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Algebra 1
Classwork and Homework Information

Mr. Cantlin's Classes - 2012-2013

  • Each class begins with a short (5 -10 minute) Bell Exercise (BE).
  • Note: Q# = Quarter 1, 2, 3, or 4. W# = Week 1, 2, 3, ...
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Q2 W9 12/21/12 Friday
Class:
Make-up Sememster 1 Exams.

Homework:
(1.) Enjoy the Christmas Holidays :-).
Q2 W9 12/20/12 Thursday
Class:
Semester Exams - Periods 2, 4, and 6.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W9 12/19/12 Wednesday
Class:
Semester Exams - Periods 1, 3, 5, and 7.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W9 12/18/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Practice Worksheet for Semester Exam - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Study for semester exam.
Q2 W9 12/17/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Practice Worksheet for Semester Exam - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Study for semester exam.
Q2 W8 12/14/12 Friday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review for Semester Exam.

Semester Exam schedule:
Next Weds.: Periods 1, 3, 5, 7.
Next Thurs.: Periods 2, 4, 6.

Use Q1 & Q2 exams for study guide.

Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
Q2 W8 12/13/12 Thursday
Class:
Review graded Exam 2.

Exam 2 make-ups (as needed).

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W8 12/12/12 Wednesday
Class:
Q2 Exam 2.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W8 12/11/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review for Q2 Exam 2.

Use prior Q2 exam and quizzes as study guide.

Practice Worksheet for Exam2 - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for Exam 2.
Q2 W8 12/10/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review for Q2 Exam 2.

Use prior Q2 exam and quizzes as study guide.

Practice Worksheet for Exam2 - click here for copy.

Topics: Linear functions, the Standard Form and the Slope-Intercept Form of a linear equation, the x and y intercepts, slope, writing linear equations in slope-intercept form given a point and a slope or two points. The slope and equation of the line of both horizontal (y=c) and vertical (x=c) lines.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for Exam 2.
Q2 W7 12/7/12 Friday
Class:
Q2 Quiz 5.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W7 12/6/12 Thursday
Class:
Classwork - Ch. 4-6 Slope-Intercept Form.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for quiz.
Q2 W7 12/5/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice Ch. 4-6 Slope-Intercept Form.

Week 7 Practice Worksheet - click here for copy.

Lapboard practice (time permitting).

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W7 12/4/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Continue Ch. 4-6 Slope-Intercept Form.

Writing the equation of the line in slope-intercept given two points on the line. This is the "y=mx+b twice" method.

Week 7 Practice Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Page 272, #15-27 odd.
(2.) Week 7 Practice Worksheet #7, 17 to 20, 29 to 32.
Q2 W7 12/3/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 4-6 Slope-Intercept Form (of a linear equation).

Homework:
(1.) Page 272, #1 to 13.
Q2 W6 11/30/12 Friday
Class:
Q2 Quiz 4.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W6 11/29/12 Thursday
Class:
Review homework.

Open Book Classwork.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for quiz.
Q2 W6 11/28/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Week 6 Practice Worksheet - click here for copy.

Lapboard practice (time permitting).

Progress Reports (midterms) Issued In Homeroom.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for quiz.
Q2 W6 11/27/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: Ch. 4-1 to 4-4.

Week 6 Practice Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Page 258, #11 to 16.
Q2 W6 11/26/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 4-3 Rate of Change and Slope.

Ch. 4-4 The Slope Formula.

Homework:
(1.) Page 248, #4 to 7.
(2.) Page 257, #1 to 9 odd.
Q2 W5 11/23/12 Friday

No School - Thanksgiving Holiday.

Q2 W5 11/22/12 Thursday

No School - Thanksgiving Holiday.

Q2 W5 11/21/12 Wednesday

No School - Thanksgiving Holiday.

Q2 W5 11/20/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Continue Ch. 4-1 and 4-2.

Homework:
(1.) Page 234, 13-23 odd.
(2.) Page 240, 13-23 odd.
(3.) Read Ch. 4-3 Rate of Change and Slope.
Q2 W5 11/19/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 4-1 Identifying Linear Functions.

