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Algebra 2A

Prerequisite requirement: Successful completion of Geometry.

Course Description & Goals: This Algebra 2 class will be taught using the College Preparatory Mathematics Program (CPM). This course is designed to build upon many of the topics seen in Algebra 1 and Geometry. Students will work collaboratively in small groups on various topics. This includes functions, linear systems of equations, polynomials, logarithms, probability and trigonometry. Students will continue to grow as mathematicians by learning various problem solving strategies, learn to apply mathematical models to real world scenarios, and present their ideas clearly.

Date
Class Activities & Assignments
Wed. 9/3
  • Welcome back!
  • Discuss course syllabus
  • Team yarn activity
  • Introduction to Unit 1: Exploring Functions
  • Team problems: EF-3 to 5 (graph paper needed)
  • Individual problems: EF- 6 to 10, signature
Fri. 9/5
  • Introduction to the graphing calculator: graphing, zoom, intersections
  • Tool kit: x- and y-intercepts
  • Team problems: EF-14, 15, 33 to 36 (graphing calculator needed)
  • Individual problems: EF-18, 19, 27 to 31
Tues. 9/9
  • Introduction to Domain and Range
  • Tool kit entry: Domain and Range
  • Worksheet: finding domain and range given graphs
  • Team problems: EF-12, 38 to 40, 42, 46, 50
  • Individual problems: worksheet, EF-51 to 57
Thur. 9/11
  • Review: Domain and range using inequalities
  • Digger Dog problem
  • Team problems: EF-51 & 57 (using inequalities), 59 to 62, 70, 98
  • Individual problems: EF-63 to 69
Mon. 9/15
  • SAT practice problems
  • Investigating functions and function notation
  • Unit 1 Quiz
  • Team problems: EF- 98, 70 to 77
  • Individual problems: EF-78 to 84
Wed. 9/17
  • Turn in Unit 1 assignment packet A
  • Investigating functions with asymptotes
  • Team problems: EF- 101 to 103, 85 to 88
  • Individual problems: EF-89 to 97
Mon. 9/22
  • Tool kit entry: The Quadratic Formula
  • Graph interpretation: matching cities to average temperature graphs
  • Team problems: EF- 104 to 112
  • Individual problems: EF-116 to 121
Wed. 9/24
  • Review Unit 1 Topics
  • Unit 1 Team Test
  • Team problems: Unit 1 Team Test
  • Individual problems: Unit 1 Review packet
Fri. 9/26
  • Turn in Unit 1 assignment packet B
  • Unit 1 Test
  • Team problems: none
  • Individual problems: BB-1 to 5
Tues. 9/30
  • Analyzing sequences
  • Sequences: graphing and categorizing
  • Team problems: BB-7 to 10, 12 (resource page needed), 13
  • Individual problems: BB-17, 18, 22, 27 to 29
Thur. 10/2
  • Arithmetic sequences: What are they? What do their graphs look like? What do their functions look like?
  • Team problems: BB-24 to 26, 36 to 42
  • Individual problems: BB-33 to 35, 44 to 48
Mon. 10/6
  • Tool kit entries: Arithmetic Sequences and Geometric Sequences
  • More practice with sequences
  • Team problems: BB-30, 49 to 52, 59 to 61, 63
  • Individual problems: BB-66 to 72
Wed. 10/8
  • Arithmetic sequence practice
  • Introduction to Geometric Sequences: What do geometric functions look like?
  • Team problems: Arithmetic sequence practice, BB-73 to 75, PSAT practice (multiple choice only)
  • Individual problems: BB-78 to 83
Mon. 10/13
  • Applications of multipliers and Geometric sequence practice
  • Unit 2 Quiz
  • Team problems: Geometric sequence practice, BB-84, 85
  • Individual problems: BB-86 to 90
Wed. 10/15
  • More applications of multipliers and sequences
