Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Next Lesson: Polynomial Inequalities and End Behavior

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Students took to the number line models pretty well in the last lesson. I think it can be really eye-opening to see how lines, parabolas, c...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Next Lesson: Polynomials and the Number Line Model

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Intersession is complete, and we're back to regular school (i.e. normal crazy instead of crazy crazy). In the next Algebra 2 lesson, we ...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Next Lesson: Creating a cubic function from 3 linear functions

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Intersession is nearing completion, and I am finally getting back on track with my curriculum. My Algebra 2 students had their Quadratics a...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Intersession Update

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I haven't posted for a while, in part due to my new Perplexcity obsession. But today seems like a good day to write. Period 1: Slam Poe...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Intersession

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At DCP, between fall and spring semesters, we have a period of time called intersession. It originally started as a time for students faili...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

Perplex City: the new obsession

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Perplex City is a game, based out of England, that has been gaining popularity for the last couple of years. It is an "alternate reali...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Finals Results

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The results of the Algebra 2 Honors final: 10 | 0 9 | 6 8 | 0 1 1 4 4 7 | 1 1 1 4 4 6 6 8 6 | 1 1 5 6 9 5 | 4 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | For a final ex...
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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Radical Butterflies from Hell

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We used to have our fall finals at the end of December, right before the students went on break. In the past couple of years, we have moved...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

The name's Overun. Rise Overun. But you can call me Slope.

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The year ended with a great assembly. The dance classes performed their jazz dance final, complete with white gloves and top hats. The gro...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Showdown!

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I forgot to post about the last lesson - I gave students a quiz on radicals and complex numbers, and I also taught them how to factor trinom...
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