MPM2D - Planning 2017


1	School Days	Month	Week Day	Day	Strand	LG #	Warm Up	Topic	Notes	Inquiry/Lesson	Practice	Consolidation/PRactice	More Practice	Resources (Slide Decks, blog posts, etc)	More

2	1	Sep	Tue	8	First Day intro ---	None	Estimation180	Warm Up - Getting to know you.	Students work in random groups to build teams and comfort with VNPS.	Stacking Cups!				Blog Post
3	2	Sep	Wed	9	Linear Systems	1	VIsual Patterns.org	Recall: Skills with linear equations.	Goal: By the end of class students should be able to graph lines using slope, y-intercept. Review creating equations of lines after trying a few challenges on the Desmos Activity.	Match my line Challenges	Complete the Match My Line for homework. If time, assign Match My Picture for homework.		Match My Picture
4	3	Sep	Thurs	10	Linear Systems	2 & 3	SolveMe Mobiles #13	Words & Equations	Goal: I should be able to create equations and solve problems using graphs.	Matching Activity (PDF)	Pg. 17 #1-6,11,12			Matching Activity (Smart Notebook)
5	4	Sept	Fri	11	Linear Systems	4	Mental Math: Without a calculator Multiply 14 x 29	Solve Systems by graphing by hand	Use the Smart Notebook Lesson to review graphing lines by hand.	Open Style of Questioning - Use whiteboards	pg 18. #7, 8-9ac, 12,13			1.1 Solving Systems by Graphing (Smart Notebook)
6	5	Sept	Mon	14	Linear Systems	5	Estimation180 - Staples	Solve a system using substitution.	Use the "create the headache" model. Derive the need to solve a system using substitution. Start class with the Steph and Brett fish problem. Take up but don't formally teach the algebraic method of sub. Next, Bring back stacking cups...and introduce the problem of finding exactly when each pile of cups will have the same number of cups .... and be the exact same height....After students solve this.....show them Substituting the equations in. Go back and show the solution of Steph and Brett with formal algebra. More examples from the smart notebook file.	Fish Problem				1.2 Solving with Substitution (Keynote)
7	6	Sept	Tues	15	Linear Systems	5	Solving using substitution on vertical boards	Practice solving using substituon.	Students use the vertical boards to solve the coin problem. They complete a few more problems as a class using substitution.	Coin Problem From Dan Meyer				1.2 Solving with Substitution (Keynote)
8	7	Sept	Wed	16	Linear Systems		Visual Patterns.org - Start to introduce finding equations in alternate ways. Not just looking at slope and starting value. Use the picture	Assessment Day	Play Knowledghook gameshow for first half of class. Have quiz second half.		Knowledgehook
9	7	Sept.	thurs	16	Quadratics	6	Visual Patterns.org - Start to introduce finding equations in alternate ways. Not just looking at slope and starting value.	Patterning with quadratics	Focus on creating equations from patterns. Assign the desmos activity...second differences, Introduce the term Quadratic Pattern. Take up each activity with students. Go slow as to not overwhelm students here.	Pattern matching	Desmos Activity.
10	8	Sept	fri	17	Lip Sync Battle - -No Class
11	9	Sept	mon	21	Quadratics		Estimation180	Introduction to Quadratics	Focus on creating equations from patterns...second differences, Introduce the term Quadratic Pattern. Show how equations can be equivalent by using the distributive property.	Pattern Matching	Finish the Handout	Homework was to complete the remaining two pattern problems.
