Old+Alg+II+(Sem+2)

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June 8:
LAST DAY! We went through the modular mathematics ws. Review the word problems, ANT WS, Age Word Problems WS and the Modular Mathematics WS for the test!

June 7:
We just went through strategies and solutions for the "Age Word Problems" worksheet. We did not hand it in as we will be using this as a study guide. WE WILL HAVE A TEST ON WORD PROBLEMS DURING OUR FINAL EXAM PERIOD!

HW: (Try this for tomorrow)

June 3:
We looked at the ANT worksheet and then worked on age problems.

HW: (Due Monday)

June 2:
We worked on the "ANT" strategy to solve averages work problems.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

June 1:
We are starting to pick up word problems again. This will help with the ACT and critical thinking skills. Our main goal was to review, using the Word Problems WS 1 (see May 21). We got through as much of it as we could. Then we handed it in.

HW: NONE

May 28:
FINAL EXAM!

May 27:
FINAL EXAM!

May 26:
We quickly reviewed trigonometry and worked on our review packet. Tomorrow is the final exam. Remember to bring a calculator and your "help-sheet" that you can create (one sheet of paper, front and back).

May 25:
Today, we reviewed logarithms and the skills during that chapter. We also had a chance to look at the answers for the first two pages of the review packet. This was to help students understand what skills they might need to polish up on!

May 24:
We started to review for the final exam. We are going to review through Wednesday. Then we will have the final exam on Thursday and Friday.

May 21:
We went through some of the strategies for #1-10 in the ACT booklet. Then we learned how to create mathematical expressions from word problems. We spent a lot of time looking at the meaning behind the words in a word problem.

HW: (due Monday)

May 20:
We had about 20 minutes to finish the Trigonometry test. Then we started into word problems. We will be working on word problems through the 2009-2010 ACT workbook. Our main goal will be to use some strategies when it comes to working on word problems.

HW: ACT booklet #'s 1-10

May 19:
Trigonometry Test! Due to the short day (late start), we will have 20 minutes to finish this test tomorrow. If you are close to finishing, remember to bring something to work on.

HW: NONE

May 18:
We had another day of review on triangles. The review was done on the board. If you were not here today, You will be excused from these exercises.

HW: NONE

May 17:
We spent the day reviewing for the test. We had students create triangles on the board and then we solved them.

HW: NONE, finish the "Review of Trig." (See May 13).

May 13:
We had a quick quiz at the beginning of the hour (4 points). Then we had some time to work on homework.

HW: (Due Monday)

May 12:
We went over some of the problems from the homework, then had some time to work on the new homework. Tomorrow, we hope to have a little quiz on solving triangles.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

May 11:
More word problems for triangles!

HW: (3-13, due tomorrow)

May 10:
We continued to work on solving word problems involving right triangles. We particularly spent most of the day drawing the triangles that needed to be solved for the homework.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

May 7:
We started to learn how to do word problems involving right triangles. We took a look at the homework and made sure we had the triangles drawn for each problem before we got out of class. HW:

May 6:
This was another day in solving right triangles. We also worked on being able to solve the sides of a right triangle by using the Pythagorean Theorem. HW:

May 5:
We walked through more solutions for the homework. Then, we had some time to work on our new homework on solving triangles.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

May 4:
We walked through the solutions for the homework. Then, we started to learn about solving triangles that have two sides given. This is a difficult skill, which we will be looking at tomorrow as well.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

May 3:
We learned how to use a calculator to find the angles and trigonometric ratios. Then we started to learn how to solve right triangles. This is a difficult procedure and will take a few days to master!

HW: (Due tomorrow, at least get the missing angles for each triangle) In Class: (We did not turn this in.)

Apr. 30:
We took a look at how to find sin, cos, tan of an angle. We used a table to find these ratios. We also learned about the relationships between sin, cos and tan. sin A = cos (90-A), cos A = sin (90-A), tan A = sin A / cos A.

