Geometry+5th+Classwork

= Geometry 5th Classwork =

This page contains the notes and classwork for each day of class for the Geometry 5th period section.

__ **Friday, June 10, 2016** __ Today, students continued to work in pairs on an activity related to composite solids, surface area, and volume. Students completed and turned in this assignment.

__ **Thursday, June 9, 2016** __ Today, students worked in pairs on an activity related to composite solids, surface area, and volume. Students will continue to work on this activity tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, June 8, 2016** __ Today, we had a quiz on the volumes of cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids. We will work on an activity related to composite solids tomorrow and Friday.

__ **Tuesday, June 7, 2016** __ Today, we had one more review day on the volumes of cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

__ **Monday, June 6, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to find the volumes of cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids. We will have another review day tomorrow and will have a quiz on these topics on Wednesday.

__ **Friday, June 3, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on the volume of composite solids. We looked at a few more examples, including word problems. We will have a review day on volume on Monday (cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids) and will have a quiz on these topics on Tuesday.

__ **Thursday, June 2, 2016** __ Today, we looked at problems for finding the volume of composite solids. We talked about how to break down the solid into its component shapes, and how to use the appropriate formulas to find the volume of the entire solid. We looked at a number of examples of this, and will continue with more tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, May 31, 2016** __ Today, we talked about the formula for the volume of a cone. We also looked at how to apply it to a number of examples of finding the volume of a cone or solving problems related to volume. We also briefly looked at the formula for the volume of a sphere, which students will work on tomorrow.

__ **Friday, May 27, 2016** __ Today, we talked about the formula for the volume of a pyramid, its similarity to that of a prism, and how it is derived. We then looked at a number of examples of finding the volume of a pyramid or solving problems related to volume. We will continue with more on volume next week.

__ **Thursday, May 26, 2016** __ Today, we continued with volumes of solids. We talked about the formula for the volume of a prism, its similarity to that of a cylinder, and how it is derived. We then looked at a number of examples of finding the volume of a prism or solving problems related to volume. We will continue with more on volume tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, May 25, 2016** __ Today, we began to look at the volumes of solids - starting with cylinders. We talked about the formula for the volume of a cylinder and how it is derived. We then looked at a number of examples of finding the volume of a cylinder or solving problems related to volume. We will continue with the volume of a prism tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, May 24, 2016** __ Today, we had a quiz on surface area of solids - cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids. Tomorrow, we will begin to look at the volumes of solids.

__ **Monday, May 23, 2016** __ Today, we had one more day of review on surface area of solids - cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

__ **Friday, May 20, 2016** __ Today, we had a review day on surface area of solids - cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids. We will have one more day of review on Monday and will have a quiz on these topics on Tuesday.

__ **Thursday, May 19, 2016** __ Today, we had one more day of examples of surface areas of composite solids. We will review surface area (of cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, spheres, and composite solids) tomorrow and Monday and will have a quiz on these topics on Tuesday.

__ **Wednesday, May 18, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more examples of finding surface areas of composite solids. We reviewed how to figure out the appropriate formulas to use for finding surface area. We will have one more day on composite solids tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, May 17, 2016** __ Today, we began to look at composite solids. We talked about how to break the solids up into their component parts and to use these to figure out the appropriate formulas to use for finding surface area. We will continue with more on composite solids tomorrow.

__ **Monday, May 16, 2016** __ Today, we looked at surface area of spheres. We talked about the formula for the surface area of spheres, and then worked on a number of examples for applying the formula. We will look at the surface area of composite figures starting tomorrow.

__ **Friday, May 13, 2016** __ Today, we looked at surface area of cones. We talked about the formula for the surface area of cones and how it is derived, and then worked on a number of examples for applying the formula. We will continue with surface area on Monday.

__ **Thursday, May 12, 2016** __ Today, we looked at surface area of another solid - regular right pyramids. We talked about the formula for the area of these types of pyramids and how it is derived, and then worked on a number of examples for applying the formula. We will continue with surface area tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, May 11, 2016** __ Today, we continue with more on surface area - focusing on right prisms. We talked about the formula for the area of a right prism and how it is derived, and then worked on a number of examples for applying the formula. We will continue with surface area tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, May 10, 2016** __ Today, we began to look at the surface area of solids. We talked about cylinders and how the formula for surface area is derived. We then looked at a number of examples of applying the surface area for cylinders. We will continue with surface area for the rest of the week.

__ **Monday, May 9, 2016** __ Today, we began to look at different properties of solids. Students worked on an activity in which they created models of different solids and used those models to determine properties of these solids, including Euler's Number. We will begin to look at surface area of different solids tomorrow.

__ **Friday, May 6, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed the vocabulary of solids and their parts that we learned the last two days. We then had a mini-quiz on these vocabulary terms. We will continue with more on solids next week.

