Monday, April 26, 2010

Radical Expressions and Operations - A Natural Extension of Explorations We've Already Conducted

Home Nugget #25
Assigned on Monday April 26, 2010
Due on Thursday April 29, 2010

Complete independent study of lessons 10-1 and 10-2. This means read, make sense of and try out all content covered in these sections and have questions for me on Thursday about any topics that are not clear or that you wish to have clarification on.

The following problems are being strongly recommended for your reviewal. You will be held accountable for solving these sorts of problems when we determine that we have sufficiently discussed theses lessons.

Page 532 # 17 - 39 odd and 41 - 44

Page 533 # 45 - 47 and 53

Page 534 # 55 and 56

Page 538 # 11 - 29 odd

Page 539 # 31 - 33, 36 - 37, 40 - 43

Friday, April 16, 2010

Reflection Activity for the April Vacations

Home Nugget #24
Assigned on Friday April 16, 2010
Due on Monday April 26, 2010

Journal Entry for Term 4
Directions were handed out in class today. As always, the journal entry counts as 15% of the term grade. This particular entry is comprised of 31 questions. We spent significant time discussing the relevance and immediacy of the assignment and took a sampling of actual problems to get a taste of what is in store. Students seemed to agree that answering the questions will require a great deal of thought and were also amenable to the fact that having class notes and math textbook will be critical in answering questions.

ALSO

I provided students with the "calendar problems" for the month of March and offered that if they could solve any 12 of the 31 problems accurately, I would offer extra credit on any quiz or test grade of their choice. The actual amount, I have yet to determine. All work and evidence of solutions must be presented for credit to be awarded.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

No End in Sight: More Permutations, Combinations and the Fundamental Counting Principle Problems to Mull Over

Home Nugget #23
Assigned on Thursday April 15, 2010
Due on Friday April 16, 2010

Page 685 # 9 - 13

Page 686 # 14 - 21

Page 660 # 36, 37 and 43 - 48