HW: (Due Mon.) In Class:

Apr. 29:
GRANDPARENT'S DAY! This was our second day with sine, cosine and tangent. We worked on a few examples in class. Then we had about 5 minutes to work on the homework for tomorrow.

HW: (1-6, don't do 7-9! Due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 28:
We started Trigonometry today! We dove into the definitions of sine, cosine and tangent. Remember SOH, CAH, TOA!

HW: (Due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 27:
LOGARITHMS TEST!!!

HW: NONE

Apr. 26:
This was our last review day before being tested on logarithms.

HW: (Due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 23:
Today we reviewed all of the logarithm skills and rules. We will have a test on this material early next week.

HW: (due Monday) In Class:

Apr. 22:
Today we learned how to change the base of a logarithm so we can use a calculator to evaluate it.

HW: (Due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 21:
We worked on the quiz, then we took a look at the homework that was due today.

HW: NONE

Apr. 20:
Today was a day for reviewing all the things we learned about logs for the week. So far, we have learned how to compute logs, expand logs and condense logs. We will have a quiz on this material tomorrow! You will be able to use the "cheat sheet" we created in class for the quiz.

HW: (due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 19:
Today we worked on expanding logs. Then we learned how to condense logs.

HW: (due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 16:
This was the second day with the three rules of logarithms. The day was dedicated to practicing and learning these rules.

HW: (Due Monday) In class:

Apr. 15:
Today, we learned how to expand logarithms. There are three different "rules" to use.

HW: (Due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 14:
Today we learned how to solve for the argument of a logarithm.

HW: (Due tomorrow) In Class:

Apr. 13:
Today we quickly reviewed the homework from yesterday. Then we learned how to evaluate logarithms without calculators. We had some time to work on the homework.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Apr. 12:
Welcome back from Easter Break. Today, we started with a quick review of all of our skills that we have learned in the last section. Then we started to learn about logarithms. We took notes on what logarithms are and how they work. We focused in on changing exponential forms into logarithmic forms.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Apr. 1:
TEST DAY! Quadratics Test.

HW: NONE

Mar. 31:
This day was dedicated to reviewing all of the skills that we have learned about quadratics. Tomorrow will be the test on these skills!

HW: (Due tomorrow) Classwork:

Mar. 30:
As we move closer to a test on quadratics (on Thursday), we are going to take more time to review the skills that we have gained in this course. We reviewed for half the class period, then we worked on a new skill (finding the cubed root and fourth roots of numbers).

HW: (Due tomorrow) Classwork:

Mar. 29:
Today was dedicated to reviewing how to solve quadratic equations by taking the square root.

HW: (Due tomorrow) Classwork:

Mar. 26:
We learned how to solve quadratic equations by taking the square root when they have fractions.

HW: (Due Monday) Classwork:

Mar. 25:
We spent the day practicing solving quadratic equations by taking the square root.

HW: (due tomorrow) Classwork:

Mar. 24:
Most of the day was dedicated to practicing all 3 of our important skills: simplifying radicals, solving quadratic equations with the quadratic formula and solving quadratic equations by taking the square root. At the end of the hour, we learned another strategy for solving quadratic equations by taking the square root.

HW: NONE Classwork:

Mar. 23:
Today we quickly reviewed simplifying radicals and solving quadratic equations with the quadratic formula. Then we learned how to solve quadratic equations by taking the square root. This is useful when we are solving quadratics without the "x" term.

HW: (Due tomorrow) Classwork:

Mar. 22:
Welcome back from spring break. Today we reviewed simplifying radicals and solving quadratic equations. We worked through our Mar. 22 Practice in groups of two. This was so we would have a partner to help us remember these skills.

HW: (due tomorrow) Classwork:

Mar. 12:
We took another test on solving quadratic equations. This time, our test had some complex solutions.

HW: NONE

Mar. 11:
Today, we practiced solving quadratic equations that have complex solutions. This will be on the quiz tomorrow!

HW: Make corrections to your quiz from yesterday!



Mar. 10:
We had a quiz on solving quadratic equations.

