Winter Break News.

Congrats to all for completing a semester.  I think the majority of students gave great effort and earned top grades.  Special kudos to those students who raised their grades during finals week; not easy.


Alg II _ We will be doing units 8-1 through 8-5 when we return with quizzes scheduled for 1/10 and 1/16 and the unit test on 1/24.  We'll see about the POUs and performance task later.

Alg I  - Think about how to improve your grades.  For many it is completing and turning in hw in a times fashion, while for others it is about improving test scores or increasing participation.

pre calc - We will start ch 7 in January which focuses on trigonometry functions and the unit circle.

Thanks again for being terrific students and see you in 2014.

Monday 12/9

alg II - study for quiz on 8-6, 8-7, 8-8; you'll get study packets later

alg I -  study for ch 6 test

pre calc  - finish handout   test now on wed.

thursday 12/5

alg II - p. 632, #4-12 and  18-22 evens, 54, 71, 72  text

alg I - p. 340   #1-7  text

pre calc -  p. 199 #7-14

tues 12/3

Tests Tuesday!

alg ii h - p. 624  #5-17 odds, 51-54, 73-75

alg i - p. 299-304 in explorations book; we'll do 304 in class tomorrow

pr calc - no hw; we'll finish notes tomorrow and do more complicated logs

Mon 12/2

alg II - section 8-6 #2-22 evens, 29, 81, 89, 90   quiz next Tuesday

alg I - p. 332 #1-8; test next Tuesday

pre calc - 1-9 in text section 5-5 written ex; test next Tuesday

Week of Thanksgiving

I think all of you have taken a test recently and there will be no hw during the break this week.
We will go back to work Monday for a few weeks and then start our final review preparation and then finals week.
This is your LAST opportunity to raise your grade.  No late work will be accepted after Dec. 4th.

Please have fun with your family and friends this week since that is the purpose of these holidays.
Paz a los todos!

Tuesday- Friday

I will be out for the rest of the week.  There will be a good sub there but I can post the work for the week here as well.

Alg II -  8-14 evens, 33  Text tonight
test on next Tuesday, review on Monday, pg 764 #22-32, 48+49 on Friday, p. 764 # 1-13, 47 on Thursday, p. S41 on Wed (applications at the back of the text)

Alg I - p. 308-9  #11-16; test friday


pre calc - Test on Friday; you have the review info and review sheet.  Study!

Friday 11/15

Alg II - no hw but start studying your conics and knowing the difference between each kind.  more hyperbolas on Monday


alg I - hw packet due on Monday

pre calc - no hw

Thursday 11/14

alg II - handout C:  #2, 8, 9; hyperbolas coming your way!

alg I - p. 257 in the explorations book   don't forget about the work on p. 301-302 that we will turn in next week

pre calc -  none; start thinking serious - muchos chistos!

Wed 11/13

alg II -  handout C  1,3,4,5,6  only; we will do more of it tomorrow and move onto another conic on Friday.


alg I -  p. 301 text  20-30 evens  and 41


pre calc - p. 149 text #6-13
Happy Wednesday and have a good night!

Tuesday 11/12

alg II -  p. 732 #1-7, 10, 18, 24, 26, 28, 37

alg I - p. 301  #1-15 odd


pre calc - p.149   #1-3  and quiz tomorrow

Alg II game plan for rest of semester 11/11

Alg II- Here is the curriculum guide for the rest of the semester as designed by Mr Okla.  We are 2 days behind due to the training and common core, and yes my project.  Have no fear, we are great classes and will easily catch up to the others and much more than just proficient.
Best,
TP

11/12/13	11/13/13	11/14/13	11/15/13
10.3 Ellipses-writing equations & horizontal compressions and stretches	10.4 Hyperbolas	10.4 Hyperbolas	10.4 Hyperbolas
			QUIZ ON 10.2 & 10.3
11/19/13	11/20/13	11/21/13	11/22/13
10.5 Parabolas	10.6 Identifying conics	SUBBED OUT	10.6 Identifying conics
		10.6 Identifying conics
11/26/13	11/27/13	11/28/13	11/29/13
TEST Unit 4	MINIMUM DAY	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
		THANKSGIVING	HOLIDAY
12/3/13	12/4/13	12/5/13	12/6/13
8-2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions	8-3 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions	8-3 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions	8-4 Graphing Rational Functions by Transformations
12/10/13	12/11/13	12/12/13	12/13/13
QUIZ 8-1 thru 8-3	REVIEW FOR FINAL	REVIEW FOR FINAL	REVIEW FOR FINAL

