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     PreCalculus Honors  2025-2026

 ***AP Calc Workbook Link (HW, Answers, Helpful Videos)***
Week 27
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
3/16 Mon Review for Polynomial Graphing Test Extra Questions and Answers Review Sheet

 Answers		 Finish Questions
Study!!

Test Tuesday 3/17
3/17 Tues Go over any questions on Review Sheet      
3/18 Wed Test - Polynomial Graphing      
3/19 Thurs Introduce Relative Extrema - Trig and Fractional Exponents Overhead Assignment Worksheet Finish 25 Point Assignment
3/20 Fri No School -
Superintendent's Conference Day		      

Week 26
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
3/9 Mon Introduce Graphing Polynomial Functions Power Point

y = x3-12x2+36x

   Graph:
y = x3-27x+10
3/10 Tues Continue Graphing Class-work -
Warm-Up y = x3 + 6x2
   y = x3 - 9x2 + 24x - 7
y = x4 - 4x3
CW and HW Answers
3/11 Wed Graphing - Rational Functions - Points of Non-Differentiability, etc y  =     8
        4 - x2
Answer		  

y = (x-4)2/3

y  =    2x2- 8
           x2 - 16
 Answer

y = (x + 2)1/3

Extra Practice Question

Also practice: y = x4 - 10x2 + 25
3/12 Thurs Fractional Exponents and Derivatives that Require Common Denominators Problems from Chalkboard   Finish problem #3 from board
y = 2x + 3x2/3
3/13 Fri Review for Polynomial Graphing Test Extra Questions and Answers Review Sheet

 Answers		 Finish Questions
Study!!

Test Tuesday 3/17

Week 25
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
3/2 Mon 25 Point Classwork on Related Rates   25 Point Classwork Assignment  
3/3 Tues Review for Related Rates Test   Review Sheet

Answers

 STUDY!!!!!!
Test Tomorrow
3/4 Wed Test - Related Rates      
3/5 Thurs Work on PreCalc AP Problems Packet    
3/6 Fri Finish PreCalc AP Problems Packet    

Week 24
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
2/23 Mon No School -
Snow Day
2/24 Tues No School -
Snow Day		      
2/25 Wed Finish Implicit Differentiation, begin Related Rates Related Rates Power Point Related Rates Beginning Questions Related Rates Intro HW
2/26 Thurs More Difficult Related Rates Related Rates 1
 Related Rates 2 Related Rates 3 Related Rates 4		   Finish ALL Related Rates Questions from today's notes
2/27 Fri Trigonometric Related Rates Overhead Questions   This Link
Practice Questions
2,6,7,8,10,11

Week 23
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
2/9 Mon "e" and "ln" derivatives
Review for Techniques of Differentiation Test		     Workbook Section 2.7
#s 1-20 but NOT #7 or #8

STUDY!
2/10 Tues Test - Techniques of Differentiation      
2/11 Wed Introduction to Implicit Differentiation Overhead Notes   Red textbook Exercise Set 3.6
#s 11-20 all

Workbook Section 3.2: Practice Questions
#1-13 ODDS
2/12 Thurs Implicit Differentiation at a specific point Overhead   This Link - Practice Questions
#s 16,17,21,22
2/13 Fri Continue/Finish Implicit Differentiation Implicit Problems 2 Answers to Implicit Problems 2 Graded Class Assignment

Week 22
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
2/2 Mon Intro to Definition of Derivative Sketch   y = x3 by definition
2/3 Tues Continue Definition of Derivative and Introduce Power Rule PowerPoint Power Rule Practice Red Textbook Exercise Set 3.3 #s 2,4,12,13

This link Practice Questions
#s 2-18 even only 2,4,12,13
2/4 Wed Techniques of Differentiation- Chain Rule Techniques Power Point Power Rule Practice Red Textbook Exercise Set 3.5 #s 2, 6, 9, 11, 18, 31

This Link #s 3, 9, 11, 15, 17, 20
2/5 Thurs Techniques of Differentiation - Product Rule and Quotient Rule     Red Textbook Exercise Set 3.3
#s 15, 17, 21, 28

