2013-2014+Classwork


 * Algebra 2 5th Classwork **

This page contains the notes and classwork for each day of class for the Algebra 2 5th period section

Today, we had the second part of our final exam - covering probability, permutations, combinations, and statistics.
 * __ Friday, June 6, 2014 __ **

Today, we had the first part of our final exam - covering quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions. We will take the second part of the final tomorrow.
 * __ Thursday, June 5, 2014 __ **

Today, we had our final day of review for the final exam. Students worked on a number of example problems for the topics that will be covered on the two parts of the final exam - which will be given tomorrow and Friday.
 * __ Wednesday, June 4, 2014 __ **

**__Tuesday, June 3, 2014__** Today, we had another day of review for the final exam. We reviewed the last few topics that will be covered on the second part of the final - the remaining probability topics and statistics. We will have one more review day tomorrow - in which students will be able to work on any additional review problems they need more help on. We will then have the final exam on Thursday and Friday.

**__Monday, June 2, 2014__** Today, we had another day of review for the final exam. We finished reviewing problems related to exponential and logarithmic functions. We then began to review problems related to probability, permutations, and combinations. We will have two more review days - to go over more probability and statistics - and will then have our final exam on Thursday and Friday.

**__Friday, May 30, 2014__** Today, we continued to review for the final exam. We worked on reviewing topics related to exponential and logarithmic functions - including exponential growth and decay, population models, compound interest, basic logarithms, properties of logarithms, and solving equations with exponents/logarithms. We will continue with more review next week.

**__Thursday, May 29, 2014__** Today, we continued to review for the final exam, which will be next week (June 5th and 6th). We looked at more review problems related to quadratics - specifically finding zeroes and vertex and graphing quadratic functions. We will work on reviewing exponential and logarithmic functions tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, May 28, 2014__** Today, we began to review for the final exam, which will be next week (June 5th and 6th). We talked about the topics that will be covered on the final, as well as strategies students can use to review for the final. We then looked at review problems related to quadratics - factoring, quadratic formula, differences of squares, square roots, and completing the square. We will continue with more review of quadratics tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, May 27, 2014__** Today, students continued to work on their current events assignment that was started on Friday. This assignment will be due tomorrow.

**__Friday, May 23, 2014__** Today, we began to look at how graphs and data in the media can be used in different ways, including in sometimes misleading ways. We looked at a few different examples of graphs used in the media. Students then began to work on a project in which they will explore an article from a news source and look at how the data and graphs are used in the article. We will continue working on this project next week.

**__Thursday, May 22, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to interpret and analyze box-and-whisker plots. Students then worked on practice problems to review topics related to stats - including mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and different types of plots.

**__Wednesday, May 21, 2014__** Today, we began to explore how statistics can be used in the media to explain a situation or to express a certain viewpoint about a social issue. Students first read an article on school funding, and then looked at a number of questions related to data and statistics. We will continue to look at ways in which data is used in the media over the next few days.

**__Monday, May 19, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find standard deviation and variance from a data set, and talked about how they can be used to describe how spread out the data set is. We also briefly talked about the concept of z-score, which tells how far above or below the mean a value is. Students then worked on practice problems for variance and standard deviation. We will continue with more on statistics on Wednesday.

**__Friday, May 16, 2014__** Today, students again worked in Khan Academy to explore different types of plots that can be used to show data (including bar graphs and box-and-whisker plots). They also looked at topics in Khan Academy to review quadratics and logarithms, which will be covered on the final exam. We will continue with more topics related to statistics next week.

**__Thursday, May 15, 2014__** Today, we looked at different types of charts and graphs that can be used to represent data. We looked at bar graphs (histograms) and pie charts, and talked about how they can be used to find probabilities of events. We also looked at box-and-whisker plots, and talked about how they can be used to visually represent how spread out a data set is. We will continue with more on charts and statistics tomorrow and next week.

**__Wednesday, May 14, 2014__** Today, students worked in Khan Academy to further explore different types of plots that can be used to show data (including bar graphs and box-and-whisker plots). They also looked at topics in Khan Academy to review quadratics and logarithms, which will be covered on the final exam. We will continue with more on graphs of data tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, May 13, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the mean, median, and mode of a data set. We then began to talk about standard deviation, which is a measure of how spread out data is. We talked about how standard deviation and variance can be calculated, and also how the calculator can be used to find these values. We will continue with more stats for the rest of the week.

**__Monday, May 12, 2014__** Today, we began a new unit on statistics. We talked about the mean, median, mode, and range of a data set. We also looked at how to find these values for data sets presented in different ways - including frequency tables and stem-and-leaf plots. We will continue with more statistics tomorrow.

**__Friday, May 9, 2014__** Today, we had a test on topics from chapter 10 - including basic probability, permutations, combinations, fundamental counting principle, exclusive/inclusive events, independent events, and dependent events and conditional probability.

**__Thursday, May 8, 2014__** Today, we had one more day of review on topics from chapter 10 - including basic probability, permutations, combinations, fundamental counting principle, exclusive/inclusive events, independent events, and dependent events and conditional probability. We will have a test on these topics tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, May 7, 2014__** Today, we worked on a number of review problems on the topics we have learned related to probability. We will have another day of review tomorrow on these topics - including basic probability, permutations, combinations, fundamental counting principle, exclusive/inclusive events, independent events, and dependent events and conditional probability. We will then have a test on these topics on Friday.

