PreCalculus week of 12.16.2019-12.20.2019

Tutoring: All by appt this week

Assessments: Unit test is Monday, 12.16 and Final Exam is Thursday, 12.19 for 1st and 12.20 for 4th

This week:
 Monday: unit test on Trig Identities, you can use your notes on the test

Tuesday and Wednesday: Review for the final exam

Thursday, 1st Final exam

Friday, 4th Final Exam

I have enjoyed this semester with each of you and good luck 2nd semester!

KHarrell

PreCalculus week of 12.09.2019-12.13.2019

Tutoring: Harrell, all tutoring by appt this week

Assessments: Unit test on Tuesday and Unit test next Monday

This week in PreCalculus
Review for Unit test
Unit test on Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Trig Identities ( Various types)

Have a great weekend!
PreCalculus Team

Help:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4mcja8abDc

PreCalculus week of 12.02.2019-12.06.2019

Tutoring: See Ms. Harrell for appointment

Assessment: Quiz on Thursday likely

Note: 1st, 2nd and 3rd blocks are longer than usual, 4th will be much shorter

This week:
Law of sines

Law of Cosines

Area of  A Triangle

Have a great weekend!
PreCalculus team

Help:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-sine-law.html ( law of sines)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-law-of-sines/v/law-of-sines-example ( Law of sines)

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-cosine-law.html ( Law of Cosines)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-law-of-cosines/v/law-of-cosines-example
 ( Law of Cosines)

PreCalculus week of 11.18.2019-11.22.2019

Tutoring: All tutoring by appt this week

Assessments: Unit test on Thursday and Friday

This week in PreCalculus:

Horizontal Shift Cosine and Sine Graphs

Combo Shifts for Cosine and Sine Graphs

Graph to Equation for Cosine and Sine Functions

Unit Test

Have a great holiday break!
PreCalculus team

Help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzZyyIu9IvA ( horizontal shifts)

https://www.sparknotes.com/math/trigonometry/graphs/section3/ ( vertical shifts)

PreCalculus week of 11.11.2019-11.15.2019

Tutoring: Thursday afternoon and mornings by appt

Note: Ms. Harrell is out Tuesday, 11.12.2019, for an off campus meeting

Assessments: Quiz on Thursday

This week in PreCalculus:
Sine and Cosine graphs with vertical shifts
Sine and Cosine Graphs with horizontal shifts

Sine and Cosine Graphs with combo shifts

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-RwPBWS8g ( trig graphs)
https://www.purplemath.com/modules/grphtrig.htm

PreCalculus week of 11.4.2019-11.08.2019

Tutoring: Some mornings are open, see teacher for times

Assessments: None this week, quiz early next week

Reminder. No school on Tuesday, Election day!

This week in PreCalculus:
Sine graphs
Cosine graphs
combo of sine and cosine graphs

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zoiW4PdVKo ( sine graphs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-RwPBWS8g ( sine and cosine graphs)


Have a great weekend!
PreCalculus team

PreCalculus week of 10.28.2019-11.01.2019

tutoring: All times vary week by week, see your PreCalculus teacher for possible times

Assessments: Unit 3 test is Tuesday

This week in PreCalculus:
Wrap up of unit 3 and test

Trig Graphs ( sine and  intro to cosine this week)

Have a great weekend!
PreCalculus team

Help:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-sin-cos-tan-graphs.html ( trig graphs)

https://www.purplemath.com/modules/grphtrig.htm ( trig graphs)

PreCalculus week of 10.21.2019-10.25.2019

Tutoring: Friday afternoon and by appt

Assessments: Unit test likely on Friday

This week:

Unit Circle ( reading the unit circle, creation of the unit circle labels,....) 

Reference Angles

Coterminal Angles 

Have a great weekend!

PreCalculus team 

Help
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/x2ec2f6f830c9fb89:trig/x2ec2f6f830c9fb89:unit-circle/v/unit-circle-definition-of-trig-functions-1 ( unit circle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-xFXpVo14o ( reference angles)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BRtPfofXog ( coterminal angles)

PreCalculus week of 10.14.2019-10.18.2019

Tutoring: Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon. Other times by appt.

