Monday, March 23, 2009

Refining Our Focus on Home Nuggets - Again.

Home Nugget #9 of the 4th Term
Assigned on Friday March 20, 2009
Due on Tuesday March 24, 2009

NOTE: the lesson is being reassigned in light of today's conversation around home nugget expectations. The idea is to implement the criteria we discussed and hand in a product that represents your understanding of these issues tomorrow.

In Algebra 1 text,

Read pages 447 - 449 then do page 450 # 1 - 10

ALSO

Page 717 lesson 1-3 # 4 - 6 and 10 - 15

Page 718 lesson 1-4 # 1 - 11

Page 719 lesson 1-8 # 9 - 20

Reminder: Be diligent about working on your class notes nightly! This process will help you to reflect on the day's lesson and give you a chance to gain meaningful, long-term retention of content.

Newly Revised FCAs
2 points: all problems completed in their entirety. Your effort at the end of the lesson is as evident as at the start.
1 point: evidence/explanations for your thought/solution process is provided for ALL pertinent problems.
1 point: a minimum paragraph summary at the end of the lesson of what themes/ideas the lesson was meant to promote. The more specific you are, the better.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Exploring New Territory with Difference of Squares While Being Reminded of The Not-So Distant Math Past

Home Nugget #9 of the 4th Term
Assigned on Friday March 20, 2009
Due on Monday March 23, 2009

In Algebra 1 text,

Read pages 447 - 449 then do page 450 # 1 - 10

ALSO

Page 717 lesson 1-3 # 4 - 6 and 10 - 15

Page 718 lesson 1-4 # 1 - 11

Page 719 lesson 1-8 # 9 - 20

Reminder: Be diligent about working on your class notes nightly! This process will help you to reflect on the day's lesson and give you a chance to gain meaningful, long-term retention of content.

Newly Revised FCAs
2 points: all problems completed in their entirety. Your effort at the end of the lesson is as evident as at the start.
1 point: evidence/explanations for your thought/solution process is provided for ALL pertinent problems.
1 point: a minimum paragraph summary at the end of the lesson of what themes/ideas the lesson was meant to promote. The more specific you are, the better.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax^2 + bx + c

Home Nugget # 8 of the 4th Term
Assigned on Thursday March 19, 2009
Due on Friday March 20, 2009

Page 445 # 17 - 22 and 27 - 37, 40

Page 446 # 42 - 45

Reminder: Be diligent about working on your class notes nightly! This process will help you to reflect on the day's lesson and give you a chance to gain meaningful, long-term retention of content.

Newly Revised FCAs
2 points: all problems completed in their entirety. Your effort at the end of the lesson is as evident as at the start.
1 point: evidence/explanations for your thought/solution process is provided for ALL pertinent problems.
1 point: a minimum paragraph summary at the end of the lesson of what themes/ideas the lesson was meant to promote. The more specific you are, the better.