PreCalculus, week of 12.17.2018

This is the final week of the course! A big thanks to you for a wonderful semester, filled with lots of learning and challenges on a near daily basis.  Best of luck to each of you next semester and see all the seniors on May 22nd for graduation. Juniors, good luck next year and I will challenge some of you to take a 5th math.

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon

This week:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, review for the final exam

Thursday, final exam

Friday, no class

Enjoy the break!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 12.17.2018

This is the final week of this course! I want to extend my thanks to you for a wonderful semester, filled with lots of academic learning and yes I challenged you many days!  Hope you have a great second semester!  I look forward to seeing all of you May 22nd for graduation.

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon

Assessments: SGM on Tuesday and Final exam is Friday

This week:
Monday and Wednesday, review for the final exam
Tuesday, SGM
Thursday, no class
Friday, final exam

Enjoy the holiday break!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 12.10.2018

Tutoring: Monday afternoon and mornings by appt

Assessments: Unit test on Friday ( Trig Identities)

This week:
Trig Identities all week
Reciprocal Identities
Quotient Identities
Factoring
Common Denominator

Have a great weekend! One more week!

Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 12.10.2018

Tutoring: Monday afternoon and mornings by appt.

Assessments: Monday, 12.10 wrap up of unit 6 ( Quadratics) and Unit test ( Exponentials) on Friday
                         Tuesday, 12.18, 2018 SGM

This week:
Test wrapup on Monday
Exponentials- characteristics
Solving Exponential Functions
Appreciation and Depreciation

Have a great weekend! One more week

thanks
KHarrell

PreCalculus week of 12.3.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and mornings by appointment

Assessments: Test on Thursday, no quiz for this unit

This week:
Law of Cosines (SSS)
Combo of Law of Sines and Law of Cosines
Word Problems with Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Friday, Trig Identities, be ready to think :))

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 12.3.2018

tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and mornings by appointment

Assessments: Quiz on Tuesday and Test on Friday

This week:
Quadratics , week two
Standard form to factor form
Finding domain and range from quadratic equation
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring

Have a great weekend, two more weeks left in first semester!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus, week of 11.26.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and mornings by appt

Assessment: Possible quiz on Friday

This week:

Graph to the Equation of the Trig Function

Law of Sines

Law of Cosines

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell 

CRM week of 11.26.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon  and morning by appt

Assessments: quiz possible on Friday

Welcome back from the break!

This week:
System of Linear Inequalities
Quadratics and Characteristics

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 11.12.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning

Assessments: Unit test on Thursday

This week:
Trig Graphs with shifts
https://www.purplemath.com/modules/grphtrig.htm

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/trig-function-graphs



Trig Graph to the Equation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clC3ld6rJVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKTJKAV1KBE

Have a wonderful break!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 11.12.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning

Assessments: Unit 5 test is Thursday

This week:
System of Equations by Elimination, Graphing and Substitution

https://www.mathplanet.com/education/pre-algebra/graphing-and-functions/solve-systems-of-equations-by-graphing ( graphing method)

https://www.mathplanet.com/education/algebra-1/systems-of-linear-equations-and-inequalities/the-substitution-method-for-solving-linear-systems ( substitution method)

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/DevelopmentalMath/COURSE_TEXT2_RESOURCE/U14_L2_T2_text_final.html ( elimination)

Systems and Word Problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDmmRVUKQww

System of Linear Inequalities

https://www.purplemath.com/modules/syslneq.htm

Unit Test on Thursday and Friday ( two parts)

Have a wonderful break!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 11.5.2018

Tutoring: See me for tutoring times

Assessments: Quiz on Friday
Test on Thursday, 11.15.2018

This week:
Trig Graphs!!!
Sine Graph
Cosine Graph
Sine and Cosine Graphs with shifts

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

CRM week of 11.5.2018

Tutoring: See me for tutoring times

Assessments: Quiz likely on Friday

This week:
System of equations by:
Graphing
Substitution
Elimination

Next test is Thursday, 11.15.2018

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

PreCalculus week of 10.29.2018-11.2.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon

Assessements; Test on Tuesday

This week:
Notes on Reference Angles and Complementary and Supplementary Angles
Review for unit test ( day two)
Trig Graphs

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 10.29.2018-11.2.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appt

Assessments: Test on Tuesday or Wednesday

This week:
Review for unit test on linear functions
Unit Test
Systems of Equations ( Graphing and Substitution)

I think grades are due Friday, so please turn in all missing work by Thursday.

