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SEMESTER 2
SEMESTER 2
SLOT 1A - INTRODUCTION TO CALCULUS
Blue Textbook
Red Textbook
Monday June 29: Last update of the year. Well, it was a very strange semester 2, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I feel privileged to have had the chance to work with you all and I wish you all the very best in whatever future endeavors you choose to pursue.
The stuff we didn't get to: Considering everything that happened this semester, I think that we did an admirable job of meeting as many of the key outcomes of the course as we could. We did, however, leave a couple of things out that under normal circumstances we certainly wouldn't have. So, if you have some time this summer and want to explore these topics, please feel free to use the following links:
Related Rates: this is a type of word problem that we would have spent a few classes on after differentiation but before curve sketching. Here are some links to a few great videos on the topic: Professor Dave, the Shadow Problem, and the cone problem (Khan Academy), if you want to explore problems from this topic, go to section 3.5 in the Red Textbook or section 5.4 in the Blue Textbook.
Curve Sketching: we got through most of the skills in this unit, but we didn't get to the point where we put them all together and actually get out the graph paper to sketch some curves! If you want some good videos on that, here is a detailed video that looks a lot like what we would have expected you to be able to do. Here is Khan Academy doing the same thing. Here is another good one. If you want to try some for yourself, go through the examples and exercises in section 5.5 of the Red Textbook.
Have a great summer!
Tuesday June 16: aaaand that's the course! I'll be spending the next couple of days doing report cards, but you can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me. Everyone who is continuing in the Honours Math program should be making certain that their timetable for next year has MPC40SH in semester 1 and CAL(AB)42S in semester 2. If you have any issues with your schedule for next year, contact your counselor immediately.
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Unit D Curve Sketching test. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Friday June 12: time to finish up your test. It's due Sunday
Thursday June 11: just test work time. See yesterday's update for specifics. Please finish the test before Monday, when I want to start working on report cards.
Wednesday June 10: Curve Sketching Test goes live this morning! Before you start the test it, PLEASE WATCH THIS BRIEF INSTRUCTION VIDEO. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the test, no problem, you have until Sunday night to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the 5.1 #1,3 and 5.2 #1,4 assignment from yesterday. If you are ready to move on, we don't really have a review for this unit, but the questions in 5.5 pretty much act like a review, since they ask you to find everything we talked about this unit for each equation. If you want to try those, you can ignore the "C: Symmetry" part of the questions (we didn't do a lesson on that) and you can also not bother with the "H: Sketch of the Curve" since we won't ask you to do sketches on the test. The most you will see when it comes to sketches, are questions where the sketches are given to you and you are asked to analyze their properties. The test will go live tomorrow (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 25 mark multiple choice, Edsby-based test. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version. The test goes live tomorrow, but the deadline for submission won't be until Sunday, if you want a couple more days to work at this stuff.
Monday June 8: New video lesson today: Vertical and Horizontal Asymptotes. For those of you with printer access, if you want to print the template for the notes that Mr Lacko is using in the video you can download it here. Your assignment for this section is 5.1 #1,3 and 5.2 #1,4 in your Unit C: Curve Sketching Assignment Booklet. Feel free to use Desmos to help you make the sketches. You won't be asked to make any sketches on Wednesday's test.
Friday June 5: more work time for the 5.3 #1-3 and 5.4 #1-3 in your Unit C: Curve Sketching Assignment Booklet.
Thursday June 4: work day for the assignment from yesterday.
Wednesday June 3: Here is the video for the third lesson in Unit D: Curve Sketching: Concavity, Points of Inflection and the Second Derivative Test. Here is a handout for the notes and diagrams used in the video. Once you have finished the video, work on 5.3 #1-3 and 5.4 #1-3 in your Unit C: Curve Sketching Assignment Booklet.
I am now caught up on marking all of the handed in Unit C Tests. If you didn't get your feedback, please message me.
Tuesday June 2: work time for the 4.2 and 4.3 assignment from yesterday.
Monday June 1: Here is the video for the second lesson in Unit D: Curve Sketching: Maximum and Minimums Values and the First Derivative Test. Make sure that you have completed the Thursday lesson and homework before you start this one. For those of you with printer access, you can download the notes template that Mr Lacko is working from here. While you are watching the video, note that at the 5:49 mark, Mr Lacko calls the slope of a curve at a cusp "undefined", what he meant was, "does not exist". An undefined slope implies that the line becomes vertical for an interval. Cusps don't necessarily have to be vertical - they are just sudden, non-differentiable direction changes. If he hadn't pointed it out to me, I wouldn't have noticed it. Perfect video otherwise - enjoy it! When you are done with the video, do Exercise 4.2 #1-8 and Exercise 4.3 #1-5 in your Unit C: Curve Sketching Assignment Booklet. . Next lesson will be Wednesday.
Friday May 29: work time for the 4.1 #1-5 in your new Unit C: Curve Sketching Assignment Booklet. New lesson and assignment coming on Monday.
Thursday May 28: we start Unit D: Curve Sketching. Here is the video for the first lesson: Increasing and Decreasing Graphs. Those of you who have your own printer, if you want to make the notes easier, here is the template Mr. Lacko is using in the video. Here is the Unit C: Curve Sketching Assignment Booklet (it's fairly big, sorry - don't print it unless you have lots of ink and paper at your disposal). For homework, do 4.1 #1-5 in your new booklet. Next new lesson until Monday.
Wednesday May 27: last day to complete the Unit C test before you will be counted as late. We start Unit D tomorrow. Those of you who have handed the test in already, you have a day off.
Tuesday May 26: working on completing the Unit C test, you have until tomorrow at 4 PM before you are late.
Monday May 25: In case you have trouble downloading it from Edsby, here is the Unit C test. Once again, please follow the directions carefully and use loose leaf if you can't print it out. You have until Wednesday at 4:00 PM to get it handed in before you will be considered late. We'll start unit D on Thursday.Tuesday May 26: working on completing the Unit C test, you have until tomorrow at 4 PM before you are late.
Friday May 22: Just work time for the assignments from yesterday and Monday. If anyone is done those and wants to do some extra review over the weekend to get ready for Monday's test, here is a review you can work on. No livestream today, but I will be available for a chat on Microsoft Teams if you need help - just message me on Edsby and we can set up a time.
Thursday May 21: First check out this video where Mr Lacko solves derivative problems for some cool and interesting curves. Here is a worksheet with 4 of those types of questions for you to try yourself. Then you can have more work time for the assignment from Monday: 2.7 #1-7 and 5.3 #1-6 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook. If you finish those, try 5.3 #9-16. We'll be testing on the unit on Monday.
Wednesday May 20: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: 2.7 #1-7 and 5.3 #1-6 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.
Tuesday May 19: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We'll kick off the week with what I think is the key lesson of the whole course - it sets up the way you will tackle more of the types of equations that you will see in university sciences than anything else you will learn until the AB course next year - IMPLICIT DIFFERENTIATION. Here is a handout for those of you with a printer who want to save a bit of writing and here is the video lesson. You can now do 2.7 #1-7 and 5.3 #1-6, and if you want to challenge yourself, see if you can do #9-13 (those are a little beyond what we would ask you on a test, but they're fun!).
Friday May 15: just a catch up day if you still need to finish the 3 problem worksheet or the 2.6 and 5.2 assignments from earlier in the week.
Thursday May 14: work day for the 3 problem worksheet from yesterday.
Wednesday May 13: We are introducing Implicit Differentiation today, but we're going to take it a little easy on you since there is a long weekend coming up and some folks might want more time to work at the skills from the 2.6 and 5.2 assignments from Monday AND I am still waiting on people to hand in the Chain Rule quiz. So today's new video is only the first part of our Implicit Differentiation lesson. Here is a notes page to accompany this lesson that you can download if you want to save some writing as you go through the examples. For homework, you can do the 3 problems on this worksheet. I'll do the usual LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM. Tomorrow, let's try something new - I'll do my Thursday LiveStream at 7:00 PM to see if that helps reach the students who are stuck in Teams meetings with other classes (or don't have access to their home computers) during the "work day".
Tuesday May 12: use today to finish and hand in the Chain Rule quiz, if you haven't already. Then make sure you are caught up on the 2.6 #2-10 and 5.2 #7,12 assignment from last week. We move on to a new lesson tomorrow, implicit differentiation.
Monday May 11: Good morning! Today we are wrapping up basic chain rule. I wanted to help out those of you who wanted to see more examples of the "tough" ones so I took two of the questions that students have messaged me about (or asked me to help them with on the livestream session) and worked out full solutions - in each case, using more than one approach. I chose 2.6 #6e and #4. Here is a scan of my solutions and here is a video of me doing the solutions and explaining my steps as I go. Are you feeling confident that you have mastered the chain rule? Good! Then download and work through this Chain Rule quiz. Please hand it in by the end of the day tomorrow.
Friday May 8: more work time.
Thursday May 7: work time for 2.6 #2-10 and 5.2 #7,12 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.
Wednesday May 6: Watch today's video with more complicated Chain Rule examples that also include the product and quotient rules. Mr Lacko made a handout of the examples that you can download here if you want to save some work copying them. For homework, do 2.6 #2-10 and 5.2 #7,12. You can have until the next new lesson on Monday to get through those.
Tuesday May 5: No new lesson today. You can have another day to work on 2.6 #1 and 5.2 #1-3 in your Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.
Monday May 4: Happy Star Wars Day! Here is the video for the first new calculus technique in your Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook. It introduces the Chain Rule, which will help replace a lot of the tedious calculations needed when using the other differentiation rules. Your assignment is 2.6 #1 and 5.2 #1-3.
Friday May 1: nothing new today. Just a day to work on the 5.1 assignment from the new Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.
Thursday April 30: New Booklet for our new unit! Here is the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook. We're going to start in the middle of the booklet (aren't we whimsical?) with a Lesson for section 5.1. Here is the rather long (sorry) video lesson - see if you can find the error I make trying to graph example #1 before I finally figure it out. Work through the examples in this video with me, then you are ready to do the 5.1 assignment starting on page 9. If you haven't handed in your test yet, it is now late. I NEED to get them all marked over the weekend, so please get them in a.s.a.p!
Wednesday April 29: last day to finish the test from yesterday. If you are already done it, use today to get caught up on other stuff. We start Unit C tomorrow.
Tuesday April 28: In case you have troubles downloading the test on Edsby, I'll post it here too. You can finish it anytime today or up until 4:00 PM tomorrow. You may use a calculator if you want.
Monday April 27: one more day to work on getting ready for tomorrow's test. Work through the review questions on this Derivatives Review. The file has an answer key at the end, but we also have a full solutions guide here in case you get stuck.
Friday April 24: just a catch-up on work day today. Still waiting for some quizzes to be handed in. No livestream today - I have some one-to-one meetings with students who want help booked on Teams today. If you want in on that, let me know with a message on Edsby or through email. Have a great weekend!
Thursday April 23: If you have already handed in yesterday's quiz, and you are finished the problems in 3.1, 3.2 (omit #3d, 4d), and 4.6, you can work on this Derivatives Review. The file has an answer key at the end, but we also have a full solutions guide here in case you get stuck. We test the unit on Tuesday.
Wednesday April 22: In case you can't download it from Edsby, here is a another hand in Quiz for the Velocity-Acceleration chapter. Try to get it handed in by the end of the day tomorrow. Then we will finish the week with some chapter review and do our second unit test of the course next Tuesday.
Tuesday April 21: A couple of people noticed that there is a minor error in yesterday's video. On the last example in the last 10 seconds, that calculation should be -18m/s^2 NOT -6. Nice catch, guys! Today, just keep working on the questions in sections 3.1/3.2/4.6 of the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. OMIT the following: 3.2: #3d, #4d.
Monday April 20: Today's livestream pointed out to me that there are a few questions in 2.8 that we won't be solving until next unit (they require the chain rule): #1e, 1g, 2c, 2d, 4,5, also, you can omit #7 - that one needs implicit differentiation. Chain Rule and Implicit Differentiation will be covered next unit. Sorry about that!
Time to move on to the last couple of sections in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. Mr Lacko has put together this notes file for you to use for the new lesson, covering material for sections 3.1/3.2/4.6 in the booklet. Here is the video of the 3.1/3.2/4.6 lesson. You can have today and tomorrow to work on the questions in 3.1/3.2/4.6. If you want another example of this kind of reasoning and you haven't seen the video I posted on April 8, here it is again if you want to give it a look.
Friday April 17: Not a "real" school day today because us teachers will be in meetings and online workshops all day, so no livestream or office hours today. I will keep checking my Edsby and email messages over the weekend if you need me. Anyway, over the weekend, just keep working on sections 2.8 (OMIT QUESTION #7) and 4.5 of the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. There will be a new assignment on Monday. "See" you Monday!
Thursday April 16: Here is a video with an example of a real world problem from the Biological sciences that you would use higher-order differentiation to solve. This is a nice set up for Monday's lesson on velocity/time problems. No new assignment, just keep working on sections 2.8 (OMIT QUESTION #7) and 4.5 of the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. There will be a new assignment on Monday.
Wednesday April 15: no new video today. You can use today as work time for the questions in sections 2.8 and 4.5 of the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
Tuesday April 14: First, please make sure you have finished and "handed in" the quiz from yesterday. New lesson today! Here is the video lesson for section 2.8 (and 4.5) on Higher Order Derivatives. Once you go through it, you can do the questions in section 2.8 of the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. If you finish that and want to work ahead, you can start on the 4.5 questions. You have until Monday to work on both of those sections.
Monday April 13: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend! Let’s start this week with a “hand in” quiz on the Quotient Rule. If you don’t have a printer, that’s fine, you can just do the questions on loose leaf. To hand the quiz in, simply send pictures of your work through Edsby. Please check your Edsby messages for your invitation to join our MCI45SH Team through Microsoft Teams. This will allow us to meet live one to one or in small groups.
Thursday April 9: Just a day to catch up on work. No new videos. Keep on rolling through sections 2.5 (page 9 and 10) and 4.4 (pages 31-32) in your Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet.
Wednesday April 8: Today I am posting a video with just a couple more examples of quotient rule. This time using it to solve a couple of problems. Feel free to use this video right away if you are finding yesterday’s assignment difficult or do some more homework, then use these examples to test if you know what you are doing. You can just keep on working on sections 2.5 (page 9 and 10) and 4.4 (pages 31-32) for the rest of the week.
Tuesday April 7: I introduced the Quotient Rule today in this long, rambling, error-filled video (enjoy!). Here is a link to the desmos file from the video, if you want to get a better look at the curves and their derivatives (and look at how I punch in such complicated formulas!) The assignment for this lesson is Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet sections 2.5 (page 9 and 10) and 4.4 (pages 31-32) I highly recommend that if you start on these problems and start finding them tough that you go to the 2.5 section in the Red Textbook and work through their examples.
Monday April 6: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a safe, healthy, restful week! We'll start off slowly this week. Download this Practice Mini-Quiz for the Product Rule. Try the three problems and check the answer and solution file here to see how you did. The answer and solution file has 4 pages: the first is a blank mini-quiz in pdf form (in case there are students who can't read word documents), then a copy with the answers at the bottom of the page, then pages 3 and 4 are full solutions.
Friday March 27: no new lesson or video today. Just keep working at the assignments. I will livestream again at 1 PM if you have any last questions before spring break. I'll still respond to emails and Edsby messages over the break if you need me. Everyone stay home, stay safe, be kind, work on being better at something you like. Play an instrument. Read. Write. Paint. Create. Binge watch a great tv show or series of movies. See you in a week.
Thursday March 26: I did a couple of product law problem examples that aren't in your booklet. Download them here and give them a try. Then check out the video of me going over them to see how you did. You should be working on the 2.4 (page 8) and 4.3 (pg 29-30) problems in your Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. This will be my last video update until after spring break. Tomorrow I will take care of some administration tasks and give you time to work on the assignments. I'll still do a livestream today at 1:00 PM and again tomorrow at the same time.
Wednesday March 25: Before we roll into 2.4 and the product law, let's take time today to do a little practice quiz on 2.2 and 2.3. You can download it here, or just watch this video of me doing the quiz key and pause it to try the questions before I do the solutions. If you have worked through the 2.2, 2.3, and 4.2 sections in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet, you can start on the 2.4 questions. If you need a refresher on the product law (or you missed that lesson), go back to the video lesson from last Wednesday (March 18). Make sure that you go to the link below in this blog - it won't be searchable on the youtube channel itself. Livestream today will start at 1 PM - see yesterday's post for detailed instructions on how to find it.
Tuesday March 24: Hi everyone. Today's video has me going through numbers 6,9 and 10 in the 2.3 Assignment in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. At the end, I also gave a hint on how to approach #12. If you have already tried all of the 2.3 section problems on pages 6-7, start on the 4.2 problems on pages 26-28 (in the video - I accidentally said "4.3" when I meant to say "4.2"). I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog, where it says "Next Livestream" in big green letters - the letters will turn into a blue, clickable link once I am live on youtube.
Monday March 23: here is a video of me going through a few selected examples from section 2.2 in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet. Keep working away this week at as many of the questions as you can do in sections: 2.2,2.3,2.4 (pages 4-8) and 4.1,4.2,4.3 (pages 23-30). Bonus video: here is an example of a physics application problem: #17 in the 4.2 section. I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today and tomorrow, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog.
Friday March 20: we did a livestream this morning just to test the system and to show a few of my colleagues how to do this. Thanks to everyone who logged on. The next livestream where you can ask me any questions you like about the notes or the homework assignments will be Monday afternoon at 1 PM - the link to find it will be above, at the top of the blog. Keep in mind you can't chat unless you have a google or youtube login.
Thursday March 19: I spent today just sorting out some tech issues and doing some planning. I'll start posting new content again on Monday. Until then, see yesterday's post for the assignments you should be working on.
Wednesday March 18: Today I went into the product rule. The lesson included a derivation of the formula and a few examples. Here is the video of the lesson. Here is a hard copy of the notes. You can now work on the following assignments in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet: 2.2,2.3,2.4 (pages 4-8) and 4.1,4.2,4.3 (pages 23-30). This is the work for the rest of this week and all of next week. I will not be doing a new lesson tomorrow or Friday, so students should feel free to stay home. As per the new directive from the school division we will hold off on learning new material until after spring break. I will continue to update the blog with new video content (going over examples, mainly) and will be operating a live stream starting on Monday to communicate with students. Keep checking back here for updates! Take care, everyone.
Tuesday March 17: Today we went into the differentiation rules. Here is a video of today's lesson. Here is a file of the notes (and the handout) if you want to print out a hard copy. You can now get started on the 2.2 and the 2.3 assignments in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet.
Monday March 16: Today's lesson was differentiability - students who were absent can watch the video of the lesson here. Here is a hard copy of the notes I did in the video. You can now finish the 2.1 assignment in the Chapter 2: Derivatives booklet.
Thursday March 12: more work time for 2.1 assignment in the Chapter 2: Derivatives booklet and a couple graphing derivatives assignments (the file linked here has answer keys at the end - I made a small error on the 1st graph on the back side of the 4.1 page, the f ' graph should have a zero at around x = 1, not x = 0).
Wednesday March 11: with over half the class gone on the band trip, I didn't want to start anything new, so I gave people time to work on the 2.1 assignment in the Chapter 2: Derivatives booklet and a couple graphing derivatives assignments (the file linked here has answer keys at the end - I made a small error on the 1st graph on the back side of the 4.1 page, the f ' graph should have a zero at around x = 1, not x = 0).
Tuesday March 10: we did another example of using the definition of a derivative to find the derivative of a function, then we looked at the difference between the graph of the function and the graph of its derivative. Tomorrow and Thursday will be work time for the 2.1 assignment in the Chapter 2: Derivatives booklet and a couple graphing derivatives assignments (the file linked here has answer keys at the end).
Monday March 9: we started Unit 2: Derivatives with a definition of the derivative of a function and we explored using the "first principles" formula to find the equations of derivatives in 3 algebraic and one graphing example. We will do more examples tomorrow, but you can get started on the 2.1 Assignment in your new booklet. Here are the graphs of today's algebraic examples and their derivatives.Wednesday March 4: I went over questions that the class had with the assignments and review and otherwise gave the class a work/study period for tomorrow's test.
Tuesday Mar 3: I had to make a minor amendment to the 1.6 notes from last week, then I added one more topic to the Test 1 study guide from yesterday, reminding people that abs(x)/x as x approaches positive or negative infinity is a concept you should know and be able to use to find a more complicated limit. Then I went over a couple of 1.6 problems from the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet and the Limits to Infinity worksheet (here are full solutions for this worksheet).
Monday March 2: I handed back the quiz from last week and we went over a couple minor details that people need to get better at before we do the unit test later this week. I gave a study guide of what you need to know for the unit 1 test coming up this Thursday/Friday. If you aren't finished already, make sure that you are done the 1.6 Assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet for tomorrow. If you have any questions, we can go over them together. For review, work on the Limits to Infinity worksheet and the Limits Chapter Review .
Friday Feb 28: we backed up to the 1.5 assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet and went over questions 1 and 2. Then we had work time for the 1.6 Assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. If you are finished those, you can work on the Limits to Infinity worksheet and the Limits Chapter Review . The review is actually the review at the end of Chapter 3 in the Blue Textbook, which means some question will have full solutions.
Thursday Feb 27: we did a couple more examples of limits to infinity, talked a little about graphs of trig functions (check out this interactive unit circle) then we had work time for the 1.6 Assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. You should be done it for tomorrow. I also handed out a Limits to Infinity worksheet (feel free to save it for review for next week's test). I have had a couple of people ask me how to get started on Assignment 1.5 #1. Here is a Desmos graph of the situation for your perusal.
Wednesday Feb 26: we started our lesson for 1.6 today, which concerns limits as the variable approaches infinity. You can now try the Assignment 1.6 problems in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet
Tuesday Feb 25: we had work time for Assignment 1.5. You should be finished the 1.5 problems in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet for tomorrow. Someone just pointed out to me that I didn't have an answer key up for the Limits Extra Practice Worksheet, so here it is.
MONDAY FEB 24 1.1 to 1.4 QUIZ
Friday Feb 21: we are going to do a 1.1 to 1.4 Quiz on Monday, so we did a bit of a review day today and looked at some problems from those assignments. I handed out a Limits Extra Practice Sheet.
You can also do as many questions as you think you may need to practice from pages 21-30 of the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. You can find full solutions to all of these problems in the Blue Textbook file - just click on the first link: "Calculus-Advanced-Functions-Solutions".
Thursday Feb 20: we went through examples 2-4 of the 1.5 Rates of Change Problems handout. You should now be able to try all of assignment 1.5 in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. For the Chemistry example in #3, I used Desmos (it would take way too much time and effort to use formula 1 or formula 2 on that equation). Here is the file for my work. Notice that I added a point slope equation at the bottom to actually show the tangent line. Please play with it - it's fun!
Wednesday Feb 19: we did another example of finding the slopes of tangent lines using Formulas 1 and 2, then we started looking at applications of tangent lines to curves. I handed out a notes page called 1.5 Rates of Change Problems and we went through the notes and example 1, we'll go through the rest of the examples tomorrow. You can work on assignments 1.4 and 1.5 in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet.
Tuesday Feb 18: Today we went over the last page of the notes package for Lessons 1.2-1.3 . I'm using Desmos for today's examples (here is my file), but here is a video showing you how to enter piecewise functions into a TI-84. You can now finish all of the Section 1.3 assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. Also, I left the class with a formula 1 vs formula 2 question to try. Here are the solutions, if you want to check to see if you did them correctly. Also, if anyone else was stuck on Assignment 1.2 #9b ( I was!) here is the solution. The trick is to rationalize BOTH the numerator and the denominator.
Friday Feb 14: we did the 3rd page of the notes package for Lessons 1.2-1.3 today, defining the types of discontinuity and how they affect limits. You can now do Section 1.3 of the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. If you get stuck on the piecewise function questions, don't panic, we will go over that on Monday.
Thursday Feb 13: I handed out a notes package for Lesson 1.2-1.3 of the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. If you want to read through another version of this lesson, you can read Chapter 1.2 in the Red Textbook or Chapter 3.3 in the Blue Textbook. We did the front and back of the first page of the notes handout. I used excel to do my calculations on the example on the first page. Go to my excel file and on "sheet 1", try to get excel to do the calculations the way that I did them in class. Remember to enter the formula with an "=" at the front, in cell B2 and use "A2" for your variable, then use the "Fill Down" command for the rest of the B column. The "answer" is on the "sheet 2" tab. Then work on the 1.2 assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. Don't panic if you get stuck, there are more examples coming tomorrow.
Wednesday Feb 12: we continued looking at using secants to find the slope of tangent lines. Arriving at two formulas for the slope value as a LIMIT. We'll look more at what limits are and how they work tomorrow. For now, just make sure you are finished Exercise 1.1 in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. If you want to try starting Exercise 1.2 you can, but we have some more examples to cover tomorrow and Thursday. If you haven't yet finished the handout from yesterday, another example of a secant problem for you to try, please do so, then check your answer against my graph here.
Tuesday Feb 11: Mr Favreau handed out another example of a secant problem for you to try, this time take it home and see if you can get desmos to help you fill out the blanks. You can check that you are doing it right by comparing to my graph here. For the last question on the page, if you don't know what a tangent line is, you will after today's lesson, which introduces us to section 1.2. For tomorrow, you should be finished the 1.1 assignment and today's handout.
Monday Feb 10: we continued with using secant lines to estimate rates of change with these two examples. Try to finish as many of the 1.1 questions from the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet.
Friday Feb 7: work period with my guest teacher, Mr Favreau. Work on the 1.1 Assignment in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet. If there is anyone who still didn't finish the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet, you could do that as well. Don't panic if you get stuck on some of the 1.1 problems - we still have a couple of examples to do next week. The grade 11 review and the long division sheet, on the other hand, should be completed and old news by Monday for sure.
Thursday Feb 6: my guest teacher, Mr Favreau, walked you through another example of how to approximate the slope of a curve at a given point with a secant line. Here is a video of the example he went through. If there was any time left over, you could use it to finish up the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet, or to get started on Assignment 1.1 in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change exercise booklet, that Mr Favreau handed out today. Tomorrow will be a work period.
Wednesday Feb 5: today we looked at how to graph with desmos (www.desmos.com) and we introduced the concepts of tangent and secant lines with an example from physics. Here is a screen capture of the Demos graph, if you want to make it yourself later. Your homework tonight is to watch this video introducing calculus. Also, to watch a step by step example of how to graph and find the equation of a quadratic from a data set, watch this. If you want to try to make your own secant line to a curve, it's nicely explained in this video. Then, while you are at it, play around with www.desmos.com - we'll use it quite a bit, so you should get comfortable with it!
Tuesday Feb 4: today we did some more examples to help you with the exercises on the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet. We discussed the factor theorem (here is a video if you want to see the explanation again) and we quickly reviewed the polynomial long division from yesterday (video here). Then we looked at function notation and function substitution and a quick reminder of how to rationalize denominators. You can now finish pretty much everything in the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet. You can have some work time later in the week, but there will be a new assignment on top of that once we do tomorrow's lesson. Tomorrow I will be reminding people that he deadline for registering for the Cayley and Fermat math contests is this Friday.
Monday Feb 3: Welcome to Intro Calculus! We started today by looking at the course outline and with this Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet.
SLOT 3 - MIAP20S - GR 10 INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED AND PRE-CALCULUS
HERE is TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 4
Solutions to: Section 4.1,Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4 Section 4.5, Section 4.6
Here is Textbook CHAPTER 7
Textbook Solutions to: Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 5.5, Section 5.6, Section 5.7
Here is TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 3
Solutions to TEXTBOOK :Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5 , Section 3.6, Section 3.7, Section 3.8
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Chapter 4 test. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Friday June 12: time to finish up your test. It's due Monday
Thursday June 11: just test work time. See yesterday's update for specifics. Please finish the test before the end of the day on Monday, when I want to start working on report cards. I will be doing my usual YouTube homework help LiveStream session today at 1:00 PM. I am also available to meet through Microsoft Teams this morning from 8:30 AM to Noon, or from 2 PM to 3 PM. I am also available to meet at FRC in person today, if you would rather do that. Just message me on Edsby or email me and we can set up a meeting time.
Wednesday June 10: The Chapter 4 Test goes live this morning! Before you start the test, PLEASE WATCH THIS BRIEF INSTRUCTION VIDEO. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the test, no problem, you have until Monday to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Once you have submitted the test, either this week or next, you can return your textbook to the table in the front foyer of the building. Please use masking tape and put your name and my name on the front of the textbook when you drop it off to make everyone's lives easier.
Finally, tell your parents to keep their eyes open for an email with your timetable for next year. It should be coming some time this week, or early next week.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the Chapter 4 Review. Here is the answer key, and here is a video of me making the answer key. The test will go live tomorrow (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 20 mark multiple choice, Edsby-based test. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version. The test goes live tomorrow, but the deadline for submission won't be until Monday, if you want a couple more days to work at this stuff.
Monday Jun 8: If you are all caught up on the textbook assignments and the ACCs from last week, you can work on the Chapter 4 Review today and tomorrow. Here is the answer key, and here is a video of me making the answer key.
Friday June 5: more work time to catch up on the textbook assignments from Monday and Wednesday, and for the 4.5 and 4.6 ACC that you should try as soon as you have finished the textbook. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making it, in case you get stuck or don't get where my answers came from.
Thursday June 4: work day for the assignment from yesterday.
Wednesday June 3: Here is the next video lesson for Chapter 4, Lesson 4.6: Applying the Power Laws. This is the last of the Chapter 4 sections in your Chapter 4: Roots and Powers Notes Booklet. The new assignment is textbook page 241 #3,5,6,8,16,19,21,22. This is as far as we will go for the test next week. There are a couple of lessons that we tacked on to the booklet that I hoped that we would get to, but we found out today that our report card marks are due in earlier that we had been originally been planning. So after this assignment, it will be time to start getting ready to test. We'll do a couple of ACCs together on Friday and I'll have a review for you to work on for Monday.
I am now caught up on marking all of the handed in Chapter 7 Tests. If you didn't get your feedback, please message me.
Tuesday June 2: work time for the 4.5 assignment from yesterday.
Monday June 1: Here is the next lesson video for Chapter 4, Lesson 4.5: Negative Powers. It is a short video, so I followed it up with a quick summary of all of the Exponent Laws that you should know from grade 9 math. That section is also in your Chapter 4: Roots and Powers Notes Booklet, but for some reason, it got put after Lesson 4.6 - it should be before it. Oops! Anyway, once you get all that sorted, watch the video and do the notes, do textbook page 233 #2-9,13. Next lesson will be Wednesday.
Since there are several people who haven't submitted their Chapter 7 test from last week, I guess I'll assume that a few of you have fallen behind our pace. The good news is that submitting it late will not affect your mark - I'm happy to mark it whenever you get it in. The bad news is, we are running out of time. We have to at least maintain the two lessons per week pace we have been doing in order to finish Chapter 4 before June 12 (the last day for teaching new content). That gives us two more weeks to give anyone who has fallen behind the chance to catch up. Worse news: even though your report card mark can't be lower than you had back at the end of Term 3 (before the lockdown), if you don't actually finish the course, your final report card comment will reflect that your learning is incomplete. You will get a comment that states "The final grade represents the provincially mandated final grade from Term 3. <Name> did not complete all of the learning outcomes in the course."
Friday May 29: Here are a couple of ACC's for you to try once you are caught up and finished the homework from Monday and Wednesday: ACC 4.1-4.3 and ACC 4.4. Here are the answer keys. If you found those easy, you are on track. If you are stuck on them, here is a video of me making the key and explaining my reasoning.
Thursday May 28: If you haven't yet, go through the video I posted yesterday. I did make a mistake on it which I will correct with this short video. For fun, see if you can find my mistake in yesterday's video before you watch today's video. After that, just work on page 218 #4,5,10,11,12,17,18 and page 227 #3-12,16. I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help.
Tuesday May 26: working time for textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 - you can use a calculator to help you with that assignment. New lesson tomorrow.
Monday May 25: Those of you who haven't handed in the test yet, you have until 4:00PM today until it is late. Those of you ready to move on, can start on the next booklet: Chapter 4: Roots and Powers. Here is the video for the first lesson. After you have watched it, watch this really cool TedTalk lesson video. It's mind-blowing. Very short assignment for this one: textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 - you can use a calculator to help you with that assignment.
Monday June 29: Last update of the year. Well, it was a very strange semester 2, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I feel privileged to have had the chance to work with you all and I wish you all the very best in whatever future endeavors you choose to pursue.
The stuff we didn't get to: Considering everything that happened this semester, I think that we did an admirable job of meeting as many of the key outcomes of the course as we could. We did, however, leave a few things out that under normal circumstances we certainly wouldn't have. So, if you have some time this summer and want to explore these topics, please feel free to use the following links:
Tuesday June 16: aaaand that's the course! I'll be spending the next couple of days doing report cards, but you can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me.
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Chapter 4 test. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Friday June 12: time to finish up your test. It's due Monday
Wednesday June 10: The Chapter 4 Test goes live this morning! Before you start the test, PLEASE WATCH THIS BRIEF INSTRUCTION VIDEO. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the test, no problem, you have until Monday to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Once you have submitted the test, either this week or next, you can return your textbook to the table in the front foyer of the building. Please use masking tape and put your name and my name on the front of the textbook when you drop it off to make everyone's lives easier.
