get off the internet.

if you are on my homework site right now, then you are sitting at a computer. if you are sitting at a computer, you are most likely not studying!!!

so get away from your computer and start studying. finals are tomorrow and friday. that means you better be studying like crazy. study your UNIT 3 review. you need to know it!! also, don't forget to get a parent signature on it.

2nd period: i'll see you tomorrow morning from 8:10 - 11:30.

1st and 3rd period: i'll see you friday.

tutorial: tomorrow before school and after school.

notebook check.

the last notebook check of the semester is tomorrow. make sure all of your UNIT 3 papers are in order! you should have copied down the table of contents during class.

exam schedule for next week:

thursday: 2nd and 4th

friday: 1st and 3rd

classwork to homework.

if you did not finish the classwork today (parallelogram worksheet), you need to have it finished by class tomorrow. you will be turning it in for a grade.

tomorrow is the very last day to get points for the class competition! bring in cannned food for points AND come to tutorial for points as well!!! it's a close race to the finish!

no homework this week :)

due to a lot of you having EOCT's this week in Biology and Literature, we will not be giving homework assignments.

take this time to practice whatever math concepts you're struggling with. i have helpful websites listed on the right. click on these to get extra practice! also, you can google any concepts to find additional resources.

you have until thursday to bring in cans for the canned food drive. remember, for each can you bring in, i'll give you 2 stickers towards the class competition.

four centers.

on friday, we talked more about the 4 centers of the triangles: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, and orthocenter.

study your flashcards because on monday you will have a "pop quiz" over these terms!

new vocab.

homework...10 flashcards of the following vocabulary words:

median

angle bisector

perpendicular bisector

altitude

centroid

incenter

circumcenter

orthocenter

incircle

circumcircle

front of flashcard: word/picture

back of flashcard: definition

study for your "show me what you know..."!!! this is our 2nd to last quiz of the semester!

congrats to 2nd period for winning this week's competition. you brought in over 25 cans for the food drive!!

prove it.

today we learned how to write a two-column proof! we learned the most basic way to write proofs. as you get into harder math classes, these proofs will get much more advanced.

homework...in your textbook: p. 254 #15 and 16

write the reason for each of the statements of the proof.

all decorated for Christmas.

thanks to everyone who helped decorate my classroom for Christmas!!! i think we win the award for the most festive classroom :)

proudly decorating his first tree...
hanging the lights...snowflakes on the ceiling...santa with the red and green tree...decorating every little bit of my classroom...
taping up the origami christmas trees...

more practice with congruency.

homework: congruent triangles WS #1-19 odd.

we will spend one more day on this, and then we will move on to centers of triangles!

congruent triangles.

today we took notes on congruent triangles. if you had trouble with this, please look at the website i posted on the right under UNIT 3 practice.

HW: Congruent Triangles WS #10-15

don't forget to bring in canned goods for the NHS canned food drive.

thanks to everyone who came to help decorate my classroom for Christmas!! i'll put up those pictures tomorrow!!!

be thankful.

happy thanksgiving! take time today to be thankful. i'm thankful for each one of you!!!

"give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever." psalm 107:1

some of you wanted to know how to make a turkey out of paper (like we did in class on tuesday)...here's the origami site: turkey origami

lots of triangle theorems.

tomorrow you will have a quiz on the triangle theorems we've discussed (so far).

1. triangle sum theorem

2. triangle inequality theorem

3. side-angle inequality theorem

4. exterior-angle theorem

make sure you have completed your review of triangle theorems. we will review for a little bit, and then you will take the "show me what you know..."

side-angle inequality.

we discussed another triangle theorem today: side-angle inequality...large side is opposite large angle. small side is opposite small angle.

5.5 practice #2-8 even: write the sides and angles in order from smallest to largest.

congrats to 1st period for winning this week's class competition!!! great job attending tutorial and solving the weekly challenge problem. (and thanks allyssa for the expo markers!) you all will have 15 minutes of free time during class and will be given a special treat!

triangle inequalities.

after working with AngLegs yesterday, we answered the question: can any 3 legs make a triangle? our answer was "NO!"

we discovered the triangle inequality theorem which says that the sum of two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side.

for homework, you are practicing using the triangle inequality theorem...

