March+Algebra+I+Honors+07-08

March 3, 2008 March 4, 2008 March 5, 2008 March 6, 2008 March 7, 2008 March 10, 2008 March 11, 2008 March 12, 2008 March 13, 2008 March 14, 2008 March 17, 2008 March 18, 2008 March 19, 2008 March 20, 2008 March 24, 2008 March 25, 2008 March 26, 2008 March 27, 2008 March 28, 2008 March 31, 2008

March 3, 2008

Objective: YWBAT find the general term of a given sequence

Agenda: 1. What is a pattern? How does a pattern differ from a sequence? 2, What does the general term of a sequence mean? Why are we interested in finding the general term? 3. How does this differ from linear or quadratic patterns?

HW: Rules Handout

March 4, 2008

Objective: YWBAT write the general term of a sequence using both explicit and recursive formulas

Agenda: 1. What does "explicit" and "recursive" mean generally? How does this apply to our expressions for a general term? 2. What do these different forms of writing accomplish? 3. Identify what is difficult about using a particular form?

HW: p. 696 #10-37

March 5, 2008

Objective: YWBAT evaluate the sum of a series expressed in sigma notation

Agenda: 1. How does a sequence and a series differ? How are they related? 2. Imagine situations where would like to know the general term and situations where would like to know the sum of a given series? 3. Why do we have notation?

HW: p. 696 #42-74

March 6, 2008

Objective: YWBAT recognize arithmetic sequences, and find the indicated term of an arithmetic sequence YWBAT find arithmetic means between two numbers

Agenda: 1. How does the concept of "common difference" relate to our work with linear equations? How does it differ? 2. Derive a formula for arithmetic sequences both recursive and explicit in definition. 3. How can we apply the concept of mean to find the arithmetic mean between two numbers?

HW: p. 703 #8-76

March 7, 2008

Objective: YWBAT recognize arithmetic sequences, and find the indicated term of an arithmetic sequence YWBAT find arithmetic means between two numbers

Agenda: 1. How does the concept of "common difference" relate to our work with linear equations? How does it differ? 2. Derive a formula for arithmetic sequences both recursive and explicit in definition. 3. How can we apply the concept of mean to find the arithmetic mean between two numbers?

HW: p. 703 #8-76

March 10, 2008

Objective: YWBAT find the sum of the first //n// terms of an arithmetic series

Agenda: 1. How is sigma notation different from and similar to algebraic methods of summing? 2. How do we translate the information without a sigma expression into a formulaic means of determing the sum? 3. How can you find the sum if the final term of the series is unknown?

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