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

  

Exam Schedule

Honors Geometry Final Exam

During class on Monday, students will spend time reviewing and preparing their notecards for the final exam.  During the exam, students will have three required sections: Area and Surface Area, Volume, and Solving for missing measures in Right Triangles.  Students have the option to complete an exam portion for any other learning target we have encountered during the semester.  All exam work must be completed within our one hour exam period.

What's Going On? May 31st through June 3rd

Thought for the Week

Unit 13: Probability

During this shortened week, we will spend some time investigating probability.  We will talk about how to calculate the probability of a single event occurring as well as determining the probability of several events happening.

Exam Schedule

What's Going On? May 23rd through May 27th

 Thought for the Week

Wrapping Up Unit 12: Transformations

This week, students will learn about the composition of transformations.  This means, how we can combine the rules of translation, rotation, and reflection and write a single rule to express the combination.  We will review during class on Tuesday and complete our unit 12 summative on Wednesday.  We will end the week during Friday's shortened class by creating a tessellation art project.

What's Going On? May 16th through May 20th

 Thought for the Week

Our last Math MAP Test & Unit 12: Transformations

We will start off the week by wrapping up our final Math MAP test.  Once this is complete, we will move on to unit 12.   In this unit, we will take a look at transformations.  We will learn about rigid transformations (translation, rotation, and reflection) and non-rigid transformations (dilations).  During this unit, we will learn about how to apply transformations to figures that have been graphed on a coordinate plane.  At the end of the unit, we will apply our knowledge in order to create art!  Students will create their own tessellation piece in order to create a fun geometric pattern.

Looking Ahead: Exam Schedule

What's Going On? May 9th through May 13th

 Thought for the Week

Wrapping Up Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume

This week, we will wrap up our unit on Surface Area and Volume.  We will start off the week with a volume formative to check in on our level of understanding.  We will spend Tuesday's class reviewing and complete our summative during class on Wednesday.  We will end the week with our last math MAP test.

Exam Schedule

Please check the ***UPDATED*** exam schedule for our last three days of school.

What's Going On? May 2nd through May 6th

 Thought for the Week

Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume

This week, we will continue with unit 11 on surface area and volume.  We will start off the week with a formative check-in on surface area.  For the rest of the week, we will focus on how to find the volume of solids.  This includes prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres.

As a reminder, students are invited and encouraged to come in during JIT!  I am available before school and during lunch Monday - Thursday.

Correction to the Exam Schedule

There has been a change to the exam schedule that was posted last week.  Please view the updated schedule for the end of the year below.

What's Going On? April 25th through April 29th

 Thought for the Week

Wrapping Up Unit 10: Area

We will start off this week by wrapping up our tenth unit on Area.  We will spend Monday's class reviewing and complete our Unit 10 Summative during class on Tuesday.  Students will need to demonstrate their ability to find the area and perimeter of objects and to solve for missing measurements based on the given area or perimeter.

After this, we will move into our unit on Volume.  For the rest of the week, we will focus on how to find the surface area of solids, including prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones.

Students who would like to get some extra help are welcomed and encouraged to come in before school and/or lunch for JIT.

Looking Ahead: Exam Schedule

We will end the semester with our exams.  Please note that the exam schedule has changed from 1st semester.  We will now have 90 minutes for each exam.  

What's Going On? April 19th through April 22nd

 Thought for the Week

Schedule for the Week

Unit 10: Area

This week, we will continue with our study of Area.  We will start the week with a review and a short formative to check in on our understanding of how to solve for the area of a shape and how to determine measurements of a figure given the area.  We will then talk about how to calculate the area of a circle and parts of a circle.  We will end the week by taking a look at the relationship between the perimeter and area of regular polygons.

What's Going On? April 11th through April 14th

 Thought for the Week

Modified Schedule

We have a long weekend between April 15th and April 18th.  This will cause a modified schedule for two weeks.

FREE Summer Tech Bootcamp Opportunity

 Calling all #college or college-ready #highschool #students!

We're excited to announce the doors are open for this summer's tech bootcamp, FUSE! 