Finally, tell your parents to keep their eyes open for an email with your timetable for next year. It should be coming some time this week, or early next week.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the Chapter 4 Review. Here is the answer key, and here is a video of me making the answer key. The test will go live tomorrow (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 20 mark multiple choice, Edsby-based test. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version. The test goes live tomorrow, but the deadline for submission won't be until Monday, if you want a couple more days to work at this stuff.
Monday Jun 8: If you are all caught up on the textbook assignments and the ACCs from last week, you can work on the Chapter 4 Review today and tomorrow. Here is the answer key, and here is a video of me making the answer key.
Friday June 5: more work time to catch up on the textbook assignments from Monday and Wednesday, and for the 4.5 and 4.6 ACC that you should try as soon as you have finished the textbook. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making it, in case you get stuck or don't get where my answers came from.
Thursday June 4: work day for the assignment from yesterday.
Wednesday June 3: Here is the next video lesson for Chapter 4, Lesson 4.6: Applying the Power Laws. This is the last of the Chapter 4 sections in your Chapter 4: Roots and Powers Notes Booklet. The new assignment is textbook page 241 #3,5,6,8,16,19,21,22. This is as far as we will go for the test next week. There are a couple of lessons that we tacked on to the booklet that I hoped that we would get to, but we found out today that our report card marks are due in earlier that we had been originally been planning. So after this assignment, it will be time to start getting ready to test. We'll do a couple of ACCs together on Friday and I'll have a review for you to work on for Monday.
I am now caught up on marking all of the handed in Chapter 7 Tests. If you didn't get your feedback, please message me.
Tuesday June 2: work time for the 4.5 assignment from yesterday.
Monday June 1: Here is the next lesson video for Chapter 4, Lesson 4.5: Negative Powers. It is a short video, so I followed it up with a quick summary of all of the Exponent Laws that you should know from grade 9 math. That section is also in your Chapter 4: Roots and Powers Notes Booklet, but for some reason, it got put after Lesson 4.6 - it should be before it. Oops! Anyway, once you get all that sorted, watch the video and do the notes, do textbook page 233 #2-9,13. Next lesson will be Wednesday.
Since there are several people who haven't submitted their Chapter 7 test from last week, I guess I'll assume that a few of you have fallen behind our pace. The good news is that submitting it late will not affect your mark - I'm happy to mark it whenever you get it in. The bad news is, we are running out of time. We have to at least maintain the two lessons per week pace we have been doing in order to finish Chapter 4 before June 12 (the last day for teaching new content). That gives us two more weeks to give anyone who has fallen behind the chance to catch up. Worse news: even though your report card mark can't be lower than you had back at the end of Term 3 (before the lockdown), if you don't actually finish the course, your final report card comment will reflect that your learning is incomplete. You will get a comment that states "The final grade represents the provincially mandated final grade from Term 3. <Name> did not complete all of the learning outcomes in the course."
Friday May 29: Here are a couple of ACC's for you to try once you are caught up and finished the homework from Monday and Wednesday: ACC 4.1-4.3 and ACC 4.4. Here are the answer keys. If you found those easy, you are on track. If you are stuck on them, here is a video of me making the key and explaining my reasoning.
Thursday May 28: If you haven't yet, go through the video I posted yesterday. I did make a mistake on it which I will correct with this short video. For fun, see if you can find my mistake in yesterday's video before you watch today's video. After that, just work on page 218 #4,5,10,11,12,17,18 and page 227 #3-12,16. I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help.
Wednesday May 27: It was announced today that our last day for online instruction of new material will be June 12, which is a few days earlier than we were told before, so I am going to pick up the pace a bit here. I really want us to finish Chapter 4 - grade 11 Pre-Cal has an entire unit that really depends on your having the Ch 4 skills. So, today's video lesson will cover Chapters 4.3 and 4.4 (they're both kind of short anyway) in the Chapter 4: Roots and Powers Notes Booklet. Once you have finished the video lesson, do textbook page 218 #4,5,10,11,12,17,18 and page 227 #3-12,16. You have until Monday before the next new lesson. I'll post an ACC on Friday to see how it's going so far.
Tuesday May 26: working time for textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 - you can use a calculator to help you with that assignment. New lesson tomorrow.
Monday May 25: Those of you who haven't handed in the test yet, you have until 4:00PM today until it is late. Those of you ready to move on, can start on the next booklet: Chapter 4: Roots and Powers. Here is the video for the first lesson. After you have watched it, watch this really cool TedTalk lesson video. It's mind-blowing. Very short assignment for this one: textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 - you can use a calculator to help you with that assignment.
Friday May 22: Just work time for the test. If you are already finished it and have it submitted, enjoy your math-free weekend. I'll have your mark by Monday. Those of you still working on it, you aren't late until Monday at 4:00PM.
Thursday May 21: Chapter 7 Test today. If you can't download it from Edsby, you can get it here. You have until 4:00 Monday to finish it if you want to be on time.
Wednesday May 20: just a work day for the review assignment from yesterday: the Chapter 7 Review (and here is the answer key).
Tuesday May 19: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We'll start today with one last ACC for this chapter, to see if you can do a word problem under test-like conditions. Here is the answer key once you have tried it. Also today, I'll officially assign the Chapter 7 Review (and here is the answer key).
Thursday May 21: Chapter 7 Test today. If you can't download it from Edsby, you can get it here. You have until 4:00 Monday to finish it if you want to be on time.
Wednesday May 20: just a work day for the review assignment from yesterday: the Chapter 7 Review (and here is the answer key).
Tuesday May 19: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We'll start today with one last ACC for this chapter, to see if you can do a word problem under test-like conditions. Here is the answer key once you have tried it. Also today, I'll officially assign the Chapter 7 Review (and here is the answer key).
Friday May 15: If you are finished the textbook page 426 #15,16,19, page 438 #12-14 assignment from earlier in the week, then try this 7.4 and 7.5 WITH FRACTIONS ACC. Once you are done, check your answers here. If you need to see the answers explained, here is a video of me doing them. We'll be doing a Chapter 7 test on Thursday. If anyone who finishes the textbook questions and the ACC from above wants to get a head start on the review that I am going to assign on Tuesday, you can download the Chapter 7 Review here (and here is the answer key). Have a great long weekend!
Thursday May 14: work day for the textbook page 426 #15,16,19, page 438 #12-14 assignment from yesterday. Just to try something different, we'll do the LiveStream at 7:00 PM tonight. If you have any Chapter 7 problems that you need help with, please bring them in and we'll look at them.
Wednesday May 13: We are wrapping up the Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet today, with a lesson on solving systems of equations that involve fractions and decimals. Once you have gone through the notes in the video, you can work on this assignment: textbook page 426 #15,16,19, page 438 #12-14. I'll LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM. Tomorrow, let's try something new - I'll do my Thursday LiveStream at 7:00 PM to see if that helps reach the students who are stuck in Teams meetings with other classes (or don't have access to their home computers) during the "work day".
Tuesday May 12: Start today by downloading and doing this 7.4 and 7.5 ACC to see if you have mastered the last couple of assignments. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making it. Then use today to finish the textbook assignment from yesterday: page 425 #10,11, page 437 #8-10, and page 448 #7,8,15,16.
Monday May 11: Good morning! Today we are doing the 7.6 lesson in your Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet, then we will look at solving word problems with systems of equations. Please watch today's video and follow along with the notes, then work on textbook page 425 #10,11, page 437 #8-10, and page 448 #7,8,15,16. You can have today and tomorrow to get these finished. On Wednesday we'll move on to working on system of equations with fractions and decimals.
Friday May 8: more work time.
Thursday May 7: Before you tackle today's lesson, try this 7.1 and 7.2 ACC (the answer key is the 2nd page of the file). If you found it easy, then you are ready to move on to the next level: solving systems of equations purely algebraically. Here is the video for lessons 7.4 and 7.5. Once you have been through it you can do textbook page 425 #4,5 and page 437 #3,6,7. You have until Monday to try all that before we move on to the next lesson.
Wednesday May 6: Today, if you didn't get the chance to watch yesterday's new video and do the notes/examples, please scroll down and do that. Then work on the textbook assignment: page 401 #6,8,9a and Page 409 #3,4,5.
Tuesday May 5: if you need to use today to finish yesterday's test, please get that finished. For those ready to move on, let's start the next chapter. Here is your Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet. Please use it when you watch the video of the Lesson for 7.1 and 7.2. Once you have done that, your assignment is textbook page 401 #6,8,9a and Page 409 #3,4,5
Monday May 4: Happy Star Wars Day! In case you are having trouble downloading today's test from Edsby, you can download it here. We'll start our next unit tomorrow, but if you have fallen a little bit behind our pace, I'll give you until the end of the day tomorrow to get the test handed in.
Friday May 1: nothing new today. Just a day to work on the review for Monday's test.
Thursday April 30: Keep working on the ACCs from yesterday and the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key). Here is a video of me explaining how I did all the questions on the Review, if you need help.
Wednesday April 29: Download this ACC for Lesson 6.6 and this ACC that tests your graphing skills. Then do them and check your answers. If you can't do them, go back and revisit the homework. Here is the answer key to both ACCs. If you need help getting these answers here is a video of me making the key and explaining my thinking as I go. If you want to get started on tomorrow's assignment, it is the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key). Here is a video of me explaining how I did all the questions on the Review, if you need help.
Tuesday April 28: Work day for the 6.6 assignment from yesterday.
Monday April 27: Today, go through the video for the last lesson in Chapter 6, Lesson 6.6: The General Form of the Linear Equation. Then do the last two pages in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet. Here is the answer key. Here is a video of me making the key and explaining how I am doing it, in case you get stuck - don't bother watching it if you got the answers correct on your own. If you finish those, the textbook assignment for this section is page 384 #5,6,8,12,16,18,26,28.
Friday April 24: just a catch-up on work day today. No livestream today - I have some one-to-one meetings with students who want help booked on Teams today. If you want in on that, let me know with a message on Edsby or through email. Have a great weekend!
Thursday April 23: No new lesson, but let's see if you can do the chapter 6 stuff so far with some ACCs for you to try. These files have both the blank quizzes and then they are followed by the answer keys. You remember the drill, treat these like they are actually test questions and then mark them using the answer key. Message me if you are having trouble or pop in to the livestream if you need to see them explained. Here they are: 6.1 ACC, 6.2 ACC, 6.4 ACC, 6.5 ACC. You have until Monday, when we'll move on to 6.6.
Wednesday April 22: More work time for textbook page 362 #5,6,17-24 and page 372 #4-6,9,12,14.
Tuesday April 21: Back into Chapter 6! Make sure that you are caught up on the lesson, notes, and assignment from last Thursday. Then in your Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, let's do Lessons 6.4 and 6.5. Here is the video of that lesson. If you can't print the notes out, just roughly sketch copies of diagrams as we go. The textbook assignment for this lesson is: page 362 #5,6,17-24 and page 372 #4-6,9,12,14. I won't assign anything else new until Monday, but I'll get you to do a 6.1 - 6.5 ACC on Thursday.
Monday April 20: There are still some students who need to finish the Chapter 5 Test and submit it to me. Please read Friday's post below for detailed uploading instructions. Everyone who handed the test in already has been marked. Go to where you uploaded it in Edsby to see feedback.
For those ready to move on, if you haven't already, download the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, then watch and do notes for the video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.2 that I posted on Thursday. Then work on textbook page 339 #5,6,7,17 and page 349 #5,8,11,13.
Friday April 17: If you are long finished the test and want to get a head start on Chapter 6 stuff, see yesterday and Wednesday's posts below. Have a great weekend.
Thursday April 16: Test day! In case you are unable to download the Chapter 5 test on Edsby, you can find it here at this link. It is better to use Edsby - message me there if you have any difficulties. If you get it done before the end of the day on Friday, I can mark it over the weekend. But you can have until the end of the day on Monday to get it submitted to me. over the weekend, if you haven't already, watch and do notes for the video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.2 that I posted yesterday, to get us started in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet. You might even want to start that today if you don't have a lot of other work, since this test will not take most of you very long at all. If you want to get started on the assignment for that lesson over the weekend, it's textbook page 339 #5,6,7,17 and page 349 #5,8,11,13. I'll assign them officially on Monday. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday April 15: If you are done the Chapter 5 review from Monday and feel ready for tomorrow's test, you can move on to Chapter 6 with today's lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.2. If you would rather wait until after the test to do this, that would be fine. Here is the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, for those who have access to a printer. For those who don't, you can always write the notes out (pause or slow down the video if you feel it is going too fast) as I fill in the blanks in the video. The assignment for today's video is textbook page 339 #5,6,7,17 and page 349 #5,8,11,13. If you don't want to start it until after the test on Thursday, that's fine - we won't start the next lesson until Monday. I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
Tuesday April 14: Keep working on the Chapter 5 Review I assigned yesterday. Here is the answer key (it's fixed now! Thank you to whomever pointed out in today's livestream that I had #11b wrong!).
Monday April 13: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend! Let’s start today by fixing a mistake I made on last Thursday’s lesson. I goofed up the last example on the last page of the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet, so here is a video of me fixing that. Then I want you to do this ACC for Lessons5.6 and 5.7. Here is the answer key and (if you need it) here is the video of me explaining how I made the key. Once you are done that, here is a Chapter 5 Review that you can work on today and tomorrow. Please check your Edsby messages for your invitation to join our Team through Microsoft Teams. This will allow us to meet live one to one or in small groups.
Thursday April 9: Just a day to catch up on work. No new videos. Keep on rolling through textbook page 319 #4-8,10,16-18.
Wednesday April 8: Last of the new lessons for Chapter 5 video is here: 5.7: Interpreting Graphs of Linear Functions. After you have watched it and filled in the notes and examples in your Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet, you can do textbook page 319 #4-8,10,16-18. I’ll give you tomorrow as work time.
Tuesday April 7: no new video today. Just work on the homework that I gave to you in yesterday's post: page 308 #3,5,6 (use graph paper for your graphs), 7, 8 (use desmos for your graphs), 11 (desmos again), 17,18.
Monday April 6: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a safe, healthy, restful week! Back to new lessons today! Take out your Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet, and use this video to go through the notes and examples for lesson 5.6: Linear Relations. As a bonus, I take a couple of minutes in the video to try to explain how the math you are learning right now is related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The textbook questions for this section are page 308 #3,5,6 (use graph paper for your graphs), 7, 8 (use desmos for your graphs), 11 (desmos again), 17,18.
Thursday April 30: Keep working on the ACCs from yesterday and the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key). Here is a video of me explaining how I did all the questions on the Review, if you need help.
Wednesday April 29: Download this ACC for Lesson 6.6 and this ACC that tests your graphing skills. Then do them and check your answers. If you can't do them, go back and revisit the homework. Here is the answer key to both ACCs. If you need help getting these answers here is a video of me making the key and explaining my thinking as I go. If you want to get started on tomorrow's assignment, it is the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key). Here is a video of me explaining how I did all the questions on the Review, if you need help.
Tuesday April 28: Work day for the 6.6 assignment from yesterday.
Monday April 27: Today, go through the video for the last lesson in Chapter 6, Lesson 6.6: The General Form of the Linear Equation. Then do the last two pages in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet. Here is the answer key. Here is a video of me making the key and explaining how I am doing it, in case you get stuck - don't bother watching it if you got the answers correct on your own. If you finish those, the textbook assignment for this section is page 384 #5,6,8,12,16,18,26,28.
Friday April 24: just a catch-up on work day today. No livestream today - I have some one-to-one meetings with students who want help booked on Teams today. If you want in on that, let me know with a message on Edsby or through email. Have a great weekend!
Thursday April 23: No new lesson, but let's see if you can do the chapter 6 stuff so far with some ACCs for you to try. These files have both the blank quizzes and then they are followed by the answer keys. You remember the drill, treat these like they are actually test questions and then mark them using the answer key. Message me if you are having trouble or pop in to the livestream if you need to see them explained. Here they are: 6.1 ACC, 6.2 ACC, 6.4 ACC, 6.5 ACC. You have until Monday, when we'll move on to 6.6.
Wednesday April 22: More work time for textbook page 362 #5,6,17-24 and page 372 #4-6,9,12,14.
Tuesday April 21: Back into Chapter 6! Make sure that you are caught up on the lesson, notes, and assignment from last Thursday. Then in your Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, let's do Lessons 6.4 and 6.5. Here is the video of that lesson. If you can't print the notes out, just roughly sketch copies of diagrams as we go. The textbook assignment for this lesson is: page 362 #5,6,17-24 and page 372 #4-6,9,12,14. I won't assign anything else new until Monday, but I'll get you to do a 6.1 - 6.5 ACC on Thursday.
Monday April 20: There are still some students who need to finish the Chapter 5 Test and submit it to me. Please read Friday's post below for detailed uploading instructions. Everyone who handed the test in already has been marked. Go to where you uploaded it in Edsby to see feedback.
For those ready to move on, if you haven't already, download the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, then watch and do notes for the video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.2 that I posted on Thursday. Then work on textbook page 339 #5,6,7,17 and page 349 #5,8,11,13.
Friday April 17: If you are long finished the test and want to get a head start on Chapter 6 stuff, see yesterday and Wednesday's posts below. Have a great weekend.
Thursday April 16: Test day! In case you are unable to download the Chapter 5 test on Edsby, you can find it here at this link. It is better to use Edsby - message me there if you have any difficulties. If you get it done before the end of the day on Friday, I can mark it over the weekend. But you can have until the end of the day on Monday to get it submitted to me. over the weekend, if you haven't already, watch and do notes for the video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.2 that I posted yesterday, to get us started in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet. You might even want to start that today if you don't have a lot of other work, since this test will not take most of you very long at all. If you want to get started on the assignment for that lesson over the weekend, it's textbook page 339 #5,6,7,17 and page 349 #5,8,11,13. I'll assign them officially on Monday. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday April 15: If you are done the Chapter 5 review from Monday and feel ready for tomorrow's test, you can move on to Chapter 6 with today's lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.2. If you would rather wait until after the test to do this, that would be fine. Here is the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, for those who have access to a printer. For those who don't, you can always write the notes out (pause or slow down the video if you feel it is going too fast) as I fill in the blanks in the video. The assignment for today's video is textbook page 339 #5,6,7,17 and page 349 #5,8,11,13. If you don't want to start it until after the test on Thursday, that's fine - we won't start the next lesson until Monday. I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
Tuesday April 14: Keep working on the Chapter 5 Review I assigned yesterday. Here is the answer key (it's fixed now! Thank you to whomever pointed out in today's livestream that I had #11b wrong!).
Monday April 13: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend! Let’s start today by fixing a mistake I made on last Thursday’s lesson. I goofed up the last example on the last page of the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet, so here is a video of me fixing that. Then I want you to do this ACC for Lessons5.6 and 5.7. Here is the answer key and (if you need it) here is the video of me explaining how I made the key. Once you are done that, here is a Chapter 5 Review that you can work on today and tomorrow. Please check your Edsby messages for your invitation to join our Team through Microsoft Teams. This will allow us to meet live one to one or in small groups.
Thursday April 9: Just a day to catch up on work. No new videos. Keep on rolling through textbook page 319 #4-8,10,16-18.
Wednesday April 8: Last of the new lessons for Chapter 5 video is here: 5.7: Interpreting Graphs of Linear Functions. After you have watched it and filled in the notes and examples in your Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet, you can do textbook page 319 #4-8,10,16-18. I’ll give you tomorrow as work time.
Tuesday April 7: no new video today. Just work on the homework that I gave to you in yesterday's post: page 308 #3,5,6 (use graph paper for your graphs), 7, 8 (use desmos for your graphs), 11 (desmos again), 17,18.
Monday April 6: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a safe, healthy, restful week! Back to new lessons today! Take out your Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet, and use this video to go through the notes and examples for lesson 5.6: Linear Relations. As a bonus, I take a couple of minutes in the video to try to explain how the math you are learning right now is related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The textbook questions for this section are page 308 #3,5,6 (use graph paper for your graphs), 7, 8 (use desmos for your graphs), 11 (desmos again), 17,18.
Friday March 27: no new video today, but I will livestream again at 1 PM if you have any last questions before spring break. I hope that everyone has done all of the textbook assignments that I assigned last week and this week. Over the break, if you want to try the two reviews of chapter 5 (so far), they are: R1 Review and R8 Review (here is a file of answer keys) - sorry they are in picture form, my scanner at home is not cooperating). If you want to work on older skills like factoring and trig, just keep scrolling down - you'll find stuff to work on down there. I'll still respond to emails and Edsby messages over the break if you need me. Everyone stay home, stay safe, be kind, work on being better at something you like. Play an instrument. Read. Write. Paint. Create. Binge watch a great tv show or series of movies. See you in a week.
Thursday March 26: Today I am posting this video of me going over #14,16,19,21 from the page 294 assignment, including a quick tutorial on using desmos to make charts and graphs. This will be my last video update until after spring break. I'll still do a livestream today at 1 PM and again tomorrow (see Tuesday's update or the message I sent you in Edsby for detailed instructions on how to find my livestream). The only new assignment will be some reviews of the two outcomes we covered in sections 5.1-5.5. Here they are: R1 Review and R8 Review. You can work on them tomorrow or save them and work on them over spring break. I'll post answer keys tomorrow.
Wednesday March 25: Today, we'll do the Domain and Range ACC. So give it a try and then check your answers against this key. If you want to see me go through the questions, here is the video of me making the key. Then keep working on the assignments in yesterday's post, up to the page 294 assignment. If you are finding the pace a little slow you could sharpen your trigonometry skills (I do plan to re-test trig when we get back) with this trig review that I don't think you have seen before. Here is an answer key for it. Livestream today will start at 1 PM - see yesterday's post for detailed instructions on how to find it.
Tuesday March 24: if you haven't already done so, please do ACC 5.2. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the answer key and explaining my steps as I go. If you struggled with this ACC, make sure you get more practice by going back and making sure that you did all of the 5.2 homework - it was the page 270 #4,5,8,10,12-19 assignment, first assigned back on March 12th. The more recent assignments that you should be finished in the next couple of days are: page 294 #4-9,12-14,16,17,19-21, page 281 #4,5,7,9,11, and page 270 #4,5,8,10,12-19. I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog, where it says "Next Livestream" in big green letters - the letters will turn into a blue, clickable link once I am live on youtube.
Friday March 20: Here is today's video, wrapping up the end of the 5.5 lesson from where we left off on Wednesday. Reminder that the assignment for this section is page 294 #4-9,12-14,16,17,19-21 should be finished by, let's say Tuesday. Make sure that you are caught up on the assignments from earlier this week as well. We'll save the ACCs I handed out for next week. Also, we did a livestream this morning just to test the system and to show a few of my colleagues how to do this. Thanks to everyone who logged on. The next livestream where you can ask me any questions you like about the notes or the homework assignments will be Monday afternoon at 1 PM - the link to find it will be above, at the top of the blog. Keep in mind you can't chat unless you have a google or youtube login.
Thursday March 19: I spent today just sorting out some tech issues and doing some planning. Tomorrow, I'll post a video to finish of the examples at the end of the 5.5 Lesson in the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet. You should try them for yourself today/tonight. Besides that, see the previous posts for the assignments you should be working on.
Wednesday March 18: Today I did the notes and examples for Chapter 5.5 in the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet. Here is the video for this lesson. The assignment for this section is page 294 #4-9,12-14,16,17,19-21. I also handed out three practice ACCs: one for 5.1-5.2, one for just 5.2, and one for Domain and Range (I'll post answer keys next week). Today's assignments, along with the assignments from yesterday and Monday are the work for the rest of this week and all of next week. I will not be doing a new lesson tomorrow or Friday, so students should feel free to stay home. As per the new directive from the school division we will hold off on learning new material until after spring break. I will continue to update the blog with new video content (going over examples, mainly) and will be operating a live stream starting on Monday to communicate with students. Keep checking back here for updates! Take care, everyone.
Tuesday March 17: we did an activity together based on yesterday's 5.3 lesson. Then we went over a couple of questions from the page 270 assignment. Then we had a bit of work time for the assignment from yesterday: page 281 #4,5,7,9,11
Monday March 16: Today's lesson will be live at 11:00AM, and archived here after that. We went through 5.3 lesson in the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet. Reminder: page 270 #4,5,8,10,12-19 is due tomorrow. The new assignment is page 281 #4,5,7,9,11 you will have some work time tomorrow.
Thursday March 12: we went through the 5.2 notes together. For all the band trip students, here is a video of the lesson. The page 262 assignment from yesterday is due Monday and when you are done that the 5.2 assignment is page 270 #4,5,8,10,12-19 due Tuesday.
Wednesday March 11: I handed back the Trig test, then we finished the 5.1 notes together. For all you band trip folks, here is a video of the lesson. The assignment is textbook page 262 #3a,4,6,13,14. I'll add to that after tomorrow's lesson and make the whole thing due for Monday.
Tuesday March 10: we went through the rest of the 5.1 notes and started the 5.2 notes in the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet. No new assignment yet.
Monday March 9: TEST 2: TRIGONOMETRY and a re-test for FACTORING
Friday March 6: we did our last ACC for chapter 2, the 2.7 ACC (the file here has a key), then we started Chapter 5. I handed out the Chapter 5 Relations and Functions notes booklet. and we got a very brief start on lesson 5.1. We will continue that on Tuesday. Reminder that the test on Monday covers all of the Trigonometry Unit (Chapter 2) and will re-test Factoring from test 1. For review you have a Chapter 2 review (the file here has a key at the end) and the Factoring Practice booklet (the file here has an answer key at the back). If you want more, there is a textbook review and a practice test for Chapter 2 on pages 124-127 and you can find more factoring review on pages 199-201 (just ignore the non-factoring and algebra tile questions).
Thursday March 5: we did a 2.6 ACC (the file here has a key at the end), and worked through some problems from pages 111 and 118 together. Reminder that this assignment (page 111 #6-10 and page 118 #4,5,9,11,19) should be done by tomorrow. We also did a few problems from the Factoring Practice booklet (the file here has an answer key at the back) together.
Wednesday March 4: We lost half of this class to homeroom registration. In the time we did have, we went over a couple of problems from the textbook assginments on pages 95 and 101, then we had a little work time for page 111 #6-10 and page 118 #4,5,9,11,19, due Friday. I also handed out a Chapter 2 review (the file here has a key at the end). You will have some work time tomorrow. Because we lost part of this class (and last Friday), I moved the test to Monday.
Tuesday Mar 3: we started by going over the last example in the Trigonometry Notes Booklet. Then we did a quick ACC for chapters 2.1-2.5 (the file here has solutions), then we had work time for page 95 #7,8,10,11-14 and page 101 #3-6,7,9 due tomorrow. If you are ready to move on, the next assignment is page 111 #6-10 and page 118#4,5,9,11,19. You will have work time tomorrow. To help prepare for this Friday's test, where we will re-test factoring, I handed out a Factoring Practice booklet (the file here has an answer key at the back).
Monday March 2: I did a couple of questions from the pages 75 and 82 assignments with the class, then we went trough the examples on pages 12 to the end of the Trigonometry Notes Booklet. (I goofed up the last example - we'll start by re-doing it tomorrow!) Reminder that your homework for tonight is page 95 #7,8,10,11-14 and page 101 #3-6,7,9 start on this assignment tonight, but you will get time to work on it tomorrow and it is due for Wednesday.
Friday Feb 28: class was lost to the pep rally. See yesterday's update.
Thursday Feb 27: we went through the examples on pages 8-12 of the Trigonometry Notes Booklet, then had time to work on the textbook assignments, which are now: page 75 #5,8,10,15,17,18,20 and page 82 #3-10. If you finish those, the next assignment is page 95 #7,8,10,11-14 and page 101 #3-6,7,9. Pages 75 and 78 should be done for Monday and pages 95 and 101 should be done for Wednesday.
Wednesday Feb 26: today we went through the notes and examples for pages 4-8 of the Trigonometry Notes Booklet. For practice tonight, you can work on textbook page 75 #5,8,10,15 and page 82 #3-10. You'll get some work time tomorrow, but after a few more examples, we'll add a few more questions.
Tuesday Feb 25: shortened class today due to course registration, so we just finished up the "special triangle" activity from yesterday. Still no new assignment, but for tomorrow, draw and label the diagrams for the two examples on the "Angle of Elevation and Depression" page of your Trigonometry Notes Booklet.
Monday Feb 24: we did an activity where we sketched and measured 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 triangles. We will wrap that up tomorrow. We also handed out our new Trigonometry Notes Booklet and did pages 1-3, reviewing pythagoras, basic algebra and introducing the concept of labeling triangles with the terms: opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse. No new assignment.
Friday Feb 21:FACTORING AND MULTIPLICATION TEST
Thursday Feb 20: we went over the last couple of examples in the 3.6 section of the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet, then we had time to work on the page 178 assignment from yesterday, and the Chapter 3 Review (the answer key is here) to prepare for tomorrow's test. Reminder that if you need to re-watch any of the lessons the videos are here.
Wednesday Feb 19: we did a couple more ACCs today, this one for 3.6 and 3.8 and another try at an chapters 3.3 and 3.5, then we went through most of the examples for lesson 3.6 in the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. Many people find that this is the toughest type of factoring to master, so if you need to re-watch the lesson here is the video. The assignment is Page 178 #14-19 for tomorrow and for some extra factoring practice, I handed out a Factoring Maze (here is the answer key). You can save it for tomorrow night, or work on it tonight. I also handed out the Chapter 3 Review (the answer key is here).
Tuesday Feb 18: To begin the class, we did our second ACC today (the file here has the key). Then we went through the second part of Lesson 3.8 in the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. You can now do all of the textbook assignment Page 194 #4-8,10,15,20,21 for tomorrow.
Friday Feb 14: we did our first ACC (Accountability Check) for sections 3.1,3.2, and 3.7 (here is the key). These are not for marks, but they are a great predictor of how you would do on these outcomes on the upcoming test. If you can't do the ACC questions, you are not keeping up with the pace of the course. After the ACC we went through the examples in the first half of Lesson 3.8 in your Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. Then we had some work time for textbook page 166 #7,10,11,14,15,17,19-21,23 due Tuesday. If you finish that and want to work ahead, Monday's assignment will be Page 194 #4-8,10,15,20,21 - you can do all of the difference of squares questions from this assignment. The rest, you will learn how to do on Monday.
Thursday Feb 13: we went over a couple of the questions from yesterday's practice on page 156. Then we did the examples in Lesson 3.5 of the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. The video to accompany this lesson can be found on this list. The new assignment is textbook page 166 #7,10,11,14,15,17,19-21,23 due Tuesday. You will have some work time tomorrow.
Wednesday Feb 12: we went over a couple of homework questions from the page 186 assignment, then we did a power point activity, a game called "Find Two Numbers". Then we did the examples for lesson 3.3 in the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. If you want to see more examples, watch the first video on this list. Your assignment is textbook page 156 #16-18.
Tuesday February 11: work time for the textbook assignment page 186 #4,5,8,10a,10d,13a,13d,15-22. Don't panic if the problems towards the end seem harder, they're supposed to challenge your reasoning skills, but make sure you give them your best try!
Monday Feb 10: we went over a couple of questions from the page 146 assignment, then we finished the Lesson 3.7 examples in the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. Your new assignment is textbook page 186 #4,5,8,10a,10d,13a,13d,15-22. You will get work time tomorrow and the assignment should be done for Wednesday.
Friday Feb 7: Work time for the textbook assignment from yesterday: page 146 #4-8,10,13,17,18. Due Monday. Mr Favreau also started the next lesson where we jump to lesson 3.7 in the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet.
Thursday Feb 6: My guest teacher, Mr Favreau went through lesson 3.2 in your Chapter 3: Factoring booklet, Your assignment is textbook page 146 #4-8,10,13,17,18. You will get work time tomorrow.
Wednesday Feb 5: we did a practice quiz with a more examples of finding GCF and LCM using prime factorization - here it is, in case you missed the class - they happen to match the examples on the videos on our video page. If you want to see the answer key without watching the video, here it is. Then we had work time for the assignment from yesterday: page 140 #5,6,8,10,11,15-17.
Tuesday Feb 4: we finished our "climb to a prime" game from yesterday, then we did lesson 3.1 in the Chapter 3: Factoring booklet. Your assignment is textbook page 140 #5,6,8,10,11,15-17. Videos with examples from today's lesson can be found here.
Monday Feb 3: Welcome to the course! Here is the course outline. For people who are interested, I handed out information about upcoming math contests, we played a game with our favourite numbers, and then I handed out a little junior high skill review booklet, called What Do You Remember? (the version linked here has the answer key) to get things started while I assigned textbooks. Tomorrow we will start our first lesson in the first notes booklet: Chapter 3: Factoring and we will have our first textbook assignment. For tonight, see if you can finish the What Do You Remember? sheet.
SLOT 5 - MES40S - GR 12 ESSENTIAL MATH
Tuesday June 16: aaaand that's the course! I'll be spending the next couple of days doing report cards, but you can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me.
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Vehicle Finance Hand In. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Friday June 12: time to finish up your Vehicle Finance Hand in. It's due Monday
Thursday June 11: just assignment work time. See yesterday's update for specifics. Please finish the hand in before the end of the day on Monday, when I want to start working on report cards.
