We did practice problems in preparation for Exam 3.

3-2 Linear Functions – We learned to interpret functions represented by graphs, tables, verbal descriptions, and function notation in terms of a context.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.

After the end of the CA gold rush in 1850, more people came west to prospect and hoping to strike it rich.Gold and silver were discovered in CO & NV. The 1859 discovery of silver in NV was called the Comstock Lode. Gold and silver strikes created boomtowns that grew around mining sites. They were lawless and often violent places. Many booms were followed by busts, turning boomtowns into ghost towns. Copper was found in MT, NM & AZ in the 1870s. By the end of the 19th century, the mining boom becomes a part of American industry, providing raw materials for manufacturers. New western states join the Union: CO in 1876, ND, SD, WA, MT in 1889 and WY and ID in 1890. The nation's railroad network expanded rapidly between 1865-1890, paid for by large govt. subsidies. In 1869 the first U.S. transcontinental railroad was completed when the Union Pacific Company and Central Pacific company railroads met in Promontory, UT. Towns sprang up along the railroads that eventually became cities, such as Denver, CO. In 1883, the railroad companies divided the U.S. into 4 time zones. Congress officialized this in 1918. We also looked at cattle towns on the plains, the Long Drive and the most traveled cattle trails. Many U.S. cowboys were former Confederate soldiers or African Americans who moved west. Hispanic cowboys from the southwest & Mexico were known as vaqueros. By the 1880s, on the northern Plains, ranching begins to to replace the Long Drive. Also in the 1880s, farming comes to the Great Plains. The Homestead Act gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who would settle and live on it for 5 years. This lured 1,000s of new settlers out west. Single women and widows could also acquire land under the Homestead Act. We discussed the African American "Exodusters," life on the farms, farming methods and the OK land rush. In 1890, the U.S. govt. announced that the frontier no longer existed. No one felt these changes so keenly as the Native Americans.

We did practice problems to prepare for exam 3.

3-2 Linear Functions – We learned to write and evaluate linear functions using function notation. Then we learned to graph a linear function and relate the domain of a function to its graph.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems P. 100 19-25.

Bella read, analyzed, and discussed the next chapter of Where the Crawdads Sing. She analyzed the character of Kya using text as the basis for her characterization. She then reviewed a unit of SAT vocabulary and successfully completed an assessment test. She reviewed the next unit of SAT vocabulary and wrote a short story using the words in context.

I took Bella to lunch today. Upon our return from lunch, Bella reviewed SAT vocabulary and took a practice assessment on the words.

Test

Bella requested some help with a quiz that she had attempted at home.

We discussed the concept in the form of a brief presentation given by me. We then identified the trouble spots that she had encountered. She corrected her previous errors.

I reviewed with her the quizzes that she has remaining.

She completed another quiz in class.

We then went outside and played some Spanish Ping-Pong where she would conjugate verbs in Spanish with each time that she hit the ball.

3-1 Relations and Functions – We learned to identify functions and their components in a variety of forms such as graphs, tables, and ordered pairs. Next we learned that a relation is a function only if each element of the domain is assigned to exactly one element in the range. Finally we identified constraints on the domain based on real-world problems. Test on 3-1 Relations and Functions.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.