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Term II, 2007-08

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Date Class Topic Assignment

8/27/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Course overview

  • Review syllabus and expectations

  • Students complete diagnostic worksheet

  • Look at SHA website and my webpage

Read and note pages 6-13.

8/29/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Discuss homework assignment and topics from notes

  • Order of Operations (extremely important)

  • Discuss first TEST

  • In-class practice, all work put up on board by students and discussed

.Page 8 11-23 odd, page 14 15-27 odd and 33-37 odd.

8/31/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review any homework issues

  • Look at open sentences, inequalities, equations

  • Look at the properties

  • Check for student understanding, all work put up on board by students and discussed

  • Time permitting define: terms, like terms, coefficient

.Page 19 15-25 odd, page 23 13-29 odd, page 24 #30, 31.

Date Class Topic Assignment

9/5/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at Properties of Equality

  • Discuss Closure Property

  • Review Distributive Property

  • Students work practice problems and put solutions of board for review

.Page 30 21-27 odd, page 31 43-53 odd, bring calculator.

9/7/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Students work odd review problems and check solutions

  • After reviewing notes for review problems done incorrectly, complete even examples

  • Work on calculator assignment

.Finish any classwork not completed.

9/11/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Review and issues from homework and class work

  • TEST

  • As they finish the TEST, students continue working on assignment and do assigned reading and noting

.Finish pages 818-819 1-14 all and read and note pages 43-46.

9/13/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Collect homework assignment

  • Pass back TEST

  • Review coordinate plane and parts

  • Define function, independent and dependent variables, relation, domain, range

.Page 47 14-19 all.

9/17/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Review coordinate plane, graphing, parts

  • Review terms associated with x and y

  • Look at different types of graphs: line, bar, circle

  • Students work with a partner on some practice problems

.Prepare for coordinate plane quiz, page 54 12-16 all.

9/19/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Coordinate plane quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Review types of graphs

  • Review mean, median, mode

  • Students work with a partner on practice problems to prepare for TEST

.Prepare for TEST, pages 61-62 80-85 and page 67 #17, 19 may help.

9/21/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Review any issues on TEST material

  • TEST - as students finish they work page 67 1-16 all which will be completed for homework

  • Look at sets of real numbers

  • Look at notation used for each set

.Finish page 67 1-16 all, to be collected next class.

9/25/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST

  • Address questions from TEST

  • Collect homework

  • Review classifying real numbers

  • Look at the number line an graphing real numbers

  • Define absolute value

  • Guided practice

.page 71 19-41 odd, 45-51 odd.

9/27/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at all operations with rational numbers

  • Define terms and look at properties

  • Students work on some practice problems and put up solutions on board

.page 76 21-31 odd, page 77 45-51 odd, page 81 23-29 odd.

Date Class Topic Assignment
10/1/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at division of rational numbers

  • Discuss different "faces" of division

  • Students work practice problems and put them on board

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students to board for TEST review

.Prepare for TEST, pages 110-112 9-47 odd may help.

10/3/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any issues

  • TEST - As they finish they read pages 88-90

  • Define line plot and stem-and-leaf graph

.page 92 15-23 odd exclude #19.

10/5/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Define probability, simple event, sample space

  • Look at several

  • Students work practice problems

  • Define odds

  • Guided practice

.Page 99 15-41 odd.

10/10/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Students work probability experiment with a small group and share results

  • Define square root, perfect square

  • Look at the perfect square to 225

  • Define radical sign, principal root

  • Look at finding rational approximations

.Page 107 21-31 odd, page 114 52-58 even.  Bring calc.

10/12/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Short practice

  • 1/2 students at board for TEST practice

.Prepare for TEST, pages 113-114 49-69 odd, worksheet on prob./odds.

