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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Having Exhausted Arithmetic Progressions We Turn To Geometric Patterns of Change

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #77
Assigned on Thursday May 30, 2013
Due on Friday May 31, 2013

***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO STUDY TONIGHT***

3 - 3 and 3 - 4

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #74
Assigned on Thursday May 30, 2013
Due on Friday May 31, 2013

***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO STUDY TONIGHT***

3 - 3 and 3 - 4

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

WIth Arithmetic Sequences and Series in the Background, We Keep the Final Exam in Our Sights

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #76
Assigned on Wednesday May 29, 2013
Due on Thursday May 30, 2013

***LESSONS TO BE REVIEWED TONIGHT FOR THE FINAL EXAM***

3 - 1 and 3 - 2

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #73
Assigned on Wednesday May 29, 2013
Due on Thursday May 30, 2013

***LESSONS TO BE REVIEWED TONIGHT FOR THE FINAL EXAM***

3 - 1 and 3 - 2

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Final Exam Preparations

Home Nugget #75
Assigned on Tuesday May 28, 2013
Due on Wednesday May 29, 2013


***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO BE COVERED TONIGHT***

Lessons 2-4 and 2-6

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Home Nugget #72
 Assigned on Tuesday May 28, 2013
Due on Wednesday May 29, 2013

***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO BE COVERED TONIGHT***

Lessons 2-4 and 2-6

Friday, May 24, 2013

Onward With Our Final Exam Preparations

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #74
Assigned on Friday May 24, 2013
Due on Tuesday May 28, 2013

***TONIGHT'S FINAL EXAM LESSONS***
 Lessons 2 -2 and 2-3

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #71
Assigned on Friday May 24, 2013
Due on Tuesday May 28, 2013

***TONIGHT'S FINAL EXAM LESSONS***
 Lessons 2 -2 and 2-3

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Your Chance to Prove Mastery of Exponential Relationships and Logarithmic Functions

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #73
Assigned on Thursday May 23, 2013
Due on Friday May 24, 2013

Summative Test on entirety of chapter 9 tomorrow.

***TONIGHT'S FINAL EXAM LESSONS***

Lessons 1 - 3 and 2-1

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #70
Assigned on Thursday May 23, 2013
Due on Friday May 24, 2013

Summative Test on entirety of chapter 9 tomorrow.

***TONIGHT'S FINAL EXAM LESSONS***

Lessons 1 - 3 and 2-1

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

While Munching on Arithmetic Sequences and Series in Class, We Start to Knosh on Final Exam Prep at Home

5th Period Class
Home Nugget # 72
Assigned on Wednesday May 22, 2013

For the most part, I will temporarily suspend giving homework assignments from the present content we're working on so that you can focus your energies on final exam prep. If you use only school nights to prepare, you will need to tackle two lessons per evening from tonight to June 14 in order to review all of the content we've explored this year.

On tonight's menu?

Lessons 1 -1 and 1 - 2

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget # 69
Assigned on Wednesday May 22, 2013

For the most part, I will temporarily suspend giving homework assignments from the present content we're working on so that you can focus your energies on final exam prep. If you use only school nights to prepare, you will need to tackle two lessons per evening from tonight to June 14 in order to review all of the content we've explored this year.

On tonight's menu?

Lessons 1 -1 and 1 - 2

Monday, May 20, 2013

Arithmetic Sequences Remind Us of Days Gone By (i.e. Linear Relationships)

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #71
Assigned on Tuesday May 21, 2013
Due on Wednesday May 22, 2013

In Algebra 2 textbook,

Page 626
# 18 - 24 even
# 25, 26
# 28 - 32 even

Page 627
# 53 - 55

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #68
Assigned on Tuesday May 21, 2013
Due on Wednesday May 22, 2013

In Algebra 2 textbook,

Page 626
# 18 - 24 even
# 25, 26
# 28 - 32 even

Page 627
# 53 - 55

Friday, May 17, 2013

Take-Home Chapter 9 Quiz

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #70
Assigned on Friday May 17, 2013
Due on Monday May 20, 2013

In Algebra 2 textbook, page 557 chapter 9 practice test all problems with synopses for word problems

Home Nugget will be graded as a quiz grade and should be a reminder that we'll have an in class assessment on chapter 9 early to mid-week.

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #67
Assigned on Friday May 17, 2013
Due on Monday May 20, 2013

In Algebra 2 textbook, page 557 chapter 9 practice test all problems with synopses for word problems

Home Nugget will be graded as a quiz grade and should be a reminder that we'll have an in class assessment on chapter 9 early to mid-week.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Practicing the Mechanics of Natural Logarithms and the Solutions they Reveal

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #69
Assigned on Wednesday May 15, 2013
Due on Friday May 17, 2013

In Algebra 2 text,

Page 540 # 17 - 39 odd problems only (so that you may check your solutions)

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #66
Assigned on Wednesday May 15, 2013
Due on Friday May 17, 2013

In Algebra 2 text,

Page 540 # 17 - 39 odd problems only (so that you may check your solutions)

Monday, May 13, 2013

Essential Practice Making Sense of Common Logarithms

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #68
Assigned on Monday May 13, 2013
Due on Wednesday May 15, 2013

From sheet labelled 9-4 Practice

# 1 - 27 odd only

# 29 - 32 all with synopses and solutions

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #65
Assigned on Monday May 13, 2013
Due on Wednesday May 15, 2013

From sheet labelled 9-4 Practice

# 1 - 27 odd only

# 29 - 32 all with synopses and solutions

Friday, May 10, 2013

As Ready As You Want to Be: MCAS Resources Up For Grabs

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #67
Assigned on Friday May 10, 2013
Due on Monday May 13, 2013

Make ample use of the free online resources available here to prepare yourself for Monday and Tuesday's Math MCAS. Be sure to bring your calculator on Tuesday when you have the option of using it on session II.

