Sunday, May 20, 2012

Conic Sections

Plan on wrapping up conic sections this week (we will just learn and be assessed through 11.4.  Tomorrow (Monday) will focus on Parabolas and the next time we meet will be a review day and then our Chapter 11 test will most likely be Thursday.

For our Seniors, we may begin a little cumulative review early which will benefit everyone.  Seniors will be taking their final exams

UPDATE:  Here is a link to our revised assignment sheet:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/15iD4bZXiOUJeephsJmGyvTlS73NXgyiZWUd7t-R0XW0/edit

Since the Junior Breakfast is not until 8:30 on Thursday, C-period will have the Ch.4 Test during 1st period on Thursday (not Friday).  A little pre-breakfast appetizer.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Khan Academy to Review Partial Fractions

A quick update to link you to our end of chapter homework assignments to prepare for the Chapter 7 test at the end of this week. 

Clink on this link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WNKIqELmfW3jCc7zAD4-3YVPlSjtYpfYp2EpHph9pYc/edit to see our last couple of assignments if you want to start preparing for the test.

Basically, you need to wrap up 7.7 (Square Root Functions), practice a few more partial fractions 7.8b, and then do a mixed set of review problems I named 7R for Review.

One final note.  Viewing the second and third partial fraction videos on http://www.khanacademy.org/ is very helpful for section 7.8.  The third video corresponds to problems 379/#15-16 with the repeated factor in the denominator.  If you go to Khan Academy just search "Partial Fraction" and view the second and third videos.  It takes a while, but is worth it.  (I even earned a good listener badge). 

With all the color coding, it is much easier to follow than the book examples.

Lots of learning takes place outside of class.  Learn to find and use good resources.