30 November 2010

30 Nov 2010 Tuesday

1. Do Now! CAHSEE practice
2. Check-in
3. CW5 "Selecting a Trig Tool" (5-12, 5-13a and 5-13c, 5-14) p. 18 in notebook
4. Notebook Clean-up- Review notebook and ensure that CW1 through CW5 are complete.
5. No HW
6. Closure

ASWBAT: determine the most efficient trig function to use to solve for an unknown side length of a triangle (GEO ST 18l0, 19.0)

No HW

29 November 2010

Monday 29 Nov 2010

1. Do Now! SOHCAHTOA practice
2. Check-in
3. Advisory Survey
4. SOHCAHTOA notes (p.13 in notebook)
5. SOHCAHTOA practice continued
6. CW5 "Choose the right tool" (5-12, 13, 14)
7. HW5 5-16, 17, 19, 20

ASWBAT: determine the most efficient trig function to use to solve for a missing side of a right triangle (GEO ST. 18.0/19.0)

HW5 5-16, 17, 19, 20

23 November 2010

23 Nov 2010 Tuesday

1. Do Now! Single-variable equations
2. Check-in
3. Mini-lesson. calculators
4. Survey
5. CW4 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5
6. Exit/closure

ASWBAT define sine, cosine, and tangent in the context of right triangle trig; determine which trig function to use in solving for an unknown within this context. (GEO ST 18.0)

22 November 2010

Monday, 22 Nov 2010, Day 62

1. Do Now! The tangent ratio (p. 9 in notebook)
2. Check-in/HW Check
3. Mini-lesson-- Using trig to solve: with and without calculator
4. CW4 Sine and Cosine (p.14 in notebook) 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5
5. HW4 5-8, 5-10, 5-11
6. Exit/Closure

ASWBAT: Define three different trigonometric functions in a right triangle and solve for a variable within this context. (GEO 18.0, GEO 19.0)

HW4 5-8, 5-10, 5-11

17 November 2010

17 Nov 2010 day 60

1. Do Now! #1-5 slope of perp. and parallel lines.
2. Check-in/HW check
3. Guided Practice: Trig Table
4. CW3 4-31, 4-32, 4-34 (notebook page 10)
5. Exit/Closure

HW3 4-36 thru 4-39

ASWBAT: develop an understanding between the change of an interior angle of a slope triangle and the change of its side lengths. (GEO ST. 18.0)

16 November 2010

Tuesday 16 Nov 2010, Day 59

1. Do Now! #1-12 Exponent Practice
2. Check in
3. Guided Practice for CW1 4-2, 4-3, 4-4 (p.2 notebook)
4. Independent Practice CW2 4-11, 12, 13, 15. (p. 6 in notebook)
5. Exit

HW2 4-16 through 4-20

ASWBAT: develop a deep understanding of the relationship between the interior angles of a slope triangle and the lengths of its sides. show they know the change of y over the change of x for angles of 11, 18, 22, and 45 degrees.

15 November 2010

15 Nov 2010 Day 58

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
-CHA 3 test
-office hours
3. CHA 3 Test Review
4. CW1 Slope ratio 4-2, 4-3, 4-4 (Notebook page 2)
5. Closure/Exit

ASWBAT: Identify the change in y and the change in x for various slope triangles. Develop an understanding, in a slope triangle, of the relationship between the change of an angle and the effect that has on the side lengths. (GEO ST 18.0, 19.0)

HW1 4-6 through 4-10 (Notebook page 4)

09 November 2010

09 Nov 2010, day 55

1. Do Now! #7-10
2. Check-in/HW check
-Chapter 3 test Friday
3. CW25 Determining Similarity 3-83 through 3-86 (p. 98)
4. Group Stations CHA 3 Review
5. Exit Ticket

HW- finish CW25, study for CHA 3 test Friday

ASWBAT: choose the right tools to prove triangles similar, and solve for an unknown within this context (CAST 5.0, 6.0)

8 Nov 2010, Day 54

1. Do Now! Percentages #1-6
2. Check-in
-office hours today
-4-day schedule review
-Chapter 3 test on Friday
3. Mini-lesson: Tools for Similarity (p. 97 notebook)
4. Finish: similarity guided practice (p. 93 notebook)
5. Exit ticket

HW24 3-70, 71, and 72

ASWBAT: choose the appropriate tools to use to prove two triangles similar and/or solve for an unknown within this context.

03 November 2010

3 Nov 2010 Day 49

1. Do Now! Percentages 7-10
2. Check in
3. Quiz 7- Similarity and Proportional thinking
4. Finish CW22, 23
5. Mini-lesson Side-Angle-Side Similarity (p, 87 in notebook)
6. CW 24 3-64 through 3-66 (p. 94 in notebook)
7. Final Five

ASWBAT: differentiate between different similarity conjectures, and use them to prove/disprove similarity in polygons, and solve for unknowns within this context (5.0/6.0)

02 November 2010

2 November 2010 Tuesday

1. Do Now! Percentages 1-6
2. Check in
-disappointment: stop destroying our stuff
-Notebook Check 3 on Friday, Nov 5 p.44-67
-Where are we in the curriculum?
3. Mini-lesson on SSS, AA similarity (p.85 in notebook)
4. CW23 3-53 through 3-56 (p. 90 in notebook)
5. Closure

No HW

ASWBAT: differentiate between varying similarity conjectures, and use them to prove/disprove similarity in polygons; and solve for unknowns within this context.
(GEO 5.0, 6.0)