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.

Work hard - get smart!


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.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Thursday March 25, 2010

B Day LAST DAY OF THE 3RD QUARTER! Have a fun and restful spring break!

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1
Objective: Students will solve compound inequalities and absolute value in word problems.
Assignment: Text pp. 164-165, # 34-43 and 51-53.
Homework Chapter 3 Review, pp 175-177, #2-66 evens only.

Work hard; get smart!

Period 3 Math Studies IB Diploma Program
Objective: Studentswill solve financial math problems for: finding present value; finding the time period; annual rate and repayment tables.
Assignment: Text H&H Chapter 13 Financial Math Exercises: 13C.5,#1-5, 13C.6,#1-4,13C.7,#1-4, 13C.8,##1-3,13C.9,#1-6,and 13C.10, #1-3.
Spreing Break Practice packs were distributed on Wednesday - these are due on Tuesday, April 6.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 and 2 Honors Geometry grade 9
Objective: Students will solve problems using the properties of kites and trapezoids. Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard taught how to the theorems of kites and trapezoids, and students practiced exercisecs on this topic.
Assignment: Text pp 320-323 #1-19.
Homework over Spring break is to complete the Chapter 6 Review on pp 339-341, #1-39.
There will a Chapter test (#6) when we return from break.

Work harder; get smarter!

Period 3, Math Studies IB Diploma Program grade 11
Objective: Students will solve problems using simple and compound interest
Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard led the class in a brief review of simple and compound interest formulas. Students practiced the exercises in the H&H text,
Assignment: p.430, 13AB.2, #1-5.
Homework: H&H Text, pp.433-435,13C.3 #1-5, and 13C.4, #1-4.
A Spring Break packet of previous exam questions was distributed to students today. This is due when classes resume in April.

Work harder: get smarter!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

B Day

Periods 1 and 2 Accelerated Algebra 1 grade 9
Objective: Students will write,solve and graph compound inequalities.
Following the warm up, students were assigned some practice problems before taking a quiz on Chapter 3-3 through 3-5. Assignment: Text pp 164-165,#34-43,51-53.
Homework: Back of the Warm Up Sheet, Practice 3-5, even numbers only.
This Thursday is the last day of the third quarter.
There is only one more section in Chapter 3 before we prepare for the Unit 4 test.
Students will be assigned to complete the Chapter review over the spring break. The unit 4 test will be during the first week we come back to school.

Working harder will make you smarter.

Period 3 Math Studies, IB Diploma Program grade 11
Objective: Students will practice solving foreign exchange and exponential equations. During the warm up. we discovered that many students were having difficulty with using the financial application on the calculator to solve interest, time period, and loan repayment problems. please go to p.50 in the Oxford text for detailed insructions on using this application.
Assignment/homework: Text H&H, pp425, Ex. 13A3,#1-4 and 13B1,#1-9.
The plans for the quiz this week have been cancelled. There will be a quiz on this unit the first week we return from spring break!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Monday, March 22, 2010

A Day

Periods 1 ands 2 Honors Geometry grade 9

Objective: Students will demonstrate skills in using the properties of parallelograms; verify and use properties of trapezoids and kites. A brief quiz followed a practice session after the warm up. Assignment classwork: Text pp 317, #28-50,54,57-60.
Homework: Back of this weeks' warm up sheet "The Big Quadrilateral Puzzle"
Hint--fill in all the known (given) measurements before calculating the unknowns.


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Period 3 Math Studies IB Diploma Program Grade 11
Objective: Students will solve problems of international currency exchange, simple interest, compound interest and repayment in order to solve real-world problems.
Following the warm up, Mrs. Dennard answered questions about the homework due today. Error analyses were collected for the most recent quiz and Topic 5 test.
The Internal Assessment Research Paper scores were given to students. This goes into schoolmax as an assessment grade of up to 100 points. It goes to the IB headquarters as up to 7 points total.
Assignment: Oxford Exercices 8.4 PP 396-402.

Work Harder - Get Smarter!!!