Announcements

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SUMMER BREAK
Fall semester begins Monday Sept. 7, 2009
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Sep 3, 2008

Wednesday

Intermediate Algebra:
Tables & Graphs of Linear Equations


Homework:

Give an example of something with a linear relationship. Be creative! Explain why the relationship is linear.

Assignments:
  • Write Now
  • Focus Questions
  • Notes
Today's Write Now:
1. What comes to mind when you hear linear relationship (in a math class)?
2. Explain everything you know about the relationship between table, graphs, and linear equations.

Today's Focus Questions:
1. Give a real life example that has a linear relationship
2. What would the equation for this relationship look like? Its graph?
3. What strategies do you use to graph a line? Why is this method effective for you?
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GEOMETRY
Geometry in Nature & in Art


Homework:

Finish Focus Questions

Assignments:
  • Write Now
  • Focus Questions
  • Notes
  • Symmetry Activity (pg. 5 #4 & 6)
Today's Write Now:
1. Explain what is geometry to you.
2. Where can you find geometry?
3. Who uses geometry?
4. Why do you think we study geometry?

Today's Focus Questions:

1. Name two objects from nature whose shapes are hexagonal.
2. Describe some ways that artists use geometry.
3. What type of symmetry has only one line of symmetry? Name 3 objects with one line of symmetry