Today's Algebra 2 discussion was about formulas. What are they? What are examples that we use? and How do we work with them? I was easy on my students as I only gave them about 9 problems to do for tomorrow.
Enriched Geometry students tackled the Midpoint formulas today and did a heck of a job. Next up is the DISTANCE FORMULA! Anyone good a rapping? Maybe we can come up with a rhyme and some rhythm to help us remember it. I'm gonna need a lot of help because my musical abilities are quite limited.
Onward
Mr C
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday Scorcher
It was plenty warm in my room today...we are not used to the warm weather and the air conditioning was not functioning in a lot of the building. We still managed to be productive.
Algebra 2 spent another day reviewing linear equations and looked at solving when we have fractions and decimals. We also looked at the situations where our solution to the equation is ALL REAL NUMBERS or NO SOLUTION. We then worked out of our textbooks. CH 1.3 #33 - 60 every 3rd, 63, 65, and 72.
Enriched Geometry students were introduced to their first POSTULATES today. The biggest one being the segment addition postulate. There are a lot of notations and symbols that students have to get used to. My two classes are pretty sharp and they are picking up on things quickly. The assignment for today was out of the textbook for Ch 1.2 page #12
We're moving right along!
On to Tuesday
Mr C
Algebra 2 spent another day reviewing linear equations and looked at solving when we have fractions and decimals. We also looked at the situations where our solution to the equation is ALL REAL NUMBERS or NO SOLUTION. We then worked out of our textbooks. CH 1.3 #33 - 60 every 3rd, 63, 65, and 72.
Enriched Geometry students were introduced to their first POSTULATES today. The biggest one being the segment addition postulate. There are a lot of notations and symbols that students have to get used to. My two classes are pretty sharp and they are picking up on things quickly. The assignment for today was out of the textbook for Ch 1.2 page #12
We're moving right along!
On to Tuesday
Mr C
Friday, September 11, 2009
The First of Many Friday's
Week #1 was a success!
All if my classes did a great job of transitioning back into "student" mode. We had some rally great discussions in each class and students in my Algebra 2 classes are showing off their linear algebra skills. Solving equations is "old hat" these days and we can move on to bigger and better things. Next up...problem solving techniques.
Enriched Geometry students took it easy today by working on the "Who I Am" activity. It's always fun to find out uniques/interesting things about my students, for example one of them absolutely loves to eat lutefisk while another thinks chocolate milk and laffy taffy are food groups.
Have a Great Weekend and I will see you MONDAY!
Mr C
All if my classes did a great job of transitioning back into "student" mode. We had some rally great discussions in each class and students in my Algebra 2 classes are showing off their linear algebra skills. Solving equations is "old hat" these days and we can move on to bigger and better things. Next up...problem solving techniques.
Enriched Geometry students took it easy today by working on the "Who I Am" activity. It's always fun to find out uniques/interesting things about my students, for example one of them absolutely loves to eat lutefisk while another thinks chocolate milk and laffy taffy are food groups.
Have a Great Weekend and I will see you MONDAY!
Mr C
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tomorrow is our First Friday of the Year...
We made it through picture day at NBAHS. Despite the interupptions of students coming and going we were able to be productive.
Algebra 2 took time for some Q/A on the Ch 1.1 assignment. Unit conversions seemed to be the trickiest part. Students need to complete and make corrections for that assignment as itr is due tomorrow. We then went through some expamples of powers, algebraic expressions, and following the order of operations. Remember PEMDAS? One student remembers it by Purple Elephants Munching Down Appple Sauce or something like that...For an assignment we broke out our workbooks and did Page 3 #2 - 18 evens.
Enriched Geometry started with a review of yesterdays lesson. Numerous students in each class got the opportunity to tell the class what they learned about points, lines, and planes. Tremendous job done by all!
We then continued with the lesson and took some time to talk about COLLINEAR and COPLANAR POINTS. Sometimes the spatial visualization aspects of geometry is frustrating for students. Some even struggle sketching a cube to make it look 3-d on thier papers. Plenty of practice will help. Another point of emphasis today was the idea of intersect/intersection of points, lines, and planes. Homework for today was in your workbooks, pages 1 - 3 (all 29 problems).
I'm still working on the names and faces. I always make it a challenge to know all students by the time we take our first test.
Until Tomorrow,
Mr C
Algebra 2 took time for some Q/A on the Ch 1.1 assignment. Unit conversions seemed to be the trickiest part. Students need to complete and make corrections for that assignment as itr is due tomorrow. We then went through some expamples of powers, algebraic expressions, and following the order of operations. Remember PEMDAS? One student remembers it by Purple Elephants Munching Down Appple Sauce or something like that...For an assignment we broke out our workbooks and did Page 3 #2 - 18 evens.
Enriched Geometry started with a review of yesterdays lesson. Numerous students in each class got the opportunity to tell the class what they learned about points, lines, and planes. Tremendous job done by all!
We then continued with the lesson and took some time to talk about COLLINEAR and COPLANAR POINTS. Sometimes the spatial visualization aspects of geometry is frustrating for students. Some even struggle sketching a cube to make it look 3-d on thier papers. Plenty of practice will help. Another point of emphasis today was the idea of intersect/intersection of points, lines, and planes. Homework for today was in your workbooks, pages 1 - 3 (all 29 problems).
I'm still working on the names and faces. I always make it a challenge to know all students by the time we take our first test.
Until Tomorrow,
Mr C
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