Assessments: Unit 3 Quiz on Right Triangle Trigonometry, Unit test TBA

This week in PreCalculus:
Degrees and Radians
Unit Circle
Reference Angles
Coterminal Angles

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/unit-circle-trig-func/unit-circle-definition-of-trig-functions/v/unit-circle-definition-of-trig-functions-1 ( unit circle)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-xFXpVo14o ( reference angles)

PreCalculus week of 10.07.2019-10.11.2019

Tutoring: See PreCalculus teacher for times ( many of our schedule change week by week)

Assesssments: Quiz on Right Triangle Trig and finding reference/ coterminal angles

This week in PreCalculus;

Applications of Right Triangle Trig

Trig  Function Signs

Finding all Trig Values, given one trig value and one trig sign

Schedules for the week ( thus far):

Monday, possible senior meeting first block

Thursday, only 3rd and 4th blocks

Friday- PepRally 4th block?

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell on behalf of the PreCalculus team

PreCalculus week of 09.30.2019-10.03.2019

Welcome back from Fall Break!
Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and Morning by appt

Assessments: Unit 3 quiz likely on Thursday

This week:
Return of the conics Test
Unit 3 Right Triangle Trig
Unit Circle
Coterminal Angles
Reference Angles

Help:

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-algebra/chapter/trigonometry-and-right-triangles/


https://www.mathwarehouse.com/trigonometry/reference-angle/finding-reference-angle.php

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 09.16.2019-09.20.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and morning by appointment only

Assessment: Unit test is Thursday and Friday, a two day test

This week:
--Rewriting Equations of conics from general  form to graphing form using complete the square

--Review of all conics

--Unit test

Have a great week off, and see you on Monday, 09.30.2019.
PreCalculus Team

Help:
http://www.mathguide.com/lessons/ConicSections.html ( all conics)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/x9e81a4f98389efdf:conics ( all conics)

PreCalculus week of 09.09.2019-09.13.2019

Tutoring: See me in class for some times as my schedule changes frequently

Assessments: Unit test is the week of  09.16.2019, likely Thursday of the week

This week in PreCalculus:
Hyperbolas
Parabolas
Rewriting the Conics Equation into Graphing Form Using Complete the Square

Have a great weekend!
PreCalculus Team

PreCalculus week of 09.03.2019--9.06.2019

Tutoring: I will run some morning tutoring this week due to afternoon meetings each day and a preset tutoring session for Algebra 2 on Friday. Please see me for a time for morning tutoring if needed.

Assessments: Quiz set for Wednesday (Circles and Ellipses)

This week:
Ellipses
Hyperbolas
Parabolas (if time allows)


Help:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/conic-sections.html ( All conics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cwpsDC_5A ( Hyperbolas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-Ig5zgNsE( ellipses)

Have a great weekend!

PreCalculus Team

PreCalculus week of 08.29.2019-08.30.2019

Tutoring: Friday afternoon and morning by appt( I have some extra afternoon meetings this week, as well as, early release on Wednesday)

Assessments: Wrapup of unit one test on Monday
                    Friday , quiz on circles and Ellipses

This week:
Unit one Test wrapup
Writing for Matrices
Circles
Ellipses
quiz ( Circles and Ellipses)
Hyperbolas ( if time allows)

Have a great week!
PreCalculus Team

PreCalculus week of 08.19.2019-08.23.2019

Tutoring: See me in class for times, my schedule changes

Assessments:  Unit Test is Friday

This week:
Inverse of Matrices
Setting up  and Solving Systems of Equations using Matrices
Review for test
Unit Test

Help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUqeb9Z3y3k ( system of equations)


https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/systems-linear-equations-matrices.html

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:systems-of-equations/x2f8bb11595b61c86:systems-of-equations-word-problems/v/using-a-system-of-equations-to-find-the-price-of-apples-and-oranges ( word problems)

Have a great weekend!

PreCalculus Team

Algebra 2 blog address change

Hello all!
The Algebra 2 team will have one blog for the entire team now.