12	10	Sept	tues	22	Quadratics		Area model multiplication -- Distributive property.	Quadratic Relationships	Complete the high five activity to generate quadratic data. Discuss key points of a quadratic relation. Next give other scenarios that are parabolic (quadratic) Bird & Fish ... Walk through with students. Give out 2 relations on paper and have them work through them. Circulate.	High Fives	Finish any work	High Fives Handout	Handout for Scenarios	Handout for Practice	Blog post from mary	Blog post from Mary
13	11	Sept	wed	23	Quadratics		Assessment Day	Quadratic Relationships & Zeros	First half of class Matching Activity! Second half --- quiz . Discuss the connection between the factored form and the zeros.	Matching Activity	Pg. 192 #3	Blog Post from Mary	Handout for homework
14	12	Sept	thurs	24	Quadratics		Area model multiplication -- Distributive property.	Factored Form of a Quadratic Relation.	Use smartbook notebook notes to practice creating equations in factored form. Graph quadratics using the zeros and the vertext. Find equations given zeros and a point. Determine the a-value	Open Questions & Desmos Challenge Activity - Parabola Matching	Homework Set			Finding Equations (Smart Notebook)
15	13	Sept.	Fri	25	Quadratics		Area model multiplication -- Distributive property.	Create equations and draw graphs of Angry Bird Levels	Assess students on drawing lines and quadratic relations; finding equations. Give them chart paper and colour to create angry bird levels.	Angry Birds	Finish the Level
16	14	Sept	Mon	28	Analytic Geo		Estimation180	Classify Triangles	Have a gallery walk to showcase the angry birds levels. Use Corner to Corner lesson to activiate prior knowledge of Pythagorean Theorem. Then present Desmos lines and ask them to determine the length of each line segment. Start with no informationa and gradually give them some!	Corner to Corner	Homework Set 2	Desmos Page for Distance between two points Examples		Blog Post - Distance Formula without the Formula
17	15	Sept.	Tues	29	Analytic Geo		Making Rectangles (prelude to factoring)	Classify Triangles & Quadrilaterals	Start class with the "Making Squares with Algebra tiles" Continue with students finding distance between two points. Generalize and write the formula. Have students prove 4 vertices form a parallelogram.	Sneak in Factoring	pg. 77 #4-7,20			Distance Slides (Keynote)
18	16	Sept	Wed	30	Analytic Geo		Assessment Day	Practice length of line segment from the textbook	Students practiced midpoint of a line segmentQuiz for half the class.	Mr. Orr Away
19	17	Oct	Thurs	1	Analytic Geo		AWAY ALL DAY	Students will practice multiplying binomials	Students can also work on mastery items from the Learning Log
20	18	Oct	Fri	2	Analytic Geo		Making Rectangles (prelude to factoring)	Classifying Shapes. Solving problems with midpoints, slopes and lengths	Give them vertices of a right triangle and prove it's a right triangle. Give them 4 vertices and prove its a parallelogram/rectangle. Give them other things to verify.	Work in pairs generating enough proof.	Homework Set 3	Homework Set Solutions		Verifying Shapes Slides (Keynote)
21	19	Oct	Mon	5	Trigonometry		Making rectangles (prelude to factoring)	Similar Triangle Relationships	Use Dan's Similar Triangle lesson to get students to see similar triangles. Do a better job preparing this lesson next time. Students seemed to not know how to tackle it. We had enough time to complete dan's problem plus fill out Mary's note.	Similar Trianlges Discussion	Didn't get to assign homework.	Use Mary's Handout to summarize Similar Triangles		Dan Meyer's Blog post	Mary's Post	My Slides (Keynote)
22	20	Oct	Tues	6	Trigonometry		Making rectangles (prelude to factoring)	Solving Problems with Similar Triangles	Similar triangles.	Taipei 101	Homework Set 4	Homework set solutions		My Slides (Keynote)
23	21	Oct	Wed	7	Trigonometry		AWAY	Solving Problems with Similar Triangles	Leave textbook work for them to work on.
