Course Information

Pre-Algebra - Wednesday, February 27

We spent the first part of the period reviewing Unit 12 (mean/median/mode) and T 13/5 (slope of a line).  During the second part of the period we began our discussion of the slope/intercept form for the equation of a line (T 13.6).

No new HW for Thursday.

Assessment Alert - We will complete our first attempt on Unit 13 next Tuesday, March 5 and our second attempt on Unit 12 next Thursday, March 7.

Pre-Algebra - Tuesday, February 26

We spent the first part of the period reviewing Unit 12, focusing on probability and odds and calculating mean/median/mode from a histogram.  During the second part of the period, we continued our discussion on calculating the slope of a line (T 13.5)

HW for Wednesday - Watch the T 13.6 Lesson Video and complete the associated notes in the BLUE Unit 13 Guided Notes packet.  Click here for a link to the T 13.6 Lesson video.

Assessment Alert - We have tentatively rescheduled the first attempt of our Unit 13 Target Assessment for next Tuesday, March 5, and the second attempt of our Unit 12 Target Assessment for next Thursday, March 7.  Reminder ... we will collect your Unit 12 Guided Note Packet NEXT Thursday ... don't miss out on a great opportunity to earn extra credit!

Pre-Algebra - Monday, February 25

We spent the first part of the period reviewing Unit 12, focusing on probability and odds and calculating mean/median/mode from a histogram.  During the second part of the period, we began our discussion on calculating the slope of a line (T 13.5)

No HW for Tuesday.

Assessment Alert - Our next Target Assessment is tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 1, and will be our 1st attempt at Unit 13.  

Pre-Algebra - February 25 - March 1

Monday, Feb. 25 - Review T 13.5 - Slope of a Line
          HW for Tuesday - Watch T 13.6 Lesson Video and complete guide notes

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Review T 13.6 - Slope / Intercept Form for Equation of a Line
          No HW for Wednesday

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Continue Review of T 13.6 - Slope / Intercept Form for Equation of a Line

Thursday, Feb. 28 - Review Unit 13

Friday, March 1 - Target Assessment - Unit 13 - Attempt #1

Next Week …

Monday - Review Unit 12

Tuesday - Target Assessment - Unit 12 - Attempt #2

Wednesday - Review T 14.1

Thursday - Review T 14.2

Friday Review T 14.3

Geometry - February 25 - March 1

Monday, Feb. 25 - Review T 13.5 - Slope of a Line

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Review T 13.6 - Slope / Intercept Form for Equation of a Line

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Review Unit 13 - Day 1

Thursday, Feb. 28 - Review Unit 13 - Day 2

Friday, March 1 - Target Assessment - Unit 13 - Attempt #1

Geo Con - February 25 - March 1

Monday, Feb. 25 - Review T 13.5 - Slope of a Line

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Review T 13.6 - Slope / Intercept Form for Equation of a Line

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Review Unit 13 - Day 1

Thursday, Feb. 28 - Review Unit 13 - Day 2

Friday, March 1 - Target Assessment - Unit 13 - Attempt #1

Pre-Algebra - Friday, February 22

We spent the first part of the period reviewing Unit 12 and T 13.3.  We spent the 2nd part of the period discussing T 13.4 and finding function rules. 

Click here to watch a video that discusses all of the problems on the T 13.4 Guided Practice worksheet that we started working on at the end of class today.

HW for Monday - Watch the Target 13.5 Lesson Video and completed the associated Guided Notes in the BLUE Unit 13 notes packet.  Click here for a link to the T 13.5 Lesson Video.

Assessment Alert - Our next Target Assessment is tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 1, and will be our 1st attempt at Unit 13.

Pre-Algebra - Thursday, February 21

We discussed the significance of relations and functions (T 13.3).

HW for Friday - Watch the T 13.4 Lesson Video and complete the corresponding Guided Notes in the BLUE Unit 13 Guided Notes packet that was distributed in class last week.  Click here for a link to the T 13.4 Lesson Video.

Assessment Alert - Our next Target Assessment is tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 1, and will be our 1st attempt at Unit 13.

Pre-Algebra - Wednesday, February 20

We completed our Battleship "Tournament" in class.

HW for Thursday - Watch the T 13.3 Lesson Video and complete the corresponding Guided Notes in the BLUE Unit 13 Guided Notes packet that was distributed in class last week. 

Click here for a link to the T 13.3 Lesson Video.

Click here to view an alternate video that explains identifying relations in the coordinate plane.

Assessment Alert - Our next Target Assessment is tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 1, and will be our 1st attempt at Unit 13.