  • Team problems: BB-91 to 96, 98 to 102, 115
  • Individual problems: BB-103 to 108
Fri. 10/17
  • SAT practice problems (packet)
  • Unit 2 Team Test
  • Team problems: Unit 2 Team Test
  • Individual problems: Unit 2 Review packet
Tues. 10/21
  • Turn in Unit 2 assignment packet
  • Unit 2 Individual Test
  • Team problems: none
  • Individual problems: FX-8 to 14
Thur. 10/23
  • Introduction to Unit 3: Exponential Functions
  • Simple and compound interest
  • The M & M lab
  • Team problems: FX-1 to 7, M & M lab
  • Individual problems: FX-20 to 27
Mon. 10/27
  • Half-life
  • Understanding zero exponents
  • Graphing exponential functions
  • Team problems: FX-18, 19, 29 to 34, 43, 45
  • Individual problems: FX-35 to 41
Wed. 10/29
  • More work with exponentials
  • Tool kit entry: Exponential Functions
  • Team problems: FX-46, 47, 56, 60 to 64
  • Individual problems: FX-48 to 55
Fri. 10/31
  • Connecting roots and fractional exponents
  • Team problems: FX-71 to 79
  • Individual problems: FX-65 to 70
Tues. 11/4
  • Applications of exponential functions
  • Unit 3 Quiz
  • Team problems: FX-80 to 87, 89
  • Individual problems: FX-94 to 101
Thur. 11/6
  • Compounding interest worksheet
  • Team problems: Interest worksheet, FX-90 to 92, 102 to 105
  • Individual problems: FX-109 to 116
Mon. 11/10
  • Finding multipliers and points of intersection
  • Team problems: FX-106 to 108, 117 to 120
  • Individual problems: FX-121 to 128
Thur. 11/13
  • Unit 3 Team Test
  • Team problems: Unit 3 Team Test
  • Individual problems: FX-135 to 144
  • Unit 3 Test next class!
Mon. 11/17
Wed. 11/19
  • Review function notation and composite functions
  • Team problems: Function notation worksheet
  • Individual problems:Factoring practice worksheet
Fri. 11/21
  • Parabola investigation: How does the equation change when the graph is changed?
  • Team problems: PG-6 to 12 (Parabola investigation)
  • Individual problems: PG-13, 15 to 20
Tues. 11/25
  • Tool kit: Parabolas in graphing form
  • Practice: Describing graphs of parabolas
  • Team problems: PG-13, 14, 21 to 25
  • Individual problems: PG-27 to 31
Mon. 12/1
  • Modeling word problems with parabolas
  • Transformations of cubics, hyperbolas, and exponentials
  • Team problems: PG-32 to 37, 56 to 58
  • Individual problems: PG-38 to 45
Wed. 12/3
  • Examining parent graphs
  • Finding the vertex of a parabola by completing the square
  • Team problems: PG-58 to 61, 46 to 49
  • Individual problems: PG-50 to 55
Fri. 12/5
  • Writing equations in vertex form
  • Parent Graph Tool Kit entries: lines, parabolas, cubics, exponentials, and hyperbolas
  • Team problems: PG-62, 64, 76 (a and b), parent graph tool kit entries (5 of them)
  • Individual problems: PG-76 (the rest), 65, 66, 68 to 73
Tues. 12/9
  • Transformations of cubic graphs
  • Matching graphs and equations
  • Unit 4 Quiz
  • Team problems: PG-78, 79, 83 to 87
  • Individual problems: PG-89 to 95
Thur. 12/11
  • Modeling situations with parabolas
  • Graphing and solving equations with absolute values
  • Team problems: PG-99, 111 to 119, 102, 103
  • Individual problems: PG-120 to 124, 107, 108
Mon. 12/15
  • Investigating non-functions: Sideways parabolas and circles
  • Tool kit entry: Definition of a function
  • Team problems: PG-125 to 129, 138, 139, 141 to 143
  • Individual problems: PG-144 to 147, 149, 150
Wed. 12/17
  • Unit 4 Team Test
  • Team problems: Unit 4 Team Test
  • Individual problems: PG-157 to 163