__ **Thursday, May 5, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more vocabulary of solids and their parts and properties. Students worked on a number of practice problems to identify solids and their parts, and to apply the vocabulary to different properties. We will have a mini-quiz on these vocabulary terms tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, May 4, 2016** __ Today, we began a new unit on solids. We talked about the definition of the different types of solids we will learn about in this unit, and looked at the vocabulary used to describe the different parts of these solids. We will continue to explore these different types of solids (pyramids, prisms, cones, cylinders, and spheres) tomorrow and Friday.

__ **Monday, May 2, 2016** __ Today, students completed their landscaping project. Students finished the first two components of the project and the third component - calculating the amount of each material needed and the total cost for each of the materials needed.

__ **Friday, April 29, 2016** __ Today, students continued to work on their landscaping project. Students completed the the first component of the project - finding the area of each part of the garden - and began working on the second component - calculating the amount of each material needed. Students will complete the project on Monday.

__ **Thursday, April 28, 2016** __ Today, students continued to work on their landscaping project. Students returned to their pairs to work on the first component of the project - finding the area of each part of the garden. Students will work on the second and third components, and complete the project, tomorrow and Monday.

__ **Wednesday, April 27, 2016** __ Today, we began a project on area in which students will use the area formulas we've learned in this unit to calculate the cost of a landscaping project. Students worked in groups and began the first component of the project today - finding the area of each part of the garden. We will continue with the project for the rest of the week.

__ **Monday, April 25, 2016** __ Today, we had a quiz on the second part of the area unit - areas of circles, sectors, regular polygons, composite figures, and similar polygons - including word problems.

__ **Friday, April 22, 2016** __ Today, we had one more review day on the second part of the area unit - areas of circles, sectors, regular polygons, composite figures, and similar polygons - including word problems. We will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Thursday, April 21, 2016** __ Today, we had a review day on the second part of the area unit - areas of circles, sectors, regular polygons, composite figures, and similar polygons - including word problems. We will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Wednesday, April 20, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to find the areas of similar polygons, including solving word problems. We then began to work on review problems for the area topics we've learned the last few days - areas of circles, sectors, regular polygons, composite figures, and similar polygons. We will have one more day of review tomorrow and will have a quiz on these topics on Friday.

__ **Tuesday, April 19, 2016** __ Today, we looked at how to find the areas of similar polygons. We reviewed the relationships between the side lengths and perimeters of similar polygons, and how this can be used to find the area of a polygon that is similar to another. We will continue with more on similar polygons tomorrow.

__ **Monday, April 18, 2016** __ Today, we had one more review day on areas of regular polygons and composite figures. We reviewed the formulas for these areas and worked on a number of examples of problems. We will look at the area of similar figures tomorrow.

__ **Friday, April 15, 2016** __ Today, we continued with areas of regular polygons and composite figures. We looked at a few more examples together, and then students worked on practice problems for these shapes. We will continue with more area next week.

__ **Thursday, April 14, 2016** __ Today, we looked at regular polygons and explored different properties of these polygons, as well as how to find their area. We also looked at the area of composite figures - which can be found by breaking them up into smaller, simpler shapes. We worked on a number of examples of areas of both types of shapes, and will continue with more tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, April 13, 2016** __ Today, we continued with the area of circles and sectors. We looked at a few more examples, including those in which the area is given and students need to solve for missing info. Students then worked on a number of practice problems in pairs. We will look at regular polygons and composite figures starting tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, April 12, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on area. We looked at the formula for the area of a circle, reviewed the definition of a central angle of a circle, and also looked at the formula for the area of a sector of a circle. We worked on a number of examples of solving for area, or missing information given the area, and will continue with more tomorrow.

__ **Monday, April 11, 2016** __ Today, we had a quiz on the first part of unit 7 - areas of parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, and kites, as well as area word problems. We will continue with more on area tomorrow.

__ **Friday, April 8, 2016** __ Today, we had a review day on the area topics we've looked at over the last week - including areas of parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, and kites, as well as area word problems. We will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Thursday, April 7, 2016** __ Today, we continued to look at the area of trapezoids and kites. We looked at a few word problems related to area, and then students completed a number of practice problems on this topic. We will have a review day on the areas of parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, and kites tomorrow, and will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Wednesday, April 6, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on area. We looked at the formula for the area of a trapezoid and the formula for the area of kite (or a rhombus). We worked on a number of examples of solving problems related to areas of these shapes. We will look at more with trapezoids and kites tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, April 5, 2016** __ Today, we continued to look at the area of triangles and parallelograms. We looked at a few word problems related to area, and then students completed a number of practice problems on this topic. We will look at the area of trapezoids and kites tomorrow.

__ **Monday, April 4, 2016** __ Today, we began a new unit on area. We started by looking at the formula for the area of a parallelogram (or rectangle, rhombus, or square) and the formula for the area of triangle. We worked on a number of examples of solving problems related to area. We will continue with more area tomorrow.

__ **Friday, April 1, 2016** __ Today, students completed the final parts of the scale drawing activity for enlarging pictures - finishing the transfer of the picture to the poster, and coloring the poster.

