Friday, May 7, 2010

And So Begins the Fifth and Final Marking Period of the 2010 School Year...

Home Nugget #1
Assigned on Friday May 7, 2010
Due on Monday May 10, 2010

In Algebra I text,

Pages 568 and 569 # 9 - 41

These problems are all drawn from lessons 10-1 to 10-4 and are meant to be part of an ongoing effort to provide students with what they admit they sorely lack; practice. We have had three quizzes on these topics thus far and will have a summative test this coming Friday.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Linking Radical Expressions with the Quadratic Formula and its Applications

Home Nugget #30
Assigned on Thursday May 6, 2010
Due on Friday May 7, 2010

LAST HOME NUGGET OF THE 4th TERM!

Read through lesson 10-4 in your Algebra I book for understanding. This is a independent study that assumes you have had previous experience with the Pythagorean Theorem.

Then, solve:

Page 552 # 11 - 27 odd

Page 553 # 38 - 40 and 43 - 46

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Dipping Back Into Chapter 1 of our Algebra book

Home Nugget #29
Assigned on Tuesday May 4, 2010
Due on Thursday May 6, 2010

Taking two nights to complete, this nugget continues our attempts at looking back through past content. It is our second attempt at topics from chapter 1.

Pages 61 to 64 problems 8 - 63

GRADING:
10 questions will be selected and graded for accuracy, meaning that the nugget will not count for 4 points but rather 10.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Beginning the Year-End Review Process

While we still have our sights set on two immediate objectives:

1. The Math MCAS scheduled for May 13th and 14th.
2. Our ongoing work with radical expressions and equations which are enormously relevant in all disciplines of science and applied mathematics.

We are also mindful that the year-end final exam looms ahead in June and that the final exam grade has the weight of a marking term. Given this circumstance, students are in need of sustained, continuous opportunities to prepare for these summative exams.

Tonight's home nugget initiates those lessons and will extend into June, right up into the final exam time period.

Home Nugget #28
Assigned on Monday May 3, 2010
Due on Tuesday May 4, 2010

In Algebra I text,
Page 744 # 1 - 14

This nugget will count as a 10-point quiz based on 5 questions that will be chosen and graded at random.