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10/28/11 Review for Quiz

• Students completed a warm up to review for the quiz.    Download Warm Up Quiz Review
• Classwork: Students completed a review for the quiz and solutions were provided at the end of class.     Download 6.1 & 6.2 Mini-Quiz        Download Quiz Review for Circles    Download Solutions for Quiz Review
• Students need to review the 6.1 & 6.2 Mini-Quiz, 6.3 Review, and 6.4 Review to prepare for the quiz.   Download Warm Up Review of 6.3     Download 6.4 Review Problems
• 6.1 - 6.4 Quiz is on Monday. I am available for help Monday morning at 7:45. Come see me if you have any questions.
  

10/27/11 6.4 More Practice

• Today, we practiced more problems with inscribed and central angles. Students completed a worksheet in class.  Download 6.4 Review Problems
• Homework: From your textbook, complete Pg. 209 - 210 # 1- 17 all, 21, 23 - 25 all. Draw the circles and show ALL work!
• 6.1 - 6.4 Quiz is Monday.
  

10/26/11 6.4 Inscribed Angles and Polygons of Circles

• Today, students completed a warm up over review of 6.3.   Download Warm Up Review of 6.3
• We learned about inscribed angles and polygons of circles.   Download 6.4 Notes
• Classwork: From the workbook, complete Pg. 218 - 221 # 1- 17 all, 24 - 28 all.   Download 6.4 Workbook Problems
  
• Homework: From your textbook, complete Pg. 207- 208 # 2 -21 all. Draw the circles and all work must be shown!!
• There is a quiz over sections 6.1 - 6.4 next Monday, 10/31.
  

10/25/11 6.3 Properties of Chords

• Today, students completed the circles vocabulary quiz.
• We learned about properties of chords from section 6.3.
• Classwork: From your workbook, complete Pg. 211 - 213 # 1- 6 all, 13 - 15 all, 19 - 24 all.   Download 6.3 Workbook Problems
  
• Homework: From your textbook, complete Pg. 201 # 1 - 12 all & Pg. 203 # 5 - 13 all. Copy the circles and show appropriate work. Students had at least 20 minutes to complete the textbook assignment in class.
• There will be a 6.1 - 6.4 Quiz next Monday, 10/31.
• The Retest and Make-up for Solving Quadratics Test is this afternoon at 3:35, tomorrow morning at 7:30, or tomorrow afternoon at 3:35. If you plan to retake or make up this test, you must attend one of these sessions.

10/24/11 61 & 6.2 Mini-Quiz

• We started today with a circles vocabulary review.    Download Circle Vocabulary Review
• Students completed the 6.1 & 6.2 Mini-Quiz, quiz with notes, today. After the mini-quiz, students copied the 4 theorems, examples, and circles drawn from Pg. 198 in their textbook. If you did not finish copying the theorems, finish it for homework. They also completed Pg. 194 # 28- 34 all.
• Vocabulary Quiz is tomorrow. Please review the circle notes worksheet and the warm ups.   Download Circles Notes Day 1
• Retest/Make Up for Solving Quadratics Test is tomorrow and Wednesday in the mornings at 7:30 or in the afternoons at 3:35. These are the only opportunities to make-up or retake the solving quadratics test. The maximum grade for the retest is 70.
• You may access your book online. Here are instructions to do this.   Please use the activation code for Math 2 that is boxed in for step 7.   Download Online Book Instructions
  

10/21/11 6.2 Continued: More Central Angles and Arcs of Circles

• Today, we continued notes for section 6.2.    Download 6.2 Notes Continued
• We completed a warm up over vocabulary.   Download Circle Worksheet Vocab Review
  
• Classwork: From their textbooks, students completed Pg. 193 # 24 - 27 all & Pg. 195 # 1- 16 & 18 all. This assignment was collected at the end of class and graded for accuracy.
• Homework: Students need to complete the 6.2 Practice Worksheet.      Download 6.2 Practice Worksheet
  
• There will be a Mini-quiz over 6.1 & 6.2 on Monday. Please review yesterday's warm up, 6.1 homework, and 6.2 homework to prepare for mini-quiz.
• There is a vocabulary quiz next Tuesday. You will have to identify segments and lines using proper notation. Use the circle notes to study for the vocabulary quiz.   Download Circles Notes Day 1 
  
• The retest and makeup for the Solving Quadratics Test is Tuesday, 10/25, and Wednesday, 10/26, in the mornings at 7:30 or in the afternoons at 3:35.
  

10/20/11 Central Angles and Arcs of Circles

• Today, we learned about central angles and 3 types of arcs: minor arc, major arc, and semicircle. Here is an example from the notes.    Download Central Angles and Arcs Examples
  
• Homework: From your textbook, complete Pg. 193 # 1- 23 all and from your workbook, complete Pg. 204 - 205 # 12 -24 all. For problems # 9 - 18 from your textbook & problems # 12 - 21, you must draw the circle and find each central angle before finding the arc measures.
• The Solving Quadratics Test was returned to students today, and all solutions were provided. The retest/makeup for the Solving Quadratics Test will be next Tuesday, 10/25, and Wednesday 10/26, in the mornings at 7:30 or in the afternoons at 3:35. You must tell me if you plan to retest. You must attend one of these four sessions if you plan to retest.
• Vocabulary Quiz is next Tuesday.

10/19/11 6.1 Segments and Lines of Circles

• Today, we learned about segments and lines of circles. Here is today's note sheet and example problems from workbook.    Download Circles Notes Day 1     Download Segments of Circles     Download 6.1 notes
  
• Complete from your workbook, Pg. 199 - 200 # 26, 28, 31, 32.
  
• Complete from your textbook: Pg. 186 - 187 # 13 - 15, 18, 20 & Pg. 188 # 1- 8, 18, 19.
• Please bring your textbook and workbook to class every day!
• Vocabulary quiz is next Tuesday.

10/18/11 Solving Quadratics Test Today

• Today, students had a test on solving quadratics.
• After the test, students completed the following worksheet. The circles vocabulary sheet is used to complete the Circles Terminology Worksheet.   Download Review of Angles and Circles Terminology     Download Circle Vocabulary

10/17/11 Solving Quadratics Test is Tomorrow

• Students were given 30 more minutes at the beginning of class to finish the Review #2: Solving Quadratics from Friday.  The students received 2 grades for this review. One grade was a completion grade, how many problems were completed out of 28. The other grade was an accuracy grade, how many problems were correct out of 28. Students have been shown and encouraged to check their solutions.
• Students need to review the two review sheet, Review #1 and Review #2, for the solving quadratics test. I have included both reviews with the worked out solutions on the blog for today.
• Here is the Review #2 : Solving Quadratics from Friday.   Download Review #2 Solving Quadratics
• Here are the solutions for Review #2: Solving Quadratics and my worked out key.   Download Solutions to Review #2 Solving Quadratics     Download Worked Out Key for Review #2 Solving Quadratics
• Here is the Review #1: Solving Quadratics from last Thursday and the worked out key for Review #1.      Download Review #1 Solving Quadratics        Download Worked Out Key for Review #1 Solving Quadratics
• I am not available for help this afternoon or tomorrow morning.