WEEK OF APRIL 22-26

ALGEBRA 1 CP1
        We began factoring trinomials the week before vacation.  This week we will continue this concept with some more detailed types of factoring that are covered in Section 8-7 of your text.  We will spend the whole week working on this idea with a quiz to follow on Friday.

ALGEBRA 1 CP2
        We have been working on adding and subtracting polynomials for a week now and it is time to move on to multiplication.  This week we will learn how to multiply a monomial by a polynomial and a binomial by a binomial.  A method called FOIL will be introduced with binomials, but all it really is is the Distributive Property, of which you are very familiar with.  We will spend the entire week working on this concept with our weekly quiz on Friday.

GEOMETRY HONORS
         The week before vacation we basically finished Chapter 10 on Circles.  Monday will be a review day followed by a Chapter 10 Test Tuesday.  Then we will go to Chapter 11 on Areas.  In this chapter we will find the areas of parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, rhombi, regular polygons (ie. pentagon, hexagon, etc.) and irregular figures.  We will also work with sectors and Geometric Probability.

ALGEBRA 2 HONORS
        Before vacation we were working on Parabolas.  Monday will be considered a review day and we will have a quiz Tuesday on just Parabolas.  Then we will go to Sections 8-6 & 8-7, identifying Conic Sections and solving Quadratic Systems by graphing and algebra.  In the next week or two I will also offer a review of Geometry to prepare for the MCAS Math Test later in May.


         I hope that you all had a relaxing vacation, despite all the incidents that went on in Boston.  Please remember that even though this is the last term we really have another one called FINAL EXAMS.  This is worth the same as one term so we cannot afford to slack off.  I know I won't.  Remember to take advantage of Homework Club and Math Lab during your directed studies, and of course I am always here after school for you.