Wednesday June 10: Vehicle Finance Hand In Assignment goes live this morning! You have to do it on Edsby. Message me if you can't get it to work on Edsby and I can email you a pdf copy. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the hand in, no problem, you have until Monday to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the Assignment 8 questions #1,2 and Assignment 9 questions # 1-3 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key. The last hand in assignment will go live tomorrow (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 10 question multiple choice, Edsby-based assignment. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version. The assignment goes live tomorrow, but the deadline for submission won't be until Monday, if you want a couple more days to work at this stuff.
Monday Jun 8: Here is the link to our last video lesson for the Vehicle Finance Unit: Lesson 8: Leasing and Lesson 9: Car Loans. Once you have been through the examples on the video, you can do the Assignment 8 questions #1,2 and Assignment 9 questions # 1-3 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key.
Friday June 5: Last day to work on the Assignment 6 and 7 questions in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the answer key and explaining my reasoning as I go. New (last!) lesson will be Monday, then there will be one more assignment and a hand in that you will be able to do remotely, through Edsby.
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Vehicle Finance Hand In. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Friday June 12: time to finish up your Vehicle Finance Hand in. It's due Monday
Thursday June 11: just assignment work time. See yesterday's update for specifics. Please finish the hand in before the end of the day on Monday, when I want to start working on report cards.
Wednesday June 10: Vehicle Finance Hand In Assignment goes live this morning! You have to do it on Edsby. Message me if you can't get it to work on Edsby and I can email you a pdf copy. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the hand in, no problem, you have until Monday to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the Assignment 8 questions #1,2 and Assignment 9 questions # 1-3 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key. The last hand in assignment will go live tomorrow (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 10 question multiple choice, Edsby-based assignment. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version. The assignment goes live tomorrow, but the deadline for submission won't be until Monday, if you want a couple more days to work at this stuff.
Monday Jun 8: Here is the link to our last video lesson for the Vehicle Finance Unit: Lesson 8: Leasing and Lesson 9: Car Loans. Once you have been through the examples on the video, you can do the Assignment 8 questions #1,2 and Assignment 9 questions # 1-3 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key.
Friday June 5: Last day to work on the Assignment 6 and 7 questions in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the answer key and explaining my reasoning as I go. New (last!) lesson will be Monday, then there will be one more assignment and a hand in that you will be able to do remotely, through Edsby.
Thursday June 4: work day for the assignment from yesterday.
Wednesday June 3: Take out your Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet and turn to Lessons 6 and 7. Then watch this video and fill in the notes and examples as we go. Once you have done that, you can now do the Assignment 6 and 7 questions in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the answer key and explaining my reasoning as I go. Next lesson will be Monday - our last new lesson of the year!
Tuesday June 2: work time for the Lesson 4 and Lesson 5 assignment from yesterday.
Monday June 1: New video lesson today for Lessons 3: Autopac (which I talk about for maybe 5 minutes - we're kind of skipping this section), Lesson 4: Fuel Economy, and Lesson 5: Buying a New Vehicle. (CORRECTION: I accidentally misread one of the numbers in example 3 of Lesson 4. The 6.8 is the best fuel economy in that example, not 8!) All of these pages are from your new Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet. Once you have gone through the video, you can do the following questions in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet: Assignment 4: #2a, 2b, 3,4,5,7,8 and Assignment 5: #1-4. Here is the answer key. Here is a video of me making the answer key.
We're not going to do the Assignment for Lesson 3: Autopac, but if you are interested in learning more about how Manitoba's government run, public insurance compares to other provinces where private companies sell vehicle owners their insurance, read this Globe and Mail article - it's interesting. If we HAD been doing Assignment 3 together, it would have been based on this year's Autopac guide, which you can download here. It is interesting to read through pages 59 and 60, to see how much having a bad driving record (moving violations and accidents caused) will increase how much you pay!
Friday May 29: work time for Assignments #1 and 2 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet (here is the answer key). New lesson and assignment coming on Monday. No livestream today, but I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help.
Thursday May 28: If you haven't yet, go through the video I posted yesterday. After that, just work on Assignments #1 and 2 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet (here is the answer key). I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help.
Wednesday May 27: Still lots of people who need to hand in the Home Finance: Property Tax Hand In (due tomorrow) and a few still need to submit the Mortgage Hand In. Here's the new Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet, here's the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet, and here's the video for Lessons 1 and 2. Once you have watched it and go through the examples, you can do Assignments #1 and 2 in the Assignment booklet (here is the answer key). I'll be on YouTube again today at 1:00 PM and I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help and you can't pop into the YouTube chat.
Tuesday May 26: working time for the Home Finance: Property Tax Hand In from yesterday. You have until Thursday at 4:00 PM to submit it before it is late.
Monday May 25: In case you have trouble downloading it from Edsby, here is the Home Finance: Property Tax Hand In. I will combine this hand in with the Mortgage Hand In (this was assigned back on April 27) to make your mark for this unit, rather than doing a final test. Once again, please follow the directions carefully and use loose leaf if you can't print it out. You have until Thursday at 4:00 PM to get it handed in before you will be considered late. We'll start our final unit: Vehicle Finance on Thursday.Tuesday May 26: working time for the Home Finance: Property Tax Hand In from yesterday. You have until Thursday at 4:00 PM to submit it before it is late.
Friday May 22: Just work time for the assignment from yesterday. I'm still waiting on a few people to hand in the Mortgage Hand In.
Thursday May 21: First check out this video where I do the notes and examples for Lesson 10: Property Taxes from your Home Finance Notes Booklet. Then you can work on Assignment #10 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet. That's the end of the Home Finance Unit. I have decided that we won't do a unit test. We'll do another hand in assignment that I will post on Monday. Then we will average that together with the first hand in from this unit, the Mortgage Hand In (a few of you still need to hand that in) to make a grade for this unit.
Wednesday May 20: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: Assignment 9 in your Home Finance Assignments Booklet.
Tuesday May 19: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We'll start today with a new video covering Lesson 9: Portioned Assessment and Mill Rate in your Home Finance Notes Booklet. Then you can work on Assignment 9 in your Home Finance Assignments Booklet. Please note that we're skipping Lessons 7 and 8.
Friday May 15: just a catch up day if you still need to finish Assignment 6 #1-5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet from earlier in the week.
Thursday May 14: work day for the assignment from yesterday: Assignment 6 #1-5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet. Just to try something different, we'll do the LiveStream at 7:00 PM tonight. If you have any Home Finance problems that you need help with, please bring them in and we'll look at them.
Wednesday May 13: We are introducing Home Insurance today, with this video covering Lesson 6 in your Home Finance Notes Booklet. For your new assignment you can do Assignment 6 #1-5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet. If you want to explore the websites that I used in my lesson video here is the one that explains the difference between comprehensive and general, and here is the one that I used to list the factors that affect cost of home insurance. I'll LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM. Tomorrow, let's try something new - I'll do my Thursday LiveStream at 7:00 PM to see if that helps reach the students who are stuck in Teams meetings with other classes (or don't have access to their home computers) during the "work day".
Tuesday May 12: use today to finish Assignment 5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet (omit #4b). We move on to a new lesson tomorrow.
Monday May 11: Good morning! Today I have a new video lesson for Lesson 5: Additional Purchase Costs for you to watch and fill in your L5 notes in the Home Finance Notes Booklet. Then you can do Assignment 5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet (omit #4b). You can have today and tomorrow to get it finished. No LiveStream today, I'll do one tomorrow at the usual 1:00 PM. I'm still waiting on a few people to hand in the Mortgage Hand In.
Friday May 8: more work time.
Thursday May 7: Another day to finish up Assignment #4 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet and the Mortgage Hand In. Next new lesson will be Monday.
Wednesday May 6: Today's video finished the last two examples in Lesson 4 of the Home Finance Notes Booklet. If you are finished Assignment #4 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet and you have handed in the Mortgage Hand In, then you are caught up on homework for the week.
Tuesday May 5: No new lesson today. You can have another day to work on Assignment #4 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.
Monday May 4: Happy Star Wars Day! New video lesson today for Lesson 4: GDSR, in your Home Finance Notes Booklet. Once you have watched it and filled in the examples in your notes, you can do Assignment #4 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.
Friday May 1: nothing new today. Just a day to catch up on anything you might be behind on.
Thursday April 30: Keep working on Assignment 3 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.
Tuesday April 28: Another day to work on the Mortgage Hand In. We'll do a new lesson tomorrow. I'll livestream today at my usual 1:00 PM, but I will be available for one-to-one or small group Q & A on Teams after that. Message me by email or Edsby and we'll set up something.
Monday April 27: Looking at my YouTube stats and I notice that not enough people have watched the Lesson 2 video . Try to keep pace with the class as best you can. If anyone is finished Assignment 2 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet, they can get started on the Mortgage Hand In.
Friday April 24: just a catch-up on work day today. I'm still waiting on some probability tests. No livestream today - I have some one-to-one meetings with students who want help booked on Teams today. If you want in on that, let me know with a message on Edsby or through email. Have a great weekend!
Thursday April 23: Time to move on to Lesson 2 in the Home Finance Notes Booklet: Mortgage Amortization. Watch the video here and make your notes. Then you can do Assignment 2 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet. If you finish that and want to get started on Monday's assignment, it will be your next hand in assignment, the Mortgage Hand In. It will be due at the end of next week. I also made an optional, bonus video showing you how to use Microsoft Excel to make mortgage amortization tables. Being able to use Excel is a skill you can translate to a lot of things in the business world - not just mortgages. If you want to see or play with the excel file itself: here it is.
Wednesday April 22: More work time for Assignment 1 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.
Tuesday April 21: Time to start the Home Finance Unit! Here is the Home Finance Notes Booklet. Those of you with printers, I don't think you should download and print the whole thing. We won't do every part of it. Here is the video of me going thorough lesson 1. Now you can do Assignment 1 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet. Several of you still need to upload your test from yesterday. Please do so as soon as you can.
Monday April 20: I would rather you downloaded from the link on Edsby, but if that doesn't work, here is your Probabilty Test. Finish it as soon as you can, because tomorrow I will be starting the next unit, but if you have fallen a little behind my pace, don't panic - this test won't be officially late until next Monday. There are still a few people who need to hand in the Probabilities Hand In by sending me the pics of their work so I can mark it.
Friday April 17: Not a "real" school day today because us teachers will be in meetings and online workshops all day, so no livestream or office hours today. I will keep checking my Edsby and email messages over the weekend if you need me for any last minute Probability questions before the test on Monday. You can use your notes for it, so don't bother making a study sheet for it. I'll have the test posted to Edsby and the blog sometime Sunday night.
A whole lot of you need to finish the Probabilities Hand In and send me the pics of your work!
Thursday April 16: Here is a video where I go over the results of our Experimental Probability Activity. It's amazing how predictable the data turned out to be! No new assignment, just keep working on the Probabilities Hand In and the Extra Probability Problems to get ready for Monday's test. When you are done the Hand In, just send it to me on Edsby. I'll be livestreaming today at 1:00 PM on youtube, but I won't be far from my computer at any time today from 8 AM-3:30 PM if you want to meet for one to one help in Teams. Just message me on Edsby. There will be no new posts or updates tomorrow, since I will be in meeting all day (it would have been an in-service day). So we'll see you Monday!
Wednesday April 15: More work time for the Probabilities Hand In and the Extra Probability Problems. When you are done the Hand In, just send it to me on Edsby. Today is the absolute deadline for data to be sent in for the Experimental Probability Activity. See the video posted on March 25 (and re-posted yesterday) if you need help with that. I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
Tuesday April 14: today and tomorrow are just work days for working on the Probabilities Hand In and these Extra Probability Problems, that I assigned yesterday. Once you are done the hand in, send me pics of your answers on Edsby. I'll be livestreaming at 1:00 PM today if anyone has any homework questions. Would you believe that I am STILL waiting on data from a few students for the Experimental Probability Activity? If you haven't started it yet, please watch this video that I originally posted on Wednesday March 25 to see the instructions on how to collect your data. You can submit your data to me by sending pictures through Edsby. If I don't get data from you by tomorrow, it's too late! We're going to use it as a nice wrap up activity for my Thursday video.
Monday April 13: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend! For today and tomorrow, you can work on this Probabilities Hand In and these Extra Probability Problems. I handed these out in one of our last classes together before the school closed. If you weren’t there, please download them. If you don’t have access to a printer you can just work out the answers on loose leaf. I set a due date for Friday for the Hand In. The Extra Probability Problems booklet is not a hand in, it is just more practice to help you get ready for the test next week. It has its own answer keys inside. Send me pics of your answers to the Hand In on Edsby. Today’s livestream will be earlier, at 11:00 AM since I have a math department meeting this afternoon. Please check your Edsby messages for your invitation to join our Team through Microsoft Teams. This will allow us to meet live one to one or in small groups.
Thursday April 9: If you gave the Exercises 40 and 41 worksheet (here is its answer key) a try and you are ready to move on. Here is the video for your last lesson (Lesson 5) in your Probability Booklet. The examples in this lesson are the same as the questions in Assignment 7 in the Probability Assignment Booklet , so we can consider that booklet complete now (yay!) If you are ready to move on, it's time to start the Probabilities Hand In (I will officially assign this on Monday) - if you were at school back on March 18th, you have this handout. If not, you will have to download it. If you don'e have access to a printer, just do the questions on loose leaf. One last livestream for the week today at our usual 1:00 PM this afternoon. Remember that tomorrow is a holiday, so no posts of any kind again until Monday.
Tuesday April 7: Today's video takes us through Lesson 4: Expected Values. As you watch the video, you should be filling in the notes and examples in your Probability Booklet. I made a mistake in the video at the end and said that the assignment for this section is Assignment 7 in the Probability Assignment Booklet . It is NOT. Actually that will be your assignment for Thursday, after our last lesson in booklet. I forgot that the assignment for today's lesson is not in the booklet, it is the following worksheet that you will have to download: Exercises 40 and 41 worksheet (here is its answer key). If you have any questions about today's or yesterday's assignments, I will be livestreaming again today. I've been getting feedback that my 1:00 PM live stream time is great for some but not for others, so I'll try splitting the day into 2 livestreams, one at 10:00 AM and one at 1:00 PM to field questions. Even if you don't have questions, please pop in and say hi. It would be nice to hear from more of you and know that you are all doing ok.
Monday April 6: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a safe, healthy, restful week! Today, I posted this video to remind everyone how to calculate ODDS, which is a little different than the way we calculate PROBABILITY. This material was originally covered in class on March 18 when we did the notes for Lesson 2 in the Probability Booklet. If you want to see the original video of this lesson, scroll down to the March 18 update. The assignment for this section is Assignment #6 in the Probability Assignment Booklet (we will skip Assignment #5 - it isn't part of the curriculum any more). Here is the answer key. I'll be livestreaming today at 1 PM if anyone has any questions about the lesson or old homework. As I type this update, I only have data from 4 students for the Experimental Probability Activity. Everyone is expected do this activity. If you haven't started it yet, please watch this video that I originally posted on Wednesday March 25 to see the instructions on how to collect your data. You can submit your data to me by sending pictures through Edsby or by email.
Friday March 27: No new lesson today. Just work at getting me your data for the Experimental Probability Activity. You can email me or message me on Edsby. Watch this video that I originally posted on Wednesday to see the instructions on how to collect your data. Other than that, if you are caught up on all of the other assignments, you can work on Assignment #4 (see yesterday's video for how to make a tree diagram) - here is an answer key. I will livestream again at 1 PM if you have any last questions before spring break. I'll still respond to emails and Edsby messages over the break if you need me. Everyone stay home, stay safe, be kind, work on being better at something you like. Play an instrument. Read. Write. Paint. Create. Binge watch a great tv show or series of movies. See you in a week.
Thursday March 26: So far only one student has sent me their data for yesterday's Experimental Probability Activity. This is not a good sign! Let's all keep in mind that this is not an extra long spring break. Spring break is next week. This week we should be WORKING. So go to yesterday's update, watch the video, do the activity and send me your numbers. For the people who are ready to keep going, we can work on Assignment #4 in the Probability Assignment Booklet. The questions in this assignment involve drawing a tree diagram, which is something I showed the class how to do last week. If you weren't present for that class or need a reminder of how to do that, here is a video of how to make and use tree diagrams in probability.
Wednesday March 25: If you came to class last week you got a copy of the Experimental Probability Activity. If you weren't here, you can download it from the link and (if you can't print it) record your data on loose leaf. Watch this video to see the instructions on how to collect your data. Once you have completed the experiments and you have your data, email it to me at ckellough@pembinatrails.ca or you can message it to me on Edsby. This activity will replace most of the questions in the Assignment #3 pages of your Probability Assignment Booklet. I just noticed that Experiment 4 has a typo - there are two columns for a roll of 5 - just cross one of them out. I await your data! If you have any questions, my Livestream today will start at 1 PM - see yesterday's post for detailed instructions on how to find it.
Tuesday March 24: Today, work on Assignment #2 in the Probability Assignment Booklet. Here is the answer key. Here is a video of me creating the answer key and discussing the questions as I go. Try to be finished this assignment for tomorrow. Hold off on starting Assignment 3 - I think we'll skip that one, because I have a better activity that we will do together tomorrow. I handed it out last week, it is called the Experimental Probability Activity. If you weren't here to pick it up last week, try to download and print it. If you are not able to do that, then just use loose leaf. Tomorrow's video will be a step by step guide to completing the activity. I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog, where it says "Next Livestream" in big green letters - the letters will turn into a blue, clickable link once I am live on youtube.
Monday March 23: Today you should work on Assignment #1 in the Probability Assignment Booklet, I will post a key and a video guide to the solutions tomorrow. I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today and tomorrow, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog.
Friday March 20: Here is the answer key for the Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?) . If you have caught up to there and are caught up with the Probability Booklet notes that we did on Tuesday and Wednesday, then you are good until Monday. Also, today we did a livestream this morning just to test the system and to show a few of my colleagues how to do this. Thanks to everyone who logged on. The next livestream where you can ask me any questions you like about the notes or the homework assignments will be Monday afternoon at 1 PM - the link to find it will be above, at the top of the blog. Keep in mind you can't chat unless you have a google or youtube login.
Thursday March 19: I spent today just sorting out some tech issues and doing some planning. Tomorrow, I'll post an answer key for the Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?) and I 'll start posting new updates again on Monday. Until then, see the previous posts for the assignments you should be working on and please come and join me in the livestream tomorrow!
Wednesday March 18: Today I did the notes and examples for Lessons 2 and 3 in the Probability Booklet. Here is a video of the lesson for anyone who didn't attend the class. I handed out a Probability Assignment Booklet, a booklet of Extra Probability Problems, a Probabilities Hand In and an Experimental Probability Activity. The probability assignment along with the Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?) and (in case you aren't finished them) the Stats Review, and Stats Questions from Old Provincial Exams, are the work for the rest of this week and all of next week. The other booklets I handed out today will be for the week after spring break. I will not be doing a new lesson tomorrow or Friday, so students should feel free to stay home. As per the new directive from the school division we will hold off on learning new material until after spring break. I will continue to update the blog with new video content (going over examples, mainly) and will be operating a live stream starting on Monday to communicate with students. Keep checking back here for updates! Take care, everyone.
Tuesday March 17: I started the new unit, Probability today. Here is the Probability Booklet for you to download. Here is a video of the lesson we did in class. The assignment is the Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?).
Monday March 16: I handed out percentile questions from last semester's provincial exam (the file linked here has a key and exemplars). After we went over them, we had a little more work time for the Stats Review, and Stats Questions from Old Provincial Exams. Anyone who finished those is welcome to try the introductory puzzle for the new unit: Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?). NOTE: There are 2 typos on the Stats Review: question #5 change "the 8 other dancers" to the 9 other dancers" and the answer to #6b should be 22.5%
Thursday March 12: work time for the the Statistics Hand In. I also handed out 2 new things to work on today: a Stats Review, and Stats Questions from Old Provincial Exams.
Wednesday March 11: we went over the questions in Assignment 3 (pages 21-24) Here is the key for the entire Stats Booklet. Then we had work time for the Percentiles worksheet (here is the answer key) which should be done for tomorrow and the Statistics Hand In which should be handed in by Friday.
Tuesday March 10: we finished the examples in lesson 3 in the yellow Statistics Booklet. Then we had work time for Assignment 3 (pages 21-24), which should be done for tomorrow. Here is the key for the entire Stats Booklet. If you are done that, you can work on the Percentiles worksheet (here is the answer key) which should be done for Thursday.
Monday Mar 9: we started with a mini-practice quiz on weighted and trimmed means. Then I handed back last week's Polygons test and we went over it. Then we went over Assignment 2 on pages 14-17( Here is the key) of the yellow Statistics Booklet, then we started the examples for Lesson 3. We will finish those tomorrow.
Friday Mar 6: We finished the last example in Lesson 2, page 13 of the the yellow Statistics Booklet. The new assignment is Assignment 2 on pages 14-17( Here is the key.). If you finish before the end of class, try the page of MMMR puzzles and check the file linked here for the answers.
Thursday Mar 5: we went over Assignment #1 on pages 4-9 (here is the answer key) in the yellow Statistics Booklet. Then we went through the first couple of examples and the notes for Lesson 2, pages 10-12. We'll finish page 13 and move on to assignment #2 tomorrow.
Wednesday Mar 4: we started with work time to finish Assignment #1 on pages 4-9 (here is the answer key) in the yellow Statistics Booklet. People who were finished worked on a page of MMMR puzzles (this file has an answer key at the end).
Tuesday Mar 3: we started unit 2, Statistics. I handed out the yellow Statistics Booklet. We did the Lesson 1 examples on pages 1-3 (here are the examples if you missed the class). Your first assignment is Assignment #1 on pages 4-9. The rest of class was work time for that assignment (here is the answer key).
Monday March 2: Polygon test today
Friday Feb 28: we did a little mini-review of the unit and spent some time making up study sheets for Monday's test. Then we had work time for the Polygon Hand in assignment (due Friday) and the Polygon Review (here is an answer key), and the booklet of old Provincial exam Geometry problems. For the last few minutes of class we played with polygon puzzles called tangrams at this webpage.
Thursday Feb 27: work period and some review time for the Polygons assignments: a Polygon Hand in assignment (due Friday) and a Polygon Review (here is an answer key), and a booklet of old Provincial exam Geometry problems.
Wednesday Feb 26: we started with the second half of the L4 Quadrilaterals notes, then had some work time for the L4 Quadrilaterals worksheet on the last 2 pages of the pink Geometry booklet. Then I handed out a Polygon Hand in assignment (due Friday). You will get a whole work period on Thursday.
Tuesday Feb 25: we started with a few minutes to finish up the Exterior Angle worksheet on page 7 of the pink Geometry booklet, then we corrected it together. Then we did the Lesson 4 notes together. New assignment is the L4 Quadrilaterals worksheet on the last 2 pages of the booklet. We still have some examples to do together tomorrow, so you will get some work time to finish it tomorrow.
Monday Feb 24: I handed back the Trig test and we spent a few minutes talking about it. Then we did an activity where we constructed a regular polygon and cut out its exterior angles. Then we had work time for the Exterior Angle worksheet on page 7 of the pink Geometry booklet.
Friday Feb 21: I gave the class more time to finish the Page 230 Handout assignment from yesterday. Then we went over it together and I went through lesson 3 in the pink Geometry booklet. I assigned the Exterior Angles Worksheet on page 7. You will get some work time for it on Monday.
Thursday Feb 20: I went over the Assignment at the bottom of page 3 in the pink Geometry booklet today. Then I went through lesson 2 on pages 4 and 5. And just for fun, we played with an online Spirograph ( here is the link). Your assignment is the Page 230 Handout #1,2,4,5,6,7d and e, 8 b,c and d, and 9.
Wednesday Feb 19: After a little warm up activity, I handed out a pink Geometry booklet today. We did lesson 1: Regular Polygons on pages 2-3. Then we watched this video and this video, then had time to work on the Assignment at the bottom of page 3. I also handed out a Properties of Quadrilaterals Sheet; if you are finished the page 3 questions, you can use the Properties sheet to fill in the chart on pages 8 and 9.
Tuesday Feb 18: Trigonometry Test
Friday Feb 14: I handed out an Exam Questions for Trigonometry worksheet and gave people some work time before going over it. The Law of Cosines Hand In Assignment and the Sine Law hand in assignment are now overdue, but I will still accept them for marks if you can hand them in on Tuesday. The rest of class was work time for the handout of sine and cosine law word problem examples (here is the answer key thanks to Zyra), which acts as a nice review for Tuesday's test.
Thursday Feb 13: we finished the last example on the handout of sine and cosine law word problem examples (here is the answer key thanks to Zyra) , then we had work time for the new problem solving worksheet (here is the answer key). Some students might still need to finish the Law of Cosines Hand In Assignment and/or the Sine Law hand in assignment.
Wednesday Feb 12: we went through a handout of sine and cosine law word problem examples together - we didn't quite finish the last problem, so we'll finish it tomorrow. If you haven't handed in the Law of Cosines Hand In Assignment, please finish it for homework. I also handed out a really cool Trig Flowchart that you are welcome to use as your study sheet for Tuesday's test.
Tuesday February 11: last possible work time for the Sine Law HAND IN Worksheet - hand it in before the end of class if you haven't already done so! Then finish the Cosine Quest worksheet. Mr Favreau will put up and go over the answer key with you later in the class. If you are done that, you can do the Law of Cosines Hand In Assignment. If you hand that in, you can get Mr Favreau to hand out the other Cosine Law Practice Sheet that I have. The link here has the answer key after the assignment. That one is just for practice - not for hand in.
Monday Feb 10: I went over the second type of cosine law problem on page 7 of the Trigonometry booklet. Then we had work time. Reminder that the Sine Law HAND IN Worksheet is due tomorrow. You can now do all of the problems on the Cosine Quest worksheet (here is the answer key). You will get more work time tomorrow for the Cosine Assignment Hand in.
Friday Feb 7: my guest teacher Mr Favreau went through the examples on pages 5 and 6 of the Trigonometry booklet. Then he handed out the the Cosine Quest worksheet (here is the answer key). You aren't ready to do the whole worksheet until after Monday's lesson, but you can start it by trying #2,4, and 6. Make sure you finished the assignments from yesterday first: the Sine Law Quest worksheet (here is an answer key) and the Sine Law HAND IN Worksheet (due Tuesday).
Thursday Feb 6: My guest teacher, Mr Favreau gave the class some work time to finish the Sine Law Quest worksheet (here is an answer key). People who were finished and ready to move on, could start the Sine Law HAND IN Worksheet. It will be due Tuesday.
Wednesday Feb 5: I handed out our new Trigonometry booklet. We introduced the Sine Law, which will allow us to solve for triangles that don't have right angles. After doing the examples on pages 2-4, I handed out a worksheet, the Sine Law Quest worksheet (here is an answer key). That is your assignment for today. You will get some work time tomorrow to finish it.
Monday Feb 3: Welcome to the course! After briefly going over a course outline, we started with a Right Angle Trig Review sheet (Here is an answer key).
SLOT 6 - MPC40S - GR 12 PRE-CALCULUS MATH
Link to VIDEO LESSONS PAGE
Here are the Solutions to the Chapter 1 Textbook questions
Here are the Solutions to the Chapter 2 Textbook questions
Here are the Solutions to the Chapter 3 Textbook questions
Here is the SOLUTION key for TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 4
Here is the SOLUTION key for TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 5
Here is the SOLUTION key for TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 6
Monday June 29: Last update of the year. Well, it was a very strange semester 2, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I feel privileged to have had the chance to work with you all and I wish you all the very best in whatever future endeavors you choose to pursue.
The stuff we didn't get to: Considering everything that happened this semester, I think that we did an admirable job of meeting as many of the key outcomes of the course as we could. We did, however, leave a few things out that under normal circumstances we certainly wouldn't have. So, if you have some time this summer and want to explore these topics, please feel free to use the following links:
Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 and 7.2. We focused on the exponential equations and algebra, but skipped over the graphing sections. Here is the entire Chapter 7: Exponential Functions booklet. Here are the video lessons for section 7.1 and section 7.2. If you want practice problems, you can try the textbook questions that the video assigns at the end (you can still access your textbook using the link above).
Chapter 8: Section 8.2. Again, we focused on the calculation and algebraic parts of this unit and didn't spend time on the graphical analysis. You can find the notes in the 8.2 section of the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet and there is an 8.2 assignment in the Chapter 8 Assignment Booklet. The video lesson for this section is here: section 8.2.
Chapter 9: We didn't get to this chapter at all. Here is the Chapter 9: Rational Functions Notebook and the Chapter 9 Assignment Booklet. The video lessons are here: 9.1 part 1 A, 9.1 Part 1 B. 9.1 Part 1 C, 9.1 Part 2 A, 9.2 Part 2 B
Chapter 10: Another unit where we skipped the graphing parts, which means that we only did 10.3 and skipped 10.1 and 10.2. Here is the complete versions of the Chapter 10: Function Operations booklet and the Chapter 10 Exercises booklet. The video lessons for the sections we skipped are here: section 10.1 A, section 10.1 B, section 10.2
Wednesday May 27: TEST TODAY. You can download it here if you are having Edsby issues. You have until the end of the school day on Monday to submit it before it counts as being late, but... since it was announced today that our last day for online instruction of new material will be June 12, which is a few days earlier than we were told before, I am going to have to pick up the pace a bit here. I'll post our first lesson for Chapter 11 tomorrow - originally I was going to give you the rest of the weekend off once you finished the test, but alas, it was not to be. Sorry about that. Blame the government. Keep your chin up - summer break is almost here!
Tuesday May 26: working time for the Chapters 7.3 and 8 review from yesterday. See yesterday for solution guide and video if you need explanations.
Monday May 25: Here is the Chapters 7.3 and 8 review to work on today and tomorrow to get ready for Wednesday's test. Here is the answer key with full solutions. Here is a video of me making the solution guide/answer key for #1-8 and here is a video of me making the key of #9-18 (the word problems).
Friday May 22: Just work time for the assignment from yesterday, but I did make a couple of new videos for you. I have been getting a few messages from people having difficulty with the word problems. So I made a set of full solutions for the 8.4 Applications of Logarithmic Functions Problems #1-4 in your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet (the problems I assigned on Tuesday) . I made a video of me doing the problems, explaining them as I go. If the difficulty you are having is with your calculator, fast forward to #2 and see me go through step by step button punches on two different kinds of calculators. Here is a full solution answer key to the assigned problems from yesterday, too (no video this time). I didn't realize (until someone pointed it out to me this morning) that the "Word Problems" page (the last page of the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet) didn't have an answer key. I also didn't realize that your notes don't have the compound interest formula. It WAS featured on the Numberphile video I had you watch yesterday and it's easily Googled. On the first part of yesterday's assignment, please note that I think the key is wrong for 8.4 #5b.
Thursday May 21: First, watch this video that introduces and explains the number "e" in a really interesting and understandable way (I am a huge fan of that entire YouTube channel!). Then come over to my video where I do the notes and examples for "The Value of e and the Natural Logarithm", the last new concept in the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. Then you can work on the 2nd last page of the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet: "8.4 Applications of Exponential Functions". I'm only assigning questions #1,2,5,9 from that page. I'll also assign #1,2,4,10,11 from the "Word Problems" page at the end of the notes booklet. That's the end of the Exponents and Logs Unit. I'll post some review problems on Monday and then we will test next week on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 20: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the 8.4 Applications of Logarithmic Functions Problems #1-4 in your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Please note that we skipped over the 8.4 Applications of Exponential Functions, which will be the assignment for after tomorrow's lesson. New lesson tomorrow. Test next week.
Tuesday May 19: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We'll start today with a couple of new video covering 8.4 in your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet: Applications of Logs and Exponential Functions. The first video does examples 1 and 2 and the second one covers example 3. You can now do the 8.4 Applications of Logarithmic Functions Problems #1-4 in your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Please note that we skipped over the 8.4 Applications of Exponential Functions, which will be the assignment for after Thursday's lesson.
Friday May 15: just a catch up day if you still need to finish the 8.3: Laws of Logarithms and the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheets in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet, that was assigned on Wednesday.
Thursday May 14: work day for the assignment from yesterday: 8.3: Laws of Logarithms and the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheets in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Just to try something different, we'll do the LiveStream at 7:00 PM tonight. If you have any Chapter 7 or 8 problems that you need help with, please bring them in and we'll look at them.
Wednesday May 13: We are introducing Log Laws today, with this video that goes through Lessons 8.3 and 8.4 (part 1) in your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. You can now do the 8.3: Laws of Logarithms and the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheets in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. We won't do another new lesson until Tuesday. I'll LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM. Tomorrow, let's try something new - I'll do my Thursday LiveStream at 7:00 PM to see if that helps reach the students who are stuck in Teams meetings with other classes (or don't have access to their home computers) during the "work day".
Tuesday May 12: use today to finish the 8.1 Assignment in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. We move on to a new lesson tomorrow. LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM.
Monday May 11: Good morning! Today I have a new video lesson for 8.1 Understanding Logarithms in your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. Once you have done the notes and examples you can do the 8.1 Assignment in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. You can have today and tomorrow to get it finished. On Wednesday we'll move on to Log Laws. No LiveStream today, I'll do one tomorrow at the usual 1:00 PM.
