Geometry Gems

Monday, January 27: We started our official first unit in Envision today. Students learned how to calculate the Interior Angle Sum of any polygon they ever come across.

Tuesday, January 28: Picking up where we left off yesterday, we learned how to calculate angle measures of regular polygons, the exterior angles of polygons, and learned that the exterior angle sum of our polygons will always be 360 degrees!

Wednesday, January 29: Students completed an entry ticket for bell work today, demonstrating what they could remember about finding the measure of one angle inside a regular polygon. Moylan then graded those while students completed an activity to estimate the number of sides a real-world object has and what it might be. After finishing up the activity, Moylan passed back the entry tickets so that we could talk about and better understand how the grading rubric and success criteria will function for this unit/semester.

Thursday, January 30: After bell work, we tried a new approach to covering lesson 6-2 based off the success of students working together through the inquiry-based lesson yesterday. Table partners read through the examples in the book and used that information to complete their “Try It” problems for most of the hour before we came back together whole-class to compare our answers.

Friday, January 31: After bell work today, students worked their way through questions 1-11 and 16-23 (skip 18) for lesson 6-2 (p.259-261) before turning them in and then turning in an Exit Ticket. Students who get the Exit Ticket done with enough time left in class got to start on their homework during class.

Monday, January 20: MLK Jr. Day! No School!

Tuesday, January 21: Half day, hours 1-3 only! We started off with distributing a couple new materials for this semester and then worked in small groups to evaluate and critique classroom norms and expectations.

Wednesday, January 22: Half day, hours 1-3 only! We started off with distributing a couple new materials for this semester and then worked in small groups to evaluate and critique classroom norms and expectations.

Thursday, January 23: It’s our first official, whole day of second semester! Students spent the hour exploring our new resource (Pearson Envision) and trying their hand at the Readiness Assessment for Topic 6.

Friday, January 24: Students got some additional practice for the upcoming SAT by visiting Khan Academy and joining our class.

First Hour – Second Hour – Fourth Hour – Fifth Hour – Sixth Hour

The seniors amongst us (who will not be taking the SAT this coming April) instead went back to the Envision website and practiced the suggested assignments from yesterday’s readiness assessment.

Monday, January 13: Students got to spend the hour working on their reference note card for finals today! They are welcome to include as many formulas, definitions, and notes as they want, but no worked out examples are allowed. Notecards must be turned in to Moylan by the end of the hour if you plan to use one for the final! Students who are absent today but wish to still use a notecard must email Moylan and then turn in their notecard before 7:20 tomorrow!

Tuesday, January 14: Finals begin! We spent the hour demonstrating just how capable we are at Proving and Justifying Geometric Statements!

Study! Sleep well! Eat breakfast! Make sure that your alarms are set, because…

Wednesday, January 15: 1st and 2nd hour finals today! Dismissal at 10:30!

Thursday, January 16: 3rd and 4th hour finals today! Dismissal at 10:30!

Friday, January 17: 5th and 6th hour finals today! Dismissal at 10:30!

Monday, January 6: Welcome back from break! After two weeks of relaxing and rejuvenating, we are diving in to full-blown review for Finals! Finals begin next Tuesday, so we can’t waste any time! Students started off by picking up Final Review – Part 1, which focused primarily on our first standard, Vocabulary/Naming/Notation, but also had some other standards mixed in for good measure.

Tuesday, January 7: We continued our review journey by focusing on our second standard of the semester, Applying Transformations. The long awaited chance to reassess Vocabulary/Naming/Notation finally came today after school for eligible students.

Wednesday, January 8: The review continues! This time, Part 3 of our Final Review focused on our ability to Prove and Justify Geometric Statements. After school, those students who were eligible reassessed their Applying Transformations standard.

Thursday, January 9: Review! Review! Review! Part 4 of our Final Review wants to make sure that we still know how to Apply Triangle Properties correctly! Those students who were eligible came after school to reassess their Prove/Justify skills.

Friday, January 10: SAT Packet 2 is due today, so make sure that is 100% complete, including the work/explanations for each problem. Our last reassessment for eligible students took place after school today, demonstrating some growth in regard to Applying Triangle Properties.

Student/Parent Connect has been updated to show the “Trending Grade” in each standard as we approach the Final next week. This represents the current level of proficiency in each standard based on all entered data so far.