Wed 11/6

Alg II - Test tomorrow!  Hopefully you have been studying and I hope that your POU is turned in.  If not, do it and return it to me at once.  Project Friday.


alg i - write a word problem that involves constant rate of change


pre calc - handout on adding functions

Monday 11/4

alg II - study!!!!   POU due on Wed and Test on Thursday and project on Friday

Alg I - p. 294 text #13-26   Quiz on Wed

p. 128  #1-4, 12, 15  text   Quizzes were very good!

Frid 11/1

Happy Day of the Dead for those who are celebrating!

alg II - finish 25-30 from the classwork we did today.   Test on Thursday.  POU due on Wed.

alg i - have the hw packet ready to turn in.  Quiz on Wed.

pre calc - no hw; parent function quiz and 4-2 on Monday

thursday Hallow's Eve

Happy Halloween!!!!

alg II - textbook #2-9 in 9-4 composite functions

alg I - if you didn't finish the day of the dead poster, do it.  Also, the problems on direct variation

pre calc -  6 problems on the piecewise function handout

wed 10/30

alg II -  no hw as long as you finished p. 163 in explorations; work on POU and start practicing for the test


alg i =  make sure your project is almost ready

pre calc - transformation and piecewise function handout   3 problems

monday 10/28

Alg II -  pg. 449 #20-36 evens

alg I -  p. 193-196 explorations book

pre calc - pg. 122 #1-9, 13, 15

Go Vikings, bring that Donkey home!  I will be camping so you can tell me how the game went on Monday.

Alg II - p. 449 #2-6;  We be doing a lot of:  finding solutions from equations, finding equations from solutions, graphing equations and writing equations from graphs.  Get ready for it!

Alg i - no hw but have your hw packet ready on Monday.

pre calc-  fiestas todos los dias!

thursday 10/24

Alg II -  p. 442  #13, 14, 44, 46  The first 2 can be challenging but give it your best effort!  We gointo 6-6 tomorrow.


alg I -  finish the phone plan comparison and turn it in by Monday

pre calc - early test scores are pretty good, no hw.  Manana we have some fun!

Wed 10/23

Alg II - good quiz scores!  p. 442  1-4, 8-9, 10

Alg I - pg 28 in the hw and practice workbook (5-2 using intercepts)

pre calc - STudy!! Test tomorrow!!

Tuesday 10/22

Alg II - Finish problems 1-6 that were on the board during class.   If you missed class, you can get them from me tomorrow.  Quiz on Wednesday.  Very short so there will be a time limit.


alg I -  pg. 261 in the text  #34-37, 52-56, 58, 62.  Warm ups 15-22 were due today.


pre calc - look at study guide and attempt at least 6 problems.

Monday 10/21

Alg Ii - p. 433 #2, 4-6, 50, 51   we will finish the notes for 6-4 tomorrow

Alg I - finish p. 179-182 in explorations book

pre calc - p. 112 Text  #4

Friday Saturday Sunday

All classes:  I hope you enjoyed the game of logic games and Mensa puzzles.  I think we all deserved a break from the curriculum and a chance to get some extra credit points.  No hw for any classes.

Alg II - Next week we will do 6.4-6.6 as well as a quiz on Wednesday

Alg I - Next week we will do 5-1 and 5-2, and have a quiz in there as well.

pre calc -  Test on Thursday and sounds like there may be a fiesta on Friday.  Can't wait.

Parents, Check this Out!

Please go to the online textbook and check out the parent letter.

If your child is in Alg I or Alg II, I can send you a parent letter via email that details what the current unit looks like (Sorry, Pre calc!).  It can give you information that you can discuss with your child and you can ascertain how well your child is digesting the material.  Showing an interest in what they are learning also helps to show the importance of math.  