__ **Thursday, March 31, 2016** __ Today, we continued to work on the scale drawing method for enlarging pictures. Students continued to transfer the picture to the enlarged poster and began coloring, which they will complete tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, March 30, 2016** __ Today, we continued to work on the scale drawing method for enlarging pictures. Students completed the grids and labeling on the original picture and the enlarged poster. Then, they began to transfer the picture to the enlarged poster, which they will continue tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, March 29, 2016** __ Today, we continued to work on the scale drawing method for enlarging pictures. Students worked on completing and labeling the grids on the original picture and the enlarged poster. Tomorrow, they will begin to transfer the picture to the enlarged poster.

__ **Monday, March 28, 2016** __ Today, we began to look at the scale drawing method for enlarging pictures. We watched a number of videos on the topic and discussed the process of using grids to enlarge the picture. We will begin working on this scale/grid drawing method tomorrow.

__ **Monday, March 21, 2016** __ Today, we had a test on unit 6, Similarity - including ratios and proportions, similar polygons, similar triangle shortcuts, indirect measurements, parallel proportions, and proportional parts of triangles.

__ **Friday, March 18, 2016** __ Today, we had one more review day on the properties of similarity we have learned in unit 6 - including ratios and proportions, similar polygons, similar triangle shortcuts, indirect measurements, parallel proportions, and proportional parts of triangles. We will have a test on these topics on Monday.

__ **Thursday, March 17, 2016** __ Today, we began to review the properties of similarity we have learned in unit 6 - including ratios and proportions, similar polygons, similar triangle shortcuts, indirect measurements, parallel proportions, and proportional parts of triangles. We will have another review day tomorrow and will have a test on unit 6 on Monday.

__ **Wednesday, March 16, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on proportional parts of triangles. We reviewed the properties of altitudes, medians, and angle bisectors and worked on a number of word problems. We will review the properties of similarity we have learned in unit 6 tomorrow and Friday and will have a test on this unit on Monday.

__ **Tuesday, March 15, 2016** __ Today, we looked at theorems related to proportional parts of similar triangles - including altitudes, medians, and angle bisectors. We worked on a number of problems for applying these properties to solve for missing information in a figure. We will look at word problems related to these theorems tomorrow. = = = = __ **Monday, March 14, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on proportional segments created by parallel lines, transversals, and triangles. We also looked at a few word problems related to these topics. We will continue with more on proportional segments and parts of triangles tomorrow.

__ **Friday, March 11, 2016** __ Today, we looked at how parallel lines and transversals, or parallel lines and triangles, create proportional segments. We looked at two properties related to these proportional segments, and solved problems to find missing segments in these problems.

__ **Thursday, March 10, 2016** __ Today, we had a quiz on the first part of the unit on similarity - including ratios and proportions, similar polygons, similar triangles, and indirect measurement.

__ **Wednesday, March 9, 2016** __ Today, we had a review day for similarity (ratios and proportions, similar polygons, similar triangles, and indirect measurement). We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, March 8, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to solve word problems using indirect measurement. We then worked on an activity in which students used indirect measurements to estimate the height of objects around the school. We will have a review day for similarity (ratios and proportions, similar polygons, similar triangles, and indirect measurement) tomorrow, and will have a quiz on these topics on Thursday.

__ **Monday, March 7, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on triangle similarity and similarity shortcuts. We also looked at problems in which similarity can be used to solve indirect measurement word problems. We will continue with more on indirect measurement tomorrow.

__ **Friday, March 4, 2016** __ Today, we looked at similar triangles and shortcuts for showing similarity. We talked about how the shortcuts for similarity compare to those for triangle congruence, and how to use the shortcuts to show triangles are similar. We also looked at how to use similar triangles to solve for missing sides and angles. We will continue with more on similar triangles on Monday.

__ **Thursday, March 3, 2016** __ Today, we continued with similar polygons. We reviewed how to write the statements that describe the relationships between the sides and angles, and how these can be used to solve problems for similar polygons. We also looked at how to solve word problems and applications using similar polygons. We will look at similar triangles and shortcuts tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, March 2, 2016** __ Today, we began to look at similar polygons. We talked about the definition of similar polygons and what it means for the relationship between the corresponding sides and angles in polygons. We talked about how to write the statements that describe the relationships between the sides and angles, and how these can be used to solve problems for similar polygons.

__ **Tuesday, March 1, 2016** __ Today, we began a new unit on Similarity of polygons and triangles. We first reviewed how to setup ratios and proportions, how to solve proportions, and how to apply ratios to word problems. We will begin to look at similar polygons tomorrow.

__ **Monday, February 29, 2016** __ Today, we had a test on Unit 5 - covering all of the topics that we've learned related to circles (circumference, chords, arcs, angles, tangents, etc.). We will begin a new unit on Similarity tomorrow.

__ **Thursday, February 25, 2016** __ Today, we continued to work on review problems related to all of the topics that we've learned in the circles unit (circumference, chords, arcs, angles, tangents, etc.). We will have a test on the circles unit on Monday.

