Final Exam

Final Exam Week Schedule

Our final exam is here!  Here are a few reminders about the week.  Below you will see our exam schedule.  Please make sure that you arrive at our exam ON TIME!   If you would like to have additional help, I will be at school every morning at 7:00am.  Our first exam does not begin until 9:30, so that would give you lots of time to check in.  You do not have to arrive at the beginning of the help session and you do not have to stay until the end.  This is an informal help session.  I would be more than happy to answer last minute questions at this time.  If I am not in my classroom, please check computer lab 300 as I might be helping some of my programming students.


What's On the Exam?

You are required to take the following 4 sections:
Learning Target 1g: I can prove theorems about similar triangles and their properties. (Triangle similarity shortcuts: SSS similarity, SAS similarity, AA similarity)Learning Target 3d: I can solve right triangles. (Special Right Triangles and right triangle trig: SOH, CAH, TOA)
Learning Target 3c: I can compute, solve and analyze geometric shapes and measure.  (Area)
Learning Target 3g: I can use volume formulas to solve problems. (Volume)You must also complete 2 additional sections.  Please check Infinite Campus to see which sections in which you would like to improve your grade.  Please remember that a grade of "IE" in two or more learning targets means that you will need to repeat the course.

What Should I Bring to the Exam?

For the exam, be sure to bring something to write with, a calculator, and your "cheat sheet".  This cheat sheet can be a standard 8 1/2" by 11" piece of paper that includes formulas, sample problems....just about anything that you want.  Your cheat sheet must be handwritten and will be turned in at the end of your exam period.  You should also bring something to do for after the exam.

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

Our Last Week of Classes!

It's hard to believe, but this is our last week of classes!  We will not have school on Monday due to Memorial Day, so that leaves us with three class periods this week.  On our first day of class for the week we will talk about the probability on the first class of the week.  The last two class periods of the week will be spent preparing for the final exam.  We will talk more about the format during class, but it will be similar to the exam we took first semester.  We will have 3-4 learning targets that will be required and you will have a choice of 2-3 other targets to complete.  You may complete as many sections of the test as you can complete within the 90 minute exam period.

Cheat Sheet

For the exam, you may use one piece of paper (8 1/2" x 11") that contains formulas, sample problems, definitions, etc.  This cheat sheet must be handwritten.  No formulas will be provided on the exam so be sure to include all formulas that are not committed to memory. Some of the formulas you may want to include are the SOH CAH TOA ratios, the law of sines, the law of cosines, special right triangle patterns, area formulas, surface area formulas, volume formulas, transformation rules, the distance formula, the midpoint formula, and any other formula you think you might need during the exam.  Please note that you will need to turn in your cheat sheet at the end of the exam, so do not plan on sharing it with a student in another class.

Exam Schedule

Please check out the exam schedule.  You'll notice that the first exam does not begin until 9:30am each day.  You can use the time before the first exam to ask questions.  I will be at school beginning at 7:00am each day, so I would be happy to work with you at this time.  Do NOT be late to your exam!

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

Celebration Day!

Monday is North's annual celebration day!  Students will be attending celebration day with their class for one hour during the day.  Other students (over 400!) have signed up to be a part of North's first service learning day and will be volunteering in the community.  Please take a look at the schedule below to see what's going on.

Our Last Unit!

This week we will start unit 13 on probability.  Students will take a look at the definition of probability and make some calculations about the likelihood that a certain event will occur.  We will look at events where order matters, such as the chance of correctly guessing your iPad password (permutations).  We will also look at events where order does not matter, such as the chance of picking the winning lottery numbers (combinations).

Probability and statistics play a big part in some career options.  According to careercast.com, the best job in 2015 was an actuary. An actuary is someone who analyzes statistics calculates the risks associated with different events.

According to US News' top 100 jobs list, the #17 job is a statistician.  A statistician prepares and analyzes data in order to help make decisions.

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

Wrapping Up Unit 12: Transformations

During this unit we discussed non-rigid versus rigid transformations.  We have practiced performing translations, rotations, and reflections on the coordinate plane.  We also spent some time looking at composition of transformations: performing multiple transformations on a single image and writing a single rule that would map the pre-image to the image.

This week we will review our material, finish up our tessellation projects, and complete the unit 12 summative at the end of the week.  During this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, the sophomores will also be participating in the ACT Aspire Test.  While the sophomores are Aspire Testing, the freshmen will complete their final math MAP test.  Freshmen need to make sure that the NWEA Map App is installed on their iPad in order to be ready for this assessment.

What's Going On? May 2-6th

Finishing Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume


This week Honors Geometry students will be working to complete unit 11 on Surface Area and Volume.  As we have talked about in class, students who complete our unit 11 summative review assignment will be permitted to create and use a formula reference sheet to use during the test.  You can find a list of the formulas that we discussed during the unit here.

During the test, we will address two different learning targets: surface area and volume.  In the surface area section, students should expect to calculate the surface area and lateral area of a prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone and sphere.  Students should also expect to apply their knowledge of surface area to a real-world problem, such as trying to determine the cost of painting a room.

In the volume section of the test, students should expect to calculate the volume of a prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone and sphere. Students should also expect to solve for missing measurements of a solid given the volume.

What's Going On? April 26-29th

ACT Aspire Testing for Freshmen

This week on Tuesday and Wednesday freshmen will participate in ACT Aspire testing.  (Please note that there is NOT SCHOOL on Monday.)  Students who are in class on these days will use this time to review Surface Area and Volume concepts to make sure that we are ready to finish our volume unit strong.

Volume of Prisms, Pyramids, Cylinders, Cones and Spheres

After we finish the ACT Aspire testing, we will continue our study of unit 11 where we investigate the volume of solids, including prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres.  We have a lot of formulas in this unit, so students may earn the privilege to use a formula sheet on our unit summative assessment by completing our summative review before we take the summative.  

What's Going On? April 18-April 22nd

ACT Benchmark Assessment

Students will start off the week by completing the third ACT benchmark assessment.  We have been charting our progress throughout the year and we have been focusing in on different types of ACT questions, including spending quite a bit of time talking about how to come up with an "exact" answer, rather than a decimal approximation.  Students have shown growth throughout the year, moving toward the "college and career readiness" standard.  This assessment will give students one more chance to show progress, as well as give some practice leading into the "Forward Exam".

Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume

After the ACT benchmark assessment, we will continue on with our study of unit 11 on surface area and volume.  Last week we talked about how to find the surface area of prisms and cylinders.  This week we will talk about how to find the surface area of pyramids and cones.  Students will also work on a one day group project where they will have the opportunity to create packaging for a product.  Students will analyze different types of packaging and will apply their knowledge of surface to determine the best packaging for their product.  We will finish up the week by talking about how to find the volume of prisms and cylinders.  As we have been doing with our last few units, students will continue to take formative assessments on a regular basis in order to give feedback on learning objectives throughout the unit.