Tuesday,September 2, 2008         

Welcome and Course description. No homework.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Textbooks assigned, seating plan, practice question assignment (integers). No homework.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Integer review , BEDMAS (Order of Operations) and Fraction review. No homework.

Friday, September 5, 2008

 -BEDMAS quiz

 -Note/Lesson on the Line

 - Graphing relations exercise (using the TI-83)

Monday, September 8, 2008

 - Explanation / Start of Daily Mastery Quiz

- Review of graphing relations exercise

- Linear Relations mastery booklet

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

-Daily Mastery Quiz (Linear Relations)

-Characteristics of a Linear Relation / TI-83 graphing basics

-Calculating slope worksheet "What do you call a Duck that Steals"?...complete this worksheet for tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

-Daily Mastery Quiz, Real numbers

-Characteristics of Linear Relations: Input-Output models, First Differences

-Review of Practice Mastery

-Part 1: Linear Relationships

Thursday, September 11, 2008

 Major Topic:  y = mx + b (substitution from a table of values, connections between slope and first differences)

Friday, September 12, 2008

-Daily Mastery: slope and real numbers

-Pages 58-61 #1, 5bc, 9, 11

-BEDMAS activity pages returned

-Day One: A Cell Phone Problem Assignment

No Homework. Have a Great Weekend.

-Daily Mastery, Borden Challenge Explained

-Review of Linear Relations Mastery Questions (Booklet)

-Cell Phone Problem, day II (Due Tomorrow)

-Extension/practice: p.62 # 1,2,3a,4a

-Daily Mastery Quiz

-Algebra Tiles Lesson and Note

-Solving for x

-Puzzle page "What is the difference between a TV announcer and a Yam?"

-Daily Masetry Quiz

-Distributive Law using Algebra Tiles

-A Cell phone problem collected

-Expanding Expressions Worksheet 1

-Simplifying Expressions Worksheet 2

-Puzzle page "Fortune Teller"

MASTERY TEST ONE (Real Numbers & Linear Relations): will take place on Tuesday September 23rd!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

(1 Hour class)

-Daily Mastery

-Lesson: Distributive law, dual sided equations

-Puzzle page: "Cryptic Quiz"

-Mike P. and Nick L. ... don't forget to hand in your cell phone problem assignment tomorrow!

-Daily Mastery

-Practical applications of linear functions. Group practice question p. 72 # 3

-Group or independent practice: p. 72 # 2,4,6,7

-Borden challenge taxes, bonuses

Homework: Study for mastery test one (Real numbers and Linear Relations)...it is coming up on Tuesday!

-PRACTICE ONLINE HERE: http://www.sirrobertbordenhs.ocdsb.ca/math/math.htm 

-Click on mastery main page, MFM2P link, Unit 1 /Unit 2

Have a great weekend!

-Equations of Lines: two main forms of the equation of a line.

-Rearranging equations into the form y = mx + b

-Homework: Study for mastery test one (Real numbers and Linear Relations)...tomorrow!

-PRACTICE ONLINE HERE: http://www.sirrobertbordenhs.ocdsb.ca/math/math.htm 

-Click on mastery main page, MFM2P link, Unit 1 /Unit 2

-Mastery Test one

-Graphing linear equations

-Homework: complete p.105 # 5 (rearrange equation into the form y=mx+b, graph using the graph paper provided in class).

-You may download/print extra graph paper and cartesian graphs on the MFM2PL Math tools page

-Determining the equation of a line from the graph (note and handout)

-Puzzle page "What did the ape think of the grape's house?"

-Handout: Linear relations, standard form to y = mx + b

-Check out the powerpoint presentations on the multimedia page

-Practice Performance Assessment 1 : Lucy's boarding costs

-The REAL performance assessment will take place tomorrow: study and practice!

-REAL Performance Assessment: Lucy's boarding costs

-Coming up next week:

Monday: PRACTICE unit test!

Tuesday: ANSWER REVIEW of practice unit test!

Wednesday: REAL unit test!

-Over the weekend: 

Review the powerpoint presentations on the multimedia page

Have a great weekend!

-Daily Mastery

-Practice Test (partner work): Be prepared to share your answer with the class tomorrow.

-Math opportunity at Borden update: MOB letter to parents.pdf

Tomorrow:

*Review of practice test answers

Wednesday: UNIT TEST!

-Review of practice test answers. A copy of solutions was provided to students.

-15 min of in class time to study and ask any questions.

Homework: Study for your unit test!

To review, watch the movies on the multimedia page.

LINEAR RELATIONS UNIT TEST

Work period:

-Equations of Lines Practice booklet

-Algrebra booklet (mastery package)

-Puzzle page: "Whom should you see at the Bank if you need to borrow money?"