__ **Wednesday, February 24, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to find the circumference and radius of a circle. We then began to work on review problems related to all of the topics that we've learned in the circles unit. We will continue to review tomorrow and will have a test on the circles unit on Monday.

__ **Tuesday, February 23, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to find the length of an arc in a circle. We then worked on one more review problem related to arc length. We then began to review all of the topics that we've learned in the circles unit. We will continue to review tomorrow and Thursday and will have a test on the circles unit on Monday.

__ **Monday, February 22, 2016** __ Today, we took began to look at word problems related to circles. We looked at a number of examples of problems that required us to apply the properties of circumference, angles, arcs, and other properties of circles to solve the problems. We will continue with more on word problems tomorrow.

__ **Friday, February 19, 2016** __ Today, we took a quiz on the properties of chords, tangents, and secants and applying these properties to solve for missing segments, angles, or arcs. We will continue with more on circles next week.

__ **Thursday, February 18, 2016** __ Today, we worked on review problems for the properties of chords, tangents, and secants. We worked on problems for applying these properties to solve for missing segments, angles, or arcs. Tomorrow, we will have a quiz on these topics.

__ **Wednesday, February 17, 2016** __ Today, we looked at properties of special arcs and angles in circles. We looked at a number of problems for applying properties of chords, tangents, and secants to solve for these missing angles or arcs. Tomorrow, we will review all of the properties we have worked on the last few days. We will then have a quiz on Friday.

__ **Tuesday, February 16, 2016** __ Today, we looked at properties of different angles and arcs formed by chords, tangents, and secants in a circle. We looked at a number of problems for applying these properties to solve for missing angles or arcs in a circle. We will continue with more of these problems tomorrow.

__ **Friday, February 12, 2016** __ Today, we looked at properties of different segments in a circle. We talked about different properties of intersecting chords in a circle and secants in a circle. We looked at a number of problems for applying these properties to solve for missing segments in a circle. We will continue with more properties of circles next week.

__ **Thursday, February 11, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on different properties of tangents. We reviewed problems related to finding missing angles and segments in figures involving tangents and radii of circles. We will continue with more properties of segments in circles tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, February 10, 2016** __ Today, we looked at properties of tangents to a circle. We talked about how a tangent and a radius of a circle are related, as well as how two tangent segments to a circle from the same point are related. We used these properties to solve for missing segments lengths and angles in figures involving tangents. We will continue with more on tangents tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, February 9, 2016** __ Today, we looked at properties of chords in a circle. We reviewed the definition of a chord, and looked at a number of properties of chords related to central angles, arc measure, and the length of segments. We will look at the properties of tangents tomorrow.

__ **Monday, February 8, 2016** __ Today, we had a quiz on properties of circles - related to diameter, radius, circumference, arc measure, arc length, central angles, and inscribed angles.

__ **Friday, February 5, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to solve problems with central angles and arcs of circles. Students then worked on practice problems for the different properties of circles that we've learned over the last week - related to diameter, radius, circumference, arc measure, arc length, central angles, and inscribed angles. We will have a quiz on these properties on Monday.

__ **Thursday, February 4, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed the different properties of circles that we've learned over the last week - related to diameter, radius, circumference, arc measure, arc length, central angles, and inscribed angles. We will have one more day of review tomorrow and will have a quiz on these properties on Monday.

__ **Wednesday, February 3, 2016** __ Today, we looked at properties of inscribed angles in circles. We talked about the relationship between an inscribed angle and the arc it intersects, as well as the properties of a cyclic quadrilateral inscribed inside a circle. We looked at number of examples of solving problems with inscribed angles, triangles inside circles, and cyclic quadrilaterals. We will review the properties of circles tomorrow and Friday and will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Tuesday, February 2, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more properties of circles - focusing on arc measure and arc length. We talked about how to find the measure of an arc from the corresponding central angle (or vice versa) and how to find the length of an arc from the central angle and the circumference of the circle. Tomorrow, we will look at properties of inscribed angles.

__ **Monday, February 1, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more properties of circles. We looked at how to solve for radius, diameter, and circumference and the relationship between these values. Tomorrow, we will look at arc measures and arc lengths in circles.

__ **Friday, January 29, 2016** __ Today, we began a new unit on circles. We first looked at a number of vocabulary terms related to circles, and how they are related to each other. We then worked on examples of identifying the components of a circle, and of using compasses to sketch figures of circles.

__ **Thursday, January 28, 2016** __ Today, we took the second part of the midterm - covering topics from units 1-4 and containing problems for solving for missing parts of different figures and fill-in-the-blanks with calculations.

__ **Wednesday, January 27, 2016** __ Today, we took the first part of the midterm - covering topics from units 1-4 and containing true/false questions, fill-in-the-blank with vocabulary, sketching diagrams, and proofs. We will take the second part of the midterm tomorrow.

