Week of 1/30/12

Monday - Retest of Unit 4 (slope, slope-intercept form, parallel and perpendicular lines, and function notation)

The rest of the week we will be learning 3 ways to solve a system of equations: using graphs, elimination, and substitution. It should be a fun week!

1/26/12 Homework Tonight!

We learned about systems of equations today and that you can have one solution (an ordered pair), no solutions (parallel lines), and many solutions (the same line). All classes were assigned homework in the GALT Workbook page 161 Problems #1-9.

1/24/12 No Homework

The students took the Unit 4 test today. There was also a homework sheet called Function Notation due today. No homework tonight - except to complete any missing work. Tomorrow we will finish the test (some students did not finish) and start Unit 5 - Systems. Unit 5 includes systems of linear equations, graphing linear inequalities, nonlinear functions, and sequences.

1/20/12 No Homework

Today we reviewed writing equations for parallel and perpendicular lines, briefly discussed the best-fitting line, and started learning about function notation. Next Monday will be a review day and the test will be on Tuesday. Have a great weekend!

1/18/12

Due to the short week and writing test, I've decided to postpone the Unit 4 test until next week. The test will be on Tuesday, 1/24/12. It will cover slope, slope-intercept form, writing linear equations and function notation.

1/17/12 Homework

The students were given a half-page print out of their missing work (LOTS of failing students due to missing work). In class we reviewed the slope of parallel and perpendicular lines to a given line. Then we discussed writing linear equations. The homework is a worksheet (Writing Linear Equations) and problems #18 and #19 from their workbook (page 147) should be written and solved on the back.

1/13/12 No Homework

We discussed the slope of parallel and perpendicular lines in class today. Next week we will try to finish Unit 4 with writing linear equations and function notation. The test is tentatively scheduled for next Friday, 1/20/12. Have a great weekend - see you Tuesday!

1/12/12 Homework

All Classes: Worksheet on graphing linear equations from slope-intercept form (problems 5 and 6 must be solved for y before graphing - show your work and your final slope-intercept form). Some students were able to finish the worksheet in class.

1/11/12 No Homework

The classes are on different lessons due to the writing test. There is no homework tonight, but there will be some tomorrow on slope-intercept form that will be due on Friday.

1/10/12

The quiz on slopes last Friday (1/6/12) didn't go too well for quite a few students, so we're taking another one today for Academic 1 and 2 and Wednesday for Academic 3 and 4. (The students completed a mock writing assessment this morning to prepare for next week's formal assessment. Therefore, we have a modified schedule today and next Wednesday.)

1/5/12 Homework

GALT workbook page 141 problems #1-3 and #10-21. There is also a quiz tomorrow consisting of 10 problems on finding the slope (2 using 2 ordered pairs, 4 using graphs, and 4 using equations).

1/4/12 No Homework

Today we learned about slope. No homework tonight, but tomorrow there will be homework and a quiz on Friday.