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Unit 5

Week 16: SLO REVIEW WEEK
MONDAY, APRIL 27: Unit 4 Review (Unit 4 Test review)
TUES, APR 28: Unit 3 Review (Unit 3 Test review)
WED, APR 29: Unit 2 Review (Unit 2 Test Review)
THURS, APR 30: Unit 1 Review (Unit 1 Test Review)
FRI, MAY 1: Student Learning Objectives Online Test (SLO)

Weekly assignments: 
  • Review previous tests and quizzes                               
  • ALEKS quiz (complete one due 5/1/2015)
  • ALEKS quiz (begin one due due 5/8/2015)
  • ALEKS optional practice assignment (due 5/8/2015)
  • ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
Previous tests (last semester):THE SLO IS THIS WEEK DUE TO GA MILESTONES AND AP TESTING!

Week 15: SLO REVIEW WEEK
MONDAY, APRIL 20: What do we remember about trigonometry?
  • Review graphing trigonometric functions 
  • Assignment: Review Unit 5 tests and quizzes
TUES APR 21: What do we remember about Trigonometric properties?
  • Review identifying parts of trigonometric functions
  • Assignment: study for test
WED APR 22: What do we remember about Trigonometric properties?
  • Trigonometry Review Test
  • Assignment: none
THURS APR 23: What do we remember about exponents and logarithms?
  •  Review exponents and logarithms
  • Assignment: Review Unit 4 tests and quizzes
FRI, APR 24: What do we remember about logarithms and interest?
  • Review logarithms and interest
  • Assignment: Review exponents, logarithms, and interest for test on Monday
  • Assignment:  complete ALEKS quiz (due tonight at 11:59 pm)
  • Assignment:  begin ALEKS quiz (due 5/1/2015)



Week 14
MONDAY, APRIL 13: What do we remember about trigonometry?
  • Review Unit Circle
  • Assignment: study for Unit Circle Daily quiz #1
TUES APR 14: What do we remember about Trigonometric properties?
  • Review Unit 5 Test 1
  • Assignment: none
WED APR 15: What do we remember about Trigonometric properties?
  • Review graphing trigonometric functions
  • Assignment: page 364 #1-19 all (posted after 6pm)
THURS APR 16: What do we remember about graphing trigonometric functions?FRI, APR 17: What do we remember about graphing trigonometric functions?
  • More review of the graphs of trigonometric functions
  • Assignment: page 366-369: #1-13, 15-23, 25-28
  • Assignment:  complete ALEKS quiz


Week 13
MONDAY, MARCH 30: How do we graph other trigonometric functions?TUES MAR 31:How do we translate trigonometric functions?
  • Unit 5 Quiz 2
  • Transformations of Trigonometric functions
  • Assignment: work on ALEKS quiz 1
WED APR 1: What have we learned about trigonometric functions?THURS APR 2: What have we learned about graphing trigoometric functions?
  • Unit 5 Test 2
  • Assignment: none
FRI, APR 3: What do we remember about trigonometric functions and the Unit Circle?
  • Review Unit 5
  • In-class trigonometry activity
  • Assignment: complete ALEKS quiz over the break

Week 12
MONDAY, MARCH 23: How do we graph sine and cosine functions?TUES MAR 24: How do we graph sine and cosine function?
  • Review graphing sine and cosine functions
  • Assignment: complete all prior graphing homework
WED MAR 25: How do we graph tangent functions?THURS MAR 26: How do we graph other trigonometric functions?
  • Graphing tangent and inverse trigonometric functions
  • Assignment: page 353-354: #1-19, 27-32
FRI, MAR 27: How do we graph other trigonometric functions?
  • More graphing tangent and inverse trigonometric functions
  • Assignment: study for quiz
Week 11
MONDAY, MARCH 16: What have we learned about the Unit Circle?TUES MAR 17: What have we learned about the Unit Circle
  • Unit 5 Test 1
  • Assignment: none
WED MAR 18: How do we graph trigonometric functions?
  • Review test
  • Graphing sine and cosine functions
  • Assignment: page 347-348: #1-18
THURS MAR 19: How do we graph trigonometric functions?
  • Review properties of the graph of sine and cosine functions
  • Assignment: page 348: 19-37
FRI, MAR 20: How do we graph trigonometric functions?
  • Review properties of sine and cosine functions
Week 10
MONDAY, MARCH 9: What have we learned about the Unit Circle?
  • Unit Circle Review
  • Assignment: page 338-339: ALL
TUES MAR 10:What have we learned about the Unit Circle?WED MAR 11: What are the inverse ratios on the Unit CircleTHURS MAR 12: FRI, MAR 13: What have we learned about the Unit Circle?
  • More Unit Circle Review
  • Finish study guide review
  • Assignment: study for test

