| Q4 W11 |
5/27/11 |
Friday |
Class:
No school - teacher work day :-).
Homework:
(1.) Summer vacation!
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| Q4 W11 |
5/26/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Periods 6 & 7 take the Semester 2 Exam.
Everyone checkout for the rest of the afternoon.
Homework:
(1.) Enjoy your summer vacation you crazy kids.
(2.) Know that Mr. C. loves all of you :-).
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| Q4 W11 |
5/25/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Periods 1 & 2 take the Semester 2 Exam.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W11 |
5/24/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Periods 3, 4,& 5 take the Semester 2 Exam.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W11 |
5/23/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/20/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Dog Wars - afternoon.
ACT Practice Test and Review ==> "Mini ACT" including ACT based questions selected to help in review for the semester exam - click here for copy (coming soon).
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester 2 Exam.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/19/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Awards Day - morning.
Review for Semester Exam.
Semester Exam Practice Worksheet (Page 8, 9 & 10 of 10) - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/18/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Semester Exam Practice Worksheet (Page 6 & 7 of 10) - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/17/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Class Basketball Finals - afternoon.
Review for Semester Exam.
Semester Exam Practice Worksheet (Page 3, 4, & 5 of 10) - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/16/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Semester Exam Practice Worksheet (Page 1 & 2 of 10) - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/13/11 |
Friday |
Class:
ACT Practice Test - No. 33 to 60 - click here for copy.
ACT Practice Test answers for all - click here for copy.
Evaluate ACT practice Test Score - click here for scoring form.
Homework:
(1.) Study ACT Worked Out Practice Test Answers 33-60 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/12/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
ACT Practice Test - No. 1 to 32 - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Study ACT Worked Out Practice Test Answers 1-32 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/11/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Exam 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/10/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW7.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW7 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/9/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Bell Exercise: review standard form of equations of parabola, circle, ellipse, and hyperbola.
Review homework.
Practice solving practical problems involving continuous or discrete exponential growth or decay.
Homework:
(1.) Page 563-565, #4-9, 21, 23, 34-37,
(2.) Read "An Intuitive Guide To Exponential Functions" - click here.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/6/11 |
Friday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Continue Ch. 10-6, Exponential Growth and Decay.
Homework:
(1.) Page 564, #15 - 20.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/5/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-6, Exponential Growth and Decay.
Continuous rates of growth or decay and how they relate to e,
the base of the natural logarithms.
Homework:
(1.) Read Ch. 10-6,
(2.) Page 563, #10, 11.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/4/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 5.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/3/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW6.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW6 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/2/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice: solving logarithmic equations by taking either the common logarithm or natural logarithm of both sides.
Homework:
(1.) Finish Practice Worksheet (ID28) - click here for copy with ans. to odds.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/29/11 |
Friday |
No School - Tornado Recovery.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/28/11 |
Thursday |
No School - Tornado Recovery.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/27/11 |
Wednesday |
No School - Tornadoes.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/26/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Ch. 10-5, Natural Logarithms and Base e.
Homework:
(1.) Page 557, #4-11, 13, 16.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/25/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-4, Common Logarithms.
Homework:
(1.) Page 549, #4-7, 9-11.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/22/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 4.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/21/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW5.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW5 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/20/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Practice: Ch. 10-3, Properties of Logarithms, expanding and condensing logarithmic expressions and solving logarithmic equations.
Practice Worksheet (20 problems, ID21) w/answers - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Memorize the 3 LR's (Logarithm Rules).
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| Q4 W6 |
4/19/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Continue Ch. 10-3, Properties of Logarithms, expanding and condensing logarithmic expressions, solving logarithmic equations.
Homework:
(1.) Practice Worksheet (12 problems, ID20) - click here for copy,
(2.) Memorize the 3 LR's (Logarithm Rules) - see Monday's class notes.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/18/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-3, Properties of Logarithms i.e., "3 Logarithm Rules".
Homework:
(1.) Page 544, #7 to 10,
(2.) Memorize the 3 LR's (Logarithm Rules).
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| Q4 W5 |
4/11/11 - 4/15/11 |
Monday - Friday |
No School - Spring Break!
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| Q4 W4 |
4/8/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Introduction to the three 'logarithm rules" - click here for copy.
Return/review Quarter 4 Exam 1.
Homework:
(1.) Enjoy Spring Break! Go play outside :-).
