Announcements

• If you didn’t do the test yet, I’ll get you to do it at the beginning of this period
• Unexplained absences…

Agenda

• Take up yesterday’s quiz
• Mad Minute on Squares and Square Roots
• Take up some of yesterday’s work
• Lesson – Combining types of factoring
• More Difference of Squares questions
• Introduction to Trinomial factoring
• Handout

Homework

• Handout

Announcements

• If you didn’t do the test yet, I’ll get you to start it at the beginning of the period

Agenda

• Yesterday’s quizzes returned.  There has been a lot of improvement!
• Take up some common factoring, then the first quiz on that (yes, they come quickly!)
• Difference of Squares introductory activity (see directions below)
• Difference of Squares note
• Textbook work

Difference of Squares Activity Instructions

• Cut one square, out of a corner or your big square (you choose the dimensions of your little square)
• Discard the little square
• In what you have remaining, make one cut, so that the pieces will fit together to make a rectangle
• When I ask your group, let me know the dimensions of your little square, and your rectangle

Homework

Page 302 – #4

Announcements

• Demerit points have been reset to zero.  Please be aware of the policy with respect to personal electronics, as I will be enforcing this more strictly this time.
• If you have written the first test, your marks are available on the website.  Please login and check these using the slip of paper I gave you, or the email that was sent out.

Agenda

• A quick review of expanding binomials, then the second quiz on this
• Lesson – Common factoring review, and problem solving
• Textbook work
• Homework check
• Friday’s handout, at least to #10
• Pg 294 – #1(b,d); #2,3,4

Homework

• Page 295, #6-9 (Advanced group can do #7-9, then #12 and 13)

Agenda

• Take up the quiz
• Additional Practice on expanding
• Greatest common factor “game”
• Textbook questions

Homework

Expanding (First part of the period) – The front side of the handout, at least to #10.  The back side is optional.  If you got 10/10 on the quiz, you can skip the handout and instead try questions 14, 15, and 16 on page 289, or you can spend the time helping your peers.

Factoring (Last part of the period) 

• If you didn’t finish it yesterday, page 294, #1(b,c), #2, and #3
• Page 295 – #4

Announcements

• How did yesterday go?
• Clarification on cell phone policy
• During lessons – put away
• While completing work – for music only (or calculating if given permission)
• If done everything – unrestricted use
• If you did not get information in your email to login to the website, I have a slip of paper for you with that information.
• If you were away on Friday, make sure you copy down the lesson from somebody who was here

Agenda

• Review of expanding binomials using our two methods (area models and FOIL)
• Quiz on expanding binomials (open-book)
• Note – Common factoring polynomials
• Textbook work

Homework

Page 294 – #1(b,d); #2, 3

Announcements

• Test today!  If there’s anything you’d like me to go over, please let me know before we get started.  Calculators are not allowed, but you can use your integer reference sheet I handed out at the beginning of the semester.
• Clarification on cell phone policy
• During lessons – put away
• While completing work – for music only (or calculating if given permission)
• If done everything – unrestricted use
• If you did not get information in your email to login to the website, I have a slip of paper for you with that information.
• If you were away on Friday, make sure you copy down the lesson from somebody who was here

Agenda

• Last chance for questions and clarifications about the test material
• Test
• Next worksheet – common factoring

Homework

• Greatest common factor worksheet

Announcements

• We will be having a short test tomorrow on the grade 9 skills review.  Calculators will not be allowed, but you can use your integer reference sheet.
• Course website, accounts, and passwords
• If you were away on Friday, make sure you copy down the lesson from somebody who was here

Agenda

• Mad Minute
• Recap of Friday’s lesson (FOIL) – We’ll take up some questions
• Test Review Lesson
• Handout – Test review questions

Announcements

• General observations after two weeks
• I will need to sign you out a textbook today if you don’t already have one
• Second set of quiz results, and A, B, C groups

Agenda

• Quick refresher on some algebra rules
• Take up some questions from yesterday
• Note – The “FOIL” method
• Textbook work
• Have a good long weekend!

Homework

• Group A: Page 286 – Do at least 8 questions from #1-4 that you haven’t done yet, this time using FOIL.  Then, try #9, 10, 11
• Groups B/C: Page 286 – Finish at least 8 questions from yesterday using area models, then 8 other ones from #1-4, using FOIL.

Announcements

• We will have a test on the grade 9 review unit next week.  I want to give people a chance to improve on the algebra first.
• If you’ve finished the algebra sheet handed to you yesterday, please hand it in.  I’ll be coming around to some of you to see how you’ve been doing on it.
• If you were away yesterday, you will get your textbook today, and an algebra sheet to start working through.

Agenda

• New Lesson – Multiplying two binomials
• Textbook work – at this point I’d like to check some of the algebra from yesterday
• Algebra Quiz – Second try!
• You can grab a puzzle sheet if you’re done everything early.

Homework

• Page 286 – #1-4; #6 [left column only]
• You can use algebra tiles for 1a, 3c, and 4a

Agenda

• Yesterday’s quiz results, and levels for further algebra review
• Take up quiz
• Adding exponents when multiplying variables
• Algebra sheet to work on
• Textbooks distributed

Homework

• You should show me you’ve made a good start on the sheet I gave out yesterday (at least 8-10) questions.