Honors Algebra 2

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Lesson Plans for the Week of September 23, 2024

September20

What we learn this week is very important! Please learn it well.

ACCESS DESMOS ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Monday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4; 2A.6

Transformations

Desmos: (card sort transformations)

Tuesday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4; 2A.6

Finish transformation notes

Desmos: (transforming abs value fxns)

Wednesday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4; 2A.6

Card sort with a buddy;

When finished, start the desmos assignments

Desmos: #1 (what’s my transformation)

Desmos: #2 (match my function)

Thursday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4; 2A.6

Transformations with Known Functions

Wksht: problems TBA

Transformations with Algebraic functions

Friday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4; 2A.6

Wksht: problems TBA

We will have time on Monday to work on this. These problems are not due until Tuesday.

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Lesson Plans for the Week of September 16, 2024

September13

T3 next week]

Monday

Student Holiday

Tuesday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.6

Graphles to Graphles

#1 wksht:  Domain-and-Range-Matching-Activity-Domain-Range-Matching.pdf

#2 wksht: Inequalities and Interval Notations

Wednesday

TEKS: 2A.1

discrete vs continuous notes

Thursday

TEKS: 2A.1

Workday: Discrete and Continuous Functions

6th period: yesterday’s example 4 is on a video posted on google classroom.

Everyone: There are some “hints” for a couple of the problems on the worksheet posted on google classroom. I highly suggest you go watch!

Friday

Quiz: Discrete Continuous fxns; DnR; Interval and Set Builder Notation

#3 Desmos (access on gc will open @ 7:55AM): Marble slide

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Lesson Plans for the Week of September 9, 2024 HOCO Week

September7

Test on Tuesday! The review was posted last Friday. 🙂

FYI:
Chat GPT NOT good for Math help

Monday

T2 Review Worksheet

Please work the review on notebook paper, NOT in your journal, so it can be turned in.

Tuesday

T2

Wednesday

TEKS: 2A.1;

Interval and Set Builder Notation

interval notation wksht

and p. 7 (1-28)

Thursday

TEKS: 2A.1

#1 Desmos: domain and range practice

#2 Demos: domain and range card sort

(Links are posted on GC)

Friday (HOCO)

TEKS: 2A.1

More with Domain and Range

wksht: porcupine and domain and range worksheet #1

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Lesson Plans for the Week of September 2, 2024

September1

Monday is Labor Day! Enjoy the break!

T2 will be on September 10, 2024. The review is posted on Friday below.

 

Monday

Labor Day Holiday!!!

Tuesday

TEKS: 2A.1, 2A.6

Solving Absolute Value Inequalities

p. 39 (3-18 all)

finish p. 33 (36-44 all)

Wednesday

TEKS: 2A.1, 2A.4

Factoring gcf and x^2+bx+c

#1 (2-12e, 18, 22-30e) Factoring GCF and Trinomials

#2 (1-6) factoring negative leading coefficient

Thursday

TEKS: 2A.1, 2A.4

Solving Quadratic EQs by Factoring

Wksht (1-20)

Friday

Quiz: Solving Compound Linear Inequalities, Absolute Value Inequalities, and Quadratic EQs

T2 Review Worksheet (1-12 only)

Please work the review on notebook paper, NOT in your journal, so it can be turned in.

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Lesson Plans for the Week of August 26, 2024

August27
Monday

TEKS: 2A.1;

Fraction Circuit: clear the denominators first

Solving EQs by Clearing Fractions FIRST

Tuesday

T1 Review Circuit

Wednesday

T1

Thursday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.3;

Solve Compound Inequalities

Compound Inequaltities: work all of the “oral practice” problems and then (8-20e, 21-42X3)

Friday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.6

Solving Absolute Value Equations

p. 33 (36-44 all) due on Wednesday 9/4

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Lesson Plans for the Week of August 19, 2024

August17

 

Monday

TEKS: 2A.1;

Simplifying Square Roots

Wksht:Simplified Radical Form

Tuesday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4

Solving Quadratic EQs

Wksht: Simplifying Radicals and Solving Quadratic EQs

Wednesday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.4

Solving Square Root EQs

p. 318 (3-12)

Thursday

TEKS: 2A.1; 2A.6

Solving Absolute Value EQs

p. 32 (3-24, 27-30, 32, 34)

Friday

Quiz: parent functions and solving equations

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Lesson Plans for the Week of August 12, 2024

August12

Welcome back to school! I’m looking forward to meeting each of you!

Monday

almost

Tuesday

not yet

Wednesday

First day!

FIRST DAY!!

Thursday

Parent Function Card Sort

Desmos: algebra 2 parent functions

(find access to this assignment on google classroom)

Friday

Solving Linear EQs and Linear Inequalities

 

DON’T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE CLASSROOM REFERENCE SHEET WITH YOUR PARENTS AND HAVE THEM EMAIL ME LETTING ME KNOW THEY DID. 🙂

Assign: Circuit Solving Linear EQs and Inequalities

there is one correction on the circuit: x > 3/5 should be   x < 3/5

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Honors math or no Honors math? That is the question.

February1

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.

 

 

 

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Welcome to Honors Algebra 2!

August20

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 Factoring (MP3)

Link to Notes T7

Link to Notes T8

Link to Notes T9

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