Friday May 8: I have two videos for you today - no note taking required and they're both short. The first is one that I made to just give you a quick overview of the graphing outcomes that we're going to skip over when it comes to assignments and tests. The second is a few minutes from an educational video made by IBM in the 1960s to help students understand exponential growth. Anyone in class of Indian descent might recognize the "legend of the chessboard" it talks about (and you might have heard a different version where the king was challenged to a game of chess by a peasant who was Krishna in disguise - that's how I first heard this story!) No more assignment for the week if you have already finished the "8.1 Investigation/Warm Up" on pages 5-6 of the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet and the 7.3: Solving Exponential Equations exercises on page 1 of the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.
Thursday May 7: Today's lesson is more of an activity (if this had been a regular school day we would have had you work through it in partners). It is the "8.1 Investigation/Warm Up" on pages 5-6 of the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. Basically, you just follow the instructions. One you have tried it all, watch this video of me going through it to see if your conclusions match mine. If you get through this activity today and you finished the 7.3 exercises that I assigned yesterday, you won't have any homework this weekend. All I will post tomorrow will be a video I want you to watch and no new problems until Monday's lesson.
Wednesday May 6: Today, if you didn't get the chance to watch yesterday's new video lesson for Lesson 7.3 and do the notes/examples in the new Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet, then please try to catch up on it today. Then work on the 7.3: Solving Exponential Equations exercises on page 1 of the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Tomorrow we will be moving on to a new lesson. I'll be livestreaming today on YouTube at 1:00 PM if you want to ask me any questions or say hello. If you get the Chapter 6 test finished by today or tomorrow, I can get you your mark back before the weekend. It's not a problem if you need a couple more days to get it done.
Tuesday May 5: if you need to use today to finish yesterday's test, please get that finished. For those ready to move on, let's start the next chapter. We're going to roll Chapters 7 and 8 into one unit and cut out a couple of the outcomes. From now until our last "class" on June 18, we will be focusing on the outcomes that are the most important for those of you going into first year university math courses: Calculus, Statistics, Linear Algebra, etc. I will be providing links to the "complete" versions of the notes and assignment packages if there is anyone out there who wants to work through the outcomes we will be skipping over on their own time using the videos on the school website (here is a link to them as a playlist).
So here is your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet and your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. We'll start with this video lesson for Lesson 7.3. Once you have gone through that, you can do the 7.3: Solving Exponential Equations exercises on page 1 of the Exercise booklet.
Monday May 4: Happy Star Wars Day! In case you are having trouble downloading today's test from Edsby, you can download it here. We'll start our next unit tomorrow, but if you have fallen a little bit behind our pace, I'll give you until the end of the day tomorrow to get the test handed in.
Friday May 1: nothing new today. Just a day to work on the review for Monday's test.
Thursday April 30: Once you have finished the 6.4 assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet, you should work on the Review at the end of the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. We test Chapter 6 on Monday. If you want more practice to play with over the weekend, here is an old Trig Identities Assignment (here is the key), that I found (omit the last two questions). If you want more than that, you can always do the recommended textbook questions from the notes booklet. Some of you still need to hand in the Mortgage Hand In.
Wednesday April 29: It's the last lesson for Chapter 6, Lesson 6.4 in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. The video is in two parts. I recommend that you watch the first part here, then try the two problems on the last page yourself, then watch the second part here. Then the assignment is the 6.4 assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. Then we will test this unit on Monday. If anyone wants to work ahead, I will be assigning the review at the end of the notes booklet tomorrow.
Tuesday April 28: Another day to work on the 6.3 assignments from yesterday. Here is the answer key to pages 18 and 19 in the booklet (I do 3 of the 4 proofs two different ways each) and a video of me making that key, explaining my reasoning as I go. We'll do a new lesson tomorrow. On today's livestream, it was pointed out to me that there are 2 incorrect answers on the 6.2 Assignment booklet page answer key: #3b should be -sin(theta) (they lost the negative) and #4c should also be -sin(theta) (in my version of the booklet, that was the original correct answer, but someone crossed it out and put in something else. Vandalism!)
Monday April 27: Here is the video lesson for Part 2 of section 6.3 in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. It takes you to the end of page 17. Your assignment is to try to solve the identities on pages 18 and 19 yourself. I'll post a key tomorrow. Once you are done that, you can do the 6.3 Assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.
Friday April 24: just a catch-up on work day today. I'm still waiting on a few Chapter 4 tests to come in. No livestream today - I have some one-to-one meetings with students who want help booked on Teams today. If you want in on that, let me know with a message on Edsby or through email. Have a great weekend!
Thursday April 23: Still waiting on some Chapter 4 tests. For those of you who are ready to move on, here is the lesson for section 6.2 in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. Today and over the weekend, you can work on the 6.2 Assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. We'll do our usual YouTube show today at 1:00 PM if anyone has any questions they need some help with. Remember also, that if you find my videos confusing, you could always watch Ms Cox doing pretty much the same lessons and examples in the videos on the school's page here.
Wednesday April 22: First, try to get that Chapter 4 test done and handed in. It would be cool if I could get them marked and back to you by the weekend. Here is a video of me going over a couple of problems from the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. If you found those questions easy, you don't have to watch it (although I do take a minute to fix the mistake I made on page 5 of the notes - did you spot it?) Then if you have tried the questions on page 10 of the notes booklet (it says Exercise 15), I made another video where I go over a couple of those for you. The usual Livestream happens today at 1:00 PM.
Tuesday April 21: The Chapter 5 test should now be handed in and you should be ready to start in on the Chapter 4 test today. If you can't download it from Edsby, you can download it here. I put a deadline of Friday on this one, but please try to get it done as soon as possible. I am going to post more Chapter 6 stuff tomorrow.
Monday April 20: There are still some students who need to finish the Chapter 5 Test and submit it to me. Please read Friday's post below for detailed uploading instructions. Everyone who handed the test in already has been marked. Go to where you uploaded it in Edsby to see feedback.
For those ready to move on, if you haven't already, download the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet, then watch and do notes for the lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.3 that I posted on Thursday (see if you can spot the error I made on page 5, Example #3a. Ugh!). Then work on the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. If you finish those, you can try the questions on page 10 of the notes booklet (it says Exercise 15). I'll give you until Thursday to get all that done before I move on.
Thursday April 16: Test day! In case you are unable to download the Chapter 5 test on Edsby, you can find it here at this link. It is better to use Edsby - message me there if you have any difficulties. If you get it done before the end of the day on Friday, I can mark it over the weekend. But you can have until the end of the day on Monday to get it submitted to me. over the weekend, if you haven't already, watch and do notes for the lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.3. that I posted yesterday, to get us started in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. I make a mistake in that video on page 5 example 3 a - see if you notice what it is! If you want to get started on the assignment for that lesson over the weekend, it's the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. I'll assign them officially on Monday, but give you until later in the week to get them done. Have a great weekend!
I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
Tuesday April 14: You can have today to work on the review for Chapters 5 (and/or Chapter 4) - see yesterday's update for links. I'll be livestreaming at 1:00 PM today if anyone has any homework questions.
Monday April 13: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend! Today you should correct the Chapter 5.4 Practice Quiz that I assigned on Thursday – here is the key. If you want to see me explain the answers as I go through them, I made this video of myself making the key. Once you have worked through any mistakes that you might have made, you can get started on some review. Here is a T5 Review (the file has an answer key), and don't forget that I handed out this Chapter 4 Practice Test (here are the solutions) and this Chapter 4 Review (here is an answer key) way back in mid March before we closed the school. We'll test Chapter 5 first (this Thursday) since it is fresh in our minds and test Chapter 4 next week. We'll have you submit your tests by sending pictures of your solutions through Edsby. Today’s livestream will be earlier, at 11:00 AM since I have a math department meeting this afternoon. Please check your Edsby messages for your invitation to join our Team through Microsoft Teams. This will allow us to meet live one to one or in small groups.
Thursday April 9: Here is a video of me going over the last 3 examples in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet . Feel free to give the last two a try before you watch the video to see how they solve. Keep working on the page 22 of the booklet and all of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet today and over the weekend. If you are done all of that and you want to work ahead to Monday's task. Here is a small practice quiz on the first part of 5.4 for you to try. If you don't have access to a printer, just try the questions on graph paper. I'll post an answer key for it on Monday. One last livestream for the week today at our usual 1:00 PM this afternoon. Remember that tomorrow is a holiday, so no posts of any kind again until Monday.
Wednesday April 8: Just a work day today, so no new video lesson. Tomorrow, I'll post a video going over the last 3 problems in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet - I didn't realize until today that the video left those for you to try. Give them a try and check back tomorrow to see me go over them. We are now done the Chapter 5 booklet and you should be working to try to complete page 22 of the booklet and all of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. I'll get some review posted for this chapter tomorrow. Yesterday’s morning livestream wasn’t exactly a hit so we’ll go back to the usual 1:00 PM for today. Please stop by the livestream if you are stuck and need help on any questions. Actually, it would be nice to just to hear from some of you and let me know that you are doing ok.
Tuesday April 7: Today's video finishes the problems in the second part of lesson 5.4: Applications of Trigonometric Functions. Watch it and fill in your examples. Then you can do the last page of the booklet, problems #1-5 on page 22. Here is the solutions (yes, I know it scanned upside down - I don't know how to fix that). The other part of this assignment is the last page of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. Tomorrow will be work time for these assignments and I'll have some review for you on Thursday. I've been getting feedback that my 1:00 PM live stream time is great for some but not for others, so I'll try splitting the day into 2 livestreams, one at 10:00 AM and one at 1:00 PM to field questions.
Monday April 6: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a safe, healthy, restful week! Back to new lessons today! Take out your Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, and use this video to go through the notes and examples for the first part of lesson 5.4: Equations and Graphs of Trigonometric Functions on pages 17 and 18. The assignment questions for this section are #1-2 on the similarly titled page of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. I'll be livestreaming today at 1 PM if anyone has any lesson questions about the lesson or old homework.
Thursday March 26: If there are people who have completely finished all of the 5.1, 5.3 and 5.2 assignments in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, and they have finished the textbook page 250 #1-10, 13,14-16 assignment, I am posting some review today that you can either work on now or over the break. First, please recall that we will have to test chapter 4 when we get back, so look back and see if you finished the Chapter 4 Practice Test (here are the solutions) that I handed out back on March 12th. If you finished that, here is another Chapter 4 Review and a Chapter 5 Part 1 Review. I will post answer keys for them tomorrow. You can save the reviews to do over the spring break week if you want to stay sharp. No new video today, but I will be on at 1 PM for my daily livestream if you are stuck on anything.
Wednesday March 25: since yesterday's video featured examples where we make graphs given equations, I thought today we'd reverse the process and do a couple of examples of generating equations from the graphs. Here is a video of a coupe of examples from textbook page 253: #15c and #16b. Give them a try, then check out the video. Livestream today will start at 1 PM - see yesterday's post for detailed instructions on how to find it.
Monday March 2: we started by finishing up the examples on pages 26-29 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, which brings us to the end of the chapter. We test Thursday, so I handed out an R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review (the file has it's own key at the end). For the R13 (Chapter 2) outcome, you should do the review on the last 4 pages of the Chapter 2 Radical Functions booklet. If you are looking for more review to get ready for the test, the textbook has a Chapter 2 review on pages 99-103 and Chapter 3 review is on pages 153-156.
Friday Feb 28: we went over a couple of questions from test 2, then we did pages 21-23 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet together (answer key for pages 22-23). Your homework is to finish page 24 of the booklet.
Thursday Feb 27: we went over a couple of problems from the 3.2 and 3.3 homework assignments from the last couple of days. Then we did the first part of the 3.4 lesson in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, including the examples up to page 21. Your assignment is page 24 of the booklet, which you should be done for Monday. Tomorrow we do pages 22-23 together as an in-class activity. HERE IS THE ANSWER KEY FOR YESTERDAY'S HOMEWORK, PAGE 17 - sorry about that!
Wednesday Feb 26: we did Lesson 3.3 in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, today. Now you can do all of the pages 11 and 17 assignments. Watch out for an answer key error on page 11 #2, a has a remainder of 7, b has a remainder of -12, c has a remainder of 12, thanks Carl!
Tuesday Feb 25: we went over the examples on pages 5 and 6 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, then we went into lesson 2, long division, synthetic division, and the remainder theorem. Your assignment is booklet page 11 #1-4,8-10 and page 17 #1-7. I recommend that when you do the "divide" problems in this assignment, you mix it up a little. Try a few by long division and a few by synthetic division (you should be able to do both). If you want to see these examples again, here are the videos. Also, you can try Googling "Algebra Long Division" and "Synthetic Division" and get lots of video hits in the results. In a lot of first year calculus courses, this is the first day's lesson.
Monday Feb 24: Test 2: R13 and re-test of R2-R5. If you finish early work on the examples on pages 5 and 6 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet and textbook page Page 114 #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, C1 & C2.
Friday Feb 21: we went over a few problems from the 2.3 worksheet on page 21 of the Radical Functions booklet together. Then we had some work time for the review for Monday's test. It's at the back of the booklet, pages 23-28. I also highly recommend that since the algebra questions on the review are too easy, you should add some algebra practice from the textbook. Do page 97 #6,7. If you want more review, textbook pages 99-103 are all review questions. If you want to review Chapter 1 material, you can do the review on pages 56-59. In the last part of the class I handed out the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet and we looked at the first couple of pages of Lesson 3.1. This document makes me smile.
Here are the Solutions to the Chapter 3 Textbook questions
Here is the SOLUTION key for TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 4
Here is the SOLUTION key for TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 5
Here is the SOLUTION key for TEXTBOOK CHAPTER 6
Monday June 29: Last update of the year. Well, it was a very strange semester 2, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I feel privileged to have had the chance to work with you all and I wish you all the very best in whatever future endeavors you choose to pursue.
The stuff we didn't get to: Considering everything that happened this semester, I think that we did an admirable job of meeting as many of the key outcomes of the course as we could. We did, however, leave a few things out that under normal circumstances we certainly wouldn't have. So, if you have some time this summer and want to explore these topics, please feel free to use the following links:
Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 and 7.2. We focused on the exponential equations and algebra, but skipped over the graphing sections. Here is the entire Chapter 7: Exponential Functions booklet. Here are the video lessons for section 7.1 and section 7.2. If you want practice problems, you can try the textbook questions that the video assigns at the end (you can still access your textbook using the link above).
Chapter 8: Section 8.2. Again, we focused on the calculation and algebraic parts of this unit and didn't spend time on the graphical analysis. You can find the notes in the 8.2 section of the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet and there is an 8.2 assignment in the Chapter 8 Assignment Booklet. The video lesson for this section is here: section 8.2.
Chapter 9: We didn't get to this chapter at all. Here is the Chapter 9: Rational Functions Notebook and the Chapter 9 Assignment Booklet. The video lessons are here: 9.1 part 1 A, 9.1 Part 1 B. 9.1 Part 1 C, 9.1 Part 2 A, 9.2 Part 2 B
Chapter 10: Another unit where we skipped the graphing parts, which means that we only did 10.3 and skipped 10.1 and 10.2. Here is the complete versions of the Chapter 10: Function Operations booklet and the Chapter 10 Exercises booklet. The video lessons for the sections we skipped are here: section 10.1 A, section 10.1 B, section 10.2
Tuesday June 16: aaaand that's the course! I'll be spending the next couple of days doing report cards, but you can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me. Please return your textbook to the front foyer of the school at your soonest convenience. To make life easier, make sure your name is on the inside cover, and on the outside cover, use masking tape or a sticky note with both your name and my name.
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Chapter 10.3 and 11 test. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Wednesday June 10: The Chapter 10.3 and 11 Test is LIVE.
Before you start the test, PLEASE WATCH THIS BRIEF INSTRUCTION VIDEO. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the test, no problem, you have until Monday to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Once you have submitted the test, either this week or next, you can return your textbook to the table in the front foyer of the building. Please use masking tape and put your name and my name on the front of the textbook when you drop it off to make everyone's lives easier.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the 11.3 Parts 1 and 2 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. The test will go live Thursday (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 23 question multiple choice, Edsby-based test. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version.
Monday June 8: Here is the 2nd half of the video for the last lesson, 11.3 The Binomial Theorem.
Friday June 5: hopefully, most of you are almost done the 11.2 assignment and can get started on the last new lesson of the course, 11.3 the Binomial Theorem. If you want to get started on it today or over the weekend, here is the first video. It's a long lesson, so I'll split it into two videos and post the 2nd one on Monday. This first video takes you as far as the first 3 pages of the lesson, then you can start on the 11.3 Part 1 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. The 2nd half of the video shows you how to do the 11.3 Part 2 assignment. If you get all of this done for Wednesday, you will be ready to do the last test, starting on Thursday, June 11th.
This lesson involved one of my most favourite things in all of math: Pascal's Triangle. If you want to see some cool things about Pascal's Triangle, check out this video.
Thursday June 4: work day for the assignment from yesterday.
Wednesday June 3: Here is the new lesson video for Chapter 11.2: Combinations. This covers pages 14-16 of your Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet. You can now do the 11.2 assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. One more lesson to go on Monday, then we will do one more small test next Thursday. People who have fallen behind us: you are running out of time to catch up.
Speaking of catching up, I am now caught up on marking all of the handed in Chapter 7/8 Tests. If you didn't get your feedback, please message me.
Tuesday June 2: work time for the 11.1 assignment from yesterday.
Monday June 1: New video lesson today is for Chapter 11.1: The Fundamental counting principle and Permutations. After all the algebra, graphing, and trig, it's nice to end the course on some good, old-fashioned counting (well, ok, there is a little algebra). It is a long video (I usually take two classes to get through this lesson), so feel free to take a couple of breaks as you go. It follows the examples in pages 6-13 of your Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet. Then you can do the 11.1 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. I mention in the video that there are online videos that explain why 0!=1. Here is a good one.
Since there are several people who haven't submitted their Chapter 7.3-8 test from last Wednesday, I guess I'll conclude that a few of you have fallen behind our pace. The good news is that if you haven't gone through the 10.3 lesson that I posted last Thursday, it's cool - you can catch up on that later, and start in today on the 11.1 lesson posted above. The bad news is, we are running out of time. We have to at least maintain the two lessons per week pace we have been doing in order to finish chapter 11 before June 12 (the last day for teaching new content). That gives us the next week to do a small chapter 10-11 test and give anyone who has fallen behind the chance to catch up to us. Worse news: even though your report card mark can't be lower than you had back at the end of Term 3 (before the lockdown), if you don't actually finish the course, your final report card comment will reflect that your learning is incomplete. Buckle down and get this stuff done folks! Two more weeks to go! Next lesson will be Wednesday.
Friday May 29: work time for the 10.3 Composite Functions page in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. New lesson and assignment coming on Monday. No livestream today, but I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help.
Thursday May 28: Whenever you finish up the test I posted yesterday, you can move on and start the new unit. The last unit is going to be Chapters 10.3 and Chapter 11. Here is the Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet that puts those things together. If you are wondering why we are skipping Chapters 9 and 10.1 and 10.2, it's because, something had to go, and they are not quite as essential to success in your first year university courses. Chapter 10.3 is an important idea/skill for Calculus and chapter 11 is key to anyone who might be heading to a first year Statistics course. Here is the video of the first part of the 10.3 Lesson. Then here is the video for the second part of the 10.3 lesson. Once you have gone through those, you can do the 10.3 Composite Functions page in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.
Monday June 15: still a few people not finished the Chapter 10.3 and 11 test. I need it in no later than the end of the day. Report card marks are due Wednesday.
Wednesday June 10: The Chapter 10.3 and 11 Test is LIVE.
Before you start the test, PLEASE WATCH THIS BRIEF INSTRUCTION VIDEO. If you want to spend another day or two working on the assignments before doing the test, no problem, you have until Monday to finish it. If you are ready and want to get it out of the way so that this course is over and done, start it as soon as you can.
Once you have submitted the test, either this week or next, you can return your textbook to the table in the front foyer of the building. Please use masking tape and put your name and my name on the front of the textbook when you drop it off to make everyone's lives easier.
Tuesday June 9: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the 11.3 Parts 1 and 2 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. The test will go live Thursday (technology gods willing) on Edsby. This time it will be a 23 question multiple choice, Edsby-based test. If anyone is lacking the technology to submit multiple choice answers via Edbsy, message or email me and I can send you a pdf version.
Monday June 8: Here is the 2nd half of the video for the last lesson, 11.3 The Binomial Theorem.
Check out the update from Friday below for the 1st half of the lesson. This half allows you to do the 11.3 Part 2 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. That's the last assignment of the unit, and the course. We'll do a short test on Thursday.
Friday June 5: hopefully, most of you are almost done the 11.2 assignment and can get started on the last new lesson of the course, 11.3 the Binomial Theorem. If you want to get started on it today or over the weekend, here is the first video. It's a long lesson, so I'll split it into two videos and post the 2nd one on Monday. This first video takes you as far as the first 3 pages of the lesson, then you can start on the 11.3 Part 1 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. The 2nd half of the video shows you how to do the 11.3 Part 2 assignment. If you get all of this done for Wednesday, you will be ready to do the last test, starting on Thursday, June 11th.
This lesson involved one of my most favourite things in all of math: Pascal's Triangle. If you want to see some cool things about Pascal's Triangle, check out this video.
Thursday June 4: work day for the assignment from yesterday.
Wednesday June 3: Here is the new lesson video for Chapter 11.2: Combinations. This covers pages 14-16 of your Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet. You can now do the 11.2 assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. One more lesson to go on Monday, then we will do one more small test next Thursday. People who have fallen behind us: you are running out of time to catch up.
Speaking of catching up, I am now caught up on marking all of the handed in Chapter 7/8 Tests. If you didn't get your feedback, please message me.
Tuesday June 2: work time for the 11.1 assignment from yesterday.
Monday June 1: New video lesson today is for Chapter 11.1: The Fundamental counting principle and Permutations. After all the algebra, graphing, and trig, it's nice to end the course on some good, old-fashioned counting (well, ok, there is a little algebra). It is a long video (I usually take two classes to get through this lesson), so feel free to take a couple of breaks as you go. It follows the examples in pages 6-13 of your Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet. Then you can do the 11.1 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. I mention in the video that there are online videos that explain why 0!=1. Here is a good one.
Since there are several people who haven't submitted their Chapter 7.3-8 test from last Wednesday, I guess I'll conclude that a few of you have fallen behind our pace. The good news is that if you haven't gone through the 10.3 lesson that I posted last Thursday, it's cool - you can catch up on that later, and start in today on the 11.1 lesson posted above. The bad news is, we are running out of time. We have to at least maintain the two lessons per week pace we have been doing in order to finish chapter 11 before June 12 (the last day for teaching new content). That gives us the next week to do a small chapter 10-11 test and give anyone who has fallen behind the chance to catch up to us. Worse news: even though your report card mark can't be lower than you had back at the end of Term 3 (before the lockdown), if you don't actually finish the course, your final report card comment will reflect that your learning is incomplete. Buckle down and get this stuff done folks! Two more weeks to go! Next lesson will be Wednesday.
Friday May 29: work time for the 10.3 Composite Functions page in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet. New lesson and assignment coming on Monday. No livestream today, but I am available for Teams meetings, just message me if you need help.
Thursday May 28: Whenever you finish up the test I posted yesterday, you can move on and start the new unit. The last unit is going to be Chapters 10.3 and Chapter 11. Here is the Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet that puts those things together. If you are wondering why we are skipping Chapters 9 and 10.1 and 10.2, it's because, something had to go, and they are not quite as essential to success in your first year university courses. Chapter 10.3 is an important idea/skill for Calculus and chapter 11 is key to anyone who might be heading to a first year Statistics course. Here is the video of the first part of the 10.3 Lesson. Then here is the video for the second part of the 10.3 lesson. Once you have gone through those, you can do the 10.3 Composite Functions page in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.
Tuesday May 26: working time for the Chapters 7.3 and 8 review from yesterday. See yesterday for solution guide and video if you need explanations.
Monday May 25: Here is the Chapters 7.3 and 8 review to work on today and tomorrow to get ready for Wednesday's test. Here is the answer key with full solutions. Here is a video of me making the solution guide/answer key for #1-8 and here is a video of me making the key of #9-18 (the word problems).
Friday May 22: Just work time for the assignment from yesterday, but I did make a couple of new videos for you. I have been getting a few messages from people having difficulty with the word problems. So I made a set of full solutions for the 8.4 Applications of Logarithmic Functions Problems #1-4 in your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet (the problems I assigned on Tuesday) . I made a video of me doing the problems, explaining them as I go. If the difficulty you are having is with your calculator, fast forward to #2 and see me go through step by step button punches on two different kinds of calculators. Here is a full solution answer key to the assigned problems from yesterday, too (no video this time). I didn't realize (until someone pointed it out to me this morning) that the "Word Problems" page (the last page of the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet) didn't have an answer key. I also didn't realize that your notes don't have the compound interest formula. It WAS featured on the Numberphile video I had you watch yesterday and it's easily Googled. On the first part of yesterday's assignment, please note that I think the key is wrong for 8.4 #5b.
Thursday May 21: First, watch this video that introduces and explains the number "e" in a really interesting and understandable way (I am a huge fan of that entire YouTube channel!). Then come over to my video where I do the notes and examples for "The Value of e and the Natural Logarithm", the last new concept in the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. Then you can work on the 2nd last page of the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet: "8.4 Applications of Exponential Functions". I'm only assigning questions #1,2,5,9 from that page. I'll also assign #1,2,4,10,11 from the "Word Problems" page at the end of the notes booklet. That's the end of the Exponents and Logs Unit. I'll post some review problems on Monday and then we will test next week on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 20: just a work day for the assignment from yesterday: the 8.4 Applications of Logarithmic Functions Problems #1-4 in your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Please note that we skipped over the 8.4 Applications of Exponential Functions, which will be the assignment for after tomorrow's lesson. New lesson tomorrow. Test next week.
Tuesday May 19: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We'll start today with a couple of new video covering 8.4 in your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet: Applications of Logs and Exponential Functions. The first video does examples 1 and 2 and the second one covers example 3. You can now do the 8.4 Applications of Logarithmic Functions Problems #1-4 in your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Please note that we skipped over the 8.4 Applications of Exponential Functions, which will be the assignment for after Thursday's lesson.
Friday May 15: just a catch up day if you still need to finish the 8.3: Laws of Logarithms and the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheets in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet, that was assigned on Wednesday.
Thursday May 14: work day for the assignment from yesterday: 8.3: Laws of Logarithms and the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheets in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Just to try something different, we'll do the LiveStream at 7:00 PM tonight. If you have any Chapter 7 or 8 problems that you need help with, please bring them in and we'll look at them.
Wednesday May 13: We are introducing Log Laws today, with this video that goes through Lessons 8.3 and 8.4 (part 1) in your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. You can now do the 8.3: Laws of Logarithms and the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheets in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. We won't do another new lesson until Tuesday. I'll LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM. Tomorrow, let's try something new - I'll do my Thursday LiveStream at 7:00 PM to see if that helps reach the students who are stuck in Teams meetings with other classes (or don't have access to their home computers) during the "work day".
Tuesday May 12: use today to finish the 8.1 Assignment in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. We move on to a new lesson tomorrow. LiveStream today at the usual 1:00 PM.
Monday May 11: Good morning! Today I have a new video lesson for 8.1 Understanding Logarithms in your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. Once you have done the notes and examples you can do the 8.1 Assignment in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. You can have today and tomorrow to get it finished. On Wednesday we'll move on to Log Laws. No LiveStream today, I'll do one tomorrow at the usual 1:00 PM.
Friday May 8: I have two videos for you today - no note taking required and they're both short. The first is one that I made to just give you a quick overview of the graphing outcomes that we're going to skip over when it comes to assignments and tests. The second is a few minutes from an educational video made by IBM in the 1960s to help students understand exponential growth. Anyone in class of Indian descent might recognize the "legend of the chessboard" it talks about (and you might have heard a different version where the king was challenged to a game of chess by a peasant who was Krishna in disguise - that's how I first heard this story!) No more assignment for the week if you have already finished the "8.1 Investigation/Warm Up" on pages 5-6 of the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet and the 7.3: Solving Exponential Equations exercises on page 1 of the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.
Thursday May 7: Today's lesson is more of an activity (if this had been a regular school day we would have had you work through it in partners). It is the "8.1 Investigation/Warm Up" on pages 5-6 of the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet. Basically, you just follow the instructions. One you have tried it all, watch this video of me going through it to see if your conclusions match mine. If you get through this activity today and you finished the 7.3 exercises that I assigned yesterday, you won't have any homework this weekend. All I will post tomorrow will be a video I want you to watch and no new problems until Monday's lesson.
Wednesday May 6: Today, if you didn't get the chance to watch yesterday's new video lesson for Lesson 7.3 and do the notes/examples in the new Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet, then please try to catch up on it today. Then work on the 7.3: Solving Exponential Equations exercises on page 1 of the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Tomorrow we will be moving on to a new lesson. I'll be livestreaming today on YouTube at 1:00 PM if you want to ask me any questions or say hello. If you get the Chapter 6 test finished by today or tomorrow, I can get you your mark back before the weekend. It's not a problem if you need a couple more days to get it done.
Tuesday May 5: if you need to use today to finish yesterday's test, please get that finished. For those ready to move on, let's start the next chapter. We're going to roll Chapters 7 and 8 into one unit and cut out a couple of the outcomes. From now until our last "class" on June 18, we will be focusing on the outcomes that are the most important for those of you going into first year university math courses: Calculus, Statistics, Linear Algebra, etc. I will be providing links to the "complete" versions of the notes and assignment packages if there is anyone out there who wants to work through the outcomes we will be skipping over on their own time using the videos on the school website (here is a link to them as a playlist).
So here is your Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet and your Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. We'll start with this video lesson for Lesson 7.3. Once you have gone through that, you can do the 7.3: Solving Exponential Equations exercises on page 1 of the Exercise booklet.
Monday May 4: Happy Star Wars Day! In case you are having trouble downloading today's test from Edsby, you can download it here. We'll start our next unit tomorrow, but if you have fallen a little bit behind our pace, I'll give you until the end of the day tomorrow to get the test handed in.
Friday May 1: nothing new today. Just a day to work on the review for Monday's test.
Thursday April 30: Once you have finished the 6.4 assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet, you should work on the Review at the end of the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. We test Chapter 6 on Monday. If you want more practice to play with over the weekend, here is an old Trig Identities Assignment (here is the key), that I found (omit the last two questions). If you want more than that, you can always do the recommended textbook questions from the notes booklet. Some of you still need to hand in the Mortgage Hand In.
Tuesday April 28: Another day to work on the 6.3 assignments from yesterday. Here is the answer key to pages 18 and 19 in the booklet (I do 3 of the 4 proofs two different ways each) and a video of me making that key, explaining my reasoning as I go. We'll do a new lesson tomorrow. On today's livestream, it was pointed out to me that there are 2 incorrect answers on the 6.2 Assignment booklet page answer key: #3b should be -sin(theta) (they lost the negative) and #4c should also be -sin(theta) (in my version of the booklet, that was the original correct answer, but someone crossed it out and put in something else. Vandalism!)
Monday April 27: Here is the video lesson for Part 2 of section 6.3 in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. It takes you to the end of page 17. Your assignment is to try to solve the identities on pages 18 and 19 yourself. I'll post a key tomorrow. Once you are done that, you can do the 6.3 Assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.
Friday April 24: just a catch-up on work day today. I'm still waiting on a few Chapter 4 tests to come in. No livestream today - I have some one-to-one meetings with students who want help booked on Teams today. If you want in on that, let me know with a message on Edsby or through email. Have a great weekend!
Thursday April 23: Still waiting on some Chapter 4 tests. For those of you who are ready to move on, here is the lesson for section 6.2 in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. Today and over the weekend, you can work on the 6.2 Assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. We'll do our usual YouTube show today at 1:00 PM if anyone has any questions they need some help with. Remember also, that if you find my videos confusing, you could always watch Ms Cox doing pretty much the same lessons and examples in the videos on the school's page here.
Wednesday April 22: First, try to get that Chapter 4 test done and handed in. It would be cool if I could get them marked and back to you by the weekend. Here is a video of me going over a couple of problems from the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. If you found those questions easy, you don't have to watch it (although I do take a minute to fix the mistake I made on page 5 of the notes - did you spot it?) Then if you have tried the questions on page 10 of the notes booklet (it says Exercise 15), I made another video where I go over a couple of those for you. The usual Livestream happens today at 1:00 PM.
Monday April 20: There are still some students who need to finish the Chapter 5 Test and submit it to me. Please read Friday's post below for detailed uploading instructions. Everyone who handed the test in already has been marked. Go to where you uploaded it in Edsby to see feedback.
For those ready to move on, if you haven't already, download the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet, then watch and do notes for the lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.3 that I posted on Thursday (see if you can spot the error I made on page 5, Example #3a. Ugh!). Then work on the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. If you finish those, you can try the questions on page 10 of the notes booklet (it says Exercise 15). I'll give you until Thursday to get all that done before I move on.
