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.

What's Going On? January 25th through January 28th

Thought for the Week

Welcome to the second semester!

Unit 7: Similarity

As we begin our second semester, we will dive into our seventh unit of the year.  During this unit, we will talk about similar figures.  We will spend Tuesday's class talking about how to determine if two figures are similar.  For the rest of the week, we will focus on triangles and some triangle similarity shortcuts to prove how we know if two triangles are similar. 

As always, students are invited to come in during our morning or lunchtime JIT to ask questions and get individual attention.

What's Going On? January 18th through January 21st

Thought for the Week

Exam Week!

This week is exam week!  Students will not have school on Monday.  Tuesday will be a "Monday-style" schedule where students meet with all of their classes.  For the rest of the week, we will be following the following exam schedule:

Plan for the Week

During class on Tuesday, we will spend our class period reviewing for our first-semester exam.  Our exam will take place from 8:00-9:00am on Thursday, January 20th.  Students who are late may not be admitted into the exam so PLEASE BE ON TIME!!!!  Our exam will primarily cover three learning targets:

• 1d: Parallel Lines
• 1e: Triangle Congruence
• 2a: Writing Equations

Students have the opportunity to also complete work in the following targets:

• 1a: Geometric Vocabulary
• 1b: Logical Reasoning
• 2c: Quadrilaterals on the Coordinate Plane
• 3a: Segment & Angle Addition Postulates
• 3c: Solving for Measures

Students must complete the exam in our 60-minute time period.  Students are welcome and encouraged to come in during our "Review/Conferencing" time if they would like to get some extra help in preparing for the exam.  For the exam, students may use a calculator and one notecard as a "cheat sheet".

What's Going On? January 10th through January 14th

 Thought for the Week

Upcoming Exam Schedule

On January 19th through January 21st, students will participate in our first semester exams.  Please note the time scheduled for each exam in the schedule below.  Students are welcome to come in to get extra help or have a quiet place to study during our review/conferencing time.  Students have one hour to complete their semester exam and must be in class, ready to work, at the beginning of the exam period.  

Wrapping Up Unit 6: Polygons and Quadrilaterals

At the beginning of this week, students will wrap up their "Quadrilaterals Detectives in Training" formative project.  We will then review for our summative for the unit that will take place on Wednedsay.  The rest of the semester will be devoted to preparing for our first-semester exam.  

What's Going On? January 3rd through January 7th

 Happy New Year!

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope that everyone found some time to rest, relax, and recharge,  Now that we're back, let's focus on making the most of what's left of our first semester!

Continuing on with Unit 6: Polygons and Quadrilaterals

This week, we will continue on with our study of how to determine which shape has been graphed based on its characteristics.  For this, we will need to use the midpoint, slope, and distance formulas to support what we know and present it in a two-column proof.  We will dive deeper into this with our "Quadrilateral Detectives in Training" partner project.  Students should expect to see a short formative this week so that I can provide feedback on our learning progress.  Additionally, students will participate in our winter MAP testing this week.