-Daily mastery quiz

-Review and correction of unit 1 test

-Introduction to Linear Systems:

 Solving Linear Systems by Graphing Activity (guided practice)

-Daily mastery quiz

-Algebra booklet work, review of answers for the first 15 questions.

-Solving Linear Systems by graphing, Activity II (guided and independent practice)

-Puzzle page: "What were the headlines after a mad scientist trained two eggs to attack a candy store with sharp sticks?" ...Graphing equations (independent practice)

-Daily Mastery Quiz

-Student Vote

-Algebra Mastery Booklet work.

-Solving Linear Systems by Graphing

-Daily Mastery 

-TI-83 graphing to find the point of intersection (POI)

-PowerPoint presentation: solving linear systems using substitution

See the new powerpoint presentation on the multimedia page!

-Daily Mastery

-Handout: Solving Linear systems by Substitution: Phone plan activity (Application question, whole class guided practice)

-Handout: Substitution practice problems ...(in y = mx + b form). Group and independent practice - please complete these for Tuesday!

Need to review the steps?

See the new powerpoint presentation on the multimedia page!

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a great long weekend.

 Holiday - Thanksgiving

-Daily Mastery

-Solving by Substitution (Guided Note)

-Substitution practice problems: Text p.129 #6 ii, iii, p.130 # 9a,c, 11a,b

-Students encouraged to take advantage of extra help available Monday to Thursday after school. For more info, see the Math Opportunity at Borden Letter:  MOB letter to parents.pdf 

Coming up: Quiz, Thursday, October 17th, Solving by Substitution

-Lab mastery (using SRB's math website)

-Review of multimedia learning materials

-Ghost puzzle sheet (due at the end of class)

-Reminder: your quiz on substitution will take place tomorrow, don't forget to study.

-QUIZ: SOLVING BY SUBSTITUTION

-New topic: Solving Linear systems using Elimination

-Elimination PowerPoint presentation (online version coming soon!)

-Daily Mastery. Borden challenge taxes.

-Elimination: 1abc, pg. 135, New examples # 3abc, 4abc 

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

-Daily Mastery

-Pg. 136 # 6bc, 8 bc, 9a

-PowerPoint: Choosing a method to solve a Linear system

-Solving Linear systems practice (Mastery Test Bank)

-See the new PowerPoint presentations on the multi-media page.

Coming up this week:

Performance Assessment: Practice this Thursday, REAL one this Friday

Coming up next week:

UNIT TEST: Practice Monday October 27th, REAL one on Wednesday Oct. 29

-Daily Mastery

-Mastery test bank questions: selection of the best mthod for solving linear systems

-Application of linear relations (guided note)

-Application practice problems: pg 143.# 4 b,c,d pg 145. #  11

-Students should complete the practice test questions not completed in class as homework!

Review of answers to the practice test:

All students revieved a copy of the solutions & made corrections to the practice tests

NEW UNIT: Introduction to Trigonometry & Similar Triangles

What is Trigonometry, you ask? Check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry

-Review of Pythagorean Theorem (guided note)

-Pythagorean practice problems (hard copy handout)

-Congruent Triangles (guided note)

-Puzzle page, Congruent Triangles

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

-Monster mystery puzzle page

-Pythagoras and similar triangle practice problems:

pg.235: # 2,5,6,8

pg.238: # 11

pg.244 # 2, 3

-Note and example: Application of Similar Triangles

-p.235 # 3 inside angles

-p.244 # 2,3,7,8

Note: Intro to Trigonometery

Major topics:

Labelling triangles to find to find the hypoteneuse, adjacent and opposite sides

Trig ratios : SOH CAH TOA

Homework: Trig puzzle page

-Trig practice page

-TI-83 use in Trig problems

-Review: properties of similar triangles

-Similar Triangles examples (Guided note)

-Text: p. 255 # 5, 6 ac

-Guided Note: The Sine Ratio - Calculating length

-Text: p.273 # 4, 7, 12

-Application questions using trig: Angles of elevation and depression

-Guided note: calculation of building height using trig

-Practice problems: p.281# 1, 2, 3 

- Daily Mastery

- Trig mastery booklet (38 questions)

- p.282... 5,6,7

-Daily Mastery

-Pythagoras review sheet

-Similar Triangles review

-SIN, COS, TAN problem review

Coming up:

-Trigonometry Practice Test: November 19th

-REAL TEST: Friday, November 21

-Introduction to Quadratic Functions

-Characteristics of a parabola - parapobla graphing activity

-p.310 #4abc, 5

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

-Characteristics of a Quadratic relation: Guided note/ sample problems.

Important points to remember:

• 1,3,5 step pattern
• Constant 2nd differences
• Steps for graphing a quadratic relation

-Practice: p.328 # i, iii, v

-Check out this cool applet (simple program) about quadratic relations and parabola.  

