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January 18, 2011: Quiz #1. (Starter) Graphed exponential functions and determined domain and range of each graph. Also took a pretest for Quarter 3. HW: Worksheet 8.1 DUE 1/20/11
January 20, 2011: Quiz #2. (Starter) Corrected and turned in worksheet 8.1. Solved exponential equations and utilized compound interest formula.
HW: 8.2: p. 488: 9-14, 20-29 DUE 1/25/11
January 25, 2011: Quiz #3. (Starter) Corrected and turned in assignment 8.2. Using definition of logarithms, changed expressions from exponential form to logarithmic form, and vice versa. Also evaluated logarithmic expressions.
HW: 8.3: p. 496: 13-36 DUE 1/27/11
January 27, 2011: Quiz #4. (Starter) Corrected and turned in assignment 8.3. Solved logarithmic equations and inequalities of the same base. Began work and discussion of domain of logarithmic functions.
HW: 8.4: pp. 504-505: 9-18, 22-33 DUE 1/31/11
January 31, 2011: Quiz #5 (Starter). Corrected and turned in assignment 8.4. Took Mid-Chapter 8 assessment. Activity was open-book, open-notes, closed-neighbor. Due end of class.
February 2, 2011: Happy Groundshog Day! (No Starter.) Properties of logs....and more practice solving logs.
HW: 8.5: pp.512-513: 19-26, 30-48 x3's, 51-59 DUE 2/3/11
February 4, 2011: Quiz #6 (Starter). Corrected 8.5 and turned in. Moved on to 8.6, Common Logs and Change of Base Formula. Notes: Solving: link below, pg. 1 Change of Base: link below, pg 2
HW: 8.6: p. 520: 23-40.
January 18, 2011: Quiz #1. (Starter) Graphed exponential functions and determined domain and range of each graph. Also took a pretest for Quarter 3. HW: Worksheet 8.1 DUE 1/20/11
January 20, 2011: Quiz #2. (Starter) Corrected and turned in worksheet 8.1. Solved exponential equations and utilized compound interest formula.
HW: 8.2: p. 488: 9-14, 20-29 DUE 1/25/11
January 25, 2011: Quiz #3. (Starter) Corrected and turned in assignment 8.2. Using definition of logarithms, changed expressions from exponential form to logarithmic form, and vice versa. Also evaluated logarithmic expressions.
HW: 8.3: p. 496: 13-36 DUE 1/27/11
January 27, 2011: Quiz #4. (Starter) Corrected and turned in assignment 8.3. Solved logarithmic equations and inequalities of the same base. Began work and discussion of domain of logarithmic functions.
HW: 8.4: pp. 504-505: 9-18, 22-33 DUE 1/31/11
January 31, 2011: Quiz #5 (Starter). Corrected and turned in assignment 8.4. Took Mid-Chapter 8 assessment. Activity was open-book, open-notes, closed-neighbor. Due end of class.
February 2, 2011: Happy Groundshog Day! (No Starter.) Properties of logs....and more practice solving logs.
HW: 8.5: pp.512-513: 19-26, 30-48 x3's, 51-59 DUE 2/3/11
February 4, 2011: Quiz #6 (Starter). Corrected 8.5 and turned in. Moved on to 8.6, Common Logs and Change of Base Formula. Notes: Solving: link below, pg. 1 Change of Base: link below, pg 2
HW: 8.6: p. 520: 23-40.
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February 8, 2011: Make-up day with sub.
February 10, 2011: Starter Quiz #7. Correct and turn in 8.6 (Finally!) Lecture: natural logarithms and Base e.
HW: 8.7: p. 529: 20-46 DUE 2/14/11
February 14, 2011: Bella Bucks due for Mid-term. Correct and turn in 8.7. Lecture on Continuously Compounded Interest and Exponential Growth/Decay.
HW: 8.8: p. 530: 47; AND Worksheet 8.7/8.8 (both sides, yellow paper)
February 16, 2011: PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES 4PM-7PM @ C-WOOD CAFETERIA.
Correct and turn in assignment 8.8. REVIEW CHAPTER 8.
HW: CHAPTER 8 STUDY GUIDE, any and all late work. DUE 2/22/11
February 22, 2011: CHAPTER 8 TEST. ALL LATE/RE-DO WORK DUE (student must correct these assignments on their own time). NOTEBOOKS FOR CHAPTER 8 DUE.
Students who have missed exam MUST have an excused absence for this date; otherwise there is no opportunity to take this exam. Last day to take it is Tuesday, 3/1. Students who stand up teacher after making arrangements to take exam forfeit opportunity to take exam.
February 24, 2011; Reviewed common mistakes and misconceptions on logarithms test. Began testing with Acuity on the Benchmark exam. Will continue Benchmark exam on Monday during the last 30 minutes of class. (No HW assigned.)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011: New Unit: Rational Expressions. First concept: simplfying rational expressions by multiplying and dividing.