24	22	Oct	Thurs	8	Trigonometry		Making rectangles (prelude to factoring)	Tan Ratio	Discovery Lesson with Tangent Ratio.	Create own Triangles...learn trig through slope	Homework set 5	Homework set solutions		Blog Post: Introduce Trig Through Slope	Tangent Ratio Slides (Keynote)
25	23	OCt	fri	9	Trigonometry		Making rectangles (prelude to factoring)	Sine Cosine Ratios	Take up homework. Use Boat on a river to envoke curiosity. Generate a need to use other ratios. Write ratios on the board. Solve the problem with the sine ratio. Use Examples on the Smart Notebook file + homework.	Boat on a river	Pg. 372 #2,3, 8,9,			Boat on a River Slides (Keynote)
26	One Complete Cycle
27	24	Oct	Tues	13	Linear Systems		Estimation180	Equivilant Linear Systems	Took up homework vertically....students stayed up and we did the Basketball Shots from Andrew Stadel. We brought back solving a system of equations using substitution. We used those equations to go over equivalent equations.	Basketball Shots	Homework Set 6			Basketball Shots Slides (Keynote)
28	25	Oct	Wed	14	Linear Systems		Take up Homework questions involving trig and factoring	Elimination		Coffee & Donuts --- Intro to elimination From Mary Bourassa	Homework Set 7			Elimination Slide Deck
29	26	Oct	Thurs	15	Linear Systems		Work on factoring without tiles	Solving Problems	Use in and out burger to remind students of solving systems using elimination. Move examples into abstract. Enure to include examples where adding makes sense too.	In & Out Burger	Homework Set 8			Elimination Slide Deck
30	27	Oct	Fri	16	Mr. Orr Away		Work on factoring without tiles	Trig Or Linear Systems	Students can decide on which topic to work from. Trigonometry or Linear Systems.
31	28	Oct	Mon	19	Quadratics		Making rectangles...with negatives	Factoring trinomials a = 1 and a !=1 Both	Officially Introduce factoring --- Start the Factoring Foldable book. Include 2 examples, with area diagram. Solve problems once quadratic is factored. Starting with trial and error I hope to eliminate Ss common error of always just doing sum and product.	Puzzles -- Push factoring using trial an error	Complete Factoring Sheet	Factoring Foldable Blog Post.
32	29	Oct	Tues	20	Quadratics		Making rectangles...with negatives	Factoring Trinomials with a not equal to 1.	Took up homework vertically. Used Speed Dating structure to practice factoring using the area model.	Speed Dating	Textbook questions			Speed Dating File (Keynote)	Speed Dating Blog Post - Kate Nowak
33	30	Oct	Wed	21	Analytic Geometry		Assessment	Assign Analytic Geometry Assignment	Students are to work on the assignment after they complete their assessment	Regional Planner (.doc)
34	31	Oct	Thurs	22	Self Assessment			Self Assessment	Self Assessment Day - Student Conferences
35		Oct	Fri	23	PD Day
36		Oct	Mon	26	Quadratics			Common Factoring	With Purpose... solve equations....find x-intercepts. Draw parabola, solve application problems	Keynote File	Homework Set 9
37		Oct	Tues	27	Quadratics			Difference of Square Factoring	Students completed the textbook investigation		Homework from textbook
38		Oct	Wed	28	Analytic Geometry		Mr. Orr Away		Students worked on their Regional Planner Assignment
39		Oct	THurs	29	Quadratics			Solving Quadratic Equations by factoring	with purpose....finding x intercepts, graphing parabolas	Notebook file	Homework Set 10
40		Oct	Fri	30	Anaytic Geo			Altitude of Triangles - Right Bisectors	Used Mary Bourassa's lesson and handouts on Medians, Altitudes and bisectors		Homework Set 11	Handout		Mary Bourassa's Lesson
41		Nov	Mon	2	Analytic Geometry		Mr. Orr Away	Equations of Circles	Supply teacher will teach		pg. 96 #1,2ac,3ac,4bef,6,7a,8,15,22
42		Nov	Tues	3	Analytic Geometry			Practice Circles, Bisectors, Meadians	A day solving problems ...start class on the vertical whiteboards. Give them 5 problems to solve on the board.....the teacher should check after each one.	Random Winner Game - with various questions	Random Winner Game Problems
43		Nov	wed	4	Analytic Geometry		Mr. Orr Away	Exponent Rules	Practice Questions on Exponents.	Supply Teacher Ran this lesson	199 #1-3,5,11
44		Nov	Thurs	5	Trig		Factoring Warm Up 3 hard ones.	Solving Problems with Right Trianlges	Start with a quadratic problem solving on the vertical whiteboards. Application Problem for triangles --- Area of a triangle.	Find the area of a triangle	pg. 381 #5,6,7,11,14			Right Triangle Trig Problems Slides (Keynote)
