Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Multiplying Rational Expressions

9 DAYS UNTIL EXAMS!

Warm Up: p. 476 #30

Goals:
• Practice: p. 476 #22-23, 28-33
• Complete the practice ws

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Reminder: Rational Quiz Friday. There are 11 questions. You may use the calculator on the entire quiz. You get 90 minutes and no extra time. If you think you will finish early, please bring something silent to do.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

10 School Days Until Finals!!!

Warm Up: p. 482 #25-26

Goals:
• Practice: p. 482-483 #22-39
• Complete the practice ws

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Reminder: Rational Quiz Friday. There are 11 questions. You may use the calculator on the entire quiz. You get 90 minutes and no extra time. If you think you will finish early, please bring something silent to do.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Practice Compass Quiz

COMPASS TEST AFTER BREAK! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER AND WORKING THROUGH EXTRA PROBLEMS FROM MY BLOG ASAP!!!

Warm Up: None.

Goals: You are completing a practice compass quiz today. You will have 45 minutes before we pair up and review answers like yesterday.

HW: None. ENJOY THANKSGIVING BREAK WITH NO MATH HOMEWORK!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Practice Compass Quiz

COMPASS TEST AFTER BREAK! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER AND WORKING THROUGH EXTRA PROBLEMS FROM MY BLOG ASAP!!!

Warm Up: None.

Goals:
• We will go over the quiz momentarily.
• You are completing a practice compass quiz today. It will be timed, and we will go over each answer after the timed portion is complete.

HW: None.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review - Polynomial Quiz

COMPASS TEST RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER AND WORKING THROUGH EXTRA PROBLEMS FROM MY BLOG ASAP!!!

Warm Up: Show me your review and then pick up your quiz.

Goals: Quiz – no extra time
• Put up the dividers
• Take EVERYTHING off your tables
• You may only have out a calculator and a pencil – no pen
• If you talk to anyone but me for any reason, you get a 0.

HW: None

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review –Polynomials Review

Warm Up: Pick up answer key

COMPASS TEST RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER AND WORKING THROUGH EXTRA PROBLEMS FROM MY BLOG ASAP!!!

Goals:
• Complete the following problems on the following pages of the Algebra 2 Book:
o p. 837 Lesson 5-2 #7-27
o p. 837 Lesson 5-3 #1-23 odd

• Your quiz is tomorrow. There is no timed portion.

HW: Finish review for tomorrow’s quiz.

Reminder: Polynomial Quiz tomorrow. There are 12 questions. You may use the calculator on the entire quiz. You get 90 minutes and no extra time. If you think you will finish early, please bring something silent to do.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Multiplying Polynomials

Warm Up: (2x + 4) (2x^2 + x + 3)

COMPASS TEST RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER AND WORKING THROUGH EXTRA PROBLEMS FROM MY BLOG ASAP!!!

Goals:
Read and review the examples on p. 230. Copy the examples and any bold text into your notebook for future reference and studying.

• Practice: p. 231-232 #9-14, 28-33, 35-53

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Reminder: Polynomial Quiz Friday. There are 12 questions. You may use the calculator on the entire quiz. You get 90 minutes and no extra time. If you think you will finish early, please bring something silent to do.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

COMPASS TEST IN 7 SCHOOL DAYS! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER AND WORKING THROUGH EXTRA PROBLEMS FROM MY BLOG ASAP!!!

Warm Up: Write the following polynomials in standard form:
a) (4y^3 - 3) + (-2y^3 + 4) =
b) (27 + 3x^3) - (14 - 4x^3) =

Goals:
• We will go over the quiz momentarily.

Read and review the examples on p. 229. Copy the examples and any bold text into your notebook for future reference and studying.

Practice: p. 231-232 #7-8, 22-27, 51, 57

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Reminder: Polynomial Quiz Friday. There are 12 questions. You may use the calculator on the entire quiz. You get 90 minutes and no extra time. If you think you will finish early, please bring something silent to do.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Learning Target: Learning Target: Compass Review – Factoring, Distributive Property, Solving Quadratics, and Absolute Value Quiz

Warm Up: Show me your review and then pick up your quiz.

