Friday - Turn in Packet Today

Intermediate Algebra

Factoring

Homework: 

Pg. 295 # 10, 16, 18

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Question
• Notes
• Turn in Packet #9

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice

Today's Focus Questions:

1.  What do you know about factors of x^2+ bx + c when c is positive? When c is negative? What information does the sign of b give you in each case?

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Geometry

Flow Chart Proofs

Homework:

Pg. 237 # 2, 3

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Question
• Notes
• Flow Chart Proof Activity
• Turn in Packet #9

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice

Today's Focus Question

1. What are flow chart proofs?
2. What are the similarities and differences of paragraph proofs and flow chart proofs?

Block Days: Wednesday & Thursday

Intermediate Algebra

Intro to Solving Quadratic Equations

Homework:

Pg. 287 #20, 24, 30

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Question
• Notes
• Practice Problems (Pg. 286 # 4- 9)
  

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice

Today's Focus Question:

1. True or False. (x+3)^2=x^2+3^2. Why? [Note: "^2" means "squared"].
2. DESCRIBE the procedure you would use to solve 5(x+3)^2=12

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Geometry

Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles

Homework:

Pg.231 #4, 5

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes
• Practice Problems
  

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice

Todays' Focus Questions:

1. Give an example (picture) of corresponding parts of triangles and label it.
2. What is CPCTC? When would you use this in proofs?
3. What are the 4 congruent triangle shortcuts? What are the 2 short cuts that do not work?

Tuesday

Intermediate Algebra 

Introduction to Quadratic Functions

Homework:

Pg. 278 #16, 20, 24

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice - See classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Questions:

1. Describe the differences between graphs of linear and quadratic functions.
   
2. How can you determine whether a quadratic function has a minimum or maximum?

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Geometry

More congruent shortcuts

Homework:

Pg. 227 # 1- 5

Assignments:

• Do Now
• Focus Question
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice - see classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Question:

Explain why the short cut AAA (Angle Angle Angle) doesn't always give you congruent triangles.  Provide an example.

Monday

Intermediate Algebra

Ch. 3 Test Revision

Homework:

Pg. 207 #4, 6, 8

Assignment:

• Do Now 
• Ch. 3 Test Revision & Reflection

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice (See classroom bulletin board)

No Focus Questions Today

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Geometry

Congruent Triangle Shortcuts

Homework:

Pg. 222 # 1 - 5

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Question
• Congruent Triangle Shortcut graphic organizer

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice (see classroom bulletin board)

Today's Focus Question:

Explain why the congruent triangle shortcuts, SSS and SAS, work but SSA doesn't always give congruent triangles.

Friday - Turn in Packet Today

Intermediate Algebra

Ch. 3 Test

Homework:

None

Assignment:

• Ch. 3 Test
• Turn in Packet # 8

No Do Now Today

No Focus Questions Today

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Geometry

Exterior Angles of Triangles

Homework:

Pg. 217 #14, 16

Assignments:

• Do Now - CAHSEE Practice
• Focus Question
• Notes - Vocab
• Investigation Pg. 215 - 216
• Exercise problems (1, 2)
• Turn in Packet #8

Today's Do Now:

CAHSEE Practice - see classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Question:

You can find it in your book on Pg. 217 #17

Block Days: Wednesday & Thursday

Intermediate Algebra
Review Ch. 3

Homework:
View Practice Test Here
Prepare Cornell Notes

Assignments:

• Ch. 3 Practice Test

No Do Now
No Focus Questions
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Geometry
Benchmark Exam #1

Homework:
None

Assignment:

• Benchmark Exam #1
• Catch up day

Today's Do Now:
CAHSEE Practice - see classroom bulletin board

No Focus Questions Today

Tuesday

Intermediate Algebra
Systems of Linear Inequalities

Homework:
Pg. 183 # 10, 12, 16

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now:
CAHSEE Practice - see classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Questions:
1. If the coordinates above a boundary make the inequality false, which side of the boundary line should be shaded?
2. Describe a system of linear inequalities that has no solution.
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Geometry
Angle Bisectors & // lines

Homework:
Finish construction worksheet

Assignments:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Investigation: Angle bisector and Parallel Lines constructions
• Construction Worksheet

Today's Do Now:
CAHSEE Practice - see classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Questions:

1. Describe how to construct a duplicate of a triangle.
2. Describe how to construct an angle bisector

Monday

Intermediate Algebra
Linear Inequalities in 2 Variables

Homework:
Pg. 176 #12, 14, 24

Assignments:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now:
CAHSEE practice, see classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Questions:
Pg. 176 #1, 2
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Geometry
Perpendicular Bisector

Homework:
Pg. 149 #1, 2

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Question
• Investigation: pg. 147-148

Today's Do Now:
CAHSEE practice, see classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Question:
Describe in words how to construct a perpendicular bisector of a segment AB.

