Jan 19

We reviewed Unit 1 - Exponent rules and combining like terms.

• You all have a copy of our first unit test to do (try not to look at your notes or at your past test to start).  
• Make your corrections using your notebooks, past test, friends, and/or me.
• Make your own questions in the areas you are having the most difficulty.  Mark your corrections and keep doing this until you can do all questions without looking at your notes.

TEST TIPS

Writing Multiple Choice Tests:

• NEVER leave a question blank - as a last resort, at least make an educated guess.
• NEVER waste time on a question worth one mark.  Mark a hard question to come back to later.
• Draw a triangle around a tough question and circle a question you think you have, but want to check later.
• Cross off the obviously wrong answers - it will at least give you a better chance of making a good educated guess.

Ways to start studying:

• NEVER just look at your past notes - this is the worst way to study.  You don't have notes in your test, so you want to practice with your books closed.

1. Pick 10 questions from past tests, quizzes, textbooks, internet etc. (make sure you have the answers somewhere)
2. Put your book away and try the questions like it is a test.
3. Open your book and mark the work.
4. With your book open, make your corrections.
5. Pick another 10 questions and start again - this time, pick questions you struggled with the first time.
6. Keep doing this until you can comfortably do the questions on your own.

* To make this more fun, do this with a friend.  Make questions for each other :)  I'm sure a parent will help you pick out questions as well :)

I have photocopied all of our tests from the semester for you to go over.  Please try to do these on your own first before you start to look at your answers - see above.

More to come...

Jan 17th

We reviewed all homework from the last week and went over some of the common mistakes that were being made.  You had to work in a group of 2-4 students to make and answer questions.  These can be definitions, graphs, or any other creative way you would like to show you understand.

3 transformation questions
2 similar triangle questions
1 word problem

You need to questions and answers.

Jan 12

SIMILAR TRIANGLES:

HOMEWORK:

Front side of first page & pages 1-3 in booklet.

Jan 7th

FINAL TRANSFORMATION LESSON

A dilation is a type of transformation that changes the size of the image. The scale factor, sometimes called the scalar factor, measures how much larger or smaller the image is.

Metric conversion reminder:

HOMEWORK:  2 page handout - will also get some time tomorrow.

Jan 5th

TRANSFORMATIONS CONTINUED:

We looked at the third Transformation today ... The Rotation or Flip

HOMEWORK:  Finish the booklet - Pages 103 & 102.

January 4th

TRANSFORMATIONS:

Translation = Slide

• Slide can be shown with an arrow, words or symbols (ie 3D = 3 down, 4R = 4 right)

Reflection = Flip (like in a mirror)

• Flip equal distance across the reflection line

HOMEWORK:  PG 100, 101 & 105 (Skip question 8 on page 105.)