Ch. 4-2 Using Intercepts.

Homework:
(1.) Page 234, 3-11 odd.
(2.) Page 240, 3-11 odd.
Q2 W4 11/16/12 Friday
Class:
Make ups for Q2 Exam 1 (if needed).

Review graded Q2 Exam 1.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W4 11/15/12 Thursday
Class:
Q2 Exam 1.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W4 11/14/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Practice for Q2 Exam 1.

Practice Worksheet for Q2 Exam 1 - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for exam.
Q2 W4 11/13/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Practice for Q2 Exam 1.

Practice Worksheet for Q2 Exam 1 - click here for copy.

Topics for Q2 Exam 1: solving inequalities, relations and functions, evaluating functions.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for exam.
Q2 W4 11/12/12 Monday

No School - Veteran's Day Holiday.

Q2 W3 11/9/12 Friday
Class:
Q2 Quiz 3.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W3 11/8/12 Thursday
Class:
Open Book Classwork.

Homework:
(1.) Study for quiz.
Q2 W3 11/7/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice Worksheet: Evaluating Functions - click here for copy.

Lapboard practice: time permitting.

Homework:
(1.) Study for quiz.
Q2 W3 11/6/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Continue Ch. 3-3 Writing Functions.

Identifying the independent and dependent variables.

Homework:
(1.) Page 184, #20 to 22, 28.
Q2 W3 11/5/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review graded Quiz 2.

Ch. 3-3 Writing Functions.

Vocabulary: function notation, input, output.

Homework:
(1.) Page 183, #5 to 11.
Q2 W2 11/2/12 Friday
Class:
Q2 Quiz 2.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W2 11/1/12 Thursday
Class:
Open Book Classwork - relations and functions.

Homework:
(1.) Study/practice for quiz.
Q2 W2 10/31/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: relations and functions.

Homework:
(1.) Page 173, #2 to 14 evens.
Q2 W2 10/30/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 3-1 Graphing Relationships.

Ch. 3-2 Relations and Functions.

Identifying functions.

Vocabulary: relation, function, domain, range, ordered pair, continuous, discrete, mapping, T-table, vertical line test.

Homework:
(1.) Page 167, #1 to 9.
Q2 W2 10/29/12 Monday
Class:
Q2 Quiz1.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W1 10/26/12 Friday
Class:
Q2 Quiz1 (class cancelled - quiz deferred).

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q2 W1 10/25/12 Thursday
Class:
Q2 Week 1 Open Book Classwork.

Homework:
(1.) Study for quiz.
Q2 W1 10/24/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice Worksheet - Week 1 - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Study for quiz - update flashcards.
Q2 W1 10/23/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Continue: solving inequalities.

Practice Worksheet - Week 1 - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Page 123, #16 to 23.
Q2 W1 10/22/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Begin Quarter 2.

Ch. 2-1 to 2-5 Solving inequalities using the GRI (Golden Rule of Inequalities).

Homework:
(1.) Page 123, #1 to 7.
Q1 W9 10/19/12 Friday
Class:
Review graded Exam 2.

Exam 2 Make-ups.

End of Quarter 1.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W9 10/18/12 Thursday
Class:
Q1 Exam 2.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W9 10/17/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Open Book Classwork - Practice Exam Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Study for Exam.
Q1 W9 10/16/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Open Book Classwork - Practice Exam Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Study for Exam.
Q1 W9 10/15/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Continue: Ch 1-9 Applications of Proportions.

Homework:
(1.) Page 72, # 1 to 9.
Q1 W8 10/12/12 Friday
Class:
Q1 Quiz5.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W8 10/11/12 Thursday
Class:
Open Book Classwork.

Homework:
(1.) Study/practice for quiz.
Q1 W8 10/10/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Week 8 Practice Worksheet - click here for copy.

Lapboard practice: time permitting.

Homework:
(1.) Study/practice for classwork/quiz.
(2.) Update flashcards - memorize definitions and formulas.
Q1 W8 10/9/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: Proportions.

