Thursday, January 28, 2010

 

Starting Unit 5

Unit 5 is a big unit which will take us at least a month to do.  We will start with quadratics, functions with x2 in them. The unit focusses on zeros and the factored form of polynomial functions.  We will not be doing the rational function sections of the unit.

1/27  Review vocab (intercepts, zeros, roots)         HW p.2-4
1/29  5.1  Continue exploring quadratic functions    HW p.5,7

2/01  5.2  Quadratics in Factored Form    HW p.8-11
2/02  5.3  Solving Quadratics Using the Calculator   HW p.12-14
2/03  5.3  Relating Zeros and Solutions    HW p.14-18
2/05  5.3  More Practice     HW p.19-22

2/08  Quadratic Review p.54-56
2/09  Quadratic Review p.57-59
2/10  Quadratic Quiz
2/12  Pre-Vacation Activity

2/13 - 2/21  February Vacation

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

 

Finishing Linear Programming

We will do a problem a day, with a day for drill if necessary.  We start the listed problem in class.  Finish it for homework.

1/06  Problem 1: "Summer Work"
1/08  Problem 2: "Cookie Kits"

1/11  Problem 3: "Teachers and Aides"
1/12  Opener using problem 3, review skills
1/13  Graphing and vertex drills
1/15  Problem 4: "Vitamins"

1/18  Martin Luther King Day (no school)
1/19  Problem 5: "Park Clean-up"
1/20  Problem 6: "Thoroughbreds & Quarter Horses"
1/22  Problem 7: "Cookie Bakery"

1/25  Problem 8: "Christmas Trees"
1/26  Quiz of Unit 4

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

 

Unit 4 - Linear Programming

Linear Programming is a method of solving more complicated problems than we have dealt with before.  You need the skills of graphing lines, evaluating inequalities, finding the intersections of lines and writing linear equations from word problems.

12/21  Graphing inequalities  HW through p.4
12/22  Continuing with graphing and writing equations  HW to p. 7
12/23  Finish or go to the a cappella concert

12/24 - 1/4  Christmas vacation

01/04  Parent Conferences (no classes)
01/05  Review graphing inequalities, Lego activity  HW to p.11

After this we will do 1-2 problems a day.  If people still have trouble with the skills required, we may have a few days of just drill.

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