Thursday April 16: Test day! In case you are unable to download the Chapter 5 test on Edsby, you can find it here at this link. It is better to use Edsby - message me there if you have any difficulties. If you get it done before the end of the day on Friday, I can mark it over the weekend. But you can have until the end of the day on Monday to get it submitted to me. over the weekend, if you haven't already, watch and do notes for the lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.3. that I posted yesterday, to get us started in the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. I make a mistake in that video on page 5 example 3 a - see if you notice what it is! If you want to get started on the assignment for that lesson over the weekend, it's the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet. I'll assign them officially on Monday, but give you until later in the week to get them done. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday April 15: If you are done the Chapter 5 review from Monday and feel ready for tomorrow's test, you can move on to Chapter 6 with today's lesson video: Lesson 6.1 and 6.3. If you would rather wait until after the test to do this, that would be fine. Here is the Chapter 6: Trig Identities Notes Booklet. For those who have access to a printer, feel free to copy all of it or just the pages for each lesson as we go through them. For those who don't have a printer, you can always write the notes out (pause or slow down the video if you feel it is going too fast) as I fill in the blanks in the video. If you want to start on the first assignment in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet, go for it, but I won't officially assign it until Monday. I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
I'll livestream again today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, but I will be available until 3:30 PM on Teams if you have any questions that you want answered one-to-one. Just message me in Edsby and we can set up a Teams meeting.
Tuesday April 14: You can have today to work on the review for Chapters 5 (and/or Chapter 4) - see yesterday's update for links. I'll be livestreaming at 1:00 PM today if anyone has any homework questions.
Monday April 13: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend! Today you should correct the Chapter 5.4 Practice Quiz that I assigned on Thursday – here is the key. If you want to see me explain the answers as I go through them, I made this video of myself making the key. Once you have worked through any mistakes that you might have made, you can get started on some review. Here is a T5 Review (the file has an answer key), and don't forget that I handed out this Chapter 4 Practice Test (here are the solutions) and this Chapter 4 Review (here is an answer key) way back in mid March before we closed the school. We'll test Chapter 5 first (this Thursday) since it is fresh in our minds and test Chapter 4 next week. We'll have you submit your tests by sending pictures of your solutions through Edsby. Today’s livestream will be earlier, at 11:00 AM since I have a math department meeting this afternoon. Please check your Edsby messages for your invitation to join our Team through Microsoft Teams. This will allow us to meet live one to one or in small groups.
Thursday April 9: Here is a video of me going over the last 3 examples in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet . Feel free to give the last two a try before you watch the video to see how they solve. Keep working on the page 22 of the booklet and all of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet today and over the weekend. If you are done all of that and you want to work ahead to Monday's task. Here is a small practice quiz on the first part of 5.4 for you to try. If you don't have access to a printer, just try the questions on graph paper. I'll post an answer key for it on Monday. One last livestream for the week today at our usual 1:00 PM this afternoon. Remember that tomorrow is a holiday, so no posts of any kind again until Monday.
Wednesday April 8: Just a work day today, so no new video lesson. Tomorrow, I'll post a video going over the last 3 problems in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet - I didn't realize until today that the video left those for you to try. Give them a try and check back tomorrow to see me go over them. We are now done the Chapter 5 booklet and you should be working to try to complete page 22 of the booklet and all of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. I'll get some review posted for this chapter tomorrow. Yesterday’s morning livestream wasn’t exactly a hit so we’ll go back to the usual 1:00 PM for today. Please stop by the livestream if you are stuck and need help on any questions. Actually, it would be nice to just to hear from some of you and let me know that you are doing ok.
Tuesday April 7: Today's video finishes the problems in the second part of lesson 5.4: Applications of Trigonometric Functions. Watch it and fill in your examples. Then you can do the last page of the booklet, problems #1-5 on page 22. Here is the solutions (yes, I know it scanned upside down - I don't know how to fix that). The other part of this assignment is the last page of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. Tomorrow will be work time for these assignments and I'll have some review for you on Thursday. I've been getting feedback that my 1:00 PM live stream time is great for some but not for others, so I'll try splitting the day into 2 livestreams, one at 10:00 AM and one at 1:00 PM to field questions.
Monday April 6: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a safe, healthy, restful week! Back to new lessons today! Take out your Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, and use this video to go through the notes and examples for the first part of lesson 5.4: Equations and Graphs of Trigonometric Functions on pages 17 and 18. The assignment questions for this section are #1-2 on the similarly titled page of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. I'll be livestreaming today at 1 PM if anyone has any lesson questions about the lesson or old homework.
Friday March 27: Today's video(s) are a little more fun than just my hand and a piece of paper. Watch these video animations: Generating Sine Curves from the unit circle (version 1 and version 2), and my favourite, the interactive unit circle. Then watch these videos that will get you thinking about real-world applications of this kind of math: ferris wheel, cgi spring, spray paint on a spring, newtonian pendulum (number 1, number 2, number 3). I will livestream again at 1 PM if you have any last questions before spring break. I hope that everyone has done all of the assignments that I assigned last week and this week. Over the break, if you want to try the two reviews I uploaded yesterday, one for chapter 4 and one for Chapter 5(so far), here they are: Chapter 4 Review and a Chapter 5 Part 1 Review. Here is an answer key (sorry they are in picture form, my scanner at home is not cooperating - and there is an ERROR on the Chapter 5 review - the range should be [-8,2]). I'll still respond to emails and Edsby messages over the break if you need me. Everyone stay home, stay safe, be kind, work on being better at something you like. Play an instrument. Read. Write. Paint. Create. Binge watch a great tv show or series of movies. See you in a week.
Thursday March 26: If there are people who have completely finished all of the 5.1, 5.3 and 5.2 assignments in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, and they have finished the textbook page 250 #1-10, 13,14-16 assignment, I am posting some review today that you can either work on now or over the break. First, please recall that we will have to test chapter 4 when we get back, so look back and see if you finished the Chapter 4 Practice Test (here are the solutions) that I handed out back on March 12th. If you finished that, here is another Chapter 4 Review and a Chapter 5 Part 1 Review. I will post answer keys for them tomorrow. You can save the reviews to do over the spring break week if you want to stay sharp. No new video today, but I will be on at 1 PM for my daily livestream if you are stuck on anything.
Wednesday March 25: since yesterday's video featured examples where we make graphs given equations, I thought today we'd reverse the process and do a couple of examples of generating equations from the graphs. Here is a video of a coupe of examples from textbook page 253: #15c and #16b. Give them a try, then check out the video. Livestream today will start at 1 PM - see yesterday's post for detailed instructions on how to find it.
Tuesday March 24: I just uploaded a video of me going through textbook page 250 #1e and 2f, so if you are struggling to get through the 5.2 assignments, check that out. Of course - you know the drill - you can watch other people make these graphs all day, but you only gain the skill of doing them by trying them for yourself. So keep up with the assignments posted below and do as much practice as you can! I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog, where it says "Next Livestream" in big green letters - the letters will turn into a blue, clickable link once I am live on youtube.
Monday March 23: Today you should continue to work on the 5.2 assignments in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, and textbook page 250 #1-10, 13,14-16. I'm livestreaming at 1:00 PM today and tomorrow, if you have any specific questions that you want to ask me. The livestream link is at the top of the blog.
Friday March 20: Here is today's video: I went over the last example (d) from lesson 5.2 on page 14 of the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet. You should try to do the practice questions on pages 14-16 yourself this weekend (here is the key). When you are done that, you can work on the 5.2 assignments in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, and textbook page 250 #1-10, 13,14-16. That's probably enough work to keep you busy until Wednesday or so. Today, I also did a livestream this morning just to test the system and to show a few of my colleagues how to do this. Thanks to everyone who logged on. The next livestream where you can ask me any questions you like about the notes or the homework assignments will be Monday afternoon at 1 PM - the link to find it will be above, at the top of the blog. Keep in mind you can't chat unless you have a google or youtube login.
Thursday March 19: I spent today just sorting out some tech issues and doing some planning. Tomorrow, I'll post a video to finish of the examples at the end of the 5.2 Lesson in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.. You should try them for yourself today/tonight. Besides that, see the previous posts for the assignments you should be working on.
Wednesday March 18: Today I did the notes and examples for lesson 5.2, pages 8-13 in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet. Here is the link to the video. You can now do textbook Page 250 #1, 2, 3 and pages 14-16 in the booklet, and the 5.2 assignments in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet,. If you want to see a different explanation of these examples here is the school video from Ms Cox: part 1 and part 2. Today's assignment, along with the assignments from yesterday, Monday, and the Chapter 4 reviews from last week are the work for the rest of this week and all of next week. I will not be doing a new lesson tomorrow or Friday, so students should feel free to stay home. As per the new directive from the school division we will hold off on learning new material until after spring break. I will continue to update the blog with new video content (going over examples, mainly) and will be operating a live stream starting on Monday to communicate with students. Keep checking back here for updates! Take care, everyone.
Tuesday March 17: I went over the rest of Lessons 5.1 and 5.3 in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, The video versions of this lesson are here and here. You can now try the 5.1 and 5.3 assignment (the first page) of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet,
Monday March 16: I went over a couple of questions from last week's homework, then I handed out the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, and we went though the first couple of pages of Lesson 5.1 (here is the video of the lesson). We'll continue it tomorrow. I also handed out the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, but we won't need it until after tomorrow's lesson. For tonight, just keep working on the homework from chapter 4 from Thursday.
TYPOS IN CHAPTER 4 BOOKET: 4.1 ASSIGNMENT, #5 should end with"tenth of a centimetre" and #6 should end with "tenth of a degree", 4.3 ASSIGNMENT #1,h and #3,f should be "undefined" and #3c should be a negative, but the number is correct, and #3d should be 13/12. 4.4 ASSIGNMENT, #2g should be 11pi/4 not 9pi/4 and #4,f is undefined
Thursday March 12: We finished the 4.4 notes, by looking at general solutions to trig equations (where there is no domain restrictions). For the grade 11 students who missed the lesson, here is the video you can watch. Now you can do all of the 4.4 assignment at the end of the Chapter 4: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet After the lesson we had some work time for the assignments from yesterday. I also handed out a Chapter 4 Practice Test (here are the solutions) and don't forget that I gave you a 4.3 practice assignment: Exercise 4: Solving Trigonometric Equations on a Specified Interval . After that, if you want more Chapter 4 review or extra practice, you can do the textbook assignments that are listed on pages 7,9,12,19, 22, 23, and 27 of the booklet.
Wednesday March 11: I went over a couple of problems from the 4.3 assignment in the Chapter 4: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet (pg 29) and then we went through the first two pages of lesson 4.4 on pages 24-27. Your new assignment is the 4.4 questions #1,2 at the end of the booklet. I also handed out a practice assignment: Exercise 4: Solving Trigonometric Equations on a Specified Interval . If you feel you want more practice, you can do the textbook assignments that are listed on pages 7,9,12,19, 22, 23, and 27 of the booklet.
Tuesday March 10: we finished the second part of lesson 4.3, page 23 of the Chapter 4: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet. Then while people worked on the 4.3 assignment on page 29, I went over a couple of problems from the 4.2 assignment. I also handed back Test 3 today.
Monday Mar 9: we took a few minutes to go over a couple of the 4.1 questions on page 28 of the Chapter 4: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet and then we did some non-booklet notes introducing the secondary trig functions: cosecant, secant, and cotangent. Then, back in the notes booklet, we went through pages 15, 19 and the first section of lesson 4.3 on pages 21-22. You should finish the 4.2 assignment on pages 28-29 for tomorrow, and get started on the 4.3 assignment.
Friday Mar 6: Together, we went over pages 15-18 in the Chapter 4: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet and then we went through lesson 4.2 in the booklet. You can now do the 4.1 and most of the 4.2 assignments starting on page 28 of the booklet. Have the 4.1 assignment done for Monday.
Thursday Mar 5: Test 3 Polynomials (R11 and R12) and a re-test of Radicals (R13)
Wednesday March 4: we went over some questions from the assignments in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet and the R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review. We also spent a few minutes looking at some Chapter 2 review on pages 99-103 of the textbook.
Tuesday March 3: We started the next unit today. I handed out a Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet (this file has the answer key at the end). It can be worked on after the test on Thursday and is due Monday. I highly recommend that when you get stuck on old material, you go back to the grade 11 lessons video page and review Chapter 2: Trigonometry. I also handed out the Chapter 4: Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet and went through lesson 4.1 (you can re-watch the lesson in 2 parts: part 1 and part 2 and part 3). If you find the Grade 11 review quick and want to work ahead, you can fill in pages 16-18 of the booklet, or start on the 4.1 assignment on page 28 of the booklet, but I won't officially assign it until Friday.
Friday Feb 28: we went over a couple of questions from test 2, then we did pages 21-23 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet together (answer key for pages 22-23). Your homework is to finish page 24 of the booklet.
Thursday Feb 27: we went over a couple of problems from the 3.2 and 3.3 homework assignments from the last couple of days. Then we did the first part of the 3.4 lesson in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, including the examples up to page 21. Your assignment is page 24 of the booklet, which you should be done for Monday. Tomorrow we do pages 22-23 together as an in-class activity. HERE IS THE ANSWER KEY FOR YESTERDAY'S HOMEWORK, PAGE 17 - sorry about that!
Wednesday Feb 26: we did Lesson 3.3 in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, today. Now you can do all of the pages 11 and 17 assignments. Watch out for an answer key error on page 11 #2, a has a remainder of 7, b has a remainder of -12, c has a remainder of 12, thanks Carl!
Tuesday Feb 25: we went over the examples on pages 5 and 6 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, then we went into lesson 2, long division, synthetic division, and the remainder theorem. Your assignment is booklet page 11 #1-4,8-10 and page 17 #1-7. I recommend that when you do the "divide" problems in this assignment, you mix it up a little. Try a few by long division and a few by synthetic division (you should be able to do both). If you want to see these examples again, here are the videos. Also, you can try Googling "Algebra Long Division" and "Synthetic Division" and get lots of video hits in the results. In a lot of first year calculus courses, this is the first day's lesson.
Monday Feb 24: Test 2: R13 and re-test of R2-R5. If you finish early work on the examples on pages 5 and 6 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet and textbook page Page 114 #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, C1 & C2.
Friday Feb 21: we went over a few problems from the 2.3 worksheet on page 21 of the Radical Functions booklet together. Then we had some work time for the review for Monday's test. It's at the back of the booklet, pages 23-28. I also highly recommend that since the algebra questions on the review are too easy, you should add some algebra practice from the textbook. Do page 97 #6,7. If you want more review, textbook pages 99-103 are all review questions. If you want to review Chapter 1 material, you can do the review on pages 56-59. In the last part of the class I handed out the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet and we looked at the first couple of pages of Lesson 3.1. This document makes me smile.
Thursday Feb 20: we did the 2.3 lesson in the Radical Functions booklet. Your homework for tomorrow is the 2.3 worksheet on page 21 of the booklet.
Wednesday Feb 19: we went over the questions on pages 13-14 of the Radical Functions booklet together. Then we did a couple of questions from the test that I handed back today. Finally, I handed out a couple of 2.1 and 2.2 practice sheets. A Mental Math - Transforming Radical Functions page (here is the key) and one that says Warm Up (here is the key for that one). If you are done these and the 2.3 worksheet on page 15 of the Radical Functions booklet., and you are looking for more practice, there are optional assignments in your textbook: Page 72 #1-5,9-11,16, C1, C2 and Page 86 #1-6,8,10,16.
Tuesday Feb 18: we went over a few questions from the 2.1 worksheet, then we went through lesson 2.2 in the Radical Functions booklet. Here is the video if you missed the lesson or want to see it again. If you want to play around with the desmos file I used in the examples, here it is. Your assignment tonight is the Practice and Extra Practice questions on pages 13-14 and the 2.2 Square Root of a Function worksheet on page 15.
Friday Feb 14: CHAPTER 1 TEST: TRANSFORMATIONS
Thursday Feb 13: we started our new unit and handed out the Radical Functions booklet. We went through lesson 2.1 (you can watch the video here). Your new assignment is the 2.1 Radical Functions Sheet on page 7 of the booklet, due Tuesday. If you want one more review for tomorrow's Chapter 1 test and you have finished everything else that I handed out, you could do the review and practice test pages in the textbook: pages 56-59.
Wednesday Feb 19: we went over the questions on pages 13-14 of the Radical Functions booklet together. Then we did a couple of questions from the test that I handed back today. Finally, I handed out a couple of 2.1 and 2.2 practice sheets. A Mental Math - Transforming Radical Functions page (here is the key) and one that says Warm Up (here is the key for that one). If you are done these and the 2.3 worksheet on page 15 of the Radical Functions booklet., and you are looking for more practice, there are optional assignments in your textbook: Page 72 #1-5,9-11,16, C1, C2 and Page 86 #1-6,8,10,16.
Tuesday Feb 18: we went over a few questions from the 2.1 worksheet, then we went through lesson 2.2 in the Radical Functions booklet. Here is the video if you missed the lesson or want to see it again. If you want to play around with the desmos file I used in the examples, here it is. Your assignment tonight is the Practice and Extra Practice questions on pages 13-14 and the 2.2 Square Root of a Function worksheet on page 15.
Friday Feb 14: CHAPTER 1 TEST: TRANSFORMATIONS
Thursday Feb 13: we started our new unit and handed out the Radical Functions booklet. We went through lesson 2.1 (you can watch the video here). Your new assignment is the 2.1 Radical Functions Sheet on page 7 of the booklet, due Tuesday. If you want one more review for tomorrow's Chapter 1 test and you have finished everything else that I handed out, you could do the review and practice test pages in the textbook: pages 56-59.
Wednesday Feb 12: I went over a couple of questions from the Lesson 1.4 assignment. Then I handed out this practice test (here is its answer key) and gave students time to work on that and the 1.3 Extra Practice worksheet (here is it's key) from yesterday.
Tuesday February 11: Mr Favreau finished up pages 30-31 of Lesson 1.4 in the Transformation and Functions booklet. The rest of the class was time to work on your homework, the 1.4 assignment on page 32. I also had Mr Favreau hand out a 1.3 Extra Practice worksheet (here is it's key) If you want more practice you can try the textbook questions listed on the bottom of page 28 in your booklet.
Monday Feb 10: we went through Lesson 1.4 on pages 26-29 of the Transformation and Functions booklet. Your homework is the 1.4 assignment on page 32. If you want more practice you can try the textbook questions from the bottom of page 28.
Friday Feb 7: Mr Favreau took you through Lesson 1.3, pages 21-23 of the Transformation and Functions booklet. Your homework is the 1.3 assignment on page 25. Make sure you have completed the Transformation Assignment worksheet from yesterday (here is the answer key) before you do the 1.3 assignment.
Thursday Feb 6: My guest teacher, Mr Favreau will give you work time to finish the 1.1 and 1.2 assignments from pages 10 and 19 of your Transformation and Functions booklet. If you finish with time to spare, he will hand you a sheet called Transformation Assignment. If you finish that, too and still feel that you need more practice, you can do the textbook assignments listed at the bottom of pages 8 and 18 of your booklet.
Wednesday Feb 5: today we went through the notes and examples for lesson 1.2 in the Transformation and Functions booklet. Again, if you want another look at the lesson the videos are here. Your assignment for tonight is to do the 1.2 assignment on page 19.
Tuesday Feb 4: For people who are interested, I handed out information about upcoming math contests. We continued the first lesson in the Transformation and Functions booklet, finishing lesson 1.1. There are videos for this lesson here. Your assignment is the 1.1 worksheet on page 10 of the booklet. If you want extra practice, you can do the textbook assignment from the bottom of page 8 in the booklet (page 12 of the textbook).
Monday Feb 3: Welcome to the course! Here is the course outline. I handed out a little grade 10 and 11 skill review booklet, called What Do You Remember? to get things started while I assigned textbooks. Then we will started our first lesson in the first notes booklet: Transformation and Functions. Tonight, see if you can finish the What Do you Remember sheet.
Tuesday February 11: Mr Favreau finished up pages 30-31 of Lesson 1.4 in the Transformation and Functions booklet. The rest of the class was time to work on your homework, the 1.4 assignment on page 32. I also had Mr Favreau hand out a 1.3 Extra Practice worksheet (here is it's key) If you want more practice you can try the textbook questions listed on the bottom of page 28 in your booklet.
Monday Feb 10: we went through Lesson 1.4 on pages 26-29 of the Transformation and Functions booklet. Your homework is the 1.4 assignment on page 32. If you want more practice you can try the textbook questions from the bottom of page 28.
Friday Feb 7: Mr Favreau took you through Lesson 1.3, pages 21-23 of the Transformation and Functions booklet. Your homework is the 1.3 assignment on page 25. Make sure you have completed the Transformation Assignment worksheet from yesterday (here is the answer key) before you do the 1.3 assignment.
Thursday Feb 6: My guest teacher, Mr Favreau will give you work time to finish the 1.1 and 1.2 assignments from pages 10 and 19 of your Transformation and Functions booklet. If you finish with time to spare, he will hand you a sheet called Transformation Assignment. If you finish that, too and still feel that you need more practice, you can do the textbook assignments listed at the bottom of pages 8 and 18 of your booklet.
Wednesday Feb 5: today we went through the notes and examples for lesson 1.2 in the Transformation and Functions booklet. Again, if you want another look at the lesson the videos are here. Your assignment for tonight is to do the 1.2 assignment on page 19.
Tuesday Feb 4: For people who are interested, I handed out information about upcoming math contests. We continued the first lesson in the Transformation and Functions booklet, finishing lesson 1.1. There are videos for this lesson here. Your assignment is the 1.1 worksheet on page 10 of the booklet. If you want extra practice, you can do the textbook assignment from the bottom of page 8 in the booklet (page 12 of the textbook).
Monday Feb 3: Welcome to the course! Here is the course outline. I handed out a little grade 10 and 11 skill review booklet, called What Do You Remember? to get things started while I assigned textbooks. Then we will started our first lesson in the first notes booklet: Transformation and Functions. Tonight, see if you can finish the What Do you Remember sheet.
SEMESTER 1
SLOT 1A - INTRODUCTION TO CALCULUS
FINAL EXAM WILL BE IN-CLASS, JANUARY 20,21,22
Blue Textbook
Red Textbook
EXAM REVIEW BOOKLET (Answer Key 1, Answer Key 2, Answer Key 3)
Friday Jan 17: we did another example from Chapter 6.6 from this booklet. Your last assignment is page 370 #1,3-5 and the EXAM REVIEW BOOKLET. That's the course! Exam starts Monday!
Wednesday Jan 15- Thursday Jan 16: Curve Sketching Quiz (6.1-6.5)
Tuesday Jan 14: Putting It All Together! I did an example where I used all of the skills from 6.1-6.5 to analyze a curve and then sketch it. If you want to see this exact example again, here is a video of a friend of mine doing the same example (he might use a slightly different order than me). His example is actually a video in 4 parts that totaling 30.5 minutes. So I don't feel bad about only getting through this one example in this lesson! You will get the Putting It All Together handout on your quiz tomorrow. If you are ready to move on the new assignment is page 370 #1, 3-5.
Monday Jan 13: work period for Blue Textbook page 359 #3-8. Everyone should now have the EXAM REVIEW BOOKLET (see above for the answer keys).
Friday Jan 10: we finished looking at chapter 6.5 Horizontal and Oblique asymptotes. You can now do Blue Textbook page 359 #3-8. I'll give the class a work period on Monday and we'll go over questions on Tuesday. Then we will do a quiz on Wednesday.
Thursday Jan 9: we went over how to find horizontal asymptotes (chapter 6.5) and then I handed out a sheet with all of the curve sketching rules, called Putting It All Together. Your new assignment is page 360 #5.
Wednesday Jan 8: we went over a couple of questions from page 338, then we finished the 6.4 lesson examples. New assignment is page 348 #5. Use desmos or a graphing calculator to determine the accuracy of your sketches.
Tuesday Jan 7: work time for the page 338 #1-13,16 assignment. I handed back the Implicit Differentiation quiz that you wrote before the break.
Monday Jan 6: welcome back everyone! Today we started the lesson on section 6.4 in the Blue Textbook - we'll finish it on Wednesday. Tomorrow, several students will be away writing the grade 12 provincial English exam, so I will give the class time to work on finishing page 338 #1-13,16.
Friday Dec 20: we watched a math-related movie, Flatland. Have a great break!
Thursday Dec 19: my guest teacher, Mr Favreau, went through the first half of the 6.3 lesson today, using this notes template. If you want to try starting your next assignment, it is Blue Textbook page 338 #1-13,16.
Wednesday Dec 18: my guest teacher, Mr Favreau, went through the first half of the 6.3 lesson today, using this notes template. If you want to try starting your next assignment, it is Blue Textbook page 338 #1-13,16.
Tuesday Dec 17: my guest teacher Mr Favreau will lead you through work time for Blue Textbook page 317 #1,2 and page 327 #1-6,8
Monday Dec 16: we went over a couple of problems from the page 317 assignment, then we finished the 6.2 lesson on this notes template. The 6.2 assignment is page 327 #1-6,8.
Friday Dec 13: we started the Lesson for Chapter 6.2, Maximum and Minimum. We used this notes template and went through its examples. The new assignment is Blue Textbook page 327 #1-6,8
Thursday Dec 12: Lesson for Chapter 6.1, introducing the method for finding the increasing and decreasing intervals of functions. We used this notes template and went though its examples. New assignment is Blue Textbook page 317 #1,2
Wednesday Dec 11: we went over a few questions from the page 310 assignment and discussed the difference between an odd and an even function, looking at some graphs to illustrate the point.
No new assignment.
Tuesday Dec 10: work time for the assignment from yesterday: Blue Textbook page 310 #1,2,6,7,11,12,14, 15, 16.
Monday Dec 9: Our introduction to chapter 6 includes a little bit of review of the concepts of domain and interval notation, as well as a quick lesson on finding x intercepts, and the odd-or-even nature of higher-degree polynomial functions. New assignment: page 310 #2,6,7,11,12,14, 15, 16. You'll get work time for this assignment tomorrow.
Friday Dec 6: Implicit Differentiation Quiz
Thursday Dec 5: no class this morning due to the wellness presentation.
Wednesday Dec 4: we did one more tough example of implicit differentiation together today. It's graph was another cardioid (a more traditional cardioid than the valentine heart that I drew for you last week). Cardiods are really fascinating mathematically. Check out this video. Then we had work time for the Implicit Differentiation Review page. Quiz on Friday.
Tuesday Dec 3: I went over a couple of the problems from the page 289 #3-7,9-11 assignment. I also handed out an Implicit Differentiation Review page. We will quiz this section on Friday.
Monday Dec 2: we started out with another related rate example problem. This one is just like the one from last Thursday, so I had the class try to solve it on their own. Then I went over last week's chain rule quiz. Reminder that the page 289 #3-7,9-11 assignment should be done for tomorrow.
Friday Nov 29: another classic related rate problem, then work time for page 289 #2-7,9-11 in the Blue Textbook due Monday. If anyone missed either yesterday's or today's problems, I borrowed the numbers from this video. The ladder problem has a lovely animation here.
Thursday Nov 28: we looked at an example of a related rate problem, then we had time to work on the implicit differentiation assignment: page 289 #2-7,9-11 in the Blue Textbook due Monday.
Wednesday Nov 27: a couple more examples of implicit differentiation and then a few minutes to work. The assignment now is page 289 #2-7,9-11 in the Blue Textbook, for the next couple of classes we'll explore some things that I won't be testing, so you can have until Monday to get this assignment done.
Friday Nov 22: Chain rule quiz. If you are done early, you can work on Blue Textbook page 289 #2,3 - or feel free to take a break from Calculus for the weekend.
Thursday Nov 21: we went over some problems on the Chain Rule Practice Page together to prepare for tomorrow's quiz. Then I continued the lesson for 5.3, implicit differentiation. Your new assignment is textbook page 289 #2,3, but we'll see a few more examples and add to that assignment on Tuesday.
Wednesday Nov 20: I handed back last week's differentiation and derivatives test and we went over a couple of questions. Then I started the lesson for chapter 5.3 of your Blue Textbook, on implicit differentiation. More on that tomorrow.
Tuesday Nov 19: we did example 8 on page 101 of the Red Textbook together, then had work time for the Chain Rule Practice Page. We will do a Chain Rule quiz on Friday.
Monday Nov 18: we went over some Chain Rule problems from the homework together. Anyone who didn't already get the Chain Rule Practice Page that was handed out on Friday can start it today. We also defined the difference between an explicitly defined variable and an implicitly defined variable to set us up for our 5.3 lesson on Wednesday. We'll have work time tomorrow after we go through one example together.
Friday Nov 15: work period for Blue Textbook page 282 #1-4, 7,12. If you finish that, you can start the Chain Rule Practice Page that my guest teacher will hand out.
Thursday Nov 14: we went though a couple more examples of the Chain Rule. You can now do Blue Textbook page 282 #1-4, 7,12
Wednesday Nov 13: into Chapter 5.2 the Chain Rule. We did a few examples from chapter 5.2 in the Blue Textbook. If you are finished the page 275 assignment from yesterday, you can try page 282 #1-3. I'll add more to that assignment tomorrow after a couple more examples. Friday will be a work period.
Tuesday Nov 12: We started Chapter 5.1 looking at examples of composite and inverse functions. Your assignment is Blue Textbook page 275 #2-5,6a
Tuesday and Wednesday Nov 5 and 6: work periods for the review questions Blue Textbook page 254 #4,5,7-12,14,15,18,19,21,22,23,25-27.
Monday Nov 4: we finished the cheetah example from Friday and briefly discussed the relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration as they relate to calculus. For practice on these, do Blue Textbook page 238 #6,7,10,11. Then I went over a couple of problems from page 225 #1-3,5,6,7. If you are ready to start reviewing for Thursday's Chapter 4 test, you can do the following review questions Blue Textbook page 254 #4,5,7-12,14,15,18,19,21,22,23,25-27
Friday Nov 1: we started a big example where we got to discuss the calculus-based relationship between position and velocity (chapter 4.6 in the Blue Textbook). We'll finish that example on Monday (it's example 2 in the textbook chapter if you want to try to finish it for yourself - I do plan to extend it a bit). For Monday make sure you have finished page 225 #1-3,5,6,7 (use Desmos for questions that ask for graphs) and if you want to work ahead, the new assignment will be page 238 #6,7,10,11.
Thursday Oct 31: Happy Halloween! Today's lesson is the incredibly spooky tale of the man who had to find the DERIVATIVE OF A DERIVATIVE!! AHHH!!! Seriously, we started into lesson chapter 4.5 in the Blue Textbook. We'll do more tomorrow, but if you are ready to move on, the next assignment is page 225 #1-3,5,6,7 (use Desmos for questions that ask for graphs). I'll add a couple of problems to that tomorrow, but not many.
Wednesday Oct 30: we slowed down a bit today. We did a couple of questions from the More Derivatives Practice Sheet together then we had some work time for page 212 #7-10 and page 218 #1,2.
Tuesday Oct 29: we introduced the quotient rule for derivatives and did examples 1 and 3 from section 4.4 of the Blue Textbook. If you are done page 212 #7-10, you can move on to page 218 #1,2. Tomorrow we will go over some of the page 212 problems together as well as look back at the More Derivatives Practice Sheet.
Monday Oct 28: I handed back last week's 4.1 and 4.2 quiz. Then we did a couple of word problem examples of the Product law from section 4.3 of the Blue Textbook. Your new assignment is page 212 #7-10.
Thursday Oct 24: my guest teacher handed out a More Derivatives Practice Sheet, but make sure you are finished page 212 #1,2 of the Blue Textbook first.
Wednesday Oct 23: people had time to finish yesterday's quiz then work on page 212 #1,2. Tomorrow will also be a work period, but I will have a worksheet waiting for you to try,
Tuesday Oct 22: we did a 4.1 and 4.2 Quiz today. It might have been a little longer to finish than I anticipated. I'll give people more time to finish it tomorrow. Anyone who finishes early can work on page 212 #1,2.
Monday Oct 21: we went over some problems from the 4.2 page 204 assignment. We will write a 4.1 and 4.2 quiz tomorrow. Then we started the 4.3 lesson on the Product Rule. We'll do more examples on Wednesday, but for now, you can do page 212 #1,2
Friday Oct 18: we went over last week's limits test. Then had a bit of work time for the Chapter 4.2 assignment Page 204 #1-4,7,9,13-15,17,18 due Monday. Quiz on Tuesday.
Thursday Oct 17: I made today a work period for the Chapter 4.2 assignment Page 204 #1-4,7,9,13-15,17,18 which should be done for Monday.
Wednesday Oct 16: our lesson today was for Chapter 4.2 in the Blue Textbook. We went through the 5 basic differentiation rules. Some people probably need to finish the page 194 assignment from yesterday, but today's assignment is Page 204 #1-4,7,9,13-15,17,18 which should be done for Friday.
Tuesday Oct 15: we picked up where we left off last week with more examples of derivatives, using the "first principles" formula, an explanation of when a function isn't differentiable (using the absolute value function) as well as looking at the six (count em! - SIX) different notations you could see used to denote the derivative of a function. Your assignment is Blue Textbook page 194 #1,2,4,5,6.
Wednesday Oct 9 and Thursday Oct 10: Limits Test
Monday Oct 7: we went over a couple of questions from the page 170 assignment and the 1.5 worksheet. Reminder that we test on this material this Wednesday and Thursday - you have a 1.8 Review Worksheet with an answer key. We started into Unit 2: Derivatives (Chapter 4 in the Blue Textbook) with some notes and examples. No new assignment yet - work on the review for Wednesday/Thursday's test.
