Mr. Dooley’s Class

This week we will wrap up the unit on polynomials. We will be in the computer lab on Monday and Tuesday and then review Wednesday and Thursday. The unit test will be this Friday and will cover classifying, adding, subtracting, multiplying and factoring polynomials. Students who did not turn in the task rotation from last week on Monday need to do so ASAP as late penalties will accrue daily. I hope to send out progress reports on Friday assuming Infinite Campus will allow me to print them. Have a great week.

Tuesday, we began factoring polynomials. We will continue this on Thursday. Students have problems on a worksheet due Thursday that will be collected Friday for a grade. We will also have a task rotation over this material this weekend that will be due next Monday and a short quiz on Friday.

I didn’t realize the nine weeks ended this Friday instead of next Friday, so we’ll have a different assignment this week. We will be doing an in-class task rotation Thursday and completing it Friday. This will be the last grade students will have for the third nine weeks. All student make-up work will be due by Friday afternoon and work on Carnegie will be graded as of 1 p.m. on Friday. Grade cards will go home next Thursday afternoon.

I apologize again for the late update; I have been very sick this week. Students have Page 450, 1-10 and 14-17 for homework tonight, and progress reports are going home with students today for signatures. They’ll be due back Monday for extra credit. The assignment will be turned in tomorrow and students will have an in-class assignment over the same material. Next week, we will study Exponential Growth and Decay. We will have a homework assignment on Thursday; it will be page 441, 16-21 and 26-35. We’ll do an ORQ over exponential growth and decay on Friday that will count for a grade.

Reminder to students in my homeroom: lunch money for Tuesday’s field trip is due by Friday; permission slips are due by Monday.

I apologize for being so late in updating this week but there’s been a lot going on here at LCHS. We will have a 20-question, 100-point quiz tomorrow that will cover the material presented over the past two weeks. This includes properties of exponents and scientific notation. The quiz will be multiple choice. If students want to practice for the quiz, this site has some flashcard exercises on the properties of exponents that might be useful. Progress reports for my class will be sent out next Monday. Students can return the reports with a parent signature by next Wednesday for 10 extra credit points. Have a great weekend.

Monday, we wrapped up Systems of Equations. Tuesday and Wednesday were lab days. On Thursday and Friday, we will be starting a new unit dealing with exponents. Students will have a homework assignment Thursday evening. Students in my second period class should have brought home a permission slip allowing them to participate in a survey being conducted by our school’s Youth Service Center. These forms need to be returned to me by next Thursday so the students may participate. If you have any questions about the survey, e-mail Ms. Jama Richardson.

This week we will continue to work with Systems of Equations since many students seem to be having difficulty with this material. Tuesday, students will complete an in-class review of systems. The review sheet will count as a homework assignment and will also contain some optional problems students can work to receive bonus points on the test we took Friday. The homework assignment will be graded solely on completeness, but the bonus problems must be correct to earn additional points. Since many students’ grades on the exam were not as good as they or I had anticipated, I hope they will take advantage of this opportunity to earn extra credit. On Wednesday, we will be in the computer lab as usual. On Thursday, we will do an open response question in class as a group for practice. Students will then do an ORQ on their own on Friday to wrap up the unit on systems. Don’t forget Parent-Teacher conferences will be held Tuesday afternoon from 3:30-6:30 p.m.

The Academic Team placed second overall at the KAAC District Governor’s Cup competition Saturday at Franklin-Simpson High School. The team also recieived the Katherine C. Hume Sportsmanship Award. The Quick Recall team of Alexis Garner, Jackson Pryor, A.J. Stewart, Sam Tinch and Robert Westerfield and the Future Problem Solving team of Jacob Perry, Josh Prince, Tamala Smith and Sam Tinch each placed second. Receiving individual honors at the competition were:

• Victoria Allen, fourth place, language arts written assessment
• Jasmine Clayton, fifth place, composition
• Josh Prince, second place, math written assessment, and tied for first place, science written assessment
• Jackson Pryor, third place, social studies written assessment
• Tamala Smith, second place, composition, and fourth place, arts and humanities written assessment
• A.J. Stewart, third place, math written assessment, and first place, language arts written assessment
• Sam Tinch, second place, arts and humanities written assessment

All students will advance to the regional competition to be held Feb. 17 and 21 at Madisonville North Hopkins High School.

The test over the unit we’ve just completed over solving systems of equations will be this Friday, February 6. The test will include questions over solving systems by graphing, substitution and elimination. The test will be multiple choice with approximately 10 questions. We will have a review sheet on Thursday in class to go over the material. Also due on Friday will be Spiral No. 1 (the pink sheet). Don’t forget progress reports will go out Tuesday and Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held that day from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.