A/B Block scheduling (yuck) at our school here. The normal teacher load is 5 classes, though the "normal" number of preps varies. I'll have 3.5...
No, you're not the only one. Though in my case, I've found many math typos in my "transparencies" (I have a document camera in my room, so I...
My Algebra I Honors class is in good shape -- we just finished chapter 10 (quadratics) before the Easter break, so I have chapters 11 (radicals)...
If we assume that all of my incoming 9th graders are taking Pre-Algebra for 8th grade (dangerous assumption, I know), what about "covering"...
In our senior math course for the regular students, which is really the rest of Algebra II plus some Trigonometry. For the record, I do not teach...
@raneydae: good point about radicals. Our sequence is currently Alg1-Alg2-Geo and so even if I'm not able to cover radicals in regular Algebra I...
I may have mentioned previously that I teach math (and music) at an all-girls catholic high school (in the US). I teach the honors section of...
In our school (all-girls, catholic high school), the DC can make suggestions to administration, but administration ultimately decides. Because I...
Well, I had my meeting, and we're going to meet again next week do decide on the matter. Apparently admin has been following the math dept's lead...
I'm going to go ahead and submit a proposal at our next department meeting to change the sequence to Algebra 1 - Geometry - Algebra 2. I've done...
I'm going to play devil's advocate here. As I said, my precalc students have forgotten a lot of their algebra because they took geom after alg2....
At our school, it used to be the case that Honors students who don't place into hon alg2 freshman year take REGULAR alg1, followed by hon alg2...
And no, I'm not talking about the alg2/precalc topic of sequences & series... ;) I'm a math and music teacher in a private high school. I...
