Today is the first day of the second trimester of the school year. (One down, two to go!) Students received weekly grade slips and were encouraged to begin the term off on a positive note by asking a parent to sign the slip tonight. Reflections and...

Class periods were shortened to about 20 minutes today. We went over the answers for concept test 6 today, and then cleaned out our notebooks. That took most of the period. Tonight's Homework: Complete the Zap It 1 worksheets (all problems).

Students continued presenting their absolute value projects today. Because the UO/OSU football game will occupy the evening for most of us tonight, homework was somewhat reduced. Students were given the practice test for Concept 6 to complete for...

Student group presentations continued today after a brief review over the lesson on the rate of change. This information can be found in Lesson 4.4 of your book (on page 229). Simply put, the rate of change is defined as the change in the y values...

Papers were collected today. Most students were prepared to turn in their work--thank you! Group presentations began today. Thank you to the group who bravely volunteered to go first--that's always just a little scary. The other groups who...