Goals: Quiz – no extra time
o Put up the dividers
o Take EVERYTHING off your tables
o You may only have out a calculator and a pencil – no pen
o If you talk to anyone but me for any reason, you get a 0.

HW: None

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Quadratics and Absolute Value Review

Warm Up: Pick Up an Answer Key

COMPASS TEST IN 13 SCHOOL DAYS! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER ASAP!!!

Goals: Complete the following problems on the following pages of the Algebra 2 Book:
o p. 816 #1-23 odd
o p. 837 Lesson 5-4 #1-25 odd
o p. 828 Lesson 1-2 #17-22
o p. 840 Lesson 6-3 #1-19 odd
o p. 841 Lesson 6-5 #1-23 odd
o p. 829 Lesson 1-4 #9-29 odd

• Your quiz is Friday. There is no timed portion.  There are 20 questions.  You have 90 minutes and no extra time.

HW: Finish review for Friday’s quiz.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Absolute Value

Warm Up: p. 30 #8

COMPASS TEST IN 14 SCHOOL DAYS! BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FROM THIS SEMESTER ASAP!!!

Goals:
• Check your answers with the board. Mark the questions you missed. I will answer a few before we begin today’s work.

Read and review the examples on p. 28-30. Copy the examples and any bold text into your notebook for future reference and studying.

Practice: p. 31 #29-46.

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Solving Quadratic Functions with the Quadratic Formula

Warm Up: p. 318 #15

15 DAYS UNTIL THE COMPASS TEST!!!!

Goals:
• Check your answers with the board. Mark the questions you missed. I will answer a few before we begin today’s work.

Read and review the examples on p. 313-317. Copy the examples and any bold text into your notebook for future reference and studying.

• Practice: p. 318 #14-39.

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Reminder: Quiz Friday.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Solving Quadratic Functions by Factoring

Warm Up: p. 304 #14

Goals:
• Check your answers with the board. Mark the questions you missed. I will answer a few before we begin today’s work.

Read and review the examples on p. 301-302. Copy the examples and any bold text into your notebook for future reference and studying.

Practice: p. 304 #14-33, 42.

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it on Monday.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Distributive Property

Warm Up: p. 16 #51

Goals:
• Check your answers with the board. Mark the questions you missed. You will help each other fix the ones you missed while I conference with you about your quizzes.

Practice:
o p. 16 #51-58
o p. 17 #66-67
o p. 221 #7-12
o p. 228 #79-84

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Factoring

Warm Up: p. 242 #6

Goals:
• Check your answers with the board. Mark the questions you missed. You will help each other fix the ones you missed while I conference with you about your quizzes.

Practice: Factoring Practice WS

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Learning Target: Compass Review – Factoring

Warm Up: p. 242 #8

Goals:
• Your grades are entered.  I will begin individually conferencing with you tomorrow about your quizzes.  As always, you will get them back when everyone else has taken the exam.

Read and review the examples on p. 239-241. Copy the examples and any bold text into your notebook for future reference and studying.

Practice: p. 242-244 #15-44. You are going to really have to work together to use the book examples and figure some of these out. Some of them are HARD.

HW: Finish the practice work. No work – No credit. I will take a grade it tomorrow.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Learning Target: Learning Target: Compass Review – Evaluating Expressions, Linear Equations, and Systems Quiz

Warm Up: Show me any missing work for your grade. Work will not be accepted after the quiz.  As soon as you show me your review, you may have your quiz.

Goals:
• Quiz – no extra time
o Put up the dividers
o Take EVERYTHING off your tables
o You may only have out a calculator and a pencil – no pen
o If you talk to anyone but me for any reason, you get a 0.

NOTE: #22 Doesn't have a graph, but is a graphing question.  Please ACCURATELY sketch your own using two points (intersection and y-intercept of each equation).
HW: None