Bellwork gave students practice using what they now know about end behavior, # of x-intercepts, and # of extremes of polynomials to find a good “window” on the graphing calculator in order to be able to see the “whole” polynomial and all of its characteristics.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Topic 5:  Analyzing Polynomial Functions – Exploring “Long-term behavior and real zeros”.

Hwk #24 is due Friday, November 8, 2019:

Agilemind website – Topic 5 – Analyzing Polynomial Functions – Guided Practice 1-11.

You’ll need to look up the formulas for Volume of a Cylinder and a Sphere for a some of the questions.

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Bellwork gave students practice determining the end behavior of polynomials by knowing the degree and leading coefficient.

Hwk #23 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Topic 5 – Analyzing Polynomial Functions; Exploring “Long-term Behavior and Real Zeros”

No hwk assignment today

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Bellwork was a logic questions for the students to work on.

The remainder of the period we summarized the relationship between degree, leading coefficient, and end behavior of polynomials.  We also began Topic 5 on Agilemind:  Analyzing Polynomial Functions.  We went through the Overview and Exploring “Concavity”.

Hwk #23 is due on Monday, November 4, 2019

Topic 5 – SAS2 Problem #8 a,b,c AND Agilemind website – Topic 4 More Practice 1 & 3

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No bellwork today.  Students took the test over Topic 4.

No homework assignment.

Bellwork gave students practice finding the degree and leading coefficient of polynomials in factored form and expanded form.

Hwk #22 is due today.

The remainder of the period we summarized how the end behavior of a polynomial is determined by the degree (even of odd) and leading coefficient (pos or neg).  We finished the period by reviewing for tomorrow’s Topic 4 Test.

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No Bellwork today, students took a quiz over Topic 4.

After the quiz students worked on an Exploration to discover the relationship between the degree, leading coefficient, and end behavior of polynomials and their graphs.

Hwk #22 is due tomorrow:

Finish the End Behavior Exploration including Part 3, a summary of how the degree, leading coefficient, and end behavior are related in each group.

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Bellwork reviewed building and interpreting a polynomial from a real-life situation.

Students picked up review for the Topic 4 Test which will be given on Thursday, October 31, 2019.  There will be a short quiz tomorrow over Topic 4 on the Agilemind website.

Hwk #21 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for the Topic 4 Test.

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Click on the link below for a copy of some review for the Topic 4 Test.

Date of the test is still to be determined.

Bellwork gave students practice determining whether a function is ODD, EVEN, or NEITHER, and gave them practice find and interpreting Average Rate of Change.

Hwk #20 is due today.

The remainder of the period students worked on a Classwork problem that applies what they’ve learned about polynomials to a real-life situation.

Hwk #21 is due on Monday, October 28, 2019

Finish Classwork sheet from today

Agilemind website – Topic 4 – Guided Practice #’s 1-10

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Bellwork gave students practice sketching a polynomial using intervals of increasing/decreasing, information about extremes, and information about intercepts.

The remainder of the period we discussed Topic 4 – Introduction to Polynomials; Exploring “Deepening your understanding of quadratics and cubics”.  We discussed the ideas of Odd and Even Functions and Average Rate of Change of a polynomial.

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow and has two parts:

1. Agilemind website – Topic 4 – Introduction to Polynomials.  More Practice #’s 11-15

2. Agilemind Workbook- Topic 4 – Introduction to Polynomials.  SAS4 – questions 17, 18

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