First day of school. Students received their textbooks.
The remainder of the period students work on a practice sheet covering some Pre-Algebra/Algebra topics.
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Bellwork reviewed problems that will be on the Final Exam.
The remainder of the period students worked on Final Review Study Guides.
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Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations by factoring, graphing a quadratic equation, and solving a quadratic equation using square roots.
The remainder of the period we discussed how to simplify square roots.
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Bellwork reviewed the ideas of Line of Symmetry and coordinates of the Vertex of a Quadratic Function ( Sec 10-1, 2).
The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 10-2 and began discussing how to solve a quadratic equation by factoring, using a graph, and taking square roots (Sec 10-3).
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Bellwork reviewed characteristics of quadratics and their graphs covered yesterday (Sec 10-1).
The remainder of the period we continued discussing characteristics of the graphs of quadratic functions (Sec 10-1 and 10-2).
Students were given some answers to the Final Exam Reviews.
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Bellwork had students explore the graphs of quadratic equations (parabolas) to determine how changing the coefficient of the quadratic term affects the graph.
The remainder of the period we continued this discussion about the graphs of quadratic functions, their characteristics, and how the solutions to the equation 0=ax^2+bx+c relates to the graph.
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No bellwork today.
Students took a test over Chapter 9 and Sec 10-5
After the test students were given the Final Exam Review for Chapter 8.
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Bellwork reviewed solving equations by factoring then finding the zeros of each factor.
Hwk #33 is due today.
The remainder of the period we reviewed some for tomorrow’s test over Chapter 9. We then began discussing Sec 10-1, Graphs of Quadratic Functions.
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Bellwork reviewed factoring trinomials and binomials.
Hwk #32 is due today.
The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 10-5, Solving Equations by Factoring.
Hwk #33 is due on Monday:
Sec 10-5, pages 538-539, problems 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 18, 19
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