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Spring 2012 Lesson Journal

February     |     March     |     April     |     May     |     June

Check out Mr. Down's notes for his section of Math 12 Advanced as well.

February 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

Assessment & Evaluation Day

2 Groundhog Day

Handed out course outline.  Worked on Puzzles and Logic Problems.

3

Arithmetic Sequences. Brightstorm video on Arithmetic sequences.

6

Geometric Sequences.  Brightstorm video on geometric sequences. Handed out Assignment #1 due Wednesday.

7

Quadratic Sequences.

 

8

Sequences of Differences and Power Sequences.  Assignment #1 due.

9

Add-em up activity and In class assignment

10

Quadratic Regression on the TI-84. 

13

Sequences Quiz.  Reviewed Quadratic Regression.  Handed out textbooks and quadratic regression instructions.

14 Valentine's Day

Review of transformations of Quadratic Functions.  Handed out Quadratic Transformations worksheet.

15 Curriculum Night

Graphing functions in transformational form.  Transformational, standard and general form.  Changing from Transformational to general form.

16

Class notesHanded out Assignment #3.

17

School Based PD Day (no classes)

20

Changing from General to Transformational form (completing the square). Class notesAssignment #3 due.

21

Math Dominoes.  Handed out Completing the Square Worksheet. Brightstorm video on Completing the Square.

22 Math Circles

x-coordinate of the vertex (h = -b/2a).  Quadratic Formula.  Find the equation of a quadratic from two points.  Transformations Quiz. Class notes

 

23

Using the Quadratic Formula and the discriminant. Brightstorm video on the Quadratic formulaClass notes.

24

Handed out Assignment #4 due on Tuesday.  Did the math skills pre-test.

27

Quadratics Word problems. Brightstorm video on quadratic word problemsClass Notes.

 

28

School closed due to inclement weather.

29 Leap Day

Completing the Square and Quadratic Formula Quiz.  p53 #38, 39.  Class notes.

 

 

March 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

Reviewed yesterday's quiz.  Started the Green Monster problem.  Complete the green monster problem for tomorrow.  Class notes.

2

Skills Quiz #1.  Handed back Assignment #4.  p54 #48, 49.  Class notes.

5

Quadratic Application problems. p44 #6, p54 #42, 43, 45.  Math Basketball!  Class notes.

6

Quadratic Application problems handout.

7

Test Review p72 #1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 19, 21, 23  Quadratic Chapter Review

 

8

Assembly. Test postponed to Friday morning.

9 Pi Day Celebration

Quadratics Test (1st Period).  Introduction to Probability.  Class notes.

March Break (no classes)

19

Review of Exponent Laws. Brighstorm Exponent Rules and Zero and Negative Exponents. Class notes.

 

20

p123 #50, 52.  Rational Exponents. p164 #7, 8.  Brightstorm Rational Exponents. Class notes.

21 Math Circles

p169 #23.  p121 Investigation #4.  Class notes.

22

Solving Exponential Equations with the same base.  p160 #12, 13, 16.  p127 Investigation #5. p129 #9.  Brightstorm Graphing Exponential Functions. p131 Investigation #6. Exponential Regression. Class notes.

23 Math Club afterschool

Skills Quiz #2.  p132 #19, 20.  Handed out Assignment #5 - Exponentials due TuesdayClass notes.

26

p134 Investigation #7. Class notes.

 

27

Practice on exponential word problems. p137 #32-37, 39. Assignment #5 due.

28

Continue to work on word problems. Class notes.

29

Skills Quiz.

30

Exponents Quiz.  Introduction to logarithms.

NSML #3 on Saturday

 

April 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2

The power of compound interest.  Brightstorm - Introduction to LogarithmsClass notes.

3

Inverse Functions.  Changing from Exponent to Log form.  Brightstorm - Using logarithms to solve equationsHanded out Assignment #6 due on ThursdayClass notes.

 

4

Word problems: p181 #15-16, p182 #19, p183 #17.  Class notes.

5

Assignment #6 due.  Skills Quiz #4 (for practice).  Laws of Logarithms.  Brightstorm - Expanding with the laws of logarithms.  Handed out the Wealthy Barber.  Read Chaps 2-4 for Tuesday.  Class notes.

6

Good Friday (no classes)

9

Easter Monday (no classes)

10

Logarithms Quiz. p177 #1. Class notes.

11 Euclid Math Contest

Multiple choice questions with Mr. Down.  Add-'em up activity.

12

Warm-up Handout questions 1-4, 9.  Review questions from Tuesday's quiz.  Handout questions 1-8 and 29-34.  Class notes.

 

13

Test ReviewClass notes.

Chap 3 textbook review questions p199 #2; p200 #7; p201 #10-13, 15; p202 #19, 23; p203 #26, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40.

 

16

Test Review

17

Exponents and Logarithms Test

18 Math Circles

Personal Finance from Mr. Down.  Introduction to Circle Terminology.  Class notes.

19 Musical

p206 Investigation #1 - Chords. Brightstorm video Chords. Complete in groups of 2-3 and pass in.  Class notes.

20 Musical

p221 #35.  p208 #2.  Circle properties and converse statements.  p212 #19. Class notes.

NSML Finals on Saturday

23

Distance and Midpoint formula.  Parallel and perpendicular lines. p222 Investigation #3. Brightstorm video perpendicular linesClass notes.

24

Handed out Coordinate Geometry Worksheet #1.  p227 #19. Class notes.

25 Purple Comet Math Contest

Handed out Geometry Worksheet #2.  Shoelace Theorem.  Try out the eyeballing game! Class notes.

26

Early Dismissal for Parent Teacher.  Finished worksheet from yesterday.  Started p210 Investigation #2.  Handed out Coordinate Geometry assignment, due Monday, Apr 30th. Class notes.

27

Major and Minor Arcs, Central and Inscribed Angles. Class notes.

Homework:  Start studying for the provincial exam!

30

Coordinate Geometry Assignment due.  p236 #12, p235 #5.  The Big Circle handout.  Class notes.

 

 

 

May 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

Discovering the equation of a circle. Brightstorm video - Equation of a circleClass notes.

2

Standard and Transformational Form of Circles.  Did from side of Circle equations handout.  Class notes.

3

Changing from General to Standard Form of a circle.  Brightstorm video - Conic SectionsHanded out Assignment #8 due on Tuesday. Class notes.

4 Star Wars Day

Star Wars warm up problem.  Work on assignment.  Class notes.  6 weeks to the exam!

7

Introduction to Ellipses. The Supermoon.  Worked on ellipse handout.  Class notes.

8

Working with Ellipses.  Introduction to two-column proof.  Assignment #8 due.  Class notes.

9

Triangle Congruence Theorems. Theorems and Postulates for Geometry. Brightstorm videos - Two Column Proofs and CPCTC.  Working with two column proofs. Class notes.

10

Circle and Ellipse Equation Quiz.  Continue working on two-column proofs. Class notes.

11

School Based PD Day (no classes)

14

Two-column proofs.

15

Two-column proofs and Circle Review with Mr. Down. Class notes.

16 Math Circles

Test Review Assignment due Thursday, May 17th.

17

Two-Column Proof Quiz.  Test Review Questions p294 #2, 4, 6, 7a, 9, 12, 15, 17, 22, 25, 27.

18

Circle Geometry Test

21

Victoria Day (no classes)

22

Start on Probability!

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June 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15

NSE Math Exam

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Exams

20

Exams

21

Exams

22

Exams

25 26 27

Assessment & Evaluation Day

28

Assessment & Evaluation Day

29

Last Day of School