Access to Larson's Big Ideas Geometry:
Tutoring is available after school in the Lamar Library on Tuesdays (Mr. Garrison) and Wednesdays (Miss Francis) from 3-6 PM
Tutoring is available after school in the Lamar Library on Tuesdays (Mr. Garrison) and Wednesdays (Miss Francis) from 3-6 PM
Second 6 Weeks
October 2/5 Conditional Statements Big Ideas 2.1
Reasoning and Start of Looking at Postulates and Theorems Big Ideas 2.2 and 2.3
We learned:
1. How to write Conditional Statements then how to change them into CONVERSE, INVERSE, and CONTRAPOSITIVE statements. We evaluated the TRUTH of every statement.
2. We reconnected to many of the processes we have studied so far this year and we are now putting postulates and theorems with those processes to get ready to write two column proofs.
3. We revisited Bisected Angles because many did not grasp the concept as well as they need to.
4. We took a quiz with a partner on writing conditionals etc. If you were absent be sure to print out all of these files and watch the Power Point. 2.3 Practice b is Homework. The quiz is 2.1_ws_conditional_statements. All the rest of the documents are for your notes and can be used on quizzes. The Definitions, Postulates etc can be used on TESTS.
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October 6/7 Parallel Lines with a Transversal and Our first Look at Two-Column Proofs
We learned:
1. ...that everything we studied so far this year fits a Definition, Postulate, or Theorem. We looked at things we know about line segments and about angles, and we found the actual justifications for what we already know to be true. We arranged Statements and Reasons for the statements while using an interesting web site: http://feromax.com/cgi-bin/ProveIt.pl?task=getproofslist. I hope students will return many times to this site.
2. ... all the angle pairs we have already learned are in the 8 angles produced by one set of parallel lines cut by one transversal line. We realized that the skills we have will serve us well in this unit. We made a set of notes on the Parallel Lines document attached and color coded the vocabulary. We added Corresponding Angles, Alternate Interior Angles, Alternate Exterior Angles, and Same Side interior Angles to our vocabulary and we revisited Linear Pairs and Vertical Angles.
3. We received Homework to practice matching Postulates, Definitions, and Theorems to statements about things we have studied. The angle definition notes are for students notebooks. 2.3 Practice b is homework.
We learned:
1. ...that everything we studied so far this year fits a Definition, Postulate, or Theorem. We looked at things we know about line segments and about angles, and we found the actual justifications for what we already know to be true. We arranged Statements and Reasons for the statements while using an interesting web site: http://feromax.com/cgi-bin/ProveIt.pl?task=getproofslist. I hope students will return many times to this site.
2. ... all the angle pairs we have already learned are in the 8 angles produced by one set of parallel lines cut by one transversal line. We realized that the skills we have will serve us well in this unit. We made a set of notes on the Parallel Lines document attached and color coded the vocabulary. We added Corresponding Angles, Alternate Interior Angles, Alternate Exterior Angles, and Same Side interior Angles to our vocabulary and we revisited Linear Pairs and Vertical Angles.
3. We received Homework to practice matching Postulates, Definitions, and Theorems to statements about things we have studied. The angle definition notes are for students notebooks. 2.3 Practice b is homework.
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October 6/7 Two Column Proofs, Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal, Constructing Parallel Lines
We learned:
1. ...that we can construct a set of lines that are parallel and verify all of our theorems by measuring the angles
2....to identify the pairs of angles that are congruent or are supplementary that are formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal. We worked arithmetic with these properties and than moved it up to algebra. We found we can set up equations and solve them to know all of the angles sizes. We discovered that there are only two different angle sizes even though there are 8 angles.
3....that we can match reasons to statements in proofs and we practiced this today.
4. We quizzed over Bisected Angles.
The attached station activities were done in a small group and all papers are saved for notes.
Parallel Lines 1 is homework AND we did part of it together.
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October 8/9 District Curriculum Assessment
We wil be taking a 22 question, district written assessment of the TEKS we were to study from the start of school this year. There may be a few skills on the test that Lamar teachers have not reached yet. A grade will be taken from the test after the Geometry teachers agree on the questions we have covered in our instruction. The students will not know which questions will count and should give their best effort on the test.
We wil be taking a 22 question, district written assessment of the TEKS we were to study from the start of school this year. There may be a few skills on the test that Lamar teachers have not reached yet. A grade will be taken from the test after the Geometry teachers agree on the questions we have covered in our instruction. The students will not know which questions will count and should give their best effort on the test.
October 12/13 Still looking at Proofs, Still honing our skills with Parallel Lines cut by a Transversal
October 14 PSAT DAY This day is set aside to give PSAT and Mock PSAT and some Social Studies CA's to nearly every student on campus. After lunch, periods 1 and 2 will meet and do a special lesson the school has designed based on Mindset.
October 15 (B day)/16 (A day) Test reviews will be available today, Writing equations of lines parallel or perpendicular to another line
We learned:
1. ...how to write the equation of a line that that is parallel to another line in two forms- slope intercept form and point-slope form.
2. ...how to write the equation of a line that that is perpendicular to another line in two forms- slope intercept form and point-slope form.
3. We continued practicing algebra to solve angle pairs made by transversals.
4. We looked at proofs again.
We learned:
1. ...how to write the equation of a line that that is parallel to another line in two forms- slope intercept form and point-slope form.
2. ...how to write the equation of a line that that is perpendicular to another line in two forms- slope intercept form and point-slope form.
3. We continued practicing algebra to solve angle pairs made by transversals.
4. We looked at proofs again.
October 19 (B day)/20 (A day) Closer look at Perpendicular and parallel lines and test review for A Day
October 21 (B day) This is an extra day of practice for B day on all of our skills and work the test review
October 22/23 Bundle 3 TEST
October 26/27 Begin Bundle 4
October 28/29
October 30/November 2
November 3/4
November 5/6 End of the 2nd 6 Weeks