10/16/07 (A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address homework issues

  • TEST

  • As they finish students work page 119 2-20 even to be collected next class

  • Look at word clues for writing equations from sentences

.Finish page 119

10/18/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Look at issues from TEST

  • Collect homework

  • Review word clues

  • Students practice writing equations from sentences

  • Look using Addition and Subtraction Properties to solve equations

.Page 124 13-17 odd, page 132 15-39 odd and #43, 45.

10/22/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Discuss #12 from page 138

  • Look at Multiplication and Division Properties of Equality

  • Discuss working backwards as a strategy for solving problems

  • Define consecutive integers, even and odd consecutive integers

  • Students work practice problems

  • Review problems on the board

  • Square root review

.Page 146 19-47 odd.

10/24/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at solving equations with variables on both sides

  • Look at equations with no solution, and identity equations

  • Students work practice problems

  • Review on board

.Pages 152-153 15-43 odd.

10/26/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review square roots

  • Define ratio and proportion

  • Look at solving proportions

  • Students work practice problems

  • Review on board

.Page 158 19-25 odd, page 159 31-35 odd.

10/30/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work worksheet problems in small groups putting solutions on the board as they go

  • Mock TEST

  • Review and address issues

.Pages 180-182 12-44 even.

Date Class Topic Assignment
11/1/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Field questions on TEST material

  • 1/2 to board, 1/2 at desks work review problems

  • Switch

.Prepare for TEST, pages 180-182 11-43 odd.

11/5/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any homework issues

  • TEST

  • As they finish students read and note pages 160 and 161

  • Time permitting, define percent of change, percent of increase, percent of decrease

.Read and note pages 160-161.

11/7/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST

  • Discuss issues from TEST

  • Redefine percent of change

  • Look at solving percent problems

  • Discuss tax in the real world

.Pages 162-163 27-31 odd.

11/9/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at proportion and equation to solve percent problems

  • Discuss formula as equations

  • Illustrate several

  • In class practice to be reviewed next class

.No homework.

11/14/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Square root review

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at formula as equations and solving for a given variable

  • Students try several and share work on board

  • Time permitting, begin looking at weighted averages

.Page 168 13-29 odd, page 169 #36, 37.

11/16/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Square root review

  • Look at another weighted average problem

  • Look at mixture problems

  • Students try some and share work on board

  • Look at uniform motion problems

  • Students try some and share work on board

.Pages 174 11-14 all, check over page 169 #36, 37, page 168 14-22 even. (check over the in class weighted average problem).

11/20/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and review with formula problems on the board

  • Look at mixture problems

  • Students try a few

  • Look at uniform motion problems

  • Students try a few

  • Guided practice in small groups

.No homework.  Happy Thanksgiving!

11/26/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • No School - Ad campaign day off

.

11/28/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Outline TEST material

  • Review one of each type of problem

  • Students work worksheet evens in small groups and share solutions on board

.Prepare for TEST, worksheet odds may help.

11/30/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions from homework

  • TEST

  • As they finish they work page 191 2-20 even

  • Time permitting, begin reviewing coordinate plane

.Finish page 191 2-20 even.

Date Class Topic Assignment
12/4/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Review square roots

  • Pass back TESTs

  • Address issues

  • Check homework and review

  • Look at a uniform motion problem

  • Review the coordinate plane

  • Define relation, mapping, inverse

.Prepare for Quiz, page 195 13-35 may help, do page 209 19-37 odd.

12/6/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any issues regarding the coordinate plane

  • Quiz - coordinate plane

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review square roots and mixture problem

  • Define solution

  • Look at range when given domain

  • Students work practice problems and put solutions on the board

.Page 215 15-33 odd.

12/10/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review manipulating equations to solve for y

  • Look at Standard Form of a linear equation

  • Review rules for an equation to be linear

  • Look at finding the intercepts of an equation and using them to graph

  • Time permitting, look at functions

.Page 221 17-33 odd.

12/12/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Define function notation

  • Look at evaluating a function

  • Students try several and share answers on board

  • Outline TEST material

  • Field any questions

  • Students work practice problems

.Prepare for TEST, pages 248-249 21-45 odd may help.

