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Week of April 22 - 26

4/20/2019

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We have finished all course content.  Students will be reviewing concepts and practicing timed multiple choice & frq's in class.  All review materials will be posted on Google Classroom.
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Week of April 15 - 19

4/14/2019

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Monday:  Return inheritance test and discuss.  Go over design thinking with 1st period and students who were absent.
Tuesday & Wednesday:  Intro to recursion and practice tracing recursive calls.
Thursday:  Mergesort explained
Friday: Coding day for final project/independent review for final exam
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Week of April 8 - 12

4/7/2019

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Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a fantastic Spring Break.  Let's finish the year on a strong note!
Monday:  Discuss final project.  Then practice FRQ
Tuesday & Wednesday:  Explore interfaces and implement an interface into the HoochPeople software package.
Thursday:  Intro to recursion
Friday:  Coding day for final project

All students are encouraged to get an AP review book for the APCSA exam.  I highly recommend the Barron's book,  the 5 steps to a 5 book or the Princeton review book.

Whitlock's final exam will be a full length, practice AP exam.  This will be held on Wednesday, May 1st from 3:45 - 7:00 pm.  This is a mandatory exam.  If there are scheduling conflicts, students should talk to me no later than Monday, April 29th, 

AP exam is on Friday, May 17th at noon.
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Week of March 25 - 29th

3/24/2019

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We are almost to Spring Break!!!
Monday:  Students will be given the study guide for the test.  Students who need a lab 3 review will work with Mrs. Whitlock
Tuesday:  Go over the study guide answers and the answers to the previous test's mc.
Wednesday:  Personalized review
Thursday:  Test on Inheritance, Abstract classes and polymorphism with and without casting
Friday:  Mrs. Whitlock will be out of the building on a field trip.  Students will have an in class assignment.
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Week of March 18 - 22

3/17/2019

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Monday:  Abstract classes!  Lab 2.2
Tuesday:  return previous test and discuss.  Introduce concept of polymorphism.  Students add polymorphic code to their runner class.
Wednesday:  Open book quiz on inheritance.  Run polymorphic code.
Thursday and Friday:  Work through casting in an inheritance line together.

TEST ON THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH
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Week of March 11 - 14th

3/12/2019

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Monday and Tuesday:  No school!  Teacher work days
Wednesday:  Discuss lab 1 questions.  Focus on constructors and method calls in inheritance.  Begin lab 2.0
Thursday:  Continue with Lab 2.0.  Move on to lab 2.1
Friday:  Lab day to continue with Lab 2.1
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Week of March 4 - 8

3/3/2019

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I was out sick on Friday of last week so our test has been moved.
Monday:  MC test
Tuesday:  FRQ portion of test
Wednesday:  Intro to Inheritance.  Optional pretest
Thursday:  Coding an inheritance line.  Begin lab 1
Friday:  Coding day for labs 1 and 2
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Week of Feb 25 - March 1

2/24/2019

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Monday:  Intro to Insertion sort; homework worksheet given
Tuesday:  Mrs. Whitlock will be out of the building.  Students will work on insertion sort code and will modify their shopping cart lab to include a sorting method.
Wednesday:  Practice FRQ
Thursday:  Review for test
​Friday:  MC test.  FRQ test will be on Monday
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Week of Feb. 18 - 22

2/18/2019

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Monday:  No school ---holiday
Tuesday:  No school - professional development day for teachers
Wednesday:  Return tests and discuss; art show voting (first round)
Thursday:  Final round of art show voting; Introduction to sorting (selection sort)
Friday:  Insertion sort algorithm

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Week of Feb. 11 - 15th

2/10/2019

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Monday:  Students will run 2D array, part 2 for me.  While I am checking that, the students will be working on the Picture lab, codingBat, 2D array art show submission or Barron's questions.
Tuesday: Warm up & CodingBat partner challenge, progress check, continue working in 2D array material.  Review groups if needed.
Wednesday:  Quiz on 2D arrays and picture lab methods
Thursday:  Vote on class 2D array art submissions
Friday:  NO SCHOOL!
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