HW: assignment 9.1*: p. 557: 3, 6, 9, 12a, 15, ..... 51 (x3's all the way to 51). DUE FRIDAY 3/4/11.
(* Checked in your book before you were done? Absent? Giving up on book assignment? Come get an alternate assignment 9.1 from me--it is a worksheet, also with 18 problems.)
March 4, 2011: Starter quiz #9.2. Correct and turn in Add and subtract rational expressions. Worked through setting up common denominators on worksheet in class (come get worksheet from me). Worksheet is due next class. (Tuesday, March 8).
March 8 (Tuesday): LAB DAY! Answer questions from assignment 9.2 (worksheet). Head to computer lab for concept check and immediate feedback where students can access indvidualized tutorials and correct error patterns in the past two assignments. Lab quiz sheet will need to be checked off before leaving class, and each quiz score will be emailed to teacher before leaving.
Links for quizzes:
Quiz #1
February 10, 2011: Starter Quiz #7. Correct and turn in 8.6 (Finally!) Lecture: natural logarithms and Base e.
HW: 8.7: p. 529: 20-46 DUE 2/14/11
February 14, 2011: Bella Bucks due for Mid-term. Correct and turn in 8.7. Lecture on Continuously Compounded Interest and Exponential Growth/Decay.
HW: 8.8: p. 530: 47; AND Worksheet 8.7/8.8 (both sides, yellow paper)
February 16, 2011: PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES 4PM-7PM @ C-WOOD CAFETERIA.
Correct and turn in assignment 8.8. REVIEW CHAPTER 8.
HW: CHAPTER 8 STUDY GUIDE, any and all late work. DUE 2/22/11
February 22, 2011: CHAPTER 8 TEST. ALL LATE/RE-DO WORK DUE (student must correct these assignments on their own time). NOTEBOOKS FOR CHAPTER 8 DUE.
Students who have missed exam MUST have an excused absence for this date; otherwise there is no opportunity to take this exam. Last day to take it is Tuesday, 3/1. Students who stand up teacher after making arrangements to take exam forfeit opportunity to take exam.
February 24, 2011; Reviewed common mistakes and misconceptions on logarithms test. Began testing with Acuity on the Benchmark exam. Will continue Benchmark exam on Monday during the last 30 minutes of class. (No HW assigned.)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011: New Unit: Rational Expressions. First concept: simplfying rational expressions by multiplying and dividing.
HW: assignment 9.1*: p. 557: 3, 6, 9, 12a, 15, ..... 51 (x3's all the way to 51). DUE FRIDAY 3/4/11.
(* Checked in your book before you were done? Absent? Giving up on book assignment? Come get an alternate assignment 9.1 from me--it is a worksheet, also with 18 problems.)
March 4, 2011: Starter quiz #9.2. Correct and turn in Add and subtract rational expressions. Worked through setting up common denominators on worksheet in class (come get worksheet from me). Worksheet is due next class. (Tuesday, March 8).
March 8 (Tuesday): LAB DAY! Answer questions from assignment 9.2 (worksheet). Head to computer lab for concept check and immediate feedback where students can access indvidualized tutorials and correct error patterns in the past two assignments. Lab quiz sheet will need to be checked off before leaving class, and each quiz score will be emailed to teacher before leaving.
Links for quizzes:
Quiz #1
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QTR 4:
Assignment 13.1:
Assignment 13.2:
Tuesday, March 29: Corrected 13.2, took starter quiz. Began deriving and filling out unit circle in notes. HW: Complete unit circle.
Thursday, March 31: Unit Circle Quiz #1. Self-graded on effort forth on completing the homework assignment. Reviewed how to get started on filling out unit circle. Discussed reference angles again and their usefulness. Applied unit circle ideas to evaluate trig functions of any angle.
HW: Assignment 13.3. p. 829: 12-34 ALL DUE: 4/4/11
Monday, April 4: Correct Assignment 13.3. Unit Circle Quiz #2. Review assignment covering note packet and sections 13.1-13.3 of textbook. p. 878: 9-28 all. DUE 4/6/11
Wednesday, April 6: Correct, turn in review assignment. Turn in notes. Quiz: 13.1-13.3 + Unit Circle. (This means assignments 13.1, 13.2, and 13.3 are absolutely due.) After-test assignment: (= easy points!)
Read pp. 848-871. In your own words, on own paper, summarize:
unit circle amplitude circular function frequency
periodic function phase shift cycle principal values
period arcsine function arccosine function arctangent function
*Bring back to class Friday*.