HW: NONE

Mar. 9:
Today, we went through about 10 questions on solving quadratic equations. We handed in our work as "Mar. 9 Practice." We will have a quiz on this material tomorrow.

HW: Finish the "Quadratic Equation WS 2" (See Mar. 8).

Mar. 8:
We had another day on quadratic equations. However, these quadratic equations do not have whole number answers! You will have to simplify the radicals involved.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Mar. 5:
We had a work day to finish up the Quadratic Equation 1 WS.

HW: NONE

Mar. 4:
We quickly reviewed the quadratic formula and then had time to work on our homework.

HW: Quadratic Equation 1 WS (See Mar. 3) (Both sides due tomorrow)

Mar. 3:
Today, we looked at the homework and then dove into solving quadratic equations with the quadratic formula.

HW: (Front Side due tomorrow, back side due Friday)

Mar. 2:
We had another day with simplifying radicals and dealing with complex numbers (adding and subtracting). We had some more practice. The homework has some tricky problems on it.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Mar. 1:
We started with learning about imaginary and complex numbers. We learned that we cannot add the read and imaginary parts of a complex number together.

HW: (All, due tomorrow)

Feb. 26:
Today we had a quiz on simplifying and adding radicals. We were able to correct this in class.

HW: NONE

Feb. 25:
We had another day on adding and subtracting radicals. This was to get us ready for the quiz tomorrow on this skill.

HW: (1-17, 26-42 Due tomorrow)

Feb. 24:
Today, we learned how to add and subtract radicals. If they have the same radical, we can combine the terms. If they do not have the same radical, we are not able to combine the terms (leave them the way they are).

HW: (ALL, due tomorrow)

Feb. 23:
We looked at the homework. Then we spent the rest of the hour taking a quiz on simplifying radicals (the skills we learned in the last two days).

HW: NONE

Feb. 22:
We worked on the homework from last class. Then we learned what to do for simplifying radicals with variables in them. We were able to work on the homework together for the rest of the period.

HW: (Due tomorrow, ALL)

Feb. 19:
We had a brief amount of time to finish up the test. Then we reviewed prime factorization and simplifying radicals. We will spend just a little bit of time on this subject and then take a quiz on it (most likely on Tuesday).

HW: (ALL, due Monday)

Feb. 18:
We took the 6.5, 5.2 Test today. It covered: dividing polynomials, drawing out the GCF of a polynomial, factor polynomials and solve quadratic equations by factoring.

HW: NONE

Feb. 17:
We took a look at the homework questions. Then we did some more reviewing for the test tomorrow.

HW: Finish the homework from yesterday. (See Feb. 16) (We got some classwork points for doing these problems.)

Feb. 16:
We took a look at the homework. Then we reviewed skills for the rest of the hour (with powerpoint practice). Our goal is take the next two days to review dividing and factoring for the test that is coming up on Thursday. We will continue with this powerpoint tomorrow.

HW: WS 312 #3-32 (Due tomorrow)

Feb. 12:
We quickly corrected our homework. Then we learned how to solve quadratic equations using factoring. We had many practice questions to do during the hour.

HW: (Due Monday, both sides)

Feb. 11:
We reviewed how to factor regular polynomials. Then, we learned how to factor quadratic equations that had a coefficient in the x 2 term. (See the power point for some help.) We also did some classwork.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Feb. 10:
We did a quick correction of our homework. We then learned about factoring polynomials to binomials. We learned that we ask ourselves "what two factors of the constant term add to give me the coefficient in front of the x-term."

HW: (due tomorrow, all)

Feb. 9:
We looked at the homework, then had a short quiz. We then reviewed factors of a number and started to pull out common factors in a polynomial.

HW: (due tomorrow, all)

Feb. 8:
Today, we looked at the homework, then learned about the Factor Theorem. Basically, the Factor Theorem states that if we end up with a remainder of zero by synthetic division, then the original linear divisor is a factor. We also learned that we can find the other factor with synthetic division. We learned that we will have a little quiz on: dividing polynomials, the remainder theorem and the factor theorem.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Feb. 5:
We looked at our old homework. Then we learned the Remainder Theorem and how to use it. After we took some notes on this, we practiced synthetic division and the remainder theorem until the end of class.