Here is the website:
https://pebalg2.blogspot.com/

Thanks
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 08.12.2019-08.16.2019

Tutoring: I am open Tuesday afternoon for tutoring. Other times by appointment.

Assessments: Unit test next week

This week:
Multiply Matrices ( you must watch and practice the process)
Determinants ( 2 by 2 and 3 by 3)
Area of a Triangle
Inverse of a Matrix

Helpful websites:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/matrix-determinant.html ( 2 by 2 only, I will use another method for 3 by 3)

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/matrix-multiplying.html ( multiply matrices)


https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/matrix-inverse.html ( inverse of matrix)

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 08.05.2019-08.09.2019

Tutoring: See Ms. Harrell for times due to a moving dates calendar for this week.

Assessments: Quiz on Wednesday and test on 08.16.2019

This week:
Equal Matrices
Multiply Matrices ( I have an exploratory activity for this concept)
Determinants

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell

Algebra 2 week of 08.05.2019-08.09.2019

Tutoring: Please see Ms. Harrell in class for possible tutoring times this week, due to a moving dates calendar some days this week.

Assessments: Quiz set for Thursday and unit test for Monday 08.19.2019

This week:
Imaginary Numbers ( add, subtract, multiply and divide)
Factoring Trinomials (a =1 and a not equal to one)
Radical to Rational Notation

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Welcome to Algebra 2 Fall semester 2019.2020

Welcome to Algebra 2! 
I am excited to have you in class this semester! You will learn new topics and all of you will have success in this class. Listen carefully the first few days of class for the keys to success, provided by my former students. You will think in this class!

We will have a great semester!

Ms. Harrell

Welcome to PreCalculus Fall Semester 2019.2020

Welcome to PreCalculus!

I am excited to have you in class this semester! You will learn new topics and all of you will have success in this class. Listen carefully the first few days of class for the keys to success, provided by my former students. You will think in this class.
We will have a great semester!

Ms. Harrell

Algebra 2 week of 05.13.2019-05.22.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and by appointment

Assessments: Unit 6 test is Wednesday, SGM is Friday., 05.17and Final exam is Tuesday ( 05.21 for 2nd) and 05.22 for 3rd

This week and next:
Monday- data mean, median and mode
Tuesday Data and Empirical Rule
Wednesday_ Data test
Thursday review for SGM
Friday- SGM
Monday- Final Exam Review
Tuesday- 2nd block Final Exam
Wednesday- 3rd block

Have a great weekend and end to school!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 05.13.2019-05.22.2019

Tutoring: Monday afternoon and other times by appointment

Assessments: Final Exam on Tuesday for seniors and underclassman final is  Tuesday, 05.21.

This week and Next week:
Monday - Review for the final exam
Tuesday - Seniors review for the final, underclassman review for the final exam
W to Monday- review for final exam for junios
Tuesday- underclassman final exam
Wednesday- class does not meet

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 05.06.2019-05.10.2019

Tutoring: All by  appt this week, see me for a time

Assessments: Unit test on Friday and Final Exam for seniors next Tuesday, 05.14.

This week
Trig Identities ( all types, basic to advanced)
It is best to be present in class as much as possible, this is one of the harder units of the course.

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:

https://www2.clarku.edu/faculty/djoyce/trig/identities.html
 ( Overview is fine here, we will not use all of these identities)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0NV4HxvBtE ( simplify trig identities)

Algebra 2 week of 05.06.2019-05.10.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and by appt

Assessments:unit five test is Friday, SGM on Friday, May 17th and Final Exams on May 21st ( 2nd) and May 22nd ( 3rd)

This week:
Unit five ( Logarithms and Exponentials)
Log form to Exponential Form
Log Equations
Exponential Equations
Compound Interest

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/introduction-to-logarithms/v/logarithms

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-exp-and-log/alg-logarithmic-equations/v/solving-logarithmic-equations

PreCalculus week of 04.29.2019-05.03.2019

Tutoring: All by appt this week due to Course Extension all week in the afternoons

Assessments: Test on Friday

This week:
Law of sines ( take two)
Law of cosines
Area of a triangle

Have a great week!

Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPRWJdVzfs ( Law of Sines)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-law-of-cosines/v/law-of-cosines-missing-angle ( Law of Cosines missing angle)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-law-of-cosines/v/law-of-cosines-example ( Missing side- Law of Cosines)

Algebra 2 week of 04.29-05.03.2019

Tutoring: all by appt this week due to Course Extension in the afternoon
Assessments: Test on Wednesday

This week:
Characteristics of Rational Functions ( Domain, Range, Asymptotes, Intercepts, Holes)

Properties of Logs

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/waymakercollegealgebra/chapter/end-behavior-of-rational-functions/ ( Rational Functions)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/properties-of-logarithms/v/using-multiple-logarithm-properties-to-simplify ( logs)

PreCalculus week of 04.22.2019-04.26.2019

Tutoring: All by appt this week

Assessments: Finish trig graph test on Monday

This week
Finish trig graph test
Writing equation of a graphed trig function
Law of Sines
Law of Cosines

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-law-of-sines/v/law-of-sines


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-law-of-cosines/v/law-of-cosines-missing-angle

Algebra 2 week of 04.22.2019-04.26.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday in room 805 and Thursday in unit four. If you want to tutor with me, feel free to speak to me, so I can check my schedule.

Assessments: Test on Wednesday

This week:
Rational Equation
Review for unit 4B test
Characteristics of Rational Graphs

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqgIZyXgK8 ( /Rational Equations)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4bVlDgHF5I( Simplify Rational Expressions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTZl7Kn6u4Y ( add and subtract Rational Expressions)

PreCalculus week of 04.15.2019-04.19.2019

Tutoring: All by appt due to senior activities

Assessments: Test on Wednesday

This week:
Thursday and Friday, no class, changing of the chairs practice and ceremony

Horizontal Shifts with sine and cosine

Combo Shifts

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Algebra 2 week of 0415.2019-04.19.2019

Tutoring: All by appt due to senior week activities

Assessments: Quiz late in the week

This week:
Divided Rational Expressions
Add and Subtract Rational Expressions with unlike denominators and like denominators
Solve Rational Equations

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roO21e8OSGA ( divide rational expressions)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/rational-expressions-equations-and-functions/multiplying-and-dividing-rational-expressions/a/dividing-rational-expressions

https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/topics/adding-and-subtracting-rational-expressions-with-unlike-denominators

Algebra 2 week of 04.08.2019-04.12.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon in room 805 and Thursday afternoon in unit four.  Other times by appt

Assessments: Possible quiz on Friday

This week:
Rational Expressions
Simplify
Multiply
Divide
Add and Subtract ( with like denominators)

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

Help:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/rational-expressions-equations-and-functions/simplify-rational-expressions/v/simplifying-rational-expressions-introduction ( simplify)


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/rational-expressions-equations-and-functions/multiplying-and-dividing-rational-expressions/v/multiplying-and-dividing-rational-expressions-2 *( multiply and divide)

PreCalculus week of 04.08.2019-04.12.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, other times by appt

Assessments: Possible quiz on Friday

This week:
Sine graphs
Cosine graphs
Sine and cosine graphs ( with horizontal and vertical shifts)

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

Help:
https://www.purplemath.com/modules/grphtrig.htm (sine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-RwPBWS8g ( sine and cosine)

PreCalculus week of 03.25.2019-03.29.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon

Assessments: Test on Thursday

This week:
Coterminal Angles
Reference Angles
Complementary and Supplementary Angles

Have a great Spring Break!
Ms. Harrell

Help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz5YpNFuhRQ( coterminal angles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT4xMAssvDk ( reference angles)

Algebra 2 week of 03.24.2019-03.29.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon in room 805 and Thursday afternoon in P4.


Assessments: Test on Friday

This week:
Radical Equations
Radical Graphs ( Square Root and Cube Root)

Have a great Spring Break!

Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY8VBsLf-4M ( radical equations)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/radical-equations-and-functions/graphs-of-radical-functions/v/flipping-shifting-radical-functions ( cube root graphs)

Algebra 2 Week of 03.18.2019-03.22.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday in room 805 and Thursday in unit four. I am unable to tutor this week due to prom preparations. Feel free to ask me questions during class.

