Archive for April, 2009

Day 145 – 27 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We went over yesterday’s work, then did some more work with solving quadratics. We solved quadratics algebraically and graphically. There was also some review of square roots.
Homework: worksheet
Lake Harriet
Wind ensemble…no class

Homework: worksheet

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Day 144 – 28 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We spent the entire day solving quadratic equations. Most importantly, the students need to understand that there will either be 0, 1, or 2 solutions to any quadratic equation.
Homework: Finish the worksheet that they got in class
Lake Harriet
We took an exam today. Average score, 86%. Way to go!

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Day 143 – 29 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We began section 9.1. This will take a few days to get through. Today, we mostly reviewed solving quadratic equations. I stressed solving both by using algebra and by graphing.
Homework: morning classes: three equations to solve
Lake Harriet
We reviewed for tomorrow’s test.

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Day 142 – 30 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
Exam Day
Homework: none
Lake Harriet
We reviewed for tomorrow’s exam using last year’s exam
Homework: study, study, study

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Day 141 – 31 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We reviewed for Monday’s exam, and I passed out last year’s exam for them to look at.
Homework: study
Lake Harriet
We went over section 8.6 homework and their review sheet. We’ll have the chapter 8 exam on Tuesday.
Homework: Review sheet

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Day 140 – 32 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We went over last night’s review sheet to prepare them for Monday’s exam.
Homework: Second review sheet
Lake Harriet
We took a quiz on section 8.4, then the kids were given a review sheet for sections 8.1 to 8.4
Homework: finish the review worksheet

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Day 139 – 33 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We took a quiz on sections 8.1 to 8.4, and then we reviewed for our exam on Monday.
Homework: Review worksheet
Lake Harriet
We finished the lesson on rational functions, then did book work in class that needs to be finished by tomorrow. We will also have a quiz tomorrow.
Homeork: section 8.6 #1-5, 7, 8

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Day 138 – 34 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We went over last night’s homework, then the students reviewed sections 8.1 to 8.4 with a worksheet.
Quiz tomorrow
Homework: finish the worksheet if it wasn’t completed, and study!
Lake Harriet
We began section 8.6 on rational functions. We began the investigation, but we were unable to finish, so we’ll complete that tomorrow.
Homework: none

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Day 137 – 35 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We went over Friday’s homework, then the students worked out of the book in class.
Homework: 8.4 #6-11
Lake Harriet
We went over Friday’s homework, then the students worked out of the book in class.
Homework: 8.4 #6-11

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Day 136 – 36 Days Until Summer Vacation!

Southwest
We did sectino 8.4, which is about stretching and shrinking functions both vertically and horizontally.
Homework: Section 8.4 #1-3
Lake Harriet
Dance
Homework: none

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