HW: triangle inequalities #1-10 (front) and #1-7 (back)

polygon comic book.

just wanted to share one of the comic books that a group did on the computer! enjoy!!

now to triangles.

for those who didn't turn in their comic books, you must turn them in tomorrow. you will be deducted points for it being late.

tomorrow we will be focus in on triangles. all week we will look at theorems involving triangles. you will know everything about triangles by the time we're finished :)

"the adventures of Poly Gon."

this weekend, you need to be working on your polygon comic books! be creative with your polygon superhero!!! talk to your group members over the weekend to make sure you're getting everything finished! here's the assignment...

The Plot: Draw a comic book about a superhero named "Poly Gon" who lives on the planet "Geometry." An evil villain named "Non Poly" is trying to destroy everything on the planet that looks like Poly Gon and ultimately wants to defeat Poly Gon once and for all. Poly Gon must use his super powers to save himself and his beloved planet Geometry.

Page 1: The Superhero Draw the superhero and describe what the superhero looks like.

Page 2: The Power Describe the super power he possesses.

Page 3: The Villain Draw the villain and describe what the villain looks like.

Page 4: The Destruction Explain the different objects that Non Poly destroys. This leads him to Poly Gon.

Page 5: The Attack Describe how Poly Gon uses his powers to attack Non Poly and to then defeat him.

Page 6: The End Describe how life on planet Geometry is now.

Important: Your comic book must be creative, neat, and colored. You must use the following vocabulary words somewhere in your dialogue in order to receive maximum credit:

1. Angle

2. Side

3. Polygon

4. Regular Polygon

5. Irregular Polygon

6. Convex Polygon

7. Concave Polygon

8. Interior Angles

9. Exterior Angles

10. Congruent

what's your angle?

homework: polygon review worksheet and study for your "show me what you know..."

you need to know how to find the sum of interior/exterior angles and how to find the measure of one interior/exterior angle. study, study, study!! this is the first quiz of UNIT 3, and i want all of you to do great! practice finding the angles of triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, nonagons, decagons, ...

congrats to 3rd period for winning this week's class competition. you won because of all those points you got for having the highest test average on the UNIT 2 test! way to go!

the first person to answer this question (by commenting on this blog or e-mailing me) will get candy tomorrow: how many sides does a megagon have?

interior and exterior.

we continued working with polygons today and discovered the formulas for one interior angle of a regular polygon, the sum of exterior angles of a polygon, and one exterior angle of a regular polygon.

1st period: 5.7 practice #10-23

2nd & 3rd period: 5.7 practice #19-29

i will have tutorial tomorrow after school. please plan on staying in order to review for your "show me what you know..." on friday.

poly, poly, polygons.

today we started UNIT 3...our final unit of the semester! we took notes on polygons and discovered the formula for the sum of interior angles.

homework: 5.7 practice #1-9

since we did not have tutorial today after school (i had to coach the first swim meet of the season), you can come tomorrow after school for tutorial!

and now we begin UNIT 3.

homework: UNIT 2 standards packets (each of you received a standards packet with worksheets involving the standards you did not master on the retest.)

UNIT 3 starts tomorrow! this is our final UNIT of Math 1A. you'll be doing UNIT 4, 5, and 6 next semester!

UNIT 3 is a fresh start. it's a geometry unit. we'll be working with polygons this week and then looking more specifically at triangles next week.

tomorrow you'll get a new table of contents, a new seat in the classroom, and a new UNIT 3 standards checklist. finish this semester strong!!!

retest on monday.

if you did not master each of the UNIT 2 standards, you will be retesting on monday. make sure you finish your try again, try again (test corrections). study your test...learn from your mistakes! you will only be retesting the standards that you did not master.

test day = no homework :)

tomorrow you'll be getting your tests back!! we will be going over them and making test corrections.

congrats to 2nd period for winning the weekly class competition!! you will have some free time tomorrow and will be getting a special treat!

reviewing UNIT 2.

for homework, do MM1A2 e #1-18. this standard, which involves rational expressions, should be the freshest on your mind since we just finished covering it! look at your notes, handouts, and homeworks to complete these problems.

we are out of school tomorrow because of election day! please take some time tomorrow to study for your UNIT 2 Test on thursday. work out problems from MM1A2 a-d for extra practice.

happy halloween.

1st and 2nd period: UNIT 2 review packet...do #1-9 for MM1A2 c. if you finish all 13 of those problems for our pink standard, you'll get extra credit. however, do not move on in the packet! stick with those first 3 standards (we did MM1A2 a and MM1A2 b in class). practice, practice, practice. click on the links on the right to get extra practice with radicals and polynomials!

