Mrs. Beverly Larson -- Mathematics***********************************************************************************
PreCalculus - 2nd period 9:21-10:09
Monday
5.2 Law of Sines
Concentrate on the word problems. Stress there are unique
answers only for triangles that have SSS, SAS, or ASA.
Assign 22-31, 41-47
Tuesday & Wednesday
5.3 The ambiguous case of the Law of Sines. 2 sides
and an unincluded angle = not unique, sometimes does not even exist!
Do mainly the word problem applications.
Thursday & Friday
5.4 Law of Cosines
Again, concentrate on the word problem applications, and vectors for Physics. Find all missing parts of triangles at this stage.
Be sure to do process for addition of 2, 3, or 4 vectors!
Algebra 2 - 4th period
11:04-11:53 McDougal text
”B” lunch at 11:56
Monday
Answer questions on problems students have already done.
Students finish up problems on 2.1.
Tuesday & Wednesday
2.2 Solving equations and giving solution in ordered pairs.
All solutions must show an algebra check!
Assign 1-46.
Students usually get through #15 or so the first day.
Thursday
2.3 Solving inequalities.
Be sure that students include a graph of their algebraic solutions,
showing that they understand their algebraic answers! Again, I will
give extra time if they need it for checking! It is particularly
important that checks are done for all discontinuous spaces, and the the
checks are done in the ORIGINAL problem !
Assign WS #9 first.
Friday
2.3 book problems, assign: 11-55.
Students will continue to work on these problems Monday & Tuesday
of next week.
Algebra 2 - 5th period
12:39-1:28 Bittinger text
Monday & Tuesday
1.2 Exponential, scientific, and absolute-value notations.
Evaluate as the students work. They may need another WS on
exponents, particularly negative ones.
Wednesday
1.3 Review of adding & subtracting polynomials.
Assign 1-24.
Thursday & Friday
1.4 Review of multiplying polynomials
Limit the problems here to only the odds? On Synthesis, do
only 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63-66
Sr. Ref. Math - 6th period 1:31-2:19
Monday to Friday.
Students working at their own rate through fractions and percents.
Stress that all work steps must be shown on all problems, since we are
practicing for their Voc Tech placement tests which will not allow calculators
to be used!
Hopefully everyone will be ready to TESTon
Friday over decimals, fractions, and percents.
Tech Statistics- 7th hour
2:22-3:10
Monday
Students in the IBM Lab as soon as they finish organizing their
data into distribution charts. Do problems 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 to finish
up section 2.2
Carefully cover the Instructions for Making Graphs on EXCEL.
Graph #1 and #8 together.
Have students use Print Preview and stamp on their tables that their
computer graphs are done correctly as I talk to each student.
Remember to stress that students must format column A to text every time they start a new spreadsheet!
Examples of good graphs from last year’s students will be posted.
Clear, complete titles and labels are required.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Students continuing to work on making bar graphs from their
distribution tables. I will just stamp as correct #1 to #5
after viewing their Print Preview screen and offering suggestions
for improvements. Students will then start printing at #6,
and each printed graph must be stamped by me as matching their computer
screen display.
Friday
Section 2.3 Circle and Line graphs. All this data
is already organized into tables.
Do the RRC student body numbers to practice circles graphs all together.
Labels will need to be on the circle sections, no in a legend since we
cannot print off in color in this lab!
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PreCalculus - 2nd period 9:21 to 10:09
Tuesday
Have students work on formal autobiography for college applications.
Pass around some from previous years as models. Put students
on computers immediately to word process.
Reserve the Computer lab for typing these!
For seniors, eventually I will be collecting daily work only at the
end of a unit, not daily, since all these papers will go to the college
prof! Students must check their own papers & ask questions as
they work !
Wednesday
Give out books.
Prentice Hall, Ch 5 on Right Triangle Trigonometry
Get started on the SWSU college curriculum immediately this year!
Try to be through most of the trig before Christmas!
5.1 Basic definitions & solving right triangles.
Thursday
5.1 continued.
Friday
5.2 Law of Sines
”B” lunch at 11:53 this week.
Algebra 2 - 4th period
11:04 to 11:53
Tuesday
Go over class expectations for daily work, etc. Have them save
these colored sheets in their notebooks for later reference. Stress
that formal standard math steps & notation are required on ALL work,
and that daily work counts 50% of their grade.
