Algebra+I_Poppie+Fall+2013

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5/23

Review for the Final. This is your last chance folks!! You need to do some of the review this weekend if you have any hope of finishing it. And you MUST finish it if you plan on using your notecard for the test. Study study study guys. Finish STRONG!



5/21

Test! Best of luck to you all!

5/20

Test tomorrow!! Do the Review and you will be ready! Good Luck!

5/16

More Practice Factoring. In case it isn't clear - FACTORING IS HARD!!!! That is why we have been practing so much. Hopefully you have been keeping up with the homework and practicing on your own. The homework for tonight is yet another chance to do that. Enjoy the weekend!

5/14

Even more practice with factoring. Know how to solve once in factored form by using the Zero Product Property. Homework is another worksheet. Print from here if need another copy.

5/13

More practice with factoring. Today everyone got an Awesome Cheat Sheet from Mrs.Poppie about how to do each of the three types of Factoring Methods. Homework will help you practice these, and decide which one is best for you! It is a Worksheet

5/9

<span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> work on learning how to Factor Quadratic Equations. Today we learned 2 more methods to help us wioth this - the Box Method and Ms. Poppie's Method. To practice WHICHEVER method you like the best, try one or all on the Homework - pg 792 in the book, #s 31-54. Have a nice weekend.

5/7

New Unit! Today we begin working on Factoring Quadratic Equations. We learned the first method of factoring today - Grouping. We will learn at least 3 different ways to Factor. The one that works best for you will be different for each student. For Homework - do the worksheet to practice Multiplying Polynomials. You must be good at this to master Factoring. Please make sure you are present for every class for the rest of this semester. This material is very hard, and you don't want to miss any notes if you plan on doing well.

5/6

NWEA testing.

5/2

Test on Unit 8 - Exponents. Do your best, and have a nice weekend! HW: Ch. 10 Extra Practice #1 - 22

4/30

Review in class for the Test on Friday. Make sure you have your foldable on Exponent Rules for the Test. Good Luck!

4/29

Group Test - to prepare everyone for your individual test this Friday. The review for this test is the Chapter 8 test on pg 493 - #1-30. If you can do all these problems, you will do well on the test.

4/25

Exponential Growth and Decay. Today we learned how to graph Exponential Functions to represent real life situations of growth and decay/depreciation. Sections 8.6 and 8.7 will be due next Tuesday. Test on this Unit next Friday, May 2.

4/23

Today we learned how to Exponential Functions. Practice this skill with the Homework: Section 8.3

4/22

White Board review of past content in this unit. We will move onto section 8.6 tomorrow. Be ready for a test next week and keep up with the Homework to prepare for it. No new Homework tonight.

4/11

Short lesson on Rational Exponents and Radical Expressions, and how to transfer between the two. Homework: a very short Worksheet to help you get better at this. <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> in class or in Reach so your free of math for break!! ENJOY YOUR BREAK!

4/9

Today we learned Scientific Notation. This is used for very large numbers and very small numbers. Write Scientific Notation with a first number that is between 1 and 10. This number is then multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power. So, 139,000 becomes 1.39 x 10 to the 5th power. Homework: Section 8.5, due Friday with Section 8.4.

4/8

Section 8.4 - Division Properties of Exponents. When multiplying Exponents with the same base, we add the exponents - so to Divide Expoenents with the same base, we just Subtract!! Subtract the exponent on the bottom of the fraction from the one on the top. Homework: Section 8.4 is due Friday.

4/4

Section 8.2 - Negative Exponents and terms to the power of Zero. When a term has a negative Exponent, move it to the other side of the fraction bar and make the exponent positive. Any non-zero term to the power of zero equals one. Homework: Section 8.2, due tuesday. Have a nice weekend!!

4/1

New Unit! In Section 8 we begin using Exponential Functions. Today we made a foldable that we will continue to <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> in the next few weeks. This will be very important for your notes on this Unit. Homework: Section 8.1, pg 446, 13-45 odd, 51-61 odd, 63, 65-69.

3/26

TEST!! Good Luck, do your best!