3rd period: you technically do not have homework since you won the class competition! BUT i would STRONGLY suggest that you also work on those first 3 standards. i know you want to get a good grade on the test, so put in that extra effort :)

hope everyone has a great weekend dressing up in fun costumes and trick-or-treating!!! if you get sick off candy and can't eat it anymore, donate it to my candy jar :)

and now UNIT 2 is complete.

we finished learning the last concept of UNIT 2 (adding/subtracting rational expressions), so the next few days we will be reviewing UNIT 2. UNIT 2 involved lots of algebra: polynomials, radical expressions, and rational expressions. we covered 7 Georgia Performance Standards in this UNIT. when we test on thursday, you are expected to master each of these standards.

homework: 5 problems from the board (adding/subtracting rational expressions with binomials or special products in the denominator). you should have copied these during class!!!

3rd period won this week's class competition!!! great job solving the weekly challenge problem and coming to tutorial!

"smush" the denominators together.

today we worked on adding/subtracting rational expressions with "unlike" denominators. the secret to getting like denominators: smooooosh those denominators together!

HW: p. 173 #13, 14, 18 and p. 174 #7, 8 , 9

kind of like fractions.

today we took notes on adding and subtracting rational expressions. in your textbook, do p. 173 #1-6 and p. 174 #1-3. each of these have "like" denominators.

change of tutorial hours: i was not able to have tutorial today due to a meeting after school. i will have tutorial tomorrow after school. please plan on coming!

looking ahead: UNIT 2 Test on thursday, november 4.

products and quotients.

on the multiplying/dividing rational expressions worksheet, finish any problems that you did not do in your stations. simplify alllll the way. don't forget for dividing: keep, change, flip.

also, this week is national drug-free week. SADD is asking that students wear pink tomorrow in support of this!

review those rationals.

homework: review of rationals. you get to choose any 10 problems from the review worksheet that you want to do. any extras that you do will be extra credit.

we will review the first half of class, so please come with any questions you have. after we review, you will take your "show me what you know..."!

2nd period won this week's class competition! they did an excellent job of turning in lots and lots of homework!!! congrats to every class for solving the weekly challenge problem. so, so smart :)

special products.

on the back of our notes handout (notes: special products-rational expressions) do #4-12.

tomorrow i have tutorial in the morning at 7:30am and also after school. please plan on coming to one (or both!) tutorial sessions to get help on simplifying rational expressions.

simplifying rationals.

homework tonight is to completely finish the simplifying rationals worksheet. a lot of you came to tutorial today and already finished it!

we will continue practicing this tomorrow, and then we will move on to multiplication and division of rational expressions on thursday.

see you tomorrow!

candy corn bingo.

on friday, we played candy corn bingo in class to review simplifying radicals. i called out square root problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. after students simplified the square root, they looked to see if it was on their bingo board. if they had it, they placed a candy corn over the box!

hope you had a great weekend. no homework (unless you had make-up work!)

what an interesting day...

1st and 2nd period: p. 144 #2-14 even, 20-24 even --- tomorrow we will have a "show me what you know..." over square roots. we will review for a little bit, so please come to class with specific questions.

thank you 2nd period for entertaining ms. weekes and me allllll day long! you were a lot of fun and had great attitudes through it all. some of you (notice i didn't say all of you) have great singing/dancing talent :) we were quite impressed!! see you again tomorrow (hopefully only from 9:46-11:16)!!!

3rd period: well, i guess you don't have any homework since i didn't ever get to see you...just study for the quiz tomorrow!!

since tutorial was cancelled today, you can come tomorrow morning at 7:30am.

outsmart the test.

today, we reviewed division of radicals. then we took some time to look at how to "outsmart" multiple choice tests (you'll be taking the Unit 2 test in a few weeks!). since multiple choice tests have the correct answer staring you right in the face, you need to be a smart test taker and be able to get rid of wrong answers (known as "distractors"). we worked on practicing with calculators to narrow down multiple choice answers for problems dealing with square roots. good testing techniques will help you on EOCT's, PSAT's, SAT's, ACT's, etc.

1st and 2nd period: do #1-10 on the back of the Radical Multiple Choice WS.

3rd period: #10-18 divide square roots

rationalize.