**__Tuesday, May 6, 2014__** Today, we continue to review topics related to probability. Students did an activity in which they played "rock, paper, scissors" to continue to explore experimental and theoretical probability. We will continue to review all of the topics we have learned related to probability over the next few days.

**__Monday, May 5, 2014__** Today, we reviewed an example of the different types of probability we learned over the last two weeks. We then looked at how the calculator can be used to simulate different situations and collect data, which can then be used to calculate experimental probability. We will continue to review probability tomorrow.

**__Thursday, May 1, 2014__** Today, we continued to work on probabilities of independent and dependent events. Students also worked on review problems related to the probability of mutually exclusive and inclusive events. We will continue with more probability next week.

**__Wednesday, April 30, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the probabilities of dependent events. We then worked on a number of practice problems related to independent and dependent events. We will continue with more probability problems tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, April 29, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the probabilities of independent events. We then began to look at dependent events and conditional probability. We looked at a few examples of finding probabilities of dependent events, and a few examples of finding conditional probabilities. We will continue with more on independent and dependent events tomorrow.

**__Monday, April 28, 2014__** Today, we continue to work on more topics related to probability. We looked at the definition of independent vs. dependent events, and then talked about how to find the probability of independent events. We talked about a few different examples of independent events and how to find their probabilities. Tomorrow, we will look at how to find the probability of dependent events.

**__Friday, April 25, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the probability of mutually exclusive events, inclusive events, and complements of events. Students then worked on practice problems to apply each of these types of probabilities. We will continue with more on probability next week.

**__Thursday, April 24, 2014__** Today, we continued with more on probability. We began to talk about finding the probability of compound events - including mutually exclusive and inclusive events. We looked at a few examples of each type of event, and talked about the difference between them. We will continue with more exclusive and inclusive events tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, April 23, 2014__** Today, we had a quiz on probability, the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. We will continue with more on probability tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, April 22, 2014__** Today, we had one more review day to work on problems related to probability, the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

**__Monday, April 21, 2014__** Today, we had a review day to work on problems related to probability, the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. We will have another review day tomorrow and will have a quiz on these topics on Wednesday.

**__Thursday, April 17, 2014__** Today, we looked at combinations of objects, and how these compare to permutations. We talked about the differences between permutations (ordered) and combinations (order does not matter) and looked at the formula for calculating combinations. We then worked on a number of examples of combinations. We will continue with more on probability, permutations, and combinations next week.

**__Wednesday, April 16, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to use the fundamental counting principle to find the number of ways to arrange letters or to select from a number of options. We then began to talk about permutations, or arrangements of objects. We talked about how to calculate the number of permutations of objects, as well as how to find permutations of only part of a set of objects, permutations with repeated objects, and circular permutations. We worked on a number of examples of where permutations would apply.

**__Tuesday, April 15, 2014__** Today, we continued to work on probability. We reviewed how to solve problems involving probability and area of shapes. We then began to look at the difference between probability and odds. We looked at how to calculate the odds for or against an event, as well as how to convert between probability and odds.

**__Friday, April 11, 2014__** Today, we continued to look at basic concepts of probability. We talked about the Fundamental Counting Principle, which is used to find the total number of outcomes of a sample space (or the total number of possible combinations of different items). We looked at a few examples of how to use the Fundamental Counting Principle, as well as how it connects to probability. We will continue with more on probability next week.

**__Thursday, April 10, 2014__** Today, we began a new unit on probability. We talked about different vocabulary associated with probability, and talked about the difference between experimental and theoretical probability. We then looked at a number of examples of calculating the probability of different events. We will continue with more basic probability tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, April 9, 2014__** Today, we had a test on exponential and logarithmic functions - how to identify exponential growth and decay functions, how to solve applications of exponential functions (population, compound interest), how to evaluate logs, how to solve equations with exponents or logs, and properties of logs.

**__Tuesday, April 8, 2014__** Today, we had one more day of review on exponential and logarithmic functions. We worked on review problems related to how to identify exponential growth and decay functions, how to solve applications of exponential functions (population, compound interest), how to evaluate logs, how to solve equations with exponents or logs, and properties of logs. We will have a test on these topics tomorrow.

**__Monday, April 7, 2014__** Today, we continued to work on exponential and logarithmic functions. We looked at a couple more applications of logarithms - the Richter scale and the Decibel scale. We then worked on review problems to prepare for Wednesday's test. We will have one more day of review tomorrow on exponential and logarithmic functions, and will have a test on these on Wednesday.

**__Friday, April 4, 2014__** Today, we had a review day on the topics related to exponential and logarithmic functions that we've learned over the last couple of weeks. We reviewed how to identify exponential growth and decay functions, how to solve applications of exponential functions (population, compound interest), how to evaluate logs, how to solve equations with exponents or logs, and properties of logs. We will look at a few more applications of logs and continue to review on Monday and Tuesday. We will then have a test on exponential and logarithmic functions on Wednesday.