Week 8 Practice Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Week 8 Practice Worksheet - evens 46 to 58.
Q1 W8 10/8/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 1-8 Rates, Ratios, and Proportions.

Ch. 1-9 Applications of Proportions.

Vocabulary: ratio, proportion, rate, unit rate, dimensional analysis, conversion factor, scale, corresponding sides, similar shapes, cross-products of a proportion.

Homework:
(1.) Page 66, #30 to 38.
(2.) Page 72, #2 to 4,
(3.) Update flashcards - memorize definitions and formulas.
Q1 W7 10/5/12 Friday
Class:
Review/practice.

Intro. to ACT./ACT practice.

Homework:
(1.) Enjoy Homecoming!
Q1 W7 10/4/12 Thursday
Class:
Open Book Classwork.

Homework:
(1.) Study/practice for Quiz.
Q1 W7 10/3/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice Absolute Value Equations Worksheet - click here for copy.

Lapboard practice (time permitting).

Homework:
(1.) Study/practice for Quiz.
Q1 W7 10/2/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice Absolute Value Equations Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Page 57, #14 - 24 evens.
Q1 W7 10/1/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review graded Quiz 4.

Ch. 1-7 Solving Absolute Value Equations.

Homework:
(1.) Rework ALL Quiz 4 problems - use new looseleaf!.
(2.) Page 57, #1 to 6.
Q1 W6 9/28/12 Friday
Class:
Q1 Quiz 4 (CBQ4).

Homework:
(1.) Beat Oneonta!
Q1 W6 9/27/12 Thursday
Class:
Open Book Classwork - Week 6 Topics.

Practice "B" Worksheet.

Homework:
(1.) Study for Quiz.
Q1 W6 9/26/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: Ch. 1-6 Solving for a Variable.

Lapboard practice (time permitting).

Homework:
(1.) Page 52, #23-28.
Q1 W6 9/25/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: Ch. 1-6 Solving for a Variable.

Page 51-52, #8-16.

Homework:
(1.) Page 52, #17-22.
Q1 W6 9/24/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 1-6 Solving for a Variable.

Vocabulary: literal equations, formula.

Homework:
(1.) Page 51, #1 to 6.
Q1 W5 9/21/12 Friday
Class:
Review graded Exams.

Makeup Exams as needed.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W5 9/20/12 Thursday
Class:
Q1 Exam 1 (mid term exam).

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W5 9/19/12 Wednesday
Class:
Review homework.

Open Book Classwork (OBC2 = graded).

Progress reports scheduled to be issued.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for Exam.
Q1 W5 9/18/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Review for Mid Term Exam.

Practice for Exam 1 Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for Exam 1 Worksheet - evens.
Q1 W5 9/17/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review for Mid Term Exam.

Practice for Exam 1 Worksheet - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Practice for Exam 1 Worksheet - evens.
Q1 W4 9/14/12 Friday
Class:
Q1 Quiz 3.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W4 9/13/12 Thursday
Class:
Review homework.

Open Book Classwork - Practice.

Homework:
(1.) Study/practice for quiz.
Q1 W4 9/12/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: Q1P7 - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P7 - evens #30 to 38.
Q1 W4 9/11/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: Q1P7 - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Page 43, #18 to 25.
Q1 W4 9/10/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 1-5 Solving Equations with the Variable on Both Sides.

Homework:
(1.) Page 43, #1 to 7.
Q1 W3 9/7/12 Friday
Class:
Q1 Quiz 2.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W3 9/6/12 Thursday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Q1P6 Classwork - Multi-Step Equations - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P6 - any problems not finished in class.
(2.) Study for quiz.
(3.) Update and memorize all flashcard definitions and formulas.
Q1 W3 9/5/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Practice: solving multi-strp equations.

Q1P5 Worksheet - Multi-Step Equations - click here for copy.

Homework:
(1.) Page 36, #25-37 odd.
(2.) Q1P5 problems as needed to master this topic.
Q1 W3 9/4/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review graded work (time permitting).

Ch. 1-4 Solving Two-Step (two undo) and Multi-Step (more than two undos) Equations.

Vocabulary: like terms, distributive property.

