Week 1/3 – 1/5

Happy New Year

 

Algebra 2:

  • Wednesday:  Start rational expressions unit. Cover direct, inverse, and joint variations HW 8 – 14
  • Thursday: Simplifying rational expressions HW: 37 – 57 odd
  • Friday: Go over homework…if students are ready, quiz. If not, HW 38 – 58 even

Physics:

  • Wednesday – Friday: 3D printing project

Advanced Alg:

  • Wednesday: Solving absolute value equations. HW: 17 – 31 odd
  • Thursday: Solving absolute value inequalities. HW: 47 – 57 odd
  • Friday: Review all material…students will have had problems with writing absolute value equations/inequalities, so we will review on Friday to prepare for a quiz. This is a really short unit and will only have a quiz as a final assessment.

DigiPhoto:

  • re-assigned jobs and start final edits on fall sports and clubs all week

Week 12/4 – 12/8

Algebra 2:

  • M: Assign Chapter Review
  • T: Go over Chapter Review – Assign practice test on polynomial review
  • W: Go over practice Test
  • Th: Test on polynomial functions
  • F: Finish Test

Alg1:

  • M: Solving Compound Inequalities HW: 26 – 29, 30 (all vowels)
  • T: Go over HW: Short quiz if time
  • W. Graphing linear inequalities HW: 43 – 50 (every other one)
  • Th. Solving Systems of Inequalities by Graphing. 61 – 65
  • F: Quiz

Phy:

  • M: Quiz on Newton’s 2nd Law
  • T: Grade quiz and test review
  • W: Go over review
  • Th: Test ch 4
  • F: Demo iOlab

DigiPhoto:

  • M-F — Cover is due in first form and pages will be printed during the week and edited.

Week 11/27 – 12/1

Algebra 2:

  • M: Discuss zeros and roots of polynomial functions. HW 214 – 221
  • T: Go over HW. Discuss Zeros and Roots of Poly Function by factoring. HW 229 – 235
  • W: Go over HW…This will take a while. Discuss Writing polynomials from given zeros. HW: 242 -247
  • Th: Go over home work and prep for quiz
  • F: Quiz and HW is chapter review

Alg1:

  • M: Introduce Inequalities(No homework)
  • T: Discuss Simple Inequalities with add/sub and mult/div.(update – mult/div will be moved to wed)
  • W. Go over homework. Quiz on previous material
  • Th. Discuss 2 step inequalities and compound inequalities. HW form each section.
  • F: Go over HW and quiz if we have time.

Phy:

  • M: Introduce friction and examples
  • T: More friction examples and HW pg 104 – 35, 36, 39
  • W: Go over HW and class work: 40, 43, 49, 50
  • Th: Go over HW and examples
  • F: Quiz over friction problems

DigiPhoto:

  • M-F — Cover is due in first form and pages will be printed during the week and edited.

 

Week 11/20-11/24 (Thanksgiving week, 2 days)

Alg2:

  • Mon: Grade quiz from Friday, go over analyzing graphs and tables (pg 13 in classwork), No homework
  • Tues: Go over tables and finding zeroes. IN class HW: pg. 14: 199 – 205. And if time go over zeros and roots of polynomials

AdvAlg:

  • Mon: Start test on systems of equations
  • Tues: Finish Test

Phy:

  • Go over acceleration on inclined planes (no hw)
  • Continue with inclined planes (hw handout, done in class)

Digi:

  • Finish pages that are assigned both days

Week 11/13 – 11/17

(Comments in red are updates as the week progresses.)

Alg 2:

  • 11/13 A practice quiz was given on Friday (short classes.) Review practice quiz, questions, Quiz and grade in class(some classes finished and some will finish Tuesday)
  • 11/14 Go over questions on quiz. Notes on characteristics of polynomial functions (HW: 179 – 191) (Did not get to notes. Students graphed many polynomials in groups to look for patterns.)
  • 11/15 Go over HW. Notes on Analyzing Graphs and Tables of Polynomial Functions: (HW (if time) 199 -205) (Will adjust and go over notes on polynomial characteristics….HW will be 179 – 191)
  • 11/16 Go over HW. Notes on finding roots of polynomial functions (HW: 214 – 221) (This will be moved back to Friday)
  • 11/17 Review the weeks material and quiz if time (HW: NONE)

Phy:

  • 11/13 Free Body Diagram Notes: HW pg 102: 8, 10, 11
  • 11/14 Go over HW. FBD examples HW 12, 13, 16, 17
  • 11/15 Go over HW: Quiz over F = ma
  • 11/16 Grade Quiz in class and review FBD
  • 11/17 Notes over Friction…NO HW

AdvAlg:

  • 11/13 Go over systems of none linear equations (extension)
  • 11/14 Go over HW. Assign Chapter Review (graded)(This is pushed back to Wednesday…the test will be moved to Friday.)
  • 11/15 Go over Chapter Review
  • 11/16 Test on Solving systems of equations
  • 11/17 Finish Test if needed or program calculators

DigiPhoto:

  • Assign pages and finish ladder
  • Work on pages
  • Fri: meet with yearbook rep.

