2/29/12 leap day!!

Happy Leap Day!! So we corrected our ACT tests, then went over our scores and some of the problems that many students had problems with and some we should be able to get correct for sure!! We also reviewed our logs and exponents and did three worksheets . We are going to be testing on Friday so be sure to ask if you have any questions.

2/28/12

ACT practice day. Every time you take the ACT test you increase your score significantly. So we took the time today to tackly for some one more and for others their first ACT practice exam. This exam was given as closely as possible to the real test. No ipods, no cell phones, no drinks, no other extra materials. Desks in rows...oh boy!! Then we spent a couple of minutes correcting them and evaluating our scores. Tomorrow we are going to the lab to do some more test prep.

Monday 2/27/12

Wow we did a lot yesterday so we are only doing one worksheet today. One more review day for our ACT on 3/6. Handout
We spent the rest of the day doing make up work that we were missing. If you aren't sure check your power school. Have an amazing weekend!

Thursday 2/23/12

Happy Thursday to you! We have been booking along this week, but today we are going to slow down and do some review. We received a series of review sheets with problems marked. Attached. Please take your time in completing these to the best of your ability. We will be testing on this mater at the end of next week, so if you have any questions be sure to text or email me and I will do my best to get back to you promptly. You can also facetime me at srumzie@yahoo.com and I will try to keep my ipad handy. Hope you have a wonderful day!!

2/22/2012 Wednesday

Logarithms. Today we started working with logarithms. Notes video example

assignment p 276 1,2,3,5,7,10 and 14 and p 282 1,2(a-f), 5,6,8, and 13. Have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Tuesday 2/21/12

SO! Today we did some additional work with exponents (the notes were with yesterday's post. We assigned p. 256 1,4,11, and 14. We also made thinking maps (at the end of this review video) of the exponent rules. You will be able to use this for the test if you make one. I will post an example with tomorrow's blog. Have a terrific Tuesday!!

2/20/12 Monday

We went over our trig tests quickly today. They are in power school so you can check your current class grade. In addition we started notes on exponents. notes page 1 page 2 page 3 assignment p 248 1 a,d,e, 2 a-d, 3 a and c, 4 a and b, 5 a - d, 6 a,c,e. video notes link

Friday 2/17/12

Test DAY!! We are taking our test on Chps 8/10 today and then we are starting our introduction into exponents and their properties. This should still be review from Alg 1, but is very timely before our ACT!!

Video intro to exponents

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

notes on exponents page 1 page 2

my video lecture

2/16/12

so we finished graphing the cosine curve today. Then we did a review sheet for chapter 8/10 (key). we will be going over a couple more of those problems and then taking our test on Friday. Don't forget you can use your thinking map as long as you write it (yourself). Then we will be starting to work on exponents and logarithms before we take our ever exciting ACT test 3/6/12...If you need help for your test tomorrow, be sure to email or text me tonight, don't wait till class tomorrow or we won't have the time!! Have a terrific Thursday afternoon!!

sine curve video

radians to degrees video

2/15/12

ACT bubble sheet day...not our favorite day. All of the juniors were out bubbling most of the hour so we did some review/practice with converting from radians to degrees. We will be finishing our trig unit on Thursday and testing on Friday. Next week we are going to power our way through some exponents and logs. Can't wait!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

We started today with some review of law of sines and law of cosines and a quick chat about yesterday's assignments. Then we took some new notes on converting from radiants to degrees and from degrees to radians. See notes attached. As well as some notes on graphing the sine curve. see attached. We did not have a new assignment today. Tomorrow most of our class is doing the non-test portion of the ACT so we will not have a new assignment then either. Happy Valentines to each of you!!

(I will be attaching the notes later this evening--so don't panic if they are not there yet--I am working on getting them up)

Monday 2/13

Media Center time

We will be doing some review of law or sines and cosines today, as well as working on a thinking map for trigonometry, and doing some online practice before our ACT test. there is a cap of about 20 problems, then you will have to log out and back on to continue. Do for about 20 minutes.
online 1
online 2 can solve by any method
online 3

handouts packet: review of trig page one page two do the evens.
trig thinking map --open this doc. look at the example and then make one of your own.

reading time stay in the media center. need to read

Friday 2/10

Happy Friday all!! Today we picked up the pace a little working on Law of Sines and Cosines!! See video links sines and cosines. Notes sines and cosines worksheet page 1 and page 2. We did 1 b, and 2 a on sice 8.7 and 1 a and b, 2 a and b and 3z (find the missing info--not the number of triangles) on side 8.6. Have a great weekend!!

2/9/12

So CHANGE OF PLANS--we had so many kids out for the ACT field trip and with illness that we had to re-arrange our lesson for today. Today instead we worked on solving systems problems (see worksheet) and then went to support our Special Olympians at their basket ball game in the gym. We will take on law of sines and cosines tomorrow. Still part of our big review for the ACT--there is lots we are having a hard time remembering from previous classes so I think this time will be well spent reviewing. Please call or text if you have any questions!!

WEDNESDAY 2/8

I really can't believe that tomorrow is already Thursday!! Don't know where the time goes. Today we did several problems from our homework packet from yesterday and reviewed how to solve systems by graphing. We also reviewed soh, cah, toa (notes) and did some practice on right triangles (answer key). Tomorrow we will be continuing our review in preparation for the ACT test with solving systems and some law of sines practice. Good times, good times. Most students did very well on their review quiz. Our class average was over 88% so not to shabby!!

soh cah toa video notes

2/7/11

Formulas quiz today, then another review packet. Feels like we are reviewing forever, but we have found that many people do not remember their math from previous years and it is impacting their ACT scores. So, we are spending a sufficient amount of time doing review in order to, we hope, better prepare our students for their test next month. Quiz scores are posted in power school. Be sure to check them out. please see review packet attached here. this is due next Monday.

Monday!!

We are going to spend some time today looking at our reviews for our formula quiz on Tuesday. Remember that if you memorize the formulas you will get extra credit for the quiz. We are also going to spend some time looking over the geography homework from last week. Finally we will do a little extra ACT prep since the test in is just a few weeks!! Tuesday formulas quiz.... Wednesday we are looking at how to solve systems of equations.

2/2--groundhogs day

Hoping for winter to be done...sorry to all of you snow lovers. Today in Adv Alg: we took our test on Chp 2 for all who didn't get 100% the first time. We continued working on our handouts from yesterday (if you aren't here you can print them from yesterday's post). If you are absent we will get your test in when you return. Tomorrow we will continue reviewing and and preparing for our ACT test in just a few weeks...whew.

Can't believe it is already Wednesday

This week is flying by!! Today we started with some additional review of our stat info, followed by a power point of formulas from alg 1 and geometry. see power point. Then we got to work on some handouts to practice those formulas.
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stats practice problems