Sunday, October 4, 2020

2020-2021 HOMEWORK ONLINE ARCHIVE - OLD POSTS

Semester 2:


SLOT 1A - MCI45SH - INTRODUCTION TO CALCULUS (Honours)


Monday June 14: No Teams meetings this week.  The only students who have to worry about attending this week are the ones who are missing assessments, or hand ins, or who are below the pass line and can use this week to try to make up lost marks to pass/graduate. I have a few students tomorrow and a few more Tuesday, then it's report card writing, grad, then summer!
If anyone is looking for old material from this course, the entire course's updates and blog posts have been archived in Semester 2 in the file: 2020-2021 HOMEWORK ONLINE ARCHIVE - OLD POSTS.  The link should be somewhere on the right.  Have a great summer!

Friday June 11:  aaaand that's the course!  I'll be spending next week doing report cards and working with the handful of students who are re-assessing, 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 (you should get it in the mail any day now) 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.
 It was a very strange year, 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.
I'll leave you with one final video here that nicely explains, with good examples, why we need to study calculus to succeed in finance or medicine.  Personally, I have never needed these rationalizations - I do Calculus because it's fun!  Take care, everyone!

Wednesday June 9 and Thursday June 10: time to work on the 5.5 Assignment in the Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.  If you want to check your work against Desmos, here is a file with all of the graphs to save you having to punch them in.

Tuesday June 8: no new handouts.  We did the 2nd example on the  Putting it All Together handout from yesterday.  You can have the rest of the class as well as tomorrow and Thursday to work on the 5.5 Assignment in the Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.  Here is the video of the lesson.  NO LATE START TOMORROW.  We'll see you at 8:20.

Monday June 7: there are two handouts today, this one, for Even and Odd Symmetry, which is technically the last new lesson of the course.  The second handout is the Putting it All Together examples that lead us to the 5.5 Assignment in the Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.  Here is the video of the class.  We'll finish the second example from this handout tomorrow.  Most of Wednesday and Thursday's classes will be work time for that assignment.  There will be no more assessments or re-assessments.  

Friday June 4:  CURVE SKETCHING TEST - Edsby Multiple Choice Format.  25 questions.  Open book, cams on.  You can have 1 hour (Band students have been excused from slot 1B).

Thursday June 3: Q&A and review period for Friday's test.  Here is a page with all of the Unit D rules in one convenient place.  Reminder that the test tomorrow is open book.

Wednesday June 2: 8th and final lesson in Unit D,  Horizontal Asymptotes.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment for this section is 5.2 #3,4 in the  Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook

Tuesday June 1: lesson 7 in unit D is Vertical Asymptotes, which shouldn't feel like a brand new idea since you explored the concept last semester a couple of times.   Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment for this section is 5.1 #1-3 in the  Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook. 

Monday May 31: today's lesson (number 6 in unit D, if you are keeping score) is the Second Derivative Test.  This is a quicker way to find local max and min than the interval analysis that we learned earlier in this unit, but be warned, it does fail sometimes.  The link in the first sentence here takes you to a blank template for the notes if you want to print them out (it's also in your OneNote Class Notes folder).  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment for this section is 5.4 #1-3 in the  Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.  If you want to print the blank lesson templates for tomorrow and Wednesday, here they are:  Lesson 7:  Vertical Asymptotes and Lesson 8:  Horizontal Asymptotes.

Friday May 28: work and Q & A period for  Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook: 5.3 #1-3, 4.3 #1-4, and any lingering issues with 4.2 or 4.1.

Thursday May 27: even MORE examples of  Concavity and POI!  Here's today's handout.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  Work and Q&A period tomorrow. 

Wednesday May 26: more examples for Lesson 4 - Concavity and POI.  Here is today's handout if you want to save some writing (and here's tomorrow's).  Today's examples are cool - they all have a neat twist to them.  Here is the video of the lesson.

Tuesday May 25: today we're starting Unit D: Lesson 4 - Concavity and Points of Inflection.  This notes set has more diagrams than the last couple, so if you have the opportunity to download and print it or work off of the OneNote file, it will save you some writing.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment for this section is 5.3 (page 10) of the  Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook #1-3.  If you want to get ahead and download the examples/notes handout for Thursday, here is the Lesson 5 template.

 Friday May 21:  Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates Test today.  It will be in your OneNote folder just before class starts.  Log into the Teams meeting.  After 40 minutes we'll get you to take pictures of your work and upload them to the OneNote file.  If you can't get OneNote to work, check your Edsby, it will be downloadable from there.  If you can't get either to work - message me immediately!  Plan C will be email.

Thursday May 20: work and question period.  We will go over a couple of related rate problems (especially the similar triangle ones - I have had several questions about those).  Test is tomorrow.  Open book so you can use your notes and homework if you want.  I still want your cameras on while you write.  See the announcement above for the format of the test.  Your format for submitting the test is the same as it was for the last one.

Wednesday May 19:  we went through lesson 3:  The First Derivative Test.  The assignment for this section is 4.3 #1-4 of the  Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.  Here is a video of the lesson.

Tuesday May 18:  we finished up example 3 in Lesson 2, then had some time to work on the 4.1 and 4.2 assignments.  Here is a video of the lesson.

Monday May 17: Unit D lesson 2 today: Maximum and Minimum values, Fermat's Theorem, and Critical Values.  We'll need tomorrow's class to finish this lesson's last example, but if you are ready to move on, you can start work on 4.2 #1-7 in the Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.  We'll give you tomorrow as a work period after I finish the last example.  Here is a video of today's lesson.

Friday May 14:  we start Unit D today. Lesson 1 is Increasing and Decreasing Functions.  Unless you print off the notes from the link here or you work on the OneNote file I sent you, there will be a little more note-taking than usual today.  I'll go slow.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Your assignment for this lesson is 4.1 #1-5 in the Chapter D - Curve Sketching Workbook.

Thursday May 13: Chain Rule and Implicit Differentiation Test today.  It will be in your OneNote folder just before class starts.  Log into the Teams meeting.  After 40 minutes we'll get you to take pictures of your work and upload them to the OneNote file.  If you can't get OneNote to work, check your Edsby, it will be downloadable from there.  If you can't get either to work - message me immediately!  Plan C will be email.

Wednesday May 12: we had a review/Q&A class for the Chain Rule and Implicit Differentiation test.  We'll do some more related rate problems together tomorrow. Reminder, if you haven't tried them yet, there are review questions on Page 12 #2,3,7,12,  Page 14 #1-6 of the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  PLEASE READ THE EDSBY MESSAGE THAT I POSTED TODAY.

Tuesday May 11: just a work period today.  See you on Teams tomorrow.  It will still be a late start due to the AM staff meeting, just like a regular Wednesday.

Monday May 10: we went over an alternate strategy for example 4 from Friday.  Then we went over Example 5.  Here is a video of the lesson.  You can now do all of the problems on the related rates worksheet.  We'll give you tomorrow as a work period.  We had a conversation about how things will look for the rest of the month, as we switch to full remote learning until May 30th.  I have a guest teacher in for the day, as I will be away for a medical appointment, so we'll cancel tomorrow's TEAMS meetings.  We'll see everyone online on Wednesday.  

Friday May 7: we went over a couple more examples of related rate problems (Examples 3 and 4 in the notes).  Here is the video of the class (the video starts with a homework questions from the  Implicit Differentiation Worksheet).   You can now try #3,5,6,7,10,12,13,14,17,18,19 on the related rates worksheet.    

Thursday May 6:  we started the lesson on Related Rates today, going through Examples 0,1, and 2.  Here is a video of the lesson.  We will continue from there tomorrow.  If you are done working on the Implicit Differentiation assignments and want to get started on the related rates worksheet, you can try #1,8,11,15,20

Wednesday May 5: we had another class for Q&A or work time.  If you are done with the 2.6, 2.7,   Chain Rule Worksheet , and Implicit Differentiation Worksheet , then you can start on the review assignments in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook:  Page 12 #2,3,7,12,  Page 14 #1-6.  EVERYONE SHOULD GO SEE THE EDSBY UPDATE THAT I POSTED TODAY.

Tuesday May 4: we used the class today to have some work time and Q&A for the 2.7 assignment.  If you are ready to move on from that, you can work on the  Implicit Differentiation Worksheet 

Monday May 3:  more implicit differentiation examples today.  Some fun curves with weird equations and weirder graphs.  Here is a video of the lesson.  You can have another night to work on 2.7 #1-7 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  I also handed out an Implicit Differentiation Worksheet for more practice if you are ready to move on.  If anyone is missing the handout for the notes for any of the lessons in this unit, here is a file of all of the blank notes.

Friday April 30:  today we finished up the Implicit Differentiation lesson with the last example from the handout.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment is still  2.7 #1-7.   Have a great weekend.

Thursday April 29:  today was the 2nd part of the Implicit Differentiation lesson, where we use chain rule and Leibniz logic to find the derivative of a curve where we don't (or can't) isolate the y varaible.  We'll finish the lesson off with one more example tomorrow, but if you are all done the Chain Rule assignments and want to get started, the assignment will be 2.7 #1-7.  We'll do an example like #7 next week. 

Wednesday April 28:  Today's lesson introduces the concept of having to work with (and find derivatives of) equations that are not explicitly defined in a single variable.  No new homework yet, you get one more night to finish 2.6 and the  Chain Rule Worksheet .  Here is the video of the lesson and here is the Desmos file I was using in the lesson.

Tuesday April 27: today is a work/ask questions period for the 2.6 section, now that you can do all of #1-10,12.  If you are ready for more practice, I handed out a Chain Rule Worksheet for more practice.

Monday April 26:  today's lesson extends the Chain Rule to include the Product and Quotient Rules.  After today's examples, you can now do 2.6 #6.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed any part of it or want to see these examples again.

Friday April 23:  we went through the Leibniz Notation portion of the Chain Rule Lesson today.  If you missed the class here is a video of the lesson (watch out for the error on example 3).  You can now add the following 2.6 questions to yesterday's assignment:  #2-5,12.

Thursday April 22:  we went through lesson 2, Chain Rule today. Here is the video in case you missed the class.  Your new assignment is 2.6 page 1 #1,7-10.

Wednesday April 21: we started Unit C, with a lesson on Composite Functions.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed it.  Your assignment is #1-7 on page 9 of the  Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.

Monday April 19 - Tuesday April 20 DERIVATIVES TEST Part 2:  Here is a Test Outline

Thursday/Friday April 15-16:   School Wellness Days, no regular classes.  See the post I made on Edsby for more information.

Wednesday April 14: no new lesson, we did examples from 2.5,2.8, and 3.1 together to prepare for the test Monday/Tuesday.  I didn't record the class.  Tomorrow and Friday you report to slot 1 class as normal and we watch a presentation in my room for all of slot 1.  For the day where you are learning from home, your Edbsy will have a link for you to join the Teams meeting at 8:25.  If you can't find it in your Edsby, use the link I posted in tomorrow's update (above).

Monday April 12 & Tuesday April 13: DERIVATIVES TEST Part 1.  No Teams meeting today.

Friday April 9:  no new lesson, but I went through 3.1 #7 with the class.  If you missed it, here is the video.  Then it was work and ask questions time.  Part 1 of the unit test is Monday/Tuesday.  I'll cancel the Teams meetings for those days - message me on Edsby if you need me.

Thursday April 8: we did our last new lesson of the Derivatives unit, Velocity and Acceleration.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed it or wanted to see it again.  The assignment for this section is 3.1 #1-9 and 3.2 #1,3(omit d),4,7,8.  You will get time in class tomorrow to work or ask questions. The answer key in the booklet for 3.1 and 3.2 is incomplete, so here is a better scan.

Wednesday April 7: we went back to do some more practice together on sketching graphs of derivatives, reviewing the Graphs of Derivatives Worksheets  (here is the answer key) from earlier in the unit.  After that, I took homework questions and people had time to work on yesterday's assignment.  New lesson tomorrow.

Tuesday April 6:  Today's lesson is on higher order derivatives.  Here is the video if you missed the lesson or want to go through it again.  Here is the DESMOS file I was using in class.  The assignment for today's lesson is 2.8 #1 (a,b,c,d,f,h), 2(a,b), 3,6,8 and page 33 #1-3
 
Monday April 5: welcome back!  No new lesson today (so no video either).  We went over some 2.4 and 2.5 questions together.  New lesson tomorrow.

Friday March 26:  First, it was CUSR day! Then we went through the last three Quotient rule examples. If you missed the class here is the video.  The assignment for that section is 2.5 #1-3,5-7.  HAVE A GREAT BREAK.

Thursday March 25:  First, it was CUSR day! (you'll see), then we wrapped up yesterday's Product rule lesson, then we did the first three examples for Lesson 6: Quotient Law. Here is the video of the lesson if you missed any of it and here is the Desmos file that I was using for the examples. Tomorrow you will mainly have time to work/ask questions.

Wednesday March 24:  we started the lesson on the Product Rule for derivatives.  We got through the examples and we'll wrap up the discussion of what they mean tomorrow.  I started looking at the graphs of the examples at the end of the class.  The graphs are in this file, if you want to explore them for yourself. If you missed the class or want to see the examples again, here is the video.  Your next assignment is from the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet: a little more basic derivative practice 2.3 #1-3,6-10,12,13.  If you are ready to move on to try practicing today's material, the product rule questions are 2.4 #1-6.

Tuesday March 23: we did another look at Differentiation today, with another example of determining whether or not a piecewise function is continuous and now, seeing if it is differentiable at a specific point.  Not a long lesson (here is the video if you missed it) - and as promised, the only question I am adding to the assignment from yesterday is page 28 #29.  Then work time.

Monday March 22:  we talked about a couple of questions on last week's test and then went over a few questions from the homework.  For more practice on 2.1 and 2.2, you can do the following questions from the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet:  Page 23 #2-4,6 and page 26 #1-5.  New lesson tomorrow, but I'll only add one question to the homework between today and Wednesday.

Thursday March 18: we went over the Derivatives-Other Notations Handout and the Basic Derivatives Rules lesson today.  This is a key class, so if you missed any of it (or want to watch it again) here is the video.  The homework for this lesson is 2.2 #1-4,7-10,12 in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet.  If you are interested learning more of the history of the development of calculus and the feud between Lebniz and Sir Isaac Newton, check out this video.

Wednesday March 17:  just a quick little lesson on Differentiability, then either time to work or ask me questions.  You should now be doing all of 2.1 #2-6,8-13,16 in the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet and the Graphs of Derivatives Worksheets  (here is the answer key). Here is the video of today's lesson.  BAH!  I forgot to hand out tomorrow's notes this morning (if you see this before you go home today, stop by my room) - here they are if you want to print them.  The same file is in the "Derivatives" folder in your OneNote Drive.

Tuesday March 16: today's lesson is a continuation of yesterday's look at derivatives. Today we explore the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its derivative function. Here is my key for the last page of examples in today's lesson (I already don't like my estimate for the first one - I made it too steep).  You can now add 2.1 #2 and 13 to the assignment from yesterday and you can do the Graphs of Derivatives Worksheets.  If you missed the lesson or want to see it again, here is the video.

Monday March 15: we started Unit B: Derivatives today, with the first lesson, the definition of a derivative (first principles of the derivative).  The first assignment is in the 2.1 section, page 2 #4-6,8,10,11 of the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  Today's ODD students are reminded to check back in to Room 203 before leaving today - tomorrow's notes and handout will be available sometime after 9 AM.

Thursday Mar 11 and Friday Mar 12:  Assessment #2: 1.4,1.6 - Continuity, Slopes of Tangents (formulas 1 and 2), and  Limits to Infinity.  I'll open a Teams meeting at the start of the class but attendance is optional for this one.  

Tuesday/Wednesday March 9/10: Q & A and work time.  I'll have a Teams meeting going for anyone who wants to ask for help from home.  If you are looking for extra practice on Continuity problems, you could do #13 on page 29.

Monday March 8:  today's lesson is for Limits as x approaches infinity.  We started with a little refresher on infinite geometric series and Zeno's paradox, then went into some examples.  Your new assignment is 1.3 #10 (a quick review of the Continuity example from Friday), and then 1.6 #1-5,8 and the  Limits to Infinity worksheet that I handed out today (ODD students, you will get it tomorrow).  Here is the video of today's lesson.

Friday March 5: we did a small lesson where we go from Formula 2 to a general equation for the slope of a tangent for any specific curve we also looked back at continuity a bit and worked through an example of a piecewise function without having a graph to look at. Here is the video for today's class. No new assignment, over the weekend, make sure you have tried all of the 1.4 and page 24 assignments.

Thursday March 4: we spent a few minutes at the start of class looking at last week's Quiz.  I wanted to point out some little details that a few people are getting wrong.  Then it was a continuation of yesterday's class:  Q&A time or work time for Exercise 1.4 and page 24.

Wednesday March 3: today we'll slow down a bit and let students have a work period for the Exercise 1.4 questions.  If you are done and want more practice, you can do page 24 #3-6 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  

Tuesday March 2: today is part 2 of the Chapter 1.4 lesson, where we introduce "Formula 2" for finding the slope of a tangent line using limits.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Your homework for this lesson is Exercise 1.4 #1a(ii), #2a(ii), #8-11 (use Formula 2 for all of these).  Tomorrow will be a work/help period for this (and yesterday's) assignment.  I'll add some optional questions from later in the booklet if people are done and want more practice.  

Monday March 1:  we started our two part lesson on the Equation of tangent lines with the lesson that derives and gives us examples of "Formula 1".  For homework tonight you can do Exercise 1.4 #1a(i),b,c, #2a(i),b,c, #6-7.  Here is a link to the video of today's lesson.

Friday Feb 26: today's class is the Chapters 1.1-1.3 test day for the EVEN2B students, while the ODD1A students at home can have a morning off - I won't print out a Teams attendance today, but I'll have the Teams meeting open if you want to pop in and ask questions that I can answer (quietly) on Teams. 

Thursday Feb 25:   today's class is the Chapters 1.1-1.3 test day for the Odd1A students, while the EVEN2B students at home can have a morning off - I won't print out a Teams attendance today, but I'll have the Teams meeting open if you want to pop in and ask questions that I can answer (quietly) on Teams.  Next time we quiz, we'll make sure that the EVEN2Bs have to go first.

Wednesday Feb 24: today's class will just be work time and/or a chance to ask questions about any of the homework from 1.1-1.3 before we quiz on the material tomorrow and Friday.  I won't bother recording the class but I will have Teams open for those who might want to ask questions from home.  If you are looking for the answer key for the review practice questions I assigned yesterday, the page 21 questions have a key on page 31 (see "Section 3.1") and the page 27 questions have a key starting at "Section 3.3" on the top right column on page 32.

Tuesday Feb 23:  Today's lesson is Continuity.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Now you should be able to finish all of Exercise 1.3 #1-7,9 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  Tomorrow will be a review/ask questions class.  If you are ready to start some review practice tonight, do page 21 #1,2 (use Desmos and/or Excel for those), Page 27 #2,3,9-11, 21.  

Monday Feb 22:  Today we did a lesson on one sided limits.  Your homework for this lesson is Exercise 1.3 #1-7,9 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet, but don't panic if you aren't quite sure how to do it all yet.  Tomorrow's lesson on Continuity will likely clear up your questions.  Here is the answer key for the pink. Limit Practice handout from Friday.

Friday Feb 19:  ODD1As are in class, while the EVEN2Bs join us on Teams.  Today we go through more examples of using algebra methods to calculate limits.  Here is the video of today's class.  Your homework for this lesson is to continue to work on Exercise 1.2 #1-9,12 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet as well as the pink. Limit Practice handout.

Thursday Feb 18:  EVEN2Bs are in class, while the ODD1As join us on Teams.  Today's lesson gets us to the formal concept and definition of a LIMIT, and we look at the algebra tools that we can use to calculate them.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  Your homework for this lesson is Exercise 1.2 #1-9,12 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  We'll do more examples of tougher limits tomorrow and you'll have until Monday to work through this assignment.  We will look to assess this material with a formal quiz later next week.

Wednesday Feb 17:  ODD1As are in class, while EVEN2Bs join us on Teams.  Today's example is a continuation of the examples from yesterday.  The homework assignment remains the same as yesterday:  Do Exercise 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10.  To help you with the calculations in #7-10, please feel free to use Desmos or Excel the same way that I did in class today (see videos from yesterday's blog post).  Then, do the handout A secant example for you to try.  You can check your answer against  my graph here.  If you missed today's class, here is a video.

Tuesday Feb 16:  EVEN2Bs in class today, while the ODD1As joined us at home from Microsoft Teams.  If you are having trouble finding the Teams meeting, check your Edsby, I made a post there with a picture that might help you out.
Today's lesson is titled "Unit A: Limits. Using Secants to Approximate Rate of Change".  ODD1A students, I gave you a handout for this lesson on Friday.  I also shared it with the class on your OneNote account.  Here is the video of today's lesson.
I used Desmos to solve the three examples in today's lesson.  You can see my solutions here:  Example 1, Example 2, Example 3.  I made a video of how to make these graphs on Desmos for yourself.  I also made this video of how to use Excel to to do the same calculations repeatedly, so that when you have have to do these sorts of questions in your homework, you can save some time.
Your homework for this lesson is in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  Do Exercise 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10.  To help you with the calculations in #7-10, please feel free to use Desmos or Excel the same way that I did in the video linked above.  Once you have mastered those questions, you can try the handout A secant example for you to try, (ODD1A students, you will get a hardcopy of this handout tomorrow).  You can check your answer against  my graph here.
If you are still working through page 3 of the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet, you may have noticed that I forgot to copy the answer key for problems #9-16 so here they are, for anyone who gave them a try and wants to check their work.  

Friday Feb 12:  Today's lesson was a general, conceptual introduction to calculus and the concept of a LIMIT, using some (hopefully) familiar examples.  Here is a video of the lesson.  No new assignment, so over the weekend you can keep working on the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet and the  function notation review (here is the answer key).  It was noticed that problem #14 on the 2nd page of the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet doesn't work - it must have the wrong answer key copied, since those points are definitely NOT linear or quadratic.  Please ignore that question.

Thursday Feb 11: So we start the course for real today, with the Odd1A group joining us on Teams.  I went through how to work with function notation.   Here is the answer key to the handout from yesterday.  Then we looked at factoring sums and differences of cubes, polynomial long division,  the factor theorem, and a quick review of rationalizing denominators.  If you missed any part of today's lesson, check back here later for a link to the video.  You should now be able to finish all of the skills in the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet.  Tomorrow will be our first real "calculus" lesson.  Before we start, watch this video introducing calculus. 

Wednesday Feb 10:  Today was the same plan as yesterday - just going over the course outline,  setting people up on TEAMS (join with the code:cjbajmv) and talking about our course expectations.  Tomorrow, the Odd 1A group will join us on Teams and we will do a lesson that covers the material that may be new to you in the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet and the function notation review.  Tonight, you can start working on those two worksheets, but there are some questions that you maybe won't know how to do until tomorrow's lesson, so don't panic!  Of course, feel free to google things like "factor theorem" or "polynomial long division" or "factoring sum of cubes".  

Tuesday February 9:  Welcome to Semester 2: Introduction to Calculus.  Today we went over the course outline, and invited everyone to join our class on TEAMS with the code:  cjbajmv
We'll start making the Teams meeting mandatory starting on Thursday.  Until then we have the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet and a function notation review that I handed out today.  You can get started on those tonight.



SLOT 2 - MES40S - GR 12 ESSENTIAL MATH


Monday June 14: Your last test (Home Finance) is now open on Edsby for you to see your score and check which questions you did wrong.  Your marks are now final.  No Teams meetings this week.  The only students who have to worry about attending this week are the ones who are missing assessments, or hand ins, or who are below the pass line and can use this week to try to make up lost marks to pass/graduate. I have a few students tomorrow and a few more Tuesday, then it's report card writing, grad, then summer!
If anyone is looking for old material from this course, the entire course's updates and blog posts have been archived in Semester 2 in the file: 2020-2021 HOMEWORK ONLINE ARCHIVE - OLD POSTS.  The link should be somewhere on the right.  Have a great summer!


Friday June 11:  aaaand that's the course!  I'll be spending next week doing report cards and working with the handful of students who are re-assessing, but you can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me.  
 It was a very strange year, 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.

Thursday June 10:  HOME FINANCE TEST.  The test is on Edsby.  You may use your notes and a calculator.  Keep your TEAM meeting for the class open in case you have any questions. 

Wednesday June 9: we had time to work on this Practice Test, then we went over some questions tomorrow.  Make sure you have all the notes you need in the Home Finance Notes Booklet for the test tomorrow (it is open book).

Tuesday June 8: we went over some of the homework questions from Assignments 5,6,7,9,10 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  Tomorrow we'll do some practice test questions.  If you are looking for extra practice, you can download and try this old Practice Test.  NO LATE START TOMORROW.  We'll see you at 9:37.

Monday June 7: we went over some Home Finance Problems from an old provincial exam together.  I just put these together the other day, so you don't have a handout of these problems, but you missed the class, I shared it with you on OneNote (look in your "Class Notes" folder).  Here is the video of the class.  Tomorrow and Wednesday we will go over some question from the Assignments 5,6,7,9,10 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  Then we test on Thursday.  After Thursday's test,  there will be no more assessments or re-assessments with the exception of students who have not completed the credit or students with an overall average in the course below 50%.  

Friday June 4: work period for Assignments 5,6,7,9,10 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet and the last chance to hand in the  Mortgage Hand In  and the Vehicle Finance Hand In #2.  Here is the link to the  Awards Ceremony in case you have a prep in slot 3 and want to check it out.

Thursday June 3: last lesson of the Home Finance unit:  Lesson 8: Renting vs Buying.  There is no assignment for this lesson, so after we have some discussion, we go back to having some work time.  

Wednesday June 2: today is a work and catch-up day for the Assignments 5,6,7,9,10 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  A few people still need to hand in the  Mortgage Hand In (it was due yesterday, but better late than never!) and the Vehicle Finance Hand In #2 (the Edsby assignment - I extended the submission deadline until Friday)  If I get these by the end of the week they can still be worth full marks!

Tuesday June 1: we did Lesson 7 (part 2 today) looking at energy efficiency and how it affects the cost of owning a house.  Here is the video of the lesson.  You can now work on Assignments 5,6,7,9,10 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.

Monday May 31: we did Lessons 9 and 10 in the Home Finance Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Then we had work time.  If you are done the Mortgage Hand In (due tomorrow) and you finished Assignments 5 and 6, in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet, you can work on Assignments 9 and 10. 

Friday May 28: today is a work and catch-up day for the  Vehicle Finance Hand In #2 (the Edsby assignment - due today) and the Mortgage Hand In (due Tuesday)  OR the Assignments: 5,6,and 7 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.

Thursday May 27: today we went through Lessons 6 and 7 in the Home Finance Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Then we had work time.  If you are done both of the hand ins (see Tuesday's post and make sure you are done them!) and you finished Assignment 5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet, you can work on Assignments 6 and 7. 

Wednesday May 26:  today's class started with the student council election speeches.  If you want to cast your vote, follow this link.  Then we did another Mortgage Amortization table calculation example.  Then we went through Lesson 5: Other Costs in the  Home Finance Notes Booklet.  You can now do Assignment 5 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  Get those hand-ins to me!  They count for marks (a few of you really NEED those marks!).  Here is the video of me going over another Mortgage Amortization table example and here is the video of Lesson 5.

Tuesday May 25: today we're going to have a work period for the the Mortgage Hand In (final due date: one week from today) and the Assignments 3 and 4 quesitons in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  Also, some people still haven't finished the Vehicle Finance Hand In #2 (the final due date for that is this Friday).  PLEASE NOTE:  For Assignment #3, you have to use the online mortgage calculator that we used in last week's lesson to get their answer for #2.  For #3, the best answer would be to cut down on Entertainment expenses or put less $ into savings (you can think of the equity in the house as savings, so it's sometimes just as good to put $ towards the prinicipal of the mortgage as it is to invest it). For #4, using the online calculator, your answers should be: a) $39 509.13, b) $145.16, c)  13 years, d) $6 131.78

Friday May 21:  We did Lesson 4:  GDSR in the Home Finance Notes Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed it.  Then we had work time today, you can work on the the Mortgage Hand In and the Assignments 3 and 4 quesitons in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  Also, some people still haven't finished the Vehicle Finance Hand In #2.

Thursday May 20:  we went over question #1 in Assignment #2 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet together. Then the internet went down so we'll do the new lesson tomorrow.   

Wednesday May 19:  we went over the same two examples we did yesterday, but this time we used Microsoft Excel to make the spreadsheet and looked at the mortgage over the entire 20 or 25 years. If you want to play around with these Excel files yourself, you can download them here. Then, in the Home Finance Notes Booklet ,we did the Lesson 3: Lab Day Examples together, using this online mortgage calculator.  You can still work on Assignments 1 and 2 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet..  Here is a video of the lesson.

Tuesday May 18:  we went over the Assignment 1 questions from yesterday, then we started Lesson 2 in the Home Finance Notes Booklet.  Then we had time to work on Assignment 2.  Here is the video of the lesson. Tomorrow we will do another example of mortgage amortization tables and then we'll learn how to use Microsoft Excel to make these tables.

Monday May 17: Time to start the Home Finance Unit!  We watched this video.  Then we did Lesson 1 in the  Home Finance Notes Booklet.  For anyone who missed the class, here is the video of me going thorough lesson 1.  Now you can do Assignment 1 in the Home Finance Assignments Booklet.  

Friday May 14:  Vehicle Finance Test today.  It will be in your Edsby.  Use your notes and a calculator to answer the 10 questions.  If you can't get it to work - message me immediately! 



Thursday May 13: we went through more practice problems to prepare for the test tomorrow.  Then we had work time for second Vehicle Finance Hand In, which you can find on Edsby.   I recorded the part of the class where we went through the practice questions, for the students away for Eid.  Here is the video.

Wednesday May 12:   I went over some old exam problems in Vehicle Finance with the class and asked if anyone had any problems with any of the problems on the Vehicle Finance practice test.  I showed people how to do the Edsby hand in assignment.  You can have time to work on that tomorrow and we can do one more class with some review before the test on Friday.  PLEASE READ THE EDSBY MESSAGE THAT I POSTED TODAY.

Tuesday May 11: just a work period today.  See you on Teams tomorrow.  It will still be a late start due to the AM staff meeting, just like a regular Wednesday.

Friday May 7 and Monday May 10: we went over the Assignment 8  in the Assignment booklet for a few minutes, then we did Lesson 9 in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet, Car Loans.  Here is a video of the class.  Your new homework is Assignment 9 questions # 1-3 in the Vehicle Finance Assignment Booklet.  Here is the answer key.  Reminder:  a few of you still owe me the  hand in for Fuel Economy.
When you are finished the assignment, if you are at home, you can start on the second Vehicle Finance Hand In, which you can find on Edsby.  You will be able to work on it online.  We'll give you tomorrow as a work period for the Vehicle Finance practice test that I handed out today and my guest teacher will hand out tomorrow.  Anyone who is learning from home both days can download it from the link. Since I have a guest teacher in for the day, as I will be away for a medical appointment, we'll cancel tomorrow's TEAMS meetings.  We'll see everyone online on Wednesday.  STARTING ON WEDNESDAY YOU MUST LOG IN TO THE TEAMS MEETINGS EVERY DAY.

