Intermediate+Algebra+Fall+2014

=Intermediate Algebra - Curriculum Calendar =


 * ** Week of **
 * 01-12-2015 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 01-12 || Review for Final || Review graphing/solving Absolute Value || Continue with review packet ||  ||
 * Tue 01-13 || Review for Final || Review solving Systems of Equations || Continue with review packet ||  ||
 * Wed 01-14 || Other Exams || A and B Block Exams ||  ||   ||
 * Thu 01-15 || Final Exam || C and D Block exam ||  || Final Exam ||
 * Fri 01-16 || Other Exams || E-Block and Make-up exams ||  ||   ||

Prioritize what do we need to review? Introduce Quadratic formula || Continue working on review packet ||  || Have formula memorized by tomorrow ||  || Review factoring and quadratic formula Review Graphing Quadratics - 2 ways || Continue with review packet || quiz ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 01-05-2015 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 01-05 || Semester in Review || Topical outline of Semester
 * Tue 01-06 || Using the quadratic formula || Quadratic formula [|worksheet 1], [|worksheet 2] || Continue with review packet
 * Wed 01-07 || Review quadratics || Quad formula quiz (write and use formula)
 * Thu 01-08 || Review for Final || Review Graphing lines from 3 forms || Continue with review packet ||  ||
 * Fri 01-09 || Review for Final || Review Writing/Solving Linear equations in 3 forms || Continue with review packet ||  ||

Graphing from vertex form || handout - graphing ||  || multiplication, factoring, graphing || Review packet - practice test ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 12-15-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 12-15 || graphing quadratics || graphing quadratics || 4 graphing problems handout ||  ||
 * Tue 12-16 || Graphing Quiz || Graphing quadratics quiz
 * Wed 12-17 || Review quadratics || Review polynomial addition
 * Thu 12-18 || Quadratics Exam || Quadratics Exam || n/a ||  ||
 * Fri 12-19 || No Class Holiday Assembly || No Class Holiday Assembly ||  ||   ||

More practice factoring || [|Worksheet] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 12-08-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 12-08 || Factoring || Discuss graphing handout ||  ||   ||
 * Tue 12-09 || Graphing using transformations || Kahoot - transformations challenge || n/a ||  ||
 * Wed 12-10 || Snow Day ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Thu 12-11 || Factoring || Discuss factoring quiz
 * Fri 12-12 || Factoring || More practice factoring || Worksheet ||  ||

Review Factoring || [|Practice Worksheets] || Factoring quiz || come to class with questions for exercises you could not figure out. ||  || Zeros and graphs || Q&A on handout Work through problems || Complete all problems on pages 1-4 of yesterday's handout ||  || line of symmetry and vertex || Four graphs handout ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 12-01-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 12-01 || Factoring || Factoring practice || [|Worksheet] ||  ||
 * Tue 12-02 || Factoring || ** Happy Birthday Aaron Rodgers **
 * Wed 12-03 || Why are we factoring? || Zeros of quadratic functions. || Complete first two pages of the [|handout], take notes
 * Thu 12-04 || Quadratics
 * Fri 12-05 || Graphing quadratics || Graphing quadratics by finding zeros,

Factoring Polynomials a =/= 1 || Worksheet ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 11-24-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 11-24 || Polynomials || More practice multiplying Polynomials || Worksheet || HW Quiz Tue ||
 * Tue 11-25 || Polynomials || HW Quiz
 * Wed 11-26 || Prepare || Get all of your "have to's" done so you can do all of the "want to's" without stressing ||  ||   ||
 * Thu 11-27 || Turkey || ==**Happy Thanksgiving! **== ||  ||   ||
 * Fri 11-28 || Rest || Enjoy your break! ||  ||   ||

Practice 12.4 and 12.5 || Worksheet adding and subtracting ||  || HW Quiz tomorrow on adding, subtracting, multiplying polynomials || [|Worksheet] multiplying ||  || Special products || [|Worksheet] ||  || also multiplying polynomials || [|Worksheet] [|Worksheet] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 11-17-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 11-17 || Polynomials - operations || Combine like terms with addition, subtraction, multiplicaiton
 * Tue 11-18 || Multiplying Polynomials || Multiply monomial times multi-nomial and binomial times binomial
 * Wed 11-19 || Polynomials || HW Quiz
 * Thu 11-20 || Polynomial practice || More practice adding and subtracting polynomials
 * Fri 11-21 || Factoring || Factoring quadratic polynomials || [|Worksheet] ||  ||

