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Friday (Day 14): Carnegie Learning Online Tutorial

1/29/2016

Go to Carnegie Learning and complete your assigned modules.

Use the following:
School code: rancho mhs-92270
Username: (your id number)
Password: mathisfun

Thursday (Day 13): Lesson 6-5 Writing Polynomial Functions

1/28/2016

Learning Target:
Students create polynomial equations with given roots.

Essential Questions
How do you take the given zeros and create a polynomial equation?

Assignment Title:
"Creating Polynomial Equations"
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 345
#’s 13-19, 21, 23, 24, 37

Wednesday (Day 12): Lesson 6-5 The Rational Root Theorem

1/27/2016

Learning Target:
Students use the rational root theorem to find the solutions of a polynomial equation.

Essential Question(s):
How do you find the "possible" Rational Roots of a Polynomial Equation?

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Assignment Title:
"The Rational Root Theorem"
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 345
#'s 1, 2, 4, 7 ,8

Tuesday (Day 11): Lesson 6-4 Solving Polynomial Equations with Quadratic Techniques

1/26/2016

Learning Target:
Students solve polynomial equations by using quadratic techniques.

Essential Question:
What does it mean to use Quadratic Techniques?

Assignment Title:
"Using Quadratic techniques to solve polynomials"
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 336-337
#'s 17, 18, 20, 28, 32

Monday (Day 10): Special Factoring Techniques "Sum/Diff of two cubes" and "Factor by grouping"

1/25/2016

Learning Target:
Students factor the "sum/difference" of two cubes and use "factor by grouping".

Essential Question:
How do you factor a^3 - b^3? a^3 + b^3?

Assignment Title:
"Sum/Diff of two cubes and factor by grouping"
Algebra 2 Textbook p.334
#'s 12-14

Algebra 1 Textbook p.413
#'s 5-8

Day 9: CT Modules

1/22/2016

Go to Carnegie Learning and complete your assigned modules.

Use the following:
School code: rancho mhs-92270
Username: (your id number)

Day 8: Synthetic Division and Factoring Completely

1/21/2016

Make sure your notes are complete on the topic of Synthetic Division.

Assignment:
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 330-331
#'s 23-25. 42, 44, 45

Day 7: Synthetic Division

1/20/2016

Math Lab "Peer Tutoring" everyday after school 3-4pm Room 607!

Learning Target:
Students use synthetic division to divide polynomials by a linear factor.

Essential Question:
What goes in the top left corner of synthetic division?

Assignment Title:
"Synthetic Division"
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 330
#'s 13-22

Day 6: Lesson 6-3 Long Division

1/19/2016

Learning Target:
Students determine whether an expression is a factor or not from long division.

Essential Question:
What is true for an expression that is a factor?

Assignment Title:
"Long Division"
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 330
#'s 1-5, 9, 12

Day 5: Carnegie Learning Software

1/15/2016

Go to Carnegie Learning

Use the following:
School code: rancho mhs-92270
Username: (your id number)

Day 4: The Factor Theorem, Zeros. and Mulitplicity

1/14/2016

Go to Lesson 6-2 The Factor Theorem

Take notes on the Factor Theorem and Multiplicity

Assignment:
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 323
#'s 20-22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 34

Day 3: Lesson 6-2 Linear Factors and Zeros of Polynomials

1/13/2016

Learning Target:
Students put linear factors into polynomial standard form and graph them.

Essential Question:
How do you get the zeros of a polynomial function?

More help with linear factors and zeros of polynomials.

Assignment Title "Linear Factors":
(on separate piece of loose leaf paper)
Algebra 2 Textbook p. 323
#'s 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 18,19

Day 2: 6-2 End behavior of polynomial functions

1/12/2016

Learning Target:
Students know the end-behavior of a graph by looking at the equation.

Essential Question:
How can you tell the end behavior from the equation?

Assignment:
Take notes off the slideshow.
Your assignment is the last slide numbers 1-10.

Symbols for end behavior