Pre-Algebra - Wednesday, February 20 - Friday, February 22

Monday, Feb. 18 - No School

Tuesday, Feb. 19 - No School

Wednesday, Feb. 20 - We continued our Battleship "tournament"
     - HW for Thursday, Watch the T13.3 lesson video and complete the guided notes

Thursday, Feb. 21 - Review T 13.3 - Relations and Functions
     - HW for Friday - Watch the T 13.4 lesson video and complete the guided notes

Friday, Feb. 22 - Review T 13.4 - Writing Function Rules
     - HW for Monday - Watch the T 13.5 lesson video and complete the guided notes

Next week ...

Monday, Feb. 25 - Review T 13.5 - Slope of a Line

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Review T 13.6 - Slope / Intercept Form for Equation of a Line

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Review Unit 13 - Day 1

Thursday, Feb. 28 - Review Unit 13 - Day 2

Friday, March 1 - Target Assessment - Unit 13 - Attempt #1

Geometry - Wednesday, February 20 - Friday, February 22

Monday, Feb. 18 - No School

Tuesday, Feb. 19 - No School

Wednesday, Feb. 20 - Begin T 206 - INTERIOR angles of a circle
     - HW complete pg. 1 of the PINK T 206 HW packet distributed in class

Thursday, Feb. 21 - Continue T 206 - EXTERIOR angles of a circle
     - HW for Friday - complete pgs. 2 - 4 of the PINK T 206 HW packet distributed in class on Wed.

Friday, Feb. 22 - Review T 206
     - Complete the SLO Unit 4 Post-test
     - No HW for Monday

Next week ...

Monday, Feb. 25 - Quiz #25 - covers T 203 - T 206

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - T 207 Day 1 - lengths of intersecting chords

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - T 207 Day 2 - lengths of intersecting secants and tangents

Thursday, Feb. 28 - Review T 207

Friday - March 1 - Quiz #26 - covers T 204 - 207

Geo Con - Wednesday, Feb. 20 - Friday, Feb. 22

Monday, Feb. 18 - No School

Tuesday, Feb. 19 - No School

Wednesday, Feb. 20 - @ Fuller Ct work site
     - HW from Linear Programming and Solving Systems of Equations due at the start of the hour

Thursday, Feb. 21 - in Geometry class
     - Per 1 - review M6 - Linear Programming and Solving Systems of Linear Equations
     - Per 2 - M6 QUIZ
     - No HW for Friday

Friday, Feb. 22 - @ Fuller Ct work site

Next week ...

Monday, Feb. 25 - Geometry - intro M7 - Intro to Logic

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - @ Fuller Ct work site

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Geometry - continue M7 - Forming Logical Arguments

Thursday, Feb. 28 - @ Fuller Ct work site

Friday, March 1 - Geometry - continue M7 - Intro to Geometric Proof

Tuesday, February 19

NO SCHOOL - Teacher Institute

Monday, February 18

NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day

Pre-Algebra - Friday, February 15

We spent the hour playing the board game Battleship, an attempt to hone our skills using the coordinate plane (T 13.1).

No HW for WEDNESDAY ... No School on Monday (Presidents' Day) or Tuesday (Teacher Institute).

Assessment Alert - Next Unit Assessment TBD.

Geometry - Thursday, February 15

Click here for a link to the practice problems that were distributed in class today.

Pre-Algebra - Thursday, February 14

We spent part of the period discussing T 13.2, making scatter plots and looking for linear trends.

HW for Friday - Complete the back page of the WHITE T 13.2 Guided Practice sheet that was distributed in class today following the T 13.1 Quick Quiz.

Assessment Alert - Next Unit quiz TBD

Pre-Algebra - Wednesday, Febraury 13

We began our discussion of Unit 13, discussing T 13.1 covering the Cartesian Coordinate Plane.

HW for Thursday - Watch the T 13.2 Lesson Video and complete the corresponding Guided notes in the BLUE Unit 3 notes packet.  Click here for the link to the T 13.2 Lesson Video.

Assessment Alert - Next assessment/quiz TBD

Pre-Algebra - Tuesday, February 12

We completed our 1st attempt of the Unit 12 Quiz in class today.

HW for Wednesday - Watch the T 13.1 Lesson Video and complete the associated guided notes in the BLUE Unit 12 Notes packet that was distributed in class today.  Click here for a link to the T 13.1 Lesson Video.

Assessment Alert - Next assessment TBD

Pre-Algebra - Monday, February 11

We spent the period reviewing for tomorrow's Unit 12 quiz.

No HW for Tuesday other than to continue preparing for tomorrow's Unit 12 quiz.

