What's Going On? March 21st-24th

Unit 10: Area


During this short week before spring break, we will be starting our tenth unit on Area.  This week we will talk about how to calculate the area of traditional figures such as triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, rhombuses and kites.  Once we understand the traditional area formulas, we will determine different methods to calculate the area of irregular figures.  Additionally, we will talk about how to solve for missing measurements when given the area of a figure.



"Trading Spaces" Project

This week we will also begin our "Trading Spaces" project.  This project allows students to apply our knowledge of Area to real-life home remodeling projects.  Students will look at floor plans of a house in order to determine the size of different spaces.  Students will then be able to calculate various items such as how much it will cost to change the flooring in the kitchen, how much it will cost to paint a bedroom, and how much it will cost to landscape the yard.  Students will be working on this project throughout the unit and it will be due on the same day as our summative assessment.  As we are working on the project, students will have their tasks checked off each day to make sure that they are on the right track.

What's Going On? March 14th through March 17th

Happy Pi Day!


Monday is Pi Day (3.14) and the school will be participating in some pi day activities.  During AE, classes will compete to answer as many questions as they can related to pi.  The AE class with the most correct answers will with a PIE DAY!

On Monday, we will also be announcing the winner of the "PIE YOUR TEACHER IN THE FACE" contest.  Winners will be announced on Monday and will pie their teacher in the face during their lunch period.

Thank you to all of the students who purchased a raffle ticket.  All proceeds will be donated to North's Sparky Fund.

Wrapping Up Our Circles Unit

This week we will be wrapping up our ninth unit of the year on circles.  We will start the week talking about the lengths of segments formed by secants and tangents meeting at a point outside of the circle.  We will then talk about how to construct a tangent to a circle, so please bring your compass and straight edge to class!  Once this is complete, we will take a look at the review assignment and take the summative assessment on the last day of class for the week.  

Unit 8 Trigonometry Summative Retakes

Students who are interested in completing a retake for unit 8 have until Wednesday (for 1st period) or Thursday (for 2nd and 4th periods).  All formative assignments (homework and quizzes), test corrections, and extra practice must be completed before the retake can be taken.  Please see me to arrange a time if you need to complete a retake.

What's Going On? March 7-11th

Circles

This week we will continue our study of our circles unit.  At the end of last week, we defined some of the basic vocabulary terms associated with circles and practiced writing equations for circles in the coordinate plane.  This week we will take a closer look at chord properties, tangent properties, inscribed angles and angles formed by chords, secants and tangents.  Be prepared to complete some formatives this week, including a more formal formative on our third day of class for the week.

Summative Retakes for Unit 8: Triangles and Trigonometry

Students who are interested in retaking one or both sections of our unit 8 summative on triangles and trigonometry will need to make sure all assignments for the unit are complete, make corrections on the original assessment, complete extra practice, and take the retake on the day BEFORE our unit 9 summative assessment on circles.  Please see me if you have any questions.