Wednesday May 5 and Thursday May 6: I handed out some Old Exam Vehicle Finance Problems that we worked on together. Then we did Lesson 8 in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet, Leasing a Vehicle.  If you missed the lesson, here is a video.  You can now do Assignment 8 #1,2 in the Assignment booklet.  Here is the answer key.  EVERYONE SHOULD GO SEE THE EDSBY UPDATE THAT I POSTED TODAY.

Monday May 3 and Tuesday May 4:  today we went over a couple of the homework questions from Assignments 5 and 6, then we did Lesson 7: Buying a Used Vehicle in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson, in case you missed the class or need to see it again.  You can now do the Assignment 7 questions in the Assignment booklet, here is the answer key.  If you finish with time to spare, you can work on your  hand in for Fuel Economy.

Thursday April 29 and Friday April 30:  today we went over a couple of the Assignment 4 questions together, then we did Lessons 5 and 6 in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet:  Buying a New Vehicle and Depreciation.  If you missed the lesson, here is the video of it.  Your Assignment for this lesson is Assignment 5 #1-4  and Assignment 6 #1.  Here is the answer key for that assignment.  I also handed out our first hand in for the unit:  Fuel Economy.  You can hand it in next week.

Tuesday April 27 and Wednesday April 28: today we did Lesson 4: Fuel Economy in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet. We discussed the cost of fuel for a vehicle as part of home budgeting considerations and looked at this helpful government website.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed it or want to see it again.  Your assignment is Assignment 4 #2a, 2b, 3,4,5,7,8  in the Assignment booklet.  Here is the answer key (it also has the key for the assignment 5).   Here is a video of me making the answer key if you need further explanations. 

Monday April 26:  today's lesson is a repeat of what we did with the rest of the group on Friday.  We started with handing back the Probability test, then going over a couple of the homework questions from yesterday.  Then we went through lessons 3 in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet.  We're not going to do calculations or a formal Assignment for Lesson 3: Autopac.  It will only be an in-class discussion.  If we HAD been doing Assignment 3 together, it would have been based on this year's AUTOPAC Insurance Rate Calculator - we spent a few minutes in class going through it.  We also spent a few minutes on the MPIC Licensing page, to see how much having a bad driving record (moving violations and accidents caused) will increase how much you pay!  Some of the other topics we discuss involve learning about how Manitoba's government run, public insurance compares to other provinces where private companies sell vehicle owners their insurance.  We read this Globe and Mail article and did some investigating here.  It's interesting - people who think that privatization of the auto-insurance industry would create more competition and lead to cheaper insurance are not necessarily correct.  

Friday April 23: we started with going over a couple of the homework questions from yesterday.  Then we went through lessons 3 in the Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet.  We're not going to do calculations or a formal Assignment for Lesson 3: Autopac.  It will only be an in-class discussion.  If we HAD been doing Assignment 3 together, it would have been based on this year's AUTOPAC Insurance Rate Calculator - we spent a few minutes in class going through it.  We also spent a few minutes on the MPIC Licensing page, to see how much having a bad driving record (moving violations and accidents caused) will increase how much you pay!  Some of the other topics we discuss involve learning about how Manitoba's government run, public insurance compares to other provinces where private companies sell vehicle owners their insurance.  We read this Globe and Mail article and did some investigating here.  It's interesting - people who think that privatization of the auto-insurance industry would create more competition and lead to cheaper insurance are not necessarily correct.  

Thursday April 22: repeat of yesterday's class for the other group.  We go through the notes and examples for Lessons 1 and 2 from the new Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet.  We also watched this video together.  While you are at home tomorrow you can work on Assignments #1 and 2 in the Assignment booklet (here is the answer key).  If you missed class yesterday and today, here's the video for Lessons 1 and 2 that I made last year.

Wednesday April 21: we started the new Vehicle Finance Notes Booklet by going through the notes and examples for Lessons 1 and 2.  We also watched this video together.  While you are at home tomorrow you can work on Assignments #1 and 2 in the Assignment booklet (here is the answer key). 

Monday April 19 - Tuesday April 20:  PROBABILITY TEST

Thursday April 15-Friday April 16:  School Wellness Days, no regular classes.  See the post I made on Edsby for more information.

Wednesday April 14:  we worked through the Probability Test Review together to prepare for Monday/Tuesday's test.  I had a teams meeting open for the ODD students who want to see us do this review, or who have any questions, since they won't get the chance to do this in person.  Tomorrow and Friday's classes are cancelled due to our school Wellness Day activities.  See the post I made on Edsby for more details.

Monday April 12 & Tuesday April 13:  we worked on the Extra Probability Questions booklet today.  I also handed out a Probability Test Review that you can start if you are done the other booklet.  I opened a Teams meeting for anyone at home that might want help with the homework. Reminder:  the Probabilities Hand In is now overdue. 

Thursday April 8/Friday April 9: we worked through the Old Provincial Exam Probability Questions together.  Then we had some work time for the Extra Probability Questions booklet.   Reminder:  the Probabilities Hand In is now due.

Wednesday April 7: we did the rest of the  Expected Values(Exercise 40-41) worksheet together (here is its answer key) and then we moved on to the Old Provincial Exam Probability Questions.  Reminder:  the Probabilities Hand In is now due.

Monday April 5 & Tuesday April 6: welcome back!  I handed out three booklets that we will use this week to get us ready for test next week:  Expected Values(Exercise 40-41), Extra Probability Questions, and Old Provincial Exam Probability Questions.  Reminder:  next class you have a hand in due:  the  Probabilities Hand In.  

Friday March 26: First, it was CUSR day! (you'll see), then we did Lesson 5 in the  Probability Booklet (we skipped the last page - not part of this unit).  Then we had time to work on the  Probabilities Hand In that is due on April 6th.  Over the break, finish the hand in and enjoy some time off!

Thursday March 25:  First, it was CUSR day! (you'll see), then we went over and discussed Assignments 4 and 6 in the Probability Assignment Booklet.  Then I handed out a  Probabilities Hand In that will be due on April 7th and we had some work time.  Over the break, finish the hand in and enjoy some time off!

Wednesday March 24: we went over and discussed Assignments 4 and 6 in the Probability Assignment Booklet.  Then I handed out a  Probabilities Hand In that will be due on April 6th.  You will have some work time for it on Friday.

Tuesday March 23:  we did the Lessons 2 and 4 class for the other group today.  If you miss today's class (or you missed Friday) see Friday's post for a link to the video of lesson 2 and here is a link to the video for Lesson 4.  The assignment for today's lesson is the following questions in the  Probability Assignment Booklet:  Assignment 4 #1-4 and Assignment 6 #1-3,5-8 (here is the answer key).  If you finish that, you can move on to Assignment 7 #1-4.

Monday March 22:  we did the Lesson 4 in the  Probability Booklet.  Then we had work time for the assignment from Thursday:  Probability Assignment Booklet:  Assignment 4 #1-4 and Assignment 6 #1-3,5-8 (here is the answer key).  If you finish that, you can move on to Assignment 7 #1-4

Thursday March 18:  today the other half of the class wrapped up the Experimental Probability Activity.   Then we went through Lesson 2 in the Probability Booklet.  If you missed today's class, here is a video of the lesson part of it.  You can now do the following questions in the  Probability Assignment Booklet:  Assignment 4 #1-4 and Assignment 6 #1-3,5-8 (here is the answer key).  

Wednesday March 17: today's class sees us finishing the Experimental Probability Activity.  No new assignment.

Tuesday March 16: today's class sees us finishing the Experimental Probability Activity and going over the answers to Assignment #2 in the Probability Assignment Booklet  (Here is the answer key). 

Monday March 15: the other half of the class's turn to work on  Assignment #1 and Assignment #2 in the Probability Assignment Booklet  (Here is the answer key).  We also started working on an Experimental Probability Activity that we will finish on Wednesday.   I'll open a Teams meeting today if anyone at home wants to ask any questions.  

Friday March 12:  work time for  Assignment #1 and Assignment #2 in the Probability Assignment Booklet  (Here is the answer key).  We also started working on an Experimental Probability Activity that we will finish on Tuesday.   I'll open a Teams meeting today if anyone at home wants to ask any questions. 

Thursday March 11:  we continued our introduction to Probability today.  We went over the  Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?).  Then we did Lesson #3 in the Probability Booklet (we'll go back and do lesson #2 later).  You can now do all of Assignment #1 and Assignment #2 in the Probability Assignment Booklet  (Here is the answer key).  I'll open a Teams meeting today if anyone at home wants to see this lesson, but I will be repeating it tomorrow.  If you need to watch the video of the lesson, here it is.

Wednesday March 10:  we continued our introduction to Probability today.  We went over the  Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?).  Then we did Lesson #3 in the Probability Booklet (we'll go back and do lesson #2 later).  You can now do all of Assignment #1 and Assignment #2 in the Probability Assignment Booklet  (Here is the answer key).  I'll open a Teams meeting today if anyone at home wants to see this lesson, but I will be repeating it tomorrow.  If you need to watch the video of the lesson, here it is.

Test 1:  Trigonometry - Monday/Tuesday March 8/9 - you can bring in a calculator and one page of notes or examples.  You will be given a formula sheet.

Friday March 5:  same plan as yesterday, ODD students saw the first lesson in the new  Probability Booklet.  See yesterday's post below if you need the video. The assignment is the  Probability Puzzle page (What did the girl rock say to the boy rock?).  You can work on this Monday or Tuesday, when you are at home and the other half of the class is doing their test.  If you want to move ahead, you can work on Assignment #1 in the  Probability Assignment Booklet,  I will post a key next week. 

Thursday March 4: we spent a few minutes seeing if anyone had any homework questions in Trig before Monday's test, then I started the new unit, Probability today.  Here is the Probability Booklet  for you to download.  I'll do the lesson tomorrow for the ODD students, but in case you are absent or want to see it again,  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?).  You can work on this Monday or Tuesday, when you are at home and the other half of the class is doing their test.  If you want to move ahead, you can work on Assignment #1 in the  Probability Assignment Booklet,  I will post a key next week.

Wednesday March 3: today is the ODD1As turn to go through the old provincial exam trig questions, then work on the  Trig Practice test (here is a better answer key than the one at the end of the file).  This is the last day we'll spend much time on Trig until next week's test.  I'll open a Teams meeting for the EVEN students at home if anyone has any questions.

Tuesday March 2: today is the day we go through the old provincial exam trig questions together and generally review the first unit.  We will talk about how next week's test will look and what you can do to prepare for it.  Then we will have time to work on the Trig Practice test (answer key is at the end of the file).

Monday March 1:  today was the ODD1A students' turn to have a work period for the booklet with old provincial exam trig questions and the problem solving worksheet.  That one is a HAND-IN due before the end of the week - you have to solve (showing work) any 4 of the 7 problems.  I will open a Teams meeting for the EVEN2Bs at home, if any of you have questions you want help with.  People ready to move on can work on a Trig Practice test (answer key is at the end of the file) that I will hand out today.

Friday Feb 26: today's class is work time for the workbooklet with old provincial exam trig questions and the  problem solving worksheet.  That one is a HAND-IN due next week - you have to solve (showing work) any 4 of the 7 problems.  I will open a Teams meeting for the ODD1As at home, if any of you have questions you want help with.

Thursday Feb 25:   today's class will be the ODD1As chance to do some examples of word problems where we have to make diagrams for ourselves and then figure out if it is a Sine Law or  Cosine Law situation.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed it or want to see it again.  Then I handed out a workbooklet with old provincial exam trig questions for people to work on once they are done the  Sine Law  HAND IN Worksheet - which needs to be handed in today so I can mark it over the weekend. EVEN2Bs at home, I'll open a Teams meeting if you want to stop in and ask any questions.  If anyone is really working fast, they can start on the second hand in assignment: this problem solving worksheet.  It will be a HAND-IN due next week.  You have to solve (showing work) any 4 of the 7 problems in the hand in.

Wednesday Feb 24: today we do some examples of word problems where we have to make diagrams for ourselves and then figure out if it is a Sine Law or  Cosine Law situation.  Then I handed out a workbooklet with old provincial exam trig questions for people to work on once they are done the  Sine Law  HAND IN Worksheet.  If anyone is really working fast, they can start on the second hand in assignment: this problem solving worksheet.  It will be a HAND-IN due next week.  You have to solve (showing work) any 4 of the 7 problems in the hand in.

Tuesday Feb 23: today's class was The ODD1A students' turn to see the lesson on how to find angles using cosine law, then it was work time for the Sine Law  HAND IN Worksheet and time to  finish the Cosine Quest worksheet (here is the  answer key).  If you are done that, you can do the Law of Cosines Assignment.  Tomorrow we will do a new lesson focusing on word problems.

Monday Feb 22:  Today we did a lesson on how to use Cosine Law to find angles in lesson 4 page 7 of the  Trigonometry booklet.  Here is a video of today's lesson if you missed it.  You can now do all of the  Cosine Quest worksheet (here is the answer key).  If you are ready to move on, you can work on the the Sine Law  (HAND IN) Worksheet. 

Friday Feb 19:  ODD1As are in class, for their look at the lesson I did yesterday with the EVEN2Bs.  The lesson is part 1 of  Cosine Law, which is pages 5 and 6 in the Trigonometry booklet.  If you are finished the Sine Law Quest worksheet and are ready to move on, the next assignment is the Cosine Quest worksheet (here is the answer key).  After today's lesson, you can do #2,4, and 6.  You will be able to do the rest of the worksheet after Monday's lesson.  If you missed today's lesson, here is a link to the video. 

Thursday Feb 18:  EVEN2Bs are in class, while the ODD1As join us on Teams for help with the Sine Law Quest worksheet (here is an answer key).  Then they can either log off and keep working on their own, or join us for today's lesson on Cosine Law, which is pages 5 and 6 in the Trigonometry booklet.  If you are finished the Sine Law Quest worksheet and are ready to move on, the next assignment is the Cosine Quest worksheet (here is the answer key).  After today's lesson, you can do #2,4, and 6.  You will be able to do the rest of the worksheet after Monday's lesson.  If you missed today's lesson, here is a link to the video. 

Wednesday Feb 17:  ODD1As are in class, while EVEN2Bs join us on Teams for the first few minutes of class, then they can either decide to stay for a repeat of yesterday's lesson, or work on their own on the Sine Law Quest worksheet (here is an answer key). .  For the students in class, I am doing the same SINE LAW lesson today that I did yesterday.  It is the first two pages in the new Trigonometry booklet.  Once we finish the lesson, we had time to work on the Sine Law Quest worksheet (here is an answer key). 

Tuesday Feb 16:  EVEN2Bs in class today, while the ODD1As joined us at home from Microsoft Teams for a few minutes while we went over any problems people had with the Right Angle Trig Review sheet .  If you are having trouble finding the Teams meeting, check your Edsby, I made a post there with a picture that might help you out.
Once we finished going over the Right Angled Trig, I handed out the 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, while I do the same lesson with the ODD1A class.

Friday Feb 12: ODD1As today we did a few examples of right triangle Trigonometry problems together, then we had work time for the  Right Angle Trig Review sheet  (Here is an answer key) that I handed out last class.  You should finish it by next class (Wednesday), because we will be starting something new.  EVEN2Bs at home today can just work on finishing the worksheet.  I will have Team open if you have any questions. If anyone has missed the first couple of classes, I made a video of the examples we did today, so you can see them here.

Thursday Feb 11: EVEN2Bs: today we continued looking at right triangles and we reviewed trigonometry that you learned in either grade 10 or 11.  We had work time for the Right Angle Trig Review sheet  (Here is an answer key) that I handed out last class.  You should finish it by next class (Tuesday).  ODD1As:  I will repeat this lesson tomorrow and you will have until Tuesday to finish the worksheet. 

Wednesday Feb 10:  Today was the same plan as yesterday - just going over the course outline, setting people up on TEAMS (join with the code:  jihol9b) and talking about our course expectations.  We talked about Triangles and did an example for the Right Angle Trig Review sheet  (Here is an answer key) that I handed out, but we need to go over a few more examples next class before we're ready to try the whole worksheet.  If you are feeling confident in your old SOHCAHTOA skills and you want to try working on it on your own, go ahead, but it's not homework until after you have had some work time in class on Friday (don't forget to bring a Scientific Calculator).

Tuesday February 9:  Welcome to Semester 2: Grade 12 Essential Math.  Today we went over a course outline, and invited everyone to join our class on TEAMS with the code: jihol9b 
We start the course with a  Right Angle Trig Review sheet  (Here is an answer key).  You can get started on it tonight if you want, but we only got through one example in class today before we ran out of time.  On Thursday we'll be ready to work on it in class (don't forget to bring a scientific calculator).



SLOT 3 -  MPC40S - GR 12 PRE-CALCULUS MATH


Monday June 14: aaaand that's the course! 
No Teams meetings this week.  You can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me.  Starting today, there will be staff at the front doors to receive your TEXTBOOKS.  For extra safety, you can even have your most fully vaxxed adult from your household run it in for you.  If I don't have your textbook by Tuesday afternoon, I'll start making phone calls looking for them on Wednesday (PLEASE don't make me have to do that!)
The only students who have to worry about entering the building and attending this week are the ones who are missing assessments, or hand ins, or who are below the pass line and can use this week to try to make up lost marks to pass/graduate. I have a few students tomorrow and a few more Tuesday, then it's report card writing, grad, then summer!
If anyone is looking for old material from this course, the entire course's updates and blog posts have been archived in Semester 2 in the file: 2020-2021 HOMEWORK ONLINE ARCHIVE - OLD POSTS.  The link should be somewhere on the right.  
It was a very strange year, 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.  Have a great summer!

Friday June 11: CHAPTERS 10.3 and 11 TEST  Notes and calculators allowed.  The test is in two parts on Edsby, make sure you do both parts.  Open the class TEAM meeting and your cam before you begin.

Thursday June 10:  another class to work on review and ask questions.  Test tomorrow.

Wednesday June 9: we went through the ACCs for  Chapters 10.3 and 11.3, then had time to work  on Chapter 11 Review.  I recorded the part of the class where I went over the ACCs and talked about Friday's test here.  I also have this  Chapter 11 review/practice quiz  that you can download (here is a key) if anyone needs more practice.  Don't forget there is also the textbook problems listed at the end of the notes examples.

Tuesday June 8: we went through the next three ACCs for  Chapters 11.1 and 11.2.  Then it was work and Q&A time for the homework.   NO LATE START TOMORROW.  We'll see you at 10:49. If you missed me going over the ACCs, check your One Note "Quizzes" folder a second copy of the file "MPC40S ACC Booklet for May-June".  The 2nd copy has the answers in it.

Monday June 7: we started with ACCs #1-2 for 11.1 and 11.2.  Here is a video of the ACCs we went through today.  Then we did the lesson for section 10.3: Composite Functions in the Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment for this section is the 10.3 page (the first page) in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.  As usual, if you finish the worksheet and want more practice, go to the textbook problems listed at the end of the notes examples.  We'll do some more ACCs tomorrow, then we will have some Q&A time for last week's assignments.  If anyone is really working fast and wants to start the Chapter 11 Review tonight, go for it.  I also have this  Chapter 11 review/practice quiz  that you can download (here is a key).  Wednesday and Thursday's classes will also be Q&A/work periods.  Today was the last lesson.  After Friday's test,  there will be no more assessments or re-assessments with the exception of students who have not completed the credit or students with an overall average in the course below 50%.   

Friday June 4: we lose this class to the Awards Ceremony.  That link will take you to the online ceremony.  Announcement:  next week's test is open book.  You are allowed to use your notes to help you if you want.

Thursday June 3: we went through lesson 11.3: Binomial Theorem in the Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet.   Here is the video for the lesson.  The homework is the 11.3 worksheet in the  Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.   Tomorrow we have an assembly in this slot.  Stop by here tomorrow for the link.

Wednesday June 2: today will be a work and ask questions period for the 11.1 and 11.2 worksheets in the  Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.  If you want more practice on these types of problems, you can always do the questions from the textbook listed at the end of the sections in your notes booklet.

Tuesday June 1:  we continued into lesson 11.2: combinations, in the  Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  You can now do the 11.1 and 11.2 worksheets in the  Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.   Tomorrow will be a work and ask questions period.

Monday May 31: 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).  Today's lesson is Chapter 11.1 - it follows the examples in pages 6-13 of your Chapter 10.3-11 Notes Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson.  Then you can do the 11.1 Assignment in the Chapter 10.3-11 Assignment Booklet.  I mentioned in class that we define: 0!=1. There are videos online that explain why this is necessary.  Here is a good one.

ANSWER KEY MISTAKE 8.4 Assignmnet (1st one): #3d should be 3.633661..., #5b should be 6.99 years.  There WAS a mistake on the Review in #15, but I fixed it!

Friday May 28:  Chapter 7 and 8 Test today.  Part A is in Edsby and should only take you 10 minutes or so.  Part 2 will be in your OneNote folder 10 or so minutes before class starts.  If you can't get OneNote to work, check your Edsby, it will be downloadable from there.  If you can't get either to work - message me immediately!  Plan C will be that I email it to you.  You can either download and print it, so that you work on the actual test pages, or just leave your browser open to see the questions as you work on loose leaf.  If anyone has a touchscreen and stylus and wants to work right on the OneNote file, that's fine too.  As you work on the test, you are to be logged into the Teams meeting with your webcam on so I can see you.  After 60 minutes we'll get you to take pictures of your work and upload them to the OneNote file.  

Thursday May 27:  BEFORE YOU GO OFF TO WRITE YOUR AP BIO EXAM, PLEASE CHECK IN WITH ME IN THE TEAMS MEETING FOR ATTENDANCE AND A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TOMORROW'S TEST.  For everyone not in the AP exam, we'll do another work/Q&A session.

Wednesday May 26:  today's class is a work and Q&A period for the word problem assignments and the Review.  See yesterday's post for specifics.

Tuesday May 25: today we're going through the last part of the 8.4 notes and examples.  Here is the video of the lesson.  You can now do all of the questions we skipped from the 8.4 (first set of problems: "Applications of Exponential Functions") in the  Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet, as well as the "Word Problems" page at the back of the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet.  Here is the key for the Word Problems page (I don't know if they are all correct - let me know if you have any disagreements!).   Here is the Chapters 7.3 and 8 review .  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 21: today will be a work and ask questions session for the word problem assignments from yesterday:  in the  Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet: 8.4(first set of problems: "Applications of Exponential Functions") #2-6,8,10; the second 8.4 ("Applications of Logarithmic Functions"): all problems;  and the Word Problems on the last page of the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet: #2,5,6,7,8,11. You'll be able to do the rest of the problems we skipped after Tuesday's lesson on e and natural logs.  

Thursday May 20:  we did the first 8.4 ACC, then we did the second part of the 8.4 word problem lesson (these 3 pages are not in your notes booklet, so please download them from here or OneNote. My apologies to those without access to a printer.  Here is the video of the ACC and the lesson. You can now do the following problems in the  Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet: 8.4(first set of problems: Applications of Exponential Functions) #2-6,8; the second 8.4 (Applications of Logarithmic Functions): all problems;  and the Word Problems on the last page of the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet: #2,5,6,7,8,11. You'll be able to do the rest of the problems we skipped after Tuesday's lesson on e and natural logs.  Here is the key for the Word Problems page (I don't know if they are all correct - let me know if you have any disagreements!)

Wednesday May 19:  we started with an  8.3 ACC, then we did part 2 of the 8.4 Lesson in the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet.  You can now work on 8.4: Applications of Logarithmic Functions worksheet (the 3rd 8.4 worksheet in the booklet) in the  Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.  Once we do the other 8.4 lesson tomorrow, I'll give you Friday as a work/ask questions period.  I forgot to add the second 8.4 lesson to your notes booklet, so here it is to download.  My apologies to those without access to a printer.

Tuesday May 18:  we went through part 1 of the 8.4 Lesson in the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet today.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed it.  You should work on the 8.4: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations worksheet in the  Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.  At the end of the class, I showed everyone a class puzzle called the Four Fours Challenge.  Here is a video that explains it.

Monday May 17: we did the 8.3 Lesson in the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet today.  Your assignment is the 8.3 Assignment in the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed the class or any part of it.

Friday May 14: we did the 8.1 ACC together, then we went over a couple of the 8.1 assignment questions from the Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet. Next, we went through lesson 8.2 in the Chapter 7/8 Graphing Booklet.  Here is the video of the class, including both the ACC and the lesson.  There is not going to be an assignment for this section, so your assignment for the weekend is to watch these 3 videos:  the Invention of Logarithms, e(Euler's Number), and How I Feel About Logarithms by Vi Hart (who is a genius).  If you want more practice on 8.1-type calculations, here is an optional 8.1 Practice Sheet (and here is the key for it).

Thursday May 13: we went through lesson 8.1 in the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet.  The lesson isn't very long, so you'll have some work time for the 8.1 Assignment in the  Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.  If you missed the class, here is the video.

Wednesday May 12:   I went over some 7.3 questions and we did the 7.2 and 7.3 ACC together. If you missed the class, here is the video of that.   Then we went over the answers to the 8.1 Investigation Warm Up Activity (from the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet) together (here is the key).  If you missed this class, watch this video of me going through it to see if your conclusions match mine.  Tomorrow we move on to the actual lesson for 8.1.  No new homework tonight.  PLEASE READ THE EDSBY MESSAGE THAT I POSTED TODAY.

Tuesday May 11: just a work period today.  See you on Teams tomorrow.  It will still be a late start due to the AM staff meeting, just like a regular Wednesday.

Monday May 10: we did Lessons 7.1 and 7.2 in the Chapter 7/8 Graphing Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson (on the last example I graphed the point (0,-3 1/3) waaay too low!).  We aren't going to assess you on this topic, so there is no assignment for it.  We had a conversation about how things will look for the rest of the month, as we switch to full remote learning until May 30th.  We'll give you tomorrow as a work period for the 7.3 Assignment in your new Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet and the 8.1 Investigation Warm Up in the Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet.  I have a guest teacher in for the day, as I will be away for a medical appointment, so we'll cancel tomorrow's TEAMS meetings.  We'll see everyone online on Wednesday.  


Thursday May 6 and Friday May 7:  CHAPTER 6: TRIG IDENTITIES (T6 & T5) TEST.  The Teams meetings will be open if you need me for anything, but attendance is optional.  Over the weekend, work on the 7.3 Assignment in your new Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.

Wednesday May 5:  another chance to get help with Chapter 6 issues before the test tomorrow and Friday, then time to work and practice.  If you are confident that you are ready for the test and want to move on, you can work on the 7.3 Assignment in your new Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.  EVERYONE SHOULD GO SEE THE EDSBY UPDATE THAT I POSTED TODAY

Tuesday May 4: we did the ACC for 6.4 together, and had a chance to ask for hints on any of the Chapter 6 problems that you might still be stuck on.  Then we started our next unit with the 7.3 Lesson in the  Chapter 7/8 Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of the class, and here is an educational video made by IBM in the 1960s to help students understand exponential growth. For homework, you can keep working on the Chapter 6 Review to get ready for Thursday/Friday's test, but if you need a break from  Chapter 6, you can start on the 7.3 Assignment in your new Chapter 7/8 Exercise Booklet.  I'll assign it officially for Monday.

Monday May 3:  more practice today, as we do the ACC for 6.3 (part 2) together.  Here is a video of us doing the ACC and an example.  Then we had time for any questions or requests from 6.2 - 6.4.  The final assignment for the unit is the Review on page 23 of the  Chapter 6 Notes Booklet.  If you want more practice to play with before the test, here is an old Trig Identities Assignment (the online file has the key), that I found.  If you want more than that, you can always do the recommended textbook questions listed at the end of each of the lesson s in the notes booklet.  

Friday April 30:  today we started with the ACC for 6.2 , then had the rest class to work and ask questions.  No new lesson, but I did record it for someone who had an appointment and couldn't make it to the Teams meeting, so here is the link to that video.  

Thursday April 29:  we started with the ACCs for 6.3 (Part 1), then we did the lesson examples for 6.4: Solving Trig Equations using Identities which takes us to the end of the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed it or want to watch any of the examples again.  You can now finish all of the problems in the  Chapter 6 Assignment booklet.  Remember that you should also do  pages 18-19 in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet.  Here is the answer key to pages 18 and 19   and here is a video of me making that key.  If you are looking for more practice, you can do the textbook questions that the notes booklet has at the end of each lesson.  I'll give you a work period tomorrow.

Wednesday April 28: Today we started with an ACCs for 6.1, then we did the lesson for 6.2, Special Identities.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed it.  You can now do the 6.2 Assignment page and #7,9, and 10 of the 6.3 Assignment in the  Chapter 6 Assignment booklet.  You can also do pages 18-19 in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet.  Here is the answer key to pages 18 and 19  (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. 

Tuesday April 27:  Today is a work/ask for help period for the assignments from yesterday:  6.1 and 6.3 Assignment pages in the Chapter 6 Assignment booklet (omit 6.3 #7,9, and 10 until after the 6.2 lesson tomorrow) and page 10 of the Notes booklet.  New lesson and some ACCs for practice tomorrow. Answer key blues:  I think the answer for Assignment Booklet 6.1 #6d is wrong - it's a long story - I'll explain it in class.

Monday April 26:  we started the Trig Identities unit by going through Lesson 6.1 and 6.3 in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson if you missed it or want to see any part of it again.  Your Assignment is the 6.1 and 6.3 Assignment pages in the Chapter 6 Assignment booklet and page 10 of the Notes booklet.  You will have a work period tomorrow.

Thursday April 22 - Friday April 23: we are testing Chapter 5.  I'll cancel the Teams meetings.

Wednesday April 21:  we started with the 5.4 ACC (here is the answer key) then had work/question time to prepare for tomorrow/Friday's test.  See yesterday's update for the assignments.

Tuesday April 20: we started with the  Lesson 5.1 and  Lesson 5.2 ACCs (here are the keys).  Then we went through some homework problems together and had work time for the assignments: 
- page 22 of the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet (Here are the solutions) 
- the two 5.4 assignments in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet
- T4:Chapter 5 Review (here is the key - #2b has an error, the range should be [-8,2])
Tomorrow will be another class to work/ask questions and we'll do one more ACC, this time for 5.4.

Monday April 19:  we went through the 5.4 lesson in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  This takes us up to the end of page 21 in your notes booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson.  Tomorrow we'll do a workshop class on solving the word problems associated with these types of sinusoidal problems.  Try a few on your own tonight on page 22 of the booklet (Here are the solutions), or the two 5.4 assignments in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.  Tomorrow, we can also go over questions from last week's assignments if you are stuck with anything and we'll do Lesson 5.1 and  Lesson 5.2 ACCs.  Since we test this little unit later this week, in addition to the T4 mini-review (the file has an answer key) and this T4:Chapter 5 Review (here is the key - #2b has an error, the range should be [-8,2]), I'm also handing out this Chapter 5.4 Practice Quiz (here is the key).

