IMP1/Algebra (Course# 04342)
Lyn Davies 2009-2010
Room B217
Office Hours: 1:45-2:45 M-F
E_mail: lyn_davies@dpsk12.org
Phone: (720) 424-1700
This is 9th grade level math. The IMP curriculum supports a student centered, investigative, process oriented learning environment. Willingness to work in teams is essential for success in the course.
To see a curriculum planning guide with time frame and standard alignment, click on the link below:
A daily log of the class will appear below and be updated at least every 72 hours.
Grading policies and other classroom procedures can be found by clicking on the link below:
Daily Class Log
Friday 11/20/09
Obj: Students will wrap up the unit.
TEST REVIEW BEGINS
TEST TUESDAY OVERLAND TRAIL
Thursday 11/19/09
Obj: Students will solve equations and create equations from solutions.
Due tomorrow: p.255
Tuesday 11/17/09
Obj: Students will solve equations using a step by step process.
Due end of class: Warm up and portion of p.254 that is complete. Whatever was not completed is due Thursday.
UNIT TEST next Tuesday
Monday 11/16/09
Obj: Students will work with equations and solutions.
Due end of class: p.252-253; Due tomorrow: p.254
UNIT TEST Tuesday 11/24
Thursday 11/12/09
QUIZ Given (open note)
Due Monday: p.250-251
Tuesday 11/10/09
Obj: Students will solve for y in terms of x
Due Friday: p.245 and 6 problems copied in class.
Quiz Thursday-students may use class notes from today only.
Monday 11/09/09
Obj: Students will work with transformed equations.
End of class: warm up collected; students given hints for p.244. Tomorrow is the last chance to turn in for 80% credit p.244. After that, 50% credit is the maximum.
QUIZ Thursday on Linear Equation Transformation (Solving for a variable in terms of another)
Friday 11/06/09
Obj: Students will transform linear equations.
Due end of class: p.243 (completed-was already collected once and partial credit given); p.244.
Thursday 11/05/09
Obj: Students will begin to look at equivalent representations of linear functions.
Collected: p.243 (Team assignment), warm up
Due tomorrow: p.244
Tuesday 11/03/09
Obj: Students will wrap up linear equation writing. Team assignments presented and turned in today for p.222-223
Due Thursday: p.236-237
Monday 11/02/09
Obj: Students will work on finding rate of change given two points in the coordinate plane.
Due today: POW 7
Team assignment: p.222-223 to be presented tomorrow. One write up per team due tomorrow.
Due Thursday: p.236-237
Tuesday 10/27/09
QUIZ #2 Overland Trail
Monday 10/26/09
Obj: Students will continue to work with linear rules.
No further assignment-Quiz tomorrow will be open note on linear equations and lines of best fit
p.221 due tomorrow was assigned last week
Friday 10/23/09
Obj: Students will use lines of best fit to predict data intersection
Due Monday: p.217 & p.220 (both are individual assignments)
Due Tuesday: p.221
POW 7 Due 1 week from Monday
QUIZ TUESDAY
Thursday 10/22/09
Obj: Students will begin to fit linear equations to data that has a linear pattern.
Due Monday: p.217 (Introduced in class)
Collected today: Warm-ups for 10/20 and 10/22; pp.211-212 after doing #3 together; pp.208-209
Tuesday 10/20/09
Obj: Students will write linear equations from graphs
Due today: p203-204
In Class: Warm up on linear equations; p.211-212 assigned to be completed at home (20 minutes given in class; #1 and #2 done together).
Due Thursday: p.208-210; 211-212
POW 7 p.214 due Monday 11/2
Monday 10/19/09
Obj: Students will work with discrete and continuous graphs.
Due end of class-1 paper per team: p.205-207
Due tomorrow: p.202-203 (explained again in class today)
Due Thursday: p.208-209
Friday 10/16/09
Warm up on percents
Due Tuesday p.202-203. Assume our class wagon train is 75 children and 75 adults. Table was given in class.
Thursday 10/15/09
Obj: Students will work with variable expressions.
Due end of class: p.198-199 modified team assignment (modifications given in class)
Due tomorrow: p. 200-201 #1-8
Tuesday 10/13/09
Obj: Students will work with variable expressions and evaluation.
Due Thursday: p.198-199
Collected today: p.197 (1 paper per team done in class); p.195-196; p.190-191 if not turned in yesterday
QUIZ THURSDAY (skills listed in class)
Monday 10/12/09
Students practiced decimal computation
Friday 10/09/09
Obj: Students will work with decimal computation in preparation for equation solving.
See Thursday 10/08 for assignments due next Monday and Tuesday
Thursday 10/08/09
Obj: Students will explore measures of central tendency.
