Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Algebra 1B

Lesson Plans for the week of May 7-11

Monday, May 7th
Handout: Quiz Review Sections 12.1-12.3
Quiz Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 8th
Quiz: Sections 12.1-12.3

Wednesday, May 9th

Thursday, May 10th

Friday, May 11th


Lesson Plans for the week of April 30-May 4

Monday, April 30th
Handout: Section 12.1 
Exercises 1-26 evens

Tuesday, May 1st
Section 12.2 - Completing the Square
Written Exercises 1-27 evens


Wednesday, May 2nd
Handout: Section 12.2 
Exercises 1-32 evens

Thursday, May 3rd
Section 12.3 - Quadratic Formula
Written Exercises 1-24 evens


Friday, May 4th
Handout: Section 12.3
Exercises 1-27 evens



Lesson Plans for the week of April 23-27

Monday, April 23rd
Handout: Chapter 11 Review

Tuesday, April 24th
In class Test Review.  Chapter 11 Exam tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 25th
Chapter 11 Exam

Thursday, April 26th
Section 12.1 - Quadratic Equations with Perfect Squares
Written Exercises 1-24 evens

Chapter 11 Redo opportunity by end of the day on Friday.

Friday, April 27th

Section 11.6 - Multiplying and Dividing Radicals
Written Exercises 1-26 evens



Lesson Plans for the week of April 16-20

Monday, April 16th


Tuesday, April 17th


Wednesday, April 18th


Thursday, April 19th
Quiz Review

Friday, April 20th








Quiz: Sections 10.7-10.10

Lesson Plans for the week of April 9-13
Monday, April 9th
Handout: Section 11.7
1-26 evens

Redo Quiz opportunity by end of the day on Wednesday
Tuesday, April 10th
Khan Academy - Adding and Subtracting Radicals
15 correct, Due Thursday.
Wednesday, April 11th
Section 11.8 - Adding and Subtracting Radicals
Written Exercises 1-32 evens
Thursday, April 12th
Friday, April 13th
Lesson Plans for the week of April 2-6
Monday, April 2nd
Section 11.6 - Multiplying and Dividing Radicals
Written Exercises 1-26 evens
Tuesday, April 3rd
Quiz Review: Sections 11.4-11.6
Quiz over these sections on tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 4th
Quiz: Sections 11.4-11.6

Thursday, April 5th
Section 11.7 - Multiplying and Dividing Radicals
Written Exercises 1-26 evens

Friday, April 6th
No School, Good Friday!!!

Lesson Plans for the week of March 26-30
Monday, March 26th
Section 11.4 - Irrational Square Roots
Khan Academy - Simplifying Radicals (15 Correct) Due Wednesday.

Tuesday, March 27th
Section 11.4
Written Exercises 1-38 evens
Wednesday, March 28th
Section 11.5 -
Written Exercises 1-26 evens


Thursday, March 29th
Friday, March 30th
Lesson Plans for the week of March 5-9

Monday, March 5th
Section 11.1 - Properties of Rational Numbers
Written Exercises 1-30 evens

Tuesday, March 6th
Handout: Section 11.1
1-30 evens
Wednesday, March 7th

Thursday, March 8th
Friday, March 9th
Lesson Plans for the week of February 27-March 2

Monday, February 27th
Quiz: Sections 10.7-10.8

Tuesday, February 28th
Chapter 10 Review: Practice TestWednesday, February 29th
Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 10 Exam on Friday.
Thursday, March 1st
Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 10 Exam tomorrow.
Friday, March 2nd
Chapter 10 Exam
Lesson Plans for the week of February 20-24

Monday, February 20th
No School, President's Day...