1st and 2nd period: #10-18 (divide square roots). simplify all the way. rationalize the denominator if necessary. try all of them!

3rd period: #1-9 (multiply square roots).

don't forget...multiply (or divide) inside stuff with inside stuff and outside stuff with outside stuff.

i have tutorial tomorrow afternoon! please come!!!

longggg weekend. :)

hope you enjoy your day off of school today!

homework: finish the multiplication problems on the back of your Square Root worksheet.

all next week, we will continue working with square roots. click on the link on the right that says "practice with radicals." if you do any of the practice quizzes, print it off and bring it to school on monday so i can give you some extra credit!

operations with radicals.

today, we worked on standards MM1A2 b which deals with operations of square roots (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). your homework is to do all the odd problems on the worksheet (just skip the division problems because we didn't get to that!)

also, tomorrow marks the end of the 9 weeks. you will be getting an individual grade print out, so you know what grade to expect on your progress report.

since it is the end of the 9 weeks, our class competition is coming to an end. 3rd period pulled out the win!! you got over 200 points! you will celebrate tomorrow during your class (don't forget to bring the snacks you signed up for...and bring money for pizza if you want some!)

on monday, we will start the class competition all over again. so get ready to earn your class some points!!!

binomial theorem.

today we learned a shortcut for multiplying polynomials: binomial theorem! look over the problems we did in class, and then do these for homework... ( i think these were the ones i wrote on the board...)

homework:

1. (x + 2)^5

2. (x - y)^5

3. (x + 1)^5

homecoming.

hope you all had fun at the homecoming parade, football game, and dance! i love that almost everyone in my 3 classes wore red and black on friday!! lots of school spirit!!!

since it was homecoming weekend, there was no homework!

here are some snapshots that i took on friday...

freshmen float...sophomore float...
junior float...

senior float...

ROTC...

the band...

cheerleaders...

football game v. north atlanta...

last day of september.

tonight, finish your UNIT 1 standards packet. also, study for your "show me what you know..."

tomorrow is homecoming! wear RED and BLACK! show your school spirit!

thanks to everyone who stayed after school to decorate my classroom for fall! here are some pics...

keep on practicing polynomials.

today we worked on polynomial arithmetic: area and volume models

1st and 3rd period: Algebra Fun Sheet (multiplying polynomials)

2nd period: finish mastering those UNIT 1 Standards!

thursday's homecoming theme is SAFARI! for example, you can wear clothing with zebra stripes, tiger stripes, or leopard print!

i have tutorial tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon!

friday is the first day of October! so of course i want to decorate my class with pumpkins, leaves, and everything else that has to do with fall! come help me decorate tomorrow after school :) i'll take pictures and put them on this blog!

multiply multiply multiply.

for homework, do the polynomial multiplication multiple choice questions on the back of today's classwork worksheet (10.2 Standardized Test practice).

tomorrow's homecoming theme is twin day! you and a friend need to dress alike!

if you need extra practice, click on the links on the right.

it's all about distributing.

HW: p. 66 #2-10 even & 16, 18

look at your notes on multiplying polynomials!

tomorrow's homecoming theme: western/indian.

dress up to get points for your class competition!!

master those standards.

homework this weekend is to work on those packets that i gave you. (if you didn't get one, then you've mastered all the UNIT 1 standards! 3rd period, you'll get your packets on monday.) each page of the packet deals with a standard you have not mastered. these problems were created by some of your classmates! do some of the packet this weekend. the whole thing is due on friday.

homecoming week is this week! every day is a different spirit day. if you dress up for the spirit days, i'll give you a point towards the class competition! i forget what the spirit day for monday is...anyone know? post on this blog if you do...

practice makes perfect.

more practice with adding and subtracting polynomials...

1st and 2nd period: finish HW: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials WS

3rd period: Practice WS...You Choose! (do any 5 addition and 5 subtraction problems!)

and the winner of the weekly class competition goes to... 3rd period!! ...thanks to Jose for solving the sudoku, Jonah for coming to ALL of the tutorials sessions, and for everyone for doing a great job on homework!!

***for each student that signs up to "follow" this blog (click on follow at the top of this blog and follow the directions), i will give two stickers to your class period towards the weekly class competition...3rd period already gets 2 points because javed is following this blog!***

adding it all up.

today we started adding polynomials. don't forget: you can only combine like terms! read your notes to review like and unlike terms.