HW: (Due Monday)

Feb. 4:
Today we learned synthetic division and how to use it to divide polynomials. We learned that we can only use it for dividing by simple terms (x - k). We will continue this skill tomorrow as well as learn how to use it to evaluate polynomials.

HW: "Dividing Polynomials Worksheet #1" (SEE FEB. 3) (#11-22 ONLY, the rest is extra credit).

Feb. 3:
We started dividing polynomials. If you had some difficulties with this, please visit one of the links above for some extra help. Students were asked to complete many of the problems we worked on together.

HW: (#1-10 ONLY)

Feb. 2:
Today we finished multiplying polynomials with our 6.3 Test.

HW: NONE

Feb. 1:
We started the day off by handing in our homework. Then, we started working on problems from the lecture. There were 25 questions in the lecture. Each slide contained only a few problems, which we had only a few minutes for each slide. Then we made sure that we were using the correct strategies and moved on to the next slide. Our goal was to review for the test (tomorrow).

HW: (Due tomorrow) (THE TEST LOOKS EXACTLY THIS WORKSHEET, EXCEPT DIFFERENT NUMBERS.)

In Class: (We got points for following along with this and handing it in at the end of class.)

Jan. 29:
We took a second look at special products. If you had problems with them, then please review by taking a look at the power point from today. After a few more practice questions, we had some work time on our homework.

HW: and (Due Monday)

Jan. 28:
We began the hour with a quick quiz. We finished our lecture on special products. Then we had some time to work on our homework.

HW: (Due tomorrow)

Jan. 27:
We started the day by handing in the homework and the extra credit. Then we took a quiz (as discussed yesterday). At the very end of the hour, we started to take notes on "Special Products." We will continue these notes tomorrow and get into the worksheets.

HW: NONE Quiz:

Jan. 26:
Today we corrected the homework from yesterday. Then, we had time to review our skills of adding, subtracting and multiplying polynomials. We will have a quiz on these skills tomorrow! We were able to work on the homework for tomorrow.

HW: (Due tomorrow) PRACTICE FOR THE QUIZ!!!! EXTRA CREDIT: On "WS 280" (see Jan. 25) do 68-79 for 10 points.

Jan. 25:
We started the day by taking a "Quick Quiz." Then we took another look at more multiplying polynomials. The key to solving these problems is to distribute and then add like terms.

HW: WS 280 #s 52-65 (Please do these on a separate sheet of paper so you can show your work.) In Class:

Jan. 22:
We spent another day multiplying binomials. We learned the "box method" and "vertical method" for multiplying polynomials. These methods are just different ways to help you when it comes to multiplying polynomials. Feel free to use the method that is the most natural for you to use! We worked on these methods in class (whatever was not finished is homework)

HW: (All but "k" through "t" on the second page) HW: (Use any strategy you feel most comfortable with)

Jan. 21:
We spent the beginning of the day correcting our homework from yesterday. Then we learned about FOIL. We saw that FOIL stands for "First, Outer, Inner, Last" and helps us multiply binomials together. The rest of the hour was dedicated to working on our classwork / homework (seen below). FOR MORE HELP ON FOIL, SEE THE ABOVE LINKS!

HW: (Both sides, Due tomorrow)

Jan. 20:
For the second day of the semester: we corrected the homework, took some notes on multiplying monomials and polynomials, and practiced multiplying monomials and polynomials. During the practice, groups of two were assigned to present the solution to a particular problem. We ran out of time to do all of them.

In Class:(We will finish correcting these tomorrow) HW: (Due tomorrow)

Jan. 19:
Welcome back to classes. For us, it was our first day of Algebra II together. We got a seating arrangement and the syllabus. We also started reviewing the 6.3 from the book.

HW: (#'s 1-16 ONLY, due tomorrow)