Assessment Alert - We will compete our 1st attempt at the Unit 12 Assessment in class TOMORROW - Tuesday, Feb. 12.  This assessment will cover statistics (range, mode, median, mean), probability, and odds.

Geometry - Per 6 - February 11 - 15

Monday, February 11
- We began our discussion of T205, discussing central angles, arcs, and chords.
- HW for Tuesday - Complete the PINK T205 Pt 1 HW worksheet that was distributed in class.

Tuesday, February 12
- We continued our discussion of T205, reviewing the HW that was assigned on Monday.
- No HW for Wednesday.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 - Late Start
- We continued our discussion of T205, discussing inscribed angles, how to calculate their measures, and related theorems.
- HW for Thursday - Complete the PINK T205 Pt 2 worksheet that was distributed in class.

Thursday, February 14 - Valentine's Day
- We completed our initial discussion of T205, reviewing the HW that was assigned.  We also reviewed Quiz #23 in preparation for tomorrow's assessment.
- HW for Friday - Prepare for Quiz #24, which includes the final attempts on T201 (special right triangles and Pythagorean Thm) and T202 (basic trig ratios and properties), 3rd attempt on T203 (trig applications), 2nd attempt on T204 (basics of circles), and our 1st attempt on T205 (central and inscribed angles of a circle).

Friday, February 15
- We completed Quiz #24 in class.
- No HW for WEDNESDAY ... no school on Monday or Tuesday!!!!!

Geometry in Construction - February 11 - 15

Monday, Feb. 11
Construction - Part 3 (Scale Drawing) of the Qtr 3 Project should be submitted by the end of Per. 1.
Geometry - We discussed M6D1 - Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalties during per. 2.
HW - Complete the PINK M6D1 HW worksheet that was distributed in class.

Tuesday, Feb. 12
Geometry - Submit the M6D1 HW before leaving for the worksite.
Construction - We spent both periods at the Fuller Ct job site.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 - LATE START
Construction - Work on Qtr 3 Project - Pt 4 (3D design)
Geometry - We discussed M6D2


Thursday, Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day
Geometry - Submit the M6D2 HW before leaving for the worksite.
Construction - We spent both periods at the Fuller Ct job site.

Friday, Feb. 15
Geometry - During Per. 1, we reviewed material from M6D1 and M6D2.  We completed a quiz over these sections during Per. 2.
Construction - TBD

Next week ... NO SCHOOL on Monday and Tuesday.  We will be at the job site on Wednesday and Friday.


Pre-Algebra - Friday, February 8

We completed our 2nd attempt of the Unit 11 assessment in class today.

HW for Monday - Complete the PINK T 12.5 review worksheet covering odds and probability.
this reviews the 2nd part of the Unit 12 assessment that we will complete in class on Tuesday, Feb. 12.

Assessment Alert - We will compete our 1st attempt at the Unit 12 Assessment in class on Tuesday, Feb. 12.  This assessment will cover statistics (range, mode, median, mean), probability, and odds.

Thursday, February 7

We spent the period reviewing for our 2nd attempt on the Unit 11 quiz, solving equations and inequalities involving fractions.

HW for Friday - Prepare for tomorrow's quiz over Unit 11.  Additionally, we will be collecting your blue Unit 11 note packets at the start of the period.  You may receive extra credit points for each target for which you have watched the Lesson Video and completed the associated guided notes.

Assessment Alert - We will complete our 2nd attempt on the Unit 11 Quiz (solving equations and inequalities involving fractions) in class tomorrow.  Next Tuesday, February 12, we will complete our first attempt of the Unit 12 Quiz, focusing on Statistics, Probability, and Odds.

Pre-Algebra - Monday, February 4

We spent the period calculating probabilities in several different contexts.  Students were given the period to complete a worksheet packet at turn it in for possible extra credit.

Click here for a chart showing all options when two dice are rolled.

Click here for a chart showing all cards in a standard 52 card deck.

Please note ...  I MESSED UP!!!!!  Students are NOT prepared to complete page 2 of the packet (dealing with the deck of cards) so they are NOT required to complete this page!!!!!  We will discuss conditional probability in class tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 5).  I apologize for this oversight!!!!!

HW for Tuesday - Students were given the opportunity to bring this packet home, complete, and submit for credit at the start of the period tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 5).  Students who chose to do this only have to complete pages 1, 3 , and 4 ... THEY CAN SKIP PAGE 2 (dealing with the deck of cards).

Assessment Alert - We will complete our 2nd attempt of the Unit 11 Quiz in class on Friday, February 8.  We will spend a significant amount of time in class this week reviewing.

Geometry - Thursday, May 23

Click here for a link to the answer key for the Geometry Sem 2 Exam Review packet.