Lots to Digest Before the February Break

Monday should afford us a chance to cover some varied issues, both concerning past and future work.

Regarding Corrected Work Being Handed Back

Summative Test for Chapter 6 dated 2/2/09
The results were overall very impressive, given how much content was assessed and varied the questions were. Five points were added to the test grade overall to offset test irregularities like #16 and #11.

Cornell Notes From 1/15/09
Students not turning in a set of notes should remember that this amounts to earning a 0% as a test grade. While the quality of notes seems to be improving incremently, the glaring inconsistency seems to be that the notes do not yet tell a complete story for the lesson presented that day. You should be able to look at a given day's notes and tell exactly what the goal of that day's lesson/exploration was! Details for this particular set of notes are provided below:

The PTP presented you with 3 compound inequalities having three uniquely different answers. These outcomes were:

A union characterized by an OR statement, an intersection characterized by an AND statement and an empty set characterized by a set of conditions that cannot be met, i.e. x >3 AND x<3.

A graphing issue was posed. Why do some inequalities require a number line to graph and others require a coordinate grid?

We explored absolute value inequalities by piggybacking off of absolute value equalities and exploring similarities and differences.

The class ended with our return to the snake problem so that we could now identify a range of temperatures as opposed to extreme temperatures.


Other items to be aware of:

1. Math Departmental Mid-Year Scheduled for Wednesday February 11, 2009. The test covers chapters 1 through 6 and is being given 'cold.' We have had many opportunities to look back at past content, most recently through the eyes of your top ten list and this assessment should be a good indication of how much content you have retained and understood.
2. You are due a class participation grade at the end of this week based on your activity thus far this term. Be reminded that this counts as a 100 point test grade.
3. The last SAT assessment will be given directly after your return from February break. The selected problems will be xeroxed and given to you for your review.