May 16, 2011

Today we took our final exam. Your grades are posted on the portal.

Please take a few moments and reflect back on this year and try to figure out what you did well (and continue to do that in the future), and what you could improve on (and try to improve on that in the future).

Please have a very good, very safe summer, and I'll see you in August. Thanks for your work this year.

Mr. Fisch

Friday, May 13, 2011

Today's lesson (pdf) was the second half of our review over second semester (#6, 10, 18-28, 30-37, 45 key).

Your homework for Monday is:

1. Prepare for the final (ours is first final on Monday). Make a plan for when, where and how you are going to study for the Algebra final exam. Be specific and write down your plan (people who do this are much, much, much more successful than those that don't.)
   
   
2. Bring pencils, an eraser, your calculator, a notecard (if you wish), and your textbook to the final exam. Also bring materials to study for your next final as many of you are likely to finish early.

Review for Final 22: Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

Watch Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Today's lesson (pdf) was the first half of our review over second semester (#1-5, 7-9, 11-17, 29, 38-44 key).

Your homework for Friday is:

1. Review. If there's anything from today's review that you're struggling with, please come in for help.
   
   
2. Make a plan for when, where and how you are going to study for the Algebra final exam on Monday, May 16th. Be specific and write down your plan (people who do this are much, much, much more successful than those that don't.)

Review for Final 21: Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions

Watch Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Today's lesson (pdf) was you guys generating what you thought would be on the final exam.

Your homework for Thursday is:

1. Review. Make a note of anything we generated today that you think you're still having trouble with and spend some time reviewing it and/or getting some extra help.
   
   
2. Make a plan for when, where and how you are going to study for the Algebra final exam on Monday, May 16th. Be specific and write down your plan (people who do this are much, much, much more successful than those that don't.

Review for Final 20: Simplify Rational Expressions

Watch Simplify Rational Expressions.

Review for Final 19: Solve Quadratic Equations by Using the Quadratic Formula

Watch Solve Quadratic Equations by Using the Quadratic Formula.

Monday, May 9, 2011

We began with this opener (pdf).

Today's lesson (pdf) was the second half of our review over first semester (#18-37, 40 key).

Your homework for Wednesday is:

1. Review. If there's anything from first semester that you're struggling with, please come in for help.
   
   
2. Make a plan for when, where and how you are going to study for the Algebra final exam on Monday, May 16th. Be specific and write down your plan (people who do this are much, much, much more successful than those that don't.)

Review for Final 18: Graphing y = ax^2 + bx + c

Watch Graphing y = ax² + bx + c.

Review for Final 17: Graphing y = ax^2 + c

Watch Graphing y = ax² + c.

Review for Final 16: Pythagorean Theorem

Watch Pythagorean Theorem.

Friday, May 6, 2011

We began with our assessment over Solving Rational Equations (key, pdf).

Today's lesson (pdf) was the first half of our review over first semester (#1-17, 38, 39 key).

Your homework for Monday is:

1. Check the portal for the results of your assessment, fill out your student checklist with your results, and make a plan for retake (if necessary), including making an appointment.
   
   
2. Review.
   
   
3. Make a plan for when, where and how you are going to study for the Algebra final exam on Monday, May 16th. Be specific and write down your plan (people who do this are much, much, much more successful than those that don't.)

Review for Final 15: Simplify Radical Expressions

Watch Simplify Radical Expressions.

Dear 16 Year Old Me

If you're 16 (or 14, or 17, or 11, or really any age), please watch this.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

We began with this opener (pdf). The assessment tomorrow will be two problems like this one.

Today's lesson (pdf) was practicing solving more difficult rational equations.

Your homework for Friday is:

1. Prepare for the Solving Rational Equations Assessment on Friday. There are a variety of ways to do that including, but not limited to: review the online pre-assessment; review your notebook and/or the openers and lessons posted on the blog; review the video, work some practice problems in your textbook or that you find online. You can, of course, also get help from me, another math teacher, a teacher in the Study Center, a peer tutor in the Study Center, or a parent, sibling or friend. Do whatever works best for you, but make sure you're prepared. The expectation is that you should all be able to do very well on this assessment.

Review for Final 14: Special Products and Factors

Watch Special Products and Factors.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Today we had our Skype session with Ms. Krueger.

While I handed out a worksheet over rational equations, we'll work on it tomorrow in class.

Your homework for Thursday is:

1. Look back over your notes/worksheets on solving rational equations.
   
   
2. Bring your registration card to class for me to initial.
   
   
3. Start thinking about how you are going to prepare for the final exam.

Review for Final 13: Factoring ax^2 + bx + c

Watch Factoring ax² + bx + c.

Review for Final 12: Factoring Polynomials by Grouping

Watch Factoring Polynomials by Grouping.