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Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year!

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 Hello Algebra 2 Students!  Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! My name is Mrs. Kamenar and I will be working with you during your Algebra 2 class this year. This year, I am starting my 20th year teaching math and computer science at Waukesha North. This year I will be teaching Algebra 2 Math, App Development 1 & 2, AP Computer Science A, Programming the Web 1 & 2, and Yearbook. In addition to teaching, I am also the head women's cross-country coach and yearbook advisor. I hope that everyone was able to find some time to relax this summer. My summer included a trip to Australia with my family, playing with my kids, hiking, running, a computer science conference in Las Vegas, and playing with my dog Ranger. My goal is to keep you up to date with what's going on in the classroom through this blog. Between the blog and our class schedule of events that will be posted on our BlackBoard class website, it is my hope that all students and parents will be informed about what...
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What's Going On? April 22nd through April 26th

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Thought for the Week Topic 18: Trigonometry in General Triangles This week, we will continue our study of trigonometry in general triangles.  We will continue to work with the Law of Sines, which uses pairs of sides and angles, to solve for missing measures.  We will also address the "ambiguous case" where we can deal with the possiblity of more than one triangle.  Once we have worked with the Law of Sines, we will move on to the Law of Cosines.  With the Law of Cosines, students will learn to look for three side lengths in a triangle to solve for a missing angle or for "SAS", or side-angle-side, to solve for a missing side measurement.
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What's Going On? April 8th through April 12th

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Thought for the Week   Modified Schedule for the Week.  As a reminder, Freshmen and Sophomores will complete the ACT Secure and Juniors will complete the ACT on Tuesday, April 9th.  This will lead to a modified schedule for the rest of the week.  Monday will be a "Tuesday"-style schedule.  On Tuesday, we will complete standardized testing.  The rest of the week will proceed as scheduled. Topic 16: Trigonometric Functions On Monday of this week, we will take a brief break from our topic 16 study to focus on some tips and tricks for completing the math portion of the ACT.  Students will be encouraged to practice working with the Desmos calculator, which has been built-in to the online version of the ACT.  We will also review some important concepts and talk about how to narrow down our answer choices. For the rest of the week, we will take a look at "Exploring Tangents" and start reviewing for our summative assessment.
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What's Going On? April 2nd through April 5th

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   Thought for the Week Topic 16: Trigonometric Functions As we return from spring break, we will spend a little bit of time reviewing concepts related to right triangles.  We will practice solving for missing sides and missing angle measurements using right triangle patterns.  We will then move on to a more in-depth look at the sine and cosine functions.  At the end of the week, we will spend some time talking about how we can modify the sine and cosine functions with transformations.
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What's Going On? March 11th through March 15th

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  Thought for the Week Preparing for our Benchmark : Topic 15 This week, we will prepare for our first benchmark assessment of the semester.  So far, we have learned about exponential equations and logarithms.  For our benchmark, students will put all of the pieces together in order to solve equations and inequalities that involve logarithms.  Throughout the week, we will practice solving log equations and review for our benchmark assessment.  Students who would like a little bit of extra help are invited to check in with me during JIT A.
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What's Going On? March 4th though March 8th

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Thought for the Week Wrapping Up Topic 14 and Beginning Topic 15 On Monday, students will spend time reviewing for our topic 14 summative assessment on logarithms.  During our summative test on Tuesday, students will demonstrate their ability to: Convert exponential expressions to logarithmic expressions Convert logarithmic expressions to exponential expressions Graph exponential and log equations and discuss their features Use property of logs to expand and condense expressions Once we wrap this up, students will move on to topic 15.  At the end of this unit, students will complete a benchmark   assessment .  During topic 15, students will learn how to use logarithms to solve equations and inequalities.  We have been working toward this goal over the past several topics, and now we can finally put all of the pieces together.  During our third class of the week, students will learn how to solve logarithmic equations using tables and graphs.  At the end...
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What's Going On? February 26th through March 1st

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   Thought for the Week Parent-Teacher Conferences Topic 14: Logarithmic Functions This week, we will continue our study of the properties of logs.  We will continue our practice of condensing, and also expanding, log functions.  We will also apply this practice to natural logs .  These are the logs with a base of "e".  
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