T1W9 A Math

Lesson 1: The class went through questions on alpha and beta. Some find the notations daunting and needed much guidance to the questions that had been assigned as homework. We finally completed this part of the chapter, but I think I may have to ask several kids to stay back for SRP on this... next next week perhaps, now that SS is taking the even weeks.

The introduction on the nature of the roots of a quadratic equation was done. No problem so far...

Lesson 2: The nature of roots of a quadratic equation was more manageable because there are only 3 main cases to consider for each question. I highlighted the key words for determining which sign to use for the discriminant. Seeing the students presenting their answers confidently on the whiteboard brings a great sense of achievement. Hey, they can do them on their own! :)

Lesson 3: We did a few questions on completing the square. The students had done it during their E Math lessons, but some still need reminders on how it can be done. I promised them that I'll bring my laptop to class during the next lesson to show how the coefficient of x^2 will affect the shape of the graphs.

SRP: I was not able to do alpha and beta because I had already planned to cover identities and factor and remainder theorem. Only 3 students (because some had to go for E Math SRP) were made to attend this, but close to 10 students turned up. So cute.

We had the luxury of going through slowly the different methods of solving identities or even combining the methods. Then, we went back to the basic fundamentals of factor and remainder theorem and worked on several questions from the workbook. I hope they will be handle the questions pertaining to this topic when exam comes...