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 10.22.2018

Tutoring: Monday afternoon and  Tuesday afternoon

Assessment: Quiz on Tuesday

This week:
Applications of Linear functions
Linear, Quadratic and Exponential Functions
Quiz corrections
Test

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 10.22.2018

Tutoring: Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon, other times by appt.

Assessment: Test on Thursday or Friday

This week:
Reading the unit circle
Coterminal Angles
Supplementary and Complementary Angles
Reference Angles

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 10.15.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appt

Assessments: Quiz on Tuesday

This week:
Trig function value and a trig sign, find other trig values
Quiz on trig functions
Degrees to Radians
Unit Circle ( create and use)

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 10.15.2018

Tutoring:Wednesday afternoon or other times by appt

Assessments: Quiz likely on Friday

This week:
Graphing lines in standard form
Graphing lines in slope intercept form
Writing Equations of lines
Applications of Linear Equations

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 10.8.2018

Tutoring: Limited due to HC duties

Assessment: None this week

This week:
Right Triangle Trig Applications
Signs of Trig Functions per Quadrant
Ordered pair and other trig functions

No class on Wednesday or Thursday

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 10.8.2018

Tutoring: Due to Homecoming activities, tutoring will be limited this week. See me for a possible time.

Assessments: Part two of unit 3 test is Monday

This week
 Part 2 of unit 3 test
Graphing Linear Equations ( in graphing form and in standard form)
Finding Slope of linear equations


Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 10.01.2018-10.05.2018

Tutoring: See me for times as I have a meeting Wednesday afternoon and a busy schedule the rest of the week

Assessments: Quiz late in the week

Welcome back from fall break, ready for the next 7 weeks until the next break!

This week:
Finding Missing Angle
Solve the right triangle
Unit Circle

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 10.01.2018-10.05.2018

Tutoring: see me for times as I have a faculty meeting on Wednesday afternoon and other commitments this week

Assessments: Test late in the week

Welcome back from fall break! Hope all are well rested and ready for the next 7 weeks until Thanksgiving Break!

This week:
Scale drawings using comics
Proof a figure is a rectangle  ( distance formula and slope formula)
Area and Volume of Various Geometrical Figures

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus Week of 09.17.2018-09.21.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon

Assessments: Conics test is Monday, 09.17.2018 ( delayed due to an incident on Friday morning) and mini quiz on Friday

This week:
Test on Conics
Trig Functions
Finding Missing Sides
Finding Missing Angles

Enjoy the fall break!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 09.17.2018-09.21.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon

Assessments: Quiz on Tuesday and test on Friday

This week:
Word Problems and Conversions
Heartrate
Volume and Area of Irregular Shapes

Have a great week off!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 09.10.2018

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and by appt

Assessements: Unit Test on Thursday

This week:
Parabolas
Combo of conics
Test

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 09.10.2018

Tutoring:  This week, Tuesday  afternoon and by appointment

Assessment: Unit test on Tuesday

This week:
Review for Test
Unit 2 Test
Medicine Problem
Heartrate Problem

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 09.04.2018-09.07.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appt

Assessments: None this week, unit test next week

This week:
Ellipses ( day two)
Hyperbolas
Parabolas

Have a great weekend! Two weeks to Fall Break!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 09.04.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appt

Assessments: Quiz on Wednesday

This week, we explore:
Determine if a given number is a solution
 Applications of linear equations
 Linear inequalities

I will be out on Friday, 09.07, for two doctor appointments

Have a great weekend! Two weeks to fall break!

Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 08.27.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appt.

Assessment: Quiz on Wednesday or Thursday

This week:
1) Circles
2) Ellipses
3) Hyperbolas
4) Parabolas

Have a great three day weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 08.27.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon, other times by appointment

Assessments: quiz late in the week

This week, we look at:
1) Linear Equations of varying difficulty ( I know all of you will do a great job on these lessons)

2) Linear Inequalities

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus, week of 08.20.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon if I do not have course extension
Assessments: Test on Thursday

This week
Matrices and Systems of Equations
Review for test
Test

Have a great week!

Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 8.20.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon if I do not have course Extension, please check with me on the status of course extension

Assessments: Test on Tuesday

This week:
Review for Test on Expressions
Test
Linear Equations ( various difficulty levels)

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 08.13.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon

Assessments: None this week, unit test next week

This week:
1) Multiply Matrices
2) Determinants
3) Inverse and Identity Matrices
4) Systems of Equations and Matrices

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 08.13.2018

Tutoring:  Wednesday afternoon
Assessments: Quiz on Monday 08.13

This week:
1) Algebraic to Verbal Expressions
2) Distributive Property
3) the Birthday Problem
4) Patterns and Expressions

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 08.06.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and by appt

Assessment: Quiz this week

This week:
Felicia's Task
Like terms and distributive property
Quiz
Math Magic
Verbal to Algebraic Expressions

Have  a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 8.6.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appt

Assessment: Quiz likely on Wednesday

This week, we look at matrices:
multiplication of matrices
Ice Cream Task
Identity and Inverse Matrices

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM, week of 08.06.2018

Blog entry will be done by Sunday midnight, final touches in the process for the week.

Topic of the week: Expressions

thanks
Ms.  Harrell

Welcome to College Readiness Mathematics

Welcome to College Readiness Mathematics, commonly known as "CRM", blog.
The blog entry is published each week by Sunday midnight and includes:
1) upcoming assessments
2) tutoring for the week
3) topics of the week

I look forward to a great semester and feel free to reach me at kimberly.harrell@cobbk12.org if needed.

thanks
KHarrell

PreCalculus, week of 08.06.2018

This will be the entry for PreCalculus  to be updated by Sunday midnight as plan for the week is being finalized. Topic will be matrices.

thanks
Kim Harrell

Welcome to PreCalculus, fall 2018

Welcome to the PreCalculus blog published each week by Sunday midnight.
 You will find the upcoming assessments, topics of the week and  any known tutoring changes.

I look forward to a great semester and feel free to reach out to me at kimberly.harrell@cobbk12.org with any questions or concerns.

thanks
Ms. Harrell

Pre Calculus week of 05.07.2018-05.11.2018 and 05.14.2018-05.18.2018

Tutoring: See me in class for times

Assessment: Test on Thursday

This week, we look at the following:
M to Tuesday, trig identiies
W, review for the test
Thursday- unit test
Friday, final exam review

the last week:
Monday- final exam review, 4th has the SLO
Tuesday- final exam review
Wednesday, 2nd review and 4th final exam
Thursday 2nd final exam
Friday ( juniors only) review

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 05.07.2018-05.11.2018 and 0514.2018-05.18.2018

Tutoring: See me for times

Assessment: Test on Thursday05.10.2018

This week, we will look at systems of equations:
Monday- graphing
Tuesday- Substitution and elimination ( day one)
Wednesday- Elimination (day two) and Review for Test
Thursday --Test
Friday-Exam Review

The final week 05.14.2018-05.17.2018
Monday- exam review
Tuesday- exam review
Wednesday- final Exam!!!
Thursday- class is over
Friday- class is over

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 04.30.2018-05.04.2018

Tutoring: see me for times this week due to increased morning and afternoon commitments

Assessments: Test on Wednesday

Last day for work: Monday, May 14th

This week, we look at:
Area of a triangle
Review for test
Trig Identities

Please check Synergy frequently to ensure all work is turned in and all assessments are taken

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 04.30.2018-05.04.2018

Tutoring: See me for times this week as I have some unconfirmed dates in the mornings and afternoons

Assessment: Test on Thursday

Final day to turn in work: Monday, May 14.

This week, we look at:
 Rewriting AX+BY=C equations
 Graphing AX+BY=C equations
Linear inequalities
 Systems of equations will start on Friday, May 4th.

Please check Synergy frequently to ensure you have turned in all work  and taken all  assessments.

thanks
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 04.23.2018-04.27.2018

Tutoring: See me for times as I have some unconfirmed items this week
Assessment:  None this week

This week:
   A new unit begins
Law of Sines
Law of Cosines
 Combo day of sine and cosine
Applications and law of sines and law of cosines

Have a great weekend !
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 4.23.2018-04.27.2018

Tutoring: See me for times as I have some unconfirmed items this week
Assessment: None this week

This week:
  wrap up unit three
 find slope of  a graph and  between two points
Graph linear functions
Rewrite into slope intercept form

Have a great week!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 4.16.2018

tutoring: See me for times

Assessment: Tuesday is a test ( open note!)