**__Thursday, April 3, 2014__** Today, we looked at a special base for exponential and logarithmic functions - //e//, which is used in the natural exponential and natural logarithmic function. We looked at examples of how to use it to calculate expressions, as well as exploring some of its applications. We will work on reviewing exponential and logarithmic equations tomorrow and will have a test early next week.

**__Wednesday, April 2, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to solve different equations involving logarithms and exponential equations. We reviewed the different properties of exponents and logarithms that can be used to solve these equations. We also looked at how to solve logarithmic equations by converting to exponential form, and vice versa. We will look at the natural log and some applications tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, April 1, 2014__** Today, we continued with more on the properties of logs, and how they can be used to solve different equations. We looked at how to solve equations involving multiple logarithms, as well as how to solve exponential equations using logarithms. Finally, we looked at how exponential and logarithmic functions are related when they are in the same expression. We will look at some of the applications of these functions tomorrow.

**__Monday, March 31, 2014__** Today, we continued with more practice problems on the properties of logarithms. We reviewed the Product, Quotient, and Power properties and how these can be used to condense logs. We also looked at how they can be used to expand a single log into multiple logs, and how they can be used to calculate the values of logs. We will continue with more logarithms tomorrow.

**__Friday, March 28, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to solve exponential equations by changing to logarithmic form. We then looked at a number of properties of logarithms and exponents that allow us to simplify expressions and solve other problems. We will continue with more on the properties of logarithms next week.

**__Thursday, March 27, 2014__** Today, we continued to work with logarithms. We reviewed how to convert between exponential and logarithmic form, and talked about how this can be used to solve for missing variables in either form of equation. We also looked at the change of base formula, which can be used to evaluate logarithms with different bases on the calculator. We will continue with more on logarithms and their properties tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, March 26, 2014__** Today, we began to look at logarithms and their relationship to exponential functions. We looked at how to convert between logarithmic and exponential forms. We also looked at how to use the calculator to evaluate logarithms with base 10. Tomorrow, we will look at how to solve equations with logarithms and explore more properties.

**__Tuesday, March 25, 2014__** Today, we looked at one more review problem on applications of exponential growth and decay. We then had a quiz on exponential functions and their applications - solving exponential equations, multipliers, growth and decay, population growth, and compound interest.

**__Monday, March 24, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the effective yield of an investment, given an initial and final amount and the time it was invested. We then began to work on review problems related to exponential functions - solving exponential equations, multipliers, growth and decay, population growth, and compound interest. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

**__Friday, March 21, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the final amount of an investment using the compound interest formula. We then talked about effective yield, which is the amount of interest (annually compounded) that would give a certain final amount of an investment for a given initial amount. We will continue with more on exponential functions next week.

**__Thursday, March 20, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to identify exponential growth and decay functions, and what their graphs look like. We then began to explore another application of exponential functions - compound interests and investments. We looked at a number of different examples of how to use the compound interest formula to find the final amount of an investment. We will continue with more on compound interest tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, March 19, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to write an exponential growth or decay function by finding the initial amount and the multiplier. We then continued to talk about exponential growth or decay functions, as well as their graphs. We looked at what the equation of an exponential growth or decay function looks like, as well as how this relates to the shape and y-intercept of the graph.

**__Tuesday, March 18, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to solve exponential equations using a common base. We then began to look at applications of exponential functions, as well as the definition of exponential growth and decay functions. We talked about how to find the multiplier for an exponential growth or decay function, as well as how to use it to solve for population growth or other applications.

**__Monday, March 17, 2014__** Today, we continued to look at exponential functions and exponential equations. We talked about how to solve exponential equations by setting both sides to be the same base, and then setting the exponents equal to each other. We looked at a number of examples of how to solve these, with different bases and even negative exponents. We will continue with more exponential functions and equations tomorrow.

**__Friday, March 14, 2014__** Today, we began to explore logarithmic functions. We started by talking about what students already knew about logarithmic functions or logarithms. We then briefly looked at the definition of a logarithm before students worked on an activity to explore the different properties of logarithms. We will continue with more on exponential and logarithmic functions next week.

**__Thursday, March 13, 2014__** Today, we began a new unit on exponential and logarithmic functions. We started by talking about what students already knew about exponential functions or exponential growth and decay functions. Students then worked on an activity to explore tables and graphs for exponential functions.

**__Wednesday, March 12, 2014__** Today, students continued to work practice problems to review graphing quadratic functions and solving applications of quadratic functions, including those related to Physics and Geometry.

**__Tuesday, March 11, 2014__** Today, we continued to work on applications and word problems related to quadratic functions. We looked at a couple of more examples of how quadratic functions can be used to solve problems in Physics applications. Students then worked on practice problems to review graphing quadratic functions and solving more applications. We will continue with more quadratic functions tomorrow.

**__Monday, March 10, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the vertex and zeroes of a quadratic function, and use these to sketch the graph of the function. We then began to look at a few examples of word problems or applications that can be solved using quadratic functions, including those related to Geometry and Physics. We will continue with more on applications and word problems tomorrow.

**__Friday, March 7, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the vertex of a quadratic function. We then looked at how to put together what we know about finding the zeroes and the vertex of a quadratic function to be able to sketch the graph of a quadratic function. We then worked on a few practice problems for sketching these graphs.

