Thursday, September 28, 2006

Next Lesson: Functions and Relations

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Today's lesson was simply a chance for the students to begin working with their graphing calculators. I have a bunch of squirrely boys ...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Unit 1 results are in!

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I'm happy and relieved to say that our first test went pretty well. It was the right length - all students finished, but needed to work...
Saturday, September 23, 2006

Breakfast of Champions

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Apparently, I found my new shirt to be a lot funnier than the students did...

Next Lesson: Study Groups

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Ok, it's actually the last lesson I did, but I didn't have any time to post, what with Back to School Night and other stuff going on...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Next Lesson: Absolute Value Inequalities

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The last lesson seemed to go fine. Half of the class time was devoted to doing our computerized math grade level diagnostic testing, so I d...
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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Next Lesson: Absolute Value Equations

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For Tuesday's lesson, we will be looking at the meaning of absolute value, and how to solve absolute value equations. I decided to go w...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006

Slam I Am

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I really enjoy teaching math. I like working on math problems myself, and I find reading about the history of mathematics to be fascinating...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Next Lesson: Compound Inequalities and Interval Notation

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After reviewing the homework and the results of the last quiz (mean: 76%, not great, not terrible), we will dive in to a little guided instr...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Next Lesson: Isolating a Variable

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In this lesson, students will learn how to solve for a variable that may be in multiple terms, as well as trapped inside of parentheses. I ...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

Next Lesson: 2 x 2 systems practice

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The students liked learning the linear combination method. I like to play up things like that for them - "Now that you're in Algeb...
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