Assessments: Unit Test on Wednesday

This week:
Drawing Graph of Polynomial from Characteristics
Given Range, find total number of x intercepts
Unit Test
Radical Functions ( Graphing)

I will be out on Friday, 03.22 to prepare for prom.

Have a great weekend!

KHarrell

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/polynomial-functions/graphs-of-polynomials/a/graphs-of-polynomials ( graphing polynomials, look for sketching graph)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnH5cs_SPpM ( radical graphs)

PreCalculus Week of 03.18.2019-03.22.2019

Tutoring: all by appt due to prom preparations all week

Assessments: None this week

This week:

Unit Circle

Reference Angles

Angles of rotation

I will be out on Friday to prepare for prom, I will leave some work for the class.

If you are attending prom, see you there Friday night

Have a great weekend!

KHarrell 

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

https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/topics/coterminal-angles ( coterminal angles)

Algebra 2 week of 03.11.2019-03.15.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in unit four or room 805, other times by appt

Assessments: Quiz on Wednesday

This week:
( Characteristics of Polynomials)
End Behavior
Intervals of Increase and Decrease
Domain and Range

Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

Help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hg9JJceywA 
( domain and range)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCsv4Mr1YpE
( end Behavior)

PreCalculus week of 03.11.2019-03.15.2019

Tutoring: Friday afternoon and mornings by appt

Assessments: Quiz on Monday

This week in PreCalculus:
quiz on Right Triangles
Unit Circle
Degrees and Radians

Have a great weekend!

KHarrell

Help?

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/trig-functions/intro-to-radians-alg2/v/radian-and-degree-conversion-practice ( degrees and radians)

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

Algebra 2 week of 03.04.2019-03.08.2019

Tutoring:  Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in unit 4 and room 805 and by appt with me

Assessments: Unit test on Tuesday

This week
Review for Roots Test
Roots Test
Characteristics of Polynomial Graphs

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBC5EXDEqwM ( Roots)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/polynomial-functions/finding-zeros-of-polynomials/v/finding-roots-or-zeros-of-polynomial-1
 ( Roots)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_kmUHOays ( Characteristics)

PreCalculus week of 03.04.2019-03.08.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and by appointment

Assessments: Quiz possibly late next week

This week:
Solving Right triangles  ( with and w/o triangle given)
Applications of Right Triangles
Trig Sign and Quadrant Solving


Have a great weekend!
KHarrell

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-modeling-with-right-triangles/e/applying-right-triangles

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

Algebra 2 week of 02.25.2019-03.01.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in room 805 and unit 4 and other times by appt

Assessments: Quiz on Wednesday and unit test on Friday

Welcome back for the winter break!

This week:
Finding roots of polynomials ( you need to review synthetic division and factoring polynomials and Quadratic Formula)
Listing possible roots of a polynomial

Extra Enrichment:
The circle problem, I created this problem and I love it and you will love it too! It helps to put all the days together into one smooth process.

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBC5EXDEqwM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zAxREIqC6o

https://www.sparknotes.com/math/algebra2/polynomials/section4/

PreCalculus week of 02.25.2019-03.01.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and by appt

Assessments: Quiz at the end of the week

This week:
Monday, guest speaker for the female students
Tuesday to Thursday
Notes on trig functions, finding missing sides and missing angles
Solving the right triangle, using trig functions ( review from Geometry maybe)
Friday
Formative Assessment on Right Triangles

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Harrell

Help:
http://math2.org/math/algebra/functions/trig/index.htm

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-trig/hs-geo-solve-for-a-side/v/example-trig-to-solve-the-sides-and-angles-of-a-right-triangle

PreCalculus week of 02.11.2019-02.15.2019

Tutoring: Thursday afternoon and by appointment

Assessments: Test on Thursday ( If you are in   "All State", I encourage you to come take the test on Wednesday, 02.13, before you leave for All State  on Thursday morning. Otherwise, you will have to take the test after the winter break, a week away from the lessons.

