Alexa and I talked a bit about our holiday break. I gave her a syllabus and talked with her about expectations for the remainder of the school year. Along with daily participation, I would like for her to complete 5 homework assignments each quarter, as well as attempt 2 in-class, open book assessments, in order to earn an "A" each 9-weeks.
Her first homework assignment is a review of using the quadratic formula. I spent some class time going over examples with her. We then talked about Compound Interest. She shared that she went to a bank over the break to set up an account. We went through scenarios of investing various amounts of money at 5% interest, compounded annually. Alexa was able to see that putting money in an account that earns interest is a very good thing, and that investing in the stock market or mutual funds can be an even better thing! Tomorrow we will look at the actual formula for compound interest and see how to use it.