Honors Core 3--- Week of October 31-November 4

Monday, October 31
Warm-Up - name properties
Explore - page 201-202 #1ab
  * hint #1:  8,000 - 12,000 is a range to look for the solution (in problem c) - no need to include it in your equations
  * hint #2:  1a equations are all income equations (no costs involved)
  * hint #3:  1a equation (i.) - use the relationship  income = (price)(number of tickets sold)
  * hint #4:  problem 1b is profit

Homework - make corrections on the proficiency check that was passed back in class.

note: Unit 3 - Lesson 1&2 Assessment will be on Wednesday, November 2nd!

Tuesday, 11/1
REVIEW:
  Student Choice - do as much or as little as you need to.  Keys are located outside room 264B.
1.) Simplify WS (includes advanced practice)
2.) Function Review WS
3.) Properties Flash Cards or Matching Game
4.) Advanced Practice for Domain & Range & Functions (page 203#3, page 201-202 #1)


Remember: Unit 3 - Lesson 1&2 Assessment will be tomorrow!


Wednesday, 11/2
Unit 3, Lesson 1-2 Assessment
Snow Day!
Thursday, 11/3
Unit 3, Lesson 1-2 Assessment
* If you are absent, be sure to make this up as soon as possible.  Progress grades are due Friday!

Friday, 11/4
Unit 3, Lesson 3, Investigation 1 - day 1
Students used graphing calculators to find the zeros of the quadratic functions on page 209 #2. 
Goal - how could we find zeros WITHOUT using the graphing calculator?  Look for patterns!
No Homework

Core 2--- Week of October 31-November 4

Monday, 10/31
Warm-Up - can you name that quadrilateral?
Notes - you'll have to get a copy when you return... fill in the blanks to the best of your ability, then check with Ms. Totman OR another student
Practice - page 172: #6b
   * create a slope/lengths table for the points
   * determine the best name for the quadrilateral
Exit Question
Homework - make corrections on HW#10, if necessary

note: Unit 3 - Lesson 1 Assessment will be on Wednesday, November 2nd!

Tuesday, 11/1
REVIEW:
  - fix exit question from previous day (if necessary)
  - create chart and name that quadrilateral (see page 172 #6bde
Homework - make corrections on HW#10, if necessary

note: Unit 3 - Lesson 1 Assessment will be tomorrow!

Wednesday, 11/2
Unit 3, Lesson 1-2 Assessment
Snow Day!

Thursday, 11/3
Unit 3, Lesson 1-2 Assessment
* If you are absent, be sure to make this up as soon as possible.  Progress grades are due Friday!

Friday, 11/4
Activity (per 3 = diversity activity, per 4 = reading activity)
Review - graphing points
Fun Graph - finish for homework!

Integrated 2--- Week of October 17-21

Monday, 10/17
Warm-Up - Refresh memory... slope, length, naming quadrilaterals, parallel and perpendicular slopes
Self-Assess - how are you doing? how am I doing?
Proficiency Check
No Homework Tonight!

Tuesday, 10/18
Warm-Up - Subtraction Refresher/Distance
Launch - How do computers find lengths of segments if they can't count the squares?
GOAL: to find the way computers do it!  What formula does it use?
Explore: 2 worksheets/summary in between...
    Worksheet page 1
      - what "formula" could we use to find horizontal distance?
          (subtract the x coordinates: x1 - x2 = horizontal distance)
      - what "formula" could we use to find vertical distance?
          (subtract the y coordinates: y1 - y2 = vertical distance)
   Worksheet  page 2
Summarize tomorrow...
Homework #10: Tuesday's Problems

Honors Integrated 3--- Week of October 17-21

Monday, 10/17
Warm-Up: Defiinition... "Equivalent Expressions/Equations"
Equivalent Expression/Equations have the same value for every value of x

Class Discussion...Brainstorm multiple "strategies" to create equivalent expressions
1. Distribute (both forward & backward)
     ex: 2(x + 5) = (x + 5)2 = 2x + 10
2.  Rearrange (+/x)
     ex:  a + b = b + a
           2(x + 5) = (x + 5)2
3.  Combine Like Terms
     ex: 2x + 3x = 5x
        NOT:  2x + 3x^2 (can't combine)              (note:  3x^2 means 3x squared)
4.  Factor (reverse distribution)
       5x + 2x = x(5 + 2)

Problems... page 191 Checkpoint - parts c and d

Homework #24:  page 191-192 On Your Own
HOMEWORK HINTS:

•Part c. Income = price per pair of shoes x number of (pairs of) shoes sold.  Income does NOT include cost!

•Part e. Use the profit equation in part a and the sales equation in part c. 

