WEEK OF APRIL 1 to APRIL 5

ALGEBRA 1 CP1
        We begin the concept of Factoring this week.. It is considered one of the most concepts that you will learn this year in Algebra.  We start by looking for a GCF, greatest common factor, and taking it out of a given polynomial.  For example take the expression  5x + 10.  The GCF is 5 so we write this as 5 (x +2) and you have just factored.  A quiz on Sections 8-3 to 8-5 is scheduled for Thursday.  It will be the last one of the term.

ALGEBRA 1 CP2
        The week begins with the class finishing the Pythagorean Theorem and beginning Chapter 9 on Polynomials.  This week we will learn how to add and subtract polynomials and how to write them in ascrnding or descending order.  The weekly Friday quiz will also include material from the previous week on Scientific Notation and the Pythagorean Theorem.  This quiiz will go on the fourth term..The class has already been told this.


GEOMETRY HONORS
         We continue our work in Chapter 10 with Circles, this week concentrating on inscribed angles and secants and tangents.  We will compare an inscribed angle to a central angle and we will also discover some new rules affecting tangents of circles.  I do not have a quiz scheduled for this week so your grades are basically closed with exception of the daily homework.  Please check on Aspen.

ALGEBRA 2 HONORS
         We continue our work on Conics this week by introducing you to Hyperbolas.  We will spend at least two days on this topic and probably have a quiz Thursday on Ellipses and Hyperbolas.to end the the term.