Due Monday: p.190-191 (started in teams, one write up per person required)
Due Tuesday: p.195-196
Tuesday 10/06/09
Obj: Students will solve equations and create a list of items within a given budget
Due tomorrow: p.188-189
Monday 10/05/09
Obj: Students will begin solving equations by combining like terms in the context of Overland Trail.
Due end of class: p.186-187 one paper per team #2 & 3 (We did #1 as a class).
POW #6 has been assigned as an optional replacement problem for a previous POW. Due next Monday.
Friday 10/02/09
Obj: Students will work with inequalities and constraints within the context of the overland trail.
Due Monday: team assignment p.180-181 (collected beginning of class as specified in class)
Individual assignment due Monday: read p.175, read p.176-177 and summarize in 1 paragraph (1/2 page or less); read p.179 and summarize in 1 paragraph.
Thursday 10/01/09
Catch up day due to challenge day (2/3 of class out)
Tuesday 9/29/09
Patterns Unit Test
Monday 9/28/09
Test Review for tomorrow's unit test on patterns
Friday 9/25/09
Obj: Students will represent geometric border problems in multiple ways.
Team Assignment: p.44-45 to be completed Monday
Monday-Test Review
Tuesday Test Patterns
Thursday 9/24/09
Obj: Students will generalize rules about polygon diagonals and interior angles.
Due tomorrow: p.43
Begun today: p.42 in teams
Tuesday 9/22/09
Obj: Students will explore patterns for interior angle sums.
Team assignment was due at the end of class. If incomplete, it will be handed back with point deductions and students may finish for 80% credit.
p.38 due date bumps to Thursday.
Monday 9/21/09
Mrs. Davies was out with a sick child. In class problems assigned for extra credit-due Friday as posted in class.
Thursday 9/17/09
Obj: Students will learn about angle measurement and close figure polygons.
In Class: Warm-up (order of operations-parenthesis placement); Activity-triangle and quadrilateral interior sum
Due Tuesday: p.38
Tuesday 9/15/09
Obj: Students will practice writing summations in sigma notation.
Collected Warm up on Neg/Pos and Order of Operations.
No further assignment until Thursday.
Monday 9/14/09
Obj: Students will work with summation notation.
Due end of class: Team write up for pages 28-29 and POW2
Due tomorrow: p.30-31
Friday 9/11/09
Obj: Students will explore consecutive sums
p.24 was collected
POW2 due date bumped to Monday after rubric explanation
Team Assignment: p.28-29 "consecutive sums" (individual work due and of class; team write up will be due Monday after presentations.
Thursday 9/10/09
DISTRICT BENCHMARK
Tuesday 9/08/09
Obj: Due to shortened class, students will practice order of operations until Obama speech.
p.24 due date bumped to Friday
DISTRICT BENCHMARK THURSDAY
Friday 9/04/09
Quiz #1 Patterns
Thursday 9/03/09
Objective: Students will use the "Hot and Cold Cube" model for negative and positive integer operations.
Due Tuesday: p.24
Quiz Tomorrow
Due Friday 9/11 POW 2
Tuesday 9/01/09
Obj: Students will continue to explore order of operations.
No further assignment for today
QUIZ FRIDAY on order of operations, in/out tables, patterns in sequences and a similar logic problem to Marcella's bagels.
Monday 8/31/09
Due tomorrow: WS 14 & p.19 in text (Assigned Friday). Team write-up for 1-2-3-4 p.18 will be collected along with individual work for that problem.
Friday 8/28/09
Obj: Students will use order of operations to solve involved narrative problems.
Due Monday: p.16-17 team write up and p.12 individual assignment
Due Tuesday: WS 14 #1-9, #14-36 even problems (show work on 3+ operation problems)
Thursday 8/27/09
Obj: Students will work in teams recognizing patterns and generating rules for those patterns.
Assignment: POW #1 p.6 due date is bumped to next Friday
Due Monday: p.12; Due end of class today p.10-1 paper per team
Tuesday 8/25/09
Objective: Students will create class norms for effective groups and solve pattern problems.
Assignment: Due Thursday 1) read p.8-9; 2) Do p.7 "Who's Who?"
Due Thursday 9/3 POW#1 p.6
Monday 8/24/09
Pretest for the Year Given in Class
HW may be turned in tomorrow with no penalty
Friday 8/21/09
Class was spent in freshman meeting. Due date for HW from yesterday is pushed to Monday.
PRETEST MONDAY-Bring a Calculator.
Thursday 8/20/09
Assignment due Friday 8/21: Text p.5 (math biography), WS 691 #11-39 all (follow hand written instrucitons)