**__Thursday, March 6, 2014__** Today, we continued to look at how to draw graphs of quadratic functions. We reviewed the table students worked on yesterday and looked at the answers to the "big questions". We then talked about how to find the vertex of a quadratic function by hand, either using the average of the zeroes or the coefficients of the equation. We will continue with more on graphing quadratic functions tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, March 5, 2014__** Today, we began to look at how to draw graphs of quadratic functions. We reviewed how to find zeroes of quadratic functions (factoring, quadratic formula, etc.) and also talked about the vertex of a quadratic function. Students worked in groups to explore graphs of quadratic functions. We will continue with more on graphing quadratic functions tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, March 4, 2014__** Today, we had a quiz on factoring perfect square trinomials, solving quadratic equations (using factoring, completing the square, and the Quadratic Formula), and finding the discriminant. We will have begin to look at graphing quadratic functions tomorrow.

**__Friday, February 28, 2014__** Today, we had another review day on factoring perfect square trinomials, solving quadratic equations (using factoring, completing the square, and the Quadratic Formula), and finding the discriminant. We will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

**__Thursday, February 27, 2014__** Today, we had a review day on factoring perfect square trinomials, solving quadratic equations (using factoring, completing the square, and the Quadratic Formula), and finding the discriminant. We will have one more day of review tomorrow and will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

**__Wednesday, February 26, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to solve quadratic equations using the Quadratic Formula. We then talked about how to use part of the Quadratic Formula - called the Discriminant - to determine the number of solutions to a quadratic equation and their types (rational, irrational, imaginary). We will review quadratic equations, factoring, completing the square, and the Quadratic Formula tomorrow and Friday. We will then have a quiz on Monday.

**__Tuesday, February 25, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to solve quadratic equations by completing the square. We then looked at another method for solving quadratic equations that cannot be factored - the Quadratic Formula. We looked at the definition of the quadratic formula and worked on a few examples of how to use it. We will continue with more on the Quadratic Formula tomorrow.

**__Monday, February 24, 2014__** Today, we continued with more on solving quadratic equations. We looked at how to use completing the square to solve quadratic equations which cannot be factored or are difficult to factor. We looked at the basic idea of completing the square, which is related to perfect square trinomials, and looked at a number of examples. We will continue with more on solving quadratic equations tomorrow.

**__Friday, February 21, 2014__** Today, we looked at how to find the zeroes of a quadratic function (or the solutions to a quadratic equation) using factoring and the Zero-Product Property. We looked at a number of examples of using the Zero-Product Property with different kinds of factoring and also briefly talked about how this is related to the graphs of these functions. We will look more at quadratic graphs next week.

**__Thursday, February 20, 2014__** Today, we continued with more factoring of quadratic trinomials. We looked at another special case - perfect square trinomials. We talked about how to recognize the pattern of a perfect square trinomial, and how to use the pattern to quickly factor even more complex trinomials. We will continue with more factoring, and the zero product property, tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, February 19, 2014__** Today, we had a quiz on solving quadratic equations using square roots and different types of factoring (GCF, basic quadratic trinomials, differences of squares, illegal move). We will continue with more on quadratic equations and quadratic functions tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, February 18, 2014__** Today, we had one more review day on solving quadratic equations using square roots and different types of factoring (GCF, basic quadratic trinomials, differences of squares, illegal move). We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, February 12, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to factor quadratic trinomials where the leading coefficient is not equal to 1. We then worked on review problems for solving using square roots and different types of factoring. We will continue with more review problems on these topics tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, February 11, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to factor basic quadratic trinomials with a leading coefficient of 1. We then looked at strategies for factoring quadratic trinomials with a leading coefficient that is not equal to 1. We looked at the "illegal move" method as well as the guess and check method. We will work on review problems for factoring and solving using square roots tomorrow and Thursday.

**__Monday, February 10, 2014__** Today, we reviewed a few examples of how to solve quadratic equations by finding square roots. We then began to look at strategies for factoring quadratic expressions. We first looked at how to factor general quadratic trinomials with a leading coefficient of 1, and then looked at the special case of the difference of squares. We will continue with more factoring tomorrow.

**__Friday, February 7, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to factor expressions using the GCF. We then talked about another method for solving quadratic equations - finding square roots. We looked at how to simplify square roots, as well as a number of examples of how to solve quadratic equations using square roots. We will continue with more on quadratic functions next week.

**__Thursday, February 6, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to use FOIL to expand quadratic functions and identify their coefficients. We then began to look at the first method for factoring and solving quadratic equations - factoring using the GCF. We talked about the definition of the GCF and looked at a number of examples. We will continue with more on solving quadratic equations tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, February 4, 2014__** Today, we began a new unit on quadratic functions and factoring. We first looked at the definition of a quadratic function, and talked about a few of the applications of quadratic functions. We then reviewed how FOIL can be used to expand the product of two binomials to write a quadratic function in standard form. We will continue with more on quadratic functions on Thursday.

**__Friday, January 31, 2014__** Today, students worked on an activity in groups to further explore different transformations of functions and their graphs. Students incorporated different types of parent functions - linear, quadratic, cubic, radical, and absolute value - and different types of transformations.

