The day before tomorrow

Does anyone check this blog apart from my grade 9s?

Anyhow.. the test is written and photocopied... 73 marks in total!

Study hard and come to me for help at lunch tomorrow if you need me!

NO AFTERSCHOOL

People, I'm sorry, but I totally forgot that Monday is a shorten day when I said I would do afterschool help.

I have meetings until 2:45 or so on Monday, after the dismissal, so the only extra help I can give is during 2nd and 4th period.

Seating Plan and Homework

I've been marking your homework from the past two days, and in all honesty I'm not please. I think we could have all put in a bit more effort into doing those questions. Please promise me and promise yourself that you will try harder. We need to do well here so the rest of our semester will go smoothly.

On a brighter note, I was really please with the behaviour in our class today. The seating plan was harsh, but you have proven to me that when you need to, you can all pay close attention and learn, learn, learn! I don't want to be a wicked witch, but I will if that's the way to get you to learn. Afterall, that is my job.

Tomorrow we will be factoring so that we can get the factored form of the parabola if we are given the standard form only.

Monday is our review day, and I'll be taking up the homework I have collected that day. Study a bit over the weekend and make sure you ask me questions on Monday. The test on Tuesday will be long and hard. Be prepared!

See you all tomorrow!

Extra Help Times

Second period: If I don't have to supply for another teacher, I will be in room 206 for the first 20 minutes of that period.

Fourth Period: If you need my assistance tell me a period ahead of time, and I'll make arrangements to meet you in room 208 for up to half of the period. Most likely I'll meet you near the end of the period.

Afterschool: I'll be in room 206 for at least 10 minutes, and I can stay for quite a while. If I'm not in 206, then find me in the math office and we can work in 206, after you get me!

Classroom Expectations

I'm glad everyone comes to class; but if only we can all pay attention too! As students you are expected to give your undivided attention to the happenings in the classroom. You have a right to be confused and you have a right to not like what we are doing, but we must still proceed on with learning, AND it's expected that you try your absolute "bestest." Do remember that I'm not the one that needs the math credit... you do!

As I announced, our first test is on Monday. STUDY!!
Homework will be collected and marked tomorrow. What's for homework again? It's the investigation sheet on the standard form of parabolas.

Well well, work hard and I'll see you tomorrow.

Multiplying and Dividing Polynomials

We had a shortened period today, but lots was taught. Questions 1 - 6 (every other part) on the multiplying and dividing polynomials pages was assigned. I do expect that done for tomorrow and I will be checking.

Tomorrow we will be learning about parabolas again. This time, however, it will be the standard form of the parabola.

Just to refresh your brain, the vertex form looks like y = a(x - h)^2 + k and the factored form is y = a(x - s)(x - t). Guess what the standard form will look like.

Well.. I'll see you tomorrow... we will be making good use of the multiplying polynomials work we did today,so please remember to do your homework. Buhbye for now.

What should I do?

Like I said in class, I'm pretty disappointed with your test results, and starting to get annoyed with how you guys aren't really paying attention in class as much as I want you to. Some of you are learning a lot, while others of you... simply don't care.

What can I do? If you have any suggestions on how to make your semester better, please speak up. I don't mind some people getting off track a little.. but if you're not doing your work, I'm only going to have to start being mean! I really don't think you'll like that.

Anyhow, we are taking a break from the parabolas next day. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I'll see you already to learn on Monday. Remember both Monday and Tuesday are day 1s.

BUHBYE!

More Parabolas Tomorrow and Quiz Takeup

We'll start the class by taking up the quiz and then going into more investigation sheets on parabolas. I don't think we will be having a lot of "fun" until next week. There's lots of "boring" material to cover, but I promise to be there to try to make the class as entertaining as possible.

See you soon!

Do you guys check?

I've had 1 student from this class tell me they have checked my blog... I just want to know whether you are checking? Let me know in class.

The quiz is tomorrow! There's not much to worry about; we will do a quick review right after the assembly tomorrow.

See you in class....

CUBE-A-LINK!

Happy Friday once again to all of you!

I don't know about you, but I had a great time today, watching you build your cubes and swimming pools. I know some of you think it's a little too "immature" for a grade 11 math class, but I wanted to show you that math doesn't have to be just pencil and paper.

Some of you responded well to the challenge of the different coloured cubes (thank you), others of you weren't so keen. For those of you who didn't learn too much from what we were doing today, were are going to go through the significants of the activity in class on Monday.

Remember I will be collecting the Activity 3 handout, so please have it done for Monday.

Well... enjoy the weekend.... and get rested for the new week!!

Well done!

Class, I was very proud of your diligence today. The work you did on the "Solving Equations" worksheet was really good. You remembered to show your steps and you worked well with you partner. I hope today's practice solidified your understanding of how to solve equations.

If you still find yourself a little shakey, just go back and do some questions over again. OR you can come for extra help after school and we can go through them together.

Please remember how to solve equations with fractions, we will be using the skill frequently in our course.

Tomorrow, we will continue our "review" of quadratics by working on problems similar to the Fasool's Fantasitc Funland problem that we did. I'll bring some cube-a-links to brighten up the class a little.

Have a good day!

Can you see this?!

Good day to all of you who are visiting OUR website.

Feel free to add your comments or ask questions on this site using the comment link at the end of each post. I'd love to hear what you have to say, especially if you think it will help you with your learning.

Welcome again to those of you who joined us today. I hope you are liking the class already. I apologise for giving you homework, THAT I WILL COLLECT, so early in the year. But I do believe it is good to build a habit of practicing what you have learned in class.

Today we did a quick review of the topics that you learnt in grade 10. And then we quickly reviewed the art and science of "solving equations."

Like I have said over and over again, I am collecting the 5 questions on "solving equations", first thing tomorrow, and I will mark it!

Tomorrow, we will do more solving equations and then progress to quadratic equations (aka parabolas). Anyhow, have a great night and see you tomorrow!

Day 2

We have had a pretty good start to the year. Now I would ask that you sit closer up to the front of the class so I can get to know you a bit more. Remember I will be assigning seats once I get to know your names. Don't get too comfortable in your seats. ;P

Hopefully you all attempted to do the "Find Someone Who" review sheet. If you are having difficulty, please pay close attention when we are taking up the sheet in class today.

We will be starting a review of "Solving Equations." There's a lot of work there, and it may be difficult at times. Please stick with me. I will be with you along the way to guide you through.

Well, have fun and I'll see you later!

Welcome to My Class!

Hello MBF3C0,

I am looking forward to having a great semester with you. I have taught MBF3C0 twice, but because the Ministry of Education just recently changed the curriculum, there is still a bit of organizing to do.

We are going to do some review this week. By the end of the week we should have already started on the quadratic section of our course. Quadratics were taught in grade 10 so this should be a review for all of you.

Now that the summer is over and school has started, it's time for you to start committing yourself to learning again! Remember to bring your supplies to class, I'll see you tomorrow.