3/24

White-board review for the test. Do all the problems in thsi packet and you will be very prepared for the Unit Test on Wednesday. Good Luck!

__3/17__ More math review today. Also Homework to review for the Unit test after TCAP. This Homework is on page 557, #1-33 all. __3/13, 3/14__ More Whiteboard review. No Homework. Have a nice weekend.

__3/12__ Whiteboard review of current and previous math concepts. Section 9.8 is due Friday.

__3/10, 3/11__ Quadratic Inequalities. These are solved the same as Quadratic Equations except that y is less than or greater than the other side. The hardest part about these is knowing which way to shade (inside or outside the parabola) on the graph. Keep your Quadratic Inequality Foldable and notes handy for homework and tests! Homework: Section 9.8, due Friday.

__3/6, 3/7__ The Quadratic Formula! Solving Quadratic Equations by using the Quadratic Formula. Solving with the Quadratic Formula gives us the roots of the Quadratic Equation, or the location (coordinates) of the solution. Homework Section 9.6

__3/5__ The Discriminant tells us how many solutions there are to a given Quadratic Equation. If the Discriminant is positive, there are two real solutions. If it is Zero there is one real solution. If the Discriminant is negative, there are no real solutions. Homework Section 6.7 __3/3, 3/4__

Using a Graph to check the solutions of a Quadratic Equation. Homework: Section 9.5. This is due Friday.

__2/19, 2/20__ 9.4 Graphing Quadratic Functions HW: 9.3

__2/17,2/18__ 9.3 Simplifying Radicals HW: 9.3 due 2/21

__2/13, 2/14__

Solving Quadratic Equations by finding <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> roots. Homework: Section 9.2. Have an awesome weekend!!

__2/12__

Still working on 9.1. As well as learning how to graph and solve Quadratic Equations on the <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">. <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> Homework Section 9.1 due Thursday/Friday.

__2/10, 2/11__

Beginning of the new Section - 9.1. Know the difference between <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> of a number and it's Square Root. Also know what these terms mean: Positive Square Root, Negative Square Root, Radical & Radicand. Homework Section 9.1, due Thursday/Friday

__2/6, 2/7__

Test!! Good Luck! Don't forget to do the worksheet for Homework over the weekend. Enjoy the powder!!

Review of the methods we can use to solve Linear Systems - Graphing, Substitution or Elimination. Take home review packet. This is Homework and will prepare you for the test. Study Hard!

__2/3, 2/4__ Learn how to Graph Systems of Linear Inequalities. Linear Inequalities on a graph have shaded areas as a solution. Solutions for a System of Linear Inequalities have overlapping shaded areas. The part that overlaps is the solution of the system. Homework: Section 7.6. There will be a review for the test on wednesday. The test is Thursday/Friday!! Know the three methods of solving Linear Systems - Graphing, Substitution and Elimination (Linear Combinations). Also know how the systems change when they are Inequalities instead of Equalities. If you understand all this, you'll do great!

__1/29/14__ More work with word problems. <span style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: inline !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> Homework 7.4

__1/27, 1/28__

Continued talking about Systems of Equations and the best way to solve them - Graphing, Substitution or Elimination - especially when there are word problems. Homework - Section 7.4.

__1/23, 1/24__

Section 7.5. Learn the difference between Consistent and Inconsistent Systems. In Consistent Systems, there are Independent and Dependent Systems. Homework - Section 7.5

**__1/22/14__****Graphing HW sheet: questions.****Notes: 7.3 Elimination Method.****HW: 7.3 due Fri. 1/24**
 * Alg. I Review packet: last chance to turn in is Feb. 1

__1/17/14__NWEA Testing. Worksheet to take home, Due Tues/Wed.

__1/15/14__More Practice with 7.2

__1/14/14__Section 7.2, practice in class. HW section 7.2

__1/10/14__HW questions (7.1)Packet: Algebra 1 Review

__1/8/14__(Substitute)Packet: Algebra 1 Review

__1/6/14__Notes: 7.1 Graphing Method of Solving Systems of Equations.HW: 7.1 due Fri. 1/10