Chapter 14 Review (Days 133-134)

Today in Ethnostats, we performed two tasks. The first is in the Stats Scrapbooks. On page 26, was Sarah Carter's "Pi Ku" poetry, and so it's about time for us to do something on page 27 today. The activity on page 27 honors Cesar Chavez, a labor leader, so we analyzed the Statistics of unions:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf

Chavez might be disappointed to see that Hispanic/Latino workers are less likely to be members of a labor union than white Americans -- that is, P(union|Hispanic/Latino) < P(union). We notice that blacks are the only race with more women than men in the workforce (see 13th). But blacks are the most unionized race. And since 2020 the number of workers increased, yet unionized workers decreased.

The second task is to prepare for the Chapter 14 Quiz coming up on Thursday. Now that I know what the final looks like, I can better manage class time so that the review assignment prepares the students adequately for the quiz, while the quiz itself prepares them for the final. The study guide lines up well with the second quiz of the online test bank that I'll give on Illuminate. But there are some questions on the third page that correspond to the final exam.

As for my other classes, in Calculus we began Lesson 6.2 on volume by the disk and washer method. As usual, the quizzes in both classes correspond, so this class has a DeltaMath quiz tomorrow. One thing that makes it tricky is whether I should teach the shell method (Lesson 6.3). There are no shell problems on DeltaMath, and while it appears that shell doesn't appear on the AB exam, it doesn't hurt to teach it. If I do teach 6.3, then it makes sense to give a DeltaMath quiz before it since it's not on that website. But it also makes sense to omit shells, give an extra day for 6.2 instead, and wait to give the quiz next week.

Today is Sevenday on the Eleven Calendar:

Resolution #7: We earn our grades through hard work and determination.

And with all my classes taking quizzes at some point (including Trig as usual), my classes are definitely working hard this week.

Speaking of Trig, we moved on to Lesson 3.3, with the unit circle definition of trig functions. I found a blank unit circle online and had the students filled it out, and then assigned an activity on Desmos. Also yesterday, Fawn Nguyen gave a follow-up to her earlier post on middle school Number Talks:

https://www.fawnnguyen.com/teach/a-routine-for-between-2-numbers

Oh, and speaking of unions, I meet with a union lawyer today to discuss my pink slip. He tells me that my best chance to remain in the district is if another math teacher is promoted to a special job. Then that teacher's spot will open up at the main high school. I estimate that P(this happens) to be about 0.5.

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