This week:
Hyperbolas
Parabolas
Unit Test
Combo Conics Cube

Enjoy the winter break!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7zXeVUz_r0 ( parabolas)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cwpsDC_5A ( Hyperbolas)

Algebra 2 week of 02.11.2019-02.15.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon ( room 805 and unit 4) and  Thursday afternoon ( room 805 and unit 4)  and by appointment

Assessments: Quiz on Monday and Test on Thursday

This week:
Pascal's Triangle
Polynomial Long Division
Synthetic Division ( you will like this method!)
Unit Test on Polynomials

Enjoy your winter break!

Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/arithmetic-with-polynomials/synthetic-division-of-polynomials/v/synthetic-division
https://www.mathsisfun.com/pascals-triangle.html

Algebra 2 week of 02.04.2019-02.08.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and by appointment

Assessments: Tuesday for Quiz

This week:
A recap of unit one test and some reteaching of the concepts
Area and Perimeter of Rectangles with polynomial sides
Composition of Functions
Inverse of Function
Pascal's Triangle

Have a great weekend, two weeks to break!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/manipulating-functions/function-composition/a/finding-and-evaluating-composite-functions ( composition of functions)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/manipulating-functions/introduction-to-inverses-of-functions/v/introduction-to-function-inverses ( inverse)

https://www.mathsisfun.com/pascals-triangle.html ( Pascal's triangle)

PreCalculus Week of 02.04.2019-02.08.2019

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and other times by appointment

Assessments: Quiz on Tuesday ( mainly circles, a few ellipse questions)
Unit Test is projected for Thursday, 02.14 ( Valentine's Day)

This week:
Ellipses
Hyperbolas
Parabolas ( if time allows)

Have a great weekend and  two weeks to winter break!

Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.mathwarehouse.com/ellipse/equation-of-ellipse.php ( Ellipse)


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/conics-precalc/intro-to-hyperbolas/v/conic-sections-intro-to-hyperbolas  ( Hyperbolas)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/parabolas-intro-alg1/v/parabolas-intro ( parabolas)


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/intro-to-conics-alg2/focus-and-directrix-of-a-parabola-alg2/v/equation-for-parabola-from-focus-and-directrix ( parabolas)

Algebra 2 week of 01.28.2019-02.01.2019

Tutoring: Tuesday afternoon and by appointment

Assessments: Unit one test is Monday and possible quiz on Friday

This week:
Unit one test
Add and subtract polynomials
Naming polynomials by number of terms and degree
Multiply Polynomials
"Area and Perimeter using Polynomials
Binomial Theorem

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Help:
https://www.purplemath.com/modules/binomial.htm

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/introduction-to-polynomial-expressions/adding-and-subtracting-polynomials/v/adding-and-subtracting-polynomials-3

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-polynomials/alg-multiplying-polynomials-by-binomials/v/multiplication-of-polynomials

PreCalculus week of 01.28.2019-02.01.2019

Tutoring: Thursday afternoon and by appt

Assessments: Wrap up of unit one test on Monday and Quiz on Thursday

This week:
Unit one test wrapup
Circles
Ellipses
Quiz on Circles and Ellipses

Help:\
https://www.purplemath.com/modules/conics.htm

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/conics-precalc/identifying-conic-sections-from-expanded-equations/v/identifying-conics-1

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 01.21.2019-01.25.2019

Tutoring: All by appt due to course extension in the afternoons.

Assessments: Unit test on Friday

Open House is Tuesday, 1.22.2019 from 6 to 7 pm, I am unable to attend due to a prior commitment with selling  basketball tickets. I will have a copy of my syllabus for you to pick up if you attend. I am always  open to email or phone contact, feel free to reach out to me (kimberly.harrell@cobbk12.org or 770-819-2521).
Your student receives a copy of the syllabus in class on Tuesday, 01.22.2019. I will email you a digital copy if needed. 

This week:
Matrices and Systems of Equations
Matrices and Word Problems

Useful websites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUqeb9Z3y3k

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/precalc-matrices/solving-equations-with-inverse-matrices/v/solving-matrix-equation

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Algebra 2 Week of 01.21.2019-01.25.2019

Tutoring: all by appointment due to course extension in the afternoons this week.   Many other teachers tutor Algebra 2, check chart on syllabus.