__ **Friday, January 22, 2016** __ Today, we had one final review day for the midterm. We reviewed the topics that will be covered on the test, and looked at any remaining questions about the practice problems. We will have the midterm on Monday and Tuesday.

__ **Thursday, January 21, 2016** __ Today, we continued to review for next week's midterm (Monday and Tuesday). Students worked on practice problems to prepare for the different types of problems on the second part of the midterm - solving for missing parts of different figures and fill-in-the-blanks with calculations.

__ **Wednesday, January 20, 2016** __ Today, we continued to review for next week's midterm (Monday and Tuesday). We reviewed the main concepts that are covered on the midterm. Students then began to work on practice problems to prepare for the different types of problems on the first part of the midterm - true/false, fill-in-the-blank, sketching diagrams, and proofs.

__ **Tuesday, January 19, 2016** __ Today, we began to review for next week's midterm (Monday and Tuesday). We talked about the timing of the midterm and the types of questions that will be on it. We also began to review the main concepts that will be covered on the exam. We will continue to review for the midterm all week.

__ **Friday, January 15, 2016** __ Today, we students completed their Constructive Assessment covering the key concepts from unit 4 - properties of polygons and special quadrilaterals. Next week, we will begin to review for the midterm.

__ **Thursday, January 14, 2016** __ Today, we students began to work on their Constructive Assessment covering the key concepts from unit 4 - properties of polygons and special quadrilaterals. Students worked in pairs on this assessment, and will complete the assessment tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, January 13, 2016** __ Today, we had one more day of working on word problems related to the key concepts from unit 4 - properties of polygons and special quadrilaterals. We will have a Constructive Assessment on these topics tomorrow and Friday.

__ **Tuesday, January 12, 2016** __ Today, we continued to look at word problems to review the key concepts from unit 4 - properties of polygons and special quadrilaterals. We will have one more day of practice with word problems tomorrow and will have a Constructive Assessment on Thursday and Friday.

__ **Monday, January 11, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed some of the key concepts from unit 4 - properties of polygons and special quadrilaterals. We then looked at a few word problems related to these topics. We will continue with more word problems tomorrow and Wednesday and will have a Constructive Assessment on Thursday and Friday.

__ **Friday, January 8, 2016** __ Today, we took a quiz on how to apply the different properties of parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles, and squares - related to sides, angles, and diagonals - to solve for missing information in a diagram.

__ **Thursday, January 7, 2016** __ Today, we had one more review day on how to apply the different properties of special parallelograms to solve for missing information in a diagram. We will have a short quiz on special parallelograms tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, January 6, 2016** __ Today, we reviewed how to apply the different properties of special parallelograms to solve for missing information in a diagram. We worked on a couple of examples together, and then students worked in pairs on more practice problems. We will have one more review day tomorrow, and then will have a short quiz on special parallelograms on Friday.

__ **Tuesday, January 5, 2016** __ Today, we continued with more on properties of special parallelograms. We reviewed the different properties from yesterday and looked at one more example as a class. Students then worked in pairs on problems to classify different parallelograms based on these properties. We will continue with more on special parallelograms tomorrow.

__ **Monday, January 4, 2016** __ Today, we continued to look at properties of different quadrilaterals. We talked about the properties of parallelograms, rhombuses, and rectangles. We looked at a number of examples of how to apply these to solve for missing parts of figures. We will continue with more on these special parallelograms tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, December 23, 2015** __ Today, we worked on review problems for properties of interior/exterior angles of polygons, kites and trapezoids, and midsegments. We looked at a couple of problems together, and then students worked in groups on more review problems.

__ **Tuesday, December 22, 2015** __ Today, we took at quiz on the properties of interior/exterior angles of polygons, properties of kites and trapezoids, and properties of midsegments.

__ **Monday, December 21, 2015** __ Today, we had one more review day on the properties of interior/exterior angles of polygons, properties of kites and trapezoids, and properties of midsegments. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

__ **Friday, December 18, 2015** __ Today, we had a review day on the properties of interior/exterior angles of polygons, properties of kites and trapezoids, and properties of midsegments. We will have one more review day on Monday and will have a quiz on these topics on Tuesday.

__ **Thursday, December 17, 2015** __ Today, we looked at the properties of midsegments in triangles and trapezoids. We looked at a number of problems for applying these properties to solve for missing information. We will have review days tomorrow and Monday on polygons, kites, trapezoids, and midsegments and will have a quiz on these topics on Tuesday.

__ **Wednesday, December 16, 2015** __ Today, we reviewed how to solve problems using the different properties of kites and trapezoids. Students then worked on a number of problems to practice these properties. Tomorrow, we will look at the properties of midsegments in triangles and trapezoids.

__ **Tuesday, December 15, 2015** __ Today, we began to look at special quadrilaterals. We talked about the different types of special quadrilaterals and how they are distinguished. We then looked at the different properties of trapezoids and kites, and how these can be used to solve for missing information in a figure. We will continue with more on trapezoids and kites tomorrow.

