Alg 1 classes did not meet today, students are at Henry Ford Health Systems.

Bellwork reviewed finding, LOS, Vertex, y-intercept, the graph of quadratics, and maximizing a real-life situation (Sec 10-1, 10-2).
Hwk #21 is due today.
The remainder of the period we began discussing how to simplify square roots (Sec 10-3).

Hwk #22 is due on Thursday. Use the sheet I printed to do this homework assignment. See yesterday’s blog entry for a copy of Hwk #22.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-21-15

Notes 4-21-15

Bellwork reviewed characteristics of parabolas from Sec 10-1 and 10-2.

The remainder of the period we discussed how to find the LOS, vertex, and graph of quadratic functions in the form: y=ax^2+bx+c (Sec 10-2).

Hwk #21 is due tomorrow. Students are to use the sheet I’ve printed for them.
Hwk #22 is due on Thursday: Sec 10-2, pages 520-521, problems 1-3, 11-13, 16, 32-34, 37 Students are to use the sheet I’ve printed for them.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’s lesson and a copy of Hwk #21:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-20-15
Notes 4-20-15
Alg 1 Hwk #22

Bellwork had the students explore the graph of y=ax^2+c.
Hwk #20 is due today.
The remainder of the period we discussed the graph of y=ax^2+c and how the values of a & c affect the graph.
Hwk #21 is due on Tuesday, April 21: Sec 10-1, pages 513-515, problems 1, 2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 21-26, 46. Students are to use the paper that I’ve printed out to do this homework assignment.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, a copy of Hwk #21, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork 4-17-15

Alg 1 Bellwork answers 4-17-15

Alg 1 Hwk #21

Notes 4-17-15

Students were given a list of homework assignments for Chapter 10.

Click on the link below for a copy of the homework assignments for Chapter 10:
Alg 1 Chapter 10 Hwk Assignments

No bellwork today. Students took the test over Chapter 9.
After the test students were given Hwk #20: Notes from Sec 10-1

Click on the link below for a copy of Hwk #20:
Alg 1 Hwk #20

Algebra 1 classes did not meet today, students are at Henry Ford Health Systems.

Bellwork reviewed problems for Thursday’s Chapter 9 Test.
Hwk #19 is due today.

The remainder of the period students reviewed for the Ch 9 Test.

Click on the link below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers:

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-14-15

Bellwork reviewed factoring binomials and trinomials.
Hwk #18 is due today.
The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 9-8: Factoring a polynomial with four terms.
Hwk #19 is due tomorrow: Sec 9-8, pages 499-500, problems 35-38, 42, 43

The test over Chapter 9 will be given on Thursday, April 16.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-13-15
Notes 4-13-15

There will be a Test over Chapter 9 the week we return from Spring Break. Students received the review today.
Click on the link below for a copy of the Chapter 9 Review:

Chapter 9 Review