Also, bear in mind that we will have class on both Monday and Tuesday and hit the ground running with lesson 9-5 on natural logarithms. Your responsibility is to have mastered lesson 9-4 on common logarithms.

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #64
Assigned on Friday May 10, 2013
Due on Monday May 13, 2013

Make ample use of the free online resources available here to prepare yourself for Monday and Tuesday's Math MCAS. Be sure to bring your calculator on Tuesday when you have the option of using it on session II.

Also, bear in mind that we will have class on both Monday and Tuesday and hit the ground running with lesson 9-5 on natural logarithms. Your responsibility is to have mastered lesson 9-4 on common logarithms.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Final Round of MCAS Open-Response Questions Prior To the Big Dance

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #66
Assigned on Thursday May 9, 2013
Due on Friday May 10, 2013

Last set of MCAS Open-Response Questions from 2010

The assignment will be collected and graded according to the following two criteria:

1. All problems are completed as they would be on the actual test where you are seeking full credit for accurate solutions and evidence of answers when required.

2. At least one of the six problems will be graded for accuracy.

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #63
Assigned on Thursday May 9, 2013
Due on Friday May 10, 2013

Last set of MCAS Open-Response Questions from 2010

The assignment will be collected and graded according to the following two criteria:

1. All problems are completed as they would be on the actual test where you are seeking full credit for accurate solutions and evidence of answers when required.

2. At least one of the six problems will be graded for accuracy.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Round 2 of MCAS Open-Response Questions In Anticipation of Monday/Tuesday Test Date

5th Period Class
Home Nugget # 65
Assigned on Wednesday May 8, 2013
Due on Thursday May 9, 2013

New set of 6 MCAS open-response questions circa 2009 all answered just as you would on the actual exam seeking to earn full credit.

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5th Period Class
Home Nugget # 62
Assigned on Wednesday May 8, 2013
Due on Thursday May 9, 2013

New set of 6 MCAS open-response questions circa 2009 all answered just as you would on the actual exam seeking to earn full credit.

Monday, May 6, 2013

WIth A Broad Perspective in Mind, We Fortify Ourselves for the MCAS Next Week

5th Period Class
Assigned on Monday May 6, 2013
Immediate Portion due Tuesday May 7, 2013

Finish off open-response questions that we don't get to today in class. Likely to be problems 20, 21, 31, 41 and 42.

Longer Term Portion due Thursday May 9, 2013

Make sense of how to use common logarithms to evaluate logs with bases that are awkward or unfamiliar AND how to 'change' bases of a logarithm to suit your comfort zone.

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6th Period Class
Assigned on Monday May 6, 2013
Immediate Portion due Tuesday May 7, 2013

Finish off open-response questions that we don't get to today in class. Likely to be problems 20, 21, 31, 41 and 42.

Longer Term Portion due Thursday May 9, 2013

Make sense of how to use common logarithms to evaluate logs with bases that are awkward or unfamiliar AND how to 'change' bases of a logarithm to suit your comfort zone.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Full Steam Ahead Towards Our Fifth and Final Marking Term of the School Year!

5th Period Class
Home Nugget # 64
Assigned on Friday May 3, 2013
Due on Monday May 6, 2013

In Algebra 2 text, power through lesson 9-4 on common logs and then navigate your way through problems 1 - 13 on page 531.

As always, if the text explanation of common logs isn't sufficient (and it probably won't be) take it upon yourself to pay Khan Academy or some other web resource a visit. Or if push comes to shove, check out another textbook! Libraries are stocked with Algebra for Idiots or Dummies or other titles that have pretty awesome descriptions of logarithms and their behaviors.

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget # 61
Assigned on Friday May 3, 2013
Due on Monday May 6, 2013

In Algebra 2 text, power through lesson 9-4 on common logs and then navigate your way through problems 1 - 13 on page 531.

As always, if the text explanation of common logs isn't sufficient (and it probably won't be) take it upon yourself to pay Khan Academy or some other web resource a visit. Or if push comes to shove, check out another textbook! Libraries are stocked with Algebra for Idiots or Dummies or other titles that have pretty awesome descriptions of logarithms and their behaviors.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Take Home Quiz on Lessons 9-1 to 9-3

5th Period Class
Assigned on Thursday May 2, 2013
Due Friday May 3, 2013

TAKE HOME QUIZ!

Page 527 in Algebra 2 textbook,

Problems 1 - 17 ONLY! Be sure to include synopses for all word problems. Tomorrow we'll take a second quiz that is entirely numerical and presents no word problems.

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6th Period Class
Assigned on Thursday May 2, 2013
Due Friday May 3, 2013

TAKE HOME QUIZ!

Page 527 in Algebra 2 textbook,

Problems 1 - 17 ONLY! Be sure to include synopses for all word problems. Tomorrow we'll take a second quiz that is entirely numerical and presents no word problems.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Properties of Logarithms Come Home to Roost

5th Period Class
Home Nugget # 63
Assigned on Wednesday May 1, 2013
Due on Friday May 3, 2013

In Algebra 2 textbook,

Page 524

# 13 - 21 odd

# 25 - 29 all

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget # 60
Assigned on Wednesday May 1, 2013
Due on Friday May 3, 2013

In Algebra 2 textbook,

Page 524

# 13 - 21 odd

# 25 - 29 all