This is why we need units!

Welcome to Algebra 2!  This course is a continuation of what you learned in Algebra 1. If you have forgotten Algebra 1, that’s okay because we will review the first few weeks and bring you up to speed. What makes Algebra 2 different from Algebra 1 is that we will study many more functions. In Algebra 1, you studied mostly linear functions and you dabbled with the quadratic function. We will add to those absolute value, square root, cube root, cubic, inverse, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and polynomial functions. At the end of the year, we will venture into conics. So bring lots of paper, pencils and graph paper and get ready to learn.

In addition to posting the notes on the link below, if you are absent this year (2021-2022) I will be posting videos of our lessons on google classroom as they are available. Check your school email for any notifications from google classroom. Look for the corresponding assignment that is posted on this blog. If you have questions, bring your notes and your assignment with you to my classroom in the morning.

Please understand that posting the notes is a courtesy. You may have to “phone/text a friend” for a picture of their notes if my notes have not been posted yet.

If you know you are going to be out for extracurricular activities, please get your work before you leave.

When you are absent, then # of days out = # of days allowed to return work.

Don’t forget to turn in the assignment that was due on the day of your absence on the day of your return.

Link to Notes T1

Link to Notes T2

T2 on Wednesday!

Did you know next Monday is a holiday?

Our first test is Wednesday! Start looking at your notes from the first day we took them. Don’t wait for the night before to start studying. Work the problems in your notes that we did together. Work some of the homework problems that were assigned, and not just the easy ones.

Welcome!

If this is your question, I have two things for you to do as you are choosing your coursework for next year.

#1: Please go to this website and pick one of our AP courses that we offer at WOHS. The site will show what careers will need that course. If an AP course is suggested, then you need Honors math!

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/choosing-courses/by-major-career?SFMC_cid=EM1114265-&rid=47075934

#2: Read this article.

What Do Colleges Look For in Students_ _ CollegeData

I hope that your decisions are based on what is best for your future goals. I have former students tell me all the time that my honors math/AP Calculus best prepared them for college whether they were math majors or not. I have former students tell me all the time, “I should have taken your (fill in the blank with any of my honors math/AP Calculus) class.” I’ve never had a student come back and tell me that my courses were a waste of their time.

I had a former student tell me that my honors precalculus helped her make an A in her precalculus course at KC. She said students were struggling, but she was flying through it.

A former student emailed me yesterday: “Thank you for the suffering.” (tongue-in-cheek humor) “Your Pre-AP classes prepared me for college math. If any pre-ap kids talk crap send them my way.”

I had a senior last year at graduation tell me that she found out that morning that she was going to have to take Calculus at Texas A&M for her major. She was so glad she took my class. She aced Calculus 1 at Texas A&M last fall.

I had a former student change her major in college to a different nursing degree plan and it required Business Calculus. She was so glad she had taken my AP Calculus and is now pursuing her doctorate in nursing.

I had a former student tell me last year that the rigor of my AP Calculus best prepared him as he was entering medical school. He didn’t have to take Calculus in high school, but he did and it prepared him for his future goal of becoming a doctor.

So before you “drop out” of honors math because you think you won’t be able to handle the load, please give serious thought to what will be most beneficial to you in your future.