45		Nov	Fri	6	Trig		Mr. Orr Away		Supply teacher will teach	Trig Problem solving	386 #5,6,9,10,15,16,19.
46					Cycle 2 Complete
47		Nov	Mon	9	Quadratics		Estimation180	Transformations	Desmos Activity Builder - From Mary Bourassa. Have students go through the activity and circulate to help. The goal is for students to understand how the graph is translated vertically & Horizontally and how it affects the equation.	Desmos Investigation	Homework Set 12	Consolidate Worksheet		Mary's Blog Post on Transformations
48		Nov	Tues	10	Quadratics		Square Puzzle	Transformations	Transformations again --- a-value. Use Mary's Investigation again.	Desmos Investigation	Homework Set 13	Consolidate Worksheet			Mary's Homework Set
49		Nov	wed	11	Quadratics		Square Puzzle	Transformations	Consolidation/Practice drawing graphs and developing equations of parabolas	Consolidation Day & Graphing	Worksheet
50		Nov	thurs	12	Quadratics		Square Puzzle	Transformations	Match My Picture -- DesMan. We introduced the quadratic Art Project. Students completed the Des-Man and posted their pictures on the Padlet Board	Match My Picture on Desmos		Des Man on Desmos	Art Project	Padlet Board
51		Nov	Fri	13	Quadratics		Factoring	Transformations	Quadratic Art - Students spent the period working on their pictures.
52		Nov	Mon	16	Quadratics		Factoring	Transformations	Students used the desmos AB activity to generate a need for finding the a-value efficiently. We spent the period finding equations for various forms of quadratics.	Desmos to envoke an efficient method.	Homework Set 14	in-class practice
53		Nov	Tues	17	Quadratics		Mr. Orr is Away	Quadratics & Equations	Students were given the factoring assignment. It is due one week.	Factoring Assignment
54		Nov	Wed	18	ALL Strands			Problem Solving	Students were given the 2011 exam from JMSS. Instructed to complete it on their own...may use notes. The idea is to guage where you are on our Learning Goals and since I'll mark it....Where we need to go deeper.	If students complete the exam they are to work on their Desmos Projects
55		Nov	thurs	19	ALL STRANDS			Problem Solving
56		Nov	Fri	20	PD DAY
57		Nov	Mon	23	Linear Systems		Estimation180	Solving Linear Systems using any Method	Students spend to period solving systems of linear equations. Problem solving with creating equations and mixture problems	Problem Solving	Homework Set 15
58		Nov	Tues	24	Linear Systems		Mr. Orr is Away.	Problem solving with linear systems	Practice Solving Linear Systems		Homework Set 16
59		Nov	Wed	25	Trig		Vertical Problem	Sine Law	Introduce the Sine Law through struggle. I had them find the area of a non-right triangle. Then asked them to find a length in a non-right triangle.	Created a problem for students to find a length in a non-right triangle. Developed the need for the Sine Law.	From Textbook
60			Thurs	26	Trig		Mr. Orr away	Assembly in the Gym
61			Fri	27	Trig		Vertical Problem	Sine Law	Students will practice the Sine Law for half the period then complete an assessment.		From textbook
62			Mon	30	Trig		Vertical Problem	Cosine Law	Students will be introduced to the cosine law
63		Dec	Tues	1	Trig		Vertical Problem	Cosine Law	Practice Cosine & Sine Law	Cosine Law Problem	From Textbook
64			Wed	2	Trig		Mr. Orr Away	Cosine Law Practice
65			Thurs	3	Review of many problems		Mr. Orr Away	Problem Solving Practice
66			Fri	4	trig		20 Questions	Solving Trig Problems.	Play the random winner game to solving trig problems
67					Cycle 3 Complete
68			Mon	7	Quadratics		Estimation180	Factoring - Decomposition.	with purpose. Find zeros...graph parabolas etc.	Homework Set 17				Slides/Examples (Keynote)
69			Tues	8	Quadratics		Square puzzles	Complete the square	We started with square puzzles uing the algebra tiles app. We moved into formalizing the process and completing examples to complete the square.	Make Squares - Area Model	pg. 270 #3			Slides (Smart Notebook) - Some equation images did not save
70			Wed	9	Quadratics		Square puzzles	Complete the square	Complete the square with a not equal to 1		pg. 270 #7,10
71			Thur	10	Quadratics		Square puzzles	Complete the square	Complete the square with application problems
