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DATE	NOTES, ASSIGNMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER COOL STUFF
17 February 2012	Chapter 5 Test Enjoy your four-day weekend!
	Chapter 5 Practice Test
block days 2/15 and 2/16	Today's notes Test on Friday
14 February 2012	A very special thank you to Bailey!  Yet another review day Test on Friday Study, study, study
13 February 2012	Another review day Test on Friday
10 February 2012	Went over the project Test next FRIDAY Please find the time to study
Block days 2/8 and 2/9	Integral project [you will be presenting on Friday]
7 February 2012	The last new derivatives and integrals for the year
6 February 2012	Derivatives and Integrals involving e^u
3 February 2012	SNOW DAY!!! [My snow day dance worked!] Chapter 4 Test Results:  2 [Ravenclaw] 34% A's, 53% A+B 4 [Slytherin] 36% A's, 61% A+B 5 [Hufflepuff] 23% A's, 48% A+B 7 [Gryffindor] 34% A's, 50% A+B
block days 2/1 and 2/2	Happy February! Derivatives of Inverse Functions [Happy Groundhog Day!]
31 January 2012	More integrals involving 1/u
30 January 2012	Indefinite Integals Involving 1/u
27 January 2012	Derivative of ln Algebra Stuff for this chapter
Block days 1/25 and 1/26	Chapter Four Big Free Response Test
24 January 2012	Solutions to the Free Response Handout Remember:  Free Response Test on Block Day
23 January 2012	Check out the coverage about Calculus: The Musical at the Royal Banner website http://www.fhsroyalbanner.com/student-life/2012/01/10/musical-performed-at-monarch-for-bvsd-calculus-students/ Solutions to the Thestral Problem Note:  I had some problems with my t's being crossed.  Deal with it. Can't wait until tomorrow?  See above Remember:  Free Response Test on Block DAy Fairview's #1 Fan
20 January 2012	What we worked on today [I don't know why the pdf turned out fuzzy, but I do have some extras in Room 222] Free Response Test next Block Day so I hope that you are spending some time studying
Block Days 1/18 and 1/19	Average Rate  versus Average Value Harry Potter is not Average Free Response Test next Block Day
17 January 2012	Average Value
Friday the 13th	Quiz Results: Period 2:  52% A's Period 4:  58% A's Period 5:  61% A's Period 7: 71% A's
Block days 1/11 and 1/12	Today's notes Reminder:  Multiple-choice quiz on Friday
10 January 2012	The trapezoid rule Reminder:  Multiple-choice quiz on Friday
9 January 2012	Great job on your presentations! Reminder:  Multiple-choice quiz on Friday Hope to see you at the show tonight!
Breaking News!	Calculus the Musical on January 9th at Monarch High School See some t-shirt designs at:  http://homework.zendog.org/MIscellaneous.html
6 January 2012	U-sub project [we will do presentations with your groups on Monday] Today's weird u-sub examples Want to practice singing?  Go to:  http://matheatre.com/lyrics/ctm.php A video of your favorite song with Fairview students:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxHVX0hUClg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
5 January 2012	U-sub with definite integrals Please remember your $7 [cash only] for your t-shirts Don't forget Calculus the Musical next Monday Chapter 4 multiple-choice quiz on Friday the 13th
4 January 2012	Happy New year and welcome back Please remember your $7 [cash only] for your t-shirts U-sub with indefinite integrals Don't forget about Calculus the Musical next Monday Chapter 4 multiple choice quiz on Friday, 1/13/12 [Yes, Friday the 13th]
winter break	Slytherin is now in the lead for the House Cup Competition! Ms. McCleary has left the castle and will return on January 3, 2012
Finals week	T-shirts are here!  Please bring your $7 since my AmEx bill will be due soon.  CASH! Ravenclaw:  53% of you got a "B" or better on your final exam.   [median score = 80%] Slytherin:  59% of you got a "B: or better on your final exam [median = 83%]  Hufflepuff:  29% got a "B" or better [median score = 72%] Gryffindor: 39% of you got a "B" or better [I forgot your median. Sorry]
9 December 2011	Last day of the semester!  Important news:  T-SHIRTS have arrived.  If you ordered one, then please bring your $7 [cash only] to Room 222 to pick it up.  BCEDBBECBDCBCEEADDCEDCDADAEDDEED
