Rowan County Senior High School
Lesson Plans 2010-11
Instructor: Mrs. Plank
Week of: 10-18-10
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Pre-calculus
Learning Target: Students
will evaluate functions and
determine their symmetries
Independent Work:
Linear Algebra
Learning Target: Students
will review what we did
before fall break. They
will graph points and
Homework Assignment: p. name quadrants. I will
134-135 # 15-25 (odd) #28- also introduce two
variable equations.
33, #39, #42
Independent Work:
Interactive Instruction:
Students will take notes
Open discussion about
and ask questions and will
function symmetries,
do guided practice.
youtube video about even
Interactive Instruction: I
and odd functions, and
will lecture on chapter 4
guided practice. I walked
introduction. I will walk
around the room and
around the room and help
answered questions when
where needed during
needed.
guided practice.
Closure: We worked on the
Closure: I will ask them if
homework assignment in
class for the last 10 minutes they understood
everything that was
of class.
covered today. I will invite
them to ask any questions
they may have.
Learning Target: Review
Learning Target: Students
about functions symmetry.
will be able to analyze two
Also, parent functions will
variable equations. They
be introduced today.
will be able to find
Independent Work: Begin
different solutions for
CIA I
Learning Target:
Students will review
progress report and work
on their independent
assignments.
Learning Target:
Students will review
progress report and work
on their independent
assignments.
with bell work, 5 problems
in 5 minutes, guided
practices, and students will
work on their homework
assignment from yesterday.
Interactive Instruction: I
will answer any question
they have from Monday’s
lesson, I will introduce the
parent functions to them
along with a YouTube video,
the class will do guided
practice as I walk around
the room and help as
needed.
Closure: I will have the
students turn in an exit slip
telling me what they’ve
learned for the day and any
questions they may have.
Wednesday
Learning Target: Students
will go more in-depth about
parent functions and
function transformation.
Independent Work:
Students will take a 20
minute quiz from section
them as well. They will
also begin to learn how to
graph linear equations.
Independent Work:
Students will be given a
dry-erase board and will
plot points and graph
lines on them. They will
also be given homework
over section 4.3.
Interactive Instruction: I
will direct the guided
practice and walk around
the room and help the
ones who are struggling
on either the guided
practice or the homework.
Closure: I will have them
place all of their materials
such as boards and
markers away and let
them know that to the
next day, we’ll be divided
into two groups (One
group with Me and the
other with her student
teacher).
Learning Target: Students
will have a better
understanding of linear
equations. They will be
able to graph them, find
the equation given two
points, and know the
Learning Target:
Students will review
progress report and work
on their independent
assignments.
4.1. Students will do guided
practice and I will answer
questions and help as
needed.
Interactive Instruction: I
will answer any question
they have from Tuesday’s
lesson, I will continue from
where we left off from
Tuesday’s lesson. The class
will do guided practice as I
walk around the room and
help as needed.
Closure: Students will be
given some practice
problems to do on their
own.
Thursday
Learning Target: Review
from sections 3.1-3.2.
Independent Work:
Students will do some
guided practice on section
3.2. Students will then get
into groups and play
Jeopardy for the remainder
of class to review for their
test for tomorrow.
Interactive Instruction: I
relationships between two
lines when considering
slope.
Independent Work:
Students will do review
sheets using point slope
formula. Students will
work on their homework
assigned from yesterday.
Interactive Instruction:
One teacher will be with
one group and work on
point slope worksheet
while the other catches
the slower ones up and
help them complete their
homework.
Closure: The students will
reunite in the classroom,
put their calculators up,
and ask any questions
they may have before the
bell rings.
Learning Target: Students
will be able to translate
slope-intercept form into
standard form.
Independent Work:
Students will take the
worksheets from the day
before and consider the
slope intercept form and
convert them into
standard form.
Learning Target:
Students will review
progress report and work
on their independent
assignments.
will pass out a study guide
for Friday’s test. I will
review the study guide with
them. We will do a quick
review of parent functions
and then play Jeopardy!
Closure: Since they’re
playing Jeopardy on mini
dry-erase boards, I’ll have
the students clear their
boards and put all their
materials away.
Friday
Learning Target: Section 3.13.2 test. After the test, I will
introduce 3.3
Independent Work:
Students will take their test.
When they finish, there will
be problems on the board
for them to try that
introduces 3.3
Interactive Instruction: I
will observe the class while
Interactive Instruction:
One group of students will
be with one teacher and
the other students will be
with the other like the day
before but the teachers
will swap groups. The
teachers will walk around
the room and help as
needed through guided
practice. This will also be
a review for tomorrow’s
quiz.
Closure: Learning Target:
Let the students know
what the quiz will be
worth and encourage
them to study and since
today is our day for
tutoring, we will
encourage them to come
to tutoring after school if
needed.
Learning Target: Section
4.1-4.3 quiz.
Independent Work:
Students will take their 4.3
quiz. Today, the line of
best fit will be introduced.
They will measure their
height and their forearms
and take the data and
make a scatterplot with it.
Interactive Instruction: I
Learning Target:
Students will review
progress report and work
on their independent
assignments.
they take the test. I will also
take about the last ten
minutes of class and begin
3.3.
Closure: I will get into 3.3 as
much as I can and the class
will be dismissed when the
bell rings and I will wish
them a good weekend!
will observe the students
while they take their quiz.
I will also lecture on
inequalities. We will also
begin the line of best fit
lesson.
Closure: I will have them
try to complete as much
of the activity as possible
so we can finish on
Monday. As they leave, I
will wish them a good
weekend!