I would have attached it but I don't see a document attachment for this blog.

my email is tparker@smmusd.org

thursday 10/17

Congrats water polo!  looked great today.

alg II -  p. 426  #2-6, 57-58 text

alg I - text 5-1 p. 260  #2-7, 15

pre calc -  3-3 problems on pg 107  17-23 odd, 31

Very nice job this week.   Hope you all enjoy the weekend.

wed 10/16

Congrats Dodgers fans!


alg II - p. 419 44, 46, 47, 52, 65, 67-68   all hw is posted in the post on unit 3

alg I - finish inequalities word problems handout

pre calc - finish problems from 3-2

10/15 Tuesday

Grienke or Nolasco?   I vote Nolasco and save the big guns for game 5 and 6..  Here is the hw.

alg II h - p. 418 #18, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 35, 36, 54   try your VERY best on the Pascal's triangle problems (31 and 32 I think).


Alg I -  no HW.  We start ch 5 manana.

alg Ii - look at the previous post that gives the hw for the whole unit.  Tonight's p. 410-411 # #9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 42, 59-61.

alg I - "are you ready?" at the front of ch 5.  Performance task tomorrow.

pre calc - #1-23 odds, 27 in 3-1 on inequalities.

Dodgers, way to beat Wainwright and good hitting Puig.

Alg II unit 3 unit plan - rough draft

Here is the plan for unit 3, which is chapter 6 in the textbook with 9-4 added at the end.

Chapter 6 (unit III)

6-1 one day (starting on Monday oct 14^th) p. 410 #9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 42, 59-61

6-2 one day   p. 418 18, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 35, 36, 54 (10/15)

6-3 two days p. 426  #2-6, 57-58 (10/16 and 17)

Day 2: 426 #19-22, 31-32, 39, 60-61,

6-4 two days p. 433 #2, 4-6, 16, 50-51  10/21

Day 2:  p. 433 #17-19, 33-36, 53-54 (10/22)

6-5 one day  p. 442 # 5-10, 44(10/23)
day two:  pg. 442 #13, 14, 44, 46

6-6 two days p. 449 # #2-5, 36, 44-47

Day 2:  p. 449 #9, 14, 24, 39, 42, 63(10/25 and 28)

6-7 two days p. 457 # 6-9, 12-13, 24-26

Day 2: 458 # 36-39, 43, 48, 52(10/29 and 30)

9-4 1 day (10/31)

2-3 days for challenge, extend, performance task, review (11/1, 11/4)

1 day for test on Tuesday Nov 5th

Friday Early edition

Alg II -  read 6-1  do explorations pg. 115 evens

Alg I -  no hw  have your packet ready on Monday

pre calc- no hw

Congrats on the homecoming win, Vikings!

Thursday late edition

Alg II - text pg. 345-348  #32-35, 38, 81-83 -  good effort on the challenge problems please

Alg I - study hard and get your hw packet together for Monday

pre calc -  You saw the test...now prepare!  We need to improve our study habits.

Tuesday 10/8

Alg II - nice job on the tests.  Early results look like the classes will average around 75%.  We can pass them back once everyone has tested.

Alg I - finish pgs. 99-102 in the explorations book.  Test on Friday!

Pre calc - Test on Thursday.  Work on your review guide.  We will do more practice tests tomorrow.

It's cooling down so bring your hoodies!

Monday 10/7

Go Dodgers!

alg II h - test tomorrow and have your POU ready by Wednesday


alg I - test on Friday.  Start looking over all your old information.  Finish p. 105-106 textbook tonight if you did not in class


pre calc-  finish problems from class  p. 93-94text and start studying for Thursday's test

Sat 10/5

Saw the game last night vs Hart and we played a great first half against a great opponent.

Alg Ii -  study and work on POU.  Test still on Tuesday.  Performance tasks looked very good.  The average over both classes was 80%.

Alg I  - hw packet due on Monday.  Test next Friday on unit 2.

pre calc -  look over work from unit 2.  there was a lot of ideas in this chapter and the test will be full of them this Thursday.

Hot weekend, stay cool.

10/3 Thursday

Alg II -  work on your POU, look at problems from p.  379, study for your unit 2 test (5-5, 5-6, 5-8, 5-9).
If you want to keep practicing on your calculator, go to online textbook, ch 5-8 then hit "additional practice"  then"lab resources online" then " tech 5-8 lab example 3."  Good way to find quad equations quickly.