• The equation changes when we move the paramters of the curve!

http://www.members.shaw.ca/ron.blond/TLE/QR.PARABOLA.APPLET/index.html

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

-In class assignment: projectile motion

-p.330 instructions, copy chart (#6, p.331). In the chart, include image number, height of ball on picture (cm), time and actual height (m).

-Graph the results

-Work collected at the end of the period

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

- Practice: finding first and second differences from the table of values

- Using the table of values to find the equation in general quadratic form

- Important things to remember:

• The y value of the vertex will always be the "c" in the equation
• The value of "a" is the second difference column divided by 2.

 - Review of the equations from the tables of value (from yesterday)

 - Determining the Equation of a Quadratic... practice

 - Calculator: checking your equation using the TI-83

 - More practice: p.317 # 1, 2

 - Daily Mastery

 - Guided Practice: using the TI-83 to graph quadratics and check equations

 - Independent practice: 6 practice problem handout (determine the equation) 

- Daily Mastery

- Discovery Education Video: Math at Work (Applications of math to different careers) 

- Class discussion between video segments (Application of math vocabulary)

Friday, December 5, 2008

- Daily Mastery

- Quadratics Investigation activity 

Monday,

December 8, 2008

- Daily Mastery

- Review of Quadratics Investigation activity

- Quadratic Functions in the Form  y = ax² + bx + c

Tuesday,

December 9, 2008

- Daily Mastery and New Mastery package

- Continuation of Quadratic Functions in the Form y = ax² + bx + c (sample problem)

- Practice: p.336 # 1 i, ii,iii, 6 pg. p. 329 # 7

Wednesday,

December 10, 2008

Thursday,

December 11, 2008 

- Daily Mastery

- Summary of Quadratics:  Summary of Quadratics.docm

- Characteristics of polynomials:  Polynomials.doc

- Multiplying polynomials, with and without algebra tiles:

   Multiplying Polynomials.doc

- Practice, your choice of method!

  pg. 367 # 6 abcd, 9, 15 abc

Coming up next week:

Practice Test Tuesday December 16th

Review of Practice Test December 17th

REAL TEST December 18th

Friday,

December 12, 2008

- Daily Mastery

- Factoring (Factoring quadratic equations in order to find their x intercepts/"roots") 

   Factoring_Dec 12.docm

- Practice pg. 358 # 2,3,4 (ab, all sections)

- Factoring Difference of squares:

   Factoring Difference of Squares_Dec 12.docm

- Practice pg. 358 # 10 ab, 11 bc

Monday,

December 15, 2008

- Daily Mastery

- Review of factoring, difference of squares

- review of homework 

Tuesday,

December 16, 2008

- Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring (guided note) 

- Quadratics and Parabola Practice Test

Wednesday,

December 17, 2008

- Review of answers from the practice test 

- Check your answers! Download the answers here:  QuadTest_Soln.ppt

- Homework: Study!

Thursday,

December 18, 2008

Friday,

December 19, 2008

              Happy Holidays! 

New Unit: Measurement

- Review of area vs. surface area

- Review of Three-dimensional Geometry: Surface Area (Hard copy handout, guided note)

- Practice problems: Surface Area (1-6 hard copy handout)

- Copy of formula sheet (hardcopy handout)

- Surface area practice worksheet (hardcopy handout)

- Calculating volume of geometric solids

- Three dimensional geometry: volume (guided note)

- Sample volume practice problems (hard copy handout)

- Volume puzzle page (hard copy handout)

- Applications of Area (hard copy handout)

- Applications of Area and Volume (hard copy handout)

- Metric conversions (guided note/ hard copy handout)

Matt L. reminder: your re-test is on Monday. Please remember to study this weekend. 

- Measurement Conversions: Imperial System

- Imperial and Metric coversions, Practice

- Chart: measurement systems

- Problem solving with Measurement (guided note)

- Practice problem: house paint

Coming up this week:

Measurement performance task: Wednesday and Thursday!

Answers to Practice Performance task: 

Part I

• Total baseboard is equal to approx. 113 feet 8 inches
• You will need approx 34.7m, costing $38.17

Part II

• Carpet: You will need 203.7 ft²
• "Love you floors" option = $383.00
• Carpet Forever option = $193.71
• 1 gallon of paint will cover 50 square yards

Part III

• Total area is 1215 ft²...3 cans of paint are needed

Part IV

• Volume is 840.94³ (...half of room)
• Can store 23 boxes

- Summative Task Day 1 (Group)

- Model building

- Summative Task Day 2 (Individual)

- Report with calculations

- Exam Review

- Solution page available/provided for both  sample exams

REMINDERS:

• The exam will take place Monday January 26th at 9AM
• Check your room location on the yellow sheets in class, or outside the guidance office
• If your textbook has been pre-cleared for return, remember to bring your blue slip with your textbook to the express textbook return, located at room 241. the express textbook return is open between 8:15 am and 8:45 am on Monday the 26th.