p. 247 #21-32.
be prepared for a quiz on Section 5-1 next class.

Periods B1 and B2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will identify properties of medians and altitudes in a triangle in order to solve real world problems. Following the warm up,Mrs. Dennard explained the properties of medians and altitudes, and reviewed the properties of angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors. Questions on the homework were answered.
Warm Up: p.264,#2-6 even
Classwork: Complete any classwork #1-29, Checkpoint Quiz p. 263 #1-10.
Homework: p. 694, #1-12
Be prepared for a quiz on Chapter 5 sections 5-1 through 5-3 next class.
NOTE*** Thank you for such excellent behavior during the extreme heat in our classroom. You have really "stepped up" to this difficult situation.

Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective: Students will review and discuss the recent test on Geometry and Trig; and Financial Math. Due to extreme heat in our classroom, our class moved to the library today. Students worked groups of 4-5 to discuss the problems on yesterday's test.
Homework: Topic 3: Sets Logic anfd Probability Paper 1 and Paper 2 pages 166-169.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Thursday April 14, and Friday April 15, 2011

Period A1 Geometry grades 10-12 Friday 4/15/11
Objective: Students will demobstrate skills and understanding of all objectives in Unit 4. Following the warm up, Mrs.Dennard answered questions from the review pack, and then distributed the test. No homework for Spring break!
Warm Up: p. 693 #9,13,17.

Periods A4, and B1 and B2 Honors Geometry grade 9 4/14 and 4/15
Objective: Students will use properties of prependicular bisectors and angle bisectors in order to locate places equidistant from two given points on a map. Following the warm up, Mrs.Dennard taught the lesson on Bisectors in Triangles.
Warm Up: Text p. 694 #5-8.
Assignment: Text p.251 #1-11.
Homework: Text p.252, #12-32.

Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11 4/14/11
Objective: Students will use derivatives to solve real world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard explained how to manipulate a derivative of an expression in order to find the tangent of an exponential curve.
Warm Up: H&H Text p. 608, #2
Assignment: Oxford Ex. 7.2 and 7.3.
Spring Break Homework Topic 5, Oxford text pp.230 - 283. All exercoises 5.1 through 5.5 and Papers 1 and 2 on pp. 280-282. TEST on this and Financial math on Tuesday April 26.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Tuesday, April12, 2011

B Day 4/12/11

Periods B1 and B2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will use properties of midsegments to solve real-world problems.
Following the warm up,
Mrs. Dennard answered questions about the homework (p.247#22-36 even), and assigned practice problems In Period B1: Text p.248, #47-55.
In Period B2 following the warm up and questions, Mrs.Dennard taught the lesson on bisectors in triangles. Assignment Text p. 251, #1-11.
Warm Up: p.248, # 40-46.

Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective: Srtudents will solve problems of compound interest in order to solve real-world problems. Follwoing the warm Up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions about the homework, and students continued to work on Ex.8.3 and 8.4.

Monday, April 11, 2011

A Day 4/11/11


Period A1 Geometry grade 10-12
Objective: Students will review Chapter 4 objective in order to prepare for the Unit 4 TEST on Friday. Following the warm up, Mrs.Dennard answered questions on the homework, and started the review of Chapter 4.
Warm Up: Text p.693, #9,13, 17.
Assignment: Chapter 4 Review Text pp.233-235,#1-20 in class, and #21-39 for homework.
A Chapter 4 Review Pack will distributed on Wednesday; The TEST is on Friday.


Period 3 IB Math Srudies Grade 11
Objective: Students will solve foreign crrency and simple interest problems in order to solve real-world problems. Following the warm Up, Mrs.Dennard took questions on te homework, and attempted to teach the foreign currency conversion, but too much social chatter made this impossible. Students completed the work at their desks, and came to see me when they had any questions.
Warm Up: H&H text p.543,Ex.16B #2; p.544,Ex.16D,#3.
Assignment: Oxford Text Exercises 8.3 and 8.4.
Homework Oxford pp. 403-405,Paper 1 #1,3,5; Paper 2, #2,4.


Period A4 Honors geometry Grade 9
Objective: Students will observe a presetation in the gymnasium in support of American Disability Day.
Warm Up: Text p. 248, #40-46.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Thursday/Friday April 7 & 8, 2011

Geometry Period A1 Grade 10-12
Objective: Students will prove triangles congruent using the HL Theorem. Following the warm up, there was a brief review before students took a quiz on 4-4 through 4-5.
Assignment: p. 223 Checkpoint Quiz #2 practice #1-5.
Warm Up:Text p.205 #14.
Homework: Text pp. 233-234 Chapter Review # 1-30.

Honors Geometry Periods A4, B1 and B2 Grade 9
Objective: Students will use the properties of midsegments to solve real-world problems. Following the warm up, Mrs. dennard taught the lesson on triangle midsegment. Assignment:Text p.246, #1-20.
Warm Up: Text p.243, #2-8 evens.
Homework: Text p. 248, #22-36 evens.
Quiz on 5-1 next class!

Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective: Students will demonstrate skill on all objectives in Unit 4 on Functions.
Students took the Unit 4 Test on Thursday; on Friday we did a peer review of this test in class. Error Analyses are due on Monday.
Homework: Oxford pp.382-395, Ex. 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 all.
Quiz on 8.1-8.3 on Monday!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesday April 6, 2011

4/6/11 B Day

Periods B1 and B2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will demonstrate skill in all objective on Unit 4.
Following the warm up, Mrs.Dennard distributed the Unit 4 Test. All Unit 4 Review packs should be turned in!!!
Warm Up: Text p. 205, #14. No Homework tonite.
Monday's Warm Up Text p.237, 1-5

Unit 4 Test for A day is tomorrow!

Period 3 Math Studies grade 11
Objective: Students will practice graphing using sine and cosine equations, and identify their graphs.
Warm Up Text H&H, p.534 #1, p.535 #1.
Assignment: H&H P.535 #2-4, Oxford,pp 212-213, Ex. 4.7 and 4.8.
Homework: Oxford, Pp.224-225,#1,2,4,6,pp.227-228, #1,2,8.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

B Day, 3/28/11

Periods 1B and 2B Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will work in small groups to complete a triangle proof using triangle congruency postulates and theorems and discuss the results. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions on the Chapter Review in the textbook and the Unit 4 Review Pack. Then poster paper and markers and a proof sheet were distributed to each group. Students worked on this, getting their rproofs on the whiteboard, but not with enough time to discuss in 1A. In 2A we made the proofs last week, and discussed them today.
Warm Up Text p.35,#34.
Assignment: Complete Chapter Review and practice test for Chapter 4 in your textbook. Also make sure you have shown your work in the Unit 4 Review Pack.

Period 3 Math Studies IB grade 11
Objective: Students will solve problems using exponential expressions, and properties of symmetry, vertex, and intercepts. Following the warm up, Mrs. dennard asked for any questions on the homework. Students began work on exponential word problems in Chapter 16 of the H&H text.
Warm Up: H&H text p. 480 #9,a,b,c.
Assignment: H&H Ch.16, pp.525-526,Section 16C,#1-4.
There will be a quiz on Thursday of Functions onfectives 4-1 through 4-4.