Algebra II

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Week 18 05/13 - 05/17

Monday -  Teacher will complete examples of solving radical equations. The students will complete a worksheet for classwork. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over the classwork together. 
Homework: None
 
Tuesday - Review Rational Equation and Radical Equations with the class. Students will complete a quiz on rational equations. 
Final Binder Check is due!
Homework - None
 
Wednesday - Review for final exam 
 
Thursday - Review for final exam
 
Friday - Final Exam

Week 17 05/06 - 05/10

Monday - Review and Test on Dividing Polynomials   Check and go over the review sheet.  After reviewing, the students will take the test on dividing polynomials.
Assignment: Homework - none

Tuesday 0 Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions   Go over the bell work. Work examples on the board on how to multiply and divide rational expressions. Work practice problems together in class. Homework will be assigned. 
Assignment: Homework - page 520, old textbook, #s 28-42 even
 
Wednesday - Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will complete the problems on page 520, #s 33-43 odd.  After the students complete the practice problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 520, old textbook, #s 28-42 even
 
Thursday - Simplify Radical Expressions   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Go over examples on how to simplify radical expressions. Work practice problems together in class. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment:  Homework - page 267, old textbook, #s 18-46 even  
 
Friday - Simplify Radical Expressions - Check and go over bell work and homework. The teacher will work examples of simplifying radical expressions. The students will take a quiz on simplifying radical expressions. 
Homework - None

Week 14 04/15 - 04/19

Monday - Teacher will be out - Students will complete problems with Completing the Square to review.
Homework - NONE due to teacher being absent
 
Tuesday 0 Dividing Polynomials by Long Division   Check and go over the bell work. Work examples on the board using long division. Work practice problems together in class. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - worksheet, page 239, #s 16-38 even
 
Wednesday - Dividing Polynomials by Long Division   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will complete the problems on page 446, old textbook, #s 71-80 all. The teacher will assist students as needed. After the students complete the practice problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - worksheet, page 239, #s 15-39 odd
 
Thursday - Dividing Polynomials by Synthetic Division   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to divide polynomials using synthetic division. Work practice problems together in class. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - worksheet, page 244, #s 11-29 odd
 
Friday - No School - Holiday

Week 13 04/08 - 04/12

Monday - Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to use the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations. Work practice problems in class together. The students will complete the problems on worksheet 7-4, #s 1-5, 8-12 in class. After the students complete the worksheet, we will go over it together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 311, old textbook, #s 11-27 odd
 
Tuesday - Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will complete the practice problems on page 342, old textbook, #s 42- 48 even, and #s 54-60 even on completing the square and the quadratic formula. The teacher will assist students as needed. After the students complete the practice problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 342, old textbook, #s 43-49 odd, and #s 55-61 odd
 
Wednesday - Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will complete the practice problems on page 342, old textbook, #s 42- 48 even, and #s 54-60 even on completing the square and the quadratic formula. The teacher will assist students as needed. After the students complete the practice problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 342, old textbook, #s 43-49 odd, and #s 55-61 odd
 
Thursday - Review for the test on Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will work on the review sheet. The students can work on the review sheet individually or pair up with another student. The teacher will assist as needed. If the students do not complete the review sheet in class, they will complete it for homework.
Assignment: Homework - Complete the review sheet on factoring using the zero product property, completing the square and the quadratic formula
 
 
Friday - Review and Test on Quadratic Equations   Check and go over the review sheet. After reviewing, the students will take the test on quadratic equations.
Assignment: Homework - none

Week 12 04/01 - 04/05

Monday - Factoring Quadratic Expressions   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Go over examples on how to use the zero product property to find the zeros of quadratic functions. Work practice problems in class together. The students will complete the problems on pages 296 and 297, #s 41-57 odd and 58-86 even in class. If the students do not finish all the problems in class, they will complete them for homework.
Assignment: Homework - page 296 and 297, #s 42-56 even, 57-85 odd
 

Tuesday - Factoring and the Zero Product Property   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will take a quiz after we go over the homework. The students will work on additional practice problems on factoring and the zero product property. The students will complete worksheet 5.3, #s 2-30 even in class. The teacher will assist as necessary. After the students complete the worksheet, we will go over it together.
Assignment: Homework - Worksheet 5.3, #s 1-29 odd. 
 