This Link
Practice Questions 1-9 odd, and 11a, 11b, 13a
2/6 Fri Mixed Practice: 5 Techniques of Differentiation Practice Questions

Practice Answers


<------------------------------		 Finish all circled problems on overhead, and entire second sheet from overhead
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Week 21
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
1/26 Mon No School -
Snow Day		      
1/27 Tues Algebraic Infinity Limits Infinity Limits PowerPoint Infinity Limits Practice Red Textbook Exercise Set 2.5
#s 19-29 and 51-56

This Link #s 1-27 odd
1/28 Wed Go over any Infinity Limit Questions

Multiple Representation of Limits
Types of Discontinuities
Defining Continuity
Removing Discontinuities 		  WORKBOOK LINK HERE Workbook Practice Problems:
Section 1.9 #s 2,5,9
Section 1.10 #s  4,6,7
Section 1.11 #s 1,5,9
Section 1.13 #s 4,6 (Challenge #10)
1/29 Thurs Review for Limits Quiz   Review Sheet 1
 Review Answers1

Review Sheet 2
 Review Answers1

 Study for Quiz tomorrow
1/30 Fri Quiz - Limits      

Week 20
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
1/19 Mon No School -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day		      
1/20 Tues Introduce Visual Limits Visual Limit PowerPoint   Red textbook Page 85-87
#s: 1-6 all
#s: 8, 11
1/21 Wed More Visual Limits, Limit Overheads

 

   Exercise Set 2.4 #s 10,13
This link #2,4.6.7.8
This link # 1,13
1/22 Thurs Begin Algebraic Limits Algebraic Limit Notes   Exercise Set 2.5
#s 1-15 odd and #s 37,41
This link #s 3, 5,7,9,11,13
1/23 Fri Practice Algebraic Limits Algebraic Limit Practice 1

Algebraic Limit Practice 2

 Red Textbook Exercise Set 2.5
#s 14,16,17
This link #s 1-21 odd, 24,26
This link #s 7,9
For the links, always do the "Practice Questions" NOT the "Notes" questions

Week 19
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
1/12 Mon Finding Determinant of Matrices Determinant Practice Problems   Green Textbook
Page 613
#s 10, 29
Don't read the directions, just find the determinant.
1/13 Tues Finish Applications of Determinants - Cramer's Rule for Solving Simultaneous Equations, Area of a Triangle Cramer's Rule Power Point    
1/14 Wed One more Multiplication Application Question
Review for Matrix Test		 Practical Matrix Power Point Matrix Review Sheet

Matrix Review Sheet 2		 StudyE ARE THE MATRIX REVIEW PACKET ANSWERS!!!
1/15 Thurs Continue Review for Matrix Test Practical Matrix Power Point Matrix Review Sheet

Matrix Review Sheet 2		 Study HERE ARE THE MATRIX REVIEW PACKET ANSWERS!!!
1/16 Fri Test- Matrices      

Week 18
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
1/5 Mon Finding Directional Angle and Magnitude of a Vector Power Point - Directional Angle of a Vector   Find the magnitude and directional angle of each vector
v = 6i - 6j
v = -5i + 4j
1/6 Tues Vectors - Finding Wind Affected Flight Paths Component Form Power Point Vector Practice Questions Convert to component form:
1) Bearing 225 degrees, velocity 300 mph
2) Bearing 130 degrees, velocity 175 mph
1/7 Wed Review for Trig and Vectors Quiz Extra Vector Practice Questions

 Answers to Extra Vector practice Questions		 Vector Review Sheet

 Review Sheet Answers		 STUDY!!
1/8 Thurs Quiz - Vectors      
1/9 Fri Introduction to Matrices Matrix Intro
Power Point

 Matrix Video		 Matrix Multiplication Practice Worksheet Finish Multiplication worksheet

Math Meet - Tuesday 1/13

Week 17
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
12/22 Mon Introduce 4x4 Systems of Equations Class Problem    
12/23 Tues 4x4 Systems of Equations 25 point assignment   25 Point 4x4 Classwork Assignment 25 Point 4x4 Assignment Due Before 1st bell on Monday 1/5
12/24 Wed No School - Holiday Break      
12/25 Thurs No School - Holiday Break      
12/26 Fri No School - Holiday Break      

Week 16
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
12/15 Mon Delayed Opening - SNOW
Go over HW from Friday		      
12/16 Tues Review for Trig Applications Quiz   Review Sheet Study!!

