Dr. Skip Gunther

PLAN FOR WEEK OF MAY 3 - 7

 

 This week we will launch our review of the full Math 1 course, starting with Unit 1. We review a unit each day in preparation for the EOCT, scheduled for Monday – Tuesday, May 11-12.

 

Following the EOCT, we will review for the Unit 6 Test, scheduled for Friday, May 15^th, and the Semester Final, scheduled for May 21^st – 22^nd.

 

As we have discussed in class, these three tests (the EOCT, the Unit 6 Test, and the Semester Final) will count for about 1/3 of your entire semester grade. Good luck in getting ready to substantially raise your grade during the final three weeks of this semester!

 

Monday, May 3^rd (B Day). Unit 1 (Function Families) review. In class we will (re)discover the key points of Unit 1. Homework is to work on Unit 2 review.

 

Tuesday, May 4^th (A Day). Unit 2 (Algebra Investigations) review. In class we will (re)discover the key points of Unit 2. Homework is to work on Unit 3 review.

 

Wednesday, May 5^th (B Day). Unit 3 (Geometry Gallery) review. In class we will (re)discover the key points of Unit 1. Homework is to work on Unit 4 review.

 

Thursday, May 6^th (A Day). Unit 4  (Chance of Winning) review. In class we will (re)discover the key points of Unit 1. Homework is to work on Unit 5 review.

 

Friday, May 8^th (B Day). Unit 5 (Algebra in Context) review. In class we will (re)discover the key points of Unit 1. Homework is to work on Unit 6 (Coordinate Geometry) review.

 

PLAN FOR WEEK OF APRIL 27 - MAY 1

 

We are now getting ready to wrap up Unit 6, with the EOCT and the Semester Final just around the corner. This week we will finish our review of the distance formula, the midpoint formula, and slope with applications to quadrilaterals and triangles.

 

For a preview of the remaining three weeks following this week,

 

• May 4-8: review the material of Units 1-5
• May 11-15: take the EOCT and the Unit 6 Test
• May 17-21 review for the Semester Final on May 21 or 22 (depending on your block).

 

As we have discussed in class, these three tests (the EOCT, the Unit 6 Test, and the Semester Final) will count for about 1/3 of your entire semester grade. Good luck in getting ready to substantially raise your grade during the final four weeks of this semester!

 

Monday, April 27^th (A Day). Standards: MM1G1a Determine the distance between two points; MM1G1c Determine the midpoint of a segment; MM1G12e Use the coordinate plane to investigate properties of and verify conjecture related to triangles and quadrilaterals. Today we will review the homework from last Thursday and Friday. Homework: class handout.

 

Tuesday, April 28^th (B Day). Standards: MM1G1a Determine the distance between two points; MM1G1c Determine the midpoint of a segment; MM1G12e Use the coordinate plane to investigate properties of and verify conjecture related to triangles and quadrilaterals. Play ‘Coordinate Geometry Battleship. Homework: class hondout.

 

Wednesday, April 29^th (A Day). Standards: MM1G1a Determine the distance between two points; MM1G1c Determine the midpoint of a segment; MM1G12e Use the coordinate plane to investigate properties of and verify conjecture related to triangles and quadrilaterals. Quiz on the coordinate geometry of quadrilaterals. Homework: Read example 3 on page 279 and work Guided Practice problems #3-5 on page 279.

 

Thursday, April 30^th (B Day). Standards: MM1G1a Determine the distance between two points; MM1G1c Determine the midpoint of a segment; MM1G12e Use the coordinate plane to investigate properties of and verify conjecture related to triangles and quadrilaterals. Discuss the orthocenter and how to calculate its location using the techniques of coordinate geometry. Homework: textbook page 283 #12-14.

 

Friday, May 1^st (A Day). Standards: MM1G1a Determine the distance between two points; MM1G1c Determine the midpoint of a segment; MM1G12e Use the coordinate plane to investigate properties of and verify conjecture related to triangles and quadrilaterals.  Quiz on coordinate geometry of centroids and othocenters. Homework: Review Unit 1 notes.

PLAN FOR WEEK OF APRIL 13-20, 2009

PLAN FOR WEEK OF APRIL 13 - 20, 2009

 

Welcome back from Spring Break!!

 

We are now entering our final unit of Math 1: Coordinate Geometry. In this unit we will build on what we learned last Fall in the Geometry Gallery Unit 3 by adding in coordinates to examine various geometric shapes and to investigate their properties.

 

The essential question of this unit is: How do we use algebraic methods with geometry to solve problems involving location and distance? We will start our investigation of this question by identifying the algebraic methods we can use for solving for distance and midpoint.

 

Monday, April 13^th (A Day). Distance Formula; find distance between two points; relate the slope to the formula and make connection between distance formula and the Pythagorean Theorem. Homework: Textbook page 195 (problems 1-15 – odd).

 

Tuesday, April 14^th (B Day). Review properties of congruent triangles, properties of quadrilaterals and importance of slope as a proof of shapes, and multiplication of fractions to whole numbers (especially 1/3 and 2/3 times length). Homework: Textbook page 332 (problems 15-16), page 333 (problems 16-18).