Tuesday, February 21st
Section 10.8 - Systems of Linear Inequalities
Khan Academy: Graphing Systems of Inequalities
(10 Correct) Due Thursday
Wednesday, February 22nd
Section 10.8 - Systems of Linear Inequalities
Written Exercises 1-22 evens.
Thursday, February 23rd
Handout: Sections 10.7-10.8
Friday, February 24th
Quiz Review: Sections 10.7-10.8
Quiz over these sections on Monday.
Lesson Plans for the week of February 13-17

Monday, February 13th
Section 10.6 - Absolute Values of Products
Written Exercises 1-18


Tuesday, February 14th
In class quiz review.
Quiz over Sections 10.4-10.6 tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 15th
Quiz: Sections 10.4-10.6

Thursday, February 16th
Section 10.7 - Graphing Linear Inequalities
Khan Academy: Graphing Inequalities
(20 Correct) Due Tuesday
Friday, February 17th
Section 10.7
Written Exercises 1-28 evens
Due Tuesday.
Lesson Plans for the week of February 6-10

Monday, February 6th
Section 10.4 - Compound Inequalities
Oral Exercises 1-20


Tuesday, February 7th
Section 10.4 - Compound Inequalities
Written Exercises 1-38 evens
Wednesday, February 8th
Khan Academy: Combined Inequalities
20 correct by Friday.


Thursday, February 9th
Section 10.5 - Absolute Value Inequalities
Oral Exercises 1-18
Friday, February 10th
Section 10.5 - Absolute Values
Written Exercises 1-24 evens. EC 26, 28, 30.



Lesson Plans for the week of January 30-February 3

Monday, January 30th
Section 9.5: Mixed Practice 1-27 evens.

Tuesday, January 31st

Wednesday, February 1st
Section 10.2 - Graphing InequalitiesThursday, February 2nd
Sections 10.1-10.2 handout.
Quiz over Sections 10.1-10.2 tomorrow.
Friday, February 3rd
Quiz: Sections 10.1-10.2

Lesson Plans for the week of January 23-27

Monday, January 23rd
Section 9.5: Mixed Practice 1-27 evens.

Tuesday, January 24th

Wednesday, January 25th

Thursday, January 26th

Friday, January 27th
Lesson Plans for the week of January 16-20

Monday, January 16th
Khan Academy: Systems of Equations using Elimination 0.5
10 correct by Wednesday.

Tuesday, January 17th
Section 9.4: Written Exercises 1-12
Redo Quiz to be taken by end of the week for those interested.


Wednesday, January 18th
Section 9.4: Written Exercises 13-27 evens

Thursday, January 19th
Khan Academy: Systems of Equations using Elimination
10 correct by Monday.
Friday, January 20th
Section 9.5: Written Exercises 1-24 evens
Khan Academy: Systems of Equations using Elimination Due Monday.
Lesson Plans for the week of January 9-13

Monday, January 9th
Discussed Section 9.2
Tuesday, January 10th
Section 9.2: Written Exercises 1-20 evens.

Wednesday, January 11th
Handout: 9.1-9.2 all problems

Thursday, January 12th
In class review for Sections 9.1-9.2 Quiz

Friday, January 13th
Quiz: Sections 9.1-9.2
Lesson Plans for the week of January 2-6

Monday, January 2nd
No School, Christmas Break...
Tuesday, January 3rd
No School, Teacher Inservice...

Wednesday, January 4th
Chapter 8 Review

Thursday, January 5th
Assignment: Section 9.1, written exercises 1-12.

Friday, January 6th
Khan Academy: Graphing Systems of Equations
10 Minimum, streak of 5.
Lesson Plans for the week of December 19-23

Monday, December 19th
Chapter 8 Review.
Chapter 8 Exam; tomorrow or Wednesday.

Tuesday, December 20th
Chapter 8 Exam for 1st Hour.

Wednesday, December 21st
Chapter 8 Exam for 2nd Hour.

Thursday, December 22nd
No School, Christmas Break!!!

Friday, December 23rd
No School, Christmas Break!!!
Lesson Plans for the week of December 12-16

Monday, December 12th
Quiz Retake Opportunity: Sections 8.1-8.2
Khan Academy: Slope of a Line (Streak of 10 due Tuesday)

Tuesday, December 13th
Assignment: Section 8.3, problems 1-24 evens.

