What's Going On? March 1st through March 5th

Thought for the Week

 

Unit 8: Trigonometry

Our primary focus for the week will be on solving for angle and side length measurements in non-right triangles.  Students will use the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines when dealing with non-right triangles.  We will end the week by reviewing our unit in preparation for Monday's summative assessment.

What's Going On? February 22nd through February 25th

Thought for the Week

Modified Schedule This Week

This week, students will have a shortened day on Thursday and no school on Friday.  Because of this, the rest of the week will see a modified schedule.  This means that 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 shortened "Friday-style" schedule.

Unit 8: Trigonometry

This week, we will continue with our study of trigonometry.  We will start off the week by using our SOH CAH TOA trig ratios to solve for missing angle measurements in right triangles.  Then we will use our trig ratios to solve application problems (aka word problems).  We will end the week by addressing non-right triangles and the Law of Sines.

What's Going On? February 15th through February 19th

  Thought for the Week

Conferences this Wednesday

I still have a few open spots available for conferences this Wednesday.  Conferences will take place via our video conferencing software, WebEx.  If you would be interested in scheduling a conference, please sign up for one of the available time spots.

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Unit 8: Trigonometry

This week, we will dive into our eighth unit of the year.  We will start off the week by investigating the Pythagorean Theorem and how to solve for missing measurements in special right triangles.  Students should expect to see a quick formative during class on Wednesday so we can check in on our progress and make sure that we are starting the unit on the right foot.  We will end the week by investigating right triangle trigonometry ratios (SOH CAH TOA) and how we can use them to solve for side length measurements in right triangles.  

As a reminder, students are welcome to join me in room 300, or via WebEx, for extra help during our JIT sessions that take place at 11:35 at the end of our lunch period.

What's Going On? February 8th through February 12th

Thought for the Week

Wrapping Up Unit 7 on Similarity

At the beginning of the week, we will focus in on our last two topics in our similarity unit.  We will spend Monday's class talking about Similarity Transformations.  We will talk about how we can apply a scale factor change to a figure on a graph and end up with similar figures.  During Tuesday's class we will have a brief formative check-in on similarity transformations and also talk about self-similarity.  This is when a part of a figure is similar to the whole.  We will spend Wednesday's class reviewing and have our summative assessment during class on Friday.

Unit 7 Learning Targets

1f -  I can prove the similarity of two geometric figures
1g - I can prove theorems about similar triangles and their properties
2d - I can verify and justify properties of dilations

Students who need some extra help are invited to come in for our "JIT" sessions held at the end of every lunch period.  Students can find me in room 300.  I am also available within WebEx for our students who are learning virtually.