Here are review sheet answers!
12/17 Wed Quiz - Trig Applications    
12/18 Thurs Begin Systems of Equations Class Problems Page 646
#s 15, 19
12/19 Fri Continue 3x3 Systems of Equations

Class Assignment		   25 Point Systems Class work 25 Point Assignment Due Tomorrow

Week 15
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
12/8 Mon Begin New Trigonometric Formulas:
Linear Speed and Angular Speed		 Linear and Angular Speed Power Point   This Picture
#112 And Try #1133
12/9 Tues More practice with RPM conversions Linear and Angular Speed Power Point    
12/10 Wed Group Assignment - Linear Speed, Angular Speed, Area of a Sector of a Circle, and Revolutions per minute.   Group Assignment - Linear Speed, Angular Speed, Area of a Sector of a Circle, and Revolutions per minute Finish Group Assignment
12/11 Thurs Trig Review: Pythagorean Theorem, SohCahToa, Law of Sines, Law of Cosines     Page 510
#s 11,18,19
Page 518
#s 2,6,19,20
12/12 Fri Warm-up work with Law of Cosines

 Heron's Formula,
Practice Law of Sines and Law of Cosines		 Power Point - Law of Cosines

 Power Point - Heron's		   Page 511
#s 24,26, 29 part "d" only

Page 519-520
#s 32, 38
Why does #38 seem stupid?

Finish ALL slides from today's Heron's Power Point

Week 14
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
12/1 Mon Continue Solving Trig Equations Trig  Equations Power Point
- Method 4,5,6,7,8		    
12/2 Tues Finish Trig Equations -
Practice and Double-Angle Formulas		 Power Point   Begin Secondary Review Sheet
**There's a Typo. It's obviously 9 identities, NOT 5

Test Friday
12/3 Wed More Double-Angle Problems
Finish Secondary Review Sheet		 Power Point   Finish Secondary Review Sheet
**There's a Typo. It's obviously 9 identities, NOT 5
12/4 Thurs Finish Review for TEST   Review Sheet

 ANSWERS TO REVIEW SHEET!!!		 Study!

Don't forget to look at the ANSWERS TO REVIEW SHEET!!!
12/5 Fri TEST - 7 Keys to Trig, Trig Identities, and Trig Equations      

Week 13
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
11/24 Mon Solving Trigonometric Equations - Day 1 Trig  Equations Power Point t
- Method 1,2,3		 Trig Reference Sheet Try this problem:
4sin2xcosx - cosx = 0
11/25 Tues Continue Solving Trig Equations Trig  Equations Power Point
- Method 6,6,7,8		    
11/26 Wed No School - Happy Thanksgiving!      
11/27 Thurs No School - Happy Thanksgiving!      
11/28 Fri No School - Happy Thanksgiving!    

Week 12
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
11/17 Mon Review for Logs/Exponents Test Review Sheet 1

Review Sheet 2		 TEST Monday
Answers to Review Packet

Math Meet Tomorrow 2pm
11/18 Tues Test - Logs and Exponents      
11/19 Wed Begin Trigonometry:
Reference Angles, Inverse Functions, Reciprocal Functions		 Reference Angles - Day 1 7 Keys to Trig Page 489 #s 1,3,5
Page 501 #s 7-22 all
11/20 Thurs Working with more difficult identities - Pythagorean substitutions Introduction to Identities PowerPoint

 How to get the 9 Trig Identities		 Class Work Problems
Class-Work Problem Answers Explained		 7 Keys to Trig
11/21 Fri Verifying Trig Identities in an Equation Trig Identities Power Point Notes   Page 541
#s: 42, 64

