Monday, November 9, 2015

4th hour didn’t have a bellwork today, they were given 15 minutes to work on their test/quizzes from last week.
5th hour’s bellwork was a Lateral Thinking question which gives students practice on critical thinking and asking questions to figure out a given problem.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 3-1: Inequalities.

Hwk #14 is due tomorrow: Sec 3-1
Pages 136-138
Problems 9, 10, 20, 22, 23, 31-35, 37, 38, 40, 51, 72

Click on the link below for a copy of notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Notes 11-6-15

Monday, November 2, 2015

Bellwork reviewed problems that will be on the upcoming Chapter 2 Test.

Hwk #13 is due today.

Students took an equation solving quiz.

After the quiz we began discussing Chapter 3 starting with Sec 3-1, the basic ideas of Inequalities.

Part 1 of the Chapter 2 Test will be Thursday: “Story Problems” from Sec 2-5
Part 2 of the Chapter 2 Test will be Friday: Sections 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6: Solving Equations.

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 11-2-15
Notes 11-2-15

Friday, October 30, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving a d=rt problem from Sec 2-5.

Students took another equation solving quiz.

After the quiz we finished discussing some more of the d=rt problems from Sec 2-5.

Hwk #13 is due on Monday. Sec 2-5.
Pages 107-109
Problems 4, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 32

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 10-30-15
Notes 10-30-15

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Bellwork reviewed story problems from Sec 2-5 and solving an equation for a variable Sec 2-6

Students took an equation solving quiz today.

After the quiz we continued discussing Sec 2-5 by working on some more d=rt story problems.

Hwk #13 is due on Monday. Sec 2-5
Pages 107-109
Problems 4, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 32

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 10-29-15