Assessments: Unit test on Friday

Open House is Tuesday, 1.22.2019 from 6 to 7 pm, I am unable to attend due to a prior commitment with selling basketball tickets. I will have a copy of my syllabus for you to pick up if you attend. I am always  open to email or phone contact, feel free to reach out to me 
I am happy to meet with you at a parent conference, too.
(kimberly.harrell@cobbk12.org or 770-819-2521).
Your student receives a copy of the syllabus in class on Tuesday, 01.22.2019. I will email you a digital copy if needed. 

This week:
Solving Quadratics using Quadratic Formula
Solving Quadratics using Square Root
Solving Quadratic by complete the Square

Useful Videos:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/solving-quadratics-using-the-quadratic-formula/v/quadratic-formula-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGOQYTo9AKY

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Algebra 2 week of 01.14.2019-01.18.2019

Tutoring: All by appt due to course extension  in the afternoons and a commitment on Friday afternoon

Assessments: Quiz on Monday and Unit test proposed for Wednesday, 01.23.2019

This week:
Divide complex numbers
Factor trionomials
Solve Quadratics ( square root, factor, Quadratic formula)

Have a great 3 day weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Helpful Websites:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDe-1lGeS0U ( Factoring)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ayhvAI3IeY ( Quadratic Formula)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8j5RDOibV4 ( Divide complex numbers)

PreCalculus week of 01.14.2019-01.18.2019

Tutoring: All by appt this week due to course extension after school and a commitment on Friday evening

Assessments: None this week

This week we explore:
Multiplying Matrices
Identity Matrices
Inverse Matrices
Solving a System of Equations using Matrices

Have a great 3 day weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Websites for the week:

https://www.google.com/search?q=matrices+multiply&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS784US784&oq=matrices+multiply&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.5278j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=1 ( multiply matrices)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2t9VADaw10 ( inverse matrices)

Algebra 2 week of 01.07.2019-01.11.2019

I will post each week by Sunday midnight with the predicated tutoring days for the week, any known assessments, and overview of the topics for the week.
Feel free to email me, kimberly.harrell@cobbk12.org, with any questions or concerns.

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and mornings by appt this week
Week of  01.14.2019, no afternoon tutoring due to course extension

This week in Algebra 2, we will start the Quadratics unit

Topics:
 The Number System
Complex Numbers and Operations with Complex Numbers
Factoring

Helpful Websites:
Intro Complex Numbers
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/complex-numbers.html

Multiply Complex Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWn6g8Qqvs4

Types of Numbers
http://gcse-math.co.uk/number/types-of-numbers

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus week of 01.07.2019-01.11.2019

I will post each week by Sunday midnight with the predicated tutoring days for the week, any known assessments, and overview of the topics for the week.
Feel free to email me, kimberly.harrell@cobbk12.org, with any questions or concerns.

Tutoring: Wednesday afternoon and mornings by appt this week
Week of 01.14.2019, no afternoons are open due to course extension.

Assessments: Quiz on Friday 01.11.2019 possibly

This week,
PreCalculus will start the least difficult unit of the course, matrices

Topics:
Characteristics of Matrices
Add and Subtract Matrices
Multiply Matrices ( Ice Cream Task)

Helpful websites:
Intro
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/precalc-matrices/intro-to-matrices/v/introduction-to-the-matrix

Multiply Matrices
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/precalc-matrices/multiplying-matrices-by-matrices/v/multiplying-a-matrix-by-a-matrix

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Harrell

Welcome to Algebra 2 Spring Semester 2019

Welcome to Algebra 2!
I am excited to have you in class this semester! You will learn new topics and all of you will have success in this class. Listen carefully the first few days of class for the keys to success, provided by my former students. You will think in this class.
We will have a great semester!
Ms. Harrell

PreCalculus Welcome Spring Semester 2019

Welcome to PreCalculus!
I am excited to have you in class this semester! You will learn new topics and all of you will have success in this class. Listen carefully the first few days of class for the keys to success, provided by my former students. You will think in this class.
We will have a great semester!
Ms. Harrell