Solve systems || Check equations from Word Problems 8.9 Solve systems using elimination or substitution || For each problem from the [|handout,] write two equations solve the system using elimination or substitution. ||  || Solve Systems || Check equations from Word Problems 8.4 Solve systems using elimination or substitution || solve systems [|handout] ||  || Solve Systems || Check equations from Word Problems 8.13 Solve systems using elimination or substitution || solve by graphing [|handout] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 11-10-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 11-10 || No school - Teacher Inservice ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Tue 11-11 || Write equations
 * Wed 11-12 || Write Equations
 * Thu 11-13 || Write Equations
 * Fri 11-14 || Systems Test || Systems Test || n.a || Test ||

solving systems by elimination || solving systems by elimination HW quiz tomorrow || paper handout ||  || solving systems by substitution || solving systems by substitution ||  || HW quiz || HW quiz tomorrow || Systems by substitution || [|worksheet] ||  || systems word problems || solving systems word problems || [|handout (2)] equations [|answers] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 11-03-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 11-03 || Solving systems with Mr. Caraco || explore substitution and elimination ||  ||   ||
 * Tue 11-04 || Discuss Midterms
 * Wed 11-05 || HW quiz - elimination
 * Thu 11-06 || systems of equations by substitution
 * Fri 11-07 || HW quiz - substitution


 * ** Week of **
 * 10-27-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 10-27 || Discuss Absolute Value Exam || Discuss Absolute Value Exam || Review Packet ||  ||
 * Tue 10-28 || Study for midterm || Study for midterm ||  ||   ||
 * Wed 10-29 || Study for midterm || Study for midterm ||  ||   ||
 * Thu 10-30 || Midterms || A and B Block midterms ||  ||   ||
 * Fri 10-31 || Midterms || Midterm Exam ||  || Exam ||

Solve absolute value equations graphically Solve absolute value equations analytically || [|worksheet] ||  || HW Quiz tomorrow || [|worksheet] || HW quiz tomorrow || Review Graphing Absolute value ||  ||   ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 10-20-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 10-20 || Solving Absolute value equations || Discuss equation solving packet
 * Tue 10-21 || More Solving Absolute Value equations || Work on solving Absolute Value equations
 * Wed 10-22 || Review Graphing Absolute Value || HW Quiz
 * Thu 10-23 || Review Absolute Value || Review Absolute Value ||  ||   ||
 * Fri 10-24 || Absolute Value Exam || Absolute Value Exam ||  || Exam ||

Graphing Absolute Value Inequalities || HW quiz - graphing Abs value Absolute value inequalities || Handout ||  || Transformations || Review problems from Tuesday || Handout ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 10-13-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 10-13 || No School ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Tue 10-14 || HW Quiz
 * Wed 10-15 || No Class - PSAT - Service day - etc ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Thu 10-16 || Graphing Absolute Value
 * Fri 10-17 || Skills Day - equation solving || Work on Equation solving packet || Handout ||  ||

More Absolute Value Inequalities || HW quiz More Absolute Value inequalities || [|Handout] ||  || Make sure you have a fully charged iPad tomorrow || Absolute value functions [|notes] || [|Handout] ||  || [|Video tutorial] || paper handout ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 10-06-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 10-06 || Solving Absolute Value Inequalities || Absolute Value Inequalities || [|Handout] || HW quiz tomorrow ||
 * Tue 10-07 || HW Quiz
 * Wed 10-08 || Absolute Value functions
 * Thu 10-09 || Fit Absolute Value equations to structures || desmos image app to fit Absolute Value || n/a ||  ||
 * Fri 10-10 || Absolute Value by transformations || Use transformations to graph absolute value

