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Friday, June 14, 2013

A Long Weekend to Ensure Content Mastery in Anticipation of Next Week's Class Finals

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #88
Assigned on Friday June 14, 2013
Due on Tuesday June 18, 2013

***VERY LAST LESSONS TO REVIEW FOR CLASS FINAL EXAM (which is on Tuesday June 18 for this 5th period class)***

8-5 and 8-6

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #85
Assigned on Friday June 14, 2013
Due on Tuesday June 18, 2013

***VERY LAST LESSONS TO REVIEW FOR CLASS FINAL EXAM (which is on Thursday June 20 for this 6th period class)***

8-5 and 8-6


Thursday, June 13, 2013

Function Projects due Tomorrow!

Function Projects are due tomorrow! Please be mindful that this lesson constitutes 10% of the 5th term grade and that is among your very last chances to alter your grade for the positive.

5th Period Clas
Assigned on Thursday June 13, 2013
Due on Friday June 14, 2013
Home Nugget #87

6th Period Class
Assigned on Thursday June 13, 2013
Due on Friday June 14, 2013
Home Nugget #84


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

7 - 7, 8 - 1 and 8 - 3

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Tackling the Stragglers (Last Few Lessons of the Text)

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #86

6th Period Class
Home Nugget #83

***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO REVIEW TONIGHT***

7 - 3, 7 - 4 and 7 - 6

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Barreling Towards the End of the School year

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #85

6th Period Class
Home Nugget #82


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

6 - 9, 7 - 1 and 7 - 2

REMINDER! Function project is due this Friday.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Heading Into the Home Stretch: One Week Remains Prior to FInal Exams

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #84

6th Period Class
Home Nugget #81

Assigned on Monday June 10, 2013
Due on Tuesday June 11, 2013

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

6 - 5, 6 - 7 and 6 - 8

Friday, June 7, 2013

Anticipating A Test this Coming Monday and Working on Your Function Project

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #83
Assigned on Friday June 7, 2013
Due on Monday June 10, 2013

Prepare for a summative test Monday on lessons 11 - 1 to 11 - 4 which cover arithmetic sequences and series and geometric sequences and series. This is likely our last test of the school year. (we may have a few more quizzes in our future)

Also, you should be working furiously on your graphing calculator function project which is due this coming Friday, June 14. Should you have any format questions, NOW is the time to ask them. I will not make myself available for those who procrastinate and are desperate at the end of the week!

Remember that the project is about extending yourself and leaving your comfort zone. Take a risk and pursue the extra credit components I made available!!!

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6th Period Class
Home Nugget #80
Assigned on Friday June 7, 2013
Due on Monday June 10, 2013

Prepare for a summative test Monday on lessons 11 - 1 to 11 - 4 which cover arithmetic sequences and series and geometric sequences and series. This is likely our last test of the school year. (we may have a few more quizzes in our future)

Also, you should be working furiously on your graphing calculator function project which is due this coming Friday, June 14. Should you have any format questions, NOW is the time to ask them. I will not make myself available for those who procrastinate and are desperate at the end of the week!

Remember that the project is about extending yourself and leaving your comfort zone. Take a risk and pursue the extra credit components I made available!!!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Study Guide Presentations Continue...

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #82

6th Period Class
Home Nugget #79

Assigned on Thursday June 6, 2013
Due on Friday June 7, 2013

***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO REVIEW TONIGHT***

6 - 1 and 6 - 2

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Students Present Study Guides in Class

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #81

6th Period Class
Home Nugget #78

Assigned on Wednesday June 5, 2013
Due on Thursday June 6, 2013


***FINAL EXAM LESSONS TO REVIEW TONIGHT***

6 - 1 and 6 - 2

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Students Present Lesson Study Guides to One Another

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #80
 6th Period Class
Home Nugget #77

Assigned on Tuesday June 4, 2013
Due on Wednesday June 5, 2013

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

5 - 6 and 5 - 7

Also, bear in mind that I provided you with a copy of detailed instructions for the 5th term journal activity which is a function project. While we will formally confront the requirements this coming Friday, the final product is due on June 14 so it may behoove you to start putting it together now.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Finding Sums of Geometric Series

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #79
Assigned on Monday June 3, 2013
Due on Tuesday June 4, 2013


6th Period Class
Home Nugget #76
Assigned on Monday June 3, 2013
Due on Tuesday June 4, 2013

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

5 - 3 and 5 - 4
 

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Crafting Lesson Study Guides in Anticipation of Year-End Final Exam

5th Period Class
Home Nugget #78

6th Period Class
Home Nugget #75

Assigned on Friday May 31, 2013
Due on Monday June 1, 2013

Each student was assigned one lesson from the list of lessons we determined we covered this school year. We agreed that each lesson would conform to the following format and criteria:

A. Student will extract the essential main idea(s) of their particular lesson and communicate them in clear, descriptive and concise language.  This section is also a chance to warn fellow students about content pitfalls or likely sources of mistakes. This portion should not exceed a paragraph or two.

B. Student will provide one or two sample problems that are straightforward, relatively simple and most importantly, reflect the main ideas fleshed out in part A.

C. Student will provide one or two sample problems that offer greater complexity or sophistication that still reflect the main ideas from part A.

D. Student will offer clear solutions/evidence/pathways for all problems at the end of the lesson so that we can check our work.

ALSO!

Use the following format on your lesson:

Student Name                             Algebra 2
 Teacher Name                            Study Guide for Lesson ________
Homeroom Number
Due Date

AND MAKE SURE YOUR GUIDE DOES NOT EXCEED ONE PAGE FRONT AND BACK!!!

The class also decided to vote for the lessons that best meet the following criteria and award the winners extra credit for the 5th term:

The categories are:

Most Informative Lesson Study Guide
Most Creative Lesson Study Guide
Most Lucid Lesson Study Guide