Friday - Turn in Packet Today

Intermediate Algebra

Solving Systems by Elimination

Homework:

Pg. 169 # 20, 22

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes
• Quiz (Substitution)
• Turn in Packet #7

Today's Do Now:

None - Check Wednesday's night Homework

Today's Focus Questions:

1.  Explain how to solve this system using Elimination:

• 3x - 4y = 3
• 2x + y = -5

2.  When attempting to solve a system by elimination, what are the results for an inconsistent system?  For a dependent system?

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Geometry

Duplicating Segments & Angles

Homework:

Pg. 145 # 1, 4

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Investigation: Pg. 143-144
• Quiz (Angle Measurement)
• Turn in Packet #7

Today's Do Now:

No problems - only check Angle Measurement Exercise Worksheet

Today's Focus Questions:

1.  Explain in words how to construct a copy of an angle?

Block Days: Wednesday & Thursdays

Intermediate Algebra

Solving Systems w/ 3 variables

Homework: 

Pg. 162 # 40, 42, 44

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

Solve the system by substitution

• 4x + 5y = -7
• 3x - 6y = 24

NO Focus Questions:

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Geometry

Angle Measurements

Homework:

Finish Angle Measurement Exercise Worksheet

Assignment:

Angle Measurement Exercise Worksheet

No Do Now problems and No Focus Questions Today

Tuesday

Intermediate Algebra

3.1 Solving Systems by Substitution

Homework:

Pg. 161 # 26, 28, 30

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now: 

Graph the system and find the solution:

• 2x + y = 3
• 3x - 2y = 8

Today's Focus Questions

1.  Explain how to solve the system using substitution

• x - y = -7
• 2x + y = 17

2.  Why is it important to check your solution?

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Geometry

Base Angles of Isosceles Triangle

Homework: 

Pg. 207 #1, 2, 3

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Investigation pg. 205
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

Refer to classroom bulletin board

Today's Focus Questions:

1. Define converse (of a conjecture).

2. Define isosceles triangle

3. Can an equilateral triangle be an isosceles triangle?  Explain.

Monday

Intermediate Algebra

3.1 Solving Systems by Graphing

Homework:
Pg. 161 # 16, 18

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Exploring Graphs of Systems Activity
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

Graph these two equations on the same x and y - axes. At what point do they intersect? x – y = 9 and 2x = 5y

Today's Focus Questions:

1. When can a slope be identified in an equation? (i.e. 4x + 7y = 14)
2. What are the three possible solutions/types of linear equations?
3. How can you find the solution of a system of linear equations by graphing?

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Geometry
Triangle Sum

Homework:
Pg. 202 #8, 9

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Investigation: Triangle Sum pg. 199-200

Today's Do Now:
Click here for the Do Now

Today's Focus Questions:

1. State the Triangle sum conjecture. Provide an example – draw a triangle using straight edge then use your protractor to measure each angle.
2. State the Third Angle.

Friday - Turn in Packet Day

Intermediate Algebra
Ch. 2 Quiz

Homework:
None

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Ch. 2 Quiz
• Turn in Packet #6

Do Now:
Let f(x) = 3x^2 +2 and g(x) = -5x, Find (f o g)(4) and (g o f)(4)

No Focus Questions Today
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Geometry
4.1 Triangle Sum Conjecture

Homework:
Pg. 201 # 2, 5

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Technology Survey
  
• Turn in Packet #6
  

Today's Do Now:
1. Construct a Triangle using a straight edge.

• Measure each angle in the triangle.
• Find the sum of all angles.
  

2. Draw a different Triangle with a straight edge.

• Measure each angle in the triangle.
• Find the sum of all angles
  

3. Compare your answers in #1 and 2, what did you notice?

Today's Focus Questions:

1. State the Triangle sum conjecture. Provide an example – draw a triangle using straight edge then use your protractor to measure each angle.
2. What is an auxiliary line?
3. State the Third Angle.

