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		<title>Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Towne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weblog here is a synopsis of my 2007-2008 school year &#8211; the first year that I taught Algebra 1 in many years. I used Discovering Algebra from Key Curriculum Press. I was told that chapter 0 is easier after chapter 1 by teachers that had done it previously, so that is the order that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=345&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Final Exam (Day 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Protected: Final Exam (Day 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Final Exam &#8211; Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Towne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t realize until last week that the end of year exam was comprehensive &#8211; I assumed that the test would be on the quarter only. Also, it is in two parts and I&#8217;m pretty sure that they both can&#8217;t be done in one day, so they&#8217;ll have to be done on Tuesday and Wednesday. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=314&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: 9.9 &#8211; Chapter 9 Exam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>9.9 &#8211; Chapter Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No classes (team mosaic day) on Wednesday, so review has to be done in one day &#8211; today. Chapter 9 Review Worksheet<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=309&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.7 &#8211; Quadratic Formula</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to time constraints, we had to skip completing the square, which leaves us no way to derive the quadratic formula. So today I put y = x² + 6x + 8 on the board and had the students factor it. We then found the roots and confirmed it by graphing it on Sketchpad. Then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=308&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.4 &#8211; Factored Form (Day 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went over the first three problems on the worksheet below. #1 is like the ones that we did last week. Given general form, factor to get factored form then find the x-intercepts and the vertex. #2 has an a-term that is not equal to one #3 cannot be factored That took about 20 to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=306&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.4 &#8211; Factored Form (Day 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began the day by going over the homework &#8211; I explained that although it was just arithmetic, it would help with our algebra later today. I then put a quadratic on the board in factored form and we discussed what it told us, went to general form and talked about what it told us, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=303&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.4 &#8211; Factored Form (Day 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one class I began by going over the homework from the textbook and in the other I went over their quiz. I think going over the homework was more helpful because question #5 led into what were going to do. I put a equation on the board in factored form and then graphed it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mrtowne.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1645942&amp;post=305&amp;subd=mrtowne&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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