HW: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials #2, 3, 7, 9 only

if you need additional help, look at these websites...

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/polyadd.htm

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/polynomials-adding-subtracting.html

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/AV2/indexAV2.htm

poly poly polynomials.

HW: p. 59 #1-6 (in your textbook!!)

for each polynomial, list the following...

standard form:

term:

degree:

coefficients:

leading coefficient:

constant:

look in your notes for help!

number tricks.

HW: Polynomial Terms

write 4 examples of each: 1) monomial 2) binomial 3) trinomial 4) polynomial with 4 or more terms

in class today, we did a few "number tricks" (when actually it's just a little algebra involved!). here they are so you can use them on your friends, parents, or siblings.

Lucky Number Seven: Choose a number, any number. Add 3. Multiply by 2. Add 8. Divide by 2. Subtract the number you started with. What'd you get??

Terrible Two's: Begin with any number. I mean, any number at all. Add 2. Multiply by 10. Subtract 5. Divide by 5. Subtract 3. Now divide by the number you started with. And your answer is??

What's your phone number?: Using a calculator, enter the first three digits of your phone number (not the area code). Multiply by 80. Add 1. Multiply by 250. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number to your answer. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again. Subtract 250. Divide by 2. What's your final answer? Recognize it??

***if you create your own number trick, i'll give you some extra credit!***

first day of school on monday.

monday is a new, fresh start. with UNIT 1 and all its functions behind us, we are moving on to UNIT 2: algebra investigations. so when you get to class on monday morning, we are pretending its the first day of school. you'll get a new table of contents and a new standards checklist. we will go over class rules again, and i'll remind you of the class expectations. if you struggled last unit, this is a new start for you!

homework this weekend (for 1st and 3rd only): UNIT 2 Vocabulary. look up these words in your math 1 textbook. if they aren't in there, find a definition on the web!

also, if you still did not master all nine UNIT 1 standards, you will have to attend tutorial sessions this week to retest these.

try again, try again

homework: finish your "try again, try again" (UNIT 1 Test corrections) and make sure your Unit 1 Standards Checklist is completely filled out!

tomorrow you will be taking your UNIT 1 Retest during class. you will retest each UNIT 1 standard that you did not master. my hope is that we will have all of our standards mastered by tomorrow! if you still don't succeed in mastering all nine Unit 1 standards, you will have to come to tutorial to work on these. we will be moving on to UNIT 2 on Monday!

ohhh, i almost forgot. 2nd period won this week's class competition! (they won by just one point!) you will get your reward in class tomorrow.

and don't forget, you can get points towards next week's class competition if you wear red and black tomorrow...i love school spirit...for druid hills and UGA!!! :)

tomorrow, tomorrow. it's only a day away.

after a great two days of reviewing, we are ready to test. your UNIT 1 Test is tomorrow!

homework:

1) study!!! (rework problems...that's the best way to study for math!)

2) get a parent signature on your review

3) get your notebooks in order (see ms. weekes' website to get the TOC)

see you at 7:30am for last minute questions!

review, review, review

today we started reviewing for our unit 1 test (remember, the test you're taking on wednesday that is worth 40% of your grade??)

1st period: finish review questions involving standards MM1A1 a & MM1A1 b

2nd and 3rd period: finish review questions involving standards MM1A1 f & MM1A1 g

tomorrow we will finish reviewing. please go through your notes, worksheets, and homework to review for the test.

tutorial sessions before UNIT 1 Test:

tuesday morning 7:30-8

tuesday afternoon 4-4:30 (i have a meeting immediately after school so i can't start until later)

wednesday morning 7:30-8

check out your function collages!

here are pics of some great function collages you made...

if you do your homework, then you will make a good grade

on friday, we wrapped up Unit 1 by defining lots of "logic" words: conjecture, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, counterexample, indirect proof, conditional statement, if-then form, hypothesis, conclusion, negate, converse, inverse, and contrapositive. if you were absent, you need to write these definitions from your textbook. each of these words, you need to know. memorize them. learn them.

1st period: no homework for you. congrats on winning your 1st class competition!