Wednesday, December 14th
Assignment: Section 8.4, problems 1-24 evens.

Thursday, December 15th
Assignment: Section 8.5, problems 1-16.

Friday, December 16th
Khan Academy: Equation of a Line (Streak of 10 due Monday.)
Lesson Plans for the week of December 5-9

Monday, December 5th
Assignment: Section 8.2, problems 1-24.

Tuesday, December 6th
Assignment: Section 8.2, problems 25-36.
Wednesday, December 7th
Assignment: Self-Test 1 pg 353, problems 1-10
Quiz Tomorrow Sections 8.1-8.2


Thursday, December 8th
Quiz: Sections 8.1-8.2

Khan Academy: Slope of a Line (Streak of 10 Due Tuesday)
Friday, December 9th
Retake Quiz on Monday
Lesson Plans for the week of November 28-December 2

Monday, November 28th - Today, we reviewed Chapter 7. The Chapter 7 Exam is tomorrow.Tuesday, November 29th - Today, students took the Exam over Chapter 7. No Assignment.
Wednesday, November 30th - Today, Chapter 7 Exams were returned to the students and the period was spent reviewing problems missed. A redo Exam will be offered on Tomorrow.Thursday, December 1st - Today, students were given the opportunity to retest over Chapter 7. Students not retesting were assigned topics "Graphing Points" and "Graphing Points 2" using Khan Academy. These two assignments will be due for all students on Monday.Friday, December 2nd
Assignment: Section 8.1, problems 1-30 evens.



Lesson Plans for the week of November 21-25

Monday, November 21st - Today, students had the opportunity to take the redo quiz over Sections 7.9-7.10.

Tuesday, November 22nd - Today, we created student accounts for Khan Academy, which is a tutorial resource site on the internet. Students were assigned to work problems from Exponents 2 on Khan Academy. Students were also given an Extra Credit Opportunity to work problems from Exponent Rules on Khan Academy. Both assignments will be due the day we return from Thanksgiving Break.Wednesday, November 23rd - Thanks Giving Break!!!
Thursday, November 24th - Thanks Giving Break!!!

Friday, November 25th - Thanks Giving Break!!!


Lesson Plans for the week of November 14-18

Monday, November 14th - Today, students had the opportunity to retest over the Sections 7.5-7.6 Quiz. Those students not retesting were assigned Written Exercises 1-22 from Section 7.10. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the period for all students.
Tuesday, November 15th - Today, we reviewed for the Quiz over Sections 7.9-7.10. Students were given a quiz review handout and were assigned to work problems 1-36 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow prior to taking the quiz.Wednesday, November 16th - Today, students took the Quiz of Sections 7.9-7.10. No Assignment.
Thursday, November 17th - Today, students were given a handout as a review of Chapter 7. There will be a test on Tuesday over Chapter 7. This handout will be due tomorrow.Friday, November 18th - Today, quizzes over Sections 7.9-7.10 were returned to students and the period was spent reviewing problems missed. A redo quiz will be offered on Monday.
Lesson Plans for the week of November 7-11

Monday, November 7th -

Tuesday, November 8th -

Wednesday, November 9th - Today, most of the class was gone for Sophomore Plan Testing. No Assignment.
Thursday, November 10th - Today, students were given a handout over Section 7-9 "Negative Exponents." Students were assigned to work problems 1-46. This handout will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the period.

Friday, November 11th - Today, quizzes over Sections 7.5-7.6 were returned and students were given the opportunity to see any problems from the quiz worked that they had trouble with. Afterword, we discussed Section 7.10 "Scientific Notation." On Monday, students will have the opportunity to retest over the 7.5-7.6 Quiz. Those not retesting will be working on the assignment for Section 7.10 in class.
Lesson Plans for the week of November 1-5

Monday, November 1st - No class today due to teacher inservice.
Tuesday, November 2nd - Today, we began discussing Section 7.6 "Percent Problems." Students were assigned Written Exercises 1-21 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.
Wednesday, November 3rd - Today, we discussed the second half of Section 7.6 "Percent Problems." Students were assigned Problems 1-16 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.

