Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Chapter 3 - The Derivative, part 1


This the the syllabus up to the next test.  We will probably have a test after section 3.5.

9/17  Introduction to Differentiation HW do p.105/1-12
9/18  3.1 Finish up the intro HW p.106-108/19, 20, 22-24, 26, 27, 32-34, 42, 44 plus nDeriv Worksheet
9/20  3.2 Continuity, Local Linearity, etc. HW p.114-115/4-12 by 4's, 13, 14, 31-33, 35-37, 39 plus Smoothness Worksheet

9/23  3.3 Rules of Differentiation  HW p.124/3-21 by 3's, 13, 14, 23, 27-35 odd
9/24  3.3 Proofs of Rules  HW p.124-125/33-41 odd, 46, 49, 50
9/25  3.3 CW/HW p.124-126/42-45, 48, 51, 52, 59 and p.140/50
9/27  3.4 Rates of Change  CW p.138/31,32,35,49  HW p.135-140/1,3,5,8-13,18-20,21,24-29,47,48


9/30  3.5 Trig Differentiation  CW p.146-147/24-26,50  HW p.147-148/1-9 odd,17-23 odd,27-31,33,36,37,39-42,51
10/1  Review of 3.1-3.5 (all questions answered) (Review Worksheet with Answer Key)
10/2  Test of 3.1-3.5
         HW read 3.6, do p.153/1-27 odd

Upcoming "events"
10/02 Back to School Night
10/14 Columbus Day

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Beginning with Chapter 2 (and a schedule in chaos)


Chapter 1 is prerequisite material that you are expected to remember so we will start with chapter 2...

Here is the plan for the whole chapter.  Things may change so check back if you are not sure. 

9/04  Introduction to Calculus: slope of curves, area under curves
9/05  Rosh Hashanah - no school
9/06  Limits Handout to remember: what they are, notation, rules for operations, ways of finding limits
              HW Worksheet of limit problems and a 
Sandwich Thrm Proof

9/09  2.1 Limit of Composed Functions, substitution
              HW finish worksheet and p.68/59-62, read section 2.2         
9/10  2.2 Horizontal & Vertical Asymptotes, End Behavior
               HW p.76-77/1, 3, 5, 9-12, 15-55 odd, 65, 67, 69, 70
9/11  2.3 Continuity and 4 Kinds of Discontinuities
               HW p.84-86/1, 5, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17-29 odd, 38-44, 47, 50-52, 60-62
9/12  Half Day C B A G
9/13  2.4 Rate of Change and Tangent lines
               HW p.92-94/3-21 by 3's, 43, 44, 47-49

9/16  2.4 and Review  (Answer Key for Extra Rate-of-Change Problems)
               HW (suggested) p.95-97/3-15 by 3's, 16-24, 30, 33, 39-42, 45, 47, 48, 52
9/17  Ch 2 Test
               HW read section 3.1, do p.105/1-12