__ **Monday, December 14, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more problems related to the properties of interior and exterior angles of polygons, and how to apply different properties from past units to solve for missing angles in figures. Students then worked on a number of practice problems to apply these properties.

__ **Friday, December 11, 2015** __ Today, we reviewed how to solve problems using the properties of interior and exterior angles of polygons, and how to apply different properties from past units to solve for missing angles in figures. Next week, we will begin to look at different types of special quadrilaterals.

__ **Thursday, December 10, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more on polygons. We talked about the properties of the interior and exterior angles of polygons, based on the number of sides. We also looked at a number of examples of problems that we can solve using these properties. We will continue to look at special types of polygons tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, December 9, 2015** __ Today, we began a new unit on polygons. We first looked at definitions related to polygons and different types of polygons. We then talked about diagonals of polygons and how to identify congruent polygons and their corresponding parts. We will continue with more on polygons tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, December 8, 2015** __ Today, we had a test on right triangle word problems - including drawing and labeling diagrams and solving for missing information using Pythagorean Theorem, trig functions, and inverse trig functions.

__ **Friday, December 4, 2015** __ Today, we had a review day on right triangle word problems. We worked through a few examples, reviewed the key steps for word problems, and talked about strategies for drawing and labeling diagrams. We will have a test on these word problems on Tuesday.

__ **Thursday, December 3, 2015** __ Today, we looked at more examples of right triangle word problems - without the provided diagrams. We reviewed the key steps for word problems and talked about strategies for drawing and labeling diagrams. We will have a review day tomorrow on right triangle word problems and will have a test on this on Tuesday.

__ **Wednesday, December 2, 2015** __ Today, we looked at more examples of how to apply different properties - Pythagorean Theorem, trig functions, and inverse trig functions - to find missing sides and angles in word problems, with diagrams given. We will continue with more word problems, without diagrams given, tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, December 1, 2015** __ Today, we continued to look at word problems related to right triangles. We looked at more examples of how to apply different properties - Pythagorean Theorem, trig functions, and inverse trig functions - to find missing sides and angles in word problems, with diagrams given. We will continue with more word problems - without diagrams given - tomorrow.

__ **Monday, November 30, 2015** __ Today, we began to look at word problems related to right triangles. We reviewed how to use the different properties of right triangles - including Pythagorean Theorem, trig functions, and inverse trig functions - to find missing sides or angles. We then looked at a few examples if how to apply these to word problems, where the diagram is given. We will continue with more on word problems tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, November 25, 2015** __ Today, we had a short quiz on the properties of right triangles (Pythagorean Theorem, trig, inverse trig) and how to use them to solve for missing sides or angles in a diagram. Next week, we will begin to look at right triangle word problems.

__ **Tuesday, November 24, 2015** __ Today, we had a review day on the properties of right triangles (Pythagorean Theorem, trig, inverse trig) and how to use them to solve for missing sides or angles in a diagram. Tomorrow, we will have a short quiz on these topics.

__ **Monday, November 23, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more trigonometry and right triangles. We looked at a number of examples of how to use trig or inverse trig functions to find the missing sides or angles in a diagram with a triangle. We will review the properties of right triangles (Pythagorean Theorem, trig, inverse trig) tomorrow and will have a short quiz on these topics on Wednesday.

__ **Friday, November 20, 2015** __ Today, we began to look at Trigonometry and right triangles tomorrow. We talked about the definitions of the three main trig functions - sine, cosine, and tangent - and how to find their values from the sides of a triangle. We also looked at how to use the trig functions on a calculator to find trig values of angles or to find angles when giving trig values. We will continue with more on trig functions next week.

__ **Thursday, November 19, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more on the Pythagorean Theorem. We looked at multistep problems involving multiple right triangles that can be solved using the Pythagorean Theorem. Students then worked on more practice problems to apply the Pythagorean Theorem. We will begin to look at Trigonometry and right triangles tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, November 18, 2015** __ Today, we began a new unit on right triangles and their properties. We talked about the Pythagorean Theorem and looked at a number of types of problems it can be used to solve, including classifying different types of triangles. We will continue with more on the Pythagorean Theorem tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, November 17, 2015** __ Today, we worked on an activity related to networks of paths. We first looked at some examples related to polygons and talked about how to apply inductive reasoning to solve problems. Students then worked in groups of three on the networks activity. We will begin to look at right triangles tomorrow.

__ **Monday, November 16, 2015** __ Today, we had a test on two-column proofs - including properties of angles and triangles, triangle congruence shortcuts, and CPCTC. We will begin to look at right triangles later this week.

__ **Friday, November 13, 2015** __ Today, we had one more review day on CPCTC and triangle congruence proofs. We reviewed one examples and the different strategies and key steps for completing these types of proofs, and students worked on more examples. We will have a test on proofs (triangle congruence and CPCTC) on Monday.

__ **Thursday, November 12, 2015** __ Today, we had a review day on CPCTC and triangle congruence proofs. We reviewed two examples and the different strategies and key steps for completing these types of proofs. Students then worked on practice problems to review. We will have another review day tomorrow and a test on proofs (triangle congruence and CPCTC) on Monday.