72			Fri	11	Quadratics		Away	Work on Desmos Project	Students are to send me a copy of their graph	Desmos Pictures
73			Mon	14	Quadratics		Estimation180	Solving Equations	Solving equations by completing the square & Quadratic Formula	Solve by Completing the square - Quadratic Formula	pg. 300 #1,3,7,8			Slides (Keynote)
74			Tues	15	Quadratics			Solving Equations	Solving Equations using the quadratic formula	Solving Problems with Quadratics	pg. 301 #6,10,11
75			Wed	16	Assessment			Assessment	Took up homework. Students worked on upgrades. Assessment was given at the end of class.	Assessment
76			Thurs	17	Quadratics			Solving Equations	Solving Problems in general --- Mix up the problems. Some Trig, some quadratic, some linear system, some analytic Geo	Solving Problems	Handout	All problems are solved vertically with partners
77			Fri	18	Last Day before XMAS
78	3 weeks in January	Jan	Mon	4	Quadratics			Graphing on Desmos	Students spent the period playing marble slides for the first half of class and working on their Art the second half of class.	Marble Slides - Parabolas
79			Tues	5	Analytic Geometry			Find the intersection where two medians meet	Students found equations of the medians in a triangle as a review. We then talked about if all three lines passed through the same point. We set out to solve that problem as a class. A handout showing the three types of centres. Students solved one question for homework.	Finding Medians, Centroids	Handout			Mary Bourassa's Blog Post	Keynote Slides with initial problems
80			Wed	6	Analytic Geometry			More Intersections	We took up the homework question from yesterday as a class. Students were then given one problem to work on (each finding a different centre). As a group they are to make a poster showing the solution.	Group Poster	Achievment check question from chapter 3	GSP FIle to help show answers to the poster questions		Mary Bourassa's Blog Post
81			Thurs	7	Analytic Geometry			Verifying properties	Practice questions from the textbook.
82			Fri	8	Problems				Students practiced questions on Trigonometry		End of chapter review questions
83			Mon	11	Trig Problems		Away		Students worked on their Desmos Projects.
84			Tues	12	Trig Problems		SNOW DAY		Desmos Projects due. Very few students present.	DESMOS ART		Padlet Gallery Page
85			Wed	13	Trig Problems			Trigonometry Practice	Students Complete practice problems on playing the game of risk	Game of Risk	Game of Risk Questions
86			Thurs	14	Trig Problems				Work period on Trig problems of non-right triangles	Work Period	Practice Questions
87			Fri	15	Quadratic Problems		20 Questions		We solved quadratic problems. Ex: A path of an object. Find the maximum height. When does it hit the ground? Reviewed completing the square		Textbook Questions from End of chapter review
88			Mon	18	Quadratic Problems		Estimation180		More Practice problems on quadratics	Practice Day	pg. 316 #4,5,7,10
89			Tues	19	Quadratic Problems		Find an equation of a parabola with vertex (3,4) and passes through the point ____	Quadratic Problem Solving	Vertically, students solved quadratic problems from the Smart Notebook file 6.5.	Two Consecutive Numbers, Pythagorean Unknowns	Textbook questions from chapter 6.5			Slides (Keynote)
90			Wed	20	Quadratic Problems		Take up Homework	Quadratic Problem Solving	Took up homework on the whiteboards. Students then found the intersection between a line and a circle.	Circle vs. Line	pg. 442 #42,44,46,48,49 eol
91			Thurs	21	Linear Systems		Take up Homework (Factoring)	Linear Systems Problem Solving	Have students work on the A Tale of Two Lines problem. Then assign practice problems on linear systems.	A Tale of Two Lines	pg. 156 #1-6	Fix up the equations for next time. Have the intersection point discovered through solving the system.
92			Fri	22	Linear Systems		20 Questions	Linear Systems Problem Solving	Students will work on solving the airplanes/speed problem. Assign practice problems on linear systems	Airplane & Wind	pg. 48 #9,10,12,13,15,16
93			Mon	25	Review		Two Truths & One Lie		Handout out the MPM2D Final Exam Review 2008	Exam Review Package	Answers
94			Tues	26	Review				Work Period
95			Wed	27	Review				Work Period
96			Thurs	28	Exams