Thursday April 15-Friday April 16:  School Wellness Days, no regular classes.  See the post I made on Edsby for more information.

Wednesday April 14:  we worked through the second part of  the 5.2 lesson in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  This takes us up to the end of page 15 in your notes booklet.  Here is the video if you missed it. For homework, do pages 15-16 of the notes booklet (here is the key) and you can now do both of the 5.2 worksheets in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. You should be finished page 16 and the first three pages in the assignment booklet for Monday.  If you finish these and want more practice, you can either work on the textbook questions listed at the bottom of pages 5,7,11, and 15 of your notes booklet, or you can start on the T4 mini-review (the file has an answer key) and this T4:Chapter 5 Review (here is the key) that I handed out today (ODD students you can stop by my room tomorrow and pick up your copies).  If you do want to try a couple of the textbook questions for extra practice, I have a couple of extra videos that can support you: here is a video of me going through textbook page 250 #1e and 2f, and here is a video of a coupe of examples from textbook page 253: #15c and #16b.

Tuesday April 13:  we went through the notes for part 1 of the 5.2 lesson in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  Here is the video if you missed it. For homework, you can get started on the 5.2 page (if you have finished the 5.1 & 5.3 page) in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. 

Monday April 12: we went through the notes for the 5.1 and 5.3 lessons in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, pages 3-7.  I  handed out the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.  For homework, you can do the 5.1 & 5.3 assignment on the first page.  Here is a video of today's lesson if you missed it or want to see it again.

 Thursday April 8 & Friday April 9: CHAPTER 4.4 (OUTCOME T5) TEST.  I cancelled the class Teams meetings for these two days.  The test didn't take the entire class, so we did an introductory lesson for Chapter 5.  I didn't record it.  I'll do the same thing with tomorrow's group.  For the weekend, no homeWORK, but I want you to explore the following links:  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).  Finally, check out this beautifully animated video showing the relationships between trigonometry and circular motion.


Wednesday April 7: we did a few of the questions in the  booklet of old exam problems together.  Then we had work time to prepare for tomorrow's T5 (Chapter 4.4) test.

Tuesday April 6: today is a work/ask questions period for the assignments from yesterday:  the 4.4 questions on page 30 of the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet, the  T5 Review (here is the answer key), and the booklet of old exam problems (omit 2017 #32, 2016 #9, and 2014 #40) (here is the answer key - small error on June 2015 #2: it should read "and" not "or").  If you want extra-EXTRA practice questions, do textbook Page 211#1-3, 4 & 5, 7-11, 13, 18, C4, C3

Monday April 5:   welcome back!  We started today's class going over and discussing a few of the page 30 questions together.  Then we finished the rest of the examples on pages 24-27 in the 4.4 Lesson of the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet. Here is the video if you missed the lesson.  You can now finish all of the 4.4 questions on page 30 and for extra practice, you can work on textbook Page 211#1-3, 4 & 5, 7-11, 13, 18, C4, C3.  Tomorrow, we'll give you some work time for these equations.  If you are ready to move on , I handed out a T5 Review today.  
Thursday/Friday March 25/26: First, it was CUSR day! (you'll see), then it's the test days for 4.1-4.3.  I won't bother opening a Teams meeting either day, but you can message me on Edsby if you have any questions. Over the break, since we only got part way into Lesson 4.4, we'll only assign part of the 4.4 Assignment in the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet. It's Page 30 #1(a,b,d), 2(a-e,g), 4(a-d).  If you check your Edsby file by Monday or so, you should see your test score.  Have a great break!

Wednesday March 24:  we did the last 3 ACCs .  We also did this bonus 4.1 B ACC (sorry, ODD students:  you'll have to download it here and print it yourself or use the file in the "quizzes" folder in your OneNote drive).  For homework, if you are done reviewing for tomorrow/Friday's test and want to move on, the first 4.4 assignment is Page 30 #1(a,b,d), 2(a-e,g), 4(a-d).

Tuesday March 23: we did the first 3 ACCs from the 4.1-4.3 ACC booklet.  Then we took homework questions, then we started the 4.4 Lesson in the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  No new assignment yet, but if you want to work ahead, you can do #1,2 on the 4.4 Worksheet on page 30 of the booklet.  If you missed today's lesson, the video that covers it (and some of tomorrow's lesson) is here.

Monday March 22:  we went over some questions from pages 28-29 of the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  I handed out a 4.1-4.3 ACC booklet that we will start tomorrow.  At home, you can work on textbook questions Page 175#7-11, Page 186 #1-3, Page 201 #1-3,6,8-11,13.

Thursday March 18:  today we finished up the 4.3 Lesson in the  Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  If you missed the lesson you can see the videos I posted to the blog yesterday (today's lesson covers the material in the videos: Part 3 and Part 4).  You can now do the 4.3 questions on page 29 of the booklet.  For extra practice on 4.1-4.3, you can do textbook questions Page 175#7-11, Page 186 #1-3, Page 201 #1-3,6,8-11,13.

Wednesday March 17: today's class gets us into the 4.3 lesson in the  Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  For today and tomorrow, the videos of the lessons are numbered a little differently on the weebly than they are in your notes, but here is the correct order compared to the way I do the course:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, (we made it to the end of Part 2 today).  If you want a review of how to get unit circle coordinates, that includes referring to the angles in radian measure, go back to this video - it reviews and expands on the ideas from Tuesday's lesson.

Tuesday March 16: today's lesson covers Lesson 4.2 in the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  Your homework is the 4.2 questions on pages 28-29 of the booklet.  For question #2 part e, if you are wondering why it asks for SIX trig functions instead of 3, don't worry - that's part of tomorrow's lesson (just do sin, cos, and tan for now).  If you missed the lesson or want to see it again, here is the video of my class. Here is Ms Cox's video, if you want a slightly different perspective. 

Monday March 15:  I started the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet today, going through a little unit circle refresher, then lesson 4.1.  You can re-watch my version of today's lesson with the video here.  Alternately, you can see Ms Cox's version of the 4.1 Lesson here: (part 1 and part 2 and part 3).  For homework, you can fill in pages 16-18 of the booklet, then do the 4.1 assignment on page 28 of the booklet.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY MARCH 11/12:  CHAPTER 2 & 3 TEST.  Students at home:  my original plan, which you may remember me mentioning in class, was to have you start in the Chapter 4 booklet today - using a video.  I decided last night to scrap that idea and let you have today and then the weekend to do this  Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet (this file has the answer key at the end).  I highly recommend that if you get stuck on old material, you go back to the Chapter 2 section of the Grade 11 FRC Math Videos.  We roll into chapters 4-6 expecting you to have mastered the grade 11 unit circle stuff!  I also handed out some blank unit circles today, to help with the review process.

Wednesday March 10:  we continued our review with the rest of the ACCs in the  Chapter 3 ACCs  booklet.   Then we did some Chapter 2 review and took questions from the class.  See yesterday's post for all of the review assignments.  

Tuesday March 9: We started with a couple of practice quizzes from the  Chapter 3 ACCs  booklet.  Then we finished the last part of the 3.4 lesson in the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet.  The assignment for this part of 3.4 is in the textbook page 150 #12,15,16,18.  Then we finished the class with Q & A and work time.  The video for today's lesson is here.  That's the end of chapter 3, we test chapters 2 and 3 Thursday and Friday.  For Chapter 3 review, I handed out a  R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review (the file has it's own key at the end).  If you want more review than that, you can look at the Reviews and practice tests on pages 153-156.  For Chapter 2 review, look for questions on pages 99-103 of the textbook.  

Monday March 8: we went over problems people had with the pages 11 and 17 assignments.   HERE IS THE ANSWER KEY FOR FRIDAY'S HOMEWORK, PAGE 17 - sorry about that!  Then I went through part 2 of the lesson for section 3.4, finishing up the examples on page 21 and a couple of the examples from page 22.  Your new assignment is the rest of the examples on pages 22-24  (here is the answer key) and then do page 25. The video for today's lesson is at the end of the 3rd video I linked to in Friday's update below.  Tomorrow's lesson is fairly short, so we will have some work time to start reviewing.  I handed out a booklet of Chapter 3 ACCs today that we will start doing in class tomorrow.  If you are ready to start your own review, here is an  R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review (the answer key is at the end of this file).  For  Chapter 2 review, look for questions on pages 99-103 of the textbook.  

Friday March 5:  we went through lesson 3.4 up to page 21 in the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, for Monday you should be done the worksheets on page 11 and 17.  If you want to work ahead, try the examples on pages 22-23.  If you are looking for videos, today's pages are covered in the following 3 videos:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Thursday March 4: we spent a few minutes going over a few details in last week's test, then we finished off the 2.2 lesson in the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, talking about the Remainder Theorem.  Yesterday, today, and tomorrow's lessons can be seen in these four videos: Remainder Theorem:  part 1 and part 2 and Factor Theorem:  part 1 and part 2.  You can now do all of page 11 in the booklet and if you are ready to move on, you can try page 17.

Wednesday March 3: today we started with the 2.3 ACC, then we did the second part of the introductory lesson in the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet.  We looked at graphing polynomial functions on DESMOS, then we went through lesson 2.2 Part 1: Algebraic long division and synthetic division.  For homework tonight finish the textbook questions from yesterday's homework and if you are ready to move on you can start practicing division with #1,2,4 on page 11 of the booklet.

Tuesday March 2: today we'll do the 2.1 and 2.2 ACCs that I handed out yesterday to the ODD students and today to the EVENS.  Then we do the first lesson in the the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet, covering pages 2-6.  The video for this lesson is in two parts:  Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here.  Part 2 has some material that we'll talk about in tomorrow's lesson.  The homework for this assignment is in the textbook:  Read (yes, READ) pages 108-113, and do page 114 #1-4,6,C1, C2.  You'll have a couple of days to do this assignment, since tomorrow's lesson won't have an assignment (yet).

Monday March 1:  today we started by going over the Extra Practice questions on page 14 of the Chapter 2: Radical Functions booklet and troubleshooting any 2.2 Assignment problems.  Then we did the 2.3 Lesson on solving Radical Equations graphically and algebraically.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  Your new assignment is the 2.3 Solving Radical Equations worksheet on page 21 of the booklet.

Friday Feb 26: today's class starts with a Chpater 2.1 ACC/Practice Quiz to make sure we solidly get how to graph the radical functions using the Chapter 1 transformation skills (and we can do a little bit of algebra).  Then we went through the 2.2 practice questions on pages 13-14 of the Chapter 2: Radical Functions booklet.  Here is a video of that part of the class.  The last two Extra Practice questions on page 14 and the 2.2 Assignment on page 15 is your homework for the weekend.

Thursday Feb 25:   today's class starts with Q&A for any troubles with the 2.1 assignment from Monday.  Then we go through Lesson 2.2 in the Chapter 2: Radical Functions booklet.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  The new homework is the Practice questions on pages 13-14, then the 2.2 Assignment on page 15.  If you get pages 13-14 done tonight, we'll go over them in class tomorrow, then you can have the weekend to work on page 15.

Wednesday Feb 24:  today's class is Chapter 1 Test days for the EVEN2B students, while the ODD1A students at home can work on the 2.1 Assignment worksheet on page 7 of the Chapter 2: Radical Functions booklet.  I'll have the Teams meeting open if you want to pop in and ask questions, but you don't have to join if you are ok working on your own.

Tuesday Feb 23:  today's class is Chapter 1 Test days for the ODD1A students, while the EVEN2B students at home can work on the 2.1 Assignment worksheet on page 7 of the Chapter 2: Radical Functions booklet.  

Monday Feb 22:  Today we started with an ACC for lesson 1.4.  Then we did the first lesson in the Chapter 2: Radical Functions booklet.  Tomorrow the ODD1A students will write the Chapter 1 test, while the EVEN2B students work on 2.1 Assignment worksheet on page 7 of the booklet.  If you want to see the video of today's lesson, here it is.

Friday Feb 19:  ODD1As are in class, while the EVEN2Bs join us on Teams.  Today we go over any homework question requests.  Finally some time to work on Chapter 1 review on textbook pages 56-59.  I especially like the multiple choice practice on page 58.

Thursday Feb 18:  EVEN2Bs are in class, while the ODD1As join us on Teams.  We started with an ACC for Lesson 1.3.  ODDs, you received it yesterday - it's in the "Quizzes" folder in your OneNote if you don't have a hard copy. After that, today's lesson finishes up Lesson 1.4, which takes us to the end of the booklet and the first chapter.  Here is the video of the lesson.  For tonight's homework, you can finish #3 on the 1.4 Assignment (page 32 of the booklet) - omit #4.  If you are ready to move on, tomorrow we will work on review questions from pages 56-59 of the textbook.

Wednesday Feb 17:  ODD1As are in class, while EVEN2Bs join us on Teams. We started today with the 1.1/1.2 Practice Quiz (from now on we'll call them ACCs), then we did part 1 of the 1.4 Lesson in the Chapter 1: Transformation and Functions booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Until we finish that lesson tomorrow, you aren't quite ready to do the 1.4 worksheet yet, so you can have another night to finish up the 1.3 worksheet on page 24 if you need it.  Watch for the mistake in the answer key for #5!  If you want more practice on this very important skill set, you can try the problems in the textbook listed at the bottom of page 23 of the booklet. We'll start tomorrow's class with a 1.3 ACC.  If you are ready to move on, you can start the 1.4 assignment on page 32, but maybe just try #1 and 2 for now.

Tuesday Feb 16:  EVEN2Bs in class today, while the ODD1As joined us at home from Microsoft Teams.  If you are having trouble finding the Teams meeting, check your Edsby, I made a post there with a picture that might help you out.
We started today's class by going over the homework from Friday, seeing if anyone had any questions.  I handed out a 1.1/1.2 practice quiz (not for marks) - we'll start tomorrow's class with it to see if you have mastered the skills from the first couple of lessons.
Today's lesson 1.3 doesn't really have any new skills, it just asks us to transform functions combining  shifts (1.1) and reflections/stretches (1.2) in the same questions.  If you missed all or part of the lesson here is a video that covers most of it.  

Friday Feb 12:  We started by taking student questions for the 1.1 Assignment sheet in the Chapter 1: Transformation and Functions booklet.  Then we went through Lesson 1.2.  If you missed all or part of the lesson, it is covered in the following videos:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.  Your homework for the weekend is the 1.2 Assignment worksheet on page 19.  Optional Extra Practice: If you feel that you would like more practice than the 1.2 worksheet, you could also do the textbook problems that are listed at the bottom of page 18 of the booklet.

Thursday Feb 11: So we start the course for real today, with the Odd1A group joining us on Teams.  I went through the 1.1 lesson in the Chapter 1: Transformation and Functions booklet.   If you missed any part of today's lesson, there are 3 videos covering the lesson here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.  Your homework tonight is the 1.1 Assignment sheet in the booklet (page 10).

Wednesday Feb 10:  Today was the same plan as yesterday - just going over the course outline, setting people up on TEAMS (join with the code:u4sj2xy)  and talking about our course expectations.  Tomorrow, the Odd 1A group will join us on Teams and we will do our first lesson in the Chapter 1: Transformation and Functions booklet.   I will also take a couple of minutes and see if anyone has anything they are stuck on in the What Do You Remember? sheet.

Tuesday February 9:  Welcome to Semester 2: Grade 12 Pre-Calculus Math.  Today we went over a course outline, and invited everyone to join our class on TEAMS with the code: u4sj2xy
Teams meeting attendance on days when you are working from home will be mandatory starting on Thursday.  We begin the course with a a little grade 10 and 11 skill review booklet, called What Do You Remember?  to get things started while I assign textbooks and make a seating chart.  For the remainder of the class we went through the first couple of pages of the Chapter 1: Transformation and Functions booklet.  We will start our first lesson in the 40S course in that booklet on Thursday.  Tonight, see if you can finish the What Do You Remember? sheet.


SLOT 6 -  MIAP20S - GR 10 INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED AND PRE-CALCULUS MATH
Monday June 14: No Teams meetings this week.  Starting today, there will be staff at the front doors to receive your TEXTBOOKS.  For extra safety, you can even have your most fully vaxxed adult from your household run it in for you.  If I don't have your textbook by Tuesday afternoon, I'll start making phone calls looking for them on Wednesday (PLEASE don't make me have to do that!)
The only students who have to worry about entering the building and attending this week are the ones who are missing assessments, or hand ins, or who are below the pass line and can use this week to try to make up lost marks to pass/graduate. I have a few students tomorrow and a few more Tuesday, then it's report card writing, grad, then summer!
If anyone is looking for old material from this course, the entire course's updates and blog posts have been archived in Semester 2 in the file: 2020-2021 HOMEWORK ONLINE ARCHIVE - OLD POSTS.  The link should be somewhere on the right.  Have a great summer!


Friday June 11:  aaaand that's the course! 
So as a few of you noticed on yesterday's chapter 1 test, the question with the cone attached to the cylinder should have been a VOLUME question, not a SURFACE AREA - oops!  So when you look on Edsby next week, you will be able to look at the test questions and see which other ones you may have done right or wrong, but you will notice that I changed that column to have a course weight of zero.  Then I made a new column where I recorded the Chapter 1 mark out of 4 instead of out of 5, so that question won't count against anyone.
I'll be spending next week doing report cards and working with the handful of students who are re-assessing or catching up on missed assessments, but you can email me or message me through Edsby if you need me.  
 It was a very strange year, 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.

Thursday June 10: CHAPTERS 4 and 1 TEST  Notes ONLY for the CHAPTER 4 Part.  BOTH NOTES and CALCULATORS allowed for the CHAPTER 1 part.  The test is in two separate files on Edsby, make sure you do both parts.  Open the class TEAM meeting and your cam before you begin.

Wednesday June 9: we went through 1.6 and 1.7 Chapter 1 ACCs then is was one last class to work or ask questions on the Chapter 4 Review (here is the answer key - mistake on #10a, it should be 8a^6b^6, mistake on #5f it does simplify to 2crt65) or the  Chapter 1 Worksheets: Review and Practice booklet (here is the answer key for all the 1.4-1.7 problems.  Test tomorrow.

Tuesday June 8: we went through the 1.4 and 1.5 Chapter 1 ACCs today, then we had time to work or ask questions on the Chapter 4 Review (here is the answer key - mistake on #10a, it should be 8a^6b^6) or the  Chapter 1 Worksheets: Review and Practice booklet (here is the answer key for all the 1.4-1.7 problems. NO LATE START TOMORROW.  We'll see you at 2:22.

Monday June 7: we went over some homework questions from last week, then had more work time.  Tomorrow we'll go over more homework and do some ACCs.  If you have finished the assigned questions and want to move ahead you can start getting ready for Thursday's test, by working on the Chapter 4 Review (here is the answer key) or the   Chapter 1 Worksheets: Review and Practice booklet.  After Thursday's test,  there will be no more assessments or re-assessments with the exception of students who have not completed the credit or students with an overall average in the course below 50%.  

Friday June 4: work period for Assignments page 42 #4,6,8,9,11,15,18, page 51 #3-5,7,11,16,24, and page 59 #3-5,9,10.

Thursday June 3: I ended up changing my mind on the order I want to finish the week, so we'll do the 1.7 lesson from the Chapter 1: Measurement Notebook today and then have a work period tomorrow.  Here is the video of the lesson.  In case anyone is done with pages 42 and 51, the 1.7 assignment is  page 59 #3-5,9,10.  We'll use Monday as a work period too, then start ACCs and review on Tuesday.

Wednesday June 2: today we did the notes and examples for sections 1.5 and 1.6 in the  Chapter 1: Measurement Notebook, covering Volumes of prisms, cylinders, pyramids as well as surface area and volume of spheres.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  If you want a nice visual way to look at why the volume of a pyramid is 1/3 of the volume of a prism with the same base and height check out this video.  If you want to see more interesting ways to demonstrate that these formulas must be true. check out  this other video for surface area. For volume, see this video and this video.  The textbook assignments for these sections are:  page 42 #4,6,8,9,11,15,18 and page 51 #3-5,7,11,16,24

Tuesday June 1:  Today will be a work and ask questions period for textbook page page 34 #7-10, 12,13,16.  If you want to move ahead you can go to the Chapter 1 Worksheets: Review and Practice booklet and start trying the problems with composite figures (more than one shape).

Monday May 31:  we started with the  4.6 ACC, then we did the notes and examples for Lesson 1.4 (pages 8-13) of the Chapter 1: Measurement Notebook.  The new assignment is textbook page page 34 #7-10, 12,13,16.  Here is a little animation that we used to help visualize the surface area of a cone.  Here is the video of the lesson.

Friday May 28: we started with the  4.5 ACC, then we had time to work or ask questions for the assignments from previous classes.

Thursday May 27:  we started with the  4.4 ACC, then we talked about last week's test and went over a few common errors.  Then we had time to work or ask questions for the assignments from previous classes.

Wednesday May 26:  today's class is lessons 4.5 and 4.6 in the  Ch 4 Roots and Powers Notebook.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignments for those two sections are:  textbook page 233 #2-9,13 and page 241 #3,5,6,8,16,19,21,22.  Tomorrow we'll do the ACC for 4.4 then give you some time to work or ask questions.  Friday too.  No new lessons or assignments until Monday.

Tuesday May 25: today we're going to start with the  4.1-4.3 ACC, then we'll see if there are any homework issues from the Thursday/Friday assignments.  Then we'll move on to the 4.4 lesson in the  Ch 4 Roots and Powers Notebook.  Here is a video of the ACCs and the lesson.  Your new assignment for that section is textbook page 227 #3-12,16

Friday May 21: after we did the 4.1-bonus ACC, we used today as a work and ask questions session for the assignment from yesterday: textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 and page 218 #4,5,10,11,12,17,18,19. 

Thursday May 20:  we finished off the 4.2 lesson and did lesson 4.3 (which was a topic we sort of already talked about in Chapter X).  Here is a video of the lesson.  Your homework is the assignment from yesterday: textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 and page 218 #4,5,10,11,12,17,18.  We'll give you work time tomorrow and no more new lessons until Tuesday.

Wednesday May 19: we continued the 4.1-4.2 lesson in the Ch 4 Roots and Powers Notebook that we started on Monday.  If you want to see an animation of the "Hilbert Hotel" thought experiment that I have been on about, watch this really cool TedTalk lesson video.  Very short assignment for this one:  textbook page 211 #3,4,9,12 - you can use a calculator to help you with that assignment.  If you want to see what kinds of sets of numbers exist beyond "Real" numbers, you can check out this video.  I wasn't able to record today's lesson due to some tech issues, but here is the  video for lesson 4.1-4.2 from last  year, you can just skip to the part where I get to defining irrational numbers.  If you didn't watch the videos I posted to the blog on Monday, you should check them out tonight: this one shows you how we know FOR SURE that sqrt2 is irrational  and this video is another great arguement as to why we have to conclude that some infinities are larger than others (and it uses Poke-balls to do it!).

Tuesday May 18:  Chapter 7 and X test today.   Part A is in Edsby and should only take you 5 minutes or so.  Part 2 will be in your OneNote folder just before class starts.  Log into the Teams meeting.  After 40 minutes we'll get you to take pictures of your work and upload them to the OneNote file.  If you can't get OneNote to work, check your Edsby, it will be downloadable from there.  If you can't get either to work - message me immediately!  Plan C will be email.

Monday May 17: we went over some questions in the did the Chapter 7 Review  (here is the answer key) and the Chapter X Review (here is that answer key) to get ready for tomorrow's test.  Then we got started on Chapter 4, introducing the first lesson (4.1-4.2) in the Ch 4 Roots and Powers Notebook.  Here is the video of the entire class if you missed it.  No new assignment, but if you are tired of working on Chapters 7 and X and you want to think about something different, check out this video and this video.

Monday May 17: we went over some questions in the did the Chapter 7 Review  (here is the answer key) and the Chapter X Review (here is that answer key) to get ready for tomorrow's test.  Then we got started on Chapter 4, introducing the first lesson (4.1-4.2) in the Ch 4 Roots and Powers Notebook.  Here is the video of the entire class if you missed it.  No new assignment, but if you are tired of working on Chapters 7 and X and you want to think about something different, check out this video and this video.

Friday May 14:  we started with the last two ACCs of the unit: a Word Problem ACC from the end of the Chapter  7 ACC booklet and the Midpoint and Distance ACC in the Chapter X booklet.  Here is a video of the ACCs.  Then we did a trial run of using OneNote for Tuesday.  Over the weekend, you should finish the  Chapter 7 Review  (here is the answer key) and do the Chapter X Review at the end of the booklet (here is that answer key).

Thursday May 13: we went through the ACCs for lessons 7.6 an 7.4 and 7.5 (with fractions).  Then we had work time for the Chapter 7 Review  (here is the answer key).  Here is the ACC part of the class on video if you missed it.  Here is the answer key for the Distance and Midpoint Homework pages.

Wednesday May 12: we started with the second and third  ACCs for lessons 7.5.  Then we went over some problems in the textbook page 448 assignment together.  No new assignment tonight.  If you need to, use tonight to finish the  "Distance Formula Homework" and "Midpoint Formula Homework" pages in the  Chapter X booklet.  If you are finished all of that and you are ready to move on, you can get started on the Chapter 7 Review.  PLEASE READ THE EDSBY MESSAGE THAT I POSTED TODAY.

Tuesday May 11: just a work period today.  See you on Teams tomorrow.  It will still be a late start due to the AM staff meeting, just like a regular Wednesday.

Monday May 10: we did the X.1 and X.2 Lessons in the Chapter X booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson.  Tomorrow will be a work period.  Your assignment is textbook page 448 #5-8,10-12,22,24 - this is the assignment for Friday's lesson.  If you finish that, the assignment for today's lesson is "Distance Formula Homework" and "Midpoint Formula Homework" pages in the  Chapter X booklet.  We had a conversation about how things will look for the rest of the month, as we switch to full remote learning until May 30th.  Tomorrow will be a work period for this assignment.  I have a guest teacher in for the day, as I will be away for a medical appointment, so we'll cancel tomorrow's TEAMS meetings.  We'll see everyone online on Wednesday.  

Friday May 7:  First we did the 7.6 lesson in the  Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet, then we did the second  ACC for lessons 7.4 and the first ACC for lesson 7.5.  Here is the video of the class.  Next, we had Q&A and work time for the assignment:  Page 425 #4,5,10,11,19 and page 437 #3,6,7,10,12,15.  We will start Chapter X on Monday.

Thursday May 6: we did the examples on the last three pages of the Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson.  Then we had time to work on the assignment from yesterday, Page 425 #4,5,10,11,19 and page 437 #3,6,7,10,12,15.  

Wednesday May 5: we did the first  ACC for lessons 7.4, then we did a couple of examples together from the textbook.  The rest of the class was work time for Page 425 #4,5,10,11,19 and page 437 #3,6,7,10,12,15 (note that I added a few questions from what I assigned yesterday).  I'll give you a bit more work time tomorrow and we'll move on to 7.6 on Friday. EVERYONE SHOULD GO SEE THE EDSBY UPDATE THAT I POSTED TODAY

Tuesday May 4: we did the ACC for lessons 7.1 and 7.2 to start the class. Then we finished the rest of the examples for Lesson 7.4 and 7.5.   Here is the video for today's lesson.  Your new assignment is textbook page 425 #4,5 and page 437 #3,6,7.  I'll give you some work time tomorrow.

Monday May 3:  we finished off the 7.2 lesson in the new Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet and did the first two examples of Lesson 7.4.  Here is video of the lesson in case you missed it or want to see it again.  Your new assignment is textbook Page 409 #3,4,5

CHAPTER 6 SLOPE TEST: THURSDAY APRIL 29 - FRIDAY APRIL 30.  THIS TEST WILL ALSO RE-TEST FACTORING.    HERE IS AN EXTRA FACTORING REVIEW BOOKLET if you want some extra practice. This one is different than the one I handed out to the class on April 20th. Message me if you want a hard copy.


Wednesday April 28: we started by seeing if anyone had any questions about the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key) or the Factoring Practice booklet (here is the answer key) .  Then we did a brief introductory lesson, 7.1 in the new Chapter 7 Systems of Linear Equations Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The assignment for 7.1 is textbook page 401 #6,8,9a.  You can work on those in the class you have "off" while the other group is doing the test.  I'll cancel the Teams meeting for those two classes.

Tuesday April 27: we started with an  ACC for Lesson 6.6 and this ACC that tests your graphing.  Here is a file with the answer keys for all of the ACCs this unit, in case you missed any.  Then we went through some questions from the page 384 assignment.  Then it was work/ask question time for the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key)

Monday April 26: we started with ACCs on 6.4 and 6.5.  I handed out 6.6 and Graphing ACCs for tomorrow.  After that it was a work/ask questions period for the last 2 pages in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet, the textbook page 384 #5,6,8,12,16,18,26,28 assignment, and the Page 372 #4(a-d), 5(a,b), 6(a,c), 9(i,ii), 11(a,b), 12, 14 assignment.  If you are done all of that, start on the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key)

Friday April 23:  we did the 6.6 Lesson in the Chapter 6 - Linear Functions booklet.  Here is the video for the 6.6 lesson .  Then we did the last two pages in the Chapter 6 Notes Booklet together.  Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the key and explaining how I am doing it, in case you missed today's class - 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.  I also handed out the Chapter 6 Review (here is the answer key) for next week. 

Thursday April 22: we did lesson 6.5 in the  Chapter 6 - Linear Functions booklet.  Your new assignment Page 372 #4(a-d), 5(a,b), 6(a,c), 9(i,ii), 11(a,b), 12, 14.  If you missed today's class,  here is a video - the 6.5 part of the video starts at 7:17. 

Wednesday April 21: we did some examples together from the Factoring Practice booklet (here is the answer key) then we had work time for yesterday's assignment:  textbook page 362 #4-13, 17-24. 

Tuesday April 20: we did the 6.1 and 6.2 ACCs to start the class, then we went over the Chapter 5 test a little.  Finally, we did Lesson 6.4 in the  Chapter 6 - Linear Functions booklet.  Here is the video if you missed it.  Your homework is textbook page 362 #4-13, 17-24.  This is a fairly large assignment, so we'll give you some work time tomorrow and say that it should be finished for Thursday.  I also handed out a Factoring Practice booklet, since we will be re-testing that outcome next week.  We'll do some of it together tomorrow and Thursday.

Monday April 19:  we went over a few of the homework questions from pages 339 and 349, then we worked through the 6.3 activity together from pages 355-356.  No new assignment.  I handed out ACCs that we will start on tomorrow.  If you enjoyed graphing lines on DESMOS, try this activity.

Friday April 16:  we went through Lesson 6.2: Slopes of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines in the  Chapter 6 - Linear Functions booklet.  Here is the video if you missed the lesson.  Then we had time to work on the assignment from yesterday (textbook page 339 # 4-8, 11, 13, 17, 23) and these added questions: page 349 #9, 16,17,19,23.