Week 9
MONDAY, MARCH 2: What have we learned about Trigonometry so far?TUES MAR 3: What are angles of rotation and coterminal angles?WED MAR 4: What is the Unit Circle?
  • Unit Circle
  • Assignment: page 335 #1-35
THURS MAR 5: What are some uses of the Unit Circle?FRI, MAR 6: What are some uses of the Unit Circle?
Week 8
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23: What is the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines?TUES FEB 24:What have we learned so far about Trigonometric ratios and their laws?
  • Unit 5 Quiz 1
  • Assignment: none (finish previous homework)
WED FEB 25: No School - Ice Day
THURS FEB 26: No School - Ice Day
FRI, FEB 27: How can we understand angles of more than 90 degrees or less than 0 degrees?
  • Angles of Rotation
  • Degrees and Radians
  • Assignment:  page 327: #1-50 all
Week 7
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16: President's Day - No school
TUES FEB 17: Ice day - No School
WED FEB 18: What are the inverse trigonmetric functions, and how do we use them?THURS FEB 5: How do we apply trigonometry outside of the classroom?FRI, FEB 6:  What do we know about trigonometric ratios?
  • Trigonometry Mini-project
  • Assignment: tbd
UNIT 4
Week 6
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9: Do we remember how to graph exponents?TUES FEB 3: What have we learned about exponents and logarithms?WED FEB 4: What have we learned about exponents and logarithms?
  • Review Unit 4
  • Assignment: study for test
THURS FEB 5: What have we learned in Unit 4?
  • Unit 4 Test 2 (End of Unit Test)
  • Assignment: none
FRI, FEB 6:  What is trigonometry?
Week 5
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2: How do we apply properties of exponents and logarithms?TUES FEB 3: How do we apply properties of exponents and logarithms?WED FEB 4: How do we apply properties of exponents and logarithms?THURS FEB 5: How do we apply properties of exponents and logarithms?FRI, FEB 6:  How do we apply properties of exponents and logarithms?
  • Unit 4 Quiz 3
  • Assignment: none

Week 4
MONDAY, JANUARY 26: What is the natural base, and how do we use it?TUES, JAN 27: How do we solve exponential and logarithmic equations and inequalities?
  • Exponential equations and inequalities
  • Logarithmic equations and inequalities
  • Assignment: page 296: #1-33
WED, JAN 28: What have we learned so far about exponents and logarithms?THURS, JAN 29: What have we learned so far about exponents and logarithms?
  • Review exponents and logarithms
  • Assignment: study for Unit 4 Test 1
FRI, JAN 30:  What have we learned about exponents and logarithms?
  • Unit 4 Test 1
  • Assignment: none
Week 3
MONDAY, JANUARY 19: MLK Holiday - No school
TUES, JAN 20: What are logarithms?WED, JAN 21: What are the properties of logarithms?THURS, JAN 22: How do we use properties of logarithms?FRI, JAN 23:  What do we remember about logarithms:
  • Review properties of logarithms
  • Unit 4 Quiz 2
  • Assignment: none
Week 2
MONDAY, JANUARY 12: How do we operate with radicals?TUES, JAN 13: How can we change bases of exponents?WED, JAN 14: What do we know so far about exponents and radicals?
  • Unit 4 Quiz 1
  • Assignment: none
THURS, JAN 15: How do we solve exponential equations and functions?FRI, JAN 16:  How do we solve exponential equations and functions?
  • Review solving exponential equations
  • Classwork Assignment
  • Assignment: Worksheet B and Worksheet C
Week 1
MONDAY, JANUARY 5: NO SCHOOL - TEACHER WORKDAY
TUES, JAN 6: What prior skills do we need to remember for the upcoming unit?
  • Are you ready? (book page 174 problems)
  • Assignment: finish page 174
WED, JAN 7: What do we remember about exponents and their properties?THURS, JAN 8: How do we simplify radicals?FRI, JAN 9:  What other properties of radicals do we need to know?