Belwork reinforced the concept that transformations performed on a function are the same regardless of what the parent function looks like.
The remainder of the period students reviewed how to factor and find zeros of the factors (x-intercepts).
Hwk #14 is due today for 3rd hour.
Quiz tomorrow over sections 5-1 to 5-4.
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Bellwork was practice ACT questions.
The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 5-4, factoring quadratics by working the special cases: Difference of Perfect Squares and Perfect Square Trinomials.
Hwk #14 is due today for 1st hour.
Hwk #14 is due tomorrow for 3rd hour.
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Bellwork reviewed factoring and finding x-intercepts from the factors.
The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 5-4 by factoring the Difference of Perfect Squares.
Hwk #14 is due tomorrow for 1st hour and is due Thursday for 3rd hour.
Students in 3rd hour were not introduced to factoring the Difference of Perfect Squares because they were in a meeting with a college representative for the first half of the period.
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Quiz #2 will be later this week, either Thursday or Friday. Date will be determined tomorrow.
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Bellwork reviewed Vertex Form for the equation of a parabola.
Students took a homework quiz over sec 5-2 and 5-3
The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 5-4: Factoring Quadratics.
Hwk #14 will be due on Wednesday since Juniors missed all or part of class last Thursday and Friday.
There will be a quiz over sections 5-1 to 5-4 later this week, either Thursday or Friday. The exact date will be determined tomorrow.
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Bellwork reviewed the Vertex Form for the Equation of a Parabola.
The remainder of the period we began discussing the Intercept Form for the equation of a parabola.
Hwk #13 is due today
Hwk #14 is due on Tuesday
Homework Quiz over Sec 5-2 and 5-3 on Monday.
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Juniors were not in class because they were taking a practice ACT exam.
Bellwork was practice PLAN questions. The Sophomores will be taking the PLAN test in the spring.
The remainder of the period we finished discussing the Intercept Form for the equation of a quadratic then began discussing how to factor quadratics(Sec 5-4).
Hwk #13 is due today
Hwk #14 is due on Tuesday
Homework Quiz on Monday over sec 5-2 & 5-3
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Bellwork reviewed Sec 5-3, Vertex Form for the equation of a parabola.
Juniors were not in class today due to a practice ACT exam.
The remainder of the period we discussed the Intercept Form for the equation of a parabola (also known as factored form).
Hwk # 13 will be due tomorrow.
Hwk #14 will be due on Tuesday, October 22.
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Bellwork reviewed finding the maximum value of a quadratic function and when it occurs as well as finding the LOS, Vertex, and y-intercept of a quadratic in Vertex Form.
The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 5-3 by graphing quadratics given Vertex Form and writing the equation of the graph of a parabola in Vertex Form.
Students took a homework quiz today over Sec 5-1 and 5-2.
Hwk #12 is due today.
Hwk #13 is due on Thursday, October 17.
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Bellwork reviewed graphing parabolas using Standard Form for the equation of a quadratic and finding the maximum value of a function and when it occurs.
The remainder of the period we discussed situations that could be modeled with a quadratic and how to find values that maximize a certain quantity (sec 5-2). We then began our discussion on Vertex Form for the equation of a quadratic (Sec 5-3).
Hwk #12 is due tomorrow.
Hwk #13 will be due on Thursday, October 17. Students are to use the sheet I’ve provided.
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