Chapters 5 and 6 are on the Menu: So is an Independent Study for Half the Class on Lesson 11-2

Home Nugget #13
Assigned on Tuesday May 29, 2012

Part I due on Wednesday May 30, 2012 (for the half of the class that was assigned the lesson)

Read, synthesize and take notes on lesson 11-2 in your Algebra I text and prepare a mini-lesson that you can teach a classmate, without the use of the textbook as a resource.

Part II due on Friday June 1, 2012


Chapter 5 Page 286 # 13, 14, 18, 19, 23, 28, 29, 34

Chapter 6 Page 347 # 12, 13, 19, 20, 24, 26, 30, 32, 35, 42, 47, 50

Continuing Our Lesson by Lesson Review Work

Home Nugget #12
Assigned on Thursday May 24, 2012
Due on Tuesday May 28, 2012 (no school Monday)

Chapter 3

Starting on Page 178

# 15 - 19

# 21 - 24

# 29 - 32

Chapter 4

Starting on Page 243

# 11 - 14

# 19 - 21

# 34 - 37

# 41 - 44

# 54 - 55

As we did for Chapter 2, I'll select 10 questions to grade for accuracy and count it as a 10-point quiz. Given that this is a review or refresher, the expectation is that you are striving for accuracy.

With the Final Exams Looming in June, We Begin to Look Back at This Year's Content

Home Nugget #11
Assigned on Tuesday May 22, 2012
Due on Thursday May 233, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 131 - 134

# 8 - 52 Chapter 2 Lesson-by-lesson Review

Selected questions will be assessed as a quiz grade

From Mini-Coopers to Homer Simpson: Similarity in Mathematics and Beyond

Home Nugget #10
Assigned on Monday May 21, 2012
Due on Tuesday May 22, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 571 Practice Test

# 20 - 25 ( # 1 - 19) were previously assigned

This indicates that we are ready for a chapter 20 summative assessment

Solutions for the Open-Response Questions

For those of you who care to check your solutions to the six MCAS open-response questions I left for you on Friday, you can find them here at the following link.

MCAS SOLUTIONS

Home Nugget #9
Assigned on Friday May 11, 2012 (in my absence)
Due on Monday May 14, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 568 - 570 Lesson by Lesson Review # 9 - 48

Realizing that the Distance Formula is Simply a Derivation of the Pythagorean Theorem Where We've Solved for "c"

Home Nugget # 8
Assigned on Thursday May 10, 2012
Due on Friday May 11, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 557 # 18 - 20

Page 558 # 21 - 23, 26, 28, 30, 36

Applications of the Curious Relationship Among the Sides of a Right Triangle

Home Nugget #7
Assigned on Tuesday May 8, 2012
Due on Thursday May 10. 2012

From sheet titled "10-4 Practice Sheet"

# 1 - 11 odd

# 12 - 16 even

# 18 - 21 odd

Applications of Radical Expressions and Equations: the Pythagorean Theorem

Home Nugget #6
Assigned on Friday May 4, 2012
Due on Tuesday May 8, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 552 # 5 - 9, # 22 - 29

Page 553 # 36 - 40

Being Convinced of WHY We're MCAS-Focused, We Turn to HOW to be Successful with Open-Response Questions in Particular

Home Nugget #5
Assigned on Thursday May 3, 2012
Due on Friday May 4, 2012

Two parts:

A. Work through olympiad #22 with our usual focus on process and pathways so that we feel good about sharing solutions with our classmates.

B. Finish remaining MCAS Open-Response problems (likely to be # 29 on the cylindrical water tanks and # 39 on the 3 part Venn Diagram). We'll grade these first thing tomorrow.

A Good Time to Check Our Progress with Radical Expressions and Equations

Home Nugget #4
Assigned on Wednesday May 2, 2012
Due on Thursday May 3, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 548 Mid-chapter quiz ALL problems

Will count as a 20 point quiz

Solving Radical Equations with a Cautious Eye on Extraneous Solutions

Home Nugget #3
Assigned on Tuesday May 1, 2012
Due on Wednesday May 2, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 544

# 29 - 32

# 33 - 41

# 43 - 46