**__Thursday, January 30, 2014__** Today, we took the second part of the midterm - covering systems of equations, systems of inequalities, definitions of functions, domain and range, operations with functions, compositions of functions, inverses, transformations, and piecewise functions.

**__Wednesday, January 29, 2014__** Today, we took the first part of the midterm - covering solving linear equations, solving and graphing inequalities, absolute value equations/inequalities, graphing lines, linear inequalities, and absolute value graphs. We will have the second part of the midterm tomorrow.

**__Monday, January 27, 2014__** Today, we had our final day of review for the midterm. Students worked on practice problems from the last unit - definitions of functions, domain and range, operations with functions, compositions of functions, inverses, transformations, and piecewise functions. We will have the midterm on Wednesday and Thursday.

**__Friday, January 24, 2014__** Today, we continued to review for the midterm. Students worked on practice problems from the second and third units - systems of equations, linear inequalities, systems of inequalities, and absolute value functions. We will have one more day of review on Monday and will the have the midterm on Wednesday and Thursday.

**__Thursday, January 23, 2014__** Today, we began to review for next week's midterm. We first reviewed the topics that will be covered on the midterm. Students then began to work on practice problems from the first two units - solving linear equations, solving and graphing linear inequalities, absolute value equations/inequalities, and graphing lines. We will continue with more review tomorrow and Monday.

**__Tuesday, January 21, 2014__** Today, we had a test on the topics from the unit on functions - domain and range, evaluating functions, operations with functions, composition, inverses, piecewise functions, and transformations. Tomorrow, we will begin to review for the midterm, which is coming up next week.

**__Friday, January 17, 2014__** Today, we reviewed the topics related to functions that we have learned in this chapter. Students then worked on practice problems on these topics - domain and range, evaluating functions, operations with functions, composition, inverses, piecewise functions, and transformations. We will have a test on functions on Tuesday.

**__Thursday, January 16, 2014__** Today, we continued to review how to identify the parent function and describe transformations for functions. We also reviewed how to write a new function based on a parent function and transformations. Finally, we reviewed how to graph piecewise functions. We will review all of the topics related to functions that we have learned tomorrow, and then have a test on functions on Tuesday.

**__Wednesday, January 15, 2014__** Today, we continued to look at transformations of functions. We reviewed how to recognize the parent function and describe the transformations, given a new function. We also talked about how to write a function when given a parent function and a set of transformations. We will review topics related to functions tomorrow and Friday and then have a test on functions on Tuesday.

**__Tuesday, January 14, 2014__** Today, we began to talk about transformations of graphs of parent functions. We talked about the different effects that changes to a function can have on the graph, and looked at how to recognize vertical and horizontal translations, reflections, and compressions/stretches. We will have another day on transformations tomorrow and then will begin to review for the unit test on functions.

**__Monday, January 13, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to evaluate and sketch the graph of a piecewise functions. Students then worked on practice problems to review the topics we learned last week related to functions - finding inverses, checking with composition, and piecewise functions.

**__Friday, January 10, 2014__** Today, we reviewed how to find the inverse of a function and how to confirm inverses using composition. We then began to look at a special kind of function called a piecewise function, and talked about how to evaluate and graph these types of functions.

**__Thursday, January 9, 2014__** Today, we worked on another practice Keystone Constructed Response problem. We then worked on problems to review topics related to functions that we have learned so far, including a number of problems on finding inverses and confirming using composition. We will look at piecewise functions tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, January 8, 2014__** Today, we continued to look at inverse functions. We talked more about how to find the inverse of a function, and then looked at the relationship between a function given as an equation and the equation of its inverse. Finally, we looked at how to prove that two functions are inverses by using composition.

**__Tuesday, January 7, 2014__** Today, we began to look at inverses of functions. We looked at the definition of an inverse, how to find an inverse of a function given as a list of points or as an equation, and how to tell if an inverse is a function. We will continue with more on inverses of functions tomorrow.

**__Monday, January 6, 2014__** Today, we worked on a Keystone practice Constructed Response problem for Warm-Up. We then looked at a couple more examples of solving word problems involving functions. We will continue with more on functions tomorrow.

**__Thursday, January 2, 2014__** Today, we reviewed most of the topics related to functions that we learned before the break. We then began to work on creating functions from word problems, and using these functions to create new functions through composition of functions. We will continue with more function word problems tomorrow.

**__Friday, December 20, 2013__** Today, we had a quiz on the topics related to functions that we have learned this week - definition of a function, domain and range, evaluating functions, combining functions algebraically, and compositions of functions.

**__Thursday, December 19, 2013__** Today, we reviewed all of the topics related to functions that we have learned this week. We worked on problems to review the definition of a function, domain and range, evaluating functions, combining functions algebraically, and compositions of functions. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, December 18, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to combine two functions together algebraically - using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. We then looked at another way to combine two functions together to make a new function - called composition. We looked at a number of examples of composition of functions, which is essentially plugging one function into another and simplifying. We will have a review day on functions tomorrow and a quiz on functions on Friday.