Friday Oct 4: we finished the example from yesterday and did one more biology example. Then we had some work time for page 170 #3b,5b,14,15b,16b and #1-3,5-9 on the 1.5 worksheet that I handed out Wednesday (notice that I am now saying that you should omit #4). I also handed out 1.8 Review Worksheet for anyone who wants to start preparing for the test next week. The answer key for the 1.5 worksheet is also the key for the 1.8 Review.
Thursday Oct 3: we finished the Rate of Change Lesson (chapter 3.4 in the Blue Textbook), I left you with one last example to finish for tomorrow (it's on page 167 if you want to see if you are correct before tomorrow's class). The assignment is page 170 #3b,5b,14,15b,16b and #1-9 on the 1.5 worksheet that I handed out yesterday. I also handed out an answer key for the 1.5 worksheet.
Wednesday Oct 2: we went over a few questions from the Limits As x Approaches Infinity Worksheet (page 50 from the Red Textbook). Then we started on the 3.4 Lesson - Rate of Change. We'll continue it tomorrow. I handed out a 1.5 worksheet (it's a page from the Red Textbook) but you don't have to start it until after the rest of the lesson tomorrow.
Tuesday Oct 1: we finished our lesson on limits as x approaches infinity by looking at a few more examples. Then we had a little work time for the Limits As x Approaches Infinity Worksheet (page 50 from the Red Textbook), which you should be done by tomorrow.
Monday Sept 30: we continued our lesson on using the behaviors of f(x)=1/x to determine limits as x approaches infinity. Your new assignment is the Limits As x Approaches Infinity Worksheet. It's actually page 50 from the Red Textbook, so you can go there if you want to see a written explanation of this topic (it's not in the Blue textbook for some reason). Don't feel that you have to finish it tonight - I still have some examples to show you tomorrow and it will be due Wednesday.
Friday Sept 27: we did a re-quiz on 3.1 and 3.2. I'll record the highest of the first two quizzes as your mark for those two chapters, so no pressure if you did well on the first quiz. If you finish early, make sure you are done Tuesday's page 153 assignment and Wednesday's Limits Worksheet (here are the solutions). If you are done those, enjoy a homework-free weekend.
Thursday Sept 26: we went over #23-25 on page 156 of the Blue Textbook partly because they are cool, but mainly to do more examples of how to graph with the Desmos software. Then we went over a problem from yesterday's Limits Worksheet (here are the solutions). If you still have questions on that to finish tonight, it is your only homework. We ended by looking at the behavior of f(x) = 1/x to refresh our memory on how asymptotes work. We'll continue that discussion on Monday. Tomorrow we are doing a Re-Quiz on 3.1 and 3.2. See yesterday's update for details.
Wednesday Sept 25: we went over a couple of questions from the Blue Textbook page 153 assignment. Along the way we reviewed the algebraic manipulations that we have to help us find limits (the "tools" in our toolbox). New assignment: Limits Worksheet for tomorrow (here are the solutions). I ended up changing my mind on how we'll approach Friday's re-test. We'll do it in class together, but it will only be "optional" in the sense that I will only count the mark if you beat your first mark (you can't bring your mark down). In other words, I want everyone to TRY the re-test, but it's optional as to whether or not it will count towards your mark.
Tuesday Sept 24: we finally finished the discontinuity and limits lesson handout from last week. The last page of the notes is the limit laws, which we went over briefly and will use more later in the week. For tomorrow, do Page 153 #1-18, 20-25 in the Blue Textbook (ignore #20 b - it has a weird answer in the solution guide that I don't agree with).
Monday Sept 23: we spent the entire class today going over the test from Friday. We will do an optional re-test of the same material on Friday at lunch. Please let me know if you want/need to do the re-test but that time does not work for you. For tomorrow, you can keep working on Blue Textbook Page 153 #1-8, 12, 13,15 (Piecewise) #9-11 (Algebraic - do #9 by graphing - use Desmos or a graphing calculator), #14, 16-18 (Applications), #20-25 (Challenge problems) and I will bump the due date for that assignment to Wednesday. Tomorrow we will finish off the lesson we left off on Thursday: the left and right handed limits and discontinuity in functions handout.
Friday Sept 20: Test 1: SECANTS, TANGENT LINES, LIMITS (FORMULA 1 and 2). If you finished with time to spare, you could work on the assignment from yesterday: Blue Textbook Page 153 #1-8, 12, 13,15 (Piecewise) #9-11 (Algebraic - do #9 by graphing - use Desmos or a graphing calculator), #14, 16-18 (Applications), #20-25 (Challenge problems). It's is a lot of work (and we still need to go over a couple of examples on Monday), so we'll make it due for Tuesday. That being said, you should start on it this weekend - don't leave it all until Monday night! Also, please watch the professor Dave video from yesterday's update. Have a great weekend!
Thursday Sept 19: we continued the lesson on left and right handed limits and discontinuity in functions. I left the examples on the last page for you to try - we'll go over them on Monday. Also, you can start the assignment: Blue Textbook Page 153 #1-8, 12, 13,15 (Piecewise) #9-11 (Algebraic - do #9 by graphing - use Desmos or a graphing calculator), #14, 16-18 (Applications), #20-25 (Challenge problems). This is a lot of work, so we'll make it due for Tuesday. Tomorrow we will write a 3.1 and 3.2 quiz. If you want a couple more practice questions, you can do page 173 #1 and page 174 #5. For #1, remember that on the quiz I won't make you draw the graph, so use Desmos and for #5 remember to try both formulas. IF you want a nice video tutorial, here's professor Dave talking about limits.
Wednesday Sept 18: today we started on the lesson that corresponds to chapter 3.3 in the Blue Textbook. The lesson concerns the three types of discontinuity in functions and Limit Laws. We didn't get very far today, but if you want to read ahead in your textbook and get started on the next assignment, it will be page 153 of the Blue Textbook (which I assigned to the class today) Page 153 #1-8, 12, 13,15 (Piecewise) #9-11 (Algebraic - do #9 by graphing), #14, 16-18 (Applications), #20-25 (Challenge problems).
Tuesday Sept 17: we did a radical function example of using both formulas 1 and 2 to find slopes of tangent lines, then I handed out a worksheet (page 35 in the Red Textbook) with a key to practice more of these problems. Tonight, do #1,2,6-10 on the worksheet. We did #11 together in class.
Monday Sept 16: we did two more examples of limits using formula one, then we showed where formula 2 comes from and did two examples of using formula 2 to find equations of tangent lines. Here is a video of one more example of this process. You should now be able to finish all of the questions on the page 137 (Blue Textbook) handout from Friday. You should be finished them for Wednesday.
Friday Sept 13: we finished the examples on the 3.1 Handout. Then we started a lesson on the definition of a limit and looked at what we (and the Blue Textbook) will call "formula 1' to define the slope of a tangent line at a point. Use that formula to try problems number 1-4 on blue textbook page 137 (I handed out a copy of the page to the class - just go to the textbook link above if you weren't in class today). One do the parts of the questions that say "use formula 1" we will look at formula 2 on Monday. Also, if you haven't yet finished the page 127 questions, please do those for Monday.
Thursday Sept 12: we went through problem #1 on the page 127 handout from the Blue Textbook. Then we started in on the first example from this 3.1 Handout. We didn't quite finish it (some technical issues happened) so we will finish it tomorrow. Tonight, try problem #2 on the page 127 handout.
Wednesday Sept 11: today we continued the lesson on secant and tangent lines, using an example from physics to help us. Your homework is to do the page 127 (Blue Textbook) handout #1 and 2 using Desmos rather than drawing the graphs by hand, as we discussed in class. This assignment won't be due until Friday, since I didn't get the chance to do another example with you yet. We'll do that tomorrow. For now, you can try #1 and wait until tomorrow to try #2.
Tuesday Sept 10: today we looked at how to graph with desmos (www.desmos.com) and we introduced the concepts of tangent and secant lines. Your homework tonight is to watch this video introducing calculus.
Monday Sept 9: we went over a couple more examples from the long division of polynomials handout and went over the factor theorem (most of you hadn't heard of it before) so if you were stuck on #7 of the grade 11 skill review, you can probably finish it now. We also refreshed people on how to do rationalizations of a denominator like number 10, so we did a couple of those together. Our "new" lesson today was to review function notation and do the questions on this handout for tomorrow. Here is the answer key.
Friday Sept 6: we went over a couple of things on the grade 11 skill review, including how to factor sums and differences of cubes (for #6). If you want more examples of this, here is a video that might help .Then we looked at how to long divide polynomials. You should have that handout done for Monday, as well as the review. Some people are still a little stuck on how to do the rationalizing denominator questions from #10, but we'll take care of that on Monday. I also handed out a function notation review. Feel free to look it over, but we won't start talking about it until Monday.
Thursday Sept 5: Welcome to Introductory Calculus. Here is the course outline. Today we started with a grade 11 skill review, please finish it for Monday. Solutions are in the Blue textbook.
SLOT 2 - MPC30S GR 11 PRE-CALCULUS MATH
OPTIONAL OUTCOME RE-TEST #2 TUESDAY JAN 21 COVERING: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, R2, R11. You MUST re-test at LEAST one, but no more than 4 of those outcomes.
CHAPTER 7,8 & 9 TEST (A1,R2,R6,R7,R8) Friday Jan 17
EXAM REVIEW HERE (ANSWER KEYS HERE: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) - watch for typos on: Ch 3 #5d (it factors to 1/4(x+8)^2+4, they factored out the 1/4 incorrectly), Ch 9 #7, Ch 2 #6 (wrong answer circled)
ALTERNATE EXAM REVIEWS: DOWNLOAD HERE AND HERE AND HERE
(Typo on this review page12 #16 makes no sense - ignore it.)
Grade 11 Pre-Cal Textbook can be downloaded here.
Grade 11 Video Lessons Can be Viewed here.
Chapter 3 Textbook Solutions
CHAPTER 7,8 & 9 TEST (A1,R2,R6,R7,R8) Friday Jan 17
EXAM REVIEW HERE (ANSWER KEYS HERE: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) - watch for typos on: Ch 3 #5d (it factors to 1/4(x+8)^2+4, they factored out the 1/4 incorrectly), Ch 9 #7, Ch 2 #6 (wrong answer circled)
ALTERNATE EXAM REVIEWS: DOWNLOAD HERE AND HERE AND HERE
(Typo on this review page12 #16 makes no sense - ignore it.)
Grade 11 Pre-Cal Textbook can be downloaded here.
Grade 11 Video Lessons Can be Viewed here.
Chapter 3 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 4 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 5 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 6 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 7 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 8 Textbook Solutions
Monday Jan 20: work time for exam review. Options test tomorrow. I handed out the grade spreadsheet today.
Thursday Jan 16: Work time for: Chapter 7 (Absolute Value only) Review (here is an answer key) and a Chapter 8 and 9 Review (here is an answer key) - (you can ignore the R11-reciprocal functions pages - they are not on Friday's test).
Friday Jan 17: CHAPTER 7,8 & 9 TEST (A1,R2,R6,R7,R8)Chapter 5 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 6 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 7 Textbook Solutions
Chapter 8 Textbook Solutions
Monday Jan 20: work time for exam review. Options test tomorrow. I handed out the grade spreadsheet today.
Thursday Jan 16: Work time for: Chapter 7 (Absolute Value only) Review (here is an answer key) and a Chapter 8 and 9 Review (here is an answer key) - (you can ignore the R11-reciprocal functions pages - they are not on Friday's test).
Thursday Jan 16: work time to prepare for our last unit test tomorrow. See yesterday's update for page numbers.
Wednesday Jan 15: Work time for: pages 18-22 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Booklet (here is a key), pages 8-15 in the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet (here is a key for pages 8-9), and pages 14-26 of the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet (here is a key for page 19). I handed out a Chapter 7 (Absolute Value only) Review (here is an answer key) and a Chapter 8 and 9 Review (here is an answer key) - (you can ignore the R11-reciprocal functions pages - they are not on Friday's test).
Tuesday Jan 14: we finished the last lesson in the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet. You can now do pages 14-26 of the booklet. Reminder that you can also do pages 8-15 in the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet and pages 18-22 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Booklet (here is a key). Those three assignments cover the material you will be tested on this Friday. If can do all of those questions you will be fine. If you want extra practice, you could do the textbook questions listed in the booklets.
Monday Jan 13: we went over a couple of problems on pages 8-15 of the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet. I also handed back the Chapter 7 test and showed people their marks on the Options Re-Test Part A. Then we went over pages 7-10 of the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet.
Friday Jan 10: I handed out the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet. We did the examples on pages 1-6 of the new booklet. Your assignment is to do page 7 for Monday. Reminder that you are also supposed to do pages 8-15 in the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet.
Thursday Jan 9: we went over a couple of problems from pages 18-22 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Booklet. Then I handed out the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet. We went through pages 1-3 to review the grade 10 system of equation strategies. Pages 4-5 are completing the square review that you can do on your own. We started on page 6 and did the notes and examples up to the end of page 7. Your assignment is to do pages 8-15.
Wednesday Jan 8: after a couple of new examples, we had work time for pages 18-22 (here is a key) of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Booklet. If you want more practice, there is an optional textbook assignment you can work on: Page 389-390 #1-6, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23
Tuesday Jan 7: we continued the 7.3 Lesson on page 17 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Booklet. You can now do the practice questions on pages 18-22 (here is a key).
Monday Jan 6: we went over some examples from the 7.1 and 7.2 textbook assignments: textbook page 363 #1-6 and page 375 #1-13,16,18. If you didn't try to complete these over the break, do so now. Then we stared lesson 7.3 in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Booklet - we made it up to the example on page 16. If you are finished the textbook assignments, your next assignment is pages 18-22 in the booklet.
Friday Dec 20: we watched a math movie, Flatland. Have a great break!
Thursday Dec 19: my guest teacher, Mr Favreau, handed out the Options Test. You can do as few as 1 outcome or as many as 4. If you only do 1 and have time to kill, work on the assignment from yesterday, or the exam review booklet.
Wednesday Dec 18: my guest teacher, Mr Favreau, went through pages 3,4,10-12 of the Chapter 7 Reciprocal Functions Booklet. Your assignment is textbook page 363 #1-6 and page 375 #1-13,16,18 due after the break.
Tuesday Dec 17: my guest teacher Mr Favreau handed out the A4, A5, A6, R11 test.
Monday Dec 16: we went over some problems in the reviews to prepare for tomorrow's test. I handed out the exam review today. See above for answer keys.
Friday Dec 13: work period for textbook page 403 #1-10,15,17,18 and Chapter 7 Reciprocal Functions Booklet pages 30,35 (here is the answer key for page 30). You could also work on the A4,A5, A6 Review and here is the answer key. Reminder that the test is Tuesday. Also, the options retest test is coming up this Thursday, so maybe look through your old tests and your spreadsheet this weekend and see which outcomes you may want to re-test.
Thursday Dec 12: we finished up examples 3 and 4 on pages 28-29 of the Chapter 7 Reciprocal Functions Booklet. Then we summarized everything we need to know about how to graph and recognize reciprocals of linear and quadratic functions. Then we had work time for textbook page 403 #1-10,15,17,18. If you finish that, you can either start the review for this section, which is pages 30 and 35 of the booklet, or you can start reviewing A4, A5, and A6 Here is a review for A4,A5, A6 (old quizzes we didn't use) and here is the answer key.
Wednesday Dec 11: we corrected pages 4-7 of the Chapter 7 Reciprocal Functions Booklet. Then we did lesson 7.4 on pages 24-27, which we didn't quite finish - we'll tidy up the last couple of examples tomorrow and discuss things further. The new assignment is textbook page 403 #1-10,15,17,18. As of right now, you can do all of the questions that involve I handed out a progress report today to show students their current mark.
Tuesday Dec 10: I have a guest teacher in who will help you work on textbook page 348 #1-3,5. If you finish that, you can work on pages 4-7 of our new Chapter 7 Reciprocal Functions Booklet. Page 348 should be finished for tomorrow.
Here are all the solutions to the "You Try" Questions in the Radical Expressions and Equations Notes Booklet.
Monday Dec 9: we went over a couple of questions from page 32 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we did the speed-distance-time problem examples on pages 33-34 of the booklet. Your new assignment is textbook page 348 #1-3,5. We also started looking at the review assignment on pages 4-7 of our new Chapter 7 Reciprocal Functions Booklet. You will get work time for these two assignments tomorrow.
Friday Dec 6: we went over a few questions from page 29 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we did the second part of lesson 6.4 on pages 30-31. Your homework for Monday is to do page 32.
Thursday Dec 5: no class today due to the wellness presentation
Wednesday Dec 4: we went over a couple of the questions I assigned yesterday from pages 24-25 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we did the examples on pages 26-28, lesson 6.4. Your assignment for Friday is to do page 29.
Tuesday Dec 3: we went over examples e and f on page 18 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we did the examples on pages 20-23. Your homework is to do pages 24-25 for tomorrow.
Monday Dec 2: we went over a couple of questions from pages 8,11, and 15 in the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we did the mini quizzes on pages 3 and 4. Then we discussed how to simplify compound rationals like the examples on page 14. Finally, we discussed how to find LCDs and went through the examples on pages 16-18. Your assignment for tomorrow is to finish examples e and f on page 18 and do #1-4 on page 19.
Friday Nov 29: A2, A3, R1 test. If you finish early you can work on pages 8,11,15 in the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. They should be done for Monday.
Thursday Nov 28: we had time to do a couple more examples from the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package on pages 12-13. Your assignment is pages 8,11 for Monday and if you are ready to move on, you can start page 15, which we will assign on Monday after we do more examples.
Tuesday Nov 26: We went over problems from the radical expressions and equations review on pages 22-27 of the Radical Expressions and Equations Notes Booklet together and a couple of factoring examples, since we are re-testing that on Thursday. If you need to review some factoring, here are the reviews from last unit: R1 and R5 Review (here is an answer key - there is a mistake on #1f, it should be (3x-2)(2x+1)) and a Factoring Review.
Friday Nov 22: I handed back the quadratics test from last week and we discussed it a bit. We corrected the "you try" questions on pages 19-20 of the Radical Expressions and Equations Notes Booklet. Then we had some work time for the review assignments at the back of the booklet: pages 22-27.
Thursday Nov 21: We corrected the pages from the Radical Expressions and Equations Notes Booklet that I assigned yesterday. Then we did the 5.3 lesson examples together - looking at solving equations with radicals in them. Your homework tonight is to do the "you try" questions on pages 19-20 and the Radical Equations Questions on page 21. If you are ready to move on you can start the review assignments at the back of the booklet: pages 22-27. I'm going to leave the textbook assignments in the booklet as optional practice. If you are getting the booklet questions consistently correct, you likely don't need to do them.
Wednesday Nov 20: we did the 5.2A and 5.2B lessons in the Radical Expressions and Equations Notes Booklet. Your homework tonight is to do the "you try" questions on pages 12,15,16 of the booklet. If you breeze through those and want some extra practice, do you can do textbook page 289 #1-11, 13,14,17,20,22,23,26 - I won't be assigning this officially - consider it optional practice.
Tuesday Nov 19: we went over pages 7 and the first half of page 9 in the Radical Expressions and Equations Notes Booklet. Then we did lesson 5.1(B) together (Example 4) - for the people away today, here is the video lesson. Then we completed the 3 problems on the bottom of page 9 together. Your new assignment for tomorrow is textbook page 278 #1-6,8-11,14,15,17,20-23 (this is a combination of the first two textbook assignments from lessons 5.1A and 5.1B in your notes put together).
Friday Nov 15: Chapter 4 Quadratics Test R1, R5 (and R3/4 re-test)
Thursday Nov 14: we went over some problems again together to get ready for tomorrow's test. Review period. See the updates from yesterday and the day before for the review assignments.
Wednesday Nov 13: first, please note that the test has been moved to Friday to give us another day to work on review. Today I let the class work on the handout assignments from yesterday, the R5 puzzle page, the Applications of Quadratics Problems worksheet (Here is an answer key), the R1 and R5 Review (here is an answer key - there is a mistake on #1f, it should be (3x-2)(2x+1)) and a Factoring Review (the last two are in the same booklet). If you are looking for more review, see yesterday's update below.
Tuesday Nov 12: we went over some of the page 254 problems together. Then we started reviewing for Thursday's test. I handed out an R5 puzzle page and an Applications of Quadratics Problems worksheet (Here is an answer key), as well as a Factoring Review worksheet and an R1 and R5 Review (here is an answer key). Another good source of practice is the TEXTBOOK . Try page 258 #4-7 and page 259 #9-21. If you are looking for R3/4 review, make sure that you have corrected your last test and you can go back to the PRACTICE TEST for R3, R4, (here is the answer key - watch out for the typo on #5, the range should be y>-1). We also found mistakes in the key for the review at the end of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package (#6 in the second part should be x intercepts of -2 and 6 and #7e in the same part should have a vertex of (4,17). If you would rather review from the textbook, do pages 258-262.
Friday Nov 8: we lose this class to the Remembrance Day ceremony. Page 254 #1-8, #9-12,14,15, #17-19, 22. should all be attempted for Tuesday. Have a great long weekend.
Thursday Nov 7: we finished the problem solving examples in the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet . Your new assignment is Page 254 #1-8, #9-12,14,15, #17-19, 22. Due Tuesday
Wednesday Nov 6: we went over a couple of the page 230 questions together, then we went though pages 12-14 in the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet together. Your new assignment is Page 254 #1-8, #9-12,14,15, #17-19, 22. Due Tuesday
Tuesday Nov 5: we went through pages 9-11 in the Chapter 4 - Quadratic EQuations booklet together. Then we had some work time for page 230 #11, 12, 16-18, 21, 24, 26, 30 due tomorrow.
Monday Nov 4: we went over the last example on this handout from Friday's class - using it to derive the Quadratic Formula. If you missed it, here is a video of me doing the same derivation with an even uglier example. Then we went over a couple of problems from the page 229 #1-10 assignment. New assignment is page 230 #11, 12, 16-18, 21, 24, 26, 30 due Wednesday.
Friday Nov 1: we did the application examples from pages 7-8 of the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet together. Then I did some examples off the booklet of solving quadratic equations that don't factor on this handout, by using the completing the square method from Chapter 3. For Monday do the last example on that handout for yourself, and then finish textbook page 229 #1-10. If you are done and want to move on, Monday's assignment will be page Page 230 #11, 12, 16-18, 21, 24, 26, 30
Thursday Oct 31: Happy Halloween! Today's lesson is the incredibly spooky tale of THE GRADE 11 KIDS WHO FORGOT ALL OF THEIR GRADE 10 FACTORING SKILLS!!! AAAAHHH!!! Just kidding (sort of), today we went through the examples on page 6 of the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet. Your assignment for Monday is textbook page 229 #1-10. You'll get a little bit a work time tomorrow, but not a lot.
Wednesday Oct 30: we went through lesson 4.1 and the start of 4.2, pages 1-5 in the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet. I won't officially assign this until tomorrow (after we go through page 6 in the notes), but the next assignment is textbook page 229 #1-10. If you are looking for the video lessons, we are now in chapter 4.
Tuesday Oct 29: Chapter 3 test today. R3, R4 (Quadratics), and re-testing T2 (unit circle and trig ratios). I handed out the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Functions booklet when people were finished. If you had time to spare you could try the grade 10 factoring review on page 2.
Monday Oct 28: Test tomorrow, review day today. We went over some questions from the review assignments from Thursday together. Then we had work time. You should especially focus on the PRACTICE TEST for R3, R4, and T2 (here is the answer key - watch out for the typo on #5, the range should be y>-1). We also found mistakes in the key for the review at the end of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package (#6 in the second part should be x intercepts of -2 and 6 and #7e in the same part should have a vertex of (4,17)
Thursday Oct 24: work period. First, finish the last new textbook assignment in section 3.3: page 192 #1-4, 8, 12, 25. If you finish that, start do the two hand outs from yesterday: Quadratic Transformation Worksheet (here is the answer key) and a 3.1 and 3.2 multiple choice review (the file link has an answer key at the end - numbers 1 and 15 have typos). Then you can start reviewing for Tuesday's test. There are two reviews at the end of the notes package, here are answer keys for them. My guest teacher will also hand out this PRACTICE TEST for R3, R4, and T2 (here is the answer key). If you want to do more T2 review and you have corrected your test questions, you could do page 126 #5-7 and page 134 #10, 13.
Wednesday Oct 23: we went over a few more problems from the textbook page 174 assignment, then we went over the "you try" questions on page 26 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package. Then we went through the rest of the examples in the notes package. Your assignment is textbook page 192 #1-4, 8, 12, 25. If you want more practice graphing, I handed out a Quadratic Transformation Worksheet (here is the answer key) and a 3.1 and 3.2 multiple choice review (the file link has an answer key at the end - numbers 1 and 15 have typos). If you want to do more review, there are two reviews at the end of the notes package, here are answer keys for them. If you want to do some T2 review and you have corrected your test questions, you could do page 126 #5-7 and page 134 #10, 13.
Tuesday Oct 22: we did some factoring trinomials review today, including how to recognize the perfect square trinomial, then we did the notes and examples in lesson 3.3 on pages 22-25 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package. Your new assignment is to do the "you try" questions on page 26. Here is the key. Don't forget you should also be finishing the textbook page 174 #1-4,6-14, 19,21-23 assignment for tomorrow.
Monday Oct 21: we started with a 3.1 and 3.2 practice quiz (the key is at the end of the file), then we went over some questions from the page 157 #3,4,6-10,12,13,15,18,20,22 assignment and we finished the 3.2 lesson on pages 20-21 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package. Your new assignment is textbook page 174 #1-4,6-14, 19,21-23 due for Wednesday.
Friday Oct 18: we wrapped up the discussion of the Quadratics Graphing activity sheet, then we did started lesson 3.2, doing the the notes and examples on pages 18-19 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package, your assignment is textbook page 157 #3,4,6-10,12,13,15,18,20,22 due for Monday. If you are finished and want to work ahead, the next assignment is textbook page 174 #1-4,6-14, 19,21-23, but keep in mind I haven't done any word problem examples with you yet.
Thursday Oct 17: we did a Quadratics Graphing activity sheet together today that took the whole class, so since we didn't get any work time today, we'll make the 3.1 assignment: textbook page 157 #3,4,6-10,12,13,15,18,20,22 due for Monday. You won't get a whole work period tomorrow - we do have to move on in the notes, but believe me when I say, the next few lessons are KEY to understanding the rest of the course (and Pre-Cal 40S, and Physics, and Chemistry, etc). DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND SEEK HELP IF YOU ARE STUCK! If you want to see the solution graphs for today's activity again here they are: 1 and 2, three, four and five, six, seven, eight. Also, there is an answer key error on the Quadratics Graphing activity sheet: the fourth equation (top right) should have a y intercept of -6.5
Wednesday Oct 16: we finished up Lesson 3.1b on pages 15-17 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package, your assignment is textbook page 157 #3,4,6-10,12,13,15,18,20,22. We had a little bit of work time today, you might get a little more tomorrow and it should be finished for Friday.
Tuesday Oct 15: we went over the "Graph #2-try it on your own" example at the bottom of page 10 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package, then we looked at using algebra to find the x intercepts, y intercepts and vertex of a parabola given it's equation. We went through Lesson 3.1b, pages 11-15 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package. If you want to see this lesson again, the video is here. Your only assignment right now is to try to finish the #5 a and b examples on page 15. If you get stuck you can use Desmos to help you.
Thursday Oct 10: we continued through the first lesson of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package, finishing up to the end of page 9. Your only homework for the weekend is to do the "Graph #2-try it on your own" example at the bottom of page 10.
Wednesday Oct 9: we started Chapter 3 - Quadratic Functions today. We started with a quick linear equation graphing activity to refresh our graphing skills. Then we handed out the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package and did started the notes on page 1. No new assignment yet.
If you want to see the rest of the lesson before we finish it in class tomorrow, the video is here - it's the first video for outcome R3.
Tuesday Oct 8: T3 TEST (and R10 Re-test)
T3 Review: Page 127 #11-15, 17-24, page 129 #4,5,7-10. If you are looking for some extra review of the R9 and R10 material (Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences) you can re-try your test OR try the alternate version of the test. Here's Version A (and the answer key) and here's version B (and the answer key). You can also download this Chapter 1 Review Booklet (it has answers at the end of the booklet) and stick to the geometric questions.
Here are the solutions to textbook Chapter 2
Monday Oct 7: we went over some questions from the page 119 assignment. I handed back last week's test, then we had some work time to review for tomorrow's test on T3 and R10. For T3 review you can do the following: Page 127 #11-15, 17-24, page 129 #4,5,7-10. For R10 review: you can re-try your test OR try the alternate version of the test. Here's Version A (and the answer key) and here's version B (and the answer key). You can also download this Chapter 1 Review Booklet (it has answers at the end of the booklet) and stick to the geometric questions.
Friday Oct 4: we did a 2.3 T3 Mini Quiz, and did a quick refresher on Geometric Sequences, then we had work time for page 119 #1-7,10,12,17,23,24,26,29 due Monday.
Thursday Oct 3: we did the 2.3 Lesson on Cosine Law today in the Trigonometry Notebook. Here is the video for anyone who missed it or wants to see it again. New assignment is textbook page 119 #1-7,10,12,17,23,24,26,29 due Monday. You will get some work time tomorrow.
Wednesday Oct 2: we went through the example on page 27 of the Trigonometry Notebook, then we went back and summarized the possible triangles on page 25. For tomorrow you should be finished Page 108 #1-13,15,17,18,20,23.
Tuesday Oct 1: T1, T2, R9 test today. If anyone finished early, they could work on the page 108 questions from the last couple of classes. Putting those two assignments together, that's: Page 108 #1-13,15,17,18,20,23. We'll go over some of that tomorrow and have a little more work time, but they should all be done for Thursday.
Monday Sept 30: we went through lessons 2.3B in the Trigonometry Notebook we left example 18 on page 27 for you to try - we'll go over it on Wednesday. The assignment is to go back to the assignment from Friday on page 108 #6-9,11,17,23 - make sure you solve for both solutions if they exist! You will have work time for this assignment and the one from Friday in class on Wednesday and they are due Thursday. Reminder that tomorrow is the T1,T2,R9 test.
Friday Sept 27: we went over some homework questions from the page 96 assignment, then we did a 2.2 mini quiz. Then we finished the Sine Law examples in Lesson 2.3A of the Trigonometry Notebook. Your homework for Monday is page 108 #1-5, 10,12,13,15,18,20. If you are done that and you want to start preparing for Tuesday's test, see above for the review assignments you could practice.
Thursday Sept 26: we started by deriving the formula for Sine Law and doing the first example in lesson 2.3A of the Trigonometry Notebook together. Then we had work time for page 96 #1-16,18, 21-24,29 due tomorrow. If you are ready to move on, do page 108 #6-9,11,17,23
Wednesday Sept 25: we went over a few questions from the page 83 assignment. Then we did the 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 lessons in the Trigonometry Notebook. Your new assignment is page 96 #1-16,18, 21-24,29 due Friday You will have some work time tomorrow (basically, I am putting together the two assignments on the bottoms of pages 19 and 21 of the notes booklet).
Tuesday Sept 24: we started with a 2.1 mini quiz, then I handed back last week's test. We will do an optional re-test on this material next week, but we have not settled on a date yet. Then we finished the 2.1.3 lesson in the Trigonometry Notebook (here is a nice picture of the unit circle page diagram). Your homework is page 83#8,11,13,14 due tomorrow.
Monday Sept 23: we went over a couple of questions from the page 83 homework, then we finished the 2.1.2 and started the 2.1.3 lessons in the Trigonometry Notebook. Your homework is page 83#8,11,13,14 due Wednesday. Tomorrow we will do a mini quiz on lesson 2.1.1 (the page 83 homework).
Friday Sept 20: We went over a couple of questions from the SOHCAHTOA reviews that I assigned yesterday, then I went through the 2.1.1 and part of the 2.1.2 lessons (pages 8 -10) in the Trigonometry Notebook. Your homework for the weekend is textbook page 83 #1-7,9,15-17,20. Reminder that if you missed class or want to see the lesson(s) again, there are videos.
Thursday Sept 19: we started the new unit: Trigonometry. Here is the new Trigonometry Notebook. We went over the review on the first page, then had time to work on the examples/exercises on pages 3-6 of the booklet. You can also do Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key) for tomorrow.
Wednesday Sept 18: TEST 1 - R9, R10 (Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences). For anyone who finished early, you can get started on this Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key)
Tuesday Sept 17: we went over some questions from the page 63 assignment, then we did a 1.5 mini quiz. Test tomorrow. See yesterday's update for review instructions.
Monday Sept 16: we did a 1.4 mini quiz, then we went over a couple of homework questions from page 53. Then we did the 1.5 lesson in the Sequences and Series booklet. Your homework is Page 63 #1-4,5-8,11,12,14,15,19,20. We're getting closer to Wednesday's test. To prepare for the test, work on textbook Page 66 #1-8, 10-14, 16-21,23. If you want more review, you can download and work on this Chapter 1 Review Booklet (it has answers at the end of the booklet). You can also use your mini-quizzes as review material and don't forget that you can re-watch the lessons and examples on the FRC website.
Friday Sept 13: we went over a couple of problems from the page 39 homework, then we did a 1.3 mini-quiz. Then we did the 1.4 lesson today, including the examples on page 13 of the Sequences and Series booklet. Tonight's homework is textbook page 53 #1-6,8,10,11,13,15-19. We'll go over it Monday. It looks like quite a few students are using the formulas correctly, but are getting bogged down with algebra or calculation issues. I highly recommend watching the lesson videos and following the calculation steps carefully.