Block days 12/7 and 12/8	Great presentations!  Your solutions
6 December 2011	Today's notes [work on  parts a, c, and d in the Tank Problem and all of the Snow Problem]
5 December 2011	Still working on applications [handout] Today's notes [finish the Pool problem in your notebook for tomorrow] Practice Multiple Choice Exam [not responsible for typos]
2 December 2011	Chapter Four Quiz Practice Multiple Choice Exam [not responsible for typos]
Block days 11/30 and 12/1	Good job on your presentations quiz on Friday
29 November 2011	Today's notes on  FTC Quiz on Friday, December 2nd Big Chapter 4 Problem Sing-along time
28 November 2011	Solutions to the project Quiz on Friday, December 2nd Today's notes on FTC [see handout below] I will be placing the t-shirt order tomorrow.  Thinking about FTC Sing-along time
18 November 2011	The  Contenders for our t-shirt Chapter Four First Project NEXT QUIZ ON DECEMBER 2nd Note:  You can still access the textbook questions at: http://college.cengage.com/mathematics/blackboard/content/larson/calc8e/calc8e_solution_main.html?CH=07&SECT=a&TYPE=se
Block days 11/16 and 11/17	FTC Part II Solutions to Chapter 3 Project Note:  I did not get a chance to proof-read the solutions.
15 November 2011	FTC Part I
14 November 2011	Definite Integral Rules
Block days 11/9 and 11/10	More of a geometric approach to definite integrals Quiz solutions
8 November 2011	A geometric approach to definite integrals
7 November 2011	More Indefinite Integrals and some Particle Motion stuff
3 November 2011	Indefinite Integrals [Introduction] Quiz Results:   Gryffindor = 56% A's, Hufflepuff = 48% A's, Slytherin = 44% A's, Ravenclaw = 42% A's  [Great job in all classes/ houses] Gryffindor has retaken the lead in the House Cup Competition Do not forget your Chapter 3 project which is due on Monday
Block Days 11/1 and 11/2	Chapter 3 Quiz 2 Do not forget about AP registration
1 November	Today's review questions Quiz on Block Day
31 October 2011	Solutions to Friday's Project New Project which is due next Monday - please read the statement first, and then sign it Halloween photos on the Miscellaneous page Rock Paper Scissors!
28 October 2011	Ch 3 Free Response Project   - Please have questions 3, 4,5, 6, and 7 done by Monday
Block days 10/26 & 10/27	Optimization
25 October 2011	Happy Birthday, Ali C.! Today's notes No homework assignment today.  Please dress warmly tomorrow.
24 October 2011	The Calculus definition of Horizontal Asymptotes
21 October 2011	Chapter 3 Quiz [multiple choice non-calculator] Quiz Results:  Slytherin = 32% A's is now in the lead in the House Cup Competition Hufflepuff = 23% A's [a fabulous showing!] Gryffindor = 18% A's; Ravenclaw = 6% A's
Block days 10/19 and 10/20	Review for our quiz which is on Friday [don't forget to look over the zombie project too] Quiz on Friday Don't forget to register for your AP exam    A rare event - [Jackson]^2      My husband asked if these two were Weasleys
18 October 2011	Tangent lines [homework is on the last two pages of this document - but just do the first 3 questions] Quiz on Friday Don't forget to register for your AP exam
17 October 2011	The Useful Second Derivative Homework will be on these pages: [you will need to click on the section at the top of the page]    http://college.cengage.com/mathematics/blackboard/content/larson/calc8e/calc8e_solution_main.html?CH=07&SECT=a&TYPE=se QUIZ ON FRIDAY [MULTIPLE CHOICE NON-CALCULATOR]
Block days 10/12 and 10/13	A must see video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxHVX0hUClg Some Ch 3 Free Response Problems and our zombie project If you were absent, then please do the zombie problem to hand in.  Thank you
11 October 2011	More of the First Derivative Test Mook [pointing] and Johzen on the path    At this moment, v(t) = zero
10 October 2011	First Derivative Test Solution to #67 from Friday's homework  [You need to be able to remember past chapters.  If you can't remember, then look it up] Solution to free response from the chapter two test
7 October 2011	The Mean Value Theorem Wow!  You guys rocked the Chapter Two Test: Period 2 = 65% A's Period 4 = 72% A's Period 5 = 63% A's Period 7 = 82% A's Gryffindor is still in the lead in the House Cup Competition