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| Q4 W4 |
4/7/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Exam 1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W4 |
4/6/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW4.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW4 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W4 |
4/5/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Continue Ch. 10-2, Logarithms and Logarithmic Functions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 536, #21-24, 30-32, 39, 40, 47, 50, 54.
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| Q4 W4 |
4/4/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Return/review graded Q4 Quiz 3.
Ch. 10-2, Logarithms and Logarithmic Functions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 535, #4-13.
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| Q4 W3 |
4/1/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 3.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W3 |
3/31/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW3.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW3 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W3 |
3/30/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice Problems: Exponential Functions - see class notes.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W3 |
3/29/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-6, Exponential Growth and Decay.
Compound Interest Rate Problems.
Homework:
(1.) Page 849, Lesson 10-1, #3-8, 13, 14, 16, 21, 24,
(1.) Page 851, Lesson 10-6, #1-3.
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| Q4 W3 |
3/28/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Review of the 7 exponent rules (six rules plus the Fractional Exponent Rule).
Ch. 10-1, Exponential Functions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 527-528, #2-10, 16, 18.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/25/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/24/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW2.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW2 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/23/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review: graphing ellipses.
Introduction to Hyperbolas (ref. Ch. 8-5).
Classifying conic sections by looking at their equations in "general" form ==>
Ax2 +Bxy +Cy2 +Dx + Ey + F = 0.
Homework:
(1.) Practice worksheet for homework 2 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/22/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 8-4, Ellipses.
Homework:
(1.) Page 438, #8, 10.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/21/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Q4HW1 due.
Q4Quiz1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/18/11 |
Friday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Introduction to Ch. 8-4, Ellipses.
Circle-Circle Conic Paper for Ellipses & Hyperbolas - click here for copy.
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW1.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW1 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/17/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Review Ch. 8-1 to 8-3, Distance and Midpoint Formula, Parabolas, Circles.
Finish Ch. 8-3, Circles. Definition of tangent to a curve.
Practice worksheet for Q4HW1 - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Page 429, #5-9, 12, 13..
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| Q4 W1 |
3/16/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 8-3, Circles.
Using the distance formula to find the "h,k" form of parabolas and circles.
Practice worksheet for Q4HW1 - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Page 428-429, #1-4.
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| Q3 W11 |
3/15/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Q3Exam2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W11 |
3/14/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Happy Pi Day!
Continue practice/review for Exam 2.
Note: National Honor Society assembly at 11 a.m. Q3Exam 2 tomorrow.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/11/11 |
Friday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
One more parabola property from Ch. 8-2, the definition of the horizontal line through the focus and perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (called the "latus rectum"). Finding the length of this line.
Topics on Exam 2. Review worksheet for Exam 2.
Homework:
(1.) Worksheet - Practice for Exam 2 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/10/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Finish Ch. 8-2, Parabolas ==> coordinates of the focus and directrix.
Homework:
(1.) Page 423, #5, 7, 9.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/9/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 8-2, Parabolas ==>
y = a(x-h)2 +k form and,
y = ax2 +bx +c form.
Homework:
(1.) Graph the following parabolas: Page 423, #1, 4, 6.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/8/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Definition of Parabola, Directrix, Focus.
Conic Paper Parabola Construction - click here for copy of conic paper.
Homework:
(1.) Memorize Parabola Vocabulary.
(2.) Explore Parabolas on the Internet.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/7/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Mini review - graphs of the trig. functions.
Ch. 8, Introduction to Conic Sections (flashlight demo). Circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas.
Ch. 8-1, The Midpoint and Distance Formulas.
Homework:
(1.) Page 414-415, #10-13, 24-27.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/4/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Majority of class checking in after Period 3 as a reward for passing the AHSGE.
Remainder of class ==> redos and/or ACT Practice.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/3/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Majority of class checking in after Period 3 as a reward for passing the AHSGE.
Remainder of class ==> redos and/or ACT Practice.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/2/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Majority of class checking in after Period 3 as a reward for passing the AHSGE.
Remainder of class ==> redos and/or ACT Practice.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/1/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Majority of class checking in after Period 3 as a reward for passing the AHSGE.
Remainder of class ==> redos and/or ACT Practice.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W9 |
2/28/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Majority of class checking in after Period 3 as a reward for passing the AHSGE.
Remainder of class ==> redos and/or ACT Practice.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/25/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3Quiz5.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/24/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
IGW: Q3HW7.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW7 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/23/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review - graphs of the trig. functions.