Thursday April 15:  we started Chapter 6 - Linear Functions and did the first lesson, 6.1 Slope.  If you missed the lesson here is the video.  Your homework is textbook page 339 # 4-8, 11, 13, 17, 23

Tuesday April 12/Wednesday April 13: Chapter 5 Test.  No Teams meetings today.   

Monday April 12:  we did the 5.6-5.7 and Domain & Range ACCs together, then went through any homework questions that people had with the textbook or the  Chapter 5 Review (Here is the answer key).  Test tomorrow and Wednesday.  I'll cancel the Teams meetings for those periods.
Thursday April 29/ Friday April 30:  Ch 6 Test days.  No Teams meetings.  On your off day, work on the homework assigned on Wednesday.

Friday April 9:  I did a few examples with the class (here is the video of them if you missed it), but mostly it was work time for the assignment from yesterday and the Chapter 5 Review (Here is the answer key).  Finish the review over the weekend and we'll use Monday's class to go over any problems and do a couple of practice ACCs together.

Thursday April 8 :  today we went through the 5.6 and 5.7 lessons of the chapter.  That brings us to the end of the unit. If you missed today's lesson or want to see it again here is the video.   The last assignment will be page 308 #4-7, 16 and page 319 #6-8,18. 

Wednesday April 7: we did the second half of the 5.5 lesson today.  Your new assignment is page 294 #3-10,12,16,17,19.  If you missed today's lesson, here is the video.

Tuesday April 6:  We started with the 5.1-5.2 ACCs that I handed out yesterday.  Today's lesson is part 1 of Chapter 5.5.  No new assignment until we finish part 2 of this lesson tomorrow.  If you missed today's lesson, here is the video.

Monday April 5:   welcome back!  We spent most of today's class going over and discussing the page 281 questions together.  A few people missed that lesson on the Friday before the break.  Make sure you catch up with the video of the lesson.  We also spent some time doing more grade 9 graphing review.  Starting tomorrow, we'll do ACCs for 5.1 to 5.3.

Friday March 26:  After filling in the CUSR report, we did the 5.3 lesson: Interpreting and Sketching graphs.  Here is the video if you missed the class.  The homework for this section is Page 281 #3-7,9,11,18.  On Monday (after the break) we will go over and discuss some of these questions in class and start working on chapter 5 ACCs beginning on Tuesday.

Thursday March 25: First, it was CUSR day! (you'll see), then we continued our look back at grade 9 graphing skills (while still relating them to some of the ideas that we have learned in this unit) for the first part of the class, then we had some work time for the assignment from yesterday.  New lesson tomorrow.

Wednesday March 24:  we did the lesson for the second part of Lesson 5.2 and we did some grade 9 graphing review to start the class.  The revised (from yesterday) homework assignment is page 270 #4,5,8,10,13, 14-17,19.  If you missed the class, here is a video of the lesson.

Tuesday March 23: we did part 1 of the 5.2 Lesson today.  If you missed the class here is the video.  New assignment is textbook page 270 #4,5,8,10,13, I'll add to that tomorrow, but you will get some work time

Monday March 22:  we went through the rest of the first lesson in Chapter 5.  If you missed today's lesson, here is the video of it.  Your assignment is page 262 #3a, 4, 7,9,13,14.  New lesson tomorrow.
Monday March 15: MICROSOFT TEAMS WENT DOWN AND WE WERE UNABLE TO HOLD A SIMULTANEOUS CLASS.  So we gave the class time to work on finishing the page page 118 #4-7,9,13,19 assignment, then the Chapter 2 review (the file here has a key at the end).

Friday March 12: we started with Q&A from the homework.  Then we did the last lesson (2.7) in the  Trigonometry Notes Booklet.  After the lesson examples, the class had work time for page 118 #4-7,9,13,19.  If anyone wants to get started on the review this weekend, I handed out a Chapter 2 review (the file here has a key at the end). If you missed the lesson or want to see it again, the video is here.

Thursday March 11:  we started with an ACC on chapter 2.6, then we had work time for Page 111 #3,4,7,8,10,16.  One more new lesson in Trig tomorrow and then the unit is over and we test next week..  If anyone wants to get started on the review this weekend, I handed out a Chapter 2 review (the file here has a key at the end). 
For students who want more practice on the  Factoring outcome from the last chapter, you can download this booklet.  If you want a hardcopy of the booklet, message me on Edsby and I'll send one out for you.  We will make everyone re-test factoring later this semester (probably sometime in April) since it is far too important a skill to let you forget how to do it.  After that, anyone who wants to re-test that outcome can do it at the end of the semester in June.

Wednesday March 10:  we continued our unit on Trigonometry today, with the second 2.1-2.5 ACC, then examples from Lesson 2.6 in the Trigonometry Notes Booklet.  After the lesson examples, the class had work time and I was there to answer any old homework questions anyone had.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  New assignment Page 111 #3,4,7,8,10,16.

Tuesday March 9: We did the first 2.1-2.5 ACC today, then it was Q & A and work time.  I'll have a Teams meeting going for anyone who wants to ask for help from home. 

Monday March 8:  today's lesson continues into the Trigonometry Notes Booklet we finished to the end of Lesson 2.5.  You can now work on page 95 #7,8,10 and page 101 #3-6,8-10,13.  You will get work time tomorrow.  If you need to see today's lesson, here is the video.  

Thursday March 4 and Friday March 5: Factoring Test Day!  Students at home can work on Page 75 #3,5 and Page 82 #3-5

Wednesday March 3: today is the last chance to ask any questions before the Chapter 3 Factoring test tomorrow and Friday.  After a few questions, we continued our introductory lesson in the new Trigonometry Notes Booklet.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  

Tuesday March 2: today we'll do the introductory lesson in the new Trigonometry Notes Booklet, going through pages 1-4.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Then it was work time for the assignment from yesterday: textbook page 149 #1-10 and page 180 #2 (ignore the algebra tile instruction), #5-9.  To that, I'll add Page 199 #19, 25, 28 (omit c), 32,33 - that's all the review I'll assign to prepare you for this week's test.  If you want more, you can look at the Practice test on page 201.
Tuesday March 16: today's class started with the student Q&A for the last textbook and review assignments, then we did the 2.7 ACC.  The we started the first lesson in Chapter 5, 5.1:  Representing Relations.

Wednesday/Thursday  March 17/18: Chapter 2 Test:  I won't bother opening a Teams meeting today.  If you need to ask me anything, just message me through Edsby.

Monday March 1:  today we started with going over any problems students had with the page 194 assignment, then we did a practice quiz for Chapters 3.1 and 3.2 just to see if people still remember them.  Finally, we had some time to work on review on textbook page 149 #1-10 and page 180 #2 (ignore the algebra tile instruction), #5-9.  I also handed out our new Trigonometry Notes Booklet, which we will start tomorrow.

Friday Feb 26: today's class starts with an ACC for 3.6-3.8, then work time for the page 194 #4-8,10,11,15,20,21 assignment.  Please bring a scientific calculator to class starting Monday!

Thursday Feb 25:   today's class starts with Q&A for any troubles with the page 177 assignment or the Factoring Maze.  Then we did lesson 3.8 in the  Chapter 3:  Factoring booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson.  The homework for this lesson is textbook page 194 #4-8,10,11,15,20,21.  You will get a little bit of work time tomorrow.

Wednesday Feb 24:  today's class starts with the 3.3-3.5 AGAIN ACC.  Then we had a homework Q&A for pages 166 and 177.  Then we had some work time for people to either finish the page 177 assignment from yesterday or to work on the Factoring Maze activity that I handed out a few days ago (here is the answer key).  New lesson tomorrow!

Tuesday Feb 23:  today's class started with going over homework issues, then we did Lesson 3.6 in the  Chapter 3:  Factoring booklet, factoring trinomials in the form ax^2+bx+c where a doesn't = 1.  This is a key lesson and is usually the toughest of the factoring techniques to master, so EVEN2Bs at home on Teams really need to stay focused.  If you missed the lesson or want to watch it again, here is the video.  After the lesson, EVEN2Bs at home started in on the assignment:  page 177 #13-15, 19, while the ODD1As in class did the factoring activity from yesterday.

Monday Feb 22:  Today we did a 3.3 ACC to start the class.  Then we did a factoring trinomials (with a=1) activity (ODD1As, we'll do that activity with your class tomorrow).  Then we had a bit of work time for the textbook page 166 #7,10,11,13-15,17,19-21 assignment.  Tomorrow, we move on to Lesson 3.5.

Friday Feb 19:  ODD1As are in class, while the EVEN2Bs join us on Teams.  Today we went through the 3.4 Lesson in the  Chapter 3:  Factoring booklet.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  Today's assignment is textbook page 166 #7,10,11,13-15,17,19-21.  You will get some more work time on Monday.

Thursday Feb 18:  EVEN2Bs are in class, while the ODD1As join us on Teams.  We started with an ACC for Lesson 3.7.  I handed it out to the ODD students yesterday - if you don't have it, look in the "quizzes" section of your OneNote folder.  After that, today's lesson takes us back to Lesson 3.3 in the  Chapter 3:  Factoring booklet.  Here is the video of today's lesson.  Tonight's homework is textbook page 155 #8,12a,14,16 (you don't need to check answers by expanding - we practiced that skill in the last homework).

Wednesday Feb 17:  ODD1As are in class, while EVEN2Bs join us on Teams. We started today with the 3.1/3.2 Practice Quiz (from now on we'll call them ACCs), then we had some work time for the big 3.7 assignment from yesterday: textbook page 186 #4,5,8,10,11-14,16,17.  We'll start tomorrow's class with a 3.7 ACC.

Tuesday Feb 16:  EVEN2Bs in class today, while the ODD1As joined us at home from Microsoft Teams.  If you are having trouble finding the Teams meeting, check your Edsby, I made a post there with a picture that might help you out.
We started today's class by going over the homework from Friday, seeing if anyone had any questions.  I handed out a 3.1/3.2 practice quiz (not for marks) - we'll start tomorrow's class with it to see if you have mastered the skills from the first couple of lessons.
Today's lesson we jump to section 3.7 in the textbook and look at multiplying polynomials.  If you remember the distributive property from grade 8 and 9, this is just the next level of that skill. Here is the video for today's lesson. The assignment for this section is textbook page 186 #4,5,8,10,11-14,16,17.  This is a bigger assignment and a key skill moving forward, so we'll spend some time tomorrow working on this assignment and say that it's due for Thursday.

Friday Feb 12: ODD1As were in class today, while EVEN2Bs joined us on TEAMS.  We started by seeing if anyone needed help with last night's homework.  Then we went through the 3.2 lesson in the  Chapter 3:  Factoring booklet.  Here is a video of the lesson, in case you missed any of it or want to review.  Your homework for the weekend is textbook page 146 #4-11,13-15,17,18.  

Thursday Feb 11: So we start the course for real today, with the Odd1A group joining us on Teams.  I went through the 3.1 lesson in the  Chapter 3:  Factoring booklet.   If you missed any part of today's lesson, check back here later for a link to the video. Your homework is Textbook Page 140 #6,8-11.  New lesson tomorrow.

Wednesday Feb 10:  Today was the same plan as yesterday - just going over the course outline,  setting people up on TEAMS (join with the code:mjo90mh) and talking about our course expectations.  Tomorrow, the Odd 1A group will join us on Teams and we will start the 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.

Tuesday February 9:  Welcome to Semester 2: Grade 10 MIAP Math.  Today we went over a course outline, and invited everyone to join our class on TEAMS with the code: mjo90mh
Simultaneous lessons for students at home and in class will start on Thursday.  Today, we begin the course with 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.  On Thursday 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.





SEMESTER 1:

SLOT 1A - MCI45S - INTRODUCTION TO CALCULUS

Blue Textbook
Red Textbook
Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.

Thursday Feb 4:  The Re-Tests have all been marked and your averages have been adjusted to reflect any improvements.
Edbsy has a bunch of little icons that you can put next to each assessment score/grade in the teacher gradebook and I wanted a visual way to be able to look at my gradebook and keep track of which of these scores were re-tests.  So if you see a little green "check" beside your new test score, all that it means is that it is the new "adjusted" mark.  
If you did a re-test for an outcome and you don't see the little green checkmark, that means that your re-test didn't beat your original mark, so I left it alone.
If you want to pick up your last unit Test, just stop in any time next week or even the first week of semester 2.  After that, I'll assume you don't want them and they will get recycled.
I'll be shutting this blog down in a couple of days.  You'll be able to find all of this semester's posts in the "2021 Archive - Old Posts" blog if you ever want to look back on things you did in this course. 
Good luck in semester 2!
 
For the students enrolled in CALCAB for semester 2:  Please read the post I made on Edsby.  Here are the keys to the booklets:  Notes(beige) and Review(green).  The 40SH students will be doing the following parts of those booklets in the last week of January classes:  In the notes booklet:  Lessons 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, in the Review (green) booklet:  pages 5-8, 12-13.

Thursday Jan 28: Even2B students write their Curve Sketching Test today and hand in their Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  Reminder that if the sign up sheet is not returned by the end of the day on Friday, I will assume that you are not doing any re-assessments next week (and you should not come to class).  
I'll open up a Teams meeting in case anyone at home has any questions that they want help with (quietly!) but otherwise, you don't need to check in today.

Wednesday Jan 27: Odd1A students wrote their Curve Sketching Test today and received their Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  If the sign up sheet is not returned by the end of the day on Friday, I will assume that you are not doing any re-assessments next week (and you should not come to class).  Even 2B students who received their sign-up sheet yesterday, you have to hand yours in tomorrow.
I'll open up a Teams meeting in case anyone at home has any questions that they want help with (quietly!) but otherwise, you don't need to check in today.

Tuesday Jan 26:  I handed out a Curve Sketching Cheat Sheet that summarizes all of the tools that you now have to sketch curves.  You may use it on tomorrow/Thursday's Quiz.  I decided that the quiz will be multiple choice. If you are finished the 5.3/5.4 assignment, you can do the 5.5 assignment, which is a review/summary of all of the skills we learned this unit. I also handed out your Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  On the back, you'll find the weightings for each assessment that we did over the course (Odd students, you'll get yours tomorrow).   

Monday Jan 25:  Today's lesson covered 5.3 and 5.4 in the Unit D:  Curve Sketching Booklet.  Here is the video if you missed any part of it or want to review it.  We will quiz curve sketching on Wednesday and Thursday.  You can now do 5.3 #2 and 5.4 #1.  Your last quiz is marked and the score is on Edsby.  Take some time to figure out which outcomes you may want to re-assess next week using your scores on Edsby.  If you don't want to re-assess anything, that's fine, but either way I need to know by the end of the week.  I'll hand out an outcome selection sheet tomorrow and Wednesday that the Odd1A group will have to turn in on or before Friday and the even 2B group will have to hand in by Thursday.

Friday Jan 22: Today's lesson covers the 5.1 and 5.2 chapters in the Red Textbook, Veritcal and Horizontal Asymptotes.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Music students who had to leave before I got to the last 2 examples, you can start it at the 32:20 mark. You can access the notes file I worked from in the Class Notes section of your OneNote folder.  For homework, do 5.1 #1,2 and 5.2 #1,4,8,9.

Wednesday Jan 20 and Thursday Jan 21:  in class we did the 2nd part of the Implicit Differentiation quiz.  People at home, go to yesterday's post and watch the end of the video I posted to see the conclusion of the example I started in class yesterday.  If you have the time, watch the whole video - it's only 20 minutes and I do a much better job than I did in class!  You can also use your home class to keep working on 4.3 #1-4.  UPDATE:  I asked admin:  You do not have to check in for attendance in Teams on a day when the rest of your class is testing.  I'll have a Teams meeting running if anyone has any 4.1-4.3 questions they want help with, but otherwise we'll see everyone on Friday!

Tuesday Jan 19:  we did a couple more examples for the 4.3 lesson.  Your new assignment is 4.3 #1-4 from the Unit D:  Curve Sketching booklet .  No new lessons or assignments until Friday, so you can use either tomorrow or Thursday as a work period - depending on which day you are here to do your second Implicit Differentiation Quiz.  I wasn't happy with the error I made in class doing this lesson AND I ran out of time before finishing the 2nd example, so I deleted the recording and made a new video from scratch, here.

Monday Jan 18: today we did the lesson for 4.3:  The First Derivative Test, which combines with the techniques we learned in 4.1 and 4.2 to help us find the shape of curves (even when we have no idea what the zeros are) using the local maximums and local minimums.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed any of it.  I won't assign the questions from 4.3 until we have done another lesson tomorrow.  Any questions before the second Implicit Differentiation Quiz on Wednesday and Thursday?  

Friday Jan 15: today we'll finish up the 4.2 lesson on Maximum and Minimum Values, which basically means that we finish up the Example 3 problem that we started on Wednesday.  Here is the video if you missed any part of this lesson.  If you are finished the 4.1 #1,4,5 questions from the Unit D:  Curve Sketching booklet, you can try 4.2 #1,4.  Use DESMOS to help you for anything in #4 that you can't figure out how to factor.

Thursday Jan 14:  your quiz will hit your Quizzes folder at 8:00 AM.  It is titled, "Implicit Differentiation Test A", you can start it as soon as you are able.  You do still have to check in to the Teams meeting for attendance, but you can mute sound if the noise from me answering questions or helping people with tech issues will distract you.  Keep your eyes on the chat, if something comes up that I think everyone should know, I'll post in there.  Hopefully everyone can finish it around the end of class (it's only two questions).

Wednesday Jan 13:  we continued with the 4.2 Lesson on Maximum and Minimum Values.  Once you have tried the  4.1 #1,4,5 questions from the Unit D:  Curve Sketching booklet.  We didn't finish the 4.2 lesson (we ran out of time mid-example!) so we'll do that on Friday.  Here is the link to the video if you missed today's lesson.  No new assignment today.  Tonight, you can either review Implicit Differentiation for tomorrow's quiz or keep working on the 4.1 questions from yesterday.

Tuesday Jan 12: I started with a quick correction to the first example from yesterday (D'oh!) then we moved into Lesson 4.2: Maximum and Minimum Values.  We'll finish that lesson tomorrow.  That gives you another day to work on 4.1 #1,4,5.  If you missed the live class (or any part of it), I'll post the video here this afternoon.  We will do our first Implicit Differentiation Quiz on Thursday, so message me if you need help with anything from the 2.7 or 5.3 assignments from the last booklet.

Monday Jan 11: we started the Unit D:  Curve Sketching booklet today with Lesson 4.1:  Increasing and Decreasing Functions.  Tonight you can work on the 4.1 Problems #1,4,5.  For questions where you can't factor the derivative, you may use DESMOS (or a graphing calculator if you have one) to find the x intercepts of the derivative to make your intervals.  Our first Implicit Differentiation Quiz will be Thursday.  We'll do a second one next week.  If you missed the live class (or any part of it) I'll post the video here this afternoon.  I made a minor error in example #1 - I'll fix it in class tomorrow!Friday Jan 8:  we are doing an Antiderivatives quiz today.  By 8:00 AM, I will have the quiz available to start in the "Quizzes" folder of your OneNote.  If you need instructions on how to get to your OneNote, go to our Edsby page and look back to the 5th post from the top (dated 3 weeks ago).  If you still can't get this to work, I can send it to you through Edsby.  You can also submit through Edsby if you can't get it to me in OneNote.  If you have a printer at home and want to print the quiz out, you can, but working the questions out on loose-leaf is fine too.  You can use your notes.  When you log into class on Teams for attendance before getting started on the quiz, we can try to help you with any technical issues.
Update:  9:28 AM.  All things considered that went pretty well!  I'll mark the quizzes over the weekend.  I won't start marking until Saturday if you need more time today to finish it today.  Message me on Edsby if you are having any problems!

Thursday Jan 7:  we went over the example problem that I gave people yesterday and a type of calculus word problem example that we hadn't seen before.  Looking at that problem lead me to quickly discuss a really neat curve that we hadn't talked about before - the brachistochrone (aka the cycloid)!  For your weekend homework, here is an excellent VSauce video (it has a Mythbuster build in it too, if you are like me and you miss that show, you'll dig it!).  This video actually relates to some problem solving that we will do in a couple of weeks.  That about wraps it up for the Chapter C Booklet.  If you missed the live stream, look back here in the afternoon for a link to the video.  Friday we will quiz on Antiderivatives.  We'll quiz on Implicit Differentiation over a couple of days: once next week and once again the week we're back. 

Wednesday Jan 6:  Today we looked at a complicated 2.7 questions and I gave people a question to try for next time.  I didn't make a video for this class, since we pretty much just played around with one problem.  Use tonight to keep working on the 2.7 and 5.3 questions if you aren't done them.

Tuesday January 5:  Happy New Year!  Welcome to online learning again!  Our Teams meeting will start when regular class time starts (8:25- except for Wednesday, which will be late start: 9:25) and yes, they are making us take attendance.  If for some reason you miss the lesson today (or any day over the next couple of weeks), I will record it and post it on YouTube later today.  Check back HERE in the afternoon for the link.  I hope that everyone realizes that I am NOT recording the TEAMS meeting, I am recording MY cam feed. So, the video that I post to YouTube won't show your names on the screen.  You can feel free to ask questions and participate in the lesson the same way that you would as if you were in class - I will do my best to keep you anonymous (never address you by more than your first name).  If you want to ask/tell me something during class that you don't want your classmates to see, please message me on Edsby. 

Today we'll take a look back at the Antiderivatives Practice Questions #1-5,8 and see if anyone has any questions from this page.  We will do an on-line quiz on this topic this Friday using OneNote (or, if you can't get OneNote to work, you can submit your solutions through Edsby).  It won't be worth very much and it will only be a couple of questions.  This is mostly just a test to make sure we can get this to work for everyone, so we can do more on-line assessments before the end of this semester.

For homework tonight, you should now (hopefully) be done: the Antiderivatives Practice Questions #1-5,8, the page of  Method 1 Questions,  and 2.7 #1-7 and 5.3 #1-6 from the  Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  If you finished those assignments and want an (optional) challenge, do 5.3 # 9-13 and the unique curves page.  Those optional problems are more complicated than the problems I will test you on next week.
Thursday Dec 17 and Friday Dec 18:  Even2Bs are in class Thursday for a work period and Odd1As at home can join us on Teams if they have any questions.  Friday it will be Vice Versa.  We're just doing examples so I won't record these.  I need a few people who are able to access OneNote to help me with a little experiment in these classes.  I put a practice assignment that I want you to try to submit so I can mark it.  It's only for practice, not for marks, but I want as many of you as possible to try this today and tomorrow.  See Edsby for instructions on how to access the OneNote file and submit your solutions.  The assignments to be worked on are: Antiderivatives Practice Questions #1-5,8, the page of  Method 1 Questions, 2.7 #1-7 and 5.3 #1-6, and (optional) 9-13 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook, and the unique curves page.  Have a great X-Mas break!  We'll see everyone on Jan 5 in Teams!
All of you Even2Bs at home can watch the period 6 X-Mas message from the FRC Staff at this link.

Wednesday Dec 16: Odd1As are in class Wednesday, so the Even2Bs  are joining us on Teams for today's lesson.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video that I will post later this afternoon.  Today's lesson is part 3 of our look at Implicit Differentiation. We'll start by going over the quotient law/chain rule problem that I gave you 2 days ago and forgot to go over yesterday, then more examples of Implicit Differentiation - this time with a quotient rule to deal with. For homework, do the  page of  Method 1 Questions that I handed out yesterday (and today), then 2.7 #1-7 and 5.3 #1-6, and (optional) 9-13.  If you finish those before the end of the week, you can work on the unique curves page that I handed out yesterday (and today).  Tomorrow and Friday will be work periods and a chance to ask questions.  I'll have Teams on for anyone who wants to ask a question from home. 


Tuesday Dec 15:  Even2Bs are in class today, so the Odd1As are joining us on Teams for today's lesson.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video that I will post in the afternoon.  Today's lesson is part 2 of our look at Implicit Differentiation.   Then we looked at Method 2 of Implicit Differentiation problems. You can now start on 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!).  There is a lot of work here, so I don't expect you to have this assignment done before the break.
I have a couple of handouts for you today.  If you don't need a hard copy, you can find them in the "Homework" folder of your OneNote.  Go to yesterday's Edsby post to see how to find them.  You can download them from here too, but I am keen to see if you can all use the OneNote app.  The first handout is a page of questions based on yesterday's lesson.  The second one is for after the break, once you have done the 2.7 and 5.3 assignments above, it deals with unique curves.  

Monday Dec 14: Odd1As are in class again today, so the Even2Bs are joining us on Teams for today's lesson.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video post later in the afternoon.  We'll do Teams meetings for every class this week.  Today's lesson introduces Implicit Differentiation, allowing us to find slopes of curves that aren't easily expressed as functions.  No new assignment yet.  For homework, keep working on the Antiderivatives Practice Questions#1-5,8. 
Also, see if you can find the copy of today's notes that I uploaded to your OneNote/Teams workbook.  I posted an Edsby message tonight on how to access this.  Hopefully, most of you will be able to use OneNote to send in things for me to mark over the Remote Learning Period.  Those of you that can't make this work will have to use Edsby for all submissions. 

Wednesday Dec 9 and Thursday Dec 10: Even2Bs are in class today doing their Chain Rule quiz.  Odd1As do theirs tomorrow. No new lesson or video or Teams today.  We'll be back to that on Monday.  Between now and then, finish the Antiderivatives Practice Questions#1-5,8.  Have a great weekend!

Tuesday Dec 8:  Odd1As in class and the Even2Bs are joining us on Teams for a brief 10 minute introduction to conic sections and other non-function curves.  Then I took questions from Chapters 2.6 and 5.2, which we will quiz on tomorrow and Thursday.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video post later in the afternoon. If you are ready for the quiz and finished the 2.6 and 5.2 problems, you can work on the Antiderivatives Practice Questions #1-5,8 from yesterday.  Here is the answer key for the 5.2 and 5.3 problems in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.

Monday Dec 7:
Even2Bs:  in class today we looked at Antiderivatives, using a handout and some examples.  Odd1As are joining us on Teams.  Check your Teams calendar or Pembina Trails email for the invite to the Teams meeting for this class.  If you miss the class, I will post a link to the video here.  For homework, do the Practice Questions #1-5,8.  We won't quiz on this new topic until next week, so if you are still finishing the 2.6 and 5.2 questions tonight, all is good.  Tomorrow will be an introduction to non-function curves (there is no assignment for that lesson).  Wednesday and Thursday is the 2.6 and 5.2 Chain Rule Quiz.

Friday Dec 4:  
Odd1As:  today it's your turn for a work day for the assignment: 2.6 (pg 1) #2-10 and 5.2 (pg 12) #7,12 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  We will quiz the Chain Rule on Thursday (Dec 10), but we will be moving on to new skills and topics on Monday.
Even2Bs: Check your Teams calendar or Pembina Trails email for the invite to the Teams meeting for this class.  So you can tune in and ask questions or see what questions I am answering for the class that's here.  We will quiz quiz the Chain Rule on Wednesday (Dec 9), but we will be moving on to new skills and topics on Monday.

Thursday Dec 3:  
Even2Bs:  work period today for the assignment: 2.6 (pg 1) #2-10 and 5.2 (pg 12) #7,12 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  
Odd1As:  Check your Teams calendar or Pembina Trails email for the invite to the Teams meeting for this class.  So you can tune in and ask questions or see what questions I am answering for the class that's here.

Wednesday Dec 2:  
Odd1As: in class today we did the second part of the Chain Rule lesson.  You can now do 2.6 (pg 1) #2-10 and 5.2 (pg 12) #7,12 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  
Even2Bs: at home today use  this video lesson starting at the 17:47 mark to finish the second part of the Chain Rule lesson that we started yesterday.  You can now do 2.6 #2-10 and 5.2 #7,12 in the Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook.  

Tuesday Dec 1:  Even2Bs in class today: we begin our look at the Chain Rule.  You will finish the lesson tomorrow with this video lesson starting at the 17:47 mark.   I handed out the new Unit C: Chain Rule and Its Applications Workbook today, but you won't start in on it until after tomorrow's video lesson.
Odd1As at home today:  we begin our look at the Chain Rule with  this video lesson.  Watch it UP TO the 17:47 mark.  From the 17:47 mark until the end of this video is the lesson we will do in class together tomorrow.  No new assignment yet.

Thursday Nov 26 and Friday Nov 27:  quizzing 2.8,3.1,3.2 today.  That means a homework-free long weekend!  Catch up on your other courses and get ready for next week when we start the Chain Rule, which will take lots of practice!

The answer key for 2.5 #6 appears to have an error.  I get -5 not 5.  Also 2.5 #1i) the denominator in the answer key has a coefficient of -2, it should be -1.

Wednesday Nov 25:  Even2Bs today we did a couple more examples of problems that require 2nd derivatives.  Then we went over questions people had with the 2.8, 3.1, and 3.2 assignments.  This class can be viewed in Teams for the Odd1As who aren't here today and have their quiz tomorrow (don't forget that it is Wednesay and class doesn't start until 9:25).  Odd1As, you quiz Friday.

Tuesday Nov 24: Odd1As, today is your chance to finish last week's quiz and get work done or ask questions about the 2.8,3.1 and 3.2 questions.  Another flipped class day - when you get home you have a video to go through with one more example of a position-velocity-acceleration problem.  I tried to find one that wasn't so physics-y.  I hope you like it!  Please note this is different from yesterday's video.  Make sure you go through them both!  Even2Bs that goes for you too!  We will quiz 2.8,3.1,3.2 on Thursday and Friday.

Monday Nov 23:  Even2Bs: Today we had some work time for some people for  2.8 #1a-d, 2a,b, 3 and 3.1  #1,3,4,5,7,9, for others, they needed today's class to finish the quiz from last week.  For homework tonight, watch this video for Section 3.2 (Odd1A students at home should do it today as well) and if you are finished the 2.8 and 3.1 questions, do 3.2 #1,2,3a-c,4a-c,6,7.

Wednesday Nov 18 and Thursday Nov 19:  quizzing 2.4 and 2.5 today and tomorrow.  Even thought it's only 4 questions, it's a little longer than I meant it to be, so if students need more time, they can finish it next class.  At home both groups should be working on 2.8 #1a-d, 2a,b, 3 and 3.1  #1,3,4,5,7,9, but I will give the 2B group work time on Monday if they are finished their quiz from today.  Enjoy your Friday off and have a great weekend.

Tuesday Nov 17:  Even2Bs are in class today to see me do part 2 of the Chapter 2.8, 3.1, and 3.2 lesson that I started yesterday (go watch yesterday's video if you haven't already!).  For the Odd1As at home here is the video of today's lesson.  Tomorrow and Thursday we will quiz 2.4 and 2.5, Product and Quotient Rules.  If you are done the 2.4 and 2.5 assignments and are ready to move on, the 2.8 questions based on yesterday's lesson are: #1a-d, 2a,b, 3 and the 3.1 questions based on today's lesson are #1,3,4,5,7,9.  If you are done the 2.4 and 2.5 assignments but still want extra (optional) practice, try page 29 #2,4 and page 31 #2-5.   If you are wondering what happened to Chapters 2.6 and 2.7, they will make up the bulk of our Unit 3 Booklet.

