Algebra II

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Week 1 01/07 - 01/11

Monday - Syllabus and Procedures - Teacher will go over rules, procedures, and expectations. The students will work on a pre- assessment.
Assignment: Homework: NONE
 
Tuesday - Tables and Graphs of Linear Equations Check and go over the bell work and algebra review. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. The students will complete the problems on pages 8 and 9, old textbook, #8-38 even in class. After the students complete the classwork, we will go over it together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 110, #s 28-39 all, 41, 42, 44
 
Wednesday - Slopes and Intercepts Check and go over the homework and bell work. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. The students will complete the problems on pages 17 and 18, old textbook, #s 12-38 even, 42-63, multiplies of 3's in class. If the students do not complete the classwork, they will finish it for homework.
Assignment: Classwork / Homework - pages 17 and 18, old textbook, #s 12-38 even, 42-63, multiplies of 3's
 
Thursday - Linear Equations in Two Variables Check and go over the homework and bell work. Work examples on the board. Work practice problems together in class. The students will complete the problems on page 26, old textbook, #s 10, 14, 16, 24, 30, 38, 41, 46, 48 in class. If the students do not complete the classwork, they will finish it for homework.
Assignment: Classwork/Homework - page 26, old textbook, #s 10, 14, 16, 24, 30, 38, 41, 46, 48
 
Friday - Linear Equations in Two Variables Check and go over the homework problems and bell work. The students will work on additional problems in class together. The problems are on page 26, old textbook, #s 17, 23, 26, 37, 42, 43, 49, 52. After the students complete the problems in class, we will go over them together. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Classwork/Homework - page 26, old textbook, #s 13, 15, 25, 29, 39, 45, 47

Week 19 12/17 - 12/21

Monday - Review - Students will complete questions 1-29 on the review the semester exam. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together. 
Homework - Study for exam
 
Tuesday - Review - Students will complete questions 30-47 on the review for the semester exam. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together.
Homework - Study for the exam.
 
Wednesday - Exam - Students will complete the semester exam.
Homework - NONE
 
Thursday - Exam - Students will not meet for Algebra 2 due to 3rd and 4th block exams during 1st and 2nd.
Homework - NONE
 
Friday - Make up - Students will make up any missed work as well as any exams that were missed. 
Homework - NONE

Week 18 12/10 - 12/14

Monday -  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
 
Tuesday - 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  
 
Wednesday - Solve Radical Equations   Check and go over bell work and homework problems. Go over examples on how to solve radical equations. Work practice problems together in class. Homework will be assigned. 
Assignment: Homework - page 284 and 285, old textbook, #s 14-42 even
 
Thursday - Review - Check and go over bell work and homework problems. The students will work a review for the test. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together. 
Homework - Study for test.
 
Friday - Test - Check and go over bell work. The students will take a test on Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions and Simplifying Radical Expressions. 
Homework - None

Week 17 12/03 - 12/07

Monday - Dividing Polynomials by Long Division and Synthetic Division    Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will work on the review sheet in class. 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 for the test on dividing polynomials using long division and synthetic division
 
Tuesday - 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
 
Wednesday - 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
 
Thursday - 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
 
Friday - 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  

Week 16 11/26 - 11/30

Monday - 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
 
Tuesday - 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
 
Wednesday - 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
 
Thursday - Dividing Polynomials by Synthetic Division   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will complete the problems on page 446, #s 81-90 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 244, #s 10-28 even
 
Friday -  Dividing Polynomials by Long Division and Synthetic Division    Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will work on the review sheet in class. 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 for the test on dividing polynomials using long division and synthetic division

Week 15 11/12 - 11/16

Monday - Imaginary / Complex Numbers   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to find the discriminant and use it to find the number of solutions. Work practice problems together in class. The students will work the problems on page 320, old textbook, #s 24-40 even in class. After the students complete the problems, we will go over them together in class. Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - worksheet 5.6, #s 1-26
 
Tuesday - Imaginary/Complex Numbers - Check and go over bell work and homework. Work examples on the board of how to find the discriminant and various examples of imaginary and complex number problems. The students will complete a practice page. 
Homework - Complete classwork that not completed during class.
 
Wednesday - Imaginary / Complex Numbers   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. The students will work on the review sheet for the test on imaginary and complex numbers. 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 for test on imaginary and complex numbers
 
Thursday - Review and Test on Imaginary/Complex Numbers   Check and go over the review sheet. After reviewing, the students will take the test on imaginary and complex numbers.
Assignment:  Homework - none
 
Friday - ACT Packet - Check and go over bell work - Students will complete test from Thursday. Students will also complete any missing assignments before leaving for Thanksgiving Break. The students will be working from ACT packets on the Math section. 
Homework - NONE due to Thanksgiving break. 
 

Week 14 11/05 - 11/09

Monday - 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
 
Tuesday - 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
 
Wednesday - 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
 
Thursday - Imaginary Numbers / Complex Numbers   Go over the bell work. Work examples on the board on how to simplify imaginary numbers and perform operations on complex numbers. Work practice problems together in class (worksheets 6-8 and 6-9). Homework will be assigned.​ 
Assignment: Homework - page 320, old textbook, #s 14-23, and 45-59
 
Friday - Imaginary / Complex Numbers   Check and go over the bell work and homework problems. Work examples on the board on how to simplify fractions containing complex numbers. Work on practice problems together in class (worksheet 6-10). Homework will be assigned.
Assignment: Homework - page 320, old textbook, #s 60-75

Week 13 10/29 - 11/02

Monday - Fall Break
Tuesday - Fall Break
 
Wednesday - 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
 
Thursday - 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
 
Friday - 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

Week 12 10/22 - 10/26

Monday - 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
 
Tuesday - 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
 
Wednesday - 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. 
 
Thursday - Review - Go over bell work and homework. Students will complete review sheet for test. The students may work with a partner or indvidually. The teacher will assist as needed. We will go over these together.
Assignment: Homework - Study for test. 
 
Friday - Test - Go over bell work. Teacher will answer any of questions prior to the test. Students will complete the test.
Assisngment: Homework - NONE
 

Week 11 10/15 - 10/19

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 - 60% Day for Homecoming - Factoring Quadractic Expressions - Check and go over bell work and homework problems. Continue factoring quadractice expressions. Students will work a mixed review of factoring. 
Assignment: Homework - None due to homecoming!

Week 10 10/08 - 10/12

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 - Student Holiday / Report Card Day
 
Wednesday - 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
 
Thursday- 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
 
 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 10/01 - 10/05

Monday -  Review - Check and go over bell work. Students will work problems 1-12 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. 
 
Tuesday - Review - Check and go over bell work. Students will work problems 13-25 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 -  Test - Students will take nine weeks exam in 2nd block. 1st block will work on an ACT practice test. 
 
Friday - Test - 1st Block will take nine weeks exam. 2nd block- Students will complete an ACT practice test. 

Week 8 09/24 - 09/28

Monday - 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
 
Tuesday - 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
 
Wednesday -  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
 
Thursday - 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
 
Friday - 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

Week 7 09/17 - 09/21

Monday - 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
 
Tuesday - 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
 
Wednesday - 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
 
Thursday - Test on Functions   Check and go over the review sheet with the students before the test. After reviewing, the students will take the test. 
Assignment: Homework - none
 
Friday - 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