 
 
Wednesday - Review - Go over bell work and homework. Students will complete review sheet for test. The students may work with a partner or individually. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together.
Assignment: Homework - Study for test. 
 
 
Thursday - Test - Go over bell work. Teacher will answer any of questions prior to the test. Students will complete the test.
Assignment: Homework - NONE
 
 
Friday - Completing the Square   Go over the bell work. Work examples on the board on how to complete the square to solve quadratic equations. Work practice problems in class together. The students will work on worksheet 7-3, #s 10-20 even in class. The teacher will assist students needed. After the students complete the worksheet, we will go over it together. Homework will be assigned. 
Assignment: Homework - worksheet 7-3, #s 9-19 odd

Week 11 03/25 - 03/29

Monday - Find the Inverse of a Matrix, Review for the Test on Matrices   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Give the students the review sheet to work on in class. They can work individually or pair up with another student. The teacher will assist students as needed. Classwork/Homework - Complete the review sheet and review notes for the test.
Assignment: Homework - complete the review sheet and review notes for the test
 

Tuesday - Review and Take the Test on Matrices   Check the review sheet for a homework grade. Go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test.
Assignment: Homework - none

Wednesday - Introduction to Solving Quadratic Equations   Check and go over the bell work. Go over examples on the board on how to solve quadratic equations by taking square roots and how to use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems involving right triangles. Work practice problems in class together. Classwork/Homework - pages 286 and 287, old textbook, #s 14-42 even 
Assignment: Classwork/Homework - pages 286 and 287, old textbook, #s 14-42 even
 
Thursday - Factoring Quadratic Expressions   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Go over examples on the board on how to factor out the GCF, factor the difference of 2 squares, and factor the sum and difference of 2 cubes. Work practice problems together in class. The students will complete a worksheet, #s 2-30 even in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 233, old textbook, #s 5-17, 27-30
 
Friday - Factoring Quadratic Expressions   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Go over examples on how to factor trinomials using the tic tac toe method. Work practice problems together in class. The students will complete the problems on page 233, old textbook, #s 32-50 even in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 296, #s 30-56 even

Week 10 03/18 - 03/22

Monday - Sums, Differences, and Scalar Multiplication of Matrices   Work examples on the board. Work practice problems in class together. The students will complete a practice worksheet on matrices in class. After the students complete the practice worksheet, we will go over it together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - pages 221 and 222, old textbook, #s 12-40 even 
 
Tuesday - Multiply Matrices   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems in class together. The students will complete a worksheet on multiplying matrices in class. After the students complete the practice worksheet, we will go over it together. Homework will be assigned. 
Assignment: Homework - pages 229 and 230, old textbook, #s 7-19
 
Wednesday - Multiply Matrices, Find the Determinant of a Matrix   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to find the determinant of a matrix. Work practice problems in class together. The students will be given some problems to work in class that involve multiplying matrices and finding the determinant of a 2x2 and 3x3 matrix. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - worksheet on determinants
 
Thursday - Student Holiday - Report Card Pick Up
 
Friday - Find the Determinant of a Matrix, Find the Inverse of a Matrix   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Take a quiz on determinants. After the quiz, the teacher will work examples on the board on how to find the inverse of a matrix, if it exists. Work practice problems in class together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - pages 239 and 240, old textbook, #s 13-20, 24-35
 
 

Week 9 03/04 - 03/08

Monday - Test on Systems of Equations   Check the review sheet for a homework grade. Go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test.
Assignment: Homework - none
 
Tuesday - Review - Check and go over bell work. Students will work problems 1-25 on the review for the nine weeks exam. The students may work with a partner or alone. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together. 
 
Wednesday -  Review - Check and go over bell work. Students will work problems 26-40 on the review for the nine weeks exam. The students may work with a partner or alone. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together.
 