Thursday Sept 12: we finished the last problem in the 1.3 Geometric Series Lesson in the Sequences and Series booklet and looked at a couple of classic exponent problems. Then we had work time. For tomorrow, you should be done textbook Page 39 #1-9, 10, 12, 13, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27.
Wednesday Sept 11: we did a Lesson 1.2 practice quiz. Then we looked at problems people had with the page 27 textbook assignment. Finally we did the 1.3 lesson, Geometric Series in the Sequences and Series booklet. For Friday, you should be done textbook Page 39 #1-9, 10, 12, 13, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27.
Tuesday Sept 10: we did a 1.1 Mini Quiz to make sure everyone is on top of things. Then we had some work time for textbook page 27 #1-7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23. Then, to prepare for tomorrow's lesson, we did a quick refresher on how exponents work. Tonight's homework is to finish the textbook assignment from page 27 if you haven't already done so.
Monday Sept 9: we went over a couple of problems from the textbook page 16 assignment that I gave out on Friday. You should be able to complete it by tomorrow if you haven't already. We will do a little mini-quiz (for practice only - not for marks) on this section tomorrow to see if you have the hang of it. Then we did the notes for the 1.2 lesson in the Sequences and Series booklet. If you missed class or need to see the lesson again, here is the video. If you are ready to move on, you can do textbook page 27 #1-7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23. It will be due Wednesday.
Friday Sept 6: we went over a couple of problems on the grade 10 skill review sheet, then we did our first lesson (Lesson 1.1) from your Sequences and Series booklet, corresponding to outcome R9 in the Manitoba Curriculum and Chapter 1.1 in your textbook. If you want to watch the lesson again, you can find it here! The assignment is on page 8 of the booklet: textbook page 16 #1-11,15,19,21,24,25. There are full solutions to the textbook questions here.
Thursday Sept 5: Welcome to Grade 11 Pre-Calculus! Here is the course outline. Here is a grade 10 skill review sheet, just to refresh some skills while I assign textbooks and hand out your first notes package, the Sequences and Series booklet, If you don't finish it in class, you should try to get it finished for tomorrow. We will start in the booklet tomorrow.
SLOT 3 - MAP30S - GR 11 APPLIED MATH
IMPORTANT LINKS: TI83 Emulator download page, Desmos, On-line histogram generator, Mean and Standard Deviation Calculator
EXAM REVIEW PACKAGES are in Answer key is HERE. MISTAKE ON THE ANSWER KEY FOR #6 should be A! YOU CAN OMIT #15.
The Whole Grade 11 Applied Textbook Can be Viewed here.
EXAM REVIEW PACKAGES are in Answer key is HERE. MISTAKE ON THE ANSWER KEY FOR #6 should be A! YOU CAN OMIT #15.
The Whole Grade 11 Applied Textbook Can be Viewed here.
Glossary, Answers
Monday Jan 20: we went over the last couple of examples that I asked you to do for today in the Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet. That still leaves the last few pages for you to try on your own - omit the 3rd problem about the diving competition - I won't ask you one like that tomorrow (here is a key). Then we had work time for the two chapter reviews: the Chapter 6 Review (here is the key) and the Chapter 7 Review (omit #3,4) (here is the key). Reminder that you were supposed to do the Chapter 6 ACC #3 for hand in over the weekend. It must be handed in by tomorrow.
Friday Jan 17: I handed out the Chapter 6 ACC #3 for hand in (it has to be handed in before class on Tuesday), then we finished the examples in the Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet. For homework, finish the examples on the last 3 pages of the booklet, then do the Chapter 7 Review (omit #3,4). I also handed out a Chapter 6 Review. I will give you a work perid on Monday (but DON'T leave all of this work until then - get some work done this weekend).
Thursday Jan 16: we went over the homework that I assigned on Tuesday: Optimization Problems (here is the key). We will do an ACC on that tomorrow. Then we continued into Chapter 7, in the Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet. For practice questions, we'll just work on #1,2,and 5 in the Chapter 7 Review (omit #3,4 - we won't do problems like those).
Wednesday Jan 15: I handed back the ACC today (here is the answer key), then we went into Chapter 7. I handed out a Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet that we will use for the next 3 classes.
Tuesday Jan 14: we did an ACC hand in today. Then we went through the 6.4-6.6 Worksheet together (here is the key). Then I handed out a page with two more Optimization Problems (here is the key) for you to do for homework.
Monday Jan 13: work period for page 303 #1-5 and page 318 #5-8. Anyone who finishes those can start on the 6.4-6.6 Worksheet that I handed out today (here is the key). You may use your graphing technology for the worksheet.
Friday Jan 10: I handed back the Chapter 5 test and we discussed it a little. Then we did a 6.1 practice ACC (here is the key). Then we did the 2nd last example in the 6.2 and 6.3 Systems of Linear Inequalities notes booklet. For homework you need to finish the last example in the booklet (we got it started). Also, reminder that you have two textbook assignments: page 303 #1-5 and page 318 #5-8. All of those questions should be done for Tuesday. You will get some work time on Monday.
Thursday Jan 9: we reviewed how to read set notation, then we did the last page of the 6.1 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables notes handout together. Then we handed out a 6.2 and 6.3 Systems of Linear Inequalities notes booklet and did the examples on pages 1-4. Reminder that you have textbook page 303 #1-5 to complete. IF you are ready to move on, the next assignment is page 318 #5-8
Wednesday Jan 8: we went further into the notes and examples in the handout 6.1 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables. You can now do textbook page 303 #1-5
Tuesday Jan 7: we finished up the introductory activity that we started yesterday, then we started into the examples on the handout 6.1 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables. Your first assignment is textbook page 303 #1,2,4,5. We'll add to that assignment as we get further into the examples.
Monday Jan 6: we introduced Chapter 6 today by reviewing how to graph linear equations and extending that into graphing linear inequalities. No new assignment yet.
CHAPTER 4 TRIG OPTIONAL RE-TEST WEDNESDAY DEC 18. If you want to correct your Chapter 4 test as review, here is the answer key.
Friday Dec 20: we watched a math-related movie, Flatland. Have a great break!
Thursday Dec 19: Chapter 5 Test
Wednesday Dec 18: Optional re-test of Chapter 4 (Trigonometry) today. Students who didn't want to do the re-test worked on review for tomorrow's Chapter 5 test.
Tuesday Dec 17: Mr Favreau handed out a 5.4 Accountability Check (the file here has the answer key if you missed class) which the class did and went over. Then it was work time for the Assignment 5.5 (here is the answer key) and the Chapter 5 Review (here is the answer key).
Monday Dec 16: we finished the examples in the first part of lesson 5.5 then we did the second part of lesson 5.5 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet, learning how to do an inverse shadenormal (on the calculator) and how to guess and check when using desmos. Here are both sets of lesson 5.5 notes filled in for anyone who missed one of the lessons. Tomorrow you will have time to work on Assignment 5.5 (here is the answer key). Once you are finished it, I handed out the Chapter 5 Review (here is the answer key).
Friday Dec 13: we went over he second page of the 5.4 worksheet #2 (here is the answer key) Then we did the first part of lesson 5.5, Z-scores, in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We'll do the second part of that chapter together on Monday. Over the weekend, try all of the 5.4 textbook assignment: page 251 #1,4,5,9,10,11,13,14 (remember that we do histograms, not frequency polygons for some of the questions).
Thursday Dec 12: we finished the 5.4 lesson in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. and then we worked on the 5.4 worksheet #2. We did question #1 together, #2 is your homework for tomorrow. If you finished that, work on page 251 #1,4,5,9,10,11,13,14. Please note that I added a couple of questions to this assignment, ALSO: note that any place in the textbook that it asks for a "frequency polygon", just make a histogram.
Wednesday Dec 11: we corrected and discussed the 5.4 Normal Distribution Part 1 assignment booklet that you worked on yesterday (here is the key). Then we continued into Lesson 5.4 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We will finish the 5.4 lesson and start the 5.5 lesson tomorrow. No new assignment, but if you didn't get to the textbook questions from yesterday (page 251 #1,6,13,14) then finish those.
Tuesday Dec 10: my guest teacher handed out the assignment booklet: 5.4 Normal Distribution Part 1. Work on those questions (use your notes and if you need a lesson refresher, re-watch this video and this video if you need help. If you finish the booklet, you can do textbook page 251 #1,6,13,14.
Monday Dec 9: We did the notes and examples for Lesson 5.4 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. Check out this webpage, then watch this video and this video. You will get a handout assignment and a textbook assignment tomorrow and a work period to do them in.
Friday Dec 6: We did a 5.1 to 5.3 quiz (more of a hand in assignment, really), then we watched this video and this video and this Price Is Right video, then this video and this video, as an introduction to lesson 5.4 on normal distribution.
Thursday Dec 5: no class this morning due to the wellness activity
Wednesday Dec 4: we watched this video. Then I handed back last week's trig test and we had time to work on the 5.1-5.3 Practice Booklet . It should be done for Friday. Here is the answer key.
Tuesday Dec 3: we finished going over the examples for lesson 5.3 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. I figured out the problem I was having with the T183 emulator yesterday - we can now easily do frequency table data analysis - but doing it with desmos is still a real drag. So for you folks, I offer this alternative on-line histogram generator to make graphs and this Mean and Standard Deviation Calculator to do the calculations. Then we had time to work on the 5.1-5.3 Practice Booklet that I handed out yesterday. It should be done for Friday.
Monday Dec 2: we corrected the 5.1 homework sheet (here is the key), and the 5.2 homework sheet (here is the key). Then we introduced the concept of standard deviation (we watched this video for a very nice description of the meaning of standard deviation) and did the lesson 5.3 notes and examples in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We didn't quite get through all of the examples - we'll do that tomorrow. The next assignment is a 5.1-5.3 Practice Booklet that I handed out today. You will get work time for it tomorrow. I didn't show it in class, but here is another video another video that shows how to calculate standard deviation.
Friday Nov 29: we did the first example from lesson 5.2 of the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet, then we had time to work on the 5.1 homework sheet from yesterday (here is the key). If anyone is ready to move on, the new assignment is the 5.2 homework sheet (here is the key for that one).
Thursday Nov 28: we finished the second example in lesson 5.2 of the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We'll go back for example 1 tomorrow. I handed out a 5.1 homework sheet. You will get some work time for it tomorrow.
Wednesday Nov 27: we finished the examples in the 5.1 lesson of the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet and we just barely started the first example in 5.2. No new assignment yet.
Tuesday Nov 26: I handed out a Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. Today we went through lesson 5.1. The concepts in it should not be that new to you, but using the technology to graph will be. We only got through the first couple of examples, so no new assignment yet.
Friday Nov 22: Chapter 3 & 4 test. This weekend, your only homework is to get access to a graphing calculator or to ready your existing device (phone, tablet, iPad, laptop PC) for either the graphing calculator emulator or for desmos. Here is the video tutorial I used to get the wabbitemu Z80 emulator onto my computer at home and the school computers. Here is the direct link to the download page. Here is a video tutorial I used to get the wabbitemu Z80 emulator on my android phone (when prompted, chose the TI-83, the TI-84 no longer seems to work). To see if your device will run desmos, simply click on the link.
Thursday Nov 21: we went over pages 6 and 7 of the Chapter 4 booklet (here is the answer key) and then had work time for textbook page 194 #3,5,6,8,9,10,16. If you finish those and want more practice, you can do the Chapter Self Test on page 198. Chapter 3 & 4 test tomorrow, don't forget your calculator!
Friday Jan 17: I handed out the Chapter 6 ACC #3 for hand in (it has to be handed in before class on Tuesday), then we finished the examples in the Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet. For homework, finish the examples on the last 3 pages of the booklet, then do the Chapter 7 Review (omit #3,4). I also handed out a Chapter 6 Review. I will give you a work perid on Monday (but DON'T leave all of this work until then - get some work done this weekend).
Thursday Jan 16: we went over the homework that I assigned on Tuesday: Optimization Problems (here is the key). We will do an ACC on that tomorrow. Then we continued into Chapter 7, in the Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet. For practice questions, we'll just work on #1,2,and 5 in the Chapter 7 Review (omit #3,4 - we won't do problems like those).
Wednesday Jan 15: I handed back the ACC today (here is the answer key), then we went into Chapter 7. I handed out a Chapter 7 Quadratics Booklet that we will use for the next 3 classes.
Tuesday Jan 14: we did an ACC hand in today. Then we went through the 6.4-6.6 Worksheet together (here is the key). Then I handed out a page with two more Optimization Problems (here is the key) for you to do for homework.
Monday Jan 13: work period for page 303 #1-5 and page 318 #5-8. Anyone who finishes those can start on the 6.4-6.6 Worksheet that I handed out today (here is the key). You may use your graphing technology for the worksheet.
Friday Jan 10: I handed back the Chapter 5 test and we discussed it a little. Then we did a 6.1 practice ACC (here is the key). Then we did the 2nd last example in the 6.2 and 6.3 Systems of Linear Inequalities notes booklet. For homework you need to finish the last example in the booklet (we got it started). Also, reminder that you have two textbook assignments: page 303 #1-5 and page 318 #5-8. All of those questions should be done for Tuesday. You will get some work time on Monday.
Thursday Jan 9: we reviewed how to read set notation, then we did the last page of the 6.1 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables notes handout together. Then we handed out a 6.2 and 6.3 Systems of Linear Inequalities notes booklet and did the examples on pages 1-4. Reminder that you have textbook page 303 #1-5 to complete. IF you are ready to move on, the next assignment is page 318 #5-8
Wednesday Jan 8: we went further into the notes and examples in the handout 6.1 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables. You can now do textbook page 303 #1-5
Tuesday Jan 7: we finished up the introductory activity that we started yesterday, then we started into the examples on the handout 6.1 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables. Your first assignment is textbook page 303 #1,2,4,5. We'll add to that assignment as we get further into the examples.
Monday Jan 6: we introduced Chapter 6 today by reviewing how to graph linear equations and extending that into graphing linear inequalities. No new assignment yet.
CHAPTER 4 TRIG OPTIONAL RE-TEST WEDNESDAY DEC 18. If you want to correct your Chapter 4 test as review, here is the answer key.
Friday Dec 20: we watched a math-related movie, Flatland. Have a great break!
Thursday Dec 19: Chapter 5 Test
Wednesday Dec 18: Optional re-test of Chapter 4 (Trigonometry) today. Students who didn't want to do the re-test worked on review for tomorrow's Chapter 5 test.
Tuesday Dec 17: Mr Favreau handed out a 5.4 Accountability Check (the file here has the answer key if you missed class) which the class did and went over. Then it was work time for the Assignment 5.5 (here is the answer key) and the Chapter 5 Review (here is the answer key).
Monday Dec 16: we finished the examples in the first part of lesson 5.5 then we did the second part of lesson 5.5 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet, learning how to do an inverse shadenormal (on the calculator) and how to guess and check when using desmos. Here are both sets of lesson 5.5 notes filled in for anyone who missed one of the lessons. Tomorrow you will have time to work on Assignment 5.5 (here is the answer key). Once you are finished it, I handed out the Chapter 5 Review (here is the answer key).
Friday Dec 13: we went over he second page of the 5.4 worksheet #2 (here is the answer key) Then we did the first part of lesson 5.5, Z-scores, in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We'll do the second part of that chapter together on Monday. Over the weekend, try all of the 5.4 textbook assignment: page 251 #1,4,5,9,10,11,13,14 (remember that we do histograms, not frequency polygons for some of the questions).
Thursday Dec 12: we finished the 5.4 lesson in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. and then we worked on the 5.4 worksheet #2. We did question #1 together, #2 is your homework for tomorrow. If you finished that, work on page 251 #1,4,5,9,10,11,13,14. Please note that I added a couple of questions to this assignment, ALSO: note that any place in the textbook that it asks for a "frequency polygon", just make a histogram.
Wednesday Dec 11: we corrected and discussed the 5.4 Normal Distribution Part 1 assignment booklet that you worked on yesterday (here is the key). Then we continued into Lesson 5.4 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We will finish the 5.4 lesson and start the 5.5 lesson tomorrow. No new assignment, but if you didn't get to the textbook questions from yesterday (page 251 #1,6,13,14) then finish those.
Tuesday Dec 10: my guest teacher handed out the assignment booklet: 5.4 Normal Distribution Part 1. Work on those questions (use your notes and if you need a lesson refresher, re-watch this video and this video if you need help. If you finish the booklet, you can do textbook page 251 #1,6,13,14.
Monday Dec 9: We did the notes and examples for Lesson 5.4 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. Check out this webpage, then watch this video and this video. You will get a handout assignment and a textbook assignment tomorrow and a work period to do them in.
Friday Dec 6: We did a 5.1 to 5.3 quiz (more of a hand in assignment, really), then we watched this video and this video and this Price Is Right video, then this video and this video, as an introduction to lesson 5.4 on normal distribution.
Thursday Dec 5: no class this morning due to the wellness activity
Wednesday Dec 4: we watched this video. Then I handed back last week's trig test and we had time to work on the 5.1-5.3 Practice Booklet . It should be done for Friday. Here is the answer key.
Tuesday Dec 3: we finished going over the examples for lesson 5.3 in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. I figured out the problem I was having with the T183 emulator yesterday - we can now easily do frequency table data analysis - but doing it with desmos is still a real drag. So for you folks, I offer this alternative on-line histogram generator to make graphs and this Mean and Standard Deviation Calculator to do the calculations. Then we had time to work on the 5.1-5.3 Practice Booklet that I handed out yesterday. It should be done for Friday.
Monday Dec 2: we corrected the 5.1 homework sheet (here is the key), and the 5.2 homework sheet (here is the key). Then we introduced the concept of standard deviation (we watched this video for a very nice description of the meaning of standard deviation) and did the lesson 5.3 notes and examples in the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We didn't quite get through all of the examples - we'll do that tomorrow. The next assignment is a 5.1-5.3 Practice Booklet that I handed out today. You will get work time for it tomorrow. I didn't show it in class, but here is another video another video that shows how to calculate standard deviation.
Friday Nov 29: we did the first example from lesson 5.2 of the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet, then we had time to work on the 5.1 homework sheet from yesterday (here is the key). If anyone is ready to move on, the new assignment is the 5.2 homework sheet (here is the key for that one).
Thursday Nov 28: we finished the second example in lesson 5.2 of the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. We'll go back for example 1 tomorrow. I handed out a 5.1 homework sheet. You will get some work time for it tomorrow.
Wednesday Nov 27: we finished the examples in the 5.1 lesson of the Chapter 5 Notes Booklet and we just barely started the first example in 5.2. No new assignment yet.
Tuesday Nov 26: I handed out a Chapter 5 Notes Booklet. Today we went through lesson 5.1. The concepts in it should not be that new to you, but using the technology to graph will be. We only got through the first couple of examples, so no new assignment yet.
Friday Nov 22: Chapter 3 & 4 test. This weekend, your only homework is to get access to a graphing calculator or to ready your existing device (phone, tablet, iPad, laptop PC) for either the graphing calculator emulator or for desmos. Here is the video tutorial I used to get the wabbitemu Z80 emulator onto my computer at home and the school computers. Here is the direct link to the download page. Here is a video tutorial I used to get the wabbitemu Z80 emulator on my android phone (when prompted, chose the TI-83, the TI-84 no longer seems to work). To see if your device will run desmos, simply click on the link.
Thursday Nov 21: we went over pages 6 and 7 of the Chapter 4 booklet (here is the answer key) and then had work time for textbook page 194 #3,5,6,8,9,10,16. If you finish those and want more practice, you can do the Chapter Self Test on page 198. Chapter 3 & 4 test tomorrow, don't forget your calculator!
Wednesday Nov 20: we did an activity together to help get ready for Friday's test. Then we had a little bit of time to finish pages 6 and 7 of the Chapter 4 booklet (here is the answer key) and start on textbook page 194 #3,5,6,8,9,10,16. We'll have some more work time for that tomorrow.
Tuesday Nov 19: we watched this video. Then we had work time for pages 6 and 7 of the Chapter 4 booklet (here is the answer key). If you are ready to move on, he next assignment will be textbook page 194 #3,5,6,8,9,10,16.
Monday Nov 18: I handed back the Chapter 3 quiz from last week. Then we corrected all of, and went over a couple of, the problems from the Chapter 4 booklet, pages 6 and 7. Then we did the examples on page 8 together. Your new assignment is the problems on pages 9 and 10. I'll give you some work time tomorrow.
Friday Oct 15: Work period. Your task is to complete pages 6 (#1-4) and 7 (#1-6) of the Chapter 4 booklet for Monday.
Thursday Oct 14: I handed out a Chapter 4 booklet. Today we did the examples on pages 1-5. Your assignment is to do pages 6 and 7. You get work time tomorrow
Wednesday Nov 13: Chapter 3 quiz.
Tuesday Nov 12: we went over a couple of the page 147 problems together, then we had time to work on the practice handout made from old provincial exam questions that you can start (here is its answer key) to prepare for tomorrow's quiz. If you want more practice (optional), you can start the review assignments: there is the Chapter 3 Self Test on page 152 #1-4, and the Chapter 3 Review page 154 #1-4,6,8,9,11,12
Friday Nov 8: Students worked on either the Chapter 2 re-test or the page 147 #3-13,16 (due Tuesday) assignment, if you are ready to move on. I have a practice handout made from old provincial exam questions that you can start (here is its answer key).
Thursday Nov 7: we went over a couple of the 137 problems from yesterday's homework then we did the chapter 3.4 example problems together. Tomorrow you will have either work time for page 147 #3-13,16 (due Tuesday) or that assignment will be homework because you will be doing the Chapter 2 re-test.
Wednesday Nov 6: we started with a Cosine Law ACC, then we had work time for page 137 #2-5,7-11, 13-15 due tomorrow. If you are ready to move on, the next assignment is page 147 #3-13,16. due Tuesday.
Tuesday Nov 5: First we did a Sine Law ACC (mini quiz), then we finished up the Cosine Law examples in the 3.3 notes together, including this word problem page. Then we had some work time for page 137 #2-5,7-11, 13-15 due Thursday. You will get a bit more work time tomorrow
Monday Nov 4: we went over a couple of problems from the page 125 assignment together. Then we introduced and derived the Cosine Law in the 3.3 notes together. We'll finish up the examples together tomorrow. Your homework for tonight is to finish the last 3 examples in the notes - we will go over them tomorrow. If you want to work ahead, the next assignment will be: page 137 #2-5,7-11, 13-15 due Thursday. You will get work time tomorrow
Friday Nov 1: we did these 4 word problem examples together. Then we had time to work on textbook page 125 #3,4,6,7,9,12,13,15,17 due Monday.
Thursday Oct 31: we went over Monday's test for a few minutes. A lot of the class did very well, but some.. didn't. The good news is that I'm going to offer you the chance to do an optional re-test next week. The bad news is that I have to get report card marks in by Wednesday, so your report card grade won't reflect any improvement (if you do some work and improve on these skills). We went over the 3 problems in yesterday's 3.2 notes (here is the answer key) that you were supposed to have done for today. We didn't get any in-class work time, and I highly recommend that tonight, you spend some time going through the chapter 2 test to correct your errors, but if you want to get started on the first few questions on the next assignment it will be textbook page 125 #3,4,6,7,912,13,15,17 due Monday. You will get work time tomorrow.
Wednesday Oct 30: we went over a couple of Right Angle Trig Practice sheet problems, then we introduced the SINE LAW with the 3.2 notes We looked at the deductive reasoning that gives us our fancy new formula. Your assignment for tonight is to finish the examples in the 3.2 notes, here is the answer key. If you finish that and you are ready to move on, tomorrow's assignment is textbook page 125 #3,4,6,7,912,13,15,17 due Friday.
Tuesday Oct 29: We started by handing in the randomly selected problem from the Proof Geometry Review and Hand In. Then we went through notes reviewing grade 10 right angled trig (SOHCAHTOA) and spent some time working on the Right Angle Trig Practice sheet due tomorrow (here is the answer key). We will be using our textbooks more for Chapter 3 and 4, so make sure you bring it to class every day starting tomorrow, along with a calculator (just a regular scientific calculator is fine for now - we won't need the graphing calculator until Chapter 5).
Monday Oct 28: Chapter 2 test. Anyone finished early can start on the Right Angle Trig Practice sheet. We will be using our textbooks more for Chapter 3 and 4, so make sure you bring it to class every day, along with a calculator (just a regular scientific calculator is fine for now - we won't need the graphing calculator until Chapter 5). Reminder that we were supposed to randomly select and hand in one problem from the Proof Geometry Review and Hand In but the test was a little too long to have the time to do that, so we'll do it tomorrow.
Thursday Oct 24: no class today due to the pep rally. Test is Monday! Study hard!
Wednesday Oct 23: review day, we went through the chapter summary at the end of chapter 2 in the textbook and I reminded you that you should spend some time preparing your study sheet for the test. Then I handed out the new and improved Proof Geometry Review and Hand In. Same plan as last time, you do them all and we will randomly select one problem to hand in before your test on Monday. We worked on either the hand in, or preparing the study sheet, or the page 84 Chapter 2 Mid Unit Review and the page 104 Chapter 2 Self Test. for the rest of the class.
Tuesday Oct 22: we had some work time for textbook page 99 #1-3,6-8, 10,16,18. We went over some of the problems. No new assignment, but if you want to start the review for Monday's test, you can do the page 84 Chapter 2 Mid Unit Review and the page 104 Chapter 2 Self Test.
Monday Oct 21: I changed my mind on a couple of things: first, we corrected the Geometry Worksheet together instead of making it a hand in. We'll do a different problem set for hand in later in the week. Also, I moved the test to Monday instead of this Thursday, since I will be away at a conference on Thursday and would rather not have you write a fairly technical test while I am not here to answer questions (AND I was just reminded that there is a pep rally scheduled for that period, so it's a wash out). For the rest of class, work on the Chapter 2.4 assignment, textbook page 99 #1-3,6-8, 10,16,18 which will be still be due tomorrow, but I'll give you some of tomorrow's class to finish it before we go over it.
Friday Oct 18: we did the notes for Chapter 2.4: Polygons. Then we had work time for the Proof Geometry Worksheet (OMIT QUESTION #2). One of these questions will be a hand in (but you won't know which question until the hand in day on Monday! If you are finished that and are ready to move on, the next assignment is textbook page 99 #1-3,6-8, 10,16,18 which will be due Tuesday.
Thursday Oct 17: we went over the SSS worksheet that I handed out yesterday. Then we did a page of examples of CPCTC proofs together. Then I handed out the Proof Geometry Worksheet. The questions on the Proof Geometry Worksheet must be done on loose leaf. One of these questions will be a hand in assignment (but you won't know which question until its due date: Monday!). You will get some work time for this assignment tomorrow. If you want to see the solution proofs for today's activity again here they are: one, two three four, five
Wednesday Oct 16: we went through proofs C-F on the ASA Worksheet, then we had time to work on the Proofs on the SSS worksheet. The SSS worksheet problems are for practice, we will go over them tomorrow.
Tuesday Oct 15: we went over the diagram that I assigned for homework on Thursday. It's another A.S.S triangle, but does it have 2 solutions like the last one we did? or no solutions, like the first one of this type that we did? Then we went over the textbook page 90 questions and we corrected the 2.1-2.3 ACC worksheet. Finally we went through Proofs A and B on the ASA Worksheet, and your homework is to try to do Proofs C-F for tomorrow.
Thursday Oct 10: we finished up the triangle sketching activity from yesterday and did some notes on the 5 ways to prove that triangles are congruent (and the 2 ways that don't). Your assignment for Tuesday is the same one from yesterday: textbook page 90 #3,7,11-13,15 and the 2.1-2.3 ACC worksheet, but I am adding one more thing: do a scale diagram of a triangle with angle A = 30 degrees, side b = 12 cm and side a = 14 cm. Find side c, angle B and angle C. How many possible solutions are there, 0, 1, or 2?
Wednesday Oct 9: we did a triangle sketching activity with the class today. The activity took the whole class, so we didn't get work time for textbook page 90 #3,7,11-13,15 and the 2.1-2.3 ACC worksheet, so I'll change their due date until Tuesday.
Tuesday Oct 8: we started with a warm up problem on the board, then we finished the Lesson 2.3 Notes, Assignment is textbook page 90 #3,7,11-13,15 and the 2.1-2.3 ACC worksheet both are due for Thursday. FOR TOMORROW'S CLASS BRING YOUR GEOMETRY SET (PROTRACTOR AND RULER).
Monday Oct 7: I handed back last week's Chapter 1 test, which we went over for a few minutes. Then we went over the 2.1 and 2.2 Homework assignment from Friday.
Friday Oct 4: we did another accountability check on lessons 2.1 and 2.2, then we worked on a 2.1 and 2.2 Homework assignment (it's homework due for Monday if you don't finish it in class). For the last few minutes, we explained the nature of how to present a geometric proof in math. Then we started looking at properties and definitions of triangles in the Lesson 2.3 Notes. We'll finish them up on Monday.
Thursday Oct 3: we had some work time for the Page 72 #2,5,6 and page 78 #1,2,4,17,20 assignment from yesterday. Then we went over the questions and did an accountability check. We'll do another one tomorrow before moving on to TRIANGLES.
Wednesday Oct 2: we finished the notes for the Lessons 2.1 and 2.2 booklet. Then we had work time for Page 72 #2,5,6 and page 78 #1,2,4,17,20 due tomorrow.
Tuesday Oct 1: Chapter 1 Test. If anyone is finished early, they can work on textbook 2.1 assignment: page 72 #2,5,6
Monday Sept 30: we started Chapter 2 today. I handed out: an Introduction activity and a Lessons 2.1 and 2.2 booklet. We got through about two-thirds of the booklet. We'll finish it on Wednesday. Reminder that the Chapter 1 test is tomorrow. See Friday's update for the review assignments.
Friday Sept 27: I handed back last Friday's quiz (here is the answer key for those who missed class) and we went over it. Then we had work time for the review assignments: the Chapter 1 Self Test and the Chapter 1 Review Page 58 #1-7 and Page 61 #1-5,7-10, 13, 15. If anyone needs more review for next week's test, I also have a Lesson 1 and a Lesson 2 review you can work on. Here's the answers. to the practice Sudoku from a few days ago. Still, nobody has solved the 5-Triangle Puzzle.
Thursday Sept 26: we lost our class to the Terry Fox Run. Tomorrow we will go over the quiz and have time to finish the review assignments from yesterday (and I'll have a couple of new handout reviews for you). I'm moving the test to Tuesday next week, instead of Monday.
Wednesday Sept 25: we went over some problems from the page 42 and page 56 and the Reasoning to Solve Problems worksheet assignments together. Then we had work time for the Chapter 1 Self Test and the Chapter 1 Review Page 58 #1-7 and Page 61 #1-5,7-10, 13, 15.
Tuesday Sept 24: we had some work time for the assignments from Friday and yesterday: page 42 #4, 10, the Reasoning to Solve Problems worksheet, and page 56 #5,10,11,12.15. We also looked at using Venn Diagrams as problem solving and reasoning aids and I handed out a practice sheet for that, also due tomorrow. Tomorrow we will go over all homework.
Monday Sept 23: we looked at Chapter 1.7 (no handout or notes for this one) on using reasoning skills to form strategies for winning games. We played a dice game and Brussels Sprouts. Reminder that you have the assignments from Friday to finish: page 42 #4, 10, and the Reasoning to Solve Problems worksheet. Today's assignment is page 56 #5,10,11,12.15. You will have some work time tomorrow.
Friday Sept 20: we did the notes and examples for 1.6 Using Reasoning to Solve Problems, then we did our first quiz of the course (on 1.1-1.4). Students who finished early could work on the textbook assignment: page 42 #4, 10, or the worksheet I handed out today: Reasoning to Solve Problems Assignment (here is the key) or the 5-Triangle Puzzle or the practice Sudoku. Reminder that the The Famous Theorems hand-in assignment is due today.
Thursday Sept 19: we went over some of the page 31 textbook questions, Then we did notes and examples for section 1.5: Proof that are not valid. Then we revealed the flaw in the 64=65 puzzle from yesterday. The assignment is to finish the mid-unit review on page 35 #2,3,6,8-11 (due tomorrow - we are writing a quiz on this material tomorrow). If you are ready to move on to the 1.5 assignment, it will be page 42 #4, 10. Reminder that the The Famous Theorems hand-in assignment is due tomorrow.
Wednesday Sept 18: we had some work time to finish 1.4 textbook page 31 #1-5,7,9,11 (due tomorrow) and start the mid-unit review on page 35 #2,3,6,8-11 (due Friday). Then we explored the famous 64=65 puzzle, I also handed out a the 5-Triangle Puzzle. I also handed out a practice Sudoku.
Tuesday Sept 17: we finished up the notes and examples for the 1.4 Deductive Reasoning lesson. Then we looked at another example of a number conjecture, called the "sum of three cubes" in these three videos (one, two, three). Finally, we had a few minutes to work on page 31 #1-5,7,9,11 which I'll change to being due Thursday and give you a bit more work time tomorrow. If you finish that you can start on a mid unit review on textbook page 35 #2,3,6,8-11 , which will be also be due Thursday. If you have a pair of scissors at school, please bring them to class tomorrow.