**__Tuesday, December 17, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to identify a function, find its domain and range, and evaluate it for given input values. We then began to look at how to combine two functions together algebraically to create a new function - using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. We will continue with more combining functions - using composition - tomorrow.

**__Monday, December 16, 2013__** Today, we began a new unit on Functions. We talked about the definition of a function, and how to identify a function from a set of points or a graph. We then talked about how to find the domain and range of a function from a set of points, as well as what it means to evaluate a function for a given input value. We will continue with more on functions tomorrow.

**__Friday, December 13, 2013__** Today, we had a test on solving systems of equations, graphing systems of linear inequalities, writing systems of inequalities based on graphs, and linear programming. We will begin a new unit on functions next week.

**__Thursday, December 12, 2013__** Today, we had a review day on solving systems of equations, graphing systems of linear inequalities, writing systems of inequalities based on graphs, and linear programming. We will have a test on these topics tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, December 11, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve systems of linear equations and how to graph systems of linear inequalities. Students then worked on practice problems to review systems of linear equations and inequalities. We will have one more day of review on these topics, as well as linear programming, tomorrow. We will then have a test on these topics on Friday.

**__Monday, December 9, 2013__** Today, we continued with solving Linear Programming problems. We reviewed how to write the objective function, write a system of inequalities based on the constraints given, graph these to find the feasible region, and find the maximum or minimum using the feasible region and the corner-point principal. Tomorrow and Wednesday, we will review solving systems of equations, graphing systems of linear inequalities, and linear programming. We will then have a test on these topics on Thursday.

**__Friday, December 6, 2013__** Today, we continued to look at solving Linear Programming problems. We talked about how to write the objective function, writing a system of inequalities based on the constraints given, graphing these to find the feasible region, and finding the maximum or minimum using the feasible region and the corner-point principal.

**__Thursday, December 5, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to graph systems of linear inequalities. We then began to look at Linear Programming problems, in which systems of linear inequalities are used to find maximum or minimum values for functions called objective functions. We will continue with more on Linear Programming tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, December 4, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to write systems of linear inequalities from graphs. Students then worked on practice problems for drawing graphs from given systems of linear inequalities. We will continue with more on systems of inequalities tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, December 3, 2013__** Today, we began to look at systems of linear inequalities. We reviewed how to graph linear inequalities and systems of equations, and the looked at the rules for graphing systems of linear inequalities. We also worked on practice problems for writing the system of inequalities based on the graph.

**__Monday, December 2, 2013__** Today, we continued with more methods for solving systems of linear equations. We looked at how the calculator can be used to graph the system of equations - once they are in slope-intercept form - and then can be used to find the point of intersection, which is the solution to the system of equations. We worked on a few examples of this as a class. Tomorrow, we will begin to look at systems of linear inequalities.

**__Wednesday, November 27, 2013__** Today, we continued to review systems of equations. We looked over the last quiz and talked about common mistakes that were made. Students then began to work on a review packet for systems of equations, which they will complete over the break.

**__Tuesday, November 26, 2013__** Today, students completed the systems of equations word problems we had started yesterday. Then, each group presented and explained the solution to one problem to the class. Tomorrow, we will have one more day of review on systems of equations.

**__Monday, November 25, 2013__** Today, we continued to work on systems of equations word problems. Students worked in groups to solve a number of word problems using systems of equations and graphing, elimination, or substitution. Tomorrow, groups will be asked to present one solution each to the class.

**__Friday, November 22, 2013__** Today, we took a quiz on the different methods for solving systems of equations - graphing, substitution, and elimination - and on solving word problems with systems of equations.

**__Thursday, November 21, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve word problems using systems of equations. We then worked on review problems on the different methods for solving systems of equations - graphing, substitution, and elimination. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow. = =

**__Wednesday, November 20, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve systems of equations using elimination. We then looked at how systems of equations can be used to solve word problems, and worked on a couple of examples of setting up and solving systems of equations for word problems. We will have a day of review tomorrow and will have a quiz on systems of equations - graphing, substitution, elimination, and word problems - on Friday.

**__Tuesday, November 19, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve systems of equations using substitution. We then looked at the third method for solving systems of equations - elimination - and worked on examples (including those with no solution or infinitely many solutions). We will continue with more systems of equations - including word problems - tomorrow.

**__Monday, November 18, 2013__** Today, we continued to work on systems of equations - reviewing how to classify and solve them with graphing. We then looked at how to solve systems of equations using substitution, and looked at a number of examples (including those with no solution or infinitely many solutions). Tomorrow we will look at how to solving systems of equations using elimination.

**__Friday, November 15, 2013__** Today, we began to look at systems of linear equations - in which we try to find common solutions for two or more linear equations. We talked about the first method for solving these systems - graphing - and looked at the different types of systems that occur. We will continue with more on systems of equations next week.

**__Thursday, November 14, 2013__** Today, we took a test on Unit 3 - slope-intercept form equations, graphing lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, scatter plots, linear inequalities, and absolute value equations. Tomorrow, we will begin to look at systems of linear equations.