Graphing Inequalities || [|Video tutorial]on solving Inequalities [|Video tutorial]on graphing Inequalities || [|Handout] [|Handout] || HW quiz tomorrow || HW Quiz || Review HW from yesterday HW quiz || n/a ||  || [|medium] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 09-29-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 9-29 || Solving inequalities
 * Tue 9-30 || Review Inequalities
 * Wed 10-01 || Discuss and correct Unit 1 test || Go over test questions || correct test ||  ||
 * Thu 10-02 || More solving inequalities || Solving inequalities notes || solving inequalities [|easy]
 * Fri 10-03 || Abolute value inequlities || solving absolute value inequalities practice || absolute value inequalities worksheet || HW quiz Mon ||

Graphing Inequalities || [|Video tutorial]on solving Inequalities [|Video tutorial]on graphing Inequalities || [|Handout] [|Handout] || HW quiz tomorrow || HW Quiz || Review HW from yesterday HW quiz || n/a ||  || [|medium] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 09-29-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 9-22 || Solving inequalities
 * Tue 9-23 || Review Inequalities
 * Wed 9-24 || Discuss and correct Unit 1 test || Go over test questions || correct test ||  ||
 * Thu 9-25 || More solving inequalities || Solving inequalities notes || solving inequalities [|easy]
 * Fri 9-26 || Abolute value inequlities || solving absolute value inequalities practice || absolute value inequalities worksheet || HW quiz Mon ||

[|individual practice 1] [|individual practice 2] || HW quiz tomorrow || two-step equations with fractions || [|two-step with fractions] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 09-15-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 9-15 || fractions practice || More work with fractions || team fraction practice
 * Tue 9-16 || equations with fractions || solving equations || [|equations with fractions] ||  ||
 * Wed 9-17 || equations with fractions || pop quiz today
 * Thu 9-18 || explanations || explaining solving technique ||  ||   ||
 * Fri 9-19 || Gateway Exam || One-Step Equations || n/a ||  ||

Graphing exercise for each of the three forms of linear equations. || [|Graphing from slope-intercept] [|Graphing from point-slope] [|Graphing from standard form] || HW quiz tomorrow || Review solving equations - Goal = Perfection!!! || Equation solving [|worksheet] ||  || solutions - [|addition] - [|multiplication] || due Mon ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 09-08-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 9-08 || Three kinds of equations || Recognize the three forms of linear equations by name and know when and how to use them. || Write three word problems that can be modeled by each form of equation. ||  ||
 * Tue 9-09 || Quick graphs || Partner up - write equations for partners word problems
 * Wed 9-10 ||  || HW Quiz
 * Thu 9-11 || equation solving || Review solving equations - partner work || n/a ||  ||
 * Fri 9-12 || SKILLS DAY || Fractions practice || [|fractions practice worksheets]

Work in class on fast food problem || Research two variables you believe to be related. Plot at least 8 data points and find the equation for a line you believe fits the data. ||  || Homework Quiz || Review Assignment [|solving equations] (even or odd) ||   || Order of operations work. || [|Order of operations] ||  ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 09-01-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 9-01 || n/a || Labor Day - No School ||  ||   ||
 * Tue 9-02 || Lines and data || Discuss Bike weights problem
 * Wed 9-03 || Lines and data || Plot your own data, find the best fitting line, share your findings || Practice Problems - paper handout - find equations w/o technology || HW quiz tomorrow ||
 * Thu 9-04 || Lines and data || Pair/Share to review Homework
 * Fri 9-05 || SKILLS DAY || Pair up and grade each others equations from yesterday - correct any errors.

Linear Functions || One Question Quiz Oil Change and Engine Repair || [|Handout] || HW due Tue ||
 * ** Week of **
 * 08-25-2014 ** || ** Topic ** || ** Class Activity ** || ** Homework ** || ** Assessment ** ||
 * Mon 8-25 || n/a || Teacher Inservice - no school ||  ||   ||
 * Tue 8-26 || n/a || Teacher Inservice - no school ||  ||   ||
 * Wed 8-27 || n/a || Freshmen and Junior Jumpstart - no class ||  ||   ||
 * Thu 8-28 || Rules || Directions Rules and when to break them || [|syllabus] || Signature form ||
 * Fri 8-29 || Order of Operations