This week, we look at how to write the equation of a graphed trig function, assessment on trig graphs and an exploratory of tangent and cotangent graphs.

Have a great weekend!
Ms.Harrell

CRM week of 4.16.2018

Tutoring: See me for appts for tutoring

Assessments: none this week

This week, we review unit 3 and unit 4  concepts and work on the TV problem.
Friday, Changing of the Chairs, hope to see you!

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 04.09.2018-04.13.2018

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and mornings by appt

This week, we do a scale drawing, the TV problem and a possible quiz on Friday.

Have a great weekend, I am running a 5K on Saturday!

Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 04.09.2018-04.13.2018

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and mornings by appt

Assessment: Friday will be open note assessment day

 Welcome back from Spring Break!
This week, we look at the combination of sine and cosine graphs,  the cosecant, secant and tangent/ cotangent graphs.  If you know the sine and cosine graphs, you will do great with cosecant and secant graphs.

Have a great weekend! I am running a 5K on Saturday!

Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 03.26.2018

Tutoring: all by appt this week

Assessment: Test likely on Friday

This week, we explore the word problems related to conversions. I will strive to have a test for you on Friday.

Have a great Spring Break!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 03.26.2018

Tutoring: all by appointment this week

Assessment: Test on Monday

Monday
Test today

Tuesday to Friday

Trig graphs and assessement late in the week

Have a great Spring  Break!
Ms. Harrell

Pre Calculus week of 03.19.2018

Tutoring: none this week due to prom preparations

Assessment: Test on Wednesday

This week is notes on Monday ( reference angles, coterminal angles and arclength)

Tuesda-- review for test
Wednesday- test for intro to trig

Thursday- graph sin functions

Friday - sub today ( prom!!)

Have a great weekend, Spring Break is one week away!

Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 03.19.2018

Tutoring: None this week due to prom preparations

Assessments: Quiz on Thursday likely

This week, we look at word problems related to heart rate, medicine, building heights and picture expansion. I give lots of practice for the problems and you will have notes and then practice problems.
Yes, you will do a fantastic job on this unit.

Web Help: Not too much out on the web for this unit. Key is conversions!

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 03.12.2018

Tutoring: See me for an appt due to medical issues with both of my parents

Assessment: Test on Tuesday

This week
Review for the unit test
Unit test on Equations
Applications of equations

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

PreCalculus week of 03.12.2018

Tutoring: Please see me for an appt as my week is unpredictable due to some family medical issues with both of my parents

Assessments: Quiz on Monday and Test TBA

This week, we look at:
 Unit circle
Supplementary and Complementary angles
Reference Angles
Coterminal Angles

Have a great weekend!
Kim

PreCalculus week of 03.05.2018-03.09.2018

Tutoring: Thursday and Friday mornings, no afternoons this week

Assessment: Quiz late in the week

This week, we look at:
Ordered pairs and trig functions
Signs of each trig function per quadrant
Unit Circle ( discovery too :))
Using the unit circle

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/trig-functions/unit-circle-definition-of-trig-functions-alg2/v/unit-circle-definition-of-trig-functions-1

https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/unit-circle.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbDQ9gkKJg ( how to memorize the unit circle!)

https://www3.nd.edu/~mhaenggi/ee344-05/unit_circle.pdf


Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 03.05.2018-03.09.2018

Tutoring: Thursday morning and Friday morning, no afternoons this week

Assessments: Test likely on Friday

This week, we continue with our linear equations, focus on the word problems related to linear equations. Also, we look at linear inequalities.  In addition, we determine the definition of a solution and how to determine if a given number is a solution of a given equation. I anticipate a test on Friday of this week.

