May 4, 2009
· Filed under Algebra 1
Monday: Multiplying a Monomial and Polynomial
Learning Target: Students will multiply a monomial into a polynomial.
- 5-Minute Check over adding and subtracting polynomials.
- How do you multiply a monomial into a polynomial?
- Combining multiplying and adding/subtracting
- Class Practice
Tuesday: Multiplying Polynomials
Learning Target: Students will multiply two polynomials.
- 5-Minute Check over multiplying a monomial and a polynomial.
- How do you multiply two polynomials?
- Can you use distributive property?
- What is FOIL?
- How can you use squares to find the answer?
- Various examples in class
- Review for tomorrow’s assessment with teams
Wednesday: Weekly Assessment
Learning Targets Covered;
- Students will graph the solution to a linear inequality.
- Students will graph the solution to a system of linear inequalities.
- Students will multiply and divide monomials.
- Text Lesson 8-1
- Text Lesson 8-2
- Students will add and subtract polynomials.
- Text Lesson 8-4
- Text Lesson 8-5
- Problem of the Week
Thursday: Multiplying Polynomials
Learning Target: Students will multiply two polynomials.
- (Review) How do you multiply two polynomials?
- Can you use distributive property?
- What is FOIL?
- How can you use squares to find the answer?
- Class Practice (Individually to Start)
- Worksheet 8-6 (Multiplying a polynomial by a monomial)
- Worksheet 8-7 (Multiplying two polynomials)
- Team Practice for peer tutoring
- Class Discussion
Friday: Special Products
Learning Target: Students will multiply two polynomials.
- 5-Minute Check over multiplying two polynomials
- Discuss Worksheet from yesterday
- What are Special Products?
- Product of Squares
- Product of Differences
- Class Practice
April 27, 2009
· Filed under Algebra 1
Monday: Unit 4 Introduction on Polynomials
Learning Target: Students will multiply and divide monomials
- Finish group activity on Systems of Linear Inequalities
- 10 – 15 minutes in groups
- Discuss results as a class
- Introduction to Unit 4 (Polynomials)
- Mainly Chapter 8 in Text
- New Learning Target Sheet
- What is a monomial?
- What is a term?
- How do you classify whether it is a monomial or not?
- How do you multiply monomials?
- Product of Powers
- Power of a Power
- Power of Products
- Class practice simplifying monomials
Tuesday: Multiplying and Dividing Monomials
Learning Target: Students will multiply and divide monomials
- Warm-up (Review of Learning Targets on tomorrows assessment)
- One problem for each target on SmartBoard
- Quick Review on Multiplying Monomials
- How do you divide monomials?
- Quotient of Powers
- Power of a Quotient
- Zero Exponent
- Negative Exponents
- Class Practice on multiplying and dividing monomials
Wednesday: Weekly Assessment
Learning Targets Covered;
- Students will find the solution to compound inequalities.
- Students will find the solution to absolute value inequalities.
- Students will graph the solution to a linear inequality.
- Students will graph the solution to a system of linear inequalities.
- Problem of the Week
Thursday: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
Learning Target: Students will add and subtract polynomials.
- What is a POLYNOMIAL?
- Define and classify polynomials.
- How do you add polynomials?
- Stack them according to there term values
- Add only the numbers
- How do you subtract polynomials?
- Stack them according to there term values
- Add the opposite
- Class Practice
- How do you multiply a monomial and a polynomial?
- Introduce the next learning target
- Team work on correcting the assessment.
Friday Half Day: Multiplying a Monomial and a Polynomial
Learning Target: Students will multiply a monomial and a polynomial together.
- How do you use the distributive property?
- Remember the rules to multiplying monomials
- Class Practice
April 20, 2009
· Filed under Algebra 1
Monday: Graphing Linear Inequalities
Learning Target: Students will graph the solution to a linear inequality.
- How do you graph a linear equation? (review)
- What is different about graphing a linear equation to graphing a linear inequality?
- Solid or dashed line?
- What way do you shade?
- Class Practice
Tuesday: Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities
Learning Target: Students will graph the solution to a system of linear inequalities.
- Warm-up
- Graph a linear inequality
- Graph another linear inequality over the other one.
- You just graphed a system of inequalities.
- What is a system of linear inequalities?
- How do you find the solution to a system of linear inequalities?
- Why does the solution mean?
- Class Practice
- Review for assessment
Wednesday: Weekly Assessment
Learning Targets Covered;
- Students will solve systems of equations.
- Text Chapter 7 Lessons 1 – 4
- Students will find the solution to inequalities.
- Text Chapter 6 Lessons 1 – 3
- Students will find the solution to compound inequalities.
- Students will find the solution to absolute value inequalities.
- Students will graph the solution to a linear inequality.
- Problem of the week
Thursday: Systems of Linear Inequalities
Learning Target: Students will find the solution to a system of inequalities.
Friday: Systems of Linear Inequalities
Learning Target: Students will find the solution to a system of inequalities.
April 14, 2009
· Filed under Algebra 1
Tuesday: Absolute Value Inequalities (Text Lesson 6-5)
Learning Target: Students will solve and display the solution to an absolute value inequality on a number line.
- Review of Compound Inequalities
- Students will find the solution to 3 compound inequality problems
- What is absolute value?
- Cool Math – Algebra Lessons Online Absolute Value Inequalitlies Link
- Follow the lesson plan and answer questions when they ask.
- Take notes
- Click next lesson at the bottom when done with the page.
- There are four total lessons
- How do you solve an equation involving absolute value?
- How do you solve an inequality involving absolute value?
Wednesday: Absolute Value Inequalities (Text Lesson 6-5)
Learning Target: Students will solve and display the solution to an absolute value inequality on a number line.
- Review of Absolute Value Inequalities
- Where are these inequalities used in real life?
- Application Problems involving absolute value
- Student practice with absolute value inequalities.
- Review for Weekly Assessment
Thursday: Weekly Assessment
Learning Targets Covered;
· Students will find the intersection in a system of equations.
o Extra Practice in Text Chapter 7 Lessons 1-4
· Students will find the solution to inequalities.
o Extra Practice in Text Chapter 6 Lessons 1-3
· Students will find the solution to compound inequalities
o Extra Practice in Text Chapter 6 Lesson 4
· Students will find the solution to absolute value in equalities.
o Extra Practice in Text Chapter 6 Lesson 5
· Problem of the Week
Friday: Graphing Inequalities
Learning Target: Students will graph linear inequalities on a coordinate plane.
· How do you graph an equation?
o Student practice on graphing equations
· What do you have to do differently when you graph a linear inequality?
· Student Practice.