This program is being offered free of charge to all students who are accepted into the program. The MKE Tech Hub Coalition is generously providing scholarships to cover the costs for all selected students. 

If you’re looking to learn how your future career will be impacted by technology and how you can prepare for work in the digital economy, check this out 

During this program, you’ll:
- Build skills that apply to any tech or tech adjacent career
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- Gain valuable coaching, professional development, and networking opportunities
- And so much more

You’ll then fuse everything you learn into industry-led challenges and demo your new skills at the end of summer. 

Learn more and register by June 1st to participate on June 16th. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, so don’t delay.

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Unit 10: Area

This week, we will continue on with our study of area.  On Monday, we will learn how to find the area of regular polygons.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, students will take the ACT Aspire test, so we will not meet as a group.  We will end the week by learning about how to calculate the circumference and arc length of a circle.

What's Going On? April 4th through April 8th

Thought for the Week

Free Technology Career Showcase

WIT Wisconsin is hosting a virtual event for high school and college age students to showcase all the places you can go with a technology career. The event is scheduled for April 7th from 4:00-6:00 PM and is completely free. Students will have the opportunity to hear directly from tech professionals on different types of careers options. Our professionals will be sharing what a day in the life looks like for them, their career journeys and answer any questions. This event will be an informal setting to allow students to learn about roles and careers they may have not even know existed. All are welcome to this virtual event, so spread the word! Link to register: https://www.witwisconsin.com/event-4710038.

Prom Spirit Week

Join in the fun of dress up days!

Wrapping Up Unit 9 on Circles and Beginning Unit 10 on Area

The first part of the week will be used to wrap up our unit 9 study on circles.  We will review on Monday and complete our summative on Tuesday.  Students are encouraged to come in during JIT before school and/or during lunch to get some extra help!  During the rest of the week, we will start our study on area.  We will focus on how to find the area and solve for measurements for figures including parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, rhombuses, and kites.

What's Going On? March 28th through April 1st

Thought for the Week

STEM Opportunity

What: Tech Savvy 2022 is a one-day conference for girls in grades 6 to 9 and their parent(s), designed to inspire and encourage them in STEM fields. Registration is also open to interested boys. The students who attend Tech Savvy will experience exciting hands-on activities led by professional women in STEM fields. There will be a program for adults to learn more about working in the STEM fields, encouraging their children in STEM, and helping them to prepare for college or technical school. 

When: Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. 

Where: On the UW-Whitewater campus in various science and technology labs. 

Tech Savvy is jointly organized by the AAUW (American Association of University Women) Fort Atkinson and Janesville branches and UW-Whitewater Office of Continuing Education. 

Learn more about the exciting lineup of workshop sessions or register at.uww.edu/ce/camps/additional/techsavvy

Continuing On with Unit 9: Circles

When we return from spring break, we will have lots to investigate with circles!  Monday's class will be devoted to "Inscribed Angles".  We will then talk about angles formed by chords, secants, and tangents, followed by how to calculate the lengths of segments.  We will end the week with a formative check-in and talk about how we can construct tangents using geometric construction tools.

Monday, March 28, 2022	Essential Question How can I solve for measurements in a circle?	Inscribed Angles Read and take notes on 12.4 Page 610 #2-28 even Page 603 #2-26 even
Tuesday, March 29, 2022	Essential Question How can I solve for measurements in a circle?	Angles formed by Chords, Secants, and Tangents Read and take notes on 12.5 Page 617 #2-22 even Page 603 #2-26 even
Wednesday, March 30, 2022	Essential Question How can I solve for measurements in a circle?	Circles and Lengths of Segments Read and take notes on 12.6  Page 623 #2-26 even
Friday, April 1, 2022	Essential Question How can I construct a tangent?	Formative Check-In Constructing Tangents Constructing Tangents Worksheet

What's Going On? March 14th through March 18th

 Thought for the Week

Spring Break Spirit Week!  

Join the fun as we count down the days until our break!

