Geometry Gems

Monday, September 23: We started off the week by recapping last week’s guest speaker and checking our work from last week’s reference packet. Then we started looking ahead in Geometry, laying the foundation to use our rigid transformations to support our claims or applying the patterns we’ve worked to find. We did SAS 4, pages 1-2.

Tuesday, September 24: After bell work, Moylan gave a brief rundown of what to expect for the rest of the week, and then we jumped into the last bit of Agile Mind for the unit: Symmetry. We talked about two kinds of symmetry and worked with a few examples before getting a review sheet for our Unit 1 Reassessment.

Wednesday, September 25: Late Start today, plan accordingly! Today was all about reviewing and practicing for tomorrow’s Unit 2 Assessments. We had some Agile Mind assignments to help review (make sure that both are done for tomorrow!), we’ve also got a Vocabulary Quizlet and an Application Quizizz for additional support.

Thursday, September 26: Unit 2 Assessment today on both standards! Also the last day to turn in any Unit 2 assignments for late credit!

Friday, September 27: We’ve got our Unit 1 Reassessment today, make sure that your Review from Tuesday is done and ready to be turned in! If you’ve got any questions, make time for after-school tutoring in the Media Center or ask Moylan before school starts because we don’t have time during class! Afterward, we’re also starting into our third unit of Agile Mind today!

Monday, September 16: Today was the start of our second unit, Rigid Transformations, so we recapped the 4 types of transformations and focused on Reflections, Translations, and Rotations. We also looked into how we could possibly use these to help solve real-world problems. We did SAS 1 and the first page os SAS 2, covering the Overview and beginning of our first Exploring.

Anyone who missed Friday’s quiz needs to make it up either before or after school tomorrow in Moylan’s room. Plan for 15-20 minutes to take the quiz.

Tuesday, September 17: Today was a chance to finish our first exploring of the topic, finding out how reflections and translations can be related to one another. Students who missed last week’s quiz came by to make it up.

Wednesday, September 18: We powered on through the second exploring section of our Rigid Transformations topic, folding more patty paper to see how we can use reflections to create rotations of a figure.

Thursday, September 19: We spent a good deal of the hour today talking about last week’s assessment, going over each question and the possible struggles/confusions related to them. We then also got a small packet to fill out so that we could review our rigid transformations.

Friday, September 20: 1/2 day, only going to hours 1-3 today, plan accordingly! Students in first and second hour went right to the auditorium to listen to our guest speaker’s presentation!

Monday, September 9: Today was a long day, rushing through a discussion of Angle Bisectors, Incenters, and Inscribed Circles.

Tuesday, September 10: Today was a bit better than yesterday, quickly reviewing some of the topics from yesterday and adding on Perpendicular Bisectors to create a Circumcenter, then comparing and contrasting those with the Incenters from yesterday.

Wednesday, September 11: We are spending today getting ready for Friday’s quiz. We worked on Constructed Response 2 (from Agile Mind) and also on a Quiz Review. We will go over the review before the quiz on Friday.

Thursday, September 12: Moylan was out of the building at a meeting all day today, so students worked through a breakdown of their PSAT/SAT data to set some goals for the current school year.

Friday, September 13: Unit 1 Quiz today! We’re assessing your mastery of the vocabulary, naming, and notation we’ve practiced so far.

Monday, September 2: No school; happy Labor Day!

Tuesday, September 3: We explored patterns and inductive reasoning today in the Chapter 1 Overview.

Wednesday, September 4: We began a deep dive into the key vocabulary of geometry in the Exploring “The Language of Geometry”, getting through page 1.

Thursday, September 5: Today continued our exploration of “The Language of Geometry”, pushing through the rest of the the pages in this section. There’s also a Practice Assignment on Agile Mind, so make sure that you log in and complete it. Open House Tonight, 6 – 7:30!

Friday, September 6: We took a breath today and slowed down a bit, working with our table groups to review some of the vocabulary terms we’ve learned and their examples on a . After the vocab, we worked on another assignment on Agile Mind. While we were doing that, Moylan worked with small groups of students to discuss specific problems from last night’s homework.

In order to begin the brand new school year, we spent the first week getting to know our classmates and building a sense of community within the classroom.

Students were given a class syllabus and asked to go over it with someone at home before having it signed and returned.

We also spent some time exploring the brand new resource, Agile Mind, which we will be piloting in the classroom this semester. Students were given a scavenger hunt activity to complete.