12/14/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any issues from suggested homework

  • TEST

  • As students finish the test they read and note pages 197-200

  • Time permitting, define transformation, preimage, image, types of transformations

.Study page 198 chart, try page 201 11-16 all.

12/18/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up quiz

  • Pass back TEST

  • Discuss the homework reading

  • Look at transformations

  • Define all terms

  • Look at examples of each type

  • Students work practice problems with a partner

  • Students share solutions on board

.Page 201 17-23 odd.

12/20/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • No warm-up

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Illustrate one of each of transformation

  • Open notebook quiz on all transformations (No book)

  • As they finish students work a few practice square root problems

  • Define slope

  • Pass out Midterm Outline

.No homework, Merry Christmas!

Date Class Topic Assignment
1/3/08(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Students will work on packet of worksheets

  • I will not be in

.Finish worksheets.

1/7/08
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check worksheets for effort and completeness

  • Go over first worksheet

  • Address issues on transformations

  • Students work mock quiz on transformations

  • Define slope

  • Look at slope on graph and the formula

.Page 260 15-21 odd.

1/9/08
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Iron out any remaining issues on transformations

  • Look at exam outline and field any questions

  • Students work one of each type of problems expected on the exam

Prepare for Midterm Exam

1/10/08
(A-C-E)
  Exams A1, A2
1/11/08
(A-C-E)
  Exams A3, A4
Date Class Topic Assignment

1/17/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Review slope

  • Look at slope from a graph using rise/run

  • Look at slope formula

  • Define direct variation

  • Look at writing a direct variation

  • Look at finding the missing value from a direct variation

  • Students try several and share their answers on the board

.Page 260 23-29 odd, page 268 19-23 odd and 33-37 odd.

1/22/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review slope - rise/run and the formula

  • Quiz

  • As they finish students read pages 272-274

  • Define slope-intercept form of a line

  • Look at writing and equation of a line

.Page 275-276 15-33 odd.

1/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Address any issues from slope quiz

  • Define point-slope form of a line

  • Look at writing an equation of a line in point-slope form

  • Look at writing an equation of a line in Standard form

  • Students work several practice problems

.Page 284 11-25 odd, page 289-290 23-45 odd.

1/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Quick recap of all material covered regarding equations of a line

  • Look at graphing a line on the calculator

  • Look at parallel lines on the calc

  • Students derive equation relationship from the calc

  • Look at the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines

  • Look at writing equations of lines parallel or perpendicular to given lines

  • Students try several practice problems any share solutions on the board

.Page 296 19-33 odd and #43.

1/30/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at scatter plots

  • Look at correlations or scatter plot data

  • Revisit parallel and perpendicular lines and slope and equations

.Page 302 10-13 all and revisit page 296 19-33 odd and #43.

Date Class Topic Assignment

2/1/08

(A; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Field any questions

  • Half students at the board to work practice problems

  • Switch it up

.Prepare for TEST pages 308-312 1-65 odd may help.

2/5/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Freshmen Testing

  • No class

.

2/7/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any issues

  • TEST

  • As they finish, students read and note pages 300-301

  • Look at graphing a scatter plot on the calculator and finding a prediction equation

.Page 317 2-20 even and 22-28 even on calc.

2/11/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST and address issues

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Quickly review graphing a line on the calculator

  • Look at graphing scatter plots on the calculator

  • Look at graphing a simple inequality

  • Look at solving and graphing inequalities

  • Students try several practice problems and share solutions on the board

.Page 322 41-45 odd, page 329 13-17 odd, page 335 11-25 odd.

2/13/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work several practice problems

  • Mock test

.Prepare for TEST, page 359-361 9-35 odd may help.

2/15/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any issues from homework

  • TEST

  • As they finish students read and note page 339-341

  • Define compound inequality

  • Look at solving compound inequalities

  • Define union and intersection

.No homework.