Thursday, November 4th -

Friday, November 5th -
Lesson Plans for the week of October 24-29

Monday, October 24th - Today, we had an in class quiz review over sections 7.3-7.4. This quiz will be given tomorrow in class. There is a practice quiz on page 308 called Self-Test 2.

Tuesday, October 25th - Today, students took a quiz over Sections 7.3-7.4.

Wednesday, October 26th - Today, we began discussing Section 7.5 "Percent Problems." Students were assigned Written Exercises 1-36 evens. This assignment will be due at the beginning of the hour on Tuesday.Thursday, October 27th - Today, quizzes were returned to students and the first part of the period was spent working through problems that the students wished to see. A redo Quiz will be offered tomorrow to any student who wishes to retest. We also discussed the second half of Section 7.5, which was decimal equations. Students were assigned Written Exercises 37-56 evens.

Friday, October 28th - Today, students had the opportunity to retest over Sections 7.3-7.4. Students were also assigned Written Exercises 37-56 evens from Sections 7.5. This assignment will be due on Tuesday due to inservice on Monday.

Lesson Plans for the week of October 3-7

Monday, October 3rd - Today, we discussed Section 7.1 "Ratios." Students were assigned to work Written Exercises 1-30 evens. This lesson will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.Tuesday, October 4th - Today, I returned Chapter 6 Exams back to students and the class period was used reviewing all problems that students wished to see. Tomorrow, students will have the opportunity to retest over chapter 6 if they choose.

Wednesday, October 5th - Today, students were given the opportunity to retest over Chapter 6. No Assignment.
Thursday, October 6th - (Green)

Friday, October 7th - (White)Lesson Plans for the week of September 26-30

Monday, September 26th - Today, we reviewed for the Quiz over Sections 6.5-6.6 which will be given tomorrow. There is a practice quiz in the text call Self-Test 3 on page 277 of the student text. The Chapter 6 Exam will be on Friday.Tuesday, September 27th - Today, students took the Quiz over Section 6.5-6.6. The Chapter 6 Exam will be on Friday.Wednesday, September 28th -
Thursday, September 29th -
Friday, September 30th -
Lesson Plans for the week of September 19 - 23

Monday, September 19th - Today, students had the opportunity to retest over Sections 6.4-6.5. Students not retesting were working on the assignment from Friday over Section 6.6 "Mixed Expressions." Students were assigned Written Exercises 1-20 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.Tuesday, September 20th - Today, we discussed the second half of Section 6.6 "Mixed Expressions." Students were assigned Written Exercises 21-38 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.Wednesday, September 21st - Today, students were given a handout for extra practice over Section 6.6. Students were assigned problems 29-37. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.

Thursday, September 22nd - Today, we discussed Section 6.7 "Polynomial Long Division." Students were assigned to work Written Exercises 1-30 evens. This lesson will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.Friday, September 23rd -
Lesson Plans for the week of September 12 - 16

Monday, September 12th - Today, we continued discussing Section 6.5 "Adding and Subtracting Fractions." Students were assigned Written Exercises 35-52 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.


Tuesday, September 13th - Tomorrow, students will be taking a Quiz over Sections 6.4 and 6.5. There is a practice quiz on page 269 of their textbook called Self-Test 2. Today, we used the entire class period as a review day as students worked through problems from these past sections both at the board and at their seats.
Wednesday, September 14th - Today, I was out of the building, so students were given an additional day to review for the quiz over Sections 6.4-6.5. This quiz will now be given tomorrow.

Thursday, September 15th - Today, students took the quiz over Sections 6.4-6.5. No Assignment.

Friday, September 16th - Today, quizzes were returned to students. Students had the opportunity to see any problem from the quiz worked out and explained on the board. On Monday, students will have the opportunity to retest over the Sections 6.4-6.5 Quiz if this choose. We also began discussing Section 6.6 "Mixed Expressions." No Assignment.