Monday Nov 16: Odd1As are in class today to see me introduce Chapters 2.8, 3.1, and 3.2 to do a few examples.  Here is a video of that lesson for all you Even2Bs at home.  For the rest of the class, I asked if anyone had any homework issues from 2.4 and 2.5 to deal with.  We will quiz those two outcomes (Product and Quotient Rule) on Wednesday and Thursday.  

Friday Nov 13: Even2B group in-class today and Odd1A to join us on Teams for another example that requires the Quotient Rule, then we can have a little work time for  2.5 #1,3,5-7.  I recorded the Teams meeting but the video of it is awful so I just made this video for the people who missed the class.  Please use that link and don't bother looking for the Teams Meeting Recording.

Thursday Nov 12:  Odd1A group in-class today and Even2B to join us on Teams for the first lesson on the Quotient Rule.  Check your Teams calendar or your Pembina Trails email to join us.  Here is an e-copy of the notes we did today.  We recorded the lesson for those of you who may have missed it.  You can find the video in Teams (under "Activity" or you can watch it here on Microsoft Streams, just log in with your Pembina Trails email and password.  Your new assignment is 2.5 #1,3,5-7  

Monday November 9 and Tuesday Nov 10:  We quizzed 2.1-2.3 today.  Students at home can work on the 2.4 #1-3,5 assignment.

Thursday Nov 5 and Friday Nov 6: no new lesson today.  Just a work period/ask questions day for the Odd1A group (Thursday) and the Even 2B group on Friday.  We will quiz 2.1-2.3 Monday and Tuesday.  If people have finished all of the previously assigned questions in 2.1 and 2.3 and want some extra practice, you could do: page 23 #2-4,6 and page 26 #1-4,7,9,11,18,19.  Or if you feel ready for the quiz, you can just keep working on 2.4 #1-3,5.  We won't quiz 2.4 until next week, after we have done 2.5.

Wednesday Nov 4:  So I was just alerted to the fact that a week ago today, I posted a link to the WRONG VIDEO.  I accidentally posted a link to my 2.4 (Product Rule) video when I had meant to post a link to the first 4 Differentiation Rules (Constant Rule, Constant Multiple Rule, Sum Rule, Difference Rule).  So here is a re-post of that 2.2-2.3 video.  To give people some time to back-track, I'll move the 2.1-2.3 quiz to next week, Monday and Tuesday, to give people a chance to catch up, since this was completely my fault that some people might be a little lost.  So no new assignment or lesson today!  Until tomorrow, just keep plugging away at: 2.2 #1-4,7-11, 2.3 #1-11, and 2.4 #1-3,5.  In today's class with the Even2Bs, I'll do a couple more examples from each of those sections.  They will be different than the examples I did yesterday, so you Odd1As can join us on Teams if they want to see some new examples.  Check your Teams account or PTSD email for a meeting invitation.

Tuesday Nov 3:  Odd1As:  we went over some questions like the ones in 2.1-2.3 in preparation for Thursday's quiz.  If you are still stuck on some questions, see if they happen to be in the videos I posted yesterday.  Then I did another example of the Product Rule.  Even2Bs,  I'll livestream the class on Teams so you can watch along.  If you missed the class and still want to see the examples, try this link (you may have to be logged into Pembina Trails on your device to make this work).  I'll do the same thing with your group tomorrow, but I'll pick new examples so that the Even2Bs can watch along.  Both groups should finish up the 2.2 and 2.3 questions and start on 2.4 #1-3,5 tonight and tomorrow.

Monday Nov 2:  Even2Bs are in-class today, learning about the Product Rule for Derivatives.  Odd1As at home, you can do this lesson remotely during today's class time from this video of the 2.4 Lesson.  This time the curriculum wants you to see where the rule comes from, so we derive it, before using it on a few examples.  You can now do 2.4 #1-3,5.
If you are still having trouble with the 2.2 and 2.3 homework problems, here is a video where I go over 2.2 numbers: 2f, 2j, 3d, 4c, and 8.  Ignore the part at the end where I talk about questions from 4.2.  I also have this video where I go over 2.3 numbers 6,9,10 and 12(which I didn't assign).  Feel free to check either of these videos out if the homework problems aren't working out for you.
We'll quiz on 2.1-2.3 on Thursday and Friday.

Friday Oct 30:  First I asked if anyone was stuck on the 2.1 and Composite Functions problems, then we looked at a couple of quick examples for 2.2 and 2.3 using our new Differentiation Rules.  Then we finished with a little work time for 2.2 #1-4,7-11 and 2.3 #1-11.  Students at home should be working on the same thing.  We'll move on to 2.4 on Monday, but we won't quiz 2.1-2.3 until Thursday and Friday of next week. 

Thursday Oct 29:  Even2B in-class, we went over some 2.1 and Composite Functions problems from the homework, then we did a couple of quick examples for 2.2 and 2.3.  Both groups should now be working on 2.2 #1-4,7-11 and 2.3 #1-11. We will give you until Monday before moving into lesson 2.4.
  
Wednesday Oct 28: Odd1A group, if people have any questions about the 2.1 and Composite Functions assignments, we can take them up on Friday. Today, we need to move ahead, so I am doing a 2.2 and 2.3 lesson in class that you Even2Bs can  watch the video of (and do notes for) at home today.  This way you can both get a class (tomorrow and Friday) where I go over 2.1 (and the Composite functions sheet), and you can both start working on the 2.2 and 2.3 assignments over the weekend.  Here is a hard copy of the notes if anyone wants to download them.  The first page of that file is a handout that I will give to the class.  The assigned questions for this lesson are: 2.2 #1-4,7-11 and 2.3 #1-11.  We will give you until Monday before moving into lesson 2.4.

Monday Oct 26 and Tuesday Oct 27: Odd1A group you are quizzing 1.5 and 1.6 today and Even2Bs you write it tomorrow.  At home, you should be finishing up the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet Assignment 2.1 #1-13, the booklet of extra 2.1 practice sheets (here are the answer keys), and the Composite Functions worksheet.  Look back over the old posts to make sure you are caught up on lesson videos.  Next new video will be Wednesday.  Anyone who wants to give the University of Waterloo  Senior Contest a try has to let me know by the end of the week!  If you want to see what that contest looks like, here is here is last year's Senior Contest.

Thursday Oct 22:   Odd1A group, in class today we'll spent part of the class going over some problems from 1.5, 1.6,  and the  Limits to Infinity worksheet.  We do a quiz on 1.5 and 1.6 material on Monday.  Even2B's your quiz will be on Tuesday, and I will be livestreaming this class in a Teams meeting if you want to see me do the questions that this class asks.  After the question period, I talked a bit more about Derivatives and the definition of a derivative formula (a.k.a. the "first principles" formula) and looked at more graphs of functions and their derivatives, as well as the concept of "differentiability" from yesterday's video.  Hopefully you are now well into, if not finished the Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet Assignment 2.1 #1-13.  I also handed out a booklet of extra 2.1 practice sheets (here are the answer keys) for you to work on today and a Composite Functions worksheet, which is the assignment to accompany this new video that you should watch this weekend.  You should be done all of this for Wedneday, when I will start on Chapter 2.2.

Wednesday Oct 21:  Even2B group, in class today we'll spent part of the class going over some problems from 1.5, 1.6,  and the  Limits to Infinity worksheet.  We do a quiz on 1.5 and 1.6 material on Tuesday.  Odd1A's you will get the same chance to ask questions about those assignments tomorrow and your quiz will be on Monday. For the rest of class today, I talked a bit more about Derivatives and the definition of a derivative formula (a.k.a. the "first principles" formula).  I posted a new video to explain derivative notation and differentiability with some notes and examples.  Once you have seen the video, you can do Chapter 2 Derivatives booklet Assignment 2.1 #1-13.  I also handed out a booklet of extra 2.1 practice sheets (here are the answer keys) and a Composite Functions worksheet, which will accompany the video I post tomorrow.


Tuesday Oct 20:  Today it's the Odd1A group's turn to write the quiz on 1.3 and 1.4.  For the Even2B group at home today, I want you to watch and do notes for the first video for  Unit 2: Derivatives.  Where we define the derivative of a function and use the "first principles" formula to find the equations of derivatives in 3 algebraic and one graphing example.  We will do more examples in the next video, but you can get started on the 2.1 Assignment in your new booklet (don't go past #10 until I post the next video tomorrow). Here are the graphs of today's algebraic examples and their derivatives in a Demos file, and here is the one with the moving tangent line in case you want a better look at them.

Monday Oct 19:  Today the Even2B group wrote a quiz on 1.3 and 1.4.  For the Odd1A group at home today, I want you to watch and do notes for the first video for  Unit 2: Derivatives.  Where we define the derivative of a function and use the "first principles" formula to find the equations of derivatives in 3 algebraic and one graphing example.  We will do more examples in the next video, but you can get started on the 2.1 Assignment in your new booklet (don't go past #10 until I post the next video). Here are the graphs of today's algebraic examples and their derivatives in a Demos file, and here is the one with the moving tangent line in case you want a better look at them.

Thursday Oct 15:
In-class today with the 2BEven group, I will go through some practice 1.3 and 1.4 problems while the rest of the 1AOdds at home tune in on Microsoft Teams.  Go to your calendar and you should see the link to join the meeting.  We quiz 1.3 and 1.4 on Monday and Tuesday, then we'll do a review day for 1.5 and 1.6 on Wednesday (we'll stream it again if today goes successfully!) then we'll quiz those on Thursday and Friday.  For homework today, you can keep working on the 1.6 assignment on page 13 #1,3-6,8 and the  Limits to Infinity worksheet.  I made a quick video on the difference between the two assignments to help people who are struggling with the worksheet (I'm getting lots of Edsby messages!).  If you want some extra practice questions (totally optional!) to prepare for the 1.3-1.4 quiz, you can do page 24 #3-6 and page 27 #2,3,5,6.  If you missed today's live class and want to see it, you can watch it here.

Wednesday Oct 14:  In-class today, I did the same as yesterday and went over some 1.6 problems.  At home you should be working on the 1.6 assignment on page 13 #1,3-6,8 and the  Limits to Infinity worksheet (or feel free to save it for review for next week's quiz).  Next class we will work on some review together and we'll quiz 1.3-1.4 next week Monday and Tuesday and 1.5-1.6 on Thursday and Friday.  Tomorrow, we will livestream the class to Microsoft Teams for the ODD-day students who will miss out on a class this Friday. You should have already received a meeting invitation in your email and Teams account.  

Tuesday Oct 13:  
In class - we went over some questions in 1.5 and 1.6 today and I handed out a  Limits to Infinity worksheet (feel free to save it for review for next week's quiz).  At home you should be working on the 1.6 assignment on page 13 #1,3-6,8.  Next class we will work on some review together and we'll quiz 1.3-1.4 next week Monday and Tuesday and 1.5-1.6 on Thursday and Friday.

Friday Oct 9:  
PZs:  we looked at some 1.4 and 1.5 problems together then had a little bit of work time.
ALL 3 GROUPS:  I posted a video for Lesson 1.6.  Once you have gone through it, do the following questions in the 1.6 assignment on page 13 #1,3-6,8
So this is our last day of the 3-group system and next week, we are on to a 2-day system.  Originally, I had planned to quiz 1.3 and 1.4 in our next class together, but I am going to hold off until we have all been back for a class together in the new system, then we'll quiz 1.3 and 1.4 in our second classes together as ODDS and EVENS.  Have a great long weekend!

Thursday Oct 8:
HOs:  we looked at some 1.4 and 1.5 problems together then had a little bit of work time.
ALL 3 GROUPS:  work on the questions for Lesson 1.5 #1b,3,8.  New video coming tomorrow.

Wednesday Oct 7:
AGs:  we looked at some 1.4 and 1.5 problems together in class today.  
ALL 3 GROUPS: I am officially assigning  the 1.5 Lesson video today.  I'll officially assign it for all classes tomorrow.  The assignment for 1.5 is #1b,3,8.  You can work on it today and tomorrow.  We'll move on to 1.6 on Friday.

Tuesday Oct 6:
PZs:  Your turn to do the quiz for 1.1 and 1.2 today.  
ALL 3 GROUPS:  For homework today, please watch this new 1.4 video and do the examples along with me.  I decided to spend another day with 1.4 before moving on to 1.5 tomorrow.  If anyone is ready to move on, here is the 1.5 Lesson video.  I'll officially assign it for all classes tomorrow.  The assignment for 1.5 is #1b,3,8.

Monday Oct 5:  
HOs: Your turn to do the quiz 1.1 and 1.2 today.  For homework today, finish up the 1.4 assignment, page 9 #1,2,6-11.  I'll be posting a 1.5 lesson video tomorrow.
AGs and PZs:  finish the 1.4 assignment today.  Message me if you are stuck on anything - we could always do a Teams meeting at lunch or in slot 5.

Friday Oct 2: 
AGs:  today we quizzed 1.1 and 1.2.  Any time left over can be used to work on 1.3 or 1.4.  Tonight, watch this new video with a 1.4 example that isn't a parabola for once. Try to finish the 1.4 questions by Tuesday - I won't post a 1.5 video until then.
HOs and PZs: watch this new video with a 1.4 example that isn't a parabola for once. Try to finish the 1.4 questions by Tuesday - I won't post a 1.5 video until then.  Remember that we quiz 1.1 and 1.2 next class.

Thursday Oct 1:
PZs:  this is your day to ask questions and get help with 1.1-1.3 otherwise it's a work period for 1.4.  Hopefully you watched the video I posted yesterday and if you want to see another example where I go through the two formulas to find the slope of a tangent to a parabola, here is another example.  Tomorrow I will post an example video for something other than a parabola.  In Tuesday's class we will write a quiz on 1.1 and 1.2.
AGs and HOs:  you should do the same thing today as the people in-class above.  Work on 1.4 and watch the new video if want to see another example with a quadratic.  Remember that we quiz 1.1 and 1.2 next class.

Wednesday Sept 30:
HOs:  we did some 1.1-1.3 questions together, but otherwise had a work period today.  Either tonight for homework or during your class time tomorrow, watch and do notes for this Lesson 1.4 Video.  Then you can start on the 1.4 assignment which is page 9 #1,2,6-11.  You should be done these problems by next week's class.  Message me if you get stuck on anything. On Monday we quiz 1.1 and 1.2 for marks.
PZs and AGs:  watch and do notes for this Lesson 1.4 Video.  Then you can start on the 1.4 assignment which is page 9 #1,2,6-11.  You should be done these problems by next week's class.  Message me if you get stuck on anything. AGs we will quiz 1.1 and 1.2 for marks on Friday.  PZs we write that quiz on Tuesday.

Tuesday Sept 29:
AGs:  we did some 1.1-1.3 questions together, but otherwise had a work period today.  I'll post a Lesson 1.4 video tomorrow.  Next class we will quiz 1.1 and 1.2 for marks.  
HOs and PZs:   same plan.  Work on the 1.3 questions today.  Message me if you get stuck. 
ALL 3 Groups:  In 1.2 Question #6, the answer to part b is a number you should recognize if you took grade 12 and remember your logarithms, specifically the natural log number "e".  "e" is a super important number in mathematics, it is a special, irrational constant that pops up in all sorts of places - kind of like pi.  If you want to learn more about "e", here is a really good numberphile video that explains one way to generate the value.  

Monday Sept 28:
PZs:   we handed back and went over the quiz and went over some 1.1 and 1.2 problems together.  Your homework today and tomorrow is to watch this video for the 1.3 Lesson and do 1.3 #1-9 in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  Please use technology (DESMOS or a TI) to help you make your graphs.
AGs and HOs:  Your homework today and tomorrow is to watch this video for the 1.3 Lesson and do 1.3 #1-9 in the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  Please use technology (DESMOS or a TI) to help you make your graphs.

Friday Sept 25:
HOs:  we handed back and went over the quiz and had work/help time for 1.1 and 1.2.  Those assignments should be done for Monday, when I'll post a 1.3 Lesson video.  
PZs and AGs:  same message - try to finish 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10  and 1.2 (page 3) #1-9 by Monday.

Thursday Sept 24:
AGs:  we went over the quiz and some problems in 1.1 and 1.2 together,  Your homework is to try to finish both of those assignments for Monday, when I will post a new lesson 1.3 video.  
HOs and PZs:  Should use this time to work on the 1.1 and 1.2 assignments (or catch up on the videos if you haven't seen them yet).  

Wednesday Sept 23:
PZs:  See Monday's update for the AGs and that's pretty much what we did today.  
ALL 3 Groups:  by today, hopefully you are finished the Exercise 1.1 (page 2) assignment and you are ready for the 1.2 Lesson (here is the video) and to start Exercise 1.2 (page 3) #1-9.  Tomorrow will just be work time for this assignment.

Tuesday Sept 22: 
HOs:  See yesterday's update for the AGs and that's pretty much what we did today.  
ALL 3 Groups:  At home today/tonight, work on the  Exercise 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  This assignment should be done by tomorrow.  Tomorrow I'll post a first lesson for section 1.2.

Monday Sept 21: 
AGs:  In-school.  We did a little for-marks assessment based on pages 1 and 2 of the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet.  Then we had work time for Exercise 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10.  Which should be done by Wednesday.  Also for homework, you can watch the Lesson 1.1, Part 2 (Physics example) video
HOs and PZs:  At home.  Hopefully you have already seen the first video for lesson 1.1.  Today you can watch the Lesson 1.1, Part 2 (Physics example) video and work on  Exercise 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10 in the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet.  This assignment should be done by Wednesday.

Friday Sept 18:  A conversation with a student just made me realize that I might have forgotten to tell all sections of the class that page 3 of the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet was meant to be extra practice - and was not mandatory like pages 1 and 2 - AND I neglected to mention this here on the blog.  My apologies!  I will work harder to remember to keep our information better organized.  If you are still working through page 3, you also may have noticed that I forgot to copy the answer key for problems #9-16 so here they are, for anyone who gave them a try and wants to check their work.
PZ's in class today did the same thing as the AGs did Wednesday and the HOs did yesterday.  
The homework for all 3 groups is to start the Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes unit.  Here is the first video for lesson 1.1.  The assignment from the  Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Changes booklet is Exercise 1.1 (page 2) #1,2,7-10.  I'll add a bit to that assignment after I post the next video lesson on Monday.  You will have a small quiz (for marks) on the Grade 11 Review material next time you have an in-school class.

Thursday Sept 17:  HOs in-class today, we had our last question and work time for the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet.  Your homework is to finish the booklet and  and  watch this video introducing calculus,  and this video introducing rate of change (slope) on a curve.  
PZs:  your last chance to work and get help with the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet will be in tomorrow's class.  At home today, keep working on it and  watch this video introducing calculus,  and this video introducing rate of change (slope) on a curve.  Tomorrow's video will be actual notes and examples.
AGs: hopefully you have finished up the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet, and you can  watch this video introducing calculus, and this video introducing rate of change (slope) on a curve.  Tomorrow's video will be actual notes and examples.

Wednesday Sept 16:  I just realized today that question #14b of the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet  has some sort of typo or something because it doesn't work out to their answer at all (I even tried using  DESMOS) so please OMIT that question.  The AGs in-school today saw me go through another example of the Factor Theorem and Polynomial Long Division (#7 b from the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet ).  Here is a video capture of that example if you want to see it.  Then I made a video where I go over examples from questions 11,12, and 13 on page 2 of the booklet.  Here is a video of those examples. So today (and tomorrow for the HOs and Friday for the PZs) is the last day I'll be going over stuff on the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet .  We'll start actual Calculus ideas with Friday's lesson.  Until then watch this video introducing calculus.  

Tuesday Sept. 15: At-school today is basically just a repeat of yesterday (and Friday's) class for the PZ group.  AG and HO groups should be finishing up the Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet at home and watching the videos posted yesterday.


Friday Sept 11:  AG group:  we looked at how to use DESMOS to make graphs (since this course WILL need graphing technology, but I DON'T want to make you invest in a graphing calculator right now).  We also talked a little bit about the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet that I handed on the first day.  You will be working on it between now and your next class on Tuesday.  For the HO and PZ groups checking in at home, you can look back here on Monday to see some links to videos to help with the questions from the booklet.  Between now and then, try to do as much of the booklet as you can, but don't panic if you get stuck.  Everyone who did the Edsby assignment (the two question "quiz") should be able to find their "grade" and my feedback on their answers.  Students using the Edsby mobile app on their phones often have issues accessing the feedback.  Try finding it on a desktop or a laptop and then let me know if you can't find it.  Have a great weekend!  Check back here on Monday for some links to video tutorials for the booklet!

Thursday Sept 10: Today, I went through the same routine with the PZ group as I did with the other two groups.  See Tuesday's post below.

Wednesday September 9:  Today, I went through the same routine with the HO group as I did with yesterday's AG group.  See yesterday's post below.

Tuesday September 8:  Welcome to the Introduction to Calculus course!  Today the students in the AG group were given a handout with the "homework" assignment to familiarize themselves with our technology.  Your first task is to log onto Microsoft Teams and join the class team with the code:  6d3zs90
The second task is to go to Edsby and take the two-question "quiz" so that we can test that you can both submit and receive feedback.  We won't start the course proper until next time I see the AG group, but feel free to get started on your own on the the  Grade 11 Review and Polynomial Division Booklet that I handed out today.  Don't worry if you're not certain how to do most of it.  Lessons are coming in the next class.  For now, let's just make sure we get our technology working!

SLOTS 2 and 6 - MPC30SH - GR 11  PRE-CALCULUS (Honors)


Answer key errors:  
Ch 7 Workbook: #191 is just plain wrong
Ch 7 Notebook:  Page 31 #1d has two more answers:  1+/-sqrt14
Page 32: #2d has an extraneous answer: -2

Monday Feb 1-Thursday Feb 4:  With the exception of a couple of people who missed old assessments due to absences, the only students we'll be seeing are the ones doing the optional re-tests.  No more meetings on Teams either.  If you need to message me, use Edsby. 
If you want to pick up your last unit Test, just stop in any time next week or even the first week of semester 2.  After that, I'll assume you don't want them and they will get recycled.
Good luck with your re-assessments (if you are doing them) and have fun in semester 2!

Thursday Jan 28: Even2B students write their Chapter 8/9 Test today and hand in their Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  Reminder that if the sign up sheet is not returned by the end of the day on Friday, I will assume that you are not doing any re-assessments next week (and you should not come to class).  
I'll open up a Teams meeting in case anyone at home has any questions that they want help with (quietly!) but otherwise, you don't need to check in today.

Wednesday Jan 27: Odd1A students wrote their Chapter 8/9 test today and received their Options Test Sign up Sheet.  If the sign up sheet is not returned by the end of the day on Friday, I will assume that you are not doing any re-assessments next week (and you should not come to class).  Even 2B students who received their sign-up sheet yesterday, you have to hand yours in tomorrow.  I'll open up a Teams meeting in case anyone at home has any questions that they want help with (quietly!) but otherwise, you don't need to check in today.

Tuesday Jan 26:  Work and ask questions period for the Chapter 8 and 9 workbook questions. I also handed out your Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  On the back, you'll find the weightings for each assessment that we did over the course (Odd students, you'll get yours tomorrow). 

Monday Jan 25:  we did a lesson on Systems of Linear Inequalities and Linear Programming.  Here is the video of the lesson.  Your new assignment is #197-200,212-214 in the Chapter 8 and 9 Workbook.  Tomorrow will be a work/ask questions period.  We will test Chapters 8 and 9 on Wednesday and Thursday.
Take some time to figure out which outcomes you may want to re-assess next week using your scores on Edsby.  If you don't want to re-assess anything, that's fine, but either way I need to know by the end of the week.  I'll hand out an outcome selection sheet tomorrow and Wednesday that the Odd1A group will have to turn in on or before Friday and the even 2B group will have to hand in by Thursday.

Friday Jan 22: Today's class is a work period for the assignment from yesterday.  Over the weekend, start thinking about which outcomes you might want to retest in a couple of weeks, if any.  I handed out Exam Review Booklets today and yesterday afternoon (sorry, folks in the yesterday AM class - I didn't get them until after you left - remind me to give them to you on Monday).

Thursday Jan 21: we did the 9.3 Lesson in the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed any of it.  You can now do 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 the following practice questions in the  Chapter 8 and 9 Workbook:  #128-142, 169-188.  Tomorrow will be a work period.

Wednesday Jan 20:  we started the Chapter 9:Linear and Quadratic Inequalities booklet, going through lessons 9.1 and 9.2 up to page 10.  Your homework tonight is to do Example 7 on page 11.  We will go over the solutions tomorrow.  Here is the video of today's lesson if you missed any part of it.

Tuesday Jan 19: we went over a couple of questions from last night's homework, then had work time for pages 10,12-14 of the Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet and  Chapter 8 and 9 Workbook #57,59,61, 70,71,79,86,88.  Since it is a work/ask questions period, I didn't record it.

Monday Jan 18: today we started Chapter 8: Systems of Equations booklet, working through pages 1-7.  Here is the video if you missed any part of the lesson.  Your homework tonight is pages 8-9(here is a key) .  If you want to start on tomorrow's work, it will be pages 10, 12-14.  Tomorrow will be a work period for those, and some problems from the  Chapter 8 and 9 Workbook.

Friday Jan 15: with the exception of a few people, most of the two 30S classes had little issues getting their quiz to me on OneNote yesterday, and all but a couple of the people who couldn't work OneNote had no issues with Edsby, so we'll go again with the next quiz.  Same format as yesterday.  Homework-free weekend!

Thursday Jan 14:  your quiz will hit your Quizzes folder about 10 minutes before the start of class.  You do still have to check in to the Teams meeting for attendance, but you can mute sound if the noise from me answering questions or helping people with tech issues will distract you.  Keep your eyes on the chat, if something comes up that I think everyone should know, I'll post in there.  Everyone should be able to finish it before the end of class.

Wednesday Jan 13:  we went over page 30 (here is the key) of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and  Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet.  Then it was work time for the review on pages 31-36 and  Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet questions:  #309-314,315, 353-371.  #356-371.  I also spent a bit of time reviewing how to find your Quizzes folder in OneNote.  There is a "Message" page there, just as a test to see if you can access the folder properly before tomorrow.  See if you can find it and if you can't, message me and we'll sort it out.  I'm not recording this class since it's mostly work and review. 

Tuesday Jan 12: I started by asking if anyone had homework issues, then I went through the rest of the 7.4 Lesson (pages 28-29) in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and  Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet, which focused on reciprocals of quadratic functions.  I'll post the video of the lesson here later this afternoon.  Then we had a little work time for the new assignment: the R11 practice sheet (page 30)and the review pages from 31-36 at the end of the notes booklet.  If you finish those and want to work ahead to tomorrow's workbook questions:  #309-314,315, 353-371.  #356-371 are harder than the level of questions we'll quiz you on, but they are interesting to try.
On Thursday we will quiz 7.1-7.3 and on Friday we will quiz 7.4.

Monday Jan 11: we asked if anyone had any homework issues, then we started the 7.4 Lesson (pages 23-27) in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and  Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet.  No new assignment for this section yet, but today's homework is #187-200 (omit #191 it has a typo and the answer key is wrong) and #210-218 in the  Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet.    If you missed the live class (or any part of it) I'll post the video here this afternoon.

Friday Jan 8:  we are doing a work period today, but I do have a quick, interesting piecewise relation to show you.  It's the relation we deserve, but not the relation we need right now.  If anyone finishes the assigned questions up to #166, you can work ahead on #187-200 and #210-218.  Those will be homework on Monday. Here is the answer key to pages 14-22 (which includes the R2 Practice assignment) - you will need to download it to see it.

Thursday Jan 7:  we went over the a few more absolute value graphs and then did the 7.3 lesson on pages 13-17 of the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and  Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet.  You can now do the practice questions on pages 18-22 of the booklet, then go back to the Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet and do #80-99 (all), 117-166 (all).  You will have a work period tomorrow.  Here is a link to the video of today's class if you missed it.

Wednesday Jan 6:  Today we went through the 7.2 lesson on pages 9-12 of the  Chapter 7 Absolute Value and  Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet.  We took some time to learn how to graph piecewise functions on Desmos, too.  Here is a link to the graphs I was playing with in class today. No new assignment, yet.  Students had time to work on the assignment from yesterday:  ODD numbered questions from #1-39 in the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet.  If you are done those and are ready to move on the next assignment will be #80-99 (all questions).  I will assign that officially (and add to it) tomorrow.  Take a few minutes tonight and play with Desmos!  Here is the video of today's class (sorry for the tech issues).

Tuesday January 5:  Happy New Year!  Welcome to online learning again!  Our Teams meeting will start when regular class time starts (9:37 for slot 2 and 2:22 for slot 6 - except for Wednesday, which will be late start:  10:27 and 2:32) and yes, they are making us take attendance.  If for some reason you miss the lesson today (or any day over the next couple of weeks), I will record it and post it on YouTube later today.  Check back HERE in the afternoon for the link.  I hope that everyone realizes that I am NOT recording the TEAMS meeting, I am recording MY cam feed. So, the video that I post to YouTube won't show your names on the screen.  You can feel free to ask questions and participate in the lesson the same way that you would as if you were in class - I will do my best to keep you anonymous (never address you by more than your first name).  If you want to ask/tell me something during class that you don't want your classmates to see, please message me on Edsby. 

We are starting our next unit today by going through the first 8 pages in the Chapter 7 Absolute Value and  Reciprocal Functions Notes Booklet and a few examples from the Chapter 7: Absolute Value and Reciprocal Function Assignment Booklet.  I handed out these booklets in the week before the break - message me if you don't have them.  It's a pretty easy start, just some arithmetic practice and linear algebra review.  For homework tonight, you can work on the ODD numbered questions from #1-39

Friday Dec 18:  Even2Bs are in class and the Odd1As can join us on Teams.  Odd1As in the slot 6 group can join the AM Teams meeting if they like - go to the General section in our Team and you'll see a message with a link to the meeting.  If you already have another class in slot 2, you can catch the video I'll post of our AM class later this afternoon here.
Our lesson today will be a look at the last three problems in the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package, plus a couple of "classic" quadratic problems that we haven't discussed yet.  I  posted a copy of the examples we are going to do today to your OneNote folder.  Check Edsby to see a post with instructions on how to access your OneNote folder.  
All of you Even2Bs at home can watch the period 6 X-Mas message from the FRC Staff at this link.

Wednesday Dec 16 and Thursday Dec 17: Odd1As are in class Wednesday to do their Radicals (Chapter 5 Test), so the Even2Bs do theirs on Thursday.  For Friday, dig out your Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package .  The PM class will have a Holiday Presentation.  I will record tomorrow's AM class and post a video.

Tuesday Dec 15:  Even2Bs are doing their Options Re-test today.  Anyone not doing the re-test, or if anyone is choosing to do just one outcome, the rest of the class is work time for the review at the back of the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet.  Radicals test is Thursday.
Odd1As:  at home today you should be preparing for your radicals test tomorrow.

