Lesson 2 Tuesday 21 January

  1.  Pages from workbook:  Activity 1, Activity 2, Activity 3: 1a) 2a) 3a) (see video)
  2. Homework: Activity 3:  3a, 4a), 5a) 6a); 1b), 2b), 3b), 4b)  and try eg on Compound common factor using K method

Video of lesson 1.

Lesson 3. Thursday 23 January

  1.   Mark homework from Activity 3 and compound common factor  See video
  2.   Homework:  Activity 3 Q4b, 5b, 6b;  Class Test 1 and at the back of the 2nd handout – Class Test 2 Q 2.1 & 2.2

Video  Activity 3 and compound common factor

Lesson 4. Thursday 30 January

  1.   Mark homework from Activity 3 Q4b, 5b, 6b;  Class Test 1 and at the back of the 2nd handout – Class Test 2 Q 2.1 & 2.2  & Activity 4 “a”‘s up to 14  See video
  2.   Homework:  Activity 4 10 -18

Video  Activity 3 4-6b  and class test 1 & 2 & Activity 4 “a”‘s up to 15 & Extra tougher eg

Lesson 5.  Tuesday 4 February

  1. quick self test: Simplify:  1 – 2(2x – 5)(x – 1)  Marked in class
  2.  Mark hw and deduce Difference between 2 Squares Activity 4 No 10 – 18  and started Activity 5 1a – 5a
  3. HOmework: Complete Activity 5: 6a, 7a, 8a and all the b’s 1-8

Video:

Lesson 6:  THursday 6 February

1.  Mark homework from Ex 5

2.  1 eg of diff betw 2 sqs using “k-method”. Start products leading to trinomials

3.  Homework: Ex5 No 9 & 10;  Complete Class Test 2;  Do activity 6 up to no 11

Video of lesson:

Lesson 7: Tuesday 11 February

1.   Wrote test on products and CF and diff betw 2 sqs

2.  Marked products and made conclusions from Activity 6 Q1-11.

3.  Homework:  Activity 7 No 1-4

Video of lesson

 

Lesson 8: Thursday 13 February

  1.   Mark homework from Activity 7 Q1-4  Continue with Activity 7 & 8 -trinomials with last term negative
  2.   Homework:  Complete Activity 7 , 8 and Activity 9 #7-10

Video

Lesson 9: Tuesday 18 February

1.   Hand back & go through test on products and CF and diff betw 2 sqs

2.  Marked Activity 9 up to Q15

3.  Homework:  p9 Class Test 3

Video of lesson :  1.  Test 1

2.  Start discussion re trinomials with coefficient of 1st term bigger than 1

Lesson 10: Thursday 20 February

  1. 1.   Go through & mark Class Test three (see video)
    2.  Homework: Activity 10 #5-10

Video

 

Lesson 11: Tuesday 25 February

1.   Write test on Trinomials (Gr10 type)

2.  Marked Activity 10 5-8 & carry on with Activity 10 from 11 onwards (marked 11 & 12)

3.  Homework:  Activity 10 #13-24  &  Class Test 4

Video of lesson :

Lesson 12:  Thursday 27 February

No new work as many learners wished to be in Maths class

 

Lesson 13:  Tuesday 4 March

Test on everything.

 

Lesson 14: Thursday 6 March

Video of going through test.- see video and pdf:

Solutions to Tuesday Test on everything:  GRADE 9 AP Term 1 Grade Test 2 2025 q’s only

Mark Homework Activities : from solutions posted on group.

Do intro to Sum and Difference of 2 cubes Activity 11 (see video 2) and deduce how to factorise.

Homework:  Class Test 5 and Activity 12 a 1 – 4

 

Lesson 15: Tuesday 11 March

Mark CT5 and go through Sum & Diff of 2 cubes

Homework Activity 12a 1-10 and CT 6

Lesson 16: Thursday 13 March

Video of going through Tuesday’s test.- see video and :

Mark Homework – Activity 12A 1-10 : from solutions posted on group.

Homework for next Tuesday: Activity 12A no 11-18, Class Test 6 and Grade Test

Video 1 of Tuesday’s test solutions

VIdeo 2 of Activity 12A No 1-10

Thursday 20 March

Factorising – Switch arounds

Homework for Tuesday: p12: Grade test; p15 Activity 12B, p16 2.5 Grouping Worked eg 1-4 & Activity 13 # 1-3 Try to do one page a day so that you don’t leave it all to the last minute. Enjoy the long weekend and well done to all of you who were part of the concert last night.

Video

Tuesday 25 March

Factorising Grouping & Mark HW

Please don’t forget to go over the video  on grouping and to do all the worked examples if you did not attend the lessons and the whole of Activity 13 and Class Test 7. Let me know if anyone would like me to post the solutions to Class

Video