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Class Syllabus for Your Reference

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Testing Out More Challenging Radical Equations and Testing the Field with Four MCAS Open-Response Questions

Home Nugget #17
Assigned on Thursday March 31, 2011
Due on Monday April 4, 2011

In Algebra I text,

Page 544 # 35 - 42

Page 545 # 50 - 53 and 63 - 66

ALSO

From Handout, problems 22, 28, 29, 39 (MCAS open-response questions)

All work to be completed neatly on separate sheet of paper(s)

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Solving Radical Equations - Any Surprises in Store?

Home Nugget #15
Assigned on Tuesday March 29, 2011
Due on Thursday March 31, 2011 (Parent Conferences are scheduled for tomorrow)

In Algebra I text,

Page 544 # 23 - 28, 43 - 49

Page 545 # 54 - 56

Monday, March 28, 2011

Asserting Mastery of Radical Operations

Home Nugget #14
Assigned on Monday March 28, 2011
Due on Tuesday March 29, 2011


In Algebra I text,

Page 539 # 32 - 43

Friday, March 25, 2011

Simplifying Radical Expressions with Analogous Operations

Home Nugget #13
Assigned on Friday March 25, 2011
Due on Monday March 28, 2011


In Algebra I text,

Page 532 # 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38

Page 538 # 1 - 10

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Chapter 9 Assessments

Home Nugget #12
Assigned on Thursday March 24, 2011
Due on Friday March 25, 2011

All problems from sheet titled Chapter 9 Test Form 2C

10 problems will be graded and lesson will count as a 20 point quiz grade.

Make sure to submit all solutions on test sheet and all work/evidence on separate paper.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Simplifying Radical Expressions

Home Nugget #11
Assigned on Tuesday March 22, 2011
Due on Thursday March 24, 2011 (ELA MCAS on Wed.)

In Algebra I text,

Page 531 # 1 - 7

Page 532 # 8 - 16

Monday, March 21, 2011

Questions Spanning Chapters 1 - 9

Home Nugget #10
Assigned on Monday March 21, 2011
Due on Tuesday March 22, 2011

In Algebra I text,

Page 522 and 523

Numbers 1 - 12

Friday, March 18, 2011

Exponential Change: Growth and Decay

Home Nugget #9
Assigned on Friday March 18, 2011
Due on Monday Monday March 21, 2011

In Algebra I text,

Page 512 # 1 - 4

Page 520 # 41 - 45

&

study for a summative assessment on chapter 9 (quadratic and exponential functions)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Giving Students What they Need: Practice Galore with Solving Quadratic Functions/Equations

Home Nugget #8
Assigned on Wednesday March 16, 2011
Due on Friday March 18, 2011

In Algebra I textbook,

Page 735 lesson 9 - 2 # 16, 22

lesson 9 - 3 # 5, 6, 14, 21

Page 736 lesson 9 - 4 # 11, 14

# 21, 22, 23

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

After a Day of Intense Problem-Solving: An Evening with MCAS Open-Response Questions

Home Nugget #7
Assigned on Tuesday March 15, 2011
Due on Wednesday March 16, 2011

MCAS Open-Response Questions

From 2006 #39

From 2007 # 9

Friday, March 11, 2011

Practice Problems from Ch. 9 Covering Solving Quadratics from Graphing to the Formula

Home Nugget #6 of the 4th Term
Assigned on Friday March 11, 2011
Due on Monday March 14, 2011

In Algebra I text,

Page 518 # 13 - 20, 26

Page 519 # 29 - 33, 38 - 40

Thursday, March 10, 2011

More Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula

Home Nugget #5
Assigned on Thursday March 10
Due on Friday March 11

In Algebra I text

Page 497 # 16 - 19, 21 - 22, 26 - 28

Page 498 # 35 - 38

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

More MCAS Open-Response Questions

Home Nugget #4
Assigned on Wednesday March 9, 2011
Due on Thursday March 10, 2011


Given the extent of our conversations about your recent open-response attempts, tonight's efforts should reflect your newly found understanding of what it takes to earn a 4 on these problems.

From 2006 8th grade MCAS

problems 28 and 29

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Completing the Square - Mercifully, An Alternative to Graphing

Home Nugget #3
Assigned on Tuesday March 8, 2011
Due on Wednesday March 9, 2011

In Algebra I text,

Page 489 # 14 - 19 and 26 - 31

Page 490 # 35, 36, 38, 39

Monday, March 7, 2011

Term 4 Begins in Earnest - We Keep Plugging Away at Quadratic Functions by Graphin

Home Nugget #2 of the 4th Term
Assigned on Monday March 7, 2011
Due on Tuesday March 8, 2011


In Algebra I text,

Page 476 # 39 - 41

Page 477 # 44 - 46

Page 483 # 1 - 5 and 13 - 17

Friday, March 4, 2011

First Nugget of the 4th Marking Term

Home Nugget #1
Assigned on Friday March 4, 2011
Due on Monday March 7, 2011


With our conversations about strategies for answering open-response questions in mind,

attempt:

Problems 9 and 22 from the 2006 8th grade MCAS

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Graphing Quadratic Functions Using a Host of Strategies

Home Nugget # 29
Assigned on Thursday March 3, 2011
Due on Friday March 4, 2011

From Practice Sheet from Lesson 9-1

Problems 1- 13

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Graphing Quadratic Functions Chapter 9 - 1

Home Nugget #28
Assigned on Tuesday March 1, 2011
Due on Thursday March 3, 2011

The assignment is being spread out over the course of two days because many of the 8th graders were on a field trip to the House of Blues today. This caused a shift in our lesson sequence.

In Algebra I text,

Page 475 # 5 - 9

Page 476 # 26, 27