HolcombMath

Monday, May 31, 2010

Math 6 (Class 171)

Lesson Title
Investigation 3: Estimating with Factions and Decimals

Overview
In today’s class students ramp up the level of the game “Getting Close”, pushing themselves to estimate sums of decimals or fractions to the nearest 0.5 unit.
Textbook Sections
Problem 3.2 (Txt. p. 33) Getting Even Closer

Vocabulary
tiling
regular polygon
polygon
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
angle ruler
precisely
vertex

Key Attitudes
Willingness to work as a group to help meet individual and group goals.

Enduring Understandings
Changes in various parameters have specific effects on graphs of parent functions in the coordinate plane.

Essential Question
What makes an estimate reasonable?
What makes an answer exact?
What makes a strategy both effective and efficient?

Key Knowledge
A sale price can be expressed as a percent discount.
Some fractions can be represented by terminating decimals and some can not.

Key Skills
I can make quick and accurate estimates comparing fractions and decimals.

Turn-In (#-1)
No Homework

Handouts
No Handouts Posted

Assignment
ACE p.35 #5 to 13 (You do not have to explain your reasoning) and 20 (You do need to explain your reasoning).
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.

Algebra 2 (Class 85)

Lesson Title
Chapter 4 Closure

Overview
In today’s class students conduct a chapter closure: conducting a team brainstorm, creating a concept map, as well as working more problems!
Here is a link to the Virtual Algebra Tiles we used in class.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_189_g_4_t_2.html?open=activities&hidepanel=true&from=category_g_4_t_2.html
Textbook Sections
Chapter 4 Closure (Txt. p.210)

Vocabulary
parabola
parent graph
parameter
family of functions
transform
shift
stretch
compress
vertical
horizontal
relation

Key Attitudes
Willingness to work as a group to help meet individual and group goals.

Enduring Understandings
Changes in various parameters have specific effects on graphs of parent functions in the coordinate plane.

Essential Question
How can the equation of a parabola written in standard form be transformed into graphing form using just algebra?

Key Knowledge
Squares are easy! Changing a quadratic equation into a perfect square is the key to transforming any quadratic equation in standard form into graphing form.

Key Skills
I can find the center of a circle by completing the square.

Turn-In (#-1)
4-107 to 4-111, 4-119 to 4-122

Handouts
No Handouts Posted

Assignment
4-123 to 4-127, 4-136 to 4-140
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.