Week 11
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
11/10 Mon Growth and Decay Questions Exponential Application Power Point   Do problem from last slide on today's PowerPoint
11/11 Tues No School -
Veterans Day		      
11/12 Wed Finish Exponential Equations: r-factor of contagious diseases R-Naught Power Point    
11/13 Thurs Exponential Equations: Financial Applications Exponential Growth Equations Applications:  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly   Finish the "Ugly" Slide
11/14 Fri Review for Logs/Exponents Test   Review Sheet 1

Review Sheet 2		 TEST Monday

Answers to Review Packet

Week 10
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
11/3 Mon Last Day to Work on Conic Sections Project     Projects Due Thursday!
11/4 Tues No School for Students -
Election Day		      
11/5 Wed Conic Sections Group Activity     Projects Due Tomorrow!
11/6 Thurs Conic Sections Project Presentations    
11/7 Fri Logarithmic/Exponential Conversions Logarithmic Warm-Up Page 372-373
#s 6,9,36,47,

Week 9
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
10/27 Mon Class Assignment on Conic Sections

Conic Sections - Intro to Project		 Conic Sections Practice Problems Overhead

 Project Demo		 Project Guidelines Have project concept design done by tomorrow morning
10/28 Tues Conic Sections - Work on Project Project Demo Project Guidelines Finish Graphing Stage
10/29 Wed Continue Conic Sections Project -Solving each graph equation for "y"  Project Demo Project Guidelines Work on Conic Section Project - solve all equations for "y"
10/30 Thurs Last Lesson of Project: Cutting and Drwaing/Pen/Text

Review for Conic Section Quiz		   Review Sheet Review Sheet Answers
I added #10 later. So the review sheet answers that I have for 10,11,12 are actually the answers for questions 1112, and 13
The actual answer for #10 is:
y+1 = -1/49(x-3)2

Also: Study!
10/31 Fri Quiz - Conic Sections     Projects Due Wednesday 11/4!

Week 8
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
10/20 Mon Review for Functions Test   Review Page 3
Review Page 4
Review Page 5
Review Page 6		 STUDY FOR TEST TOMORROW!!!!!!

Here are my ANSWERS for Review Pages 3,4,5,6
10/21 Tues No Class -School Assembly      
10/22 Wed Test - Functions      
10/23 Thurs Introduction to Conic Sections Conic Sections Power Point  
10/24 Fri Continue to work on Conic Sections - Do all Homework!! Conic Sections Power Point This Page #s
# 1-12 all -  just identify and note important details

#21,23 Identify and graph

#25,31 Manipulate, identify, and graph!

Week 7
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
10/13 Mon No School -
Columbus Day		      
10/14 Tues More Difficult Composition of Functions   More Difficult Composition of Functions Worksheet Finish Worksheet
10/15 Wed Domain and Range of a Piecewise Function

Direct and Inverse Variation with a "k" constant		 Overhead 2

 Variation Power Point		  
Page 172-173
#s 18, 21, 27, 28, 32
10/16 Thurs Domain and Range of a Piecewise Function

Direct and Inverse Variation with a "k" constant		 Overhead 2

 Variation Power Point		   Page 172-173
#s 22,23,24,25,33
10/17 Fri Variation Practice Variation Power Point

 Review Page 1
Review Page 2		    

Week 6
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
10/6 Mon Begin Graphing Unit II:
Parabolas and Absolute Value Functions		 Overhead 1
Overhead 2 		   
10/7 Tues Continue Graphing Parabolas and Absolute Value Functions Overhead 1
Overhead 2
Overhead 3		    
10/8 Wed Introduce Piecewise Functions Overhead 3   Overhead 4
All questions except last question. 
10/9 Thurs Continue Graphing Parabolas and Absolute Value Functions
Introduce Greatest Integer Functions		 Overhead 5     Create a step or greatest integer function based off of a real-life situation.
10/10 Fri Composite Functions -
fog(x), gof(x), Domain and Range		 Overhead 1

Overhead 2		 Composition of Functions Worksheet Finish Worksheet

Optional:
Blue Textbook
Exercise Set 2.8
#s 7-10, 17-22, 45-54

Week 5
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
9/29 Mon Oblique Asymptotes - Day 2 Oblique Practice Questions   Problems 2 and 3 from today's overhead
9/30 Tues Day 1 Review for Polynomial Graphing Test - Work on Odds   Review Sheet Finish Odd Numbered Questions on Review Sheet

Here are the ANSWERS for the odd numbered questions
10/1 Wed Day 2 Review for Polynomial Graphing Test - Work on Evens   Review Sheet Study!

