Day 10 - Tuesday, August 30, 2011

1. Do Now! Slope (8 minutes)
2. Check in (4 minutes)
-Quiz 1 - symmetry tomorrow
3. Notes 3 Angles (15 minutes)
4. CW4 Visualization and Reflections (30 minutes)
5. Exit Ticket (5 minutes)
6. Closure (3 minutes)

ASWBAT: reflect a shape accurately across a given line of reflection. define, identify, and draw acute, right, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles. [GEO ST 22.0]

HW7 1-54 through 1-58

Day 9 - Monday, August 29 2011

Following today's lesson all students will be able to define and identify acute, right, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles [GEO ST 8.0]

1. Do Now! (5 minutes)
2. Check-in (5 minutes)
-Books
-Books forms
-Quiz 1 Wednesday- Symmetry, Inductive, Deductive Reasoning
3. Issue and Cover Books (15 minutes)
4. CW3 Building a Kaleidoscope (30 minutes)
5. Notes 3 - Angles (10 minutes)
6. HW6 1-42 through 1-46
7. Exit/Close (5 minutes)

Homework

• HW6 1-42 through 1-46
• Return textbook form signed

Day 8 - Friday August 26, 2011

Following todays's lesson all students will be able to define deductive and inductive reasoning, identify examples of both, and solve problems using each [Standard 1.0]


1. Do Now! (5 minutes)
2. Check-in (5 minutes)
-Books issued Monday
-Quiz 1 on Wednesday on symmetry
3. Finish CW2.5 Naming Angles (10 minutes)
4. Notes 2 - Inductive and deductive reasoning (20 minutes)
5. Deductive reasoning exercise 1-30 and 1-31 (come to consensus at your group table) (20 minutes)
6. HW5 1-32 through 1-36 (15 minutes)
7. Exit/Close (5 minutes)

HW5 1-32 through 1-36

Table of Contents on line!

Hey Geometry folks,

The table of contents for the course is now on line! You can access this in the resource pages section to the right. Just click on table of contents and it will open up for you. Please use this link to continually update your table of contents.

I will update this link weekly!

Thanks,
Dave

Day 6/7 - Wednesday/Thursday, August 24/25, 2011

Today's outcomes-
Following today's lesson all students will be able to: determine the perimeter and area of a given polygon, and define and use accurate notation for the building blocks of Geometry (Standard 8.0)

Homework- None


Agenda
1. Do Now! (8 minutes)
2. Check-in (5 minutes)
-Books Monday, bring in paper bags
-Wednesday Quizzes
3. HW Review (10 minutes)
4. Notes 1 - Building Blocks (20 minutes)
5. Finish CW2 Perimeter and Area (30 minutes)
6. CW2.5 Naming Angles (30 minutes)
7. Exit Ticket (5 minutes)

Day 5 - Tuesday, August 23, 2011

1. Do Now! (5 minutes)
2. Check-in (5 minutes)
-notebooks in classrooms
-paper bags
-blog
-homework significant tonight, review 1-30, 1-31
3. Notebook Organization (5 minutes)
-more TOC
-number HW and Notes pages
4. Notes 1: Building Blocks (15 minutes)
5. CW2 Perimeter and Area of Geometric Series (35 minutes)
6. Exit Ticket (5 minutes)

Following today's lesson all students will be able to evaluate the area and perimeter of given polygons, and find a rule to explain the growth of a geometric series. (Standard 8.0)

HW4 1-25 through 1-31

Day 4 - Monday, August 22, 2011

1. Do Now! (5 minutes)
2. Check-in (5 minutes)
-Books issued next week
3. Notebook Organization (15 minutes)
-Table of Contents
-Chapter One Checklist
4. CW1 Design A Quilt (1-1, p.3) (40 minutes)
5. Exit/Close (5 minutes)

Following today's lesson all students will be able to define and identify reflection symmetry within and the line of symmetry of a shape (22.0)

HW3 1-3 through 1-7

Day 3 - Friday, August 19, 2011

Parents

• Books will not be issued to your students for more than another week because students are still shifting schools. Impact wants the dust to settle before we issue books.
• When we do issue books, please sign the textbook form as soon as you receive it.
• All communication related to this class will be posted on this blog. Please use it, it can be a great resource and answer a lot of questions.

Following today's lesson all students will be able to (ASWBAT): 

• reflect the importance of building a common math language after the Over the Phone Activity
• express what they already know about Algebra 1 on the diagnostic test.
• express what they already know about transformations on the Chapter One test.

1. Do Now - Algebra Diagnostic (20 minutes)

2. Check in (5 minutes)

3. Over the Telephone Activity (20 minutes)

4. Chapter 1 Test (25 minutes)

5. Exit/Close

HW2 -- Get a 180-page, 5-subject notebook by Monday, Aug 22.

Day 1/2 - August 17/18, 2011

1. Do Now! (8 minutes)
2. Check-in (4 minutes)
3. Pair Introductions (30 minutes)
4. Syllabus/classroom expectations (20 minutes)
5. Paper Towers Activity and Debrief (30 minutes)
6. Exit/Close (5 minutes)


HW - None


ASWBAT: Articulate the classroom expectations to another person. Reflect adequately upon they way we work in groups.

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