Thursday -  Exam 
 
 Friday - Exam

Week 8 02/25 - 03/01

Monday - Solve Systems of Equations by Graphing   Check and go over the bell work. Work examples on the board on how to graph systems of linear equations. Work practice problems together in class. The students will work the problems on page 161, old textbook, #s 14, 16, 18, 20 in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 161, old textbook, #s 13, 15, 17, 23
 
Tuesday - Solve Systems of Equations by Substitution   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to use the substitution method. Work practice problems together in class. The students will work the problems on page 161, old textbook, #s 25-35 odd in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 169, old textbook, #s 10-26 even
 
Wednesday - Solve systems of equations by Elimination   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to use the elimination method. Work practice problems in class together. The students will work the problems on page 169, old textbook, #s 9-25 odd in  class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 169, old textbook, #s 10-26 even
 
Thursday - Solve Systems of Equations by Graphing, Substitution, and Elimination   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will complete a worksheet on solving systems of equations. After  the students complete the worksheet, we will go over it together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - pages 204 and 205, old textbook, #s 2-20 even
 
Friday - Continue Systems of Equations   Check and go over the bell work and the homework problems. Give the students the review sheet to work on in class. Teacher will assist students as necessary. Homework - complete the review sheet and review your notes for the test.
Assignment: Homework - complete the review sheet for the test on systems of equations

Week 7 02/18 - 02/22

Monday - Professional Development - Student's Out
 
Tuesday - Inverses of Functions   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Go over examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. The students will work the problems on pages 121 - 122, old textbook, #s 1-9 in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 122, old textbook, #s 12-28 even, 29, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38
 
Wednesday - Composition of Functions   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Go over examples on the board. Work practice problems in class together in class. The students will work the problems on page 114, old textbook, #s 1-9 in class. After the students complete the problems, we wil go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 115, old textbook, #s 12-50 even
 
Thursday - Review Functions   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will get the review sheet to work on in class. The students will work the review problems on the board and explain how they got their answers. The teacher will evaluate the students with oral questions and responses. If the students do not complete the review sheet, they will complete it for homework.
Assignment: Homework - complete the review sheet for the test on functions
 
Friday - Test on Functions   Check and go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test. 

Week 6 02/11 - 02/15

Monday - Properties of Exponents    Check and go over the bell work and homework . The teacher will go over examples on the board on how to simplify expressions with rational exponents. The teacher and students will practice problems together in class. The students will work in pairs to complete a worksheet with all the exponent properties. After the students complete the practice worksheet, we will go over it together.
Assignment: Homework - page 99, old textbook, #s 20-70 even
 
Tuesday -  Properties of Exponents   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Give the students the review sheet to work on in class. The students can work on the review sheet individually or pair up with another student. The teacher will assist as needed.
Assignment: Homework - complete the review sheet for the test on exponents
 
Wednesday -  Properties of Exponents   Review and test on the properties of exponents. Check and go over the review sheet before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test.
Assignment: Homework - none
 
Thursday - Introduction to Functions   Go over the bell work and then go over examples on the board about functions. Work practice problems together in class. The students will work the problems on page 107, old textbook, #s 1-13 in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - pages 108 and 109, old textbook, #s 16-50 
 
Friday - Operations with Functions   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Go over examples on the board. Work practice problems in class together in class. The students will work the problems on page 114, old textbook, #s 1-9 in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 115, old textbook, #s 12-50 even 

Week 5 02/04 - 02/08

Monday - Teacher out for funeral
 
Tuesday - Find values of expressions using the order of operations and simplify expressions.   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Give the students the review sheet to work on in class. The students can work on the review sheet individually or pair up with another student. The teacher will assist students as necessary.
Assignment: Classwork/Homework - complete the review sheet for the test tomorrow
 
Wednesday - Review and take the test on simplifying expressions and the order of operations.   Check the review sheet for a homework grade. Go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test.
Assignment: Homework - none
 