Here are the ANSWERS for the even numbered questions
10/2 Thurs No School - Yom Kippur    
10/3 Fri Test - Graphing Rational Expressions      

Week 4
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
9/22 Mon Begin Graphing Rational Expressions Rational Expressions Power Point (Pages 3 and 4)   Finish Rational Graphing Questions on Last Slide of PowerPoint
9/23 Tues No School -
Rosh Hashanah		    
9/24 Wed No School -
Rosh Hashanah		    
9/25 Thurs Practice Rational Graphs with Asymptotes   Rational Graphs Practice Finish ALL 5 questions from the rational graphs practice
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Also, Textbook Page 322
#s 33,35
9/26 Fri Rational Expressions - Oblique Asymptotes Oblique Power Point   Page 322
# 53

Week 3
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
9/15 Mon Practice finding rational roots of Polynomials

DesCartes Rule of Signs and
Boundedness		 Polynomial Roots Practice More Polynomial Roots Practice Page 287
#s 5,9,10,22
9/16 Tues Class Assignment - Polynomial Roots 25 Point Class Assignment   Practice Question
p(x) = 4x4-1x3-28x2-17x + 6
9/17 Wed Graphing Polynomial Functions Graphing Polynomials PowerPoint Classwork Questions Page 269
#35
9/18 Thurs  Graphing Polynomial Functions - Review for Test Polynomial Roots Extra Practice Polynomial Review Sheet Extra Long Division Problem:
x4 + 6x3 - 5x2 + 3x + 4
÷
(x - 2)

Study for Test!!
9/19 Fri Test -
Polynomial Roots and Graphing		      

Week 2
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
9/8 Mon Continue Reviewing 
Summer Assignment 		    Test on Review Material - Wednesday, September 10

Make sure you are comfortable with Review Packet numbers 109-140) Work on any you are unsure of and ask questions tomorrow
9/9 Tues Continue Reviewing 
Summer Assignment

Last day to ask questions!		   Review Packet
 Test TOMORROW on Review Material - Wednesday, September 10

STUDY!!
Also, here are the:
 Review Packet Answers
9/10 Wed Test - Review Material from last year
9/11 Thurs Return to Factoring   Factoring Review Sheet  
9/12 Fri Begin roots of polynomials Polynomial Roots Beginning Questions Class work Questions Page 287
#s 11,15,17

Week 1
Date Day Topic Notes Handouts Homework
9/1 Mon No School -
Labor Day		      
9/2 Tues Intro to Class

Review Summer Assignment - Algebra and Logs		 Parent Letter Course Syllabus Get 5 Subject Notebook and Folder
Have Parents Sign and Print Parent Letter

 Make sure you are comfortable with Review Packet Pages 1 and 2 (This is numbers 1-27) Work on any you are unsure of and ask questions in class tomorrow
9/3 Wed Continue Reviewing 
Summer Assignment 		    Test on Review Material - Wednesday, September 10

Make sure you are comfortable with Review Packet Pages 3 and 4 (This is numbers 28-54) Work on any you are unsure of and ask questions Monday
9/4 Thurs Continue Reviewing 
Summer Assignment 		    Test on Review Material - Wednesday, September 10

Make sure you are comfortable with Review Packet numbers 55-84) Work on any you are unsure of and ask questions tomorrow
9/5 Fri Continue Reviewing 
Summer Assignment 		    Test on Review Material - Wednesday, September 10

Make sure you are comfortable with Review Packet numbers 85-108) Work on any you are unsure of and ask questions tomorrow