  WINTER BREAK (February 18-22)  

2/26/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TESTs and address issues

  • Review solving inequalities

  • Define union and intersection

  • Look at solving compound inequalities

  • Define absolute value

  • Look at solving absolute value equations

  • Students work several practice problems

.Page 342 29-39 odd, page 350 24-27 all.

2/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • No Warm-up

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at solving absolute value inequalities

  • Students try several practice problems and share solutions on the board

  • Look at graphing the solution of linear inequalities

.Page 350 29-39 odd, page 356 27-35 odd.

Date Class Topic Assignment

3/3/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review graphing a line

  • Look at graphing a linear inequality

  • Students work in assigned groups on graphing linear inequalities

.Page 356 27-35 odd.

3/5/08

(A; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Rotate students to the board for practice

  • Time permitting, mock test

.Prepare for TEST, pages 361-362 37-57 odd, bring calc.

3/7/08

(C; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any questions from homework or in general

  • Field questions

  • TEST

  • As they finish they graph page 367 1-6 on calc and sketch what is on the screen

  • Review graphing a line on the calc

  • Look at graphing a linear system on the calc

.Page 372 23-26 all on the calc and sketch what is on the screen.

3/11/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Students have 15 minutes to finish TEST

  • Review graphing on the calculator

  • Define linear system

  • Look at graphing a system on the calculator

  • Define types of systems

  • Students work practice problems

.Page 372 23-31 odd and classify.

3/13/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up  Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Quick review of isolating a variable

  • Define and look at substitution

  • Illustrate several

  • Students work several practice problems and show work on board

.Page 379 11-27 odd.

3/17/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and students put a few examples on the board

  • Look at the elimination method of solving a system

  • Illustrate several

  • Students work on several in small groups

  • Students share their work on the board

.Page 385 13-23 odd, page 391 13-23 odd.

3/19/08

(E; Class Mtg)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and students put a couple on the board

  • Review graphing a linear inequality

  • Look at graphing an inequality system

  • Students work several practice problems with a partner

.No homework

3/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Recap each way to solve a linear system

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Look at applying linear systems to real world situations

  • Discuss and illustrate a few

  • Students try a few with a partner and share their solutions on the board

.Page 380 #33, page 385 31-35 odd.

3/26/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Field questions

  • Quick review of solving using the calculator

  • Students work practice problems and share solutions on the board

  • Time permitting, mock test

.Prepare for TEST, page 399-402 1-29 odd and review real world problems.

3/28/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions from homework or in general

  • TEST

  • As they finish, students work page 409 1-16 all to be collected

  • Look at parts of a power

  • Time permitting, begin exploring properties of exponents

.Finish page 409 1-16 all.

Date Class Topic Assignment

4/1/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TESTs

  • Check and review homework

  • Look at properties of exponents and practice several

  • Students share solutions on the board

.Page 413 21-39 odd, page 421 15-35 odd.

4/3/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Recap properties of exponents

  • Define monomial and look at whether or not an expression is a monomial

  • Time permitting, begin looking at Scientific Notation

.Page 428 19-37 odd, page 423 54-59 all.

4/7/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Recap scientific notation

  • Look and multiplying and dividing two scientific notation expressions

  • Students work practice problems

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work practice problems at the board

.Prepare for the TEST, pages 464-466 11-37 odd.

4/9/08

(A; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Freshmen retreat

.

4/11/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions

  • TEST

  • As they finish students read and note page 410, pages 432-433

  • Time permitting, define terms and look at classifying

.No homework.

  SPRING BREAK (April 14-18)  

4/22/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TESTs and address issues

  • Look at classifying polynomials

  • Students work several practice problems

  • Look at adding and subtracting polynomials

  • Students work practice problems with a partner and share solutions on the board

.Page 434-435 15-19 odd, 25-51 odd, page 441 13-27 odd.

4/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at multiplying polynomials

  • Students work practice problems and share solutions on the board

.Page 446 29-35 odd, page 455 23-35 odd.

4/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Discuss special products

  • Students work in small groups on test prep problems