What's Going On? April 27th through May 1st

New Virtual Learning Schedule

As you probably heard, starting on Monday we will follow a new schedule.  We will no longer hold a "Monday"-style schedule during a typical week.  Instead, Monday will be a Tuesday-style schedule, Tuesday will be a Wednesday-style schedule, Wednesday will be a Thursday-style schedule, and Thursday will be a Friday-style schedule.  Friday will be a day to get caught up on work for both students and teachers.  For our Honors Geometry class, this means that we will have class on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Changes to Attendance

There will also be changes to attendance that come with this new schedule.  The good news is that you will no longer have to fill out a daily attendance form.  Instead, attendance will be taken based on work completion. What does that mean for Honors Geometry?  Well, typically we have had a lesson video, homework, and formative check each day.  If I see evidence of progress, you will be marked as "present" for the day.  I have usually been taking attendance at around 3pm each day.  This means that moving forward, I will check for work completion around this time.  If an assignment and/or formative has been completed I will mark you "present".  If not, you will be marked absent.  Please note: THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT HOMEWORK MUST BE COMPLETE BY 3PM.  I understand that different people have very different schedules at this time.  If you complete the homework later in the day, I can alter your attendance the next day.  In fact, as long as the work is completed by Friday, I will adjust your attendance for the day earlier in the week.


Pacing Guide for the Week

Now that we are able to be more flexible with attendance, you have more control over when to complete the assignments.  So, if you want to complete all of the assignments for the week on Monday morning, go for it.  If Tuesdays are really busy for you and you need to skip Honors Geometry for the day, that's fine.  Our goal is to have our work for the week completed by Friday.  Work turned in = attendance for the day. 

Here is a suggested pacing guide for the week to keep you learning and moving forward.  Feel free to modify it as necessary, with the goal of having all work for the week completed by Friday.


Monday, April 27, 2020: Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
View the video and take notes, complete the homework, and the formative check-in.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020: Volume of Pyramids and Cones
View the video and take notes, complete the homework, and the formative check-in.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020: Surface Area and Volume of Spheres
View the video and take notes, complete the homework, and the formative check-in.





Please keep in mind that I am here to support you and your learning.  You don't have to do this all on your own.  I would be happy to schedule small-group or individual lessons.  Just let me know.  I was offering Web Ex Teams sessions at 10am, but no one has attended one in quite a while.  If you would like to see this return, please let me know.

Stay Healthy! 

What's Going On? April 20th through April 24th

Wrapping Up Unit 10: Area


Our assignment for Monday's class is to finish our preparations for the Unit 10 Summative on Area. 
This summative will have two parts:

1. Finding the area and measurements of polygons and circles 
2. Finding the circumference and arc length of circles

Students may choose to participate in a self-paced Kahoot challenge.  It is a Kahoot like we would play in class, but you can play at your own time and pace.  The challenge is open until 5pm and some bragging rights are on the line.  Students who want to participate in this challenge can use this link: https://kahoot.it/challenge/01839912?challenge-id=7156a0b7-b499-4b27-804e-40a210a2b6cc_1587069612709.

Our summative assessment on area is scheduled for Tuesday's class.  The assessment will be on Blackboard in a format very similar to the formatives we have taken throughout the unit.

Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume

Once we wrap up our unit on area, we will focus on finding the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes.  Wednesday will focus on finding the surface area of prisms and cylinders while Thursday's class will focus on finding the surface area of pyramids and cones.  Each day will have a video lesson, a notes template, homework assignment, and multiple-attempt formative assessment.  If you are feeling stressed, there is no need to spend more than 20 minutes on the homework.  Once you hit the 20-minute mark, feel free to turn in the assignment.  I will offer a "live" lesson each day at 10am in WebEx Teams if anyone is interested in working through the notes together.  Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional help.  I am here to support you and your learning.

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

Modified Schedule This Week

This is a reminder that we do not have school on Monday.  The rest of the week will follow along with our traditional Tuesday through Friday schedule.




Wrapping Up Unit 10 On Area

This week, we will work on wrapping up our tenth unit on area.  We will spend Tuesday's class learning about the relationships between perimeter and area of similar polygons.  A video lesson is available and I will also be available at 10am on Tuesday to go through a live lesson if anyone is interested.  Then we will begin our review on Wednesday.  I currently have our summative assessment scheduled for Thursday's class.  I posted a question within WebEx teams looking for feedback on this testing date.  Please let me know if you are ready for our summative on Thursday or if you would like additional time to review and push the test to the following week.

For those of you thinking ahead already, here is a list of the formulas and concepts that will be included on our unit 10 area summative:

What's Going On? April 6th through April 9th

Modified Schedule This Week


This week, classes will be held Monday through Thursday.  This means that we will follow a modified schedule this week with Monday as a "Tuesdsay-style" schedule, Tuesday as a "Wednesday-style" schedule, Wednesday as a "Thursday-style" schedule and Thursday as a "Friday-style" schedule.  There is no school on Friday, April 10th or Monday, April 13th.




Staying Organized

If anyone is looking for a way to stay organized, I made a template for keeping track of your daily virtual learning agenda as well as long-range goal planning. Feel free to use it if you would find it to be helpful. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YG3KCSbR3fieR6RE7IOiMYz5SSQsKEph-0RTJ0WpKd8/copy

Unit 10: Area

This week, we will continue with our tenth unit on area.  On Monday, our lesson will cover how to find the area of regular polygons, Tuesday's lesson will cover how to find the circumference and arc length of a circle, and Wednesday's lesson will cover how to find the area of circles, sectors, and segments.  For each day, I will post a video lesson and I will also be available at 10am via WebEx teams for anyone who would like to go through the lesson in real-time.  There is a homework assignment for each lesson that can be completed within Notability or through our Class Kick app.  So I can check our level of understanding, there is a brief formative assessment for each lesson.  Please let me know how I can best support you and your learning.  This situation is new to all of us.  I am here to help!