Unit 9: Circles

This week, we will begin our ninth unit of the year on circles.  This week's focus will be on how to write the equation for a circle and how to solve for missing measurements in a circle using based on the properties of arcs, chords, and tangents.  We will end the week with a formative assessment to make sure that we have a firm grasp of these basic concepts before we go into spring break.

What's Going On? March 7th through March 11th

 Thought for the Week

Schedule for the Week - ACT for Juniors on Tuesday

Wrapping Up Unit 8: Triangles and Trigonometry

This week, students will wrap up their study of triangles and trigonometry.  On Monday, students will complete a short formative assessment and take some time to learn about how to apply our Law of Sines and Law of Cosines to real-world situations.  On Thursday, we will review, and on Friday students will complete the lesson 8 summative assessment.  Students who need extra help or have questions are encouraged to come in before school and/or during JIT Monday-Thursday.

What's Going On? February 28th through March 4th

Thought for the Week

 

Unit 8: Triangles and Trionometry

This week, we will continue with our study of triangles and trigonometry.  We will start off the week with a short formative to make sure we understand the underlying principles of right triangle trigonometry (SOH CAH TOA).  After this, we will take a look at how we can solve for missing sides and angles in non-right triangles.  The tools we will use for this include the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines.

What's Going On? February 21st through February 25th

 Thought for the Week

Unit 8: Triangles and Trigonometry

This week, our primary focus will be on using SOH CAH TOA trig ratios in order to solve for missing side and angle measurements in triangles.  Then we will use our trig ratios to solve application problems (aka word problems). Students will check in with a short formative on right triangle trigonometry during class on Wednesday.  We will end the week by addressing non-right triangles and the Law of Sines.

As a reminder, students are encouraged to come in for JIT before school and/or during lunch to ask questions and get some extra help!

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

 Thought for the Week

It's a Short Week!

We will have an early release day on Thursday and NO SCHOOL on Friday.  Due to this shortened week, our schedule will look a bit different.  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 shorted Friday-style schedule.

Parent-Teacher Conferences: Wednesday, February 16th

Our last Parent-Teacher Conference of the 2021-2022 school year will be held on 2/16/22 from 5:00-7:00 PM. The results of a parent survey indicated our families preferred scheduled conferences. Please visit this link to sign up for a time to meet!  You can find my sign-up under the "Math" tab.

Unit 8: Right Triangles and Trigonometry

During this short week, we will start our eighth unit of the year on right triangles and trigonometry.  Our focus for our three days of class will be on the Pythagorean Theorem and Special Right Triangle patterns (Isosceles Right triangles and 30-60-90 triangles).  We will end the week with a formative to check our level of understanding before we move on to the right triangle trigonometry portion of our unit.

What's Going On? February 7th through February 11th

 Thought of the Week

Winter Spirit Week

Show your Northstar spirit and participate in the dress-up days this week!

Parent-Teacher Conferences: Wednesday, February 16th

Our last Parent-Teacher Conference of the 2021-2022 school year will be held on 2/16/22 from 5:00-7:00 PM. The results of a parent survey indicated our families preferred scheduled conferences. Please visit this link to sign up for a time to meet!  You can find my sign-up under the "Math" tab.

Unit 7: Similarity

We will start this week by talking about similarity transformations (dilations) and self-similarity.  We will end the week with a review and our first summative of the year on Similarity.  Students should be prepared to answer questions about similar figures, similar triangles, and similarity transformations.

As always, students are welcome to come into room 300 before school and/or during our lunchtime JIT!  

What's Going On? January 31st through February 4th

Thought for the Week

Unit 7: Similarity

This week, we will continue with the seventh unit on Similarity.  During class on Monday, students will complete a formative check-in to make sure that we are on the right track with this unit.  For the rest of the week, we will focus on relationships that are formed within right triangles and relationships formed by angle bisectors and parallel lines in triangles.  We will use these relationships to solve for missing measurements in triangles.

Need Help? Come to JIT!

As always, students are welcome to come to our JIT/Just In Time sessions during the week to get some extra help.  I am available before school and during the last fifteen minutes of lunch Monday-Thursday.