Monday Sept 16: we did a 1.1 to 1.3 ACC (that stands for ACcountability Check, so basically, it is a mini-quiz) to practice our understanding of the material so far. Then we went over a few questions from the page 22 assignment together. Then we started the notes for 1.4 Deductive Reasoning. We'll finish them tomorrow, but you can start on the assignment: page 31 #1-5,7,9,11 due Wednesday. Reminder that the Famous Theorems hand-in assignment is due Friday Sept 20.
Friday Sept 13: we went through the 1.3 Lesson on counterexamples to conjectures. Then we had work time for Page 22 #1-5,8,14,15,17 Due Monday.
Thursday Sept 12: we went over the textbook assignment a bit, the we played with this "mind-reading" website and played the reverse and add game.then talked about why 196 is so special Watch this video. No new textbook assignment, but I left you with a math puzzles that you need to reason out - the McNugget problem. Feel free to use either inductive or deductive reasoning to tackle these problems. Also, I assigned our first hand in assignment: the Fermat's Last Theorem hand-in assignment (due Friday Sept 20).
Wednesday Sept 11: today we finished the lesson 1.1 handout: Inductive and Deductive reasoning and had work time for textbook assignment is page 12 #2,3,6-9,11,18 (here is a video for this problem) and page 17 #2,3. We will go over it tomorrow.
Tuesday Sept 10: we finished going over the grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package. Then we did notes and discussed the lesson 1.1 handout: Inductive and Deductive reasoning. We didn't quite finish it, so the lesson will conclude tomorrow. Your first textbook assignment is page 12 #2,3,6-9,11,18 (here is a video for this problem) and page 17 #2,3. You will get some work time for it tomorrow, but you might want to start it tonight.
Monday Sept 9: we started with a problem called the tax collector. This puzzle was in the New York Times a couple of years ago. Then we went over some more of the grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package. We'll finish it tomorrow. We ended with a round of set. if you have finished attempting the entire grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package then you are homework free tonight.
Friday Sept 6: we started with another interesting number conjecture, then we had some time to work on , then go over some of the grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package. We'll finish that on Monday. We also discussed the Graphing Calculator letter that I sent home yesterday.
Thursday Sept 5: Welcome to Grade 11 Applied Math! Here is the course outline. Here is a grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package just to refresh some old skills while I assign textbooks and get to know you a little bit. You can work on it tonight, but if you don't finish it, we'll have some time in class tomorrow. We used the "climb to a prime" game to introduce the concept of a conjecture. Finally, here is a letter I sent home explaining the Graphing Calculator situation for this course. We will discuss it tomorrow.
Thursday Sept 19: we went over some of the page 31 textbook questions, Then we did notes and examples for section 1.5: Proof that are not valid. Then we revealed the flaw in the 64=65 puzzle from yesterday. The assignment is to finish the mid-unit review on page 35 #2,3,6,8-11 (due tomorrow - we are writing a quiz on this material tomorrow). If you are ready to move on to the 1.5 assignment, it will be page 42 #4, 10. Reminder that the The Famous Theorems hand-in assignment is due tomorrow.
Wednesday Sept 18: we had some work time to finish 1.4 textbook page 31 #1-5,7,9,11 (due tomorrow) and start the mid-unit review on page 35 #2,3,6,8-11 (due Friday). Then we explored the famous 64=65 puzzle, I also handed out a the 5-Triangle Puzzle. I also handed out a practice Sudoku.
Tuesday Sept 17: we finished up the notes and examples for the 1.4 Deductive Reasoning lesson. Then we looked at another example of a number conjecture, called the "sum of three cubes" in these three videos (one, two, three). Finally, we had a few minutes to work on page 31 #1-5,7,9,11 which I'll change to being due Thursday and give you a bit more work time tomorrow. If you finish that you can start on a mid unit review on textbook page 35 #2,3,6,8-11 , which will be also be due Thursday. If you have a pair of scissors at school, please bring them to class tomorrow.
Monday Sept 16: we did a 1.1 to 1.3 ACC (that stands for ACcountability Check, so basically, it is a mini-quiz) to practice our understanding of the material so far. Then we went over a few questions from the page 22 assignment together. Then we started the notes for 1.4 Deductive Reasoning. We'll finish them tomorrow, but you can start on the assignment: page 31 #1-5,7,9,11 due Wednesday. Reminder that the Famous Theorems hand-in assignment is due Friday Sept 20.
Friday Sept 13: we went through the 1.3 Lesson on counterexamples to conjectures. Then we had work time for Page 22 #1-5,8,14,15,17 Due Monday.
Thursday Sept 12: we went over the textbook assignment a bit, the we played with this "mind-reading" website and played the reverse and add game.then talked about why 196 is so special Watch this video. No new textbook assignment, but I left you with a math puzzles that you need to reason out - the McNugget problem. Feel free to use either inductive or deductive reasoning to tackle these problems. Also, I assigned our first hand in assignment: the Fermat's Last Theorem hand-in assignment (due Friday Sept 20).
Wednesday Sept 11: today we finished the lesson 1.1 handout: Inductive and Deductive reasoning and had work time for textbook assignment is page 12 #2,3,6-9,11,18 (here is a video for this problem) and page 17 #2,3. We will go over it tomorrow.
Tuesday Sept 10: we finished going over the grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package. Then we did notes and discussed the lesson 1.1 handout: Inductive and Deductive reasoning. We didn't quite finish it, so the lesson will conclude tomorrow. Your first textbook assignment is page 12 #2,3,6-9,11,18 (here is a video for this problem) and page 17 #2,3. You will get some work time for it tomorrow, but you might want to start it tonight.
Monday Sept 9: we started with a problem called the tax collector. This puzzle was in the New York Times a couple of years ago. Then we went over some more of the grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package. We'll finish it tomorrow. We ended with a round of set. if you have finished attempting the entire grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package then you are homework free tonight.
Friday Sept 6: we started with another interesting number conjecture, then we had some time to work on , then go over some of the grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package. We'll finish that on Monday. We also discussed the Graphing Calculator letter that I sent home yesterday.
Thursday Sept 5: Welcome to Grade 11 Applied Math! Here is the course outline. Here is a grade 10 (and earlier) skill review package just to refresh some old skills while I assign textbooks and get to know you a little bit. You can work on it tonight, but if you don't finish it, we'll have some time in class tomorrow. We used the "climb to a prime" game to introduce the concept of a conjecture. Finally, here is a letter I sent home explaining the Graphing Calculator situation for this course. We will discuss it tomorrow.
SLOT 6 - MPC30SH - GR 11 HONORS PRE-CALCULUS MATH
(Ms Cox's Slot 3 and Mr Lacko's Slot 2 classes will follow the same material)
(Ms Cox's Slot 3 and Mr Lacko's Slot 2 classes will follow the same material)
EXAM REVIEW HERE (ANSWER KEYS HERE: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) - watch for typos on: Ch 3 #5d (it factors to 1/4(x+8)^2+4, they factored out the 1/4 incorrectly), Ch 9 #7, Ch 2 #6 (wrong answer circled)
ALTERNATE EXAM REVIEWS: DOWNLOAD HERE AND HERE AND HERE
(Typo on this review page12 #16 makes no sense - ignore it.)
OPTIONS TEST WEDNESDAY JAN 15 (the curriculum list and weightings guide is here)
Grade 11 Video Lessons Can be Viewed here.
Here is the INQUIRY PROJECT PAGE
Grade 11 Pre-Cal Textbook can be downloaded here.
Monday Jan 20: work time for exam review. Options test Wednesday. I handed out the grade spreadsheet today.
ALTERNATE EXAM REVIEWS: DOWNLOAD HERE AND HERE AND HERE
(Typo on this review page12 #16 makes no sense - ignore it.)
OPTIONS TEST WEDNESDAY JAN 15 (the curriculum list and weightings guide is here)
Grade 11 Video Lessons Can be Viewed here.
Here is the INQUIRY PROJECT PAGE
Grade 11 Pre-Cal Textbook can be downloaded here.
Monday Jan 20: work time for exam review. Options test Wednesday. I handed out the grade spreadsheet today.
If you are looking for some extra review of the R9 and R10 material (Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences) you can re-try your test OR try the alternate version of the test. Here's Version A (and the answer key) and here's version B (and the answer key).
Chapter 7 practice test (answer key)
Friday Nov 22: Chapter 3 & 4 Quadratics test (R1, R3, R4, R5)
Friday Jan 17: CHAPTER 8 & 9 TEST
Wednesday Jan 15 Thursday Jan 16: work period - see yesterday for page numbers - note that there are keys for the pages that don't have answers in the booklet beside the links below.
Tuesday Jan 14: we finished pages 7-13 in the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet. Your assignments are to do pages 8-15 in the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet (here is a key for pages 8-9), and pages 14-26 of the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet (here is a key for page 19). If you finish those you can start on odd numbered practice questions in the Chapter 8 and 9 Workbook, which I handed out today. Start on page 7.
Monday Jan 13: I handed out the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet. We went through pages 1-3 to review the grade 10 system of equation strategies. Pages 4-5 are completing the square review that you can do on your own. Then we did page 6 and did the notes and examples up to the end of page 7. Your assignment is to do pages 8-15. Then I handed out the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet and we did pages 1-6. Your assignment from this booklet is page 7.
Friday Jan 10: Chapter 7 Test.
Thursday Jan 9: last work time for the chapter 7 material. If you have finished the exercise book and the review at the end of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet, (the answer key to page 30 of the review at the end of the booklet is here), you can go back and do the review on pages 18-22 that I never assigned ( here is a key). Finally, there is a practice test you can download and try for one last review: here. Here is it's answer key
Wednesday Jan 8: work period for # 287-371, starting on page 42 of the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet, and the review on pages 30-36 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet. Chapter 7 test will be Friday. I handed out a practice Cayley Contest (grade 10) and Fermat Contest (grade 11)
Tuesday Jan 7: I asked if there were any questions from the absolute value assignments in the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet, then we finished the 7.4 Reciprocal function lesson in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet. Your new assignment is to keep going in that booklet, starting with page 42, do all questions from # 287-371. You will have more work time tomorrow. That brings us to the end of chapter 7, if you want to start on the review, it's pages 30-36 in the booklet.
Monday Jan 6: we went over a couple of issues on the last two tests. Then we started section 7.4 Reciprocal Functions. We got to the end of example 1 on page 26 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet. Your job for tomorrow is to finish example two on the next page. Other than that, make sure you are caught up on the Absolute Value assignments in the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet: odd numbered questions from #1-37,49-85, ALL questions from #86-148, then odds again from #187-247.
Tuesday Dec 17-Thursday Dec 19: Inquiry Project Presentation days and maybe a little work time for the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet. See Monday's update for the question numbers. Have a great X-mas break! Here's the line-up: TUESDAY: 1. Madhumita and Shana and Manpreet, 2. Tina and Ayesha, 3. Dami and Labiba, 4. Engy and Bhavya, 5. Momin and Sumika. WEDNESDAY: 1. Shaima and Nafisa, 2. Jackson and Harshdeep, 3. Kelvin and Howie, 4. Maria and Shania, 5. Thane and Aditya. THURSDAY: 1. Feiyu and Joy and Ruxi, 2. Ayuka and Maher, 3. Kat, Hailey, and Anna, 4. Alex, Urfa, and Shrey, 5. Luisa and Rosie
Monday Dec 16: We went through pages 13-17 in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet. Your assignment is to be finished odd numbered questions from #1-37,49-85, ALL questions from #86-148, then odds again from #187-247 in the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet. I handed out the exam review today. See above for answer keys.
Friday Dec 13: R3,R4,R5 re-test today. If anyone finishes early, they can work on odd numbered questions from the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet. I'm not officially assigning a page you have to be done up to for Monday, so that you can have the weekend to work on your Inquiry presentations.
Thursday Dec 12: work period - Mr Lacko is stepping in as my guest teacher today. As one last review for tomorrow's re-test, I found some reviews that we haven't seen yet. There's this R3/R4 Review (here is the key) and this R5 Quadratic Equation Review (here is the key) and this R5 Equation Making Review. These reviews are optional. If you feel ready for the re-test tomorrow and don't want to do any more review you can work on the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet: do odd numbered questions starting with #1.
Wednesday Dec 11: we went through pages 10-12 in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet. Then I handed out a Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet: do odd numbered questions starting with #1. We selected our presentation order today!
Tuesday Dec 19: Chapter 5 RADICALS TEST A2, A3 (re-test of R1 Factoring Quadratics)
Monday Dec 9: we went over a few problems from the Radicals Review (it's the last 7 pages of this file) and then I handed out one more Radical Equations Review that you can do tonight (or ignore it if you feel ready to go). Then I handed out the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet and we went though pages 3 and 4. You should finish pages 5-8 on your own (you can use Desmos to check your answers.
Friday Dec 6: inquiry project class. 2 weeks until presentations!
Thursday Dec 5: I went over some problems from the last section of the Radicals Assignment Book Then we had work time for the A2, A3 Review that I handed out today (it's the last 7 pages of this file). I also handed out a page of Factoring practice from old tests since we are retesting that. Reminder that the test is Tuesday and that we will also be re-testing R1 Factoring. Tomorrow is our Inquiry Project day.
Wednesday Dec 4: we did a Ch 5 and 6 Practice Quiz on the material up to (but not including) the graphing. Then we had a little time to work on the graphing assignment: pages 41-end in the Radicals Assignment Book
Tuesday Dec 3: we looked at how to graph radical functions. You can now keep going into the odd numbered questions on pages 41- the end of the Radicals Assignment Book.
Monday Dec 2: we did a couple more examples of radical equations that need quadratics to solve, then we had work time for pages 34-40 in the Radicals Assignment Book to get enough equation solving practice, do ALL questions for those 7 pages. We'll switch back to odd numbers for the last section of the booklet.
Friday Nov 29: we went over a few problems from pages 18-30 of the Radicals Assignment Book. Then we had work time for pages 30-40 which should be done for Tuesday.
Thursday Nov 28: we did some examples from pages 30-40 of the Radicals Assignment Book. You can now finish the odd numbered questions up to page 40.
Wednesday Nov 27: we did some examples together from pages 18-30 of the Radicals Assignment Book . Odd numbered questions from pages 18-30 are due Friday.
Tuesday Nov 2: We started with one last look at factoring. I handed out a Sum and Difference of Cubes activity sheet. We did the first side together, you can try the second side on your own. The link has the answer key at the end of the file. Then we went over the test from last Friday. Then I handed out the Radicals Assignment Book and we discussed some ideas around radicals. For tomorrow, do odds from pages 13-18.
Friday Nov 22: Chapter 3 & 4 Quadratics test (R1, R3, R4, R5)
Thursday Nov 21: we lose this class to a presentation in the gym for all our grade 10 students. Grade 11 students had the option to go to the presentation or to stay and work on review for the test that we moved to tomorrow.
Wednesday Nov 20: we had to bump the test to Friday because of a presentation that all grade 10 science students are asked to attend on Thursday. So we went over some problems and had time to work on the reviews today.
Tuesday Nov 19: we started reviewing for Thursday's test. I handed out I handed out: an Applications of Quadratics Problems worksheet (Here is an answer key), as well as a Factoring Review worksheet and an R1 and R5 Review (here is an answer key), and a PRACTICE TEST for R3, R4, (here is the answer key - watch out for the typo on #5, the range should be y>-1).
Monday Nov 18: we took up some problems from the Quadratic Equations Workbook and the Quadratic Functions Workbook that people needed help with and did a couple more example problems from the green Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet that we didn't get to last week. Test on both booklets is Thursday. I'll give you work periods tomorrow and Thursday.
Friday Nov 15: Inquiry work time in the library. Reminder that you should be working on the odd numbered questions from pages 9-38 in the Quadratic Equations Workbook and should be finished the old Quadratic Functions Workbook. This should be achieved by keeping up the pace of 5 to 6 pages per day.
Thursday Nov 14: Inquiry work time in the library. Reminder that you should be working on the odd numbered questions from pages 9-38 in the Quadratic Equations Workbook and should be finished the old Quadratic Functions Workbook. This should be achieved by keeping up the pace of 5 to 6 pages per day.
Wednesday Nov 13: we did some equation solving by factoring and went back to talking about the quadratic formula, and introduced the concept of the discriminant. This was pages 3-13 in the green Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet. Here are the videos if you want to see those examples again. You can now do the odd numbered questions for pretty much all of the new Quadratic Equations Workbook starting at page 9. Stick to odd numbered problems and you can skip the "30 second challenge" sections. Work at a pace of 5 or so pages per day and keep in mind that the test is next Thursday. You and your inquiry project partner should have filled in the Google Document by the end of class tomorrow.
Tuesday Nov 12: we went through the maximum and minimum problem examples in the green Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet on pages 14-18 (if you would like to see them again, the videos are here). You can now do the rest of the ODD NUMBERED problems from pages 38 to the end of the Quadratic Functions Workbook.
Friday Nov 8: we did the front part of a handout sheet where we completed the square to solve equations, then we did an activity together to introduce and derive the quadratic formula (If you missed it, here is a video of me doing the same derivation with an even uglier example), then we did the solving by using the quadratic equation examples on the back side of the handout sheet. There is a key to the handout at the end of the file link. Whatever time was left we had students work on odd numbered questions from pages 30 to the end of the Quadratic Functions Workbook. Students ready to move on started the grade 10 factoring review on pages 1-5 in the green Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations booklet.
Thursday Nov 7: we did a handout called "What's Up With These?" together. Then we did a lesson 3.1 and 3.2 practice quiz (the key is at the end of the file), whatever time was left we used to work on odd numbered questions from pages 30 to the end of the Quadratic Functions Workbook.
Wednesday Nov 6: we went over pages 26 and 27 in the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package, then had work time for completing all questions up to page 30 in the the Quadratic Functions Workbook.
Tuesday Nov 5: we finished the examples that matter in the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package . For tomorrow, do the examples on pages 26 and 27. Tomorrow, after we correct pages 26 and 27, you will have a work period for completing all questions up to page 30 in the the Quadratic Functions Workbook.
Monday Nov 4: we did more examples together from pages 13-18 of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package . For homework you should be working at a pace of approximately 6-8 pages per day in the Quadratic Functions Workbook, completing all questions up to page 30 for Wednesday.
Thursday Oct 31: CHAPTER 6 RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS TEST - outcomes A4, A5, A6
Wednesday Oct 30: review/work period to prepare for tomorrow's test.
Tuesday Oct 29: we went over the WORK RATE sheet problems together and a couple of examples from page 50 #257-275 of the Rationals Assignment Booklet (you should be done all odd questions in this section for tomorrow). Otherwise it was mostly work time. Tomorrow will also be time to work on review for Thursday's test, there is excellent review in the Rationals Assignment Booklet from pages 31 to 50.
Monday Oct 28: we went over a few problems from the pages 25,29 and 30 pages of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we went over the word problem examples on the last 3 pages. That's the last new thing in this unit before our test on THURSDAY. Your last new assignment is the WORK RATE sheet that I handed out today (here is the key) due tomorrow. You will get work time tomorrow and then odd questions from page 50 #257-275 of the Rationals Assignment Booklet are due Wednesday. If you want extra practice on these types of problems, you can do the shared task problems worksheet I handed out (here is the key).
Thursday Oct 24: work period. First make sure that you are finished pages 25, 29, and 30 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then you can work on odd numbered questions starting on page 23 of the Rationals Assignment Booklet.
Wednesday Oct 23: I handed back last week's T1E and T2E test. Then we did a couple of examples from page 25 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package together. You are responsible for the rest of them. Then we switched to equation solving and did the examples on pages 26 to 28 and 30 to 31 together. Your assignment is to do the practice questions on pages 29 and 32. You will get a work period tomorrow.
Tuesday Oct 22: we went over page 15 together then we looked at the examples on pages 16-18 and 20-23 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Your homework tonight is to do the practice questions on pages 19-24,(answer keys are in the back and here). If you are finished those, try page 25, or since I handed out the Rationals Assignment Booklet today - you can get started on the odd numbered practice questions starting on page 23.
Monday Oct 21: We started by going over the expression I asked you to simplify last week. Then we went through problems people may have had with the first 6 pages of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Then we did the examples on pages 7,9, 10, and 14. Your assignment is to do the practice questions on pages 8, 11,15. Here is the answer key for page 11, If you are finished those, I handed out the Rationals Assignment Booklet today - you can get started on the odd numbered practice questions starting on page 23.
Thursday Oct 17 and Friday Oct 18: we had library periods to explore ideas for our INQUIRY PROJECT . For homework do the examples on pages 1-10 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Make sure you check the answer keys: first 6 pages, rest of booklet. If you are ready to move on, Monday's assignment will be the practice questions on pages 8,11,15, Here is the answer key for page 11
TEST 2: T1, T2, T3 (Trig) FRIDAY OCT 4
If you want extra review of this material (beyond doing some of the unassigned, even-numbered problems from the Trigonometry Assignment Book), you can do the Chapter 2 Review and Self Tests starting on pages 126 of the Grade 11 Pre-Cal Textbook.
Chapter 6 Notes Package filled in: first 6 pages, rest of booklet
Wednesday Oct 16: T1E and T2E test. Your homework tonight and tomorrow night is to do the notes/examples from pages 1-6 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. See above for the answer key if you need it. Make sure you watch the videos in the links. Note that next week's optional retest of R9, R10, T2, T3 had to be moved to the following week - Wednesday Oct 30th, due to a scheduled meeting.
Tuesday Oct 15: Our guest today, Ms. Rochon came by to introduce our inquiry project, which we will have time to explore later this week. Then we went over a couple of questions from the pink Enrichment Booklet B to get us ready for tomorrow's Trig Extension test. Finally, I handed out the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Don't forget, I have challenged the class to see who can simplify this expression.
Thursday Oct 10: I handed back the T1,T2,T3 test. Then we introduced the next unit, Rational Expressions. The lesson concluded with a challenge problem that (we will take up on Monday, Oct 21st!) After the lesson, I gave the class work time to work on Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 starting on page 14 of the pink Enrichment Booklet B ,which is due for Tuesday. Here is the answer key for Assignment 1. We test on the two Enrichment booklets on Wednesday. See above for details.
Wednesday Oct 9: we finished the notes and examples in the pink Enrichment Booklet B. Your assignment is Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 starting on page 14 of the booklet. You can have the weekend to finish it and we'll go over it on Tuesday.
Tuesday Oct 8: we watched a few videos to start the class: Generating Sine Curves from the unit circle (version 1 and version 2), Generating the Sine curve from a triangle, Generating Cosine curve from a triangle, generating Sine curve from simple harmonic motion: ferris wheel, cgi spring, spray paint on a spring, newtonian pendulum (number 1, number 2, number 3). Then we went over problems from the page 23 assignment. Then I handed out a pink Enrichment Booklet B and we learned how to graph sine, cosine, and tangent curves. We'll finish the booklet tomorrow. No new assignment yet.
Monday Oct 7: we went over a few questions from page 19 of the yellow Enrichment Booklet (ANSWER KEY HAS 3 MISTAKES: #1h and 4f should be undefined, and #4d should be 13/12). Then we went through pages 21-23 together. Your new assignment is page 23 assignment 4.4 in the booklet. Finally, we looked at the interactice unit circle.
Friday Oct 4: TEST 2, T1, T2, T3
Thursday Oct 3: we went through pages 15-18 in the yellow Enrichment Booklet, which made for a nice review of the ideas we will test in the T2 section of the test tomorrow (except that on the test, there will be no mention of radians). Otherwise, see the test announcement above for some extra review of T1-T3 material if you feel you need some. Your new assignment for Monday is Enrichment Booklet page 19. If you are feeling ambitious, you can also try pages 21-23; we will be going through those on Monday.
Wednesday Oct 2: we went over some requests from pages 38-61 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book, then we went through pages 10-14 in the yellow Enrichment Booklet, Your assignment is to fill in page 15. Test in 2 more sleeps! See above for review of the R10 material.
Tuesday Oct 1: we went over a couple of problems together, then it was work time for pages 38-61 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book, and page 7 and 8 (in yellow Enrichment Booklet, both due tomorrow. If you want to see the video lessons for the yellow Enrichment booklet, they are on the grade 12 page here.
Monday Sept 30: I handed out the Trig Enrichment Booklet (it's yellow) where we looked at radian measurement of angles and coterminal angles. Your assignment from this book is page 7 and 8 (in yellow Enrichment Booklet). If finished, you can have more work time for pages 38-61 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book, due Wednesday.Wednesday Oct 16: T1E and T2E test. Your homework tonight and tomorrow night is to do the notes/examples from pages 1-6 of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. See above for the answer key if you need it. Make sure you watch the videos in the links. Note that next week's optional retest of R9, R10, T2, T3 had to be moved to the following week - Wednesday Oct 30th, due to a scheduled meeting.
Tuesday Oct 15: Our guest today, Ms. Rochon came by to introduce our inquiry project, which we will have time to explore later this week. Then we went over a couple of questions from the pink Enrichment Booklet B to get us ready for tomorrow's Trig Extension test. Finally, I handed out the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package. Don't forget, I have challenged the class to see who can simplify this expression.
Thursday Oct 10: I handed back the T1,T2,T3 test. Then we introduced the next unit, Rational Expressions. The lesson concluded with a challenge problem that (we will take up on Monday, Oct 21st!) After the lesson, I gave the class work time to work on Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 starting on page 14 of the pink Enrichment Booklet B ,which is due for Tuesday. Here is the answer key for Assignment 1. We test on the two Enrichment booklets on Wednesday. See above for details.
Wednesday Oct 9: we finished the notes and examples in the pink Enrichment Booklet B. Your assignment is Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 starting on page 14 of the booklet. You can have the weekend to finish it and we'll go over it on Tuesday.
Tuesday Oct 8: we watched a few videos to start the class: Generating Sine Curves from the unit circle (version 1 and version 2), Generating the Sine curve from a triangle, Generating Cosine curve from a triangle, generating Sine curve from simple harmonic motion: ferris wheel, cgi spring, spray paint on a spring, newtonian pendulum (number 1, number 2, number 3). Then we went over problems from the page 23 assignment. Then I handed out a pink Enrichment Booklet B and we learned how to graph sine, cosine, and tangent curves. We'll finish the booklet tomorrow. No new assignment yet.
Monday Oct 7: we went over a few questions from page 19 of the yellow Enrichment Booklet (ANSWER KEY HAS 3 MISTAKES: #1h and 4f should be undefined, and #4d should be 13/12). Then we went through pages 21-23 together. Your new assignment is page 23 assignment 4.4 in the booklet. Finally, we looked at the interactice unit circle.
Friday Oct 4: TEST 2, T1, T2, T3
Thursday Oct 3: we went through pages 15-18 in the yellow Enrichment Booklet, which made for a nice review of the ideas we will test in the T2 section of the test tomorrow (except that on the test, there will be no mention of radians). Otherwise, see the test announcement above for some extra review of T1-T3 material if you feel you need some. Your new assignment for Monday is Enrichment Booklet page 19. If you are feeling ambitious, you can also try pages 21-23; we will be going through those on Monday.
Wednesday Oct 2: we went over some requests from pages 38-61 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book, then we went through pages 10-14 in the yellow Enrichment Booklet, Your assignment is to fill in page 15. Test in 2 more sleeps! See above for review of the R10 material.
Tuesday Oct 1: we went over a couple of problems together, then it was work time for pages 38-61 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book, and page 7 and 8 (in yellow Enrichment Booklet, both due tomorrow. If you want to see the video lessons for the yellow Enrichment booklet, they are on the grade 12 page here.
Friday Sept 27: my guest teacher Ms Cox went through the rest of the examples in your Trigonometry Notebook. Then it was a work period for odd numbered questions on pages 38-61 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book. They should all be done by Wednesday.
Thursday Sept 26: we went through lessons 2.3B and 2.4 in the Trigonometry Notebook.. Tomorrow will be a work period. You can now do odds from pages 38-61 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book. You have until Wednesday of next week to be done all of that.
Wednesday Sept 25: we went over a couple of problems from pages 11-33 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book, then we did a 2.2 mini quiz. Then we derived the formula for the Sine Law. We did lesson 2.3A in the Trigonometry Notebook. Your new assignment is Assignment book odd numbered questions from pages 38-43
Tuesday Sept 24: we went over a couple of questions from the page 11-33 odd questions in the Trigonometry Assignment Book. Reminder that this assignment should be done for tomorrow. Then we did the 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 lesson in the Trigonometry Notebook.
Monday Sept 23: we started with a 2.1 mini quiz, then finished the 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 lessons in the Trigonometry Notebook (here is a nice picture of the unit circle page diagram), then we went over a couple of questions from the page 25-33 homework. Your homework is ALL the odd numbered questions from pages 11-33 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book due Wednesday.
Friday Sept 20: We went over a question from the SOHCAHTOA Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key) and the page 5 assignment in the Trigonometry Assignment Book that I assigned yesterday, then I went through the 2.1.2 lesson (pages 8 -10) in the Trigonometry Notebook. Your homework for the weekend is Assignment Book pages 25-33 odd questions only. We still have some examples to go over, so this assignment won't be due until Wednesday (but I will add more pages after I finish the lesson on Monday). Reminder that if you missed class or want to see the lesson(s) again, there are videos.
Thursday Sept 19: I handed out the new Trigonometry Notebook and the new Trigonometry Assignment Book, Then I went through part of the 2.1.1 lesson (pages 8 and 9) in the notebook. We will ignore pages 1-7 of the notebook. Instead, you can do Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key) that I handed out after yesterday's test. We will also ignore the textbook assignments in the notebook. Our assignments will be in the Trigonometry Assignment Book. Your first assignment is questions 1-25 (all) starting on page 5 of the Trigonometry Assignment Book.
Wednesday Sept 18: TEST 1 - R9, R10 (Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences). For anyone who finished early, you can get started on this Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key)
Tuesday Sept 17: we went over some questions from the page 44-46 assignment, then we did a 1.5 mini quiz (note: all mini quizzes posted here have an answer key attached as the second page of the file - it is not a separate post!). We also did a couple of neat problems from the textbook. Test tomorrow. See yesterday's update for review instructions.
Monday Sept 16: we did a 1.4 mini quiz, then we went over a couple of homework questions from pages 35-41. Then we had time to work on the 1.5 assignment: odds from pages 44-46 of the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. We're getting closer to Wednesday's test. To prepare for the test, you have five sources of review: You can work on even numbered questions that weren't assigned in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. You can also use your mini-quizzes as review material. Don't forget that you can re-watch the lessons and examples on the FRC website. You could also download and work on this Chapter 1 Review Booklet (it has answers at the end of the booklet). Finally, if you really feel that you need more review, you can try Textbook Page 66 #1-8, 10-14, 16-21,23.
Friday Sept 13: we went over a couple of problems from the page 27-34 homework, then we did a 1.3 mini-quiz. Then we did the 1.5 lesson in the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet. Tonight's homework is the odds on pages 35-41 of the Sequences and Series Assignments Book, due Monday. If you are ready to move on, the next assignment will be odds from pages 44-46.
Wednesday Sept 11: today we finished looking at the Al's Allowance problem and discussed a couple more situations where the problems involve exponential growth. Then we did the 1.4 Lesson on the sum of geometric sequences in the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet. Finally the time that was left was work time for the odd numbered questions from pages 27-34 in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. If you are ready to move on, you can start on the odds on pages 35-41 which will be due Monday.
Wednesday Sept 11: we did a Lesson 1.2 practice quiz. Then we looked at solutions to yesterday's page of challenging exponent problems. Then we went over a couple of problems people had with the page 17-22 assignment in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. Finally we did the 1.3 lesson, Geometric Series in the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet. For Friday, you should be done the odd numbered questions from pages 27-34.
Tuesday Sept 10: we did a 1.1 Mini Quiz to make sure everyone is on top of things. Then we had some work time for odd numbered questions from pages 17-22 of the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. Then we looked at sigma notation and did some of the problems from pages 23-25 together. Finally, to prepare for tomorrow's lesson, we did a quick refresher on how exponents work and I handed out a page of challenging exponent problems for you to try. Tonight's homework is to finish the 17-22 questions if you haven't already done so.
Monday Sept 9: we went over a couple of problems from the Sequences and Series Assignments Book page 8-16 assignment that I gave out on Friday. We will do a little mini-quiz (for practice only - not for marks) on this section tomorrow to see if you have the hang of it. Then we did the notes for the 1.2 lesson in the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet . If you missed class or need to see the lesson again, here is the video. If you are ready to move on, you can do the odd numbered questions from pages 17-22. It will be due Wednesday, you will have a little work time in tomorrow's class after the mini-quiz and the next lesson.
Friday Sept 6: we went over the Number Sequence Activity Then we went through the 1.1 Lesson from the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet and assigned the odd numbered questions on pages 8-16 of the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. They are due Monday. We will do a little quiz on this material on Tuesday to check your understanding.
Thursday Sept 5: Welcome to Grade 11 Honours Pre-Calculus! Here is the course outline and an overview of the curriculum. Here is a grade 10 skill review sheet, just to refresh some skills while I hand out your first notes package, the Sequences and Series booklet and a Sequences and Series Assignments Book. If you don't finish it in class, you should try to get it finished for tomorrow. I also handed out a Number Sequence Activity. I'll hand out an answer key for it tomorrow. We will start in the booklets tomorrow.