Thursday - Properties of Exponents   Check and go over the bell work. The teacher will go over examples on the board on how to multiply monomials. The teacher and students will work practice problems together in class. Classwork/Homework - practice worksheet 5-1
Assignment: Homework - page 213, old textbook, #s 20-40 even 
Friday -  Properties of Exponents   Check and go over the bell work and homework. The teacher will go over examples on the board on how to divide monomials, zero exponent property, and the negative exponent property. The teacher and students will work practice problems together in class. The students will complete worksheet 5-2 in class. After the students complete the practice worksheet, we will go over it together.
Assignment: Homework - page 218, old textbook,  #s 17-51 odd

Week 4 01/28 - 02/01

Monday -  Find values of expressions using the order of operations and simplify expressions.   Check and go over the bell work and homework. The students will complete the problems on worksheet 1-1, #s 1-14, 19-26  in class. After the students complete the worksheet, we will go over it, and I will answer any questions they may have. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - pages 91 and 92, old textbook, #s 57-69 odd, 81-93 odd
 
Tuesday - Find the values of expressions using order of operations and simplify expressions. Check and go over bell work and homework. The students will complete problems from Classifying Real Numbers worksheet. After the students complete the worksheet, we will go over it. Students will then complete worksheet on Order of Operations. If students do not finish they will finish for homework.
Homework - Complete classwork.
 
Wednesday - Find the values of expressions using order of operations and simplify expressions. Check and go over bell work and homework. The students will complete a quiz on Identifying Number Sets. After the quiz, students will complete a worksheet on Simplifying Expressions. 
Homework - Students will complete Simplifying Expressions classwork if not completed in class. 
 
Thursday - Find values of expressions using the order of operations and simplify expressions.   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Give the students the review sheet to work on in class. The students can work on the review sheet individually or pair up with another student. The teacher will assist students as necessary.
Assignment: Classwork/Homework - complete the review sheet for the test tomorrow
 
Friday - Review and take the test on simplifying expressions and the order of operations.   Check the review sheet for a homework grade. Go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test.

Week 3 01/21 - 01/26

Monday - No School - MLK
 
Tuesday - Solving Absolute Value Inequalities   Check and go over homework and bell work. The students will take a quiz on Ch. 2, Sec. 1, 8. After the quiz start on absolute value inequalities. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems in class.
Assignment: Homework - Review notes and examples
 
Wednesday - Solving Absolute Value Inequalities   Check and go over the bell work. Student will work on practice problems on page 68, old textbook, #s 40-56 even. The teacher will assist students as necessary. After the students complete the class work problems, we will go over the problems together.
Assignment: Homework - page 68, #s 41-57 odd 
 
Thursday - Solving Absolute Value Inequalities   Check and go over the bell work and homework. Give the students the review sheet to work on in class. The students can work on the review individually or pair up with another student. The teacher will assist students as necessary. If the students do not complete the review sheet in class,  they will finish it for homework.
Assignment: Homework - complete the review sheet for the test on equations and inequalities 
 
Friday - Review and take the test on Equations and Inequalities   Check the review sheet for a homework grade. Go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test.
Assignment: Homework - none

Week 2 01/14 - 01/18

Monday - Review  on Chapter 2, sections 3 and 4   Check the review sheet for a homework grade. Go over the review sheet with the students before the test. 
Assignment: Homework - Study
 
Tuesday - Test on Chapter 2, Section 3 and 4 - Answer any questions prior to test. Students will test.
Assignment: Homework – None
Wednesday - Solving Equations   Check and go over the bell work. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. Students will work problems on page 49, old textbook , #s 12-40 even, 47, 48, 50, 56 in class. Teacher will assist as necessary.
Assignment: Classwork/ Homework- page 49, old textbook, #s 12-40 even, 47, 48,50, 56 
 
Thursday - Solving Inequalities   Check and go over the homework and bell work. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. Students will work problems on page 58, old textbook, #s 20-40 even, 41-49 all in class. Teacher will assist as necessary. 
Assignment: Classwork/Homework - page 58, old textbook, #s 20-40 even, 41-49 all
 
Friday - Solving Absolute Value Equations   Check and go over the homework and bell work. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. Students will work problems on page 68, old textbook, #s 25-39 odd in class. Teacher will assist as necessary.
Assignment: Homework - page 68, old textbook, 26-38 even