__ **Tuesday, November 10, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more CPCTC and triangle congruence proofs. We talked about different strategies and key steps for completing these types of proofs. We will have a review day on proofs on Thursday and a test on proofs (triangle congruence and CPCTC) on Friday.

__ **Monday, November 9, 2015** __ Today, we looked at a new theorem related to triangle congruence - Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent (CPCTC). We looked at a number of examples of how to apply this theorem, along with other triangle theorems, in proofs. We will continue with more CPCTC proofs tomorrow.

__ **Friday, November 6, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more proofs of triangle congruence. We reviewed the importance of listing the given information, giving a reason for each step, and reaching the desired conclusion. We will look at more properties related to triangle congruence next week.

__ **Thursday, November 5, 2015** __ Today, we continued to look at triangle congruence problems. We looked at how to write a two-column proof for triangle congruence problems - including how to determine given information, write and justify each step of the proof, and how to get to the desired conclusion. We will continue with more proofs of triangle congruence tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, November 4, 2015** __ Today, we had a quiz on how to apply the different triangle congruence shortcuts, and how to determine what additional information would be needed in a diagram to be able to apply a given shortcut. We will begin to look at proofs of triangle congruence tomorrow.

__ **Monday, November 2, 2015** __ Today, we reviewed how to apply the different triangle congruence shortcuts, and how to determine what additional information would be needed in a diagram to be able to apply a given shortcut. We will have a quiz on triangle congruence shortcuts on Wednesday.

__ **Friday, October 30, 2015** __ Today, we reviewed how to apply the different triangle congruence shortcuts, and how to recognize when there is not enough information to apply the shortcuts. We then looked at how to determine what additional information would be needed in a figure to apply one of the shortcuts. We will review the triangle congruence and triangle congruence shortcuts on Monday and will have a quiz on these topics on Wednesday.

__ **Thursday, October 29, 2015** __ Today, we began to look at triangle congruence shortcuts. We looked at which shortcuts can be used to show that two triangles are congruent - including SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, and HL. We looked at examples of how to recognize each type of shortcut, and examples of figures where not enough information is given. We will continue with more on triangle congruence shortcuts tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, October 28, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more examples of triangle congruence. We looked at how to sketch diagrams of congruent triangles and how to mark and identify the congruent parts. We will begin to look at triangle congruence shortcuts tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, October 27, 2015** __ Today, we began to talk about triangle congruence and shortcuts. We talked about what it means for two triangles to be congruent and how to identify congruent parts of congruent triangles. We then looked at examples of how to sketch and label figures of congruent triangles. We will continue with more triangle congruence tomorrow.

__ **Monday, October 26, 2015** __ Today, we had a quiz on classifying triangles, as well as applying the different theorems to solve for the missing sides and angles in a triangle. We will continue with more on triangles tomorrow.

__ **Friday, October 23, 2015** __ Today, we had one more day of review on how to solve for missing angles using the different properties of triangles. Students then continued to work on review problems for classifying triangles, as well as applying the different theorems to solve for the missing sides and angles in a triangle. We will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Thursday, October 22, 2015** __ Today, we looked at a more complex figure involving triangles and reviewed how to solve for missing angles using the different properties of triangles. Students then worked on review problems for classifying triangles, as well as applying the different theorems to solve for the missing sides and angles in a triangle. We will have one more review day tomorrow and will have a quiz on these topics on Monday.

__ **Wednesday, October 21, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more on triangles. We talked about isosceles and equilateral triangles, and the different properties of these kinds of triangles. We then looked at examples of how to apply these properties. We will continue with review of triangle properties tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, October 20, 2015** __ Today, we reviewed how to apply the properties of triangles we learned yesterday. We then talked about different segments or lines that can be drawn in or through a triangle - including median, altitude, perpendicular bisector, angle bisector, and midsegment. We looked at examples of identifying and drawing these line segments, as well as classifying their similarities and differences.

__ **Monday, October 19, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more properties of triangles. We looked at the Exterior Angle, Triangle Inequality, and Side Angle Inequality Theorems and looked at examples of how to apply these to solve for missing information in figures of triangles. We will continue with more on triangles tomorrow.

__ **Friday, October 16, 2015** __ Today, we looked at some properties of triangles. We talked about the Triangle Sum Theorem and the Third Angle Theorem, and then worked on solving a number of examples of how to apply these. We will continue with more properties of triangles next week.

__ **Thursday, October 15, 2015** __ Today, we began our next unit on triangles. We looked at the definition of a triangle, as well as different types of triangles that are classified based on the lengths of their sides or the measures of their angles. We then worked on practice problems for identifying different types of triangles and for sketching figures of given triangles. We will continue with more properties of triangles tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, October 14, 2015** __ Today, we previewed our next unit on triangles. We also talked about the definition of a polygon. We will continue with definitions related to the different kinds of triangles tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, October 13, 2015** __ Today, we had a quiz on solving problems related to special angle pairs and angles on parallel lines - our final quiz in unit 1. We will begin a new unit on Triangles tomorrow.