Monday Dec 14: Odd1As are doing their Options Re-test today.  Anyone not doing the re-test, or if anyone is choosing to do just one outcome, the rest of the class is work time for the review at the back of the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet.  Radicals test is Wednesday.
Even2Bs:  at home today you should be preparing for Options Re-test tomorrow or your Thursday radicals test.

Wednesday Dec 9 and Thursday Dec 10: Even2Bs are in class Wednesday doing a work period where they can ask questions if they are stuck on anything.  If you are looking over old tests and workbooks to prepare for next week's re-test day, I can take questions on anything you'd like, really (of course, keep in mind that you need to finish your Radicals homework by Monday or Tuesday).  To summarize, the questions for the entire Radicals Assignment Book are: odds from: #13-201, #211-219, and #235-273.  If you are ready to move on, there is a nice few pages of review at the back of the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet.  
Odd1As will have their work/ask questions period on Thursday.  On both of these days, I will open a Teams meeting so if you have questions from home I can help you with them.  
Don't forget that I need your outcome re-test selections (typo: R9 should be 4% not 2%!).  If you are absent, send your choices to me by Edsby by HARD DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM.  If I don't hear from you, you aren't retesting this time around.
Everyone:  Next week is the Options Re-test on Monday/Tuesday.  Students who only choose 1 (or zero) outcomes can have the rest of that period to work on the Radicals Review at the end of the notes booklet.  Then we test Radicals on Wednesday and Thursday.  Then we'll start Chapter 7 after the break.

Tuesday Dec 8:  Odd1As in class and the Even2Bs are joining us on Teams for a warm up activity on page 17 of the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet and then the 5.3 Lesson on Solving Radical Equations, which will take us from pages 18-20.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, here is a video of the lesson.  You can now add Radicals Assignment Book Odd numbered questions from #211-219 and odds from #235-273.  No new lesson tomorrow - we'll give you a work/ask questions period.  Reminder that next class I need you to give me your outcome re-test selections.   

Monday Dec 7:
Even2Bs are in class and the Odd2As are to join us on Microsoft Teams.  Check your Teams calendar or Pembina Trails email for the invite to the Teams meeting for this class.  If you miss the class, I will post a link to the video here.  In this class we corrected pages 9,12,15, and 16 in the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet.  Then we did a little lesson/discussion on Number Sets - expanding on what you were taught in grade 9 about how we categorize numbers in math.  
Also: today I handed out a page for you to use to select which outcomes you would like to re-test on Dec 15th (Odd1As, you will get the handout tomorrow and your re-test day is Dec 14th).  The re-test is completely optional.  I think 2 or (at the very most) 3 outcomes is all that you will be able to get through in one class.  If your % grade on any re-assessed outcome is higher than your first attempt, you get to keep that grade.  If your % grade on the re-assessment is lower, the two % scores will be averaged together.  I will ask for this page to be handed in next class, but the HARD deadline for letting me know which outcomes you want to re-test is 8:00AM Friday morning.  If I haven't heard from you by then, I will assume that you aren't interested in re-testing anything next week (you will still have Exam Week - COVID permitting, of course).

Friday Dec 4:  
Odd1As: we started class by correcting page 7 from the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet, then we did the 5.1(B), 5.2(A) and (B) Lessons, covering pages 8-16 in the booklet.  You can now do Odd numbered questions up to #201 in the Radicals Assignment Book.   For the last 15 minutes of class we caught up on the end of the test from Wednesday.
Even2Bs: at home you are joining us on Teams for this lesson (you already saw the first part, where we went over page 7) covering pages 8-14 in the booklet.  Do pages 9,12,15-16 on your own, we will correct them next class.  Check your Teams or Pembina Trails email for the Meeting Invitation.  If you miss it, I will record the class and post it here.  Now, you too can do up to #201 in the Radicals Assignment Book. 

Thursday Dec 3:
Even2Bs:  you get a work period for page 7 in the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet (which we corrected in class) and odd numbered questions from #13-109 in the Radicals Assignment Book.  
Odd1As:  during your class time, start Chapter 5: Radicals, by doing the activity on page 2 of the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet.  Then watch this video to do the notes for pages 3-6.  Then do the "You try" questions on page 7.  For homework, you can start working on the odd numbered questions from #13-109 in the Radicals Assignment Book. 

Wednesday Dec 2:  
Odd1As: Your turn to do the R1 and R5 test today.
Even2Bs:  at home today, you can start Chapter 5: Radicals, by doing the activity on page 2 of the Chapter 5 Radicals Notes booklet.  Then watch this video to do the notes for pages 3-6.  Then do the "You try" questions on page 7 and finally, you can start working on the odd numbered questions from #13-109 in the Radicals Assignment Book.  You will get work time tomorrow (no new lesson tomorrow).


Tuesday Dec 1: R1 and R5 (Chapter 4) test today for the Even2Bs.  

TYPOS for the R5 Applications Booklet : Page 1 #3 should read: -16t^2+16t+480 and #7 should be -16t^2+64t+8.  Page 2 #6, the answer should be 31.4 cm x 31.4 cm.  Omit #15 on page 4 - it forgot the equation!  Page 4 #18: answer should be 8m x 8m.  #19 is 10 m x 30 m.  I disagree with the way they interpreted #4 on page 2 - I think the answer should be 0.197 m (here is my solution).

Thursday Nov 26 and Friday Nov 26:  both periods will be work and ask questions time for s the R5 Applications Booklet (Here is an answer key). I'll open up Teams for the Friday class so the 1As can ask questions if they have any.  If you still have leftover questions/unfinished work from the Quadratic Equations Workbook you should take care of that too.  The final count of the questions that were assigned from the workbook over the last couple of weeks is:  #1-3, #15-105 (odds), #163-195 (odds), #217-219 (all), #221-243 (odds), #244-252 (all).   While you are working I will go around and do a notebook check.  The Chapter 4 test will be Tuesday and Wednesday.  

Wednesday Nov 25:  Even2Bs today we did the word problem examples in Lesson 4X, pages 14-18 of the  Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations Notes booklet.  For the Even2Bs at home, here is the video of the lesson.  I'll be checking your notebooks on Friday.  The assignment for this lesson is the R5 Applications Booklet that I handed out yesterday and today.  You have until we test Chapter 4 on Tuesday/Wednesday (Monday is an off day) to get those done (and catch up on anything from the Quadratic Equations Workbook that you haven't finished yet).  Here is an answer key.  Tomorrow and Friday will be work/ask questions periods.

Tuesday Nov 24: Odd1As, today is a lesson that explores some of the cool features of our new toy, the quadratic formula.  This takes us through pages 9, 12, and 13 of the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations Notes booklet.  For the Even2Bs at home, here is the lesson video.  I will do another notes check later this week, so don't fall behind!  You can now do odds from #163-195 and #217,218,219, odds from 221-243, then 244-252 in the Quadratic Equations Workbook. 

Monday Nov 23:  Even2Bs: Today we had a new lesson for section 4.4 in the Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations Notes booklet.  For the Odd1As at home, here is the lesson in 2 parts:  first, pages 7 and 8 in this video, then we derive the Quadratic Formula and fill in pages 10-11 in this video.  You can now do odd numbered questions from #163-195 in the Quadratic Equations Workbook.  

Wednesday Nov 18 and Thursday Nov 19:  quizzing 3.3 (it's really short) then work time for  #1-3, then odd numbered questions from #15-105 in the  Quadratic Equations Workbook.  New lesson on Monday.  Enjoy your Friday off and have a great weekend.

Tuesday Nov 17:  Even2Bs are in class today to do their 3.1-3.2 quiz in the second half of the class.  In the first half we started Lesson 1, pages 1-6 in the new Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations Notes booklet.  Here is the video for anyone who misses class today.  You Odd1As at home saw that lesson yesterday, so you should be working on Quadratic Equations Workbook #1-3 (check out the goal they based this math on with the first YouTube link they give you in the book - the second one is dead, but it might have been this video), then work on odd numbered questions from #15-105.  You'll get some work time after your 3.3 quiz on Wednesday.  Even2Bs you will do the 3.3 quiz then get work time on  Thursday. 

Monday Nov 16:  Odd1As we did a quiz on 3.1-3.2 today, which took about 35 minutes of the period.  With the other 35 minutes we started Lesson 1, pages 1-6 in the new Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations Notes booklet.  Here is the video for anyone who misses class today.  You Even2Bs at home get one more day to prepare for tomorrow's quiz.   I also handed out the  Quadratic Equations Workbook today.  

Friday Nov 13: just work time and time to answer and go over questions from students in the class.  I'll open up a Teams meeting near the beginning of class so that the Odd1As at home can ask questions too.  Just check your Teams app or your Pembina Trails email to join us.  We quiz 3.1-3.2 on Monday and Tuesday, then 3.4 on Wednesday and Thursday.  To help get ready for next week's quizzes, there is a review at the end of the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package.   Here are answer keys for them There are a couple of errors in the key: #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 Nov 12:  the Odd1As had the same example class that the Even2Bs had on Tuesday.  No new assignment.  We quiz 3.1-3.2 on Monday and Tuesday.

Tuesday Nov 10:  the Even2Bs in-school today are doing a few more examples of completing the square.  The Odd1As at home are using today's time as a work period,  The assignments are: #1-56, #151-165, #182-225, and #247-293 in the Quadratic Functions Workbook.   Even2Bs received the 3.1/3.2 Practice Quiz in class today.  Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the key and explaining my reasoning as I go.  There is a mistake on #3c in the video, but it is fixed on the pdf of the answer key (thanks, Arnav!)  We'll quiz 3.1 and 3.2 on Monday.

Monday November 9:  Odd1As in class today saw me go through lesson 3.3, pages 22-27 of the  Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package.  The lesson is an algebra technique called "completing the square".  It's our next step on the path towards being able to solve (and graph) any solvable quadratic equation, whether it's factorable or not.  I also handed out a 3.1/3.2 Practice Quiz that some students started in class today, others saved it for homework.  Here is the answer key and here is a video of me making the key and explaining my reasoning as I go.
Even2Bs at home today, you are to use this Lesson 3.3 video to do the same lesson as the students in class today.  Tomorrow, I'll hand you a hardcopy of the practice quiz that I handed out in class today and give you some work time.  I'll also check your booklets to make sure you did today's lesson.  
That is the last new lesson until next week.  We can now add #247-293 to the list of practice questions in the Quadratic Functions Workbook.  We will quiz 3.1 and 3.2 Monday (Nov 16)/Tuesday (Nov 17) and  quiz 3.3 the following day.

Thursday Nov 5 and Friday Nov 6:  Chapter 6 test today. This one is a bit longer than the "half tests" we've done up until now, so I expect some to use most of the class.  Others on the the other hand, can do algebra faster than me, so they might have some work time.  On the day you are at home, you should be working on the Quadratic Functions Workbook, #1-56, then #151-165, then #182-225 you can have until Tuesday to work through those.  Some people still need to catch up on the video lessons they aren't doing when they are at home.  Today and tomorrow would be a good time to do that. 

Wednesday Nov 4:  Even2Bs, today we are going to cover Lesson 3.2 (pages 17-21) of the  Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package.  Odd1As at home today are to follow the same lesson using this Lesson 3.2 video.  (I made a small calculation error on example 9 in the video.  I blame the cat.  Here is a very brief video where I fix that mistake).  Those of you from the Slot 2 class, please check out the little video I posted yesterday that finishes up the last couple of pages of the 3.1b lesson.  You should now be working in the Quadratic Functions Workbook, #1-56, then #151-165, then #182-225.  We'll give you until Tuesday to get through these.  Reminder:  Chapter 6 test tomorrow and Friday!

Tuesday Nov 3:  Odd1As are in class today.  I started by asking this group if they had any questions or problems from the chapter 6 workbook that they wanted to go over.  Then we went through Lesson 3.1B, pages 11-17 in the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package.  I did a notebook check to see that students did yesterday's lesson 3.1A notes.  Even2B students at home, you are to go through the same lesson using this Lesson 3.1B Video.  Both groups can now start working in the Quadratic Functions Workbook, starting on page 3, do all questions up to #56, then we'll jump to #151 and keep working from there. HEY SLOT 2 Class:  I didn't quite get through all of the Lesson 3.1A examples, so I made this video that you can watch tonight or tomorrow.

Monday Nov 2:  Even2Bs are in-class today, where we did the notes and examples for Lesson 3.1A, pages 5-10 in the Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package.  Odd1A students at home, you are to do the same lesson using this Lesson 3.1A video.  Tomorrow I will check your notebooks to make sure that you are keeping up with the lessons.   No new assignment for that yet, but you can keep working in the Quadratic Functions Workbook (start on page 3, do all questions) if you are done everything you need to do in Chapter 6.  Speaking of Chapter 6, once the lesson was over, I asked the class if anyone had any Chapter 6 homework questions that they might be stuck on.  Remember that you test on this material on Thursday/Friday. 

Friday Oct 30:  
Odd1A In-Class:  First I asked if anyone was stuck on anything from the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package or up to #255 in the Rationals Assignment Booklet.  Reminder that we test on this chapter Thursday and Friday and you have a practice quiz for A4 and A5  and an A6 Practice Quiz to help you get ready.  Then we went through the domain and range review on pages 2 and 3 of your new Chapter 3 Quadratics notes package.  Finally we did a quick introduction to quadratic functions with a real-world example from page 3 of your new Quadratic Functions Workbook. 
Even 2B At-home:   during class time today, you are to do the same lessons as the class did.  Here is part 1 of the lesson, where I cover pages 2 and 3 of the Quadratics notes and start on the example.  Here is part 2 of the video (I had to stop and do it in two parts because my recorder froze).
I'm not officially assigning anything in the Quadratics workbook yet, so you can use this weekend to focus on finishing Chapter 6, but if you are done everything, you can start on page 3 of the new workbook and do all questions.
And if you want to see more Blob Launching, just click the link and prepare to be awed.  Some people have far too much time on their hands.

Wednesday Oct 28 and Thursday Oct 29:  we did some more examples of simplifying rationals expressions and solving equations with them and had more work time while I checked notebooks.  I handed out an A6 Practice Quiz - combine that with the practice quiz for A4 and A5  and you have a pretty good idea of what next week's test will look like.  That's the end of this unit for now.  You have until next week Thursday and Friday (when we test) to do workbook practice questions.  We start the next unit's notes and lessons on Friday.

Monday Oct 26 and Tuesday Oct 27:  work periods today and tomorrow.  Hopefully you have managed to finished the notes up to the end of Lesson 6.4 Part 2 in the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package.  We are going to skip the word problems in Part 3 of the lesson until after we do the next couple of units (you need quadratics to solve them - we do that stuff later).   If wanted to see the 6.4 Examples worked through, here is a video.  If you finished Parts 1 and 2 of 6.4 and you checked with the answer key and have no problems, then you don't need that video.  If your notes are caught up, keep working on odd numbered questions in the workbook from #15-255 (again, stop at the word problems).  No, you don't have to do them all, if they start to get repetitive.  Do enough of them to be error free when I test you on it.  Speaking of testing, I will be handing out a practice quiz for A4 and A5 (answer key at the end of the file) for people who have worked into the assignment booklet and are ready to start working on preparing for assessment.  We will test this unit Thursday and Friday of next week.  Anyone who wants to give the University of Waterloo Intermediate or Senior Contest a try has to let me know by the end of the week!  If you want to see what that contest looks like, here is last year's Intermediate Contest and here is last year's Senior Contest.

Thursday Oct 22:   Odd1A group, in class today we'll start the class with examples of simplifying fairly complicated rational expressions and showing you how to use technology to check your answers and show you how NPVs look on a graph.  Even2B's I will be livestreaming this class in a Teams meeting if you want to see me do today's examples (they will be different from yesterday's!) and then you can work while I do some rapping about the T3 quiz, math contests, and life in general - like we did yesterday.  For homework, continue to finish filling in the  Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package.  Here is the key for the whole booklet.   Let's say that should be done for Monday.  If you check the key and find that you have issues in 6.3, you can watch Mr. Lacko's videos here: Part 1 and part 2.  If you have already finished it, work on ODD numbered questions starting at #15 in the Rationals Assignment Booklet.  Monday and Tuesday will be work period days.

Wednesday Oct 21:  Even2B group in class today we'll spent part of the class looking at a few examples together, otherwise it was work time for doing the examples in the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package.  Here is the key for the whole booklet.   Looking ahead to the Rationals Assignment Booklet,  starting at #15, you can do the ODD numbered questions.  That is probably how we'll do most of the booklet.  At home today, the Odd1A group should be doing the same thing.

Tuesday Oct 20:  Today it's the Odd1A group's turn to write the quiz on T3: Sine and Cosine Law.   For the Even2B group at home today, I want you to watch and do notes from this 6.1-6.3 video which gets you through the first 6 pages of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package.   Part of your assignment for this coming unit will be to finish the notes in the rest of the booklet.  Here is the key for the rest of booklet.  We'll give you work time tomorrow for that.  If you want some video explanation for 6.1 here is a video Mr Lacko made.  If you want to see 6.2 explained, here is his 6.2 video. Once you get through the notes, you could start the Rationals Assignment Booklet, beginning at question #15.

Monday Oct 19:  Today the Even2B group wrote a quiz on T3: Sine and Cosine Law.   For the Odd1A group at home today, I want you to watch and do notes from this 6.1-6.3 video which gets you through the first 6 pages of the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package.  Part of your assignment for this coming unit will be to finish the notes in the rest of the booklet.  Here is the key for the rest of booklet.  We'll give you work time tomorrow for that.  Once you get through the notes, you could start the Rationals Assignment Booklet, beginning at question #15.



Thursday Oct 15: In-class today with the 2BEven group, I will go through some practice problems for Sine Law and Cosine Law  (#9 has a typo, it should be S12E (not "F") and #8 is dumb, so don't bother with it).  Here is the key (thanks, Mr Lacko!) - keep in mind this assignment is just extra practice and is not mandatory.  The rest of the 1AOdds at home are able to tune in on Microsoft Teams.  Go to your calendar and you should see the link to join the meeting.  We quiz T3 (sine and cosine law) on Monday and Tuesday.  I also did a notebook check with today's groups.  If you missed the class this morning and want to see what we did, you can watch the stream archive here.  For the weekend, you should work on getting the homework in the Trigonometry Assignment Book all finished as well as the last page of the practice quiz that we did last class.  The answer key is here and a video of me making that key for pages 1-3 is here, and a video of me making the page 4 key is here.  
If you are done it all and feel confident you are ready for the quiz and want to move ahead, you now have the Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and Equations notes package and the Rationals Assignment Booklet, which you could start without me, beginning at question #15.

Wednesday Oct 14:  In-class today, I had students do the same practice quiz that the rest of the class did yesterday.  Only this time we didn't go over it, since there is an answer key here and a video of me making that key here.  Note that on #4 of the practice quiz (the one with Martina and Carl holding ropes attached to a balloon) there could have been 2 possible solutions - I forgot to consider that this is an ASS situation and that they could both be on the same side of the balloon.  
Next, we went over a couple of cosine law questions in the Trigonometry Assignment Book: 338-356,377-380.  I also did a notebook check today.  EVEN-day students, you get one tomorrow.  If anyone is finished the assignments, you can do the last page of the practice quiz (the cosine law questions) and if you need help after checking your answers (same key as above) then here is a video of me making that key.  Tomorrow, we will livestream the class to Microsoft Teams for the ODD-day students who will miss out on a class this Friday. You should have already received a meeting invitation in your email and Teams account.  We will test Sine and Cosine Law next week: Monday and Tuesday.

Tuesday Oct 13:  
In-class we did some examples together in this practice quiz.  We'll do the same class tomorrow with the other group, then Thursday I will livestream the class, because the ODD group loses their class on Friday (teachers have an in-service day).  At home today, watch the video and do the notes for Lesson 2.4 - Cosine Law on pages  24-26 of the Trigonometry Notebook.  The new questions assigned in the Trigonometry Assignment Book are: 338-356,377-380. 

Friday Oct 9:  
PZs:  your turn to do the 2.1 and 2.2 quiz today.  After that we did a geometry activity.  For homework tonight, see the assignment for all 3 groups below:
ALL 3 GROUPS:  Today you need to watch this new video for Lesson 2.3B - Ambiguous Case of the Sine Law and do 307-315,317-318,327,328 over the weekend and on Tuesday.  New video will be posted on Tuesday.
So this is our last day of the 3-group system and next week we are on to a 2-day system.  Have a great long weekend and we'll see you next week in our classes together as ODDS and EVENS.

Thursday Oct 8:
HOs:  your turn to do the 2.1 and 2.2 quiz today.  After that we did a geometry activity.  For homework tonight, see the assignment for all 3 groups below:
ALL 3 GROUPS:  work on questions #289-302,304,306.  

Wednesday Oct 7:
AGs:  we did our 2.1 and 2.2 quiz today.  After that we did a geometry activity.  For homework tonight, see the assignment for all 3 groups below:
ALL 3 GROUPS:  Today you can watch this video for Lesson 2.3A - Sine Law and do the notes in the then work on Trigonometry Notebook.  Then you can work on questions #289-302,304,306.  You can work on these tomorrow as well.


Tuesday Oct 6:
PZs:  Your turn to do the workshop for the T2 outcome.  We did a few questions together, had some individual work time for the Trigonometry Assignment Book assignment (see yesterday's post for the question numbers).  Then we either worked on homework or a 2.2 Practice Quiz (key attached  that I handed out last class. WATCH OUT: Typo on #4:  delete the negative in front of the fraction on the right hand side of the equation.  You really have to have finished most of the homework to do that quiz, so if you don't get it done until Tuesday, you are fine.  If you check your answers and want to see how I got them,  - and here is a video of me making the key and explaining as I go.
AGs and PZs:  today you are working on the Trigonometry Assignment Book questions:   #26-39, 46-59,108-120, 123,124, 142-150,164-211,222-260, 263-268 and the 2.2 Practice quiz (see above).

Monday Oct 5:  
HOs:  Your turn for the workshop for the T2 outcome.  We did a few questions together, had some individual work time for the Trigonometry Assignment Book assignment (see yesterday's post for the question numbers).  Then we either worked on homework or a 2.2 Practice Quiz (key attached  that I handed out. WATCH OUT: Typo on #4:  delete the negative in front of the fraction on the right hand side of the equation.  You really have to have finished most of the homework to do that quiz, so if you don't get it done until Tuesday, you are fine.  If you check your answers and want to see how I got them,  - and here is a video of me making the key and explaining as I go.
AGs and PZs:  working on the Trigonometry Assignment Book questions:   #26-39, 46-59,108-120, 123,124, 142-150,164-211,222-260, 263-268 and the 2.2 Practice quiz (see above).

Friday Oct 2: 
AGs: today's class is a workshop for the T2 outcome.  We did a few questions together, had some individual work time for the Trigonometry Assignment Book assignment (see yesterday's post for the question numbers).  Then we either worked on homework or a 2.2 Practice Quiz (key attached  that I handed out. WATCH OUT: Typo on #4:  delete the negative in front of the fraction on the right hand side of the equation.  You really have to have finished most of the homework to do that quiz, so if you don't get it done until Tuesday, you are fine.  If you check your answers and want to see how I got them,  - and here is a video of me making the key and explaining as I go. Finally, everyone should have some fun this weekend, so spend a few minutes playing with this page and check out this video when you have a minute.
HOs and PZs:  you should be working on the Trigonometry Assignment Book assignment (see yesterday's post for the question numbers) today and over the weekend.  Everyone should have some fun this weekend, so spend a few minutes playing with this page and check out this video when you have a minute.

Thursday Oct 1:
PZs: we quiz 1.3-1.5 for marks today and I sent people home with a 2.1.1 practice quiz (key attached) and a 2.2 Practice Quiz (key attached ) - (WATCH OUT: Typo on #4:  delete the negative in front of the fraction on the right hand side of the equation), then we had a little homework time.  You can try the 2.1 quiz now, but save the 2.2 quiz until after you have done most of the following assignment: page 8:  #26-39, 46-59,108-120, 123,124, 142-150,164-211,222-260, 263-268 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book.  We'll do a workshop next class (Tuesday) where we go over questions from this assignment, talk about trig some more, and go over the practice quiz on this outcome T2.  Then we'll test T1 and T2 (2.1 and 2.2) for real next Friday.
AGs and HOs:  work on the assigned questions today.  The next in-class day will be a workshop where we go over questions from this assignment, talk about trig some more, and do a practice quiz on this outcome T2.  If you feel ready to try this practice quiz before you come to class and want to try it, you can download it here.  Then we'll test it for real in the following class.

Wednesday Sept 30:  
HOs: we quiz 1.3-1.5 for marks today.  Then we did a little activity to wrap up the ideas from pages 5-12 in the the Trigonometry Notebook and I sent people home with a 2.1.1 practice quiz (key attached).  Tonight, you have a new video to go through that will finish up to page 17 in the Trigonometry Notebook (lessons 2.2.1 and 2.2.2) - this completes the T2 outcome.  The assignment questions from the Trigonometry Assignment Book are starting on page 8:  #26-39, 46-59,108-120, 123,124, 142-150,164-211,222-260, 263-268.  You can have until next week's classes to finish these questions. I'll even give you some work time in your next class (and we'll have the chance to ask questions on problems you may be stuck on) and we will practice quiz 2.2.  Then we will quiz 2.1 and 2.2 for marks in the class after that.   
PZs and AGs:  in today's class time you should be watching and doing notes on the new video to go through that will finish up to page 17 in the Trigonometry Notebook (lessons 2.2.1 and 2.2.2).  Then start working on The assignment questions from the Trigonometry Assignment Book are starting on page 8:  #26-39, 46-59,108-120, 123,124, 142-150,164-211,222-260, 263-268.  You can have until next week's classes to finish these questions. I'll even give you some work time in your next class (and we'll have the chance to ask questions on problems you may be stuck on) and we will practice quiz 2.2.  Then we will quiz 2.1 and 2.2 for marks in the class after that.  

Tuesday Sept 29:
AGs:  we quiz 1.3-1.5 for marks today.  Then we did a little activity to wrap up the ideas from pages 5-12 in the the Trigonometry Notebook and I sent people home with a 2.1.1 practice quiz (key attached).  Tonight, make sure you have finished the video for pages 9-12 that I posted yesterday.  Tomorrow I will post a new video and assign more questions from the assignment booklet.  For today, if you are done up to #18, you are caught up.
HOs and PZs:   same homework as above.  You can download the practice quiz from the above link and try it yourself, or you can wait until I hand it to you in class.

Monday Sept 28:
PZs: I handed back the 1.1-1.2 quiz, then we started with a for-practice quiz on 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 of the Sequences and Series unit.  We do a for-marks quiz on these outcomes on Thursday.  Then, if you came to class today without having gone through the notes and videos for 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 (pages 1-8 of the Trigonometry Notebook) that I posted on Thursday and Friday, then you will be very lost by the activity we do in class today.  Today we committed the unit circle to memory and used it to do trig questions without the calculator.  Your homework for tonight AND your assignment for tomorrow is to watch today's video where I go through pages 9-12 of the booklet.  For practice questions, just make sure that you are completed the 2.1.1 questions from last week:  #1-18 (all) in the Trigonometry Assignment Book.  If you are wondering why I am not assigning more work, well I would say that a 1 hour lesson video is enough for a couple of days right now.  Also, we still have a lesson or two to go through before you are ready to work further into that booklet.
AGs and HOs:  reminder that you test on 1.3-1.5 tomorrow, so be ready.  During your class time today AND tomorrow, watch today's video where I go through pages 9-12 of the booklet. It's a long (almost 1 hour!) video so feel free to do part today and part tomorrow.  For practice questions, just make sure that you are completed the 2.1.1 questions from last week:  #1-18 (all) in the Trigonometry Assignment Book.  We still have a lesson or two to go through before you are ready to work further into that booklet.

Friday Sept 25:
HOs: I handed back the 1.1-1.2 quiz, then we started class with a lesson. With the AM class I went through Part 1 of  Lesson 2.1.2, page 7 of the new Trigonometry Notebook.  Here is a video of the lesson (PM students MUST watch it!).  Then the PM students came in and I went through part 2 of Lesson 2.1.2 (page 8).   The AM class MUST watch this video of part 2 of the lesson. For homework: by now, you should have completed all of the assigned questions in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book and the Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key) that I handed out last class.  Also, if you haven't already done so, watch the video I posted yesterday of our first lesson in the new Trigonometry Notebook.  We went through the introductory pages (1-4) and the 2.1.1 lesson (pages 5 and 6).  The video starts with a challenge problem that you should try.  Then you can do questions 1-18 (all) starting on page 5 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book.
We ended class with the 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 Practice quizzes.  We ran out of time to go over them, so here are the answer keys:  Quiz 1.3, Quiz 1.4, Quiz 1.5.  We will do a quiz for marks on these outcomes next class.  
PZs:  If you haven't already, watch the video I posted yesterday of our first lesson in the new Trigonometry Notebook. Then, watch these videos: Part 1 of Lesson 2.1.2:  Exact Values and Special Triangles and Part 2 of the Lesson.  These are the lessons I did with the class today, your homework is to watch them and do the notes on pages 7-8.  Your assignments are the same as the HOs:  finish the Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key), then do questions 1-18 (all) starting on page 5 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book. In Monday's class we will do a practice quiz for 1.3-1.5 and then quiz them for marks in the class on Thursday.
AGs:  Watch the videos I posted this afternoon  for Lesson 2.1.2. Part 1 and Lesson 2.1.2 Part 2 , covering the notes from pages 7-8 of the new Trigonometry Notebook and then work on the homework from yesterday's class:  the Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key), and do questions 1-18 (all) starting on page 5 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book. . Reminder to keep your 1.3 - 1.5 skills sharp for the quiz next class.
ALL 3 GROUPS:  If you did the Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key)  and you feel that you still need more SOHCAHTOA practice, do page 3 of the Trigonometry Notebook (here is the answer key) or page 7 #20-25 in the Trigonometry Assignment Book.

Thursday Sept 24:
AGs:  we'll start class with practice mini-quizzes for 1.3-1.5, We will do a quiz for marks on these outcomes next class.  By now, you should have completed all of the assigned questions in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book.  Next, we introduced the first lesson in the new  Trigonometry Notebook.  I went through the introductory page (page 2) and the 2.1.1 lesson (pages 5 and 6).  If you haven't started it yet, you can do Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key) that I handed out last class.  If you feel that you need more practice on SOHCAHTOA trig, you can do page 3 of the booklet.  We will also ignore the textbook assignments listed at the end of the lessons in the notebook.  Our assignments will be in the Trigonometry Assignment Book.  If you are ready to start, your first assignment is questions 1-18 (all) starting on page 5.
HOs and PZs:  Hopefully, everyone is now done all of the assigned questions in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book.  The recent spike in COVID cases and the rather ominous speech from our Prime Minister on Wednesday has me thinking that we should do a little more to be ready in case we have to go back to learning from home.  In that spirit, I am going to try to livestream today's class.  For all of you in slot 2, at around 10:10 AM, go to this YouTube link.  For all of you in slot 3, at around 3:10 PM, go to this YouTube link.  If it doesn't work for you technology-wise, or you miss the time slot, don't worry the links should take you to the stored video (it just won't be live).  Either way, you will be able to use this video to fill in the notes for the 2.1.1 lesson (pages 5 and 6) of the new Trigonometry Notebook (HOs, you will get it handed to you tomorrow, sorry).  If you haven't started it yet, you can do Right Angle Trigonometry Review (here is the answer key) that I handed out last class.  Our assignments will be in the Trigonometry Assignment Book (again, sorry HOs, you will get it handed to you tomorrow).  If you are ready to start, your first assignment is questions 1-18 (all) starting on page 5.