Alg I  - p.  39 in the explorations book

pre calc - test next thursday.  We start 2-7 tomorrow.

10/2 Wed

Happy Late Start!  Waves were OK for me, hope you get some good waves of your own!

Alg II H - I would suggest you stop talking so much and start listening more.  Hw is pg. 377 #2-6.  POU will be given out tomorrow.

Alg I - p. 159 # 15, 37. 51-59

pre calc - p. 83 #5, 6 and #21, 22 on pg 84

9/30 Monday

Welcome back and goodbye September.  here is the day's hw:


Alg II h - p. 361 #37. 36. 17. 55.63   test on the 8th of Oct

Alg I - p.96   textbook   #42-49, 52, 53

pre calc - pg. 71  9-11 text   test on the 10th of Oct

9/27 weekend

did anyone go to Glow?  Great night of public art.  My friends did the Glow Dome and it was a great hit.

Alg II H -  hw but all students should review the new concepts we have been learning in ch 5

alg I -  no hw

pre calc -  no hw but we are going to finish 2-4 on Monday so look it over a few times if you have been struggling with it.  Great class on Friday!


Dodgers playoffs start this week.  If you bleed blue, work hard before they start!

Wed 9/25

I am out at a training on Thursday but will return on Friday.

alg II h - quiz still Friday.  Material is on 5-5 and 5-9.   Probably just 3 problems.  Hw for Wed is:  p. 386 6-30 evens  Hw for Thursday   p. 387 #55, 56, 61-62, 70-72, 118.

Alg I - text p. 95 #1-11

pre calc -  no hw  finish 2.4 on Thursday while I am out

9/24 Tuesday

Alg II H -  pg. 354-5 text   #37-39, 46-48, 56-61, 76-78  Quiz Friday on 5-5 and 5-9

Alg I - wb pg. 8 #1-3, 15, 16

pre calc,  - text pg. 22, 28, 29, 34, 38

9/23

I am out at a training on Thursday so make sure we stay focused when I am here.


alg II - pg. 354-5 text   2-14, 82-83     Test on 10/8 on units 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-8, 5-9

alg i -  finish classwork and pg. 8 wb #7-14

pre calc - quiz wed on 2-1 to 2-3   text p. 66-67 #14, 16, 17, 23, 33

9/20-9/22 Mater Dei No Way!

Hope to see you all at the game tonight.  Go vikings!

Alg II H - pg. 61 from the Explorations book.  We will do some of page 62 on Monday.  We plan on starting the new unit with 5-5.

Alg I  -  we will look at our chapter test and start our new unit ch 2.  There looked like a lot of less blanks.  Way to make adjustments.  Continue!

Pre Calc -  quiz on Wed.  Finish those problems from p. 67.  I believe it was 3, 5, 7 and 13.

I will be at wrestling tournament on Saturday.  Send us luck!

9/12 Thursday

I hope you are all looking forward to your weekends.  Mater Dei will be defeated by SAMOHI  ... mark my words!


Alg II h - p. 338 textbook #2-10, 71-72  Thank you to those who came to make test corrections.


Alg I - TEST   STUDY WISELY!   HW packets due Monday

Pre Calc -  No hw as the sub couldn't find the notes.  We will look at the lesson again tomorrow.

Darn those Red Sox look really good.  They're my pick for WS winners!

9/18

Welcome to Fall!



Alg II H - we will do more quadratics tomorrow in the textbook and we are also scheduled to get the explorations book as well.  We will most likely do the performance tasks for this unit.  No hw but you should still look over your notes from today.

Alg I - Everyone really needs to look over their 4-3 notes on graphing functions.    The test is now Friday so we can review more tomorrow.  The performance tasks showed people are still not clear on how to work with functions.  Review old handouts and notes,

Pre Calc - p. 61  #13,  19, 21-23.  Tomorrow we start graphing these polynomial functions.  Perhaps DJ Papas Fritaz will rock some jams for us while we grind it out.

Still no Jury Duty!!!

