Analytic Geometry - week of 12/15/14

Alright, this is it!  Here's what the last week of the semester holds for us:

Monday 12/15: Probability Part 2
Tuesday 12/16: Probability Assessment & Exam Review
Wednesday 12/17: More Exam Review
Thursday 12/18: Final Exams for 1st & 2nd periods only (early release day)
Friday 12/19: Final Exams for 3rd & 4th periods only (early release day)

Final Exam Review:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOX0V6cEpEZVFCRGs/view?usp=sharing
To check your work, go here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOdFdzdVdqRXJiVU0/view?usp=sharing

Analytic Geometry - week of 12/8/14

It's our last full week together in first semester!  The schedule is a little hectic, but it should look a little something like this:

Monday 12/8: More practice with circles
Tuesday 12/9: Parabolas on a graph
Wednesday 12/10: Review of all conic sections
Thursday 12/11: Test on Circles & Parabolas (Unit 6)
Friday 12/12: Probability Part 1

Next week will be:

Monday 12/15: Probability Part 2
Tuesday 12/16: Probability Assessment & Exam Review
Wednesday 12/17: More Exam Review
Thursday 12/18: Final Exams for 1st & 2nd periods only (early release day)
Friday 12/19: Final Exams for 3rd & 4th periods only (early release day)

What To Expect going forward

Today in class students received a calendar of the last three weeks of the semester so they can see what topics are planned to be covered what days, when to expect assessments and exams, and how much (or rather how little) time we have left together this semester.  Below is a link to an electronic copy as well...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOV3ZFOFRFODlHX1k/view?usp=sharing

Oops! Lets Study A Little More Instead

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/GM%20Analytic%20Geometry%20EOC%20Assessment%20Guide.pdf

Analytic Geometry - week of 12/1/14

This week is the EOC! Tuesday & Wednesday!

After that, we'll get quickly into Unit 6 - a little bitty guy about parabolas (an extension of unit 5) and circles, two conic sections.

Next week will wrap up unit 6 and outline unit 7, probability (just a refresh of the topics from last years class, really).

The following week, I can't believe it, is exams already!

Thursday's Notes:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOaHdXZzZaVFp5cE0/view?usp=sharing

Thursday's Practice Problems:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOMW04QzBYRmxKV00/view?usp=sharing

Thursday's Practice Problems Key:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOdm56ZDRHVXYxNE0/view?usp=sharing

Friday's Notes:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAON3JEeFEyd1dGdXc/view?usp=sharing

Friday's Practice Problems:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOSGVGY3dKV1BQUHc/view?usp=sharing

Friday's Practice Problems Key:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Yq9yQCPeAOZUdvLW0wQWFVRnc/view?usp=sharing

Links to Construction Videos for Class 11/20/14

Follow the links provided to video guides for each construction:

•      Copy a Segment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDnoX4MiJtc

•      Bisect a segment/construct a perpendicular bisector: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgxTeGmWPgE

•      Copy an angle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYB1i3kkyXU

•      Bisect an angle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDXrY8E3bFs

•      Construct perpendicular lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kp4P0fje_k

•      Construct parallel lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFG02bUUyIU

•      Bonus Constructions:

•      Construct an equilateral triangle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ZtoNhEYWQ

•      Construct a square: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAfGtCeBtrU

•      Construct a hexagon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmAfsK2n2rQ

•      Line Art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2tmChdlmQA

Analytic Geometry - week of 11/17/14

This week is the week before Thanksgiving break - yay!  Here's the schedule for what to expect:

Monday 11/17 - Quadratic function transformations investigation (reviewing transformations of functions students learned in coordinate algebra & applying them to quadratic functions studied this unit); Complete Unit 5 Test Review that was started on Friday

Tuesday 11/18 - Unit 5 Test; Test Review is due today (as has been announced every day since last week), as well as warm-ups & closings for this unit (and has also been announced)

Wednesday 11/19 - Students will be going to the media center to take a practice EOCT made available via the state platform so students can become familiar with the online functionality and tools available; they will also be watching videos & practicing geometric constructions

Thursday 11/20 & Friday 11/21 - The iPad cart will be brought to class so students can start on an assignment to prepare for the EOCT, which will be Tuesday & Wednesday, December 2nd & 3rd, when we return from break.  The assignment is not due until we get back, and students received a bright yellow handout with details, but I want them to have the opportunity to begin in class.  It is via the website USA Test Prep.

Analytic Geometry - week of 11/10/14

This week in Mrs. Mackie's geometry class should look something like this:

Monday 11/10 - special case of factoring quadratics, called Difference of Squares (or D.O.S.), plus starting application problems of real-life uses of quadratic functions

Tuesday 11/11 - more application situations for quadratic functions, and beginning to graph quadratic functions

Wednesday 11/12 - continuing to graph quadratic functions, and looking at transformations of quadratic functions - what happens when you start shifting, stretching, compressing, and flipping the graphs?

Thursday 11/13 - completing the square method to solve quadratic equations and to transform quadratic functions from standard form to vertex form

Friday 11/14 - more completing the square and begin reviewing for the unit 5 test, which is scheduled for next Tuesday, 11/18/14.

The Unit 5 Test is currently scheduled for Tuesday, 11/18/14, but it's never too early to start going back and reviewing your class notes to study!

First 100 factors

Analytic Geometry - week of 11/3/14

This week in Mrs. Mackie's geometry class, the schedule will be as follows:

Monday 11/3 - Factoring polynomials with a GCF (greatest common factor)

Tuesday 11/4 - no school for students

Wednesday 11/5 - Solving polynomial equations with GCF's by factoring, and factoring trinomials where a = 1.

Thursday 11/6 - Solving quadratic (trinomial) equations where a = 1, factoring quadratics when a/= 1, and solving quadratic equations when a /= 1.

Friday 11/7 - Practicing all of these factoring and solving skills we have been learning all week!

Notes & examples will be a key component of class this week, so students should keep up with those in class (and should get them from a class mate if absent).  As soon as possible, supporting documents will be made available here electronically, but they will always be made available concretely in the classroom.