Lesson Plans for the Week of February 5, 2024
T10 on Thursday
Monday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4; PC.5 |
Evaluating Trig Functions NOT On the UC |
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Tuesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4; PC.5 |
Circuit- Trig Fxns, Reference Angles, Angles not on Unit Circle (“exact value” means use the unit circle) Circuit- Reference Angles (no calculator) |
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Wednesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4; PC.5 |
More work with reference angles and trig ratios |
wksht: More Practice with Reference Angles, Trig Ratios on and off the UC |
Thursday |
T10 |
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Friday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.2 |
Graphing Sine |
Graph cosine Watch videos posted on GC |
AP Calculus or no AP Calculus. That is the question.
If this is your question, I have two things for you to do as you are choosing your coursework for next year.
#1: Please go to this website and pick one of our AP courses that we offer at WOHS. The site will show what careers will need that course. You may not need AP Calculus, but you should consider at least one of our AP courses that is offered. I’m hoping for AP Calculus. 🙂
#2: Read this article.
What Do Colleges Look For in Students_ _ CollegeData
I hope that your decisions are based on what is best for your future goals. I have former students tell me all the time that my honors math/AP Calculus best prepared them for college whether they were math majors or not. I have former students tell me all the time, “I should have taken your (fill in the blank with any of my honors math/AP Calculus) class.” I’ve never had a student come back and tell me that my courses were a waste of their time.
I had a former student tell me that my honors precalculus helped her make an A in her precalculus course at KC. She said students were struggling, but she was flying through it.
A former student emailed me yesterday: “Thank you for the suffering.” (tongue-in-cheek humor) “Your Pre-AP classes prepared me for college math. If any pre-ap kids talk crap send them my way.”
I had a senior last year at graduation tell me that she found out that morning that she was going to have to take Calculus at Texas A&M for her major. She was so glad she took my class. She aced Calculus 1 at Texas A&M last fall.
I had a former student change her major in college to a different nursing degree plan and it required Business Calculus. She was so glad she had taken my AP Calculus and is now pursuing her doctorate in nursing.
I had a former student tell me last year that the rigor of my AP Calculus best prepared him as he was entering medical school. He didn’t have to take Calculus in high school, but he did and it prepared him for his future goal of becoming a doctor.
So before you “drop out” of honors math because you think you won’t be able to handle the load, please give serious thought to what will be most beneficial to you in your future.
Lesson Plans for the Week of January 29, 2024
Wednesday is a half-day; early release.
Monday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
The unit circle with special right triangles |
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Tuesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
The other Trig functions |
Wksht: The trig functions |
Wednesday (half-day) |
workday |
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Thursday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
Reference Angles: Day one |
Wksht (1-18) |
Friday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
Reference Angles: Day two |
Wksht (19-45) |
Lesson Plans for the Week of January 22, 2024
T9 on Wednesday, Jan 24
Monday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
Degrees/Minutes/Seconds, and Complementary and Supplementary Angles |
p. 262 (56-92e) Wksht: Circuit: Radians and Degrees |
Tuesday |
Quiz (“quiz before test”) |
Wksht: I will hand out in class |
Wednesday |
T9 |
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Thursday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
Numbering the Unit Circle Activity |
memorize the unit circle! |
Friday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.4 |
Sine and Cosine |
Wksht: cosine and sine functions |
Lesson Plans for the Week of January 15, 2024
Thursday, Feb 1, T9
Half-Day 1/31 so that’s why the test in on Thursday.
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday |
School holiday and Two “Snow” Days! |
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Thursday
TEKS: PC1. PC.4 |
Angles and Coterminal Angles with Radians |
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Friday
TEKS: PC1. PC.4 |
Quiz Angles and Coterminal Angles using Radians and Degrees |
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Monday
TEKS: PC1. PC.4 |
Angles using Degrees, Minutes, Seconds; Complementary and Supplementary Angles |
p. 262 (56-92e) |
Tuesday
TEKS: PC1. PC.4 |
Quiz T9 on Thursday, 2/1 🙂 |
Wksht: review |
Lesson Plans for the Week of January 8, 2024
Welcome back! The Spring Semester will fly by faster than you can imagine. The objective is to stay focused and on course until May 17. There is no time for “senioritis”. This last semester is just as important as the first one. Stay strong until the end!
Monday, January 15 is a holiday.
Monday January 8 is a teacher workday! Enjoy the last day of your break. 🙂
Tuesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
Group Quiz: Sequences and Series (what we didn’t finish before the break) |
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Wednesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.2 |
Angles and Coterminal Angles |
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Thursday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.2 |
What is a Radian? |
Watch video (GC) and take notes in your journal when you finish activity |
Friday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.2 |
Radians and Degrees |
Lesson Plans for the Week of December 11, 2023
Nine Week Test on Tuesday.
Monday |
9WT Review (due today) |
Tuesday |
9WT |
Wednesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
Circuit: Sequences and Series |
Thursday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
QQT The questions will be posted on google classroom this afternoon so you can use them to study for your quiz tomorrow. |
Friday |
Quiz: sequences and series |
Fall Exam Schedule
Lesson Plans for the Week of December 4, 2023
9WT MP2 will be on December 12.
Monday |
T8 |
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Tuesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
Sequences and Series |
p. 577 (8-24eoe, 34, 42-46e, 66, 72, 90, 92, 114-118e) |
Wednesday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
Arithmetic Sequences |
p. 586 (6-10e, 12-36eoe, 58-70eoe, 72, 98) |
Thursday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
Geometric Sequences and Partial Sums | p. 595 (8, 18-22e, 40, 44, 56, 58, 66, 70) |
Friday
TEKS: PC.1; PC.5 |
The Binomial Theorem |
p. 604 (28, 30, 32, 34, 42, 44, 56, 58, 64, 68, 70, 78, 80) |