Alg II - I will be grading those tests until Friday most likely; if you missed the test, be prepared to make it up upon return.  POUs were mostly turned in but there are still a few more out there - get them in!

Alg I - 1-15 from the textbook in chapter 4-5.  See you notes to help you with the problems.  Performance task tomorrow!!   Nice work to the peeps who played Tiger Martian Salesman.

Pre Calc - p. 61- #3-9   More synthetic division tomorrow.

Enjoy your late starts!

No Jury duty yet!

I will be in tomorrow!

Alg II -  really study both parent function transformations and piecewise functions.  Many recent warm ups have pwfunctions and the handout that had you putting words into equations, equations into words, graphs into equations will also be a big help.
POUs due tomorrow, too.

ALg I - If you did not turn in hw packet 3 today, that should be a big priority.  Many of you made big improvements in hw completion and your grade is going up.  Others need to make this move to see better grades.

Pre calc -  congrats on such good test scores.  Unit 2 here we go!


Whether I am out for 1 day or 1 month, the math courses continue!  So be very responsible if I have to leave to do my civic duty.

9/13 weekend

Happy Holidays to all that are observing Rosh Hashana.  I hope to be in on Monday but jury duty is possible!   I will be in to pick up work after school.

Alg II h - Test Tuesday.  The warm up is very helpful for Monday.  It is already on the board in case a sub comes for me.  Help each other on the transformation handout if there are questions.  Practice old warm ups and feel free to use the whiteboards.
POU is also due on Tuesday.

Alg I -  You have the handout for Monday.  Work on that in case there is a sub.  Check out graphingstories.com for some cool videos that will help with this unit.

pre calc -  No hw.  You had your test and all of you worked very hard.

I am totally knackered after seeing Jimmy Cliff last night at the Pier.  Let's all catch up on the sleep and have some fun doing something this weekend. next week could be busy!

9/11 -9/13

I will be out on Thursday due to a training but the show must go on without me so do your best with the sub.  There is also a chance that I will have jury duty next week so there could be several subs coming in the near future.  Let's all send out good vibes that I will be released from that duty.

Alg II h- You were given the handout today on ID transformations.  That handout will be turned in at the end of class on Thursday.  Period 1, I also forgot to collect the piecewise/ transform. handout.  You will also give that to the sub at the end of class.
All students will take the POU from the sub and work on that if you complete the ID handout and this will be turned in on tuesday - which is the day of the test.  On Friday, we will start to look at the hardest  problems from the unit and Monday we will review for the test.
Test:  heavy of function transformation, a couple piecewise functions, domain and range

Alg I - You will do more work in partners on Friday.  Tonight, you should finish up to 3D on the handout that you worked on today in class.  Quiz tomorrow as well.  Only 4-5 problems and very similar to the warmups.

pre calc - study your review sheet.  With luck, I can stop in around 3 pm and answer any questions.  Test on Friday:  2-3 imaginary number problems, 3-4 solving quadratics, 1 writing quadratics from points, 1-2 parallel/ perp. slope with midpoint, 1 graph quadratic

Any students who will be celebrating the holiday this weekend and feels overloaded please talk to me and your other teachers about being flexible and open to alternatives.
See you soon.

9/9/13

Sorry for the late post.   I didn't get home until 6 pm and it was family time until right now 8:15 pm.

Alg II h - Handout on piecewise functions.  The problems were different for periods one and two but essentially it was 3 of the graphing problems and 2-3 of the writing equations problems.
Do not leave any blanks but make your very best effort!

Alg I -  pg. 23 in your workbook.  same type of problems that we have been working on in class for 2 days.  Try each problem to the best of your ability.

pre calc -  Short time this week so start preparing now for the test on Friday
quadratic solutions, quad graphs, simplifying imaginary numbers, solving systems, working with linear equations that are parallel or perp to another line.

I think I posted a web link to a pretty good transformations video for Alg II; check it out if you have time.
Alg I can check videos on the online textbook.
Pre calc look at problems from the quiz last week.

Enjoy something tomorrow that is not school related as well!

transformations video for alg II h

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnN5SFXZhU


Here is a pretty good video on transformations that should match our unit notes pretty well.

don't forget that the online textbook has a graphing calculator for you to use under resources!