Block Days: Wednesday & Thursday

Intermediate Algebra
Inverse Functions & Review

Homework:
Finish practice test

Assignment:

• Do Now
  
• Focus Questions
• Notes
• Practice Quiz

Today's Do Now:
If f(x) = (x^2) + 2x and g(x) = 3x, then
1. Find (f o g)(2)
2. Find (g o f)(-2)

Today's Focus Questions
1. Explain what it means for a function to be a one-to-one function?
2. Describe the steps to finding the inverse of y = 4x - 1
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Geometry
Ch. 2 Test

Homework:
None

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Chapter 2 Test - Reasoning in Geometry

Today's Do Now:
Refer to class bulletin board

No Focus Questions Today

Tuesday

Intermediate Algebra

Composition of Functions

Homework: pg. 115 # 38, 44

Assignment: 

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

If f(x) = (x^2) - 1 and g(x) =  2x - 3, find f + g and f * g (f times g)

Today's Focus Questions:

1.  Explain how to find f(g(x)) given f(x) = 4x - 7 and g(x) = (2x^2) +4

2.  When finding a composition of two functions, what are you doing to the functions?

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Geometry

Review Day 2

Homework:

Prepare your Cornell Notes - It must have all 3 parts.  Study for the test.

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Practice Test Review Solutions

Today's Do Now:

Refer to the classroom bulletin board.

No Focus Questions Today

Monday - Minimum Day

Intermediate Algebra
Operations w/ Functions

Homework: pg. 115 #16, 22

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions (continued from Friday)
• Presentations
• Practice Problems

Today's Do Now:

Simplify each expression:
1. (x - 2) + (x + 5)
2. (3x + 4) - (2x - 6)
3. (x + 2)(x - 3)
4. (10x^2)/(-2x)
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Geometry
Review

Homework:
Practice Test # 6 - 11 (Download below)

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Download Chapter 2 Practice Test (Download will take a moment, be patient)
  

Today's Do Now: Practice Test # 1

No Focus Questions Today

Friday - Turn in Packet Day

Intermediate Algebra

Operations w/ Functions

Homework:

Pg. 115 # 14, 20

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Operations w/ Functions Activity
• Turn in Packet #5

Today's Do Now

1. Simplify this exponential expression: [-2(x^2)(y^3)/x(y^5)]^-2 {Note: "^" means "to the power of"}
CAHSEE Practice:
2. Which equals : (2)^-4
a. -8 b. -1/16 c. 1/16 d. 1/8
3. 10^-2/10^-4 = ? a. 10^-6 b. 10^-2 c. 10^2 d. 10^8

Today's Focus Questions

1. Describe how to add and subtract 2 functions.
2. Describe how to multiply and divide 2 functions.

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Geometry

The Parallel Lines Conjecture

Homework:

Pg. 131 # 9, 10

Assignment:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Investigation: Is the Converse True? (& Practice Problems)

Today's Do Now Click Here to Download

(Download takes a short while to load before link appears - be patient!)

Today's Focus Questions:

1. Can 
the 
Parallel 
Line 
Conjecture 
be 
used
 on 
two 

lines that are not parallel and
 cut
 by 
a 
transversal? 

Why
 or 
why 
not?
 


Block Days: Wednesday & Thursdays

Intermediate Algebra

Intro to Functions

Homework:

Pg. 109 # 44, 46, 48

Assignments:

• Do Now
• Focus Questions
• Notes

Today's Do Now:

Refer to Classroom Bulletin Board

Today's Focus Questions:

1.  Define the domain and range of a function.

2.  Describe how the vertical line test can determine if a relationship is a function or not.

3.  How would this relationship: y = 5x - 7 be written in function notation?

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Geometry

Special Parallel Angles

Homework:  

Pg. 130 #7

Assignments:

• Do Now 
• Focus Questions
• Notes
• Investigation 

Today's Do Now:

Pg. 122 #3

Today's Focus Questions:

1. State the Parallel Lines conjecture and provide your own example.
2. Describe 2 observations of the relationship between alternate interior angles and alternate exterior angles.
3. Can alternate interior angles be found in a parallelogram? Show an example.