**__Wednesday, November 13, 2013__** Today, we had a review day for Unit 3. We worked on a number of problems to review slope-intercept form equations, graphing lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, scatter plots, linear inequalities, and absolute value equations. We will have a test on these topics tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, November 12, 2013__** Today, we looked at graphs of absolute value functions. We talked about how to graph the basic absolute value function using tables of values. We also looked at different types of absolute value functions, which can be graphed by creating tables of values or by using transformations from the original absolute value graph. We looked at different types of transformations - including vertical and horizontal shifts, reflections, and vertical stretches and shrinks.

**__Friday, November 8, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve and graph inequalities on a number line. We then looked at how to solve linear inequalities in two variables and graph the solutions on the x-y plane. We talked about how to graph the line, the difference between graphing a solid or dotted line, and where to shade the graph.

**__Thursday, November 7, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to use the calculator to find the equation of the best fit line for a scatter plot. We then worked with a number of different data sets to create scatter plots, find the best-fit line for the data, and use the equation of the best fit line to estimate other points in the data set.

**__Monday, November 4, 2013__** Today, we continued to work at scatter plots. We looked at how to create a scatter plot on a calculator, and how to use the calculator to find the equation of the best fit line. We also looked at how the best fit line can be used to estimate other values for the scatter plot.

**__Friday, November 1, 2013__** Today, we began to look at scatter plots. We talked about a number of terms related to scatter plots, correlation, and best fit lines. We then looked at how a calculator can be used to create a scatter plot, and then to find the equation of the best fit line for this scatter plots.

**__Thursday, October 31, 2013__** Today, we took a quiz on linear equations - linear relationships in a table, slope-intercept form equations, graphing lines, and parallel and perpendicular lines. We will begin to look at scatter plots tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, October 30, 2013__** Today, we worked on review problems for linear equations - linear relationships in a table, slope-intercept form equations, graphing lines, and parallel and perpendicular lines. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, October 29, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to find the slope-intercept form equation of a line parallel to a given line. We then looked at the equations for perpendicular lines, which have slopes that are opposite reciprocals. We will have a review day for equations of lines tomorrow, and will have a quiz on Thursday.

**__Monday, October 28, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to find the slope-intercept form equation of a line and then graph the line. We then looked at the equations and graphs for vertical and horizontal lines, and talked about how to find equations for parallel lines, which have the same slope. We will continue with more graphing lines tomorrow.

**__Friday, October 25, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to find the slope-intercept form equation of a line, given a graph or two points. We then looked at how to draw a graph of a line using the slope-intercept form. We talked about how to use the y-intercept and slope to plot at least two points, and then use these to draw the line. We will look at parallel and perpendicular lines next week.

**__Thursday, October 24, 2013__** Today, we continued with more on linear equations. We reviewed how to find the slope of a line from two points, and then looked at how to find the y-intercept of a line. We also talked about how to put these together to write the slope-intercept form equation of a line. We will look at how to graph these lines tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, October 23, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to tell if a table of values represents a linear relationship. We then looked at how to find the slope of a line, given the graph or two points on the line. We will continue with more on slope, as well as finding the slope-intercept form equation of a line, tomorrow.

**__Tuesday, October 22, 2013__** Today, we began to talk about linear equations. We looked at how to convert between a table and a graph to represent points. We also talked about how to tell whether a graph or table represents a linear relationship by looking at the difference between the x and y coordinates of each point. We will continue with more on linear equations and graphs tomorrow.

**__Monday, October 21, 2013__** Today, we began a new unit on linear equations. Students took a diagnostic to gauge what they already know about linear equations. They also completed a KWL chart to list what they knew already and what they needed to learn. We will begin looking at linear equations and their graphs tomorrow.

**__Friday, October 18, 2013__** Today, we took a quiz on solving triangles with trig and inverse trig functions and solving word problems with trig and inverse trig functions.

**__Thursday, October 17, 2013__** Today, we continued to review solving triangles with trig and inverse trig functions, as well as solving word problems with trig and inverse trig functions. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, October 16, 2013__** Today, we worked on review problems on solving triangles with trig and inverse trig functions, as well as solving word problems with trig and inverse trig functions. We will have one more day of review on these topics tomorrow, and then have a quiz on trig topics on Friday.

**__Tuesday, October 15, 2013__** Today, we continued to work on solving word problems using trig and inverse trig functions. We worked on a number of examples of word problems and reviewed the tips and strategies for solving word problems that we had talked about last week.

**__Friday, October 11, 2013__** Today, we worked on review problems for trig functions and inverse trig functions. We started by reviewing a word problem involving trig and inverse trig functions. Then, students worked on a practice worksheet to review solving triangles using trig and inverse trig functions.

**__Thursday, October 10, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve for missing angles in a right triangle using inverse trig functions. We then talked about strategies for solving word problems involving trig and inverse trig functions, and worked on a number of examples. We will continue with reviewing trig and inverse trig functions tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, October 9, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to find the missing sides and angles in a triangle, using trig functions. We then began to talk about inverse trig functions, which can be used to find missing angles in a right triangle if you only know the sides. We then looked at a few examples of how to use inverse trig functions. We will continue with more trig and inverse trig functions tomorrow, including using them to solve word problems.

**__Tuesday, October 8, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to find the values of sin, cos, and tan from the sides of a right triangle. We then looked at how these trigonometric functions can be used to find the missing sides in a right triangle. We looked at a few examples of how to find the missing sides and angles in a triangle as well as an example of how to solve a word problem using trigonometric functions. We will look at inverse trigonometric functions tomorrow.