Week 11/6 – 11/10

Alg2:

  • Mon: Quick quiz on factoring. Graded in class and reviewed(update: quiz sent home as homework to be finished.)
  • Tues: Review polynomial division: HW 156-165
  • Wed: Go over HW (short hrs)
  • Thurs: Quiz on polynomial division
  • Fri: Presentation over characteristics of polynomial functions(NO HW)(and Veteran’s Day)

Phy:

  • Mon: Intro Chapter 4 – Force and Motion
  • Tues: Newton’s 3 Laws and Free Body Diagrams – HW pg 101-102: 1 – 7 if time in class.
  • Wed: Finish HW and go over
  • Thur: Finish Wed material and assign 8, 10 – 13, 15
  • Fri: Go over HW questions

AdvAlg:

  • Mon: Review Elimination method: HW (update: students did well on elimination, we practiced a tough problem and assigned choose your method hw)
  • Tues: How to choose method: HW (update: will go over hw and will take the practice quiz)
  • Wed: Practice quiz graded in class
  • Thurs: Word Problems
  • Fri: Word Problems

DigiPhoto:

  • In lab all week decide on final page design and teach GIMP

Week 10/30 – 11/3

Alg2:

  • Monday: Review polynomials and quiz if time
  • Tuesday: Take quiz if needed and review binomial theorem
  • Wednesday: Review factoring and quiz on binomial theorem and factoring
  • Thursday: Quiz if needed Division of polynomials and HW
  • Friday: Catch up if needed or characteristics of polynomials

AdvAlg:

  • Monday: Review solving linear equations by graphing
  • Tuesday: Solving systems by substitution: HW
  • Wednesday: Solving systems by elimination: HW
  • Thursday: Quiz on 3 methods of solving systems
  • Friday: Catch up if needed or choose your strategy (graph, elimination, substitution)

Physics:

  • Monday: Review projectile motion: HW pg 71: 51 and 53
  • Tuesday: Go over hw and review guide
  • Wednesday: Go over review guide and start test
  • Thursday: Finish Test if necessary
  • Friday: Catch up or start Ch 4: Newton’s laws: no HW

DigiPhoto:

  • In lab all week working on template

 

Week 10/23 – 10/ 27

Short week for students  because of parent-teacher conferences

Alg2:

  • Mon: Properties of exponents. HW 7 – 12
  • Tue: Operations with polynomials: HW 43 – 76…this will take 2 days, but because of the schedule, will also work on it Monday next week.
  • Wed: Continue Tuesdays material…the binomial theorem will be covered

AdvAlg:

  • Mon: Practice test
  • Tue: Go over practice test
  • Wed: Test of linear equations

Phy:

  • Mon: Proj motion ground to ground
  • Tues: Go over hw
  • Wed: Quiz

DigiPhoto:

  • In the lab all week

Week 10/16 – 10/20

Alg2:

  • Monday: Go over HW 231 – 235 odd. Assign 230 – 236 even
  • Tuesday: Go over HW. Assign review guide
  • Wednesday: Go over review
  • Thursday: Test part 1 on quadratics
  • Friday: Test part 2 on quadratics

AdvAlg:

  • Monday: Line of best fit notes. HW 77 – 85 (odd)
  • Tuesday: Go over HW and finish review guide
  • Wednesday: Go over HW and review for test
  • Thursday: Test part 1
  • Friday: Test part 2

Physics:

  • Monday: Go over vector practice quiz. Take quiz
  • Tuesday: Finish Quiz, notes on projectile motion. HW pg 70: 37 -39, 41
  • Wednesday: Go over hw. Quick quiz. Assign 45, 48 – 50
  • Thursday: Go over hw. Projectile examples HW: 53
  • Friday: Go over hw. Assign review guide.

DigiPhoto:

  • Mon & Tues: finish theme ideas
  • Wed & Thurs: Photography and photoshop demonstration
  • Friday: Rep for yearbook comes in to look at pages.

Monday 9/11

Algebra 2: Reviewed factoring binomials (difference of squares, difference of cubes, sum of cubes). ASSIGNED ReQuiz 4 for homework. Graded out of 7 with #5 and #7 extra credit.

Physics: Students finished quiz on horizontal kinematic motion (started on Friday.) After finishing, assigned homework 26, 29, 30 on page 42.

Advanced Algebra: Went over homework on problem solving. (52 – 59). Assigned review at end of packet (1-8)

DigiPhoto: Discussed theme ideas. Students MUST complete a 2 page spread by Friday using the theme they liked most.