Lesson Plans for the week of September 5 - 9

Monday, September 5th - No School!!! Labor Day.

Tuesday, September 6th - Today, we began discussing Section 6.4 "Least Common Denominators." Students were assigned to work Written Exercises 1-20. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.
Wednesday, September 7th - Today, we continued discussing Section 6.4 "Least Common Denominators." Students were assigned to work Written Exercises 22-46 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.


Thursday, September 8th - Today, we continued discussing Section 6.4 "Least Common Denominators." This lesson was more difficult, so we are spending another day practicing problems from it. Students were given a handout over Section 6.4 and were assigned to work problems 1-41 multiples of 3. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.


Friday, September 9th - Today, we began discussing Section 6.5 "Adding and Subtracting Fractions." Students were assigned Written Exercises 1-32 evens. This assignment will be due on Monday at the beginning of the hour.


Lesson Plans for the week of August 29-September 2

Monday, August 29th - Today, we began discussing Section 6.3 "Dividing Fractions." Students were assigned to work Written Exercises 1-32 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour. Students will be taking their first quiz on Wednesday over Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3.

Tuesday, August 30th - Tomorrow, students will be taking their first Quiz over Chapter 6. This quiz will be worth 50 points and will cover Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. There is a practice quiz on page 258 of their textbook called Self-Test 1. Today, we used the entire class period as a review day as students worked through problems from these past sections both at the board and at their seats.Wednesday, August 31st - Today, students took the Quiz over the Section 6.1-6.3. No Assignment.

Thursday, September 1st - Today, Section 6.1-6.3 Quizzes were returned to students and we used the class period as a review of the Quiz. Students had the opportunity to see any problem from the quiz worked out and explained on the board. Tomorrow, students will have the opportunity to retest over the Section 6.1-6.3 Quiz if this choose.Friday, September 2nd - Today, students had the opportunity to retest over the Section 6.1-6.3 Quiz. Any student scoring higher on their quiz would receive that higher score, omitting the first grade. Any student scoring lower on the redo Quiz would have the average taken between both quizzes. No Assignment.

Lesson Plans for the week of August 22-26

Monday, August 22nd - Today, we began discussing the second problem set from Section 6.1. Students were also introduced to an online tutorial site called Khan Academy. This tutorial site is free and includes not only math tutorial and practice, but all subject areas covered at the high school level. No Assignment...

Tuesday, August 23rd - Today, students had the entire class period to work on today's assignment. We actually worked most of the homework problems together on the board during class, so students could have a better understanding of the material. Students were assigned Written Exercises 29-38. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.

Wednesday, August 24th - Today, we began discussing Section 6.2 "Multiplying Fractions." Second hour students were assigned to work Written Exercises 1-18 evens, first hour will be doing this assignment tomorrow. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour for second hour students.

Thursday, August 25th - Today, 1st hour students were assigned Written Exercises 1-18 evens from Section 6.2. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.

During 2nd hour, we discussed how to multiply polynomial fractions and 2nd hour students were assigned problems 26-54 evens from Section 6.2.
This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.Friday, August 26th - Today, 1st hour students were assigned Written Exercises 36-54 evens from Section 6.2. This assignment will be due Monday at the beginning of the hour.

2nd hour students were given a review handout over Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
This assignment will be due Monday at the beginning of the hour.

Lesson Plans for the week of August 18-20

Wednesday, August 17th - Today, we passed out books and reviewed syllabus. No Assignment!!!

Thursday, August 18th - Today, we began discussing Section 6.1 "Simplifying Fractions." But first, we reviewed factoring, which is pretty much where students left of last school year. Students were assigned to work Oral Exercises 1-12 evens. This assignment will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.

Friday, August 19th - Today, we continued our discussion of Section 6.1 "Simplifying Fractions." Students were assigned to work Written Exercises 1-18 all problems. This assignment will be due on Monday at the beginning of the hour.