Stress that 30 minutes homework outside class time is routinely expected, and that students who do not have an adequate math background (grades below a B in Geometry or Alg 1) can expect to have to spend more time than this on daily work to keep up with everyone else! Every year some kid misses this !!!!
TI-83 plus calculator recommended.
Computations using scientific notation & dimensional analysis
review for student in Chemistry!
(Worksheet)
Wednesday
Finish review of Computations using scientific notation &
dimensional analysis
Thursday
Give out books today. McDougall
2.1 Lecture over Order of Operations, combining like terms,, using properties (stress the distributive one), and absolute value notation. Cover sigma notation from Ch. 1
Do Practice WS #7
Friday
Discuss all problems from WS #7 that students found they
did not agree on the answers.
Be sure to discuss the difference between (-4)2 and -42
Assign the book problems from 2.1: 1-36, skipping #16.
Algebra 2 5th period
12:39 to 1:28
Tuesday
Go over class expectations for daily work, etc. Have them save
these colored sheets in their notebooks for later reference. Stress
that formal standard math steps & notation are required on ALL work,
and that daily work counts 50% of their grade.
Stress that 30 minutes homework outside class time is routinely expected, and that students who do not have an adequate math background (grades below a B in Geometry or Alg 1) can expect to have to spend more time than this on daily work to keep up with everyone else! Every year some kid misses this !!!!
TI-83 plus calculator recommended.
Computations using scientific notation & dimensional analysis
review for student in Chemistry!
(Worksheet)
Wednesday
Finish review of Computations using scientific notation &
dimensional analysis
Thursday
Give out books today. Bittinger
1.1 Properties of real numbers.
Nesting of the number systems.
Assign the odd problems 1-83.
Friday
Finish 1.1, doing even numbers only on the types of problems that gave
the students difficulties.
Sr Ref Math - 6th period
1:31 to 2:19
Tuesday
Have students do an autobiography too.
Reserve a computer Lab for typing.
Specifically find out what each wants to do, so that I can investigate
the math requirements for their post secondary programs, and design this
semester course around their specific needs.
Wednesday
Start out with a generic review of decimals, fractions & percents
for their first unit, while I am deciding what to do. Run off C1
from the book I used last year.
Thursday
Students working at their own pace thru C1. Lecture only as needed.
Remind students that although they can use a calculator in this call, they
still must show all work steps on all problems, since their placement tests
at the MN Voc Tech colleges do NOT allow calculators to be used!
Friday
ditto.
Tech Statistics.- 7th period
2:22 to 3:10
Tuesday
Ditto, cover the class expectations.
Calculators: recommend
Casio FX 270 plus, Casio FX 300 plus, TI 30X, or Sharp EL 520.
It needs scientific notation, nCr, nPr, trig, and fractions.
Students must OWN the calculator they use! The calculator must be etched with their name! I will take all others found and turn them into the office !!! Put large white labels on the backs of the calculators this week and have Mrs. Pack help me enforce this! Too many stolen calculators last year!!!!
Start with organizing data into stem and leaf plots, and identifying the mean, median, mode, clusters and outliers.
Start with the Nerd candy count for fun and first simple examples and vocabulary for their notes.
Use examples and problems taken from the text Prob. & Statistics
from Modern Life, ch. 2
Get student problem packets run off to hand out tomorrow.
Wednesday
Married Women data, p 41. Do together. Make a distribution
table with 10 classes, and then have students do a histogram (relative
frequency bar graph). Remind them to do equal spacing, good labels,
etc.
Will need rulers and wide spaced graph paper.**
Thursday
Check student graphs from yesterday for good details and labels.
Do together Stock transactions data, p 46. Make a distribution table and graph by hand. This is the last one we will graph by hand!
Start organization of data from exercises 2.2
Students will make the distribution tables for all problems, but they
will graph using computer program Excel in the IBM lab.
Friday
Students work on their tallies today, hopefully getting thru #7.
Need to reserve computer room all next week for bar graphs. Students
will do the #1 and #8 together so that I can check easily that everyone
can follow the directions, then students will do the rest of the problems
individually for a grade.