Sunday, August 26, 2012

First Week of School! 8/27

Welcome to class!

Practical Geometry:  The students will be introduced to class and receive any and all neccessary information for the course.  This week we will be working on chapter 1 "Language on Plane Geometry."  Expect their first test at the end of the week.  Each day, students will receive a small hands on activity, a brief lesson and two short worksheets to complete in class.  If they do not finish, they will be assigned for homework.

Statistics:  The students will be introduced to class and receive any and all neccessary information and materials for the course.  On Tuesday we will begin to take notes on chapter 1 "The nature of Probabilty and Statistics."  this will last into thursday as there are many terms and definitions to review.  Then we will have a class activity on different techniques of sampling followed by a quiz on Friday involving key components of chapter 1.

Calculus:  The students will be introduced to class and receive any and all neccessary information and materials for the course.  On Tuesday, we will begin imediately with chapter 2 "Limits and Continuity."  In lesson 2.1, students will learn about rates of change and limits approaching finite values.  They will complete homework on page 62, 2-28 even and 31, 32.  Then we will move into Limits approaching infinity and complete work on page 71.