**__Monday, October 7, 2013__** Today, we began a short unit on Trigonometry. We reviewed the Pythagorean Theorem and how to find the measure of the missing angle in a triangle. We then talked about the definitions of the three main trigonometric functions - sin, cos, and tan - and how to find their values from the sides of a right triangle. We will look at how to use these functions to solve problems with right triangles tomorrow.

**__Friday, October 4, 2013__** Today, we had a test on unit 1 - PEMDAS, solving multistep equations, solving literal equations, solving and graphing inequalities, compound inequalities, absolute value equations, and absolute value inequalities.

**__Wednesday, October 2, 2013__** Today, we reviewed two word problems that can be solved with linear equations. We then talked about the topics that will be covered on Friday's unit 1 test and worked on practice problems. Students also received a review worksheet to work on before Friday.

**__Tuesday, October 1, 2013__** Today, we reviewed two more examples of solving compound inequalities. We then looked at how a graphing calculator can be used to solve multistep linear equations. We looked at examples of how to solve these equations by graphing both sides on the calculator and finding the point of intersection.

**__Monday, September 30, 2013__** Today, we worked on a few problems to review solving inequalities, solving compound inequalities, and solving absolute value inequalities. Students then had a quiz on these topics.

**__Friday, September 27, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve absolute value inequalities. Students then worked on practice problems to review solving and graphing inequalities, solving compound inequalities, solving absolute value equations, and solving absolute value inequalities. We will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

**__Thursday, September 26, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve absolute value equations. We then looked at absolute value inequalities and talked about how to solve them by setting up two different inequalities. We walked through a few examples of how to setup the inequalities when the original problem is "greater than" and when the original problem is "less than". We will work on practice problems for inequalities, compound inequalities, absolute value equations, and absolute value inequalities.

**__Wednesday, September 25, 2013__** Today, we began to look at solving absolute value equations. We talked about the definition of the "absolute value" of a number. We then looked at examples of how to solve absolute value equations by setting up two separate linear equations. We also talked about the importance of checking your answers by plugging back in to the original equation.

**__Tuesday, September 24, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve and graph compound inequalities involving "and" and "or." We then worked on word problems related to inequalities. We talked about how to find the important information from a word problem and how to write an equality to correspond to this. We then solved the inequality and talked about what the answer to the inequality means in the context of the problem.

**__Monday, September 23, 2013__** Today, we looked at compound linear inequalities. We first talked about how to write a compound inequality based on a graph. Then, we talked about how to solve and graph a compound linear inequality involving "or" or a compound linear inequality involving "and."

**__Friday, September 20, 2013__** Today, we began to look at linear inequalities. We first talked about how to write an inequality based on a number line graph. Then, we looked at how to solve a linear inequality and graph the solution on a number line. We will continue with more on linear inequalities next week.

**__Thursday, September 19, 2013__** Today, we had a warm-up to review PEMDAS, solving multistep equations, solving literal equations, and solving equations from word problems. We then took a quiz on these topics. We will begin to look at solving inequalities starting tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, September 18, 2013__** Today, we reviewed a few of the word problems from last night's homework. We then worked on review problems to prepare for tomorrow's quiz. The quiz will cover PEMDAS, solving multistep equations, solving literal equations, and solving equations from word problems.

**__Tuesday, September 17, 2013__** Today, we reviewed two more examples of solving literal equations. We then began to work on writing and solving linear equations based on word problems. We did a number of different examples of word problems together. Tomorrow, we will review solving linear equations, solving literal equations, and word problems. We will then have a quiz on these topics on Thursday.

**__Monday, September 16, 2013__** Today, we continued to review multistep and literal equations. We reviewed a number of examples from the worksheet that students worked on from Friday. We will begin to look at word problems tomorrow.

**__Friday, September 13, 2013__** Today, we reviewed a few more examples of solving multistep equations involving fractions or decimals. Then, students worked on a worksheet to practice solving multistep equations and solving literal equations. We will continue with more equation solving next week.

**__Thursday, September 12, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve multistep equations, including those involving fractions. We then began to look at literal equations, and talked about examples of how to solve these equations for one of the variables. We will have more practice on solving multistep and literal equations tomorrow.

**__Wednesday, September 11, 2013__** Today, we reviewed how to solve equations that require only one or two steps. We then talked about the procedure for solving multi-step equations and how it is related to the order of operations. Finally, we worked on a number of different examples of solving multistep equations.

**__Tuesday, September 10, 2013__** Today, we began to look at the different types of numbers and different operations we will work with in Algebra 2. We reviewed some examples of classifying numbers into different sets (integer, natural, rational, irrational, etc.) We then began to look at how to simplify expressions with order or operations. We will continue with order of operations and solving multistep equations tomorrow.

**__Monday, September__ __9,__ __2013__** Today, we reviewed the syllabus for the course - including grading, rules, expectations, and procedures. We then had a discussion about students' expectations for the course, as well as things that they were or were not looking forward to. Finally, we worked on a "pick a number" activity to begin thinking about Algebra.