 

Wednesday, April 15^th (A Day). Distance Formula; finding distance of sides of quadrilaterals and triangles. Homework: Textbook page 238-9 (problems 1-9).

 

Thursday, April 16^th (B Day). Review triangle special segments, and properties of diagonals of quadrilaterals. Homework: Textbook page 268 (problems 1-3), page 276 (problems 1-3), page 282 (problems 1-5).

 

Friday, April 17^th (A Day). Distance between points; discover how to use this concept with triangle special segments and diagonals within quadrilaterals. Homework: Textbook page 282-3 (problems 6-17).

 

 

PLAN FOR WEEK OF MARCH 23 - 27, 2009

PLAN FOR WEEK OF MARCH 23-27, 2009

 

This is the sixth week of Unit 5: ‘Algebra in Context.’ The Essential Question that we are addressing during this unit is “What do solutions of equations represent?”  This week we will have a modified bell schedule to accommodate Georgia High School Graduation Testing. Because of this testing, Block 1 will complete Monday – Thursday assignments on Monday and Tuesday; Block 2 will complete the same assignments on Wednesday and Thursday. The week will culminate with a review and short quiz on Friday. Next week we will review Unit 5 and take the Unit 5 texs on Thursday, just prior to Spring Break.

 

Monday, March 23^rd (A Day). Standard: MM1A2a Students will simplify algebraic and numeric expressions involving square root. The lesson and class work will focus on simplifying radical expressions (textbook section 3.4). Class practice will be 3.4 Exercise Sets A and B even problems. Homework will be to complete what was not completed in class.

 

Tuesday, March 24^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A2b Students will perform operations with square roots. The lesson and class work will focus on solving radical equations (textbook section 3.5). Class practice will be 3.4 Exercise Sets A and B even problems. Homework will be to complete what was not completed in class.

 

Wednesday, March 25^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Students will graph transformations and explain the characteristics of radical functions. Class practice will be 3.3 Exercise Set A even problems. Homework will be to complete what was not completed in class.

 

Thursday, March 26^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Students will graph transformations and explain the characteristics of radical functions. Class practice will be 3.3 Exercise Set B even problems. Homework will be to complete what was not completed in class.

 

Friday, March 27^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Students will graph transformations and explain the characteristics of radical functions. Class time will be devoted to a review and a quiz over the material covered this week.

PLAN FOR WEEK OF MARCH 16-20, 2009

 

This is the fifth week of Unit 5: ‘Algebra in Context.’ The Essential Question that we are addressing during this unit is “What do solutions of equations represent?” We will start the week with the test, originally scheduled for last Friday, so Monday will be an A Day, Tuesday and Wednesday will be B Days, and then we will be back on our normal alternating day schedule.

 

Monday, March 16^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A1/2/3 Students will simplify, operate, and solve simple equations involving linear, quadratic, cubic, absolute value, radical, and rational functions. Today we will take the Unit 5 First half Test. Homework will be to read the Resistance Learning Task.

 

Tuesday, March 17^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A2e Students will be able to add and subtract rational expressions. Class work will be to cover Textbook Section 3.10, with homework Exercise Set A problems 1-21 on page 173.

 

Wednesday, March 18^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A3d Students will be able to solve rational equations. Class work will be to cover Textbook Section 3.11, with homework Exercise Set A problems 1-15 on page 178.

 

 

Thursday, March 19^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A3d Students will be able to solve rational equations. Class work is to begin the Resistance Learning Task. In class we will work problems 1-8, with homework to complete what we don’t do in class.

 

Friday, March 20^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A3d Students will be able to solve rational equations. Class work will be to cover Textbook Section 3.11, with homework Exercise Set B problems 1-18 on page 179.

 

 

 

 

PLAN FOR WEEK OF MARCH 9-13, 2009

This is the fourth week of Unit 5: ‘Algebra in Context.’ The Essential Question that we are addressing during this unit is “What do solutions of equations represent?” We will have a Unit 4Retest on Monday and a Unit 5 First Half Test on Friday.

Monday, March 9^th (A Day). Standard: MM1D1/2/3 Determine the number of outcomes related to a given event; use the basic laws of probability; relate samples to a population. Today we will take the Unit 4 Retest. We will pass out the Unit 5 First Half Review Package.

Tuesday, March 10^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to begin our review of the Unit 5 First Half material. Homework is to continue to work on the Unit 5 First Half Review Package.

Wednesday, March 11^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to begin our review of the Unit 5 First Half material. Homework is to continue to work on the Unit 5 First Half Review Package.

Thursday, March 12^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to begin our review of the Unit 5 First Half material. Homework is to continue to work on the Unit 5 First Half Review Package.

Friday, March 13^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Take Unit 5 First Half Test. Homework: None.

PLAN FOR WEEK OF MARCH 2 - 6, 2009

This is the third week of Unit 5: ‘Algebra in Context.’ The Essential Question that we are addressing during this unit is “What do solutions of equations represent?”