Wednesday Sept 23:
PZs:   See Monday's update for the AGs and that's pretty much what we did today.  On Monday, we will do a practice quiz for 1.3-1.5 and then test it for marks in the class after that (Thursday).
ALL 3 Groups:  you should be finished the rest of the assigned questions in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book.  We will do practice quizzes on the 1.3-1.5 outcomes next class and quizzes for marks on those three outcomes next week.  By tomorrow, you should be working on the  Right Angle Trigonometry Review that I handed out yesterday.

Tuesday Sept 22: 
HOs:  See yesterday's update for the AGs and that's pretty much what we did today.  
ALL 3 Groups:  At home today/tonight, work on the Sequences and Series Assignments Book questions.  You need to be finished them by the next time I see you (PZs, I mean by the class on Monday).  If you are finished them and ready to move on, I am handing out a Right Angle Trigonometry Review to get us started in Unit 2.  

Monday Sept 21:
AGs:  In-school.  We did a little for-practice quiz on section 1.2 at the beginning of class, while I went around to see if students had completed the lessons for 1.3, 1.4 , and 1.5.  Then we went over problems that people had with the homework.  We talked about Al's Allowance, then ended class with a for-marks assessment of 1.1 and 1.2 (Outcome R8:  Arithmetic Sequences and Series).  For homework tonight, check out this version of the Al's Allowance problem and continue working on the booklet problems.  You need to be finished them by Thursday's class. 
HOs:  you will do the two quizzes (one just for practice, on lesson 1.2, and one for marks, on lessons 1.1 and 1.2) in tomorrow's class.  Today, keep working on the questions from last Thursday's assignment.  They should be done for the Friday class.
PZs:  you will do two quizzes (one just for practice on 1.3, and one for marks on 1.1 and 1.2) in Wednesday's class.  Today, keep working on the questions from last Thursday's assignment.  They should be done for the Monday class.
ALL 3 GROUPS: if you are finished everything assigned in the Sequences and Series Assignments Book, you can move ahead to the introduction to our next unit, Trigonometry.  We'll start with a Right Angle Trigonometry Review that I forgot to hand out to the slot 2 AGs at the end of class (stop by my room later today if you can - or just download it from the link).   Here is the answer key.


Friday Sept 18: PZs are in class today - look over the update for yesterday and Wednesday to see what we did.  The only thing different with you, is that you are doing a 1.1 and a 1.2 mini quiz today.
ALL 3 GROUPS:  read yesterday's update carefully to see that we have new video lessons to watch and new questions assigned (NOT just "odds only" - see below).  In next week's in-school class, we will do our first "for-marks" quiz on 1.1 and 1.2.  If anyone missed the 1.1 practice quiz, I posted it here.  By your next in-school class, you should have the notes/videos completed for the  1.3 Lesson, and the 1.4 Lesson, and the 1.5 Lesson.  In the  Sequences and Series Assignments Book, you should be well into the 1.3-1.5 assignment, which you can see in yesterday's post below

Thursday Sept 17:  
HOs in-class today: I did the same thing that I did with yesterday, so see that update below. For Tuesday, you should be done all of the 1.2 assignment (odds #69-111) and have done the notes and  video for the 1.3 Lesson, and the 1.4 Lesson, and the 1.5 Lesson.  In the  Sequences and Series Assignments Book, and you should be well into the 1.3-1.5 assignment, which is ALL of the following questions: 
#117-125,
#133-142,
#145-172,
#176-178,
#180,182,186,189,190,
#192-195,201,206,
#218-228.

PZs, make sure that for tomorrow, you are done the 1.1 assignment (Odd questions from #3-65), as well as the notes for the 1.2 Lesson (here is part 1 of the video and here is part 2) and be well into the 1.2 Assignment (odds #69-111).  By Wednesday, be done everything I assigned to the HOs above.

AGs:  by Monday you should be done all of the above videos and be well into the 1.3-1.5 assignments - see above for the question numbers.

Wednesday Sept 16:  for the in-class today, I wandered around the room and had a look at the AG group's Sequences and Series Notes Booklets to make sure that they all got through the 1.1 video.  Thanks to Aya for pointing out the error in Example 9 of the video (the d in our example 9 should be 2, not 4). Then we went over some questions from the Sequences and Series Assignments Book together.  Then we did a little practice quiz, just to see if people know what is going on.  I'll have hard copies of it for the HOs and PZs next class.  By the time I see you HOs tomorrow and you PZs on Friday, you should be done the 1.2 Lesson (here is part 1 of the video and here is part 2) and be well into the 1.2 Assignment.  For the 1.2 assignment, keep going through the odd numbered questions in the assignment booklet, from #69-111.  Questions 97 to 111 are for enrichment/challenge only - I won't test you on those (the regular class won't do them) - but read the explanation on page 23 and see if you can figure them out.  AGs should be done the video for the 1.3 Lesson by Monday and be ready to work on the 1.3 assignment (ALL questions from #117-172, 176-178).

Tuesday Sept. 15: At-school today is basically just a repeat of yesterday (and Friday's) class for the PZ group.  AG and HO groups should be finishing up odd numbered questions from 3-65 in the the Sequences and Series Assignments Book, then go through lesson 1.2: here is part 1 of the video for the 1.2 Lesson on Sums of Arithmetic Series and here is part 2, where I do the last two examples from the lesson notes. 

Monday Sept 14:  Today,  I went through the same 1.1 Lesson in the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet with the HO group that I did with the AG group on Friday.  Please read the Friday update below and make sure that you have wrapped up the grade 10 skill review sheet  and the  Number Sequence Activity from our first class.  PZ students, you should also be wrapping up those two handouts and watch the videos I posted.  AG students, you should be working on the ODD numbered questions from #3-65 starting on page 5 of the Sequences and Series Assignments Book.  In your next in-school class, we'll do a little just-for-practice quiz on 1.1 and 1.2.  If you are ready to move on, here is part 1 of the video for the 1.2 Lesson on Sums of Arithmetic Series and here is part 2, where I do the last two examples from the lesson notes. 

Friday Sept 11:  Everyone who did the Edsby assignment (the two question "quiz") should be able to find their "grade" and my feedback on their answers.  Students using the Edsby mobile app on their phones often have issues accessing the feedback.  Try finding it on a desktop or a laptop and then let me know if you can't find it.  Today I had students in the AG group work on the grade 10 skill review sheet  and we talked a little bit more about the  Number Sequence Activity.  Here is an answer key for it and here is a link to a video where I go through all but the last question.  The solution to the last problem is at the start of this video that asks you to play a game with your favourite non-prime number (and explains my favorite number).  For the AGs who were here today I handed out two booklets:  the Sequences and Series Notes Booklet and the Sequences and Series Assignments Book.  Then we went through how to fill in the notes together and did the first lesson.  From now on, you will be doing what we did in class today from home.  For all you HOs and PZs, we'll go through that lesson with you next week.   You don't have to get started until after I see you next week.  AG students, you should get started on the ODD numbered questions from #3-65 starting on page 5 of the Sequences and Series Assignments Book. Don't print out the booklets - I will give them to you next class! Have a great weekend!

Thursday Sept 10: Today, I went through the same routine with the PZ group as I did with the other two groups.  See Tuesday's post below.

Wednesday September 9:  Today, I went through the same routine with the HO group as I did with yesterday's AG group.  See yesterday's post below.

Tuesday September 8:  Welcome to the  grade 11 Honours Pre-Calculus course!  Today the students in the AG group were given a handout with the "homework" assignment to familiarize themselves with our technology.  One task is to go to Microsoft Teams and join our class with one of the following codes:  for the slot 2 class:  4uesuo2  and for the slot 6 class:  3sqkwy5
The second task is to go to Edsby and take the two-question "quiz" so that we can test that you can both submit and receive feedback.  We won't start the course material until next time I see the AG group, but feel free to get started on your own on the "just for a challenge" handouts that I gave out today:   a grade 10 skill review sheet  and a Number Sequence Activity (typo!  The last number on the back page #2 should be 131221 not 121321) .   I'll hand out an answer key for it next time I see this group.  Think of these as fun, math contest-type challenge questions and not as serious homework.  For now, let's just make sure we get our technology working!


SLOT 3 -  MPC40S - GR 12 PRE-CALCULUS MATH

Radical Functions booklet,
Link to VIDEO LESSONS PAGE

Monday Feb 1-Thursday Feb 4:  With the exception of a couple of people who missed old assessments due to absences, the only students we'll be seeing are the ones doing the optional re-tests.  No more meetings on Teams either.  If you need to message me, use Edsby. 
If you want to pick up your last unit Test, just stop in any time next week or even the first week of semester 2.  After that, I'll assume you don't want them and they will get recycled.
Good luck with your re-assessments (if you are doing them) and have fun in semester 2!

TEXTBOOKS:  If you still haven't turned in your textbook to me you don't need to make a special trip to school to do it today.  I'm happy if you bring it in anytime before I have to hand them out to my semester 2 classes, starting on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9.  If I don't have them by that day - I'll have to phone home and ask for them.  Please don't make me do that.  I'm busy enough as it is!

Thursday Jan 28: Even2B students write their Chapter 10.3/11 Test today and hand in their Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  Reminder that if the sign up sheet is not returned by the end of the day on Friday, I will assume that you are not doing any re-assessments next week (and you should not come to class).  
I'll open up a Teams meeting in case anyone at home has any questions that they want help with (quietly!) but otherwise, you don't need to check in today.

Wednesday Jan 27: Odd1A students wrote their Chapter 10.3/11 test today and received their Options Test Sign up Sheet.  If the sign up sheet is not returned by the end of the day on Friday, I will assume that you are not doing any re-assessments next week (and you should not come to class).  Even 2B students who received their sign-up sheet yesterday, you have to hand yours in tomorrow.  I'll open up a Teams meeting in case anyone at home has any questions that they want help with (quietly!) but otherwise, you don't need to check in today.

Tuesday Jan 26:  Work and ask questions period for the Chapter 10.3 and 11 workbook questions. I also handed out your Options Test Sign Up Sheet.  On the back, you'll find the weightings for each assessment that we did over the course (Odd students, you'll get yours tomorrow). 

Monday Jan 25:  we did the second part of the Chapter 11: Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem notes booklet, 11.3 Binomial Theorem Lesson. Here is the video of the lesson.   You can now do the 11.3 Part 1 and Part 2 worksheets in the Chapter 11 Exercise booklet.  You will have tomorrow as a work/ask questions period.
Take some time to figure out which outcomes you may want to re-assess next week using your scores on Edsby.  If you don't want to re-assess anything, that's fine, but either way I need to know by the end of the week.  I'll hand out an outcome selection sheet tomorrow and Wednesday that the Odd1A group will have to turn in on or before Friday and the even 2B group will have to hand in by Thursday.

Friday Jan 22:  we did the first part of the Chapter 11: Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem notes booklet, 11.3 Binomial Theorem Lesson.  Here is the video of the lesson if you missed any or all of it. Then we had a work/ask questions half-hour or so for the 11.1 and 11.2 assignments in the Chapter 11 Exercise booklet.  If you want to see a neat video that looks deeper into Pascal's Triangle, check out this Numberphile video.  

Wednesday Jan 20 and Thursday Jan 21:  in class we did the 2nd part of the Exponents and Logs test: 8.4.  People at home, work on the 11.1 and 11.2 Assignments in the Chapter 11 Exercise booklet.  UPDATE:  I asked admin:  You do not have to check in for attendance in Teams on a day when the rest of your class is testing.  I'll have a Teams meeting running if anyone has any 11.1 or 11.2 questions they want help with, but otherwise we'll see everyone on Friday!


8.4 Applications Worksheet answer key errors:  #3d is 3.63, #5b = 7 years not 9.19

Tuesday Jan 19: we went over a couple of questions from chapter 8 (we discovered a new answer key error - see above).  Then I did lesson 11.2: Combinations (pages 10-12) in the Chapter 11: Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem notes booklet.  The school's wifi died towards the end of the lesson, so the video is in two parts:  Here is Part 1, where I made it up to half way into the 2nd algebra example, and here is Part 2 where I finish up to the end of page 12.   I left the "you try" problems on pages 11 and 12 for you to do.  The solutions are at the end of the Part 2 video. You can now do the 11.2 Assignment in the Chapter 11 Exercise booklet.  

Monday Jan 16: today we went through the Permutations with Constraints and Cases lesson (pages 7-11) in the Chapter 11: Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem notes booklet. Here is the video if you missed any part of the lesson.  Your homework is still the problems from the 11.1 assignment (pages 1 and 2) in the  Chapter 11 Exercise booklet.  See how many of them you can solve, we'll workshop the ones you are stuck on tomorrow.  Here is a video that explains the number of unique arrangements of a rubik's cube, if you are interested.

Friday Jan 15:  your quiz will hit your Quizzes folder about 30 minutes before the start of class.  You can start it early if you have a slot 2 spare (or your slot 2 teacher lets you out early.  You can use your formula sheet, but no calculator for this one.  You do still have to check in to the Teams meeting for attendance, but you can mute sound if the noise from me answering questions or helping people with tech issues will distract you.  Keep your eyes on the chat, if something comes up that I think everyone should know, I'll post in there.  Everyone should be able to finish it before the end of class - it doesn't feel very long.  Over the weekend, you can work on the 11.1 assignment (pages 1 and 2) in the  Chapter 11 Exercise booklet.  

Thursday Jan 14:  we started with one last look at homework problems that people might need help with.  I have had a couple of people ask me today if there is any Reviews for Chapter 7 and 8.  If you are looking for more questions to practice, just go to the notes package and find the numbers and pages of the textbook questions that are recommended.  We haven't seen or used any of those yet.  If your textbook is not in your immediate possession, look up at the top of this post to see the PDF version of the TEXTBOOK link.
After the review stuff, we continued into the first lesson in the the Chapter 11: Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem booklet.  I'll post the video of the lesson here later in the afternoon.


Wednesday Jan 13:  we once again started by seeing if anyone had homework issues.  Then we started the first lesson in the the Chapter 11: Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem booklet.  No new assignment yet.  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).  If you missed the class the video will be here later in the afternoon.  I also spent a bit of time reviewing how to find your Quizzes folder in OneNote.  There is a "Message" page there, just as a test to see if you can access the folder properly before we Quiz (R7 and R8: Chapter 7 (except the word problems), 8.1, and 8.3).  See if you can find it and if you can't, message me and we'll sort it out. 


Tuesday Jan 12: I started by asking if anyone had homework issues from Chapters 7 or 8, then I went through the rest of the 10.3 lesson.  You can now do the entire 10.3 Assignment page (typo on the answer key: 4f is 0). I'll post the video of the lesson here later this afternoon.  After I met with the other math teachers yesterday at lunch I decided to give people more time to work on R10, so we'll push that quiz into next week when (hopefully) we're all back at class.  That means we can do the R7 and R8 quiz this Friday.  Friday's quiz covers Chapter 7 (except the word problems) and 8.1,8.3.  

Monday Jan 11: we asked if anyone had any homework issues, then we started the 10.3 Lesson in the Chapter 10: Composite Function Notes.  Your homework for this lesson is the 10.3 Assignment page.  If you missed the live class (or any part of it) I'll post the video here this afternoon.  We will be quizzing Chapters 7 and 8 this Thursday and Friday (R7 and R8 on Thursday and R10 on Friday), which gives you a couple of days to get help if you need it  I am available over lunch tomorrow and Wednesday, as well as during slot 5 today, tomorrow, and Wednesday if you want a one-to-one Team meeting.  

Friday Jan 8: we are doing a work period today for the questions assigned yesterday.  Here are the solutions for the Word Problems worksheet (fixed!) at the back of the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet. 

Thursday Jan 7:  we went over the last 3 pages of the  Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet.  Then we had work time for the Word Problem worksheet at the back of the  Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet (answer key for that is coming!) and the last two (both say 8.4) pages in the Chapter 8 Assignment Booklet.   You will get tomorrow's class as a work period as well, then we'll start on Chapter 10.3 on Monday.  Here is the link to the video of the class in case you missed it (or you want another look at any of the examples).

Wednesday Jan 6:  Today we went through more of the Application problems in the  Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet (up to page 22), wrapping things up a few minutes early so you can watch this video explaining the number "e".  We'll finish up the last 3 pages tomorrow (and fix the minor error I made in the sound intensity example that I made today - oops!) then have some work time.  For homework, you can get started on the problems where the formulas don't involve "e" on the Word Problem worksheet at the back of the  Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet and the last two (both say 8.4) pages in the Chapter 8 Assignment Booklet.  We will do a chapter 7 & 8 test next week.  Here is the video of today's class.

Tuesday January 5:  Happy New Year!  Welcome to online learning again!  Our Teams meeting will start when regular class time starts (10:49 - except for Wednesday, which will be late start: 11:29) and yes, they are making us take attendance.  If for some reason you miss the lesson today (or any day over the next couple of weeks), I will record it and post it on YouTube later today.  Check back HERE in the afternoon for the link.  I hope that everyone realizes that I am NOT recording the TEAMS meeting, I am recording MY cam feed. So, the video that I post to YouTube won't show your names on the screen.  You can feel free to ask questions and participate in the lesson the same way that you would as if you were in class - I will do my best to keep you anonymous (never address you by more than your first name).  If you want to ask/tell me something during class that you don't want your classmates to see, please message me on Edsby. 

Today we'll spend a few minutes going over 8.3 and 8.4 problems, then we will go back to the 7.3 (word problem) lesson in the Chapter 7: Exponential Functions Notes Booklet  and then we will compare these types of questions with the ones in the 8.4 section in the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet,  No NEW homework tonight (we'll do more problem examples tomorrow), but if you still need to finish up questions from the assignments from the week before the break, try to get caught up for I start assigning new stuff tomorrow!

Friday Dec 18:  Even2Bs are in class and the Odd1As can join us on Teams.  We will fix a little error I made in yesterday's 8.3 lesson, then we will do the 8.4 lesson  in the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet on Logarithmic equation solving.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video I will post later this afternoon.
All of you Even2Bs at home can watch the period 6 X-Mas message from the FRC Staff at this link.
Have a great break everyone!  See you on the 5th!

Thursday Dec 17: Even2Bs are in class today, so the Odd1As  are joining us on Teams for today's lesson.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video that I will post later this afternoon.  Today we did a couple more examples from 8.1 then we covered Lesson 8.3 in the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet.  You can now do the #1-4,7 on the 8.1 page and all of the 8.3 questions in the Chapter 8 Assignment Booklet.  We're going to skip over lesson 8.2 for now.  The examples I used in class today are from an extra-practice (optional) 8.1 assignment that I posted in your OneNote folder.  Check the post I just made on Edsby to see how to use OneNote.

Wednesday Dec 16: Odd1As are in class today, so the Even2Bs  are joining us on Teams for today's lesson. If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, check back here for a video that I will post later this afternoon.  We will go over a few problems from the7.3 Assignment (2nd page) in the  Chapter 7 Assignment Booklet, then spend a couple of minutes on the  8.1 Investigation Activity  (here is the key), and then do Lesson 8.1 in the Chapter 8 Logarithmic Functions booklet.   For homework tonight, you should watch this video and do the notes for the second part of 7.3, then work on finishing the rest of the Chapter 7 Assignment Booklet questions.  We will go back to the rest of the 7.3 Lesson (the word problems!) once we have done some more of Chapter 8.

Tuesday Dec 15:  Even2Bs are doing their Options Re-test today.  Anyone not doing the re-test, or if anyone is choosing to do just one outcome, the rest of the class is work time for the 8.1 Investigation Activity (here is the key).
Odd1As: at home today you can do the the 8.1 Investigation Activity  (here is the key). 


Monday Dec 14: Odd1As are doing their Options Re-test today.  Anyone not doing the re-test, or if anyone is choosing to do just one outcome, the rest of the class is work time for the 8.1 Investigation Activity (here is the key).  You can continue to work on it tomorrow while the other group does their Options Re-test.
Even2Bs:  at home today you should be preparing for Options Re-test tomorrow or you can do the the 8.1 Investigation Activity  (here is the key). 

Thursday Dec 10: 
Odd1As your turn for the 6.4 Quiz and the exponential reasoning activity:  here it is as a word document (it wasn't a handout - we just talked about it). 
Even2Bs your job today is to do the notes and examples for Lesson 7.2 in the Chapter 7: Exponential Functions Notes Booklet using this video by Ms Cox.  Instead of the textbook assignment she gives at the end of the video, you should be working on #1-8 of the 7.2 Assignment (front page) of the Chapter 7 Assignment Booklet.  Don't forget, we already assigned #1-3 of the 7.3 Exponential Equations worksheet (2nd page) based on our 7.3 lesson.  That's it until Monday when we start Chapter 8.
Everyone:  next week we have the optional re-test days on Monday and Tuesday.  For the rest of the week we will finish Chapter 7 and start Chapter 8.  We won't test them until after X-mas break.  They're short, so we will combine them to make one test.


Wednesday Dec 9: Even2Bs are in class today doing their 6.4 quiz.  It won't take the entire class, so we will do a little exponential reasoning activity:  here it is as a word document (it wasn't a handout - we just talked about it).  Odd1As, your job today is to do the notes and examples for Lesson 7.2 in the Chapter 7: Exponential Functions Notes Booklet using this video by Ms Cox.  Instead of the textbook assignment she gives at the end of the video, you should be working on #1-8 of the 7.2 Assignment (front page) of the Chapter 7 Assignment Booklet.  Don't forget, we already assigned #1-3 of the 7.3 Exponential Equations worksheet (2nd page) based on our 7.3 lesson.  That's it until Monday when we start Chapter 8.

Tuesday Dec 8:  Odd1As have their 6.1-6.3 Quiz in class today after a quick, 10 minute lesson that the Even2Bs will join us on Teams for.  If anyone misses the class or the Teams meeting, here is the video of the lesson. The lesson is 7.1, pages 2 and 3 in the Chapter 7: Exponential Functions Notes Booklet.  You'll notice that the Chapter 7 Assignment Booklet doesn't have a 7.1 assignment page, so you can use tonight to either keep working on preparing for the 6.4 quiz (tomorrow and Thursday) or you can do #1-3 of the 7.2 Exponential Equations worksheet that I assigned yesterday.  Reminder that next class I need you to give me your outcome selection forms next class.   


Monday Dec 7:
Even2Bs are in class and the Odd2As are to join us on Microsoft Teams for the first 20 minutes or so of class.  Check your Teams calendar or Pembina Trails email for the invite to the Teams meeting for this class.  If you miss the class, I will post a link to the video here.  In this class we did our first lesson in the new Chapter 7: Exponential Functions Notes Booklet.  We started on part 1 of Lesson 7.3, covering pages 6-8.  You can now do #1-3 of the 7.3 Exponential Equations worksheet, which is the 2nd page of the Chapter 7 Assignment Booklet.
Also: today I handed out a page for you to use to select which outcomes you would like to re-test on Dec 15th (Odd1As, you will get the handout tomorrow and your re-test day is Dec 14th).  The re-test is completely optional.  I think 2 or (at the very most) 3 outcomes is all that you will be able to get through in one class.  If your % grade on any re-assessed outcome is higher than your first attempt, you get to keep that grade.  If your % grade on the re-assessment is lower, the two % scores will be averaged together.  I will ask for this page to be handed in next class, but the HARD deadline for letting me know which outcomes you want to re-test is 8:00AM Friday morning.  If I haven't heard from you by then, I will assume that you aren't interested in re-testing anything next week (you will still have Exam Week - COVID permitting, of course).

Friday Dec 4:
Odd1As:  This will be a work/ask questions day for Chapter 6.  If you are finished all of the worksheets in the  Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet, then you can work on the Review at the end of the booklet.  
Even2Bs:  Please join us on Teams for the work period above.  It's your last chance to ask homework questions in class before Monday's quiz.  Check your Teams calendar or Pembina Trails email for the invitation.  
Everyone:
The review at the end of the notes booklet has a key.  Remember for the identity proofs in #9 and #10b that there may be several ways to prove that the two sides are the same.  If you have a solution that looks nothing like the one in he key, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are wrong.  If you want to know if your version of a proof on any question is correct, send it to me as a pic on Edsby and I'll let you know how I would mark it.  That goes for the proofs on the 6.2 and 6.3 worksheets, too.  
We will quiz 6.1-6.3 on Monday and Tuesday, then 6.4 on Wednesday and Thursday.  These will be half-period quizzes, so we will move on to Chapter 7 while we assess.

Thursday Dec 3:
Even2Bs:  we went over a couple of questions that students needed help with from the 6.1-6.3 worksheets, then we did Lesson 6.4:Solving Trig Equations with Identities, pages 20-22  in the Chapter 6:  Trig Identities Notes Booklet.  You can now do the 6.4 worksheet page in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.  
Odd1As:  I want EVERYONE to join the Teams meeting for today's class to go through the above lesson with us.  Check your Teams or Pembina Trails email for the Meeting Invitation.  If you miss it, I will record the class and post it here.  You can also work on the 6.4 page in the assignment booklet.

Wednesday Dec 2:  
Odd1As: in class today, we took student questions for the 6.1 and 6.3 assignments from Friday, then we worked through the examples for Lesson 6.3:  Proving Identities-Part 2 on pages 16-19 of the Chapter 6:  Trig Identities Notes Booklet.  
Even2Bs:  please join us on Teams for this lesson/workshop.  Check your Teams or Pembina Trails email for the Meeting Invitation.  If you miss it, I will record the class and post it here.  Don't forget that on Wednesdays class starts at 11:29!
For homework, both groups can now do #7,9,and 10 of the 6.3 worksheet in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.  

Tuesday Dec 1: 
Even2Bs  we did the 6.2 Lesson today, covering pages 12 -15 of the  Chapter 6:  Trig Identities Notes Booklet.  Whatever time was left after that, we used to start the 6.2 page in the  Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet or answer student questions about the 6.1 and 6.3 homework.  
Odd1As, you are doing the same lesson from home today using this video (sorry that the audio has a weird echo on it - I don't know what happened!).  You can now do the 6.2 page in the  Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.  

Friday Nov 27: Even2Bs, it's your turn for the page 10 workshop class.  Odd1As at home, you can use today to work on the 6.1 and 6.3 #1-6,8 problems in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.  If both groups come in with all of those two pages tried for next class, we'll be on schedule.

Thursday Nov 26:  Odd1As in class today did a 6.3 workshop.  We went through all of the exercises on page 10 of the  Chapter 6:  Trig Identities Notes Booklet.  Your homework is to finish the 6.1 page of the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet, then try the following questions from the 6.3 page for Monday:  #1-6,8.
Even2Bs at home today, you have to watch the lesson and do the notes for Lesson 6.1and 6.3 in your new  Chapter 6:  Trig Identities Notes Booklet.  It's a long lesson (sorry), but here's some fun:  in the video, I make a little mistake on page 5 #3a - see if you can find it!  Start looking at around the 25:00 mark.  If, after the big lesson video, you want to take the night off from homework and start the 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet after tomorrow's class, that's fine by me.  You've earned it!  Tomorrow we do the 6.3 workshop class that the Odd1As did in-class today.

Wednesday Nov 25:  Even2Bs today, it was your turn for the 5.4 quiz.  Odd1As, at home today you can watch the lesson and do the notes for Lesson 6.1and 6.3 in your new  Chapter 6:  Trig Identities Notes Booklet.  In that video, I make a little mistake on page 5 #3a - see if you can find it!  Start looking at around the 25:00 mark.  It's kind of a long lesson, so if you get through it during "class" time then want to take the night off from doing actual homework, that's fine.  But if you are feeling ambitious and want to start on the assignment.  You can try the first page, 6.1 questions in the Chapter 6 Assignment Booklet.  I'll assign them officially next class.


TYPOS IN THE CHAPTER 5 WORKBOOKLET:  
5.1/5.3 Assignment #2b should be -1/2, not -sqrt3/2.  
5.1/5.3 #3d should be -2pi,-pi,0,pi,2pi - it should not be a general solution (the domain is restricted). 5.4(1st one) #2c should be 2.692751 (they lost the 6 digit in the tenths place).


Tuesday Nov 24: Odd1As, today is your quiz day for 5.4.  Even2Bs, you quiz tomorrow.  Tomorrow we start Chapter 6.

Monday Nov 23:  Even2Bs: Today we had a class to ask homework questions and work on Page 22 in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet  (fixed Answer key here!) 5.4 questions from the last 2 pages of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.   I'll stream this class on Teams so the Odd1As at home can see the questions being asked about and ask their own.  5.4 Quiz tomorrow and Wednesday.

Wednesday Nov 18 and Thursday Nov 19:  quizzing 5.1-5.3.  This is a slightly longer quiz (sketching graphs takes time!) but if you have time left over in class, you can keep working on Page 22 in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet  (fixed Answer key here!) and the rest of the 5.4 questions in the last 2 pages of the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.  Don't forget I handed out a Chapter 5.4 (part 1) Practice Quiz  (here is the key) and posted this video of me making the key.  I didn't make a Review or Practice Quiz for Part 2 of 5.2 (the word problems) - I think the two assignment worksheets should be practice enough, but if you really want more of them to try, look at textbook Page 275 #5, 9,15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.  On Monday, you can have more work time for word problems (we'll Teams meeting that class for the Odd1A students to participate) and I'll go over any that you want help with before we quiz 5.4 on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Enjoy your Friday off and have a great weekend.

Tuesday Nov 17: Even 2Bs this will be an ask homework questions and work period.  Odd1As at home I'll turn on Teams at the start of the period, so if any of you are stuck on homework problems that I didn't get to helping you with yesterday, please join in and ask for help.  Thanks to Alina, I have fixed an error on the Answer key for the "Assignment" worksheet on page 22 of the Notes Booklet (bonus: it's not scanned upside down anymore - yay!) Tomorrow and Thursday is the 5.1 to 5.3 quiz, then more work time for 5.4.  We'll make sure that we have one more class to ask 5.4 questions on Monday and then quiz it on Tuesday/Wednesday of next week.