Tuesday, October 18
Naming the properties (get notes from someone when you return)
HW#25: page 201 On Your Own a&c

Integrated 2--- Week of October 10-14

Monday, October 10 - No School (Teacher Work Day)

Tuesday, October 11
Today we reviewed a little bit about kites - how would we know from looking at slopes and lengths if a quadrilateral is a kite or not.

Activity: Sort the Graphs, Tables, Descriptions and Diagrams into 6 groups...
 - parallelogram
 - rectangle
 - sqare
 - rhombus
 - trapezoid
 - kite

Homework #9: Do Monday's problems.

Wednesday, October 12 - No School... Testing Day for all students

Thursday, October 13 -
Big Idea: What do perpendicular slopes look like?
Students measured slopes, determined if they were perpendicular segments or not, and then posted results.
CONCLUSION: 
   Parallel slopes have EQUAL VALUES
       examples: 2 & 2,
                      2/4 and 1/2,
                      5/8 & 15/24, etc.
   Perpendicular slopes are OPPOSITE RECIPROCALS
      (kid language: one is positive, one is negative AND the fractional slope is "flip-flopped") ----
       examples: 2/3 & -3/2
                        3 & -1/3
                         -3/4 & 8/6
Homework:  Complete Thursday's problems on HW#9 WS

Friday, October 14
Practice Activity on Slopes --- if you were absent, you'll have to get your class "data" and the worksheet when you return.

Honors Integrated 3--- Week of October 10-14

Monday, October 10 - No School (Teacher Work Day)

Tuesday, October 11
Solving equations review... students got new seating/groups and participated in a round-robin equation solving activity.  MathTV is a good resource to refresh your memory.  Choose
 - Algebra
    - Linear Equations in 1 Variable
        - Both Properties  AND
        - With Parenthesis
Homework #23: Worksheet
   You'll have to pick this up from me - it's not available online.

Wednesday, October 12 - No School... Testing Day for all students

Thursday, October 13
Classwork: page 188-189 #1-2
Homework: none

Friday, October 14
Classwork - debriefed all the equations generated yesterday
Homework: none

Integrated 3--- Week of October 3-7

Monday, 10/3
What is a function? 
How is function notation similar to y= notation?  How is it different?
Why do you think we need a new notation for functions?
Classwork:  read p. 171-172, do problems #1-2 on page 172
Homework #20:  page 174 On Your Own

Tuesday, 10/4
What is a function?
1. Look at the worksheet to see examples of what is and is not a function. 
2. Read the definition of "function" on the top of page 173.
3. Make sure you understand why the functions on the paper are functions, and why the back of the paper represents non-functions.
Homework #21: page 182-183 #1-2

Wednesday, 10/5
Practical Domain & Range (Practical Input and Output) - what is possible for the inputs (x) or outputs (y) in a context situation?
Classwork: p. 175-176 #1-2
Homework #22: page 179-181, #1, #3a-c (d=advanced practice)

Thursday, 10/6
More domain & range practice - get the practice page from me when you return... I couldn't download it for you :-( 
Homework = None

Friday, 10/7
Functions Rally Coach - done with a partner.
Again, you'll have to get it from me when you return.
Proficiency Check
No Homework.

Integrated 2--- Week of October 3-7

Monday, 10/3
We started by recalling previous knowledge about quadrilaterals, specifically:
parallelograms
rhombuses
rectangles
squares
trapezoids
kites
From memory only, students graphed the vertices of a quadrilateral, named the quadrilateral and defended their answer.  Most found this difficult to do as they did not use mathematical vocabulatry like slope, length, distance, angles and sides.  Tomorrow we will define each quadrilateral in the context of our mathematical vocabulary.
Homework #8:  Do Monday's problems.

Tuesday, 10/4
Big Idea - properties of parallelograms & other quadrilaterals
BE SURE TO COPY THE NOTES IN YOUR TOOLKIT WHEN YOU RETURN!
Homework: Do Tuesday's problems

Wednesday, 10/5
Numeracy Concepts:
1. Finding Slope
2. Using Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides of triangles
Worksheets linked above - Do just the first page of each worksheet
Homework:  Do Wednesday's problems

Thursday, 10/6
Warm-Up (see ppt.)
   *SLIDE 1: only a and b have a length of 1.  use a^2 + b^2 = c^2 to find c.
   *SLIDE 2: CD = squareroot of 13 or approximately 3.7
Use math to justify your answer to the quadrilateral from Monday...  you must talk about lengths and/or slopes of the sides of Quadrilateral ABCD.
Homework:  Do Thursday's problems

Friday, 10/7
Given slopes and lengths, name the quadrilateral (class activity)
Homework #8 due today.