 

Monday, March 2^nd (B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to explore graphing cubic, square root, and rational functions by group work from Textbook sections 3.1, 3.3, and 3.6, Exercise Sets B (all problems). Homework is to complete the assigned group work.

 

Tuesday, March 3^rd (A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to complete problems 1-10 of the Logo Symmetry Learning Task. Homework is to complete what is not done in class on these problems.

 

Wednesday, March 4^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Quiz on standards MM1A1 a, b, c, and d. Begin review of Unit 4 material in preparation for the upcoming retest scheduled for Monday, March 9^th.

 

Thursday, March 5^th (A Day). Standard: MM1D1/2/3 Determine the number of outcomes related to a given event; use the basic laws of probability; relate samples to a population. Today we will continue our review of Unit 4. Homework is to study the handouts.

 

Friday, March 6^th (B Day). Standard: MM1D1/2/3 Determine the number of outcomes related to a given event; use the basic laws of probability; relate samples to a population. Today we will continue our review of Unit 4. Homework is to study the handouts.

PLAN FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23-27, 2009

 

This is the second week of Unit 5: ‘Algebra in Context.’ The Essential Question that we will be addressing during this unit is “What do solutions of equations represent?”

 

Monday, February 23^rd (A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to complete the Paula’s Peaches Learning Task. Homework is to complete problems 10-15 in that Learning Task.

 

Tuesday, February 24^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to practice working problems in Textbook Sections 1.7-1.8, 2.10-2.11 (graphing and predicting with linear and quadratic functions). Homework is problems 29 and 30 on page 50, and problems 36-39 on page 110.

 

Wednesday, February 25^th(A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to launch the Logo Symmetry LT, parts 1-5. Homework is to complete those questions.

 

Thursday, February 26^th(B Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Class work is to practice working problems in Textbook Sections 3.1, 3.3, and 3.6 (graphing cubic, square root, and rational functions). Homework is problems 1,5 and 9 on page 129 and problems 16 and 17 on page 141, and finally problems 16, 18, 26 and 28 on page 154.

 

Friday, February 27^th(A Day). Standard: MM1A1 Explore and interpret the characteristics of functions using graphs, tables, and simple algebraic techniques. Continue the Logo Symmetry LT, parts 6-10. Homework is to complete those questions.

 

 

PLAN FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17-20, 2009

 

 

This is the first week of Unit 5: ‘Algebra in Context.’ The Essential Question that we will be addressing during this unit is “What do solutions of equations represent?”

 

Tuesday, February 17^th (A Day). Standard: MM1A2f, 3a/c Solve polynomial equations in factored form. Review FOIL, factoring, terminology, Zero Product Principle, Special Products, and Factoring by Grouping. Class work is to launch the Paula’s Peaches Learning Task. Homework is to complete problems 1-5 in that Learning Task.

 

Wednesday, February 18^th (B Day). Standard: MM1A2f, 3a/c Solve polynomial equations in factored form. Review FOIL, factoring, terminology, Zero Product Principle, Special Products, and Factoring by Grouping. Class work is to practice working problems in Textbook Sections 2.5 – 2.9. Homework is problems #13-24 on page 95 of the textbook.

 

Thursday, February 19^th(A Day). MM1A2f, 3a/c Solve polynomial equations in factored form. Review FOIL, factoring, terminology, Zero Product Principle, Special Products, and Factoring by Grouping. Class work is to continue Paula’s Peaches LT, questions 6-10. Homework is to complete those questions.

 

Friday, February 20^th(B Day). MM1A2f, 3a/c Solve polynomial equations in factored form. Review FOIL, factoring, terminology, Zero Product Principle, Special Products, and Factoring by Grouping. Class work is to work problems in sections 2.12 – 2.13 and 3.2 of the textbook (solving quadratic equations by graphing, solving quadratics using square roots, and using special products to factor cubics). Homework is problems #1-6 on page 122 and #1-5 page 133.

 

PLAN FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9 - 13, 2009

 

 

Week six of the Spring Semester completes our study of “The Chance of Winning.” We will end the week with the Unit 4 test and then we will begin Unit 5.

 

Monday, February 9th (B Day). Standard: MM1D4 Explore the variability of data by determining

MAD.

We will break into groups to calculate Review home work due Tuesday (Textbook Section 6.8 ESB #6-9).

 

Tuesday, February 10^th (A Day). Standard: MM1D2 Use the basic laws of probability. Review for the Unit 4 Test.

 

Wednesday, February 11^th (B Day). Standard: MM1D2 Use the basic laws of probability. Review for the Unit 4 Test.

 

Thursday, February 12^th(A Day). Standard: MM1D2 Use the basic laws of probability. Unit 4 Test.

 

Friday, February 13^th(B Day). Standard: MM1A2/3. Operate with radical expressions, polynomials, and rational expressions. Class work will be a review of material covered in Units 1 and 2 last Fall. Home work: TBD.