Block days 10/5 and 10/6	EVT and Rolle's Theorem
4 October 2011	Chapter Two Test
3 October 2011	Day three of our review Test is TOMORROW!
30 September 2011	Day two of our review = great job by all presenters Collected "Double Trouble" Test next Tuesday
Block days 9/28 & 9/29	Day One of our review For Friday, have the following done:  Harry Potter and the Related Rates AND Double Trouble Please make sure that you  clearly state your "u" and "du/dx" for the first four in "Double Trouble" and use any shortcuts that we covered in class On Friday you will be presenting your solutions for the related rates problems and I will be collecting your pair project [Double Trouble] If you were absent on Block Day, then do these by yourself Our Chapter Two test will be on Tuesday of next week
27 September 2011	Related Rates The end of chapter two!  Yay!  Your chapter 2 test will be one week from today.
26 September 2011	Implicit Differentiation
23 September 2011	Derivatives from Tables the Harry Potter and the Deathly Derivatives project is due on  Monday [Note:  There are two typos on it so don't freak out! You can click on the link for a copy of the non-typo version] Solution to the Chapter Two Quiz Free Response Problem
Block days 9/21 and 9/22	The Chain Rule [Note: There is a typo on puzzle handout] Congratulations to Gryffindor [period 7] for moving into First Place in the House Cup Competition [with 47% A's] Also congratulations to Hufflepuff for their awesome job on the quiz [with 43% A's] Ravenclaw had 39% A's and Slytherin had 33% A's
20 September 2011	tonight's homework = page 128 #94-102 evens [write the original problem, then find the required derivative] Chapter 2 Quiz today
19 September 2011	HIgher Order derivatives [note:  it should say that j(t) = impulse or jerk] Quiz tomorrow available at Cafe Press
16 September 2011	The 3 forms of the derivative as a limit Note:  Quiz on Tuesday 9/20 Another note:  don't forget about the assignment that is due on Monday
Block Days 9/14 and 9/15	Product and Quotient Rules and the rest of the Trig Derivatives Note:  Quiz on Tuesday 9/20 Another note:  don't forget about the assignment that is due on Monday
13 September 2011	Differentiability of piecewise functions Note:  The assignment is due next Monday Another note:  Quiz on Tuesday 9/20/11
12 September 2011	Our first look at particle motion Quiz on Tuesday, 9/20/11
9 September 2011	Today's handout Today's Notes Congratulations to Period 4 [Slytherin] for their 71% A's on the Chapter One Test Period 7 [Gryffindor] was close behind, followed by Period 2 [Ravenclaw] and Period 5 [Hufflepuff] Chapter One Solutions to the Free Response Questions
Block days 9/7 and 9/8	Tangent lines, differentiability, and basic derivatives To sing along with our new songs go to:  http://matheatre.com/lyrics/br.php
6 Sept 2011	Limit definition of a derivative Note:  You must use the limit definition for this homework assignment To see Mr. Kelley's video tutorial go to:  http://www.calculus-help.com/tutorials/
Block days 8/31 & 9/1	Chapter One Test Let the House Cup Competition begin!
30 August 2011	Day two of review Reminder:  TEST ON BLOCK DAY  Remember to bring a number two pencil and maybe something to read
29 August 2011	Day one of review Reminder:  TEST ON BLOCK DAY
26 August 2011	The Calculus definition of a vertical asymptote [infinite discontinuity]
Block days 8/24 & 8/25	Continuity and IVT Our Chapter One Test will be next week on Block Day
23 August 2011	One-Sided Limits
22 August 2011	Finding Limits Algebraically
19 August 2011	Properties of Limits
Block days 8/17 & 8/18	Part I of Block = TI tutorial Part II of Block = Finding Limits with Tables and Graphs [note:  homework assignment is at the end of the document] Solutions to the 8/16 assignment
16 August 2011	Opening Power Point Today's Assignment For what you should know to be successful in any Calculus course go to:  http://www.jamesrahn.com/PreCalculus/pages/table_of_contents.htm Yearn to learn more about Ms. McCleary?  Go to:  http://panda.fairviewhs.org/staff/denise-mccleary