Solving multi-strp equations ==> combine like terms, follow the Golden Rule of Equations.

Homework:
(1.) Page 36, #1-15 odd.
Q1 W3 9/3/12 Monday

No School - Labor Day Holiday.

Q1 W2 8/31/12 Friday
Class:
Definition and Formula Quiz 1 (DFQ1).

Closed Book Quiz 1 (CBQ1).

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q1 W2 8/30/12 Thursday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Open Book Classwork 1 (OBC1) - Note: this is a graded assignment over Week 1 and 2 material.

Homework:
(1.) Study for vocab (DFQ) & mult. choice (CBQ) quizzes.
Q1 W2 8/29/12 Wednesday
Class:
Review homework.

Practice Week 1 and 2 material for graded classwork and quiz. Reference Q1P1 to Q1P4.

Homework:
(1.) Study for graded classwork, vocab & mult. choice quizzes.
(2.) Remaining evens on Q1P4 worksheet.
Q1 W2 8/28/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review homework.

Ch. 1-3 Solving Equations by Multiplying or Dividing.

Tip: use undos and GRE to get variable "by itself, when dividing numbers and changing to a decimal "moon the fraction" and, if needed, round properly, you must keep place values neat and in the right place or it changes the number!

Practice Worksheet Q1P4 - One Undo Equations - Multiply or Divide.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P4 evens 2-18, 26-28.
(2.) Remaining evens on Q1P3 worksheet.
Q1 W2 8/27/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Homework review.

Ch. 1-2 Solving Equations by Adding or Subtracting.

Tip: use undos and GRE to get variable "by itself.".

Vocabulary: single undo equations, GRE, equation, solution to an equation.

Practice Worksheet Q1P3 - One Undo Equations.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P3 evens 2-12, 18-24.
Q1 W1 8/24/12 Friday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Review Homework.

Additional practice: Ch. 1-1 Plus Order of Operations.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P2 remaining evens.
(2.) Study for Q1OBQ1, Q1DFQ1, and Q1CBQ1.
Q1 W1 8/23/12 Thursday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)
Ch. 1-1 Variables and Expressions.

Order of Operations ==> PE(MD)(AS)

Q1P2 Worksheet: Ch. 1-1 Plus Order of Operations.

Al-Khwarizmi - author of the first book of algebra. Click here to see a picture of the USSR stamp issued in his honor. The title of his book included the words "al-jabr" in Persian which became "algebra." The title of the book is "The Science of Reduction and Reunion". Reduction = taking things apart. Reunion = putting things back together.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P2 evens: 2-6, 8-14, 24-26, 30-32, 34-36, 40-42, 46, 52, 58-60, 64, 70-74.
Q1 W1 8/22/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)

Review homework.

Additional practice: sign rules and fraction rules.

Lapboard practice (time permitting).

Homework:
(1.) Q1P1 all remaining evens: 10-14, 22-26, 32-36, 44-48, 56-62, 70-76.
Q1 W1 8/21/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)

Review homework.

Sign Rules and Fraction Rules.

Issue books (time permitting).

Quarter 1 Practice 1 (Q1P1) Worksheet: Sign Rules and Fraction Rules.

Homework:
(1.) Q1P1 evens 2-6, 16-20, 28, 30, 38-42, 50-54, 64-68.
Q1 W1 8/20/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here - to be posted after class)

Vocabulary: PPC,OBC, CBQ, DFQ, operations, order of operations, PE(MD)(AS) with left to right arrows, grouping symbols, variables, constants, algebraic expressions, implied multiplication, substitution.

"Parentheses are your friend when you substitute."

Introducrion to Sign Rules and Fraction Rules.

First Day Math Class Forms:

  • Introduction to Class Form - Word (doc) or Adobe (pdf)
  • Contact Information Form - Word (doc) or Adobe (pdf)
Supply List for All 2012/2013 Classes

Homework:
(1.) Bring signed first day math forms.
(2.) Get required supplies.
(3.) Make flashcards and memorize definitions & formulas.
(4.) Explore BulldogMath.com.

 
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