What's Going On? September 26th through 30th

Unit 1 Summative Retake Policy

This past week students took our first summative assessment for our first unit on the Basics of Geometry.  I would like to take a few moments to remind everyone of some of our policies regarding grades and retakes.  Students who are interested in retaking one or more sections of the assessment must complete the following steps:

• Make sure that all formative work is complete for the unit.  This includes all homework assignments and formative check-ins.  Students can check out Infinite Campus to check the status of work completion for the unit.
• Students should make an appointment to complete their corrections on the original assessment.  These corrections can be completed before school, after school, or during lunch.  Please contact me to arrange a time.
• Students should send me an e-mail requesting extra practice for the section(s) they would like to retake.  For example:

                 Mrs. Kamenar,

                 This is Sam Smith from your 1st period Honors Geometry class.  I would like to retake the                    1a section from our Unit 1 Summative.  Could you please send me some extra practice?

                 Sincerely,
                         Sam Smith

• Students should make arrangements to complete the retake of the assessment before our next summative assessment (Unit 2 assessment is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4th).
• Please note that the retake score will be entered into Infinite Campus, even if the score is lower than the original assessment.
• Also note that a score of "IE" in two or more learning targets will result in a failing grade for the course.  Students who scored an "IE" on our last assessment should start preparing for a retake. 

MAP Testing

Freshman students enrolled in Honors Geometry will be completing our math MAP test soon in order to chart student growth in mathematical understanding throughout the year.  Students will need to have the "NWEA MAP" app installed on their iPads in order to complete the assessment.  I will start checking iPads this week to make sure that all students have the app installed before our MAP testing window opens on October 4th.

Unit 2: Reasoning and Proof

This week we will continue our unit on the introduction to reasoning and proof.  Last week students were introduced to logic statements and we started to apply proof practices to solving Algebra problems.  This week we will continue to work with logical reasoning statements in order to formulate our logical reasoning in Geometry.  Students will be able to walk through a proof problem step-by-step and justify their reasoning for being able to perform each step.