__ **Friday, October 9, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more on special angle pairs and angles on parallel lines. We looked at how to apply these theorems to find missing angles in a complex diagram. Then, students worked in groups on review problems. We will have a quiz on special angle pairs and angles on parallel lines on Tuesday.

__ **Thursday, October 8, 2015** __ Today, we continued to look at angles created by parallel lines and transversals. We talked about the Converse of the Parallel Lines Theorem and looked at examples of how to determine if two lines are parallel from given angles. Tomorrow, we will review special angle pairs and angles on parallel lines, and will have a quiz on these topics on Tuesday.

__ **Wednesday, October 7, 2015** __ Today, we began to look at angles created by parallel lines and transversals. We looked at the definitions of the different types of these angles. Then, we worked on examples of identifying these angles and solving for missing angles. We will continue with more angles on parallel lines and transversals tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, October 6, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more special angle pairs. We reviewed how to find missing angles using these theorems, and looked at examples of setting up and solving equations using these theorems. We then briefly looked at transversals and the related angles, which we will continue tomorrow.

__ **Monday, October 5, 2015** __ Today, we briefly discussed the differences between theorems and postulates. We then looked at theorems related to special angle pairs, and looked at examples of using these to solve for missing angles in figures. We will continue with more special angle pairs tomorrow.

__ **Friday, October 2, 2015** __ Today, we had a quiz on rays, angles, angle bisectors, and special angle pairs - including setting up and solving different equations and identifying properties of diagrams containing angles and special angle pairs.

__ **Thursday, October 1, 2015** __ Today, we worked on review problems related to rays, angles, angle bisectors, and special angle pairs. Students then worked in a group activity to review more problems related to angles and angle diagrams. We will have a quiz on these topics tomorrow.

__ **Wednesday, September 30, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more on special angle pairs. We also talked about what can and cannot be assumed from a diagram. Students then worked on practice problems for special angle pairs and solving equations related to angles. We will review angles tomorrow and have a quiz on Friday.

__ **Tuesday, September 29, 2015** __ Today, we review how to solve problems with angle bisectors and finding angle measurements. We then looked at a few new definitions of different types of special angle pairs - including vertical angles, linear angles, supplementary and complementary angles. We will continue with more angles and angle pairs tomorrow.

__ **Tuesday, September 22, 2015** __ Today, we review how to identify angles and name them in different ways, as well as how to name the parts of angles. We also looked at a few new definitions of terms related to angles. Students then worked on practice problems for naming angles, measuring angles, and classifying angles as right, acute, or obtuse. We will continue with more on angles next week.

__ **Monday, September 21, 2015** __ Today, we began to look at angles and their properties. We reviewed the definitions of basic terms related to angles, and then looked at examples of how to name angles and describe their parts. We also worked on examples of measuring angles and classifying them as acute, right, or obtuse. We will continue with more angles tomorrow.

__ **Friday, September 18, 2015** __ Today, we took a quiz on the first part of unit 1 - covering points, lines, planes, and finding the midpoints and measure of line segments. We will continue with more building blocks of Geometry next week.

__ **Thursday, September 17, 2015** __ Today, we reviewed a couple more examples of finding the measure or midpoint of line segments, including those in one or two dimensions. Students then continued to work on review problems for our first quiz, which will be tomorrow, and will cover points, lines, planes, and line segments.

__ **Wednesday, September 16, 2015** __ Today, we continued with more on line segments. We review how to find the midpoint of a line segment in two dimensions, and then worked on more practice problems related to midpoints and measures of segments. We then began to review for our first quiz, which will be Friday.

__ **Friday, September 11, 2015** __ Today, we talked about line segments. We started with definitions of terms related to line segment - including end points, measure, midpoint, and others. We then look at examples of how to find the measure of a line segment - in both one and two dimensions - as well as examples of how to find the midpoint of a line segment - in both one and two dimensions. We will continue with more on line segments next week.

__ **Thursday, September 10, 2015** __ Today, we began to learn some of the vocabulary terms from Chapter 1, which will form the building blocks of Geometry. We talked about points, lines, line segments, and planes, and how they are named. We also talked about how these objects intersect. We then looked at how to describe points, lines, and planes - and how they are related in figures - using proper notation and vocabulary.

Today, we began to talk about definitions in Geometry. We talked about the overarching ideas we will study this year, as well as the components that make a good definition in Geometry. Students then worked on an activity to define everyday words using these definitions. We will begin to look at some of the key terms in Geometry tomorrow.
 * __ Wednesday, September 9, 2015 __ **

Today, we reviewed the syllabus for the course - including grading, rules, expectations, and procedures. We then had a discussion about students' expectations for the course, as well as things that they were or were not looking forward to.
 * __ Tuesday, September 8, 2015 __ **