2nd and 3rd period: HW: Logic

write down this conditional statement: "if an angle is a right angle, then its measure is 90 degrees."

tell whether its true or false. then write the converse, inverse, and contrapositive and write its truth value.

some websites to check out for additional help on logic: http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/topics/converse-inverse-contrapositive.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/math/geometry3/logicstatements/section3.rhtml

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/GP2/indexGP2.htm

***first person to e-mail me or post on this blog the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of this post's title will get candy on monday!***

2, 4, 6, 8...homework is really great

finish HW: sequences worksheet (#5-10). decide whether the function is arithmetic or geometric. then create the sequence equations. #8 and #9 are a little tricky. you will get extra credit if you get these correct!

congrats to 1st period! you won the weekly class competition!!! you will be rewarded in class tomorrow. :)

looking ahead: UNIT 1 Test on wednesday, september 15! parents: make sure your child begins studying for this test. it is worth 40% of his/her grade.

follow the pattern

HW: Sequences Worksheet #1-4 on front and the toothpick activity on the back.

look at your notes if you need help. if you need additional help, please come to tutorial tomorrow morning at 7:30am! see you bright and early!

***check out the link on the right: sequences practice quiz. if you do this quiz and either print out the finished quiz or write down the correct answers on a separate sheet of paper, i will give you 5 bonus points on your next quiz!***

finish transforming

we took our 3rd "show me what you know..." today. your last function transformation assignment is to create your own function equations for each parent function. this is outlined on your worksheet "make your own function equations."

in your free time, check out some of the websites on the right for extra practice!

it's true...no homework this weekend!!!

today we reviewed transformations (went over homework, did matching activity, and played function charades). you will be quizzed over transformations on tuesday. look over your notes this weekend! but you have no "official" homework assignment.

if you received makeup work to pull up your grade, you need to be doing that this weekend. the first 4.5 week grading period will be over soon.

have a great labor day weekend!

functions & transformations

great job today! the function collages look great. i'll put a few pics of your collages on here soon.

very short homework assignment (i'm rewarding you for good behavior and hard work today):

transformation graphic organizer. do the front only. fill in the blanks.

see you in the a.m.

function collages

tomorrow you will be finishing up your function collages. bring in magazines for extra credit!

1st and 2nd period: cut out two pictures from magazines/newspapers that can be used for your function collage.

3rd period: finish your classwork assignment---transformation graphic organizer (front) and make your own function equations (back)

***the first 2 people to comment on this post will get candy in class tomorrow :)

group work!

after working in groups today to graph transformations of our basic functions, i want you to reflect on your experience...

HW: group work

1. how was your group experience today?

2. do you like working in groups?

3. what are the advantages to working in groups?

4. what are the disadvantages to working in groups?

and don't forget to bring in magazines tomorrow. extra credit.

1st and 2nd period: multiple choice worksheet---function tables, graphs, and equations (review of standard MM1a1 e and MM1a1 f). you must show work for credit.

3rd period: congrats on winning this week's weekly class competition. enjoy having no homework!! maybe call up someone from 1st or 2nd period and help them with their homework :)

extra credit opportunity for ALL classes: on monday, bring in magazines that we can cut up ... we'll be making function collages this week!

practice those arm motions!

tonight's homework: "HW: 6 Basic Functions." sketch a graph of each of our 6 basic functions (linear, absolute value, quadratic, cubic, square root, and rational). then write their equation and list two characteristics about them.

tomorrow is your 2nd "show me what you know..." make sure you know what each of those graphs looks like!

thanks to all the parents and students who came to Open House tonight. parents, i enjoyed meeting you and look forward to talking to you more in the future. please don't hesitate to contact me!

this week's class competition was a tight race, but 3rd period came out on top! congrats to you! you'll be rewarded in class tomorrow. :)

our six basic functions

for homework, do the multiple choice worksheet that has questions involving georgia performance standards MM1A1a (function notation and equations) and MM1A1b (graphing the 6 basic/parent functions).

if you forget what the 6 functions look like, just start doing the arm motions we practiced in class :)

remind your parents that open house is tomorrow night at 6:30.

oh, and the first 3 people to comment on this post will get candy tomorrow!!!

bye, bye fiona

do the last problem in the fiona packet...#4 a-h. help fiona find out how much she will be getting paid at work for the week.

don't forget: you can always e-mail me at katie_m_koerten@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us if you need help. just e-mail me before 9pm, and i'll be sure to e-mail you back! or you can post a comment on this blog, and i'll answer on here!

introducing fiona

1st and 3rd period: do problem 1 on "functions with fiona". we will be working on the other 3 problems in the packet tomorrow using the method of "think-pair-share".