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/sat-math-practice/new-sat-heart-of-algebra/v/sat-math-h6-harder


http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/Alg/SolveLinearInequalities.aspx

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/one-variable-linear-equations/alg1-intro-equations/v/testing-solutions-to-equation


Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

week of 02.26.2018-03.02.2018 PreCalculus

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and mornings by appt. All morning appts must finish by 7:55 due to morning duty

Assessments: Quiz late in the week

This week, we kick off the first trig unit, intro to trig. You will see a review of right triangle trig, solving a triangle for all angles and sides and  a quiz on trig values. One of the hardest parts of the unit is selecting the correct trig function to use. I will give suggestions in class on this item.

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/trigonometry-right-triangles


http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/DevelopmentalMath/COURSE_TEXT2_RESOURCE/U19_L1_T2_text_final.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLOdHzttQ90

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

Week of 02.26.2018-03.02.2018 CRM

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon, all mornings by appt and must end at 7:55 due to morning duty

Assessment:  Quiz next Monday

This week, we continue studying linear equations, with distributive property and cross multiplying.
Focus on the infinite and no solution equations will be included too.
Practice includes whiteboard checks, CTLS checks, equation sort and  quiz preview.
Students will receive the first linear equations quiz back on Monday, 02.26.2018.

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/one-variable-linear-equations/alg1-equations-with-parentheses/e/multistep_equations_with_distribution

https://study.com/academy/lesson/applying-the-distributive-property-to-linear-equations.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZBStgZGyDY


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/one-variable-linear-equations/alg1-number-of-solutions-to-linear-equations/v/number-of-solutions-to-linear-equations-ex-2

Have a great weekend!

KHarrell

PreCalculus Week of 02.12.2018-02.16.2018/

Tutoring: Friday morning and all afternoons by appt this week due to some unknown prom meetings

Assessment: Unit test is Thursday

This week, we continue with conics.
A quick sketch of the week:
Monday- parabolas
Tuesday ( sub) work on all conics
Wednesday- review day
Thursday- test day
Friday- enrichment with rewriting the conic

Have a great winter break!

Ms. Harrell

CRM- week of 02.12.2018-02.16.2018

Tutoring: Friday morning and afternoon by appointment this week due to unknown prom meetings

Assessment: Quiz on Friday

This week, we will start the equations unit with increasing difficulty each day. I will  run a little check on Monday to see the equation solving abilities of each student and adjust instruction accordingly.

I am out Tuesday due to a graduation meeting, so I will have the class do some work on equations.

Helpful websites:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/one-variable-linear-equations

https://quickmath.com/pages/modules/equations/index.php

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/DevelopmentalMath/COURSE_TEXT2_RESOURCE/U10_L1_T2_text_final.html

Have a great winter break!

Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 02.05.2018-02.09.2018

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and Friday morning

Assessements: Unit test is Tuesday

This week:
Monday
Review for unit test on expressions

Tuesday
 unit test

Wednesday
 Equations day one (one step to two step equations)

Thursday
equations day two

Friday
 Equations practice of the intensity of days one and two.

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 02.05.2018-02.09.2018

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and Friday morning

Assessments: None this week, unit test next Wednesday

 This week, we look at ellipses, hyperbolas and parabolas. We will take t1.5 to 2  days per conic, so
Ellipses, M and  .5 Tuesday
Help: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/ellipse.htm

Hyperbolas, .5 Tuesday and Wednesday
Help:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/conics-precalc/intro-to-hyperbolas/v/conic-sections-intro-to-hyperbolas

Parabolas. Thursday and Friday
Help: https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/parabola.html

Next week:
Monday, a combo of conics
Tuesday ( sub today) review sheet
Wednesday, unit test

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 01.29.2018-02.02.2018

Tutoring: Course Extension all week in the afternoon, yet you can see me for some early morning tutoring ( 7:30 to 7:55) if needed. Please let me know if you plan to attend morning tutoring, so I arrive to the classroom early.

Assessment: Unit test is Friday

This week in CRM:
We look at the following:
Lunch Expressions
Shopping and Restaurant Expressions with sales Tax
Birthday Problem
Math Magic
Distributive Property
Factor with GCF

Have a great week!

Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus- week of 1.29.2018-02.02.2018

Tutoring: I have course extension all week, so I can run some early morning sessions as needed, yet you will need to make an appt so I know to come to school earlier ( 7:30 to 7:55) . I have duty at 7:55 AM.

