How To Access Your Algebra I Text Online

The website for our text is Algebra1.com and the code for accessing our book online is E369489470

Class Syllabus for Your Reference

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Scatterplots and Lines of Fit

Home Nugget #20
Assigned on Tuesday December 18, 2012
Due on Thursday December 20, 2012

In Algebra I text,

Page 230

# 1 - 7

# 15 - 17

Monday, December 17, 2012

Entering the Final Week of the 2nd Term

Home Nugget #19
Assigned on Monday December 17, 2012
Due on Tuesday December 18, 2012

Expect and prepare for two quizzes tomorrow:
a. The first is on your class notes for the 2nd term
b. The second is on how fluent you are in speaking the language of linear equations

Thursday, December 13, 2012

As We Edge Towards the Brink of Chapter 4, We Take Time to Look Back at Content

Home Nugget # 18
Assigned on Thursday December 13, 2012
Due on Monday December 17, 2012

In Algebra I textbook,

Page 243 # 11 - 15

Page 244 # 25 - 28 and # 34 - 36

Page 245 # 39 - 41 and # 43 - 47

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Adding a Third Equation to Our Repertoire of Ways to Define a Line Symbolically

Home Nugget #17
Assigned on Tuesday December 11, 2012
Due on Thursday December 13, 2012

From sheet titled 4-5 Practice

# 2 - 20 even

# 22 - 27 all

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Myriad Ways to Write the Equation for a Line

Home Nugget #16
Assigned on Friday December 7,  2012
Due on Tuesday December 11,  2012

In order to get a renewed perspective on standard form and slope-intercept form AND to get an introduction to point-slope form, watch the Khan Academy links I've posted below. View the clips as often as needed to come to a good understanding of at least how to write the equations and their most basic use. Doing so will make your exploration of lesson 4-5 on Monday much easier to digest and give you a broader perspective of why its useful to have multiple views in mathematics.

Video on Standard Form

Video on Changing from one Form of a Linear Equation to Another

Video on Point Slope Form

In addition to the videos above, you will see other videos and practice exercises posted as well on the site itself. Decide how many many of them are relevant to you.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Acknowledging That the "Real" World is Always on Our Doorstep

Home Nugget #15
Assigned on Monday December 3, 2012
Due on Friday December 8, 2012

Answer all questions posed in the two media clips I provided to you in class today titled "Walking the Equator" and "Leap Year Births." The lesson will be graded according to the following familiar criteria and will be counted in the Journal category of your term grade, meaning it carries significant weight.

a. Comprehensiveness (all problems completed)

b. Context (appropriate synopsis, relevant information to understand the problem)

c. Transparency (all evidence/explanations clearly shared for solutions)

d. Accuracy/Precision

e. Presentation (the writing and organization always augment, not detract, from the content you are communicating)