Friday, April 8: Turn in vocab assignment. Sine, Cosine Waves, including amplitude and period. Assignment 13.7: p. 851: 9-16 & p. 859: 9-22. DUE 4/12/11.
Tuesday, April 12: Correct & turn in assignment 13.7. Cover parent graph of tan function and vertical/horizontal shifts to all trig graphs. HW is p. 867: 20-33, 37-39. *No need to identify mid-line (can if you want to) *Graphs not mandatory for numbers 20-25 (only).
*If you are trying to graph functions in a calculator to check them, remember to change your calculator MODE into RADIANS (as opposed to degrees.)*
Thursday, April 14: Did not correct assignmnet 13.8 (p. 867). Instead, answered many questions about the content, graphing, etc. Moved on to open book/open note test corrections for half-credit back. (Nothing replaces being prepared the first time; but I do want to encourage learning even if you weren't ready the first time around--1/2 credit is the incentive to keep going). Considered this day the day to study trig/unit circle/sine- and cosine-waves for the CRT as we don't have a day build-in into our schedule for quarter 4 material review. All materials due to Ferrara at end of class, including original exam. No take-homes for the test corrections.
Monday, April 25: Corrected and turned in assignmet 13.8 from April 12. This assignment is absolutely due BEFORE class on Wednesday, Apr 27. Two weeks was plenty of time to finish....
Begun new unit today: Data Measurement and Probablity. (Basically an intro to statistics) I LOVE this unit!
In class: New guided notes packet. Completed first two pages on measuring central tendencies and dispersion of data along with graphing box-&-whisker plots and histograms. Assignment: Handout. Please show all work on another sheet of paper as there is not sufficient room to do so on the handout. HW is DUE 4/27. NO LATE WORK FOR THIS UNIT. (Getting behind will not help you get prepared for testing on May 11, 13)
QTR 4:
Assignment 13.1:
Assignment 13.2:
Tuesday, March 29: Corrected 13.2, took starter quiz. Began deriving and filling out unit circle in notes. HW: Complete unit circle.
Thursday, March 31: Unit Circle Quiz #1. Self-graded on effort forth on completing the homework assignment. Reviewed how to get started on filling out unit circle. Discussed reference angles again and their usefulness. Applied unit circle ideas to evaluate trig functions of any angle.
HW: Assignment 13.3. p. 829: 12-34 ALL DUE: 4/4/11
Monday, April 4: Correct Assignment 13.3. Unit Circle Quiz #2. Review assignment covering note packet and sections 13.1-13.3 of textbook. p. 878: 9-28 all. DUE 4/6/11
Wednesday, April 6: Correct, turn in review assignment. Turn in notes. Quiz: 13.1-13.3 + Unit Circle. (This means assignments 13.1, 13.2, and 13.3 are absolutely due.) After-test assignment: (= easy points!)
Read pp. 848-871. In your own words, on own paper, summarize:
unit circle amplitude circular function frequency
periodic function phase shift cycle principal values
period arcsine function arccosine function arctangent function
*Bring back to class Friday*.
Friday, April 8: Turn in vocab assignment. Sine, Cosine Waves, including amplitude and period. Assignment 13.7: p. 851: 9-16 & p. 859: 9-22. DUE 4/12/11.
Tuesday, April 12: Correct & turn in assignment 13.7. Cover parent graph of tan function and vertical/horizontal shifts to all trig graphs. HW is p. 867: 20-33, 37-39. *No need to identify mid-line (can if you want to) *Graphs not mandatory for numbers 20-25 (only).
*If you are trying to graph functions in a calculator to check them, remember to change your calculator MODE into RADIANS (as opposed to degrees.)*
Thursday, April 14: Did not correct assignmnet 13.8 (p. 867). Instead, answered many questions about the content, graphing, etc. Moved on to open book/open note test corrections for half-credit back. (Nothing replaces being prepared the first time; but I do want to encourage learning even if you weren't ready the first time around--1/2 credit is the incentive to keep going). Considered this day the day to study trig/unit circle/sine- and cosine-waves for the CRT as we don't have a day build-in into our schedule for quarter 4 material review. All materials due to Ferrara at end of class, including original exam. No take-homes for the test corrections.
Monday, April 25: Corrected and turned in assignmet 13.8 from April 12. This assignment is absolutely due BEFORE class on Wednesday, Apr 27. Two weeks was plenty of time to finish....
Begun new unit today: Data Measurement and Probablity. (Basically an intro to statistics) I LOVE this unit!
In class: New guided notes packet. Completed first two pages on measuring central tendencies and dispersion of data along with graphing box-&-whisker plots and histograms. Assignment: Handout. Please show all work on another sheet of paper as there is not sufficient room to do so on the handout. HW is DUE 4/27. NO LATE WORK FOR THIS UNIT. (Getting behind will not help you get prepared for testing on May 11, 13)
