Long Term learning target for Math 1
I can proficiently analyze, model, and solve problems involving equations, inequalities, and systems across multiple representations (algebraic, graphical, tabular, and contextual), correctly justifying my reasoning and interpreting the solution to demonstrate readiness for the Math 1 Final Exam.
Equations/Inequalities
For the first unit we learned about inequalities and equations, it was kind of a review but I learned some new stuff about both topics. Over all I got an exceeds but that was not what I got at first, there were 2 different tests, the first one was where we could have gotten a developing, an approaching, or a meets, and on that one I got 100% because I knew all the questions and we had been learning about it for like a month. Since I got a 100 on that test I could move onto the spicy test where I could get an exceeds, I failed the spicy test for the most stupid reasons, like I forgot to add a negative or flip the inequality signs and in all got 60% for that test. But since I knew everything I just messed up a little I redid the test and got a 100% and overall got an exceeds.
The main 2 topics were exponential functions and linear functions and everything with in. For exponential functions there is domain and range and minimum and maximum, intervals of increase and decrease, wiggly graphs, and exponential equations. For linear functions we just did equations about them because we had learned about them last year. I got a 41.5/42 aka a exceeds and I got this because we practiced all it in class, I don't really have a reason, for math it just all comes really easy to me. I guess I struggled on remembering little things, like I put a x instead of a y so I need to pay attention to the little things. I found the easiest things being the equations because I think they're fun so I did them more. For the next test I would like to practice more and pay attention to the little things. The equation for a linear function is y=mx+b and the equation for a exponential function is f(x)=a(b) to the power of 2
This test covered the forms of linear equations which are point slope form y-y1+m(x-x1), standard form Ax+By=C, and slope intercept form y=mx+b. I got a meets+ because I messed up some stuff in the exceeds part and made very small mistakes in the meets part. To prepare I used the guide given to us and found my own info on google and did lots of practice problems and review but the guide did not cover everything that was on the test. For the future I want to go above and beyond and find more info on the topic so I might have a chance to answer the exceeds questions and I need to remember the small details.
With being in advanced math in 8th grade we do high school math and in high school the math is broken into 3 parts over the 4 years you're there. There is math 1 math 2 and math 3, each section has a bunch of different units and right before and everything that I talked about above were units in math 1. Over all on this test I got a 94% which is an exceeds. I got this grade because the night before the test we were doing a practice test and I noticed that I didn't know about a 1/4 of the stuff on there so I spent 2 hours at home learning everything I didn't know so I would be ready. My goal for math 2 is to also get over a 90 percent score. For next time I want to pay attention to details because there was some stuff that I thought didn't matter and I messed it up in the test and also I would like to work on remembering the difference between two things because I forgot the difference between 2 things and mixed them up.
Long term learning target for math 2
I can proficiently analyze quadratic functions across all forms (standard, vertex, and intercept) to identify key features (vertex, axis of symmetry, intercepts, domain, range, maximum/minimum value) and solve them algebraically, graphically, and contextually to model and predict real-world phenomena
Overall my score for math in I-ready was mid 8 with 551 points. This means that at the beginning of the school year I tested at the middle of 8th grade in math. In math I scored in the 94th percentile. In all the different groups of math we were tested on I got mid 8th on everyone so I was not better at one category than the other. By the end of the school year I would like to get a score of mid 9th grade and I will do this by being focused during math class and learning everything they teach us.
Quadratics from what I've learned are equations that have a exponent in it and when graphing them they either bend or create a v and is never a straight line. There are so many different quadratics and there are so many different ways to get them. Quadratics has been a really cool unit because the answers can be really weird and they were confusing to graph but cool. Within this test I got a A/Exceeds and I got that because I practiced a lot, and the night before the test I just sat at my computer doing problems for like an hour to make sure I had everything perfect and ready to go.