Assessments: Unit test on Tuesday

This week in PreCalculus
We review on Monday for the test on Tuesday and most likely part two of the test is Wednesday.
We move on to conics on Thursday ( circles Thursday  and then ellipses on Friday).

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/precalc-matrices

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/conics.htm


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/intro-to-conics-alg2/conic-section-intro-alg2/v/introduction-to-conic-sections

Have a great weekend! Only two weeks to winter break!

Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus weeks of 01.16.2018-01.20.2018 and 01.22.2018-01.26.2018

 I will  make this post for two weeks, as the first week was only one day of school.

Open House:   Wednesday 01.24.2018 at 6pm. 

Tutoring- no afternoon appts this week or next week  due to Course Extension, see me for morning times

Assessments:  Unit Test projected to be early next week ( 1/29 or 1/30)

Tuesday, 01.16.2018
Class mastered multiplying matrices

Week of 01.22.2018
1) Determinants
2) Area of a Triangle using determinants
3) Inverse Matrices
4) Preview to System of Equations
5) System of Equations

Helpful websites:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/matrix-determinant.html ( Determinants)

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/55063.html ( Area of a Triangle)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/precalc-matrices/solving-equations-with-inverse-matrices/v/matrix-equations-systems ( systems of equations)

We made it, our first 5 day week of the semester!

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell

CRM week of 01.16.2018-01.20.2018 and week of 01.22.2018-01.26.2018

Well, we had school one day this  past week, so I will revise this entry and make the entry for two weeks!

Open House: Wednesday night, 01.24.2018 at 6:00 pm. I would love to meet your parents!

Tutoring: No afternoons this week or next week  due to Course Extension, feel free to see me for a morning appt

Assessments: Quiz on Thursday ( Pushup problem, Felicia's Task,  Verbal to Algebraic Expressions)

The week of 01.16,
Tuesday, 1.16, the class worked on finishing up the Penguin/ Igloo activity, focused on simplifying expressions
Wednesday to Friday, no school

This week 01.22.2018-01.26.2018, , we explore the expressions by looking at:
Common vocab for algebraic expressions
verbal to algebraic expressions ( lots of practice in class on this standard)
 The distributive property

Helpful Websites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv-3LAVTv8M ( Verbal to Algebraic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XNlVfaXg9s ( Verbal to Algebraic)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-arith-prop/pre-algebra-ditributive-property/v/the-distributive-property ( distributive property)

Our first 5 day week of the semester is completed!


Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM- week of 01.08.2018-01.12.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning

Assessments; Quiz on Thursday or Friday

This week, I will try a new blog format with a summary of the week vs. day to day.

This week, the class will enjoy a snow day on Monday and then lessons the rest of the 4 day week.
 We study the road runner problem, Felicia's task, speed Gonzalez problem ( all related to prep for Felicia's task). Also, we look at simplifying expressions and review the mascot pushup numbers.

Enjoy the 3 day weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 01.08.2018-01.10.2018

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning

Assessments: Possible quiz on Friday

I will try a new format this week on the blog to give an overview of the week vs. day by day.

This week, we will have 4 days of instruction, with a snow day on Monday. The topics of study will be scalar multiplication, multiply matrices with Ice Cream Task, equal matrices, combo of add, subtract, scalar and equal matrices.

 The 4th block class will have an SLO on Tuesday, 4th block. You do not study at all for this assessment.

Have a great 3 day weekend!
Ms. Harrell

CRM- Welcome to Spring Semester 2018

Hello all!
 Welcome to College Readiness Mathematics.  Spring Semester 2018. This course is designed to help you to review Algebra 1 concepts and some Algebra 2 concepts at a slower pace, to provide a stronger math foundation for post high school studies.  Also, you need to work hard each and every day, be present, have a positive attitude and believe in yourself. I am here to help you each step of the way and I will give my best each day, hope you will give 110% each day.

Let's have a great semester!

Ms. Harrell

Welcome to PreCalculus, Spring 2018

Hello all!
 Welcome to PreCalculus, Spring Semester 2018. This course is a demanding course with a near requirement to have good Algebraic skills. Also, you need to work hard each and every day, be present, have a positive attitude and believe in yourself. I am here to help you each step of the way and I will give my best each day, hope  you will give 110% each day.

Let's have a great semester!

Ms. Harrell