Monday Nov 16:  Odd1As in class today  I did the last example word problem in the 5.4 chapter, page 21 of the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, then I went over #1 on the 5.4 Applications of Trig Functions worksheet in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.  Even2Bs at home can watch this video of the same 2 problems.  Not streaming today. Then I asked if anyone had homework issues and then gave the class some work time. Tomorrow will also be a ask questions/work on homework period for the Even2Bs.  I also handed out these reviews: a 5.1 ACC, 5.2:Graphing ACC , 5.2:Equation ACC (here's the key for all three of them), and a Chapter 5.4 Practice Quiz  (here is the key).  For the 5.4 Practice Quiz, if you want to see me explain the answers as I go through them, I made this video of myself making the key.  We'll quiz 5.1 to 5.3 Wednesday and Thursday and 5.4 next week.

Friday Nov 13: Even2B group in-class today and Odd1A to join us on Teams for Lesson 5.4 page 17-20 in the Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  Check your Teams calendar or your Pembina Trails email to join us live.  We recorded the lesson for those of you who may have missed it.  You can find the video in Teams (under "Activity") or if you use your Pembina Trails login and password, you can watch it here.  After today's lesson you can do the "Assignment" worksheet on page 22 of the notes booklet ( Here are the solutions -yes, I know it scanned upside down - I don't know how to fix that) and then do rest of the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.  I'll give you some work time on Monday.  We'll quiz 5.1-5.3 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday Nov 12:  Odd1A group in-class today and Even2B to join us on Teams for the conclusion of our 5.2 Part 2 Lesson, pages 13-15 in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  If you miss the live class Tuesday and today, you can catch up to us using Ms Cox's Video here.  Check your Teams calendar or your Pembina Trails email to join us live.  We recorded the lesson for those of you who may have missed it.  You can find the video in Teams (under "Activity" or you can watch it here on Microsoft Streams, just log in with your Pembina Trails email and password. You can now do page 16 in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet (here is the answer key and here is a video of me making it and explaining my steps) and the 5.2 Equations of Sinusoidal Functions worksheet in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. 

Tuesday Nov 10:  Today the Even2Bs finished Part 1 of the 5.2 Lesson and started into Part 2.  At home, the Odd1As should be working on the 5.2: Transformations of Sinusoidal Functions Worksheet in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.   We'll all finish the 5.2 Part 2 lesson together on Thursday - Odd1As in class and Even2Bs through Teams.  Anyone who missed class yesterday and/or today should be using these videos to keep up with us:  5.2 Part 1 and 5.2 Part 2.  And if you are using Desmos to help with your homework and you need help getting it to graph trig here is a video teaching you how to use Desmos to graph trig that I posted last week.  

Monday November 9:  Odd1As in class today saw me finish Part 1 of Lesson 5.2 in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet, then briefly start Part 2.   You can now do the 5.2: Transformations of Sinusoidal Functions Worksheet in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet.  You can work on it during tomorrow's class time.  No new lesson until Thursday, when we'll finish off Part 2 of 5.2.
Even2Bs at home today, you can use today to finish the 5.1 and 5.3 assignment in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, but if you are done that, you can take the day off a bit until I finish the 5.2 Part 1 lesson with your group tomorrow.  If you want to try to finish it without me and get started on the 5.2: Transformations of Sinusoidal Functions Worksheet in the Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, here is the video of the 5.2 Part 1 Lesson.   We got about half way through it on Friday.

Thursday Nov 5 and Friday Nov 6: 4.4 Quiz today.  This shouldn't take more than about half of the period, so we'll spend the second half starting Lesson 5.2 in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  This is a very key lesson in the course, so I want to do as much of it as possible in person (rather than through video) so I'll do the same lesson with the Odd1As on Thursday and the Even2Bs on Friday, then we'll finish it Monday/Tuesday.  So if you are caught up on the first page 5.1 and 5.3 assignment in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, you might be relatively homework free this weekend (well, for Math, at least).

Wednesday Nov 4:  Even2Bs, today we are quickly reviewing the 5.1 Lesson that you were supposed to do yesterday, then we did the 5.3 Lesson, so we have now covered pages 1-7 in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  You can now do the first page 5.1 and 5.3 assignment in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. 
Odd1As at home today, your job is to do the same lesson we did in class using the 5.3 Lesson Video.  At the end of the video, Ms Cox tells you to work on the examples on the next page of the booklet - please ignore that instruction (we won't be able to do those until after the 5.2 Lesson, which we will start tomorrow).  Do the first page 5.1 and 5.3 assignment in the  Chapter 5 Assignment booklet. 
Reminder that we quiz 4.4 tomorrow and Friday.

Tuesday Nov 3:  Odd1As are in class today for their Chapter 4.1-4.3 quiz.  With the remaining time after the quiz we looked at some Sin and Cosine curves using Desmos.  I'll record that little lesson and post it here so the Even2Bs can watch it later.  During class time, you Even2Bs should be finishing the 5.1 Lesson we started yesterday by watching the rest of this Lesson 5.1 Video - start at the 7:00 mark (that's about as far as we got to in class).  No new Chapter 5 assignment yet.

Monday Nov 2:  Even2Bs are in-class today, where we did the Chapter 4.1-4.3 quiz.  Then with the remaining time, we started notes and examples for Lesson 5.1 (pages 3-5) in the  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet.  Even2Bs can finish the lesson at home tonight (start at the 7:00 mark of this Lesson 5.1 video).  I handed out a Chapter 5 Assignment booklet, but I'm not assigning anything out of it until after tomorrow's video.
Odd1As, at home today, you are to watch the entire Lesson 5.1 Video.  No new assignment until after tomorrow's lesson.
Reminder that we quiz 4.4 on Thursday/Friday.

TYPOS IN CHAPTER 4 BOOKLET: 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


Friday Oct 30:  I'm Streaming this Class on Teams.  So for all the Even2Bs at home, we'll start the class with questions people have from the homework.  If you want to join us in Teams (check your email and Teams account for the invitation) you can get this last chance to ask questions before the quiz.  Odd1A in-class today, once we finish going over the homework questions from Chapter 4 (your 4.1-4.3 quiz will be Tuesday) we'll use whatever time is left to start in on Chapter 5.  Back to graphing!  I handed out a  Chapter 5: Trig Functions and Graphs booklet., but we won't start it until next week.  Some time between now and your next class, I want you to watch these short videos (they're all fun and no note taking is required!):   ferris wheel, cgi spring, spray paint on a spring, newtonian pendulum (number 1, number 2, number 3) and finally, I think this video is a brilliant demonstration of why sin, cos, and tan are called Circular Functions.

Thursday Oct 29:  Even2B in-class, we did some practice questions together for 4.3 and 4.4, then I went over a question from the homework.  I took today's practice questions from last year's semester 1 Provincial Exam - here is a file of all of the Chapter 4 problems from the exam.  You should have done the  4.4 notes video  yesterday.  Odd1As at home, you should be doing (or be done) the  4.4 notes video during class today.  For homework, both groups should be working on the 4.4 worksheet at the back of the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  Next week, we'll do our Chapter 4.1-4.3 Quiz on Monday and Tuesday and we'll quiz 4.4 on Thursday and Friday.  For extra practice,  I  handed out a Chapter 4 Review (here is the key) and a Chapter 4 Practice Test  (here are the solutions).

Wednesday Oct 28:  Odd1A group in-class, we did some practice questions together for 4.3 and 4.4, then I went over a question from the homework.  I took today's practice questions from last year's semester 1 Provincial Exam - here is a file of all of the Chapter 4 problems from the exam (see how many you can do!).  Even2B students, we'll do them tomorrow.  The first one is the only one you would be allowed a calculator for!  Even2B group at home, today your job is to do your 4.4 notes video and then the 4.4 worksheet at the back of the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet .  You'll get some work time tomorrow.   I also handed out a Chapter 4 Review (here is the key) and a Chapter 4 Practice Test  (here are the solutions) .  Next week, we'll do our Chapter 4.1-4.3 Quiz on Monday and Tuesday and we'll quiz 4.4 on Thursday and Friday.  If anyone wanted to check out the entire Provincial exam, check out the link here.  

Monday Oct 26 and Tuesday Oct 27: Odd1A group you are quizzing 3.4 today and Even2Bs you write it tomorrow.  At home, you should be finishing up the 4.2 worksheet on page 25 of the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  We'll go over any problems you might have with that assignment after the quiz.  For homework, it's time to move into Lesson 4.3.  Here are the first two parts of 4.3 (Ms Cox's videos) part 1 and part 2.  Then,  here is a part 3 Video that I made for the last section of 4.3 that you should work through before trying the questions in the 4.3 assignment at the back of the booklet.  We have found some answer key mistakes.  See above.

Thursday Oct 22:   Odd1A group, in class today we'll start the class by going over some 3.4 questions to help you be ready for Monday's 3.4 Quiz.  Even2Bs your quiz is Tuesday.  Then I went over some examples from 4.1 and 4.2.  Even2B's I will be livestreaming this class in a Teams meeting if you want to see me do today's examples (they will be different from yesterday's!).  You should be done the 4.2 videos (see yesterday's post for the links) and the 4.2 worksheet on page 25 for Monday.

Wednesday Oct 21:  Even2B group, in class today we'll spent part of the class going over some problems from 3.4.  We do a quiz on 3.4 on Tuesday.  Odd1A's you will get the same chance to ask questions about that assignment tomorrow and your quiz will be on Monday. For the rest of class today, I talked a bit more about Chapter 4, moving into the 4.2 lesson.  At home both groups should finish the 4.1 worksheet on page 25, then spend time today and tomorrow going through the 4 videos that go through lesson 4.2: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.  A few of the pages in the video might be a little different (or in a different order) than the booklet we have, but we can fix any little discrepancies in class.  By Friday you should be done all of the 4.2 notes (it's a BIG chapter) and be ready to work on the 4.2 worksheet over the weekend. 

Tuesday Oct 20: Today it's the Odd1A group's turn to write the quiz on 3.1-3.3 (R11).   For the Even2B group at home today, I want you to watch and do notes from these videos:  part 1 and part 2 and part 3 which gets you through the first 9 pages of the  Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  Then you can work on start on the 4.1 assignment on page 25 of the booklet.  Tomorrow we will do videos for 4.2.  These videos assume you are very comfortable with the Unit Circle material from grade 11.  If you start to feel a little lost in the videos, go back and do the review I handed you last week:  the Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet (this file has the answer key at the end) and make sure you can fill in a blank unit circle from memory.  If you need more help, I highly recommend that you go back to the grade 11 lessons video page and review Chapter 2: Trigonometry.
For both groups:  I was originally going to finish testing Chapter 3 (3.4: Graphing) on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, but we'll do it on Monday and Tuesday instead, to give people one more chance to ask questions in class.

Monday Oct 19:  Today the Even2B group wrote a quiz on 3.1-3.3 (R11).   For the Odd1A group at home today, I want you to watch and do notes from these videos:  part 1 and part 2 and part 3 which gets you through the first 9 pages of the  Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  Then you can work on start on the 4.1 assignment on page 28 of the booklet, but I won't officially assign it until tomorrow.  These videos assume you are very comfortable with the Unit Circle material from grade 11.  If you start to feel a little lost in the videos, go back and do the review I handed you last week:  the Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet (this file has the answer key at the end) and make sure you can fill in a blank unit circle from memory.  If you need more help, I highly recommend that you go back to the grade 11 lessons video page and review Chapter 2: Trigonometry.



Thursday Oct 15: In-class today with the 2BEven group, I will go through the last pages of the 3.4 Lesson in the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet  while the rest of the 1AOdds at home tune in on Microsoft Teams.  Go to your calendar and you should see the link to join the meeting.  We quiz T3 (sine and cosine law) on Monday and Tuesday.  If you missed the class you can watch it here.  After we finished the notes I went through ACCs for 3.3 and 3.4 (I didn't hand hard-copies out - you can just copy and try the questions).  Here is a video of me making the answer keys if you need some explanations.  If you still need to finish the ACCs for 3.1 and 3.2, scroll down to Tuesday's blog post.
For homework, you should make sure you are done all of the assignment pages in the booklet:  11,17, and 22-25, then the  R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review .  See the update below from yesterday for links to answer keys that aren't in the booklet.  Thanks to John and Yibo, I now realize that the key for page 25 has two mistakes and the diagrams are messed up.  I fixed all of this on the online version of the booklet that you can see in the link above.  We quiz 3.1-3.3 on Monday and Tuesday.  
If you are done all assignments for chapter 3 and are feeling confident and ready for assessment, feel free to work on the Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet (this file has the answer key at the end) and see if you can fill in the 16 coordinates of this blank unit circle. 

Wednesday Oct 14:  In-class today, I did the same 3.4 Lesson as yesterday, finishing up to the middle of page 21.  We will finish off the rest of the 3.4 lesson in class tomorrow - which will be livestreamed so both groups can see it.  At home you should be working on the assignments in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet  on pages 11,17, and now pages 22-25 and this R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review .   The answer key for page 17 is here (see yesterday's post for an error warning) and here is the answer key for pages 22-23.  Tomorrow, we will livestream the class to Microsoft Teams for the ODD-day students who will miss out on a class this Friday. You should have already received a meeting invitation in your email and Teams account.  
Today's group also received a Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet (this file has the answer key at the end) and a blank unit circle that you can start working on this weekend, as we start the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet in a couple of days.  I highly recommend that if you get stuck on this old material, you go back to the grade 11 lessons video page and review Chapter 2: Trigonometry.

Tuesday Oct 13:  In-class today, I went through the notes and examples for Lesson 3.4: Equations and Graphs of Polynomials, pages 18-21 in the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet . I also handed out a  R11, R12 (Chapter 3) Review and at the end of class, I handed out ACCs for 3.1 and 3.2 for you to try once you are finished pages 11 and 17 and the review. Here is a video of me making the answer keys to the ACCs if you need it. I'll do the same lesson tomorrow with the other group.  At home, you should be finishing up do the worksheets on pages 11 and 17 and work on the review, then do the ACCs. HERE IS THE ANSWER KEY FOR PAGE 17 - sorry about that!  By the way, the answer key for #2 on page 11 is now fixed and includes the remainders.  The page 17 answer key does have one error - check out #9.  They must have missed the leading coefficient of 2.  The real list of possible factors are, plus-or-minus all of: 1/2,1,3/2,5/2,3,5,15/2,15.
One more thing: I handed out a Grade 11 Trig Review Worksheet, a blank unit circle, and the Chapter 4:  Trigonometry and the Unit Circle booklet.  We'll get started on it this weekend.


Friday Oct 9:  
PZs:  your turn to do the 2.3 quiz today.  After that we looked at some 3.1-3.3 examples.  For homework tonight, see the assignment for all 3 groups below:
ALL 3 GROUPS:  It has been brought to my attention that the answer key for #2 on the page 11 assignment is missing the remainders on the answers.  Weird.  I will work them out and post a better answer key here.  The new video is for Lesson 3.3: The Factor Theorem and it is in 2 parts: here is part 1 and here is part 2.  Once you have gone through the notes, you should do the worksheet on page 17.

So this is our last day of the 3-group system and next week, we are on to a 2-day system.  Originally, I had planned to quiz 3.1 and 3.2 in our next class together, but I am going to hold off until we have all been back for a class together in the new system.  So we'll do practice quizzes (ACCs) next class, then we'll quiz 3.1 and 3.2 in our second classes together as ODDS and EVENS.  Have a great long weekend. 

Thursday Oct 8:
HOs:  your turn to do the 2.3 quiz today.  After that we looked at some 3.1-3.3 examples, see the assignment for all 3 groups below:
ALL 3 GROUPS:  do the notes from this video for part 2 of Lesson 3.2.  Then do the rest of the 3.2 assignment on page 11 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet.  Note that yesterday, I told you to try #2a, 2b, and 2c after seeing the Long Division method.  Today, you should try the rest of the questions in #2 using the synthetic division method.


Wednesday Oct 7:
AGs:  we did 2.3 quiz today, then we looked at some of the ideas that you will encounter in Lessons 2.2 and 2.3 of the Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet.  
ALL 3 GROUPS:  Make sure that you are finished the assignment from yesterday, which was notes for Lesson 3.1 in the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet by doing the notes from these 2 videos: part 1 and part 2 and that you have done TEXTBOOK  Page 114 #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, C1 & C2.  Tonight's  assignment is to use this video for part 1 Lesson 3.2  to do the notes in your booklet, then try #1, 2a, 2b, 2c on page 11 of the booklet using the long division method the video showed you.


Tuesday Oct 6:
PZs:  Your turn to do the for-marks 2.1 and 2.2 Quiz.  Then we did some questions from the  2.3 ACC (answer key is attached and Here is a video of me making the key).  Remember that next class, we quiz it for marks.  
ALL 3 GROUPS:  Tonight, you should start the  Chapter 3: Polynomials Booklet by doing the notes from these 2 videos: part 1 and part 2.  Tomorrow, you can work on the 2.1 assignment, which is actually in your TEXTBOOK (I told you we'd used it eventually!) Page 114 #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, C1 & C2.  This picture makes me smile.

Monday Oct 5:  
HOs: your turn for the for-marks 2.1 and 2.2 Quiz.  Then we did some 2.3 examples together.  I handed out the  2.3 ACC (answer key is attached and Here is a video of me making the key)  for you to do at home when you are finished the 2.3 assignment on page 21 of the booklet and the review from pages 23-28.  We'll have a for-marks 2.3 quiz next class.  Tomorrow, we have to start into Chapter 3.
AGs:  finish the Chapter 2 booklet and the 2.3 practice quiz tonight (see above), then we'll start Chapter 3 tomorrow.
PZs: your quiz for 2.1 and 2.2 is tomorrow and your 2.3 quiz is Friday, so make sure you have finished the practice quiz.  Message me if you are stuck on anything.  We could do a Teams meeting either at lunch or in slot 5 today.

Friday Oct 2: 
AGs: we started with a for-marks quiz of 2.1 and 2.2, then we went through some 2.3 examples together.  I handed out the  2.3 ACC (answer key attached) for you to do at home to get ready for the 2.3 quiz next class.  Here is a video of me making the key if you missed class today or feel stuck.  If you checked your answers and got them all correct, you don't need to watch it.
HOs and PZs:  you have the 2.1 and 2.2 quiz next class.  Make sure you are finished the 2.3 assignment on page 21 and have moved on to the  R13 Extra Practice pages from pages 23-28 in the booklet.  
PZs: you already have the  2.3 ACC (answer key attached) for you to do at home to get ready for the 2.3 quiz in the class next Friday.  Here is a video of me making the key if you feel stuck.  If you checked your answers and got them all correct, you don't need to watch it.
HOs:  you will get a 2.3ACC handed to you on Monday after you finish the 2.1 and 2.2 quiz.

Thursday Oct 1:
PZs:  after going over some worksheet questions together from pages 15 and 21 of the Radical Functions booklet, we did a 2.1 ACC (answer key is attached), and I handed out a 2.2 ACC (answer key attached), and a 2.3 ACC (answer key attached - and here is a video of me making it if you feel stuck) for you to try at home once you are done the assignments.   For homework tonight if you are already finished the 2.3 worksheet on page 21, then work on the R13 Extra Practice pages from pages 23-28 in the booklet.  We will quiz 2.1and  2.2 for marks next class.  
AGs and HOs:  work on finishing the 2.3 worksheet on page 21 of the Radical Functions booklet.  If you are ready to move on, work on the R13 Extra Practice pages from pages 23-28 in the booklet.  We will quiz 2.1and  2.2 for marks next class, so make sure you did the 2.2 ACC (answer key attached).


Wednesday Sept 30:  
HOs:  we did a quiz (for marks) on 1.3 and 1.4.  Then I went over some 2.1 and 2.2 questions and handed out a 2.1 ACC (answer key is attached) and a 2.2 ACC (answer key attached).  For homework tonight, you should watch the video and do notes for Lesson 2.3.  Then start the 2.3 worksheet on page 21 of the Radical Functions booklet and then finish it in tomorrow's class time.  We will quiz 2.1 for marks next class.
PZs:  same homework as above.  You should be finished Lesson 2.3 and the 2.3 worksheet on page 21 by tomorrow.  We will practice quiz 2.1 and 2.2 tomorrow and then quiz them for marks on Tuesday.
AGs:  same homework as above.  You should be finished 

Tuesday Sept 29:  
AGs: we did a quiz (for marks) on 1.3 and 1.4.  Then I went over some 2.1 and 2.2 questions and handed out a 2.1 ACC (answer key is attached).  We will quiz 2.1 for marks on Friday.  For homework, if you haven't already got there, make sure you are done the  lesson 2.2 Part 1 video and the lesson 2.2 Part 2 Video.  Then work on the 2.2 assignment worksheet on page 15.  Thanks, Augustine for pointing out that there is a minor error in the Part 1 video on the last example (the "you try") at the very end - the second invariant point should be (0,1) not (1,0).
HOs and PZs:  same assignment as the above.  Reminder to the HOs that you quiz 1.3 and 1.4 tomorrow.  You can download and try the 2.1 ACC linked above, or you can just wait until I hand you one next class.

Monday Sept 28:
PZs: we handed back the 1.1 and 1.2 quiz, then we did a quiz (for marks) on 1.3 and 1.4.  You were supposed to come to class having completed the lesson 2.1 video, and the 2.1 assignment on page 7 of the  Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet, so in class today, we went over a few of the problems from that page.  Your homework for tonight is to watch the lesson 2.2 Part 1 video and do the notes in the  Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.  If you want to work ahead, tomorrow I will assign the lesson 2.2 Part 2 Video and the 2.2 assignment worksheet on page 15 of the Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.
AGs and HOs:   Today you should watch the lesson 2.2 Part 1 video and do the notes in the  Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.  If you want to work ahead, tomorrow I will assign the lesson 2.2 Part 2 Video and the 2.2 assignment worksheet on page 15 of the Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.

Friday Sept 25:
HOs: we handed back the 1.1 and 1.2 quiz, then we did a couple of practice ACC quizzes (not for marks) on 1.3 and 1.4.  We will quiz those outcomes for marks next class (Wednesday).  You were supposed to come to class having completed the lesson 2.1 video, so in class today, we live streamed doing some of the problems from the 2.1 assignment on page 7 of the  Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet. You can watch a video of that part of the class here.
PZs: reminder that in Monday's class we will quiz 1.3 and 1.4 for marks.  During your class time today, work on the 2.1 assignment on page 7 of the  Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet  (assuming that you have already seen the lesson 2.1 video).   If you have already started the assignment and want some hints on how to do some of the questions, watch the video of the livestream of the class here.  
AGs: same instructions as for the PZ group above, except, of course, your 1.3-1.4 quiz is Tuesday.  If all groups are finished the 2.1 worksheet on page 7 by Monday, they are where they should be!


Thursday Sept 24:
AGs: we went over some problems people had in the 1.3 and 1.4 assignments on pages 24 and 32 of the  Transformation and Functions Booklet.  Then we did a couple of practice ACC quizzes (not for marks) on 1.3 and 1.4.  PZs, we will quiz those outcomes for marks next class (Tuesday).  Your homework tonight is to go through the lesson 2.1 video and do the 2.1 assignment on page 7 of the  Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.  You can work on it during tomorrow's class time OR you can watch the livestream of the class tomorrow.  You'll see a link in tomorrow's blog update.  This is going to be like a practice run for the technology  - not a problem if you miss it.  The recent spike in COVID cases and the rather ominous speech from our Prime Minister on Wednesday has me thinking that we should do a little more to be ready in case we have to go back to learning from home.
HOs and PZs:  if you haven't already done so, use today's class time (and homework time) to finish pages 24 and 32 of the  Transformation and Functions Booklet, then  go through the lesson 2.1 video and do the 2.1 assignment on page 7 of the Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.  I'm going to attempt to livestream tomorrow's class - read the above paragraph.

Wednesday Sept 23:
PZs:   See Monday's update for the AGs and that's pretty much what we did today.  The one difference is that this group is a little ahead of the others when it comes to practice quizzes, so they did the 1.1 and 1.2 quiz for marks today and then we did practice ACC quizzes (not for marks) on 1.3 and 1.4.  PZs, we will quiz those outcomes for marks next class (Monday).
ALL 3 Groups:  By tomorrow, you should be finished the page 24 and 32 pages in the Transformation and Functions Booklet.  There is a typo on the answer key for page 32 #4.  The F and C are in the opposite places than they should be in the answer.   We will do practice ACC quizzes on the 1.3 and 1.4 outcomes next class and quizzes for marks on those two outcomes next week. Friday's assignment will be to go through the lesson 2.1 video and do the 2.1 assignment on page 7 of the Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.  

Tuesday Sept 22: 
HOs:  See yesterday's update for the AGs and that's pretty much what we did today.  
ALL 3 Groups:  At home today/tonight, work on the page 24 and 32 pages.  They should be finished by tomorrow and then you can move on to the lesson 2.1 video and the Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet.  

Monday Sept 21:
AGs:  In-school.  We did a little for-practice ACC on section 1.2 at the beginning of class, while I went around to see if students had completed the lessons for 1.3  and 1.4 (Part 1) and 1.4 (Part 2).  Then we went over problems that people had with the homework on pages 24 and/or 32 of the booklet, then ended class with a for-marks assessment of 1.1 and 1.2 (Outcomes R2, R3, and R5:  Translations, Stretches, and Reflections).  For homework tonight, Finish up the page 24 and 32 booklet pages.  You will do a for-marks quiz on them in your next in-school class.  You are on pace if you finish page 24 tonight and page 32 tomorrow.  That leaves one day (Wednesday) before we see you in-school again on Thursday, so I handed out the Chapter 2:  Radical Functions booklet for you to start on Wednesday (here is the  lesson 2.1 video).  
HOs:  you will do the same two quizzes in-class tomorrow as the AGs are doing today (an ACC for practice, one for marks) and you should also be finished the videos/lessons for 1.3  and 1.4 (Part 1) and 1.4 (Part 2), as well as the homework on pages 24 and 32 of the booklet.
PZs:  for Wednesday's in-class day, you will do the for-marks quiz on 1.1 and 1.2 as well as a practice ACC on 1.3 and 1.4, as you are expected to be finished the videos/lessons for 1.3  and 1.4 (Part 1) and 1.4 (Part 2), as well as the homework on pages 24 and 32 of the booklet.


Friday Sept 18: PZs are in class today - look over the update for yesterday and Wednesday to see what we did.  The only thing different with you, is that you are doing a 1.1 and a 1.2 mini quiz today.
ALL 3 GROUPS:  read yesterday's update carefully to see that we have new video lessons to watch and new worksheets assigned.  In next week's in-school class, we will do our first "for-marks" quiz on 1.1 and 1.2.  By the next time I see you, you should be done the video lessons/notes for Lesson 1.3 and Lesson 1.4 (Part 1 and Part 2), as well as the 1.3 assignment on page 24, and be ready to start the 1.4 assignment on page 32.

Thursday Sept 17:  
HOs in-class today: I did the same thing that I did yesterday, so see that update below. For Tuesday, you should  have gone through the 1.2: Reflections and Stretches video.  Here is Part A, and here is Part B, and here is Part C and be done the 1.2 Assignment on page 19 of the   Transformation and Functions Booklet.  By then you should have also gone through the  video for lesson 1.3  and started the 1.3 assignment on page 24. 
PZs:  by tomorrow you should be done the 1.1 assignment on page 11, the 1.2: Reflections and Stretches video (here is Part A, and here is Part B, and here is Part C) and be working on the 1.2 Assignment on page 19 of the   Transformation and Functions Booklet. 
AGs:  by Monday, you should be done the 1.2: Reflections and Stretches video (here is Part A, and here is Part B, and here is Part C) and the 1.2 worksheet on page 19, as well as the video for lesson 1.3 , and you should be well into the 1.3 assignment on page 24.

Wednesday Sept 16:  for the in-class today, I wandered around the room and had a look at the AG group's notes booklets to make sure that they all got through the 1.1 video. Thanks to Yibo for noticing a mistake on page 8 of the video lesson: the example on the bottom left should be f(x-4)+6 (Ms Cox accidentally added an unnecessary negative sign).   Then we went over some 1.1 questions from page 10 together, then we did a little practice quiz, called an ACC (ACcountability Check) just to see if people know what is going on.  I'll have hard copies of it for the HOs and PZs next class.  By the time I see you HOs tomorrow and you PZs on Friday, you should be done the 1.1 Assignment on Page 10 and should have gone through the 1.2: Reflections and Stretches video.  Here is Part A, and here is Part B, and here is Part C.  The video for lesson 1.3 is here.   AGs, you should be done the videos and the 1.2 worksheet on page 19 of the   Transformation and Functions Booklet and be done the video and notes for Lesson 1.3 by the time I see you again Monday.

Tuesday Sept. 15: At-school today is basically just a repeat of yesterday (and Friday's) class for the PZ group.  AG and HO groups should be finishing up the video lessons for Lesson 1.1.  Here is Part A, here is Part B, and here is Part C.  Then you should start working on the 1.1 worksheet on page 10 of the  Transformation and Functions Booklets.  It has to be done by the next time I see you.

Monday Sept 14:  Today, I went through the same introduction to the  Transformation and Functions Booklets with the HO group that I did with the AG group on Friday.  Please read the Friday update below and make sure that you have wrapped up the  What Do You Remember? worksheet.  PZ students, you should also be wrapping up that worksheet and come in tomorrow with any questions on it that you might be stuck on.  AG and PZ students, you should use today's at-home class to go through the three Lesson 1.1 Videos: here is Part A, here is Part B, and here is Part C.  Then you should start working on the 1.1 worksheet on page 10 of the booklet, we will go over any problems you are having with this assignment in your in-school class on Wednesday. We will probably do a little just-for-practice quiz on it.   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).

Friday Sept 11:  Everyone who did the Edsby assignment (the two question "quiz") should be able to find their "grade" and my feedback on their answers.  Students using the Edsby mobile app on their phones often have issues accessing the feedback.  Try finding it on a desktop or a laptop and then let me know if you can't find it.  Today I had students in the AG group work on the What Do You Remember? booklet and helped them out with a couple of the problems that stumped them.  I also handed out the   Transformation and Functions booklet, where you will do lesson 1.1 via video lesson, starting on Monday.  For you HO and PZ groups, don't worry, you won't have to start this lesson until after your next class (don't print out the booklet - I will give you one next class!).  The videos for this lesson are here.  Your assignment will be 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).  Again, the AG group can start on this now, so they have it done for the next time I see them.  For all you HOs and PZs, you don't have to get started until after I see you next week.

Thursday Sept 10: Today, I went through the same routine with the PZ group as I did with the other two groups.  See Tuesday's post below.

Wednesday September 9:  Today, I went through the same routine with the HO group as I did with yesterday's AG group.  See yesterday's post below.

Tuesday September 8:  Welcome to the  grade 12 Pre-Calculus course!  Today the students in the AG group were given a handout with the "homework" assignment to familiarize themselves with our technology.  One task is to go to Microsoft Teams and join our class with the code: exh30x1
The second task is to go to Edsby and take the two-question "quiz" so that we can test that you can both submit and receive feedback.  We won't start the course material until next time I see the AG group, but feel free to get started on your own on the "just for a challenge" handout that I gave out today,   a little grade 10 and 11 skill review booklet, called What Do You Remember?  Don't panic if you don't recall all of the skills in this handout. We'll have time to work on that together as we go.  For now, let's just make sure we get our technology working!





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