What's Going On? May 2-6th

Finishing Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume


This week Honors Geometry students will be working to complete unit 11 on Surface Area and Volume.  As we have talked about in class, students who complete our unit 11 summative review assignment will be permitted to create and use a formula reference sheet to use during the test.  You can find a list of the formulas that we discussed during the unit here.

During the test, we will address two different learning targets: surface area and volume.  In the surface area section, students should expect to calculate the surface area and lateral area of a prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone and sphere.  Students should also expect to apply their knowledge of surface area to a real-world problem, such as trying to determine the cost of painting a room.

In the volume section of the test, students should expect to calculate the volume of a prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone and sphere. Students should also expect to solve for missing measurements of a solid given the volume.

What's Going On? April 26-29th

ACT Aspire Testing for Freshmen

This week on Tuesday and Wednesday freshmen will participate in ACT Aspire testing.  (Please note that there is NOT SCHOOL on Monday.)  Students who are in class on these days will use this time to review Surface Area and Volume concepts to make sure that we are ready to finish our volume unit strong.

Volume of Prisms, Pyramids, Cylinders, Cones and Spheres

After we finish the ACT Aspire testing, we will continue our study of unit 11 where we investigate the volume of solids, including prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres.  We have a lot of formulas in this unit, so students may earn the privilege to use a formula sheet on our unit summative assessment by completing our summative review before we take the summative.  

What's Going On? April 18-April 22nd

ACT Benchmark Assessment

Students will start off the week by completing the third ACT benchmark assessment.  We have been charting our progress throughout the year and we have been focusing in on different types of ACT questions, including spending quite a bit of time talking about how to come up with an "exact" answer, rather than a decimal approximation.  Students have shown growth throughout the year, moving toward the "college and career readiness" standard.  This assessment will give students one more chance to show progress, as well as give some practice leading into the "Forward Exam".

Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume

After the ACT benchmark assessment, we will continue on with our study of unit 11 on surface area and volume.  Last week we talked about how to find the surface area of prisms and cylinders.  This week we will talk about how to find the surface area of pyramids and cones.  Students will also work on a one day group project where they will have the opportunity to create packaging for a product.  Students will analyze different types of packaging and will apply their knowledge of surface to determine the best packaging for their product.  We will finish up the week by talking about how to find the volume of prisms and cylinders.  As we have been doing with our last few units, students will continue to take formative assessments on a regular basis in order to give feedback on learning objectives throughout the unit.  

What's Going On? April 11-15th

Finishing Up Unit 10: Area

This week we will finish up our 10th unit on Area.  We will spend Monday's class reviewing for our summative assessment.  On our second day of class for the week, freshmen will participate in our third and final math MAP test for the year.  Provided that students score at or above our "238" benchmark, this will be the final math MAP test during high school.  On our third day of class for the week, students will have the opportunity to ask last minute questions, finish up our "Trading Spaces" program, or finish up the MAP test.  On our last day of class for the week, students will complete the unit 10 summative assessment and turn in the "Trading Spaces" project.

Trading Spaces

Please note that the "Trading Spaces" project is a summative assessment so it MUST be completed in order to receive a grade for the course.  Students can have individual tasks "checked off" as they are completed to ensure that the project is going well.  Tasks may be checked off through the end of our third day of  class for the week.