2nd period: finish chart: graphing practice. we will catch you up on fiona tomorrow!

functions with fiona document: https://acrobat.com/#d=l*qmtmq7afRNQBxUGMeKqg

homework for some, but not for others

1st and 3rd period: graph all 8 lines from the worksheet "chart: graphing practice." don't forget to color the lines the specified colors! look back on your notes to review graphing using slope-intercept.

2nd period: no homework for you. congrats on winning the 1st weekly competition!!!

everyone, have a great weekend!

our first "show me what you know..." is tomorrow!

tonight's homework: p. 41 #1-4 (in your NEW math 1 textbook!)

and study for your "show me what you know..."

anything that is in your notes or in your binder is fair game! know it all!

also, our first "weekly class competition" has come to an end....2nd period has won!! (thanks to some students who came to tutorial after school). you will be rewarded tomorrow. you can eat during class, so bring in any snacks you want!

we finally have textbooks!

our NEW textbooks have arrived. to CELEBRATE, let's have an assignment from the book!

in your NEW mathematics 1 book...p. 9 #1-8. this is more practice with inputs, outputs, domains, and ranges.

and since our textbooks are so nice and new, maybe get one of these: http://www.stretchtext.com/
or make your own: http://www.ehow.com/how_5120_cover-textbook.html

***the first two people to write a comment (any comment!) below this post will get candy tomorrow during class!! this is to test whether or not you all are looking at my site!***

still functioning

1st and 2nd period: Function Inverses worksheet (choose ten coordinate points, find their inverses, and connect the dots. the function and its inverse should be a reflection over the line y = x)

3rd period: Rate of Change worksheet (#2 and #3 dealing with the rate of change of facebook users over the last 4 years)

check out a few websites for additional help on rate of change:

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/AC1/Rate.htm

http://www.algebra-class.com/rate-of-change.html

*i will not have tutorial on Thursday due to the Key Club meeting in my room. i will have tutorial after school on Thursday. please plan on staying for this. our first "show me what you know..." is on Friday.

rate of change worksheet:

FUNctions

1st and 2nd period: finish HW: Functions worksheet (the worksheet is on the post below if you need a copy of it)

3rd period: Function Inverses worksheet (choose ten coordinate points, find their inverses, and connect the dots. the function and its inverse should be a reflection over the line y = x)

inverse worksheet...click on this link:

https://acrobat.com/#d=efrVxS311UQd0niYtx3TrQ

weekend homework

oh, yes! homework on the weekend. but if your class wins the "weekly class competition" next week, you won't even have to check here to see what your homework is on friday.

1st and 2nd period --- HW: Functions worksheet. #5-8. tell me if the set of ordered pairs is a function. explain why or why not!

3rd period (a little ahead of the crowd) --- HW: Functions worksheet. finish the whole thing! function notation, ordered pairs, graphs, mappings, tables. please let me know if you need help!

homework document (two pages):

parent signatures

tomorrow is the last day to turn in parent signatures on the syllabus, welcome letter, and honor code. make sure you give these to your parents to read over and sign! (easy homework assignment, right?!)

don't forget what you learned in middle school

HW: Review of Graphing

1) draw a coordinate graph

2) label the x-axis, y-axis, origin, and the 4 quadrants

3) make an x-y table for the points: (3,7), (-2,0), (0,5), (-4,-1), (1,-3)

4) now plot these points on your graph

5) draw the line y = 1/3 x - 4 (remember...slope-intercept form)

go shopping!

tonight's homework: buy all materials listed on the syllabus...

1) 1 inch or 1 1/2 inch 3-ring binder

2) 120 page spiral bound notebook (wide-ruled)

3) loose-leaf paper

4) pencils

5) pencil pouch

6) markers/colored pencils

7) scientific calculator

8) protractor

9) ruler
10) 2 pocket folder with prongs

extra credit: box of Kleenex

Staples has some great Back to School deals ... http://www.staples.com/

8/9/10 - a fun date to start the school year!

first day of high school for my freshmen students!

Homework: Goals

Write 2 goals for Math 1.

Write 2 long term goals.

some goals my freshman students have:

"to make it all the way to college and become the first person in my family to make it through college."

"be more mature and don't skip class."

"to pass Math class so I can get out of Ms. K's class because she gives us homework every night."

"to graduate as valedictorian."

"to be the best mom I can be."

"grow up to become a Math teacher."

"to join the Air Force."