9/6 weekend

alg II h - p. 666 #1-6 text   the class does not seem to know the parent functions very well if today's game of function celebrity is an indication.  I would start REALLY studying and memorizing the parent functions and what transformations look like.  Next week will be very challenging.  Test on Thursday has now been moved to Tuesday 9/17.

Also, check out the online textbook to use a really good graphing calculator under resources.

alg I - p. 209 #3-12, 24 in text
quiz on Thursday  and we will turn in on Monday all hw from this week!

pre calc  finish 1-10 on pge 35 in text   written exercises always


Look of starts and stops this year, but we will not have another day off of school until November so I anticipate we will find our groove in the next week or so.  In the meanwhile, study and reflect what we have been workin on in class.
A la Lunes.

l'chaim (I think that's spelled right)

Enjoy the holidays and have fun either way!

Alg II -  p. 70 2-9, 47-49, 32-37   some of you looked very at home with your function aerobics
If you don't have a graphing calculator, don't forget about meta-calculator.com.  For those with DIM errors, I found this online:  http://www.fixya.com/support/t131073-invalid_dim.  

For 32-37, think about if you can have negative area, volume, distance,etc.  That could affect your domain and range.


alg I -  no hw just make sure you are caught up on the handouts and book work

pre calc - p. 28 1-6

Everyone, make sure you are checking Illuminate; all scores are updated and current.

If you were one of the billion and one surfers in the water this morning, I hope you did better than I did.  I am off to see "We're the Millers."  Hope it is good.

Easy week.  Enjoy them when they come.

9/3 scorcher

Sorry about the hot classroom.  I have reported the high temperatures and we shall see where that takes us.  Great job considering the heat to all classes.

ALG /ii - h - finish the notes on parent functions and we will work on ch 1-9 throughout the whole class tomorrow.

Alg I = p. 203 10-16

pre calc - hydrate with appropriate beverages.  I am a quart low myself.

8/30-9/2 Labor Day!

We made it through a hot day and now we have 3 days off before a 3 day week.  Happy Holidays to those who are celebrating.  Relax to all and finish what you need to.

Alg II H - hw is p. 63 text #8-13, 30, 32, 53ab, 54; if you missed Friday, grab the notes when you get back

Alg I - I will collect the hw packet on tuesday; rain graph, function factory, p. 203 1-9

pre calc -  early quiz results look promising; 2nd half of ch 1 is more challenging and filled with quadratics and complex numbers.  Still, classroom effort has been stellar and I am very impressed with your ability to balance fun and the work.
I'm out-  off to look at waves and chase my daughter!
paz.

8/29/13

alg II H -  good quiz scores; p. 63 #1-7, 25-29, 52  we'll most likely work on compressions and stretches tomorrow

alg I - p. 203 #1-9 in the text; we might work in pods tomorrow so change your behavior if you need to.

pre calc -  look over your notes for the quiz tomorrow

If anyone finishes early, great show at the pier tonight - N.O. Jazz!

8/28/2013
Alg II H -  Quiz in the morning; think about our review in class today and also pg. 78 in the text is helpful.
Alg I - no hw; we'll finish notes tomorrow and do work in pods in 4-1
Pre calc - test on friday; those problems from pg. 12 could be some of the harder ones.  We'll look at one or two tomorrow and then have a test prep.

Pep Rally Friday and 3 day weekend coming up!

hw 8/26/13

Alg II -  complete the math handout.  For the first 3, check the graphs for the answer and look and name the domain and range using interval notation.  If you have trouble with the 4th problem, we will review that more on Tuesday.

alg I - do your best to complete the math crossword puzzles.  Those last 2 are pretty hard but I want to see your best effort!

pre calc -  finish the problems on pg. 5  #2-18 evens.  We move on to 1-2 manana and will do p. 11.

Students, Welcome back to school!  I am excited about this year and look forward to meeting you and helping you reach your math goals.  Go Vikings!

This year we are making changes to what we teach and how we teach using the new Common Core State Standards.  It will involve more math applications in real world contexts. I bet this sounds exciting...thank you for checking this out and he is a link with more info on CCSS.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/mathresources.asp

All classes:
Don't forget to get those syllabi signed by you and your parents and turn it in!