1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice graph and writing equations of transformed Cosine and Sine Functions.

Hwk #34 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed the graphs and equations of Tangent Functions, Sec 13-6.

Hwk #35 is due on Tuesday.    Sec 13-6

Page 752.   Problems 9, 10, 23, 24, 38-40.  (For 23 and 24 just find the period).

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-25-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-25-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice simplifying rational expressions and stating restrictions on the variables (Sec 9-4).

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-4 by covering the product and quotient of Rational Expressions.

Hwk #40 is due on Tuesday.  Sec 9-4

Page 511.  Problems 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 39

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-25-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-25-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding the equation for a Cosine graph and graphing one period of a Cosine Function.

Hwk #33 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion of Sec 13-7 by writing the equations of transformed Cosine graphs and graphing one period of transformed Cosine Functions.

Hwk #34 is due tomorrow.  Practice Sheet Sec 13-7.

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-24-17

Hon Alg 2 Hwk #34

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-24-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice graphing Rational Functions including all asymptotes and intercepts.

Hwk #39 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 9-4, Simplifying Rational Expressions.

Hwk #40 will be due on Tuesday.   Sec 9-4

Page 511.  Problems 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 39

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-24-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-24-17

1st, 2nd, & 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice writing equations of Cosine Functions and graphing one period of a Cosine Function.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 13-5.  We also began our discussion on Transforming Cosine Functions (Sec 13-7).

Hwk #33 is due tomorrow.  Practice Sheet Sec 13-5.

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-23-17

Hon Alg 2 Hwk #33

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-23-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice on finding the Holes, VA, HA, x-intercepts, and y-intercepts of Rational Functions.

Hwk #38 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed graphing Rational Functions using  the Holes, VA, HA, x-intercepts, and y-intercepts.

Hwk #39 is due tomorrow.  Practice Sheet:  Graphs of Rational Functions.

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answes 5-23-17

Alg 2A Hwk #39

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-23-17

1st, 2nd, & 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice on graphing and writing equations of Transformed Sine Functions.

Hwk #32 is due today.

The remainder of the period students were introduced to the graph of a Cosine Function, Sec 13-5.

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-22-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-22-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding the Points of Discontinuity and equations of Horizontal Asymptotes of Rational Functions.

The remainder of the period we discussed how to find the x and y intercepts of rational functions.

Hwk #38 is due tomorrow.  Practice Sheet, characteristics of Rational Functions.

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-22-17

Alg 2A Hwk #38

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-22-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice on writing equations of transformed Sine Functions.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 13-7, focusing on Sine Functions only.  We discussed how to write the equation given the graph and how to graph one period of the function from its equation, labeling coordinates of Maximums, Minimums, and x-intercepts.

Hwk #32 is due Monday.   Practice Sheet Sec 13-7 (Sine Function only)

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-19-17

Hon Alg 2 Hwk #32

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-19-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice finding points of discontinuity and classifying them as either Vertical Asymptotes or Holes.

Hwk #37 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on finding the equations of Horizontal Asymptotes, x-intercepts, and y-intercepts, if any.

Hwk #38 will be due on Tuesday.  Practice Sheet Sec 9-3.

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-19-17

Alg 2A Hwk #38

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-19-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

No bellwork today.  Students to a quiz over filling out the Unit Circle.

After the quiz we started our discussion on Sec 13-7.  For now, we will focus on transforming Sine Functions.

Hwk #32 will be due on Monday.

Practice Sheet Sec 13-7 (Sine Function only)

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Hon Alg 2 Hwk #32

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-18-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice  on simplifying rational expression by factoring numerators and denominators then cancelling common factors.

Hwk #36 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 9-3 by finding points of discontinuity of rational functions and classifying them as either Holes or Vertical Asymptotes.

Hwk #37 is due tomorrow.       Sec 9-3.

Page 505.   Problems 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 17, 18

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-18-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-18-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed graphing a Sine Function and writing the equation of a Sine Function.

Hwk #31 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 13-7.  Students worked on an exploration for Sec 13-7 to discover what happens to the graph of y=Sinx when you graph:

1.  y=Sinx+k  and  y=Sinx-k
2.  y=Sin(x+h)  and y=Sin(x-h)

Hwk #32 will be due on Monday.

Practice Sheet Sec 13-7

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-17-17

Hon Alg 2 Exploration Sec 13-7

Hon Alg 2 Hwk #32

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-17-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice writing equations of Reciprocal Functions from their graphs and graphing these functions given their equations.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-2.  Students were also given examples of skills that they will be using in Chapter 9.  Most of these skills involve operations with fractions.

Hwk #36 is due tomorrow.

Practice Sheet Sec 9-2.

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-17-17

Alg 2A Hwk #36

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-17-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice finding the Period, Amplitude, and Equation of the Midline for graphs of Sine Functions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 13-4, by practicing writing the equation of a Sine Function from it’s graph and graphing one period of a Sine Function from its equation.

Hwk # 31 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-4.

Page 738.  Problems 13, 14, 22, 23, 27, 29-32, 42.  For #’s 22, 23, 27 students are to label the coordinates of all x-intercepts, maximums, and minimums.

The Quiz over the Unit Circle will be given Thursday.

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-16-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-16-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Direct, Inverse, and Combined Variations.

Hwk #35 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 9-2, Graphs of the Reciprocal Function.

Hwk  #36 will be due on Thursday.

Practice Sheet Section 9-2

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-16-17

Alg 2A Hwk #36

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-16-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork had students graph y=Sinx using a table of values then stating the period, amplitude and equation of the midline.

Hwk #30 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion of Sec 13-4 The Sine Function.  Students worked on an exploration to find the effects on the graph of y=Sinx by changing numbers in the equation.

Hwk #31 will be due on Wednesday.  Sec 13-4

Page 738.  Problems 13, 14, 22, 23, 27, 29-32, 42 (for 22, 23, 27 label the coordinates of all Maximum, Minimums, and x-intercepts).

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-15-17

Hon Alg 2 Exploration Sec 13-4

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-15-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Direct Variation and Inverse Variations situations.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion of Sec 9-1, Inverse and Combined Variations.

Hwk #35 is due tomorrow.    Sec 9-1

Page 491.   Problems 9, 10, 12, 13, 21, 22, 26, 35, 42, 43, 50.

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Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-15-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-15-17

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed using the Unit Circle to find the exact value for the Sin, Cos, and Tan of a given angle.

The remainder of the period we continued using the Unit Circle to Sin, Cos, and Tan of a given angle and to find the measure of an unknown angle given information about it.

Hwk #30 is due Monday.  Practice Sheet Sec 13-2

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Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-12-17

Hon Alg 2 Hwk #30

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-12-17

4th & 5th Hours:

No bellwork today, students were given some time to continue working on the Chapter 6 Test.

The classwork sheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 9-1, Inverse Variation.

Hwk #35 will be due on Tuesday.    Sec 9-1

Page 491.   Problems 9, 10, 12, 13, 21, 22, 26, 35, 42, 43, 50

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Alg 2A Classnotes 5-12-17