Practice verifying trig. identities.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/22/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Ch. 14-2, Translation of the Graphs of the Trig. Functions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 774, #12, 15.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/21/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 14-1, Graphing Trig. Functions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 767, #9, 10, 12.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/18/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Continue IGW - verifying trig. identities.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW6 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/17/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Homework review.
Begin IGW: Q3HW6.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW6 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/16/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice: verifying trig. identities.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/15/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Definition: Trigonometric Identities.
Ch. 14-4, Verifying Trigonometric Identities.
Homework:
(1.) Page 784, #5 to 8.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/14/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Continued practice: simplifying trig. expressions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 860, Lesson 14-3, #13 to 18.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/11/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3 Exam1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/10/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Continue IGW: Q3HW5.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW5 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/9/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice: simplifying trig. expressions.
Begin IGW: Q3HW5
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW5 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/8/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 14-3, Introduction to Trigonometric Identities ==> practice simplifying trig. expressions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 779-780, #8-11, 33, 34.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/7/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Q3Quiz4.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/4/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3 Quiz4 deferred to Monday due to weather delay.
Continue work on Q3HW4 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW4 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/3/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q3HW4 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW4 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/2/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Homework review.
Practice worksheet ==> practice for HW4 and Quiz4 ==> click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/1/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 13-7, Inverse Trig. Functions.
Vocabulary review from the "end of Ch. 13 study guide" (pages 752-756), the study guide is an excellent tool for reviewing Chapter 13 in preparation for the upcoming Exam 1. This is a hint!
Homework:
(1.) Page 749, #15-23.
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| Q3 W5 |
1/31/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 13-6, the trig. functions as circular functions on the unit circle.
The graph of the sin and cos functions.
Definition of the period of a function.
Homework:
(1.) Page 742-743, #2, 8, 29-32.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/28/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3 Quiz3.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/27/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q3HW3 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW3 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/26/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Law of Cosines practice.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/25/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Continue Ch. 13-5, The "Ambiguous Case of the Law of Sines" = SSA, solving the Ambiguous Case of the Law of Sines (a SSA triangle) using the Law of Cosines (a quadratic equation).
Homework:
(1.) Page 736, #12, 13, 14.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/24/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 13-5, The Law of Cosines.
Homework:
(1.) Page 736, #4, 11, 17.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/21/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 3 Quiz 2.
* Semester 1 Report Cards Issued in Homerooms.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/20/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work -- Quarter 3 Homework 2.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW2 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/19/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice: trig. functions, the Law of Sines.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/18/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
The area formula for any triangle ==>
- Area = (1/2)(a)(b)(SinC).
- Area = (1/2)(a)(c)(SinB)
- Area = (1/2)(b)(c)(SinA)
The Law of Sines ==> use for any ASA or AAS triangle.
Homework:
(1.) Page 730, #4-7.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/17/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Quarter 3 Quiz 1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W2 |
1/10 - 1/14/11 |
Monday-Friday |
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No School - Snow/Ice Week!
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| Q3 W1 |
1/07/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Continue Individual Graded Work -- Quarter 3 Homework 1.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW1 - click here for copy,
(2.) Study for Quarter 3 Quiz 1.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/06/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Individual Graded Work -- Quarter 3 Homework 1.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW1 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/05/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Finish Ch. 13-2, Radians.
Finish Ch. 13-3, Quadrantal Angles (90, 180, 270, 360 degrees).
Some extra help on the internet (search for sites you like, explore!):
The Unit Circle at AnalyzeMath.com
The Unit Circle at MathIsFun.com
Radians at Interactive Math
Radians at MathWarehouse.com
Homework:
(1.) Page 713, #27-31, 49, 56, 57,
(2.) Page 722, #8, 11-13, 20,
(3.) Memorize (if you forgot) the sides of a 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 triangle!
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| Q3 W1 |
1/04/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Welcome Back!. *Start of Quarter 3*
Ch. 13-2, Angles and Angle Measure.
Ch. 13-3, Trig. Functions of General Angles (any angle!).
Memory Aid: ASTC = A Smart Trig Class. (All+,Sin+,Tan+Cos+) for
Quadrants I,II,III,IV.
Homework:
(1.) Page 712, #4 to 7, 14, 15, 17,
(2.) Page 722, #7, 9, 10,
(3.) Trig. Table (Sin, Cos, Tan) - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/03/11 |
Monday |
Class:
NO SCHOOL - TEACHER WORK DAY.
BEGIN SEMESTER 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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