08 August 2012

The detail of these teacher rubrics is absolutely absurd. No private sector worker is submitted to this kind of scrutiny, and s/he makes twice as much money.

30 May 2012

Day 175 Wednesday, May 30 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check in
-Chapter 11 Retake tomorrow after school
3. Golden Ratio in Nature Video
4. Worktime: Golden Ratio Project
5. Small group work- Surface Area and Volume- 3d solids
6. Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to find evidence of the golden ratio in their neighborhoods.

15 May 2012

Day 164 Tuesday, May 15, 2012

1. Do Now! (2, 4, 7, 13)
2. Check-in
-office hours today, all week
-Chapter 11 Test Wed/Thurs
-Project Launch Friday- Golden Ratio
3. HW 26 Review
4. Stations Review - Solids Test
5. Create Notecards
6. Closure

Homework: Study for solids test

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the surface area and volume of common three dimensional figures
Day 163 Monday, May 14, 2012

1. Do Now (SAT Prep 11, 12)
2. Check in
-Notebook Check 4 today
-Office Hours all week after school
-Chapter 10 Test, Solids Wed,Thurs
-Golden Ratio Project- Launch Friday
3. CW37 Solids Review
4. HW26 CL 11-114, 115
5. Closure

09 May 2012

Day 160, Wednesday, May 9, 2012

1. Do Now! SAT Practice
2. HW24 Check
3. Check in
-office hours cancelled Thursday
-Notebook Check 4 (CW23 - 31, HW19-21) Monday, May 14
4. HW Review
5. NOTES 24 Surface Area Pyramid/Cone
6. CW35 11-58 through 11-62
7. HW35 11-66, 67, 68
8. Exit/ Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the volume and surface area of a sphere.

08 May 2012

Day 159
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

1. Do Now! SAT prep #14, 16, 17
2. Check-in
-office hours today
-Notebook Check 4 Friday
3. Notes 24 Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
4. Student Choice
5. HW24 11-35, 37, 38, 39
6. Exit/Close

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for the surface area of a cone and a pyramid

HW24 11-35, 37, 38, 39

02 May 2012

1. Do Now
2. Check in
-office hours yesterday
3. Concept Quiz 9 CST Review Problems
4. CW32 11-1 through 11-5
5. HW21 11-9, 10, 11, 12
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to define polyhedron and Plato's solids.

HW21 11-9, 10, 11, 12

01 May 2012

1. Do Now! 2. Check-in -office hours 3. Notes 22 Far Arc/Near Arc Proof 4. CW 32 Far Arc Near Arc Practice 5. Closure Following today's lesson all students will be able to prove the far arc near arc theorem and be able to apply it to problems with unknown values.

24 April 2012

Day 149 - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1. Do Now Packet 2. Check-in -Office hours today -Chapter 10 Test retake today 3. Student Presentations for Do Now! 4. HW Review 5. CW30 9-25 through 9-28 6. CW31 9-35 through 9-37 7. NOTES 22 Angles Outside a Circle 8. Closure/Exit Following today's lesson all students will be able to use the Angles Outside a Circle Theorem to determine the measure of angles and arcs within a circle. No HW

23 April 2012

Day 148 - Monday, April 23, 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
-CHA 10 Test Retake
-Office Hours Today
3. Notes 22 Far Arc/Near Arc
4. CW30 9-25 through 9-28
5. CW31 9-35 through 9-37
6. HW21 9-40, 9-42 b, c, 9-43, 9-44
7. Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the surface area and volume of a triangular prism and a cylinder (12.0)

HW21 9-40, 9-42 b c, 9-43, 9-44

18 April 2012

Day 145 - Wednesday, April 18, 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
-Cha 10 Test retake Monday
3. Do Now! Review
4. Finish CW28
5. CW30 9-25 through 9-28
6. Small Group Instruction - CHA 10 Review
7. CW31 9-35 through 9-37
8. HW20 9-29 through 9-34
9. Exit/Closure

16 April 2012

Day 143 - Monday, April 16, 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
3. CHA 10 Test Returned
3. Notes 19 Volume
4. CW28 9-14, 15, 16, 17
5. HW18 9-19, 21, 22, 23
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the volume of a three-dimensional object given the three dimensions, and its inverse operation.

HW18 9-19, 21, 22, 23

27 March 2012

Day 136 - Tuesday, March 27, 2012

1. Do Now! HW Check
2. Check-in
-office hours today
-Concept Quiz 8 Wed/Thurs
-Notebook Check 3 (CW11-24, HW11-18) Thursday
3. HW Review
4. CW 25 10-34 through 10-37
5. CW 27 10-44 through 10-47
6. Small Group support
7. Exit Closure

Following today's lesson student will use their understanding of inscribed angles, triangles, and trigonometry to solve for the length of a chord given the radius and the central angle.

No HW

26 March 2012

Day 135 - Monday, March 26, 2012

1. Do Now! (all)
2. Check-in
-office hours today 320-430
-Concept Quiz 8 (More inscribed angles and intercepted arcs)
-Notebook Check 3 - Thursday
3. NOTES 19 Arc Length
4. CW25 10-34 through 10-37
5. CW27 10-44 through 10-47
6. HW18 10-38, 42, 43
7. Exit/Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the length of an arc given the radius of a circle.

HW18 10-38, 42, 43

21 March 2012

Day 132 - Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
3. Do Now! Review
4. Concept Quiz 7 - Inscribed Angles/Intercepted Arcs
5. CW24 10-23 through 10-26
6. CW25 10-34 through 10-37
7. HW17 10-28, 29, 30
8. Exit/Closure

20 March 2012

Day 131 - Tuesday, March 20, 2012

1. Do Now! CST Released Questions
2. Check-in
-Report from Ms. Jackson
-Office hours
-Concept Quiz 7 tomorrow
3. HW/Quiz Example Review
4. CW23 through CW26
5. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to construct a right angle inside a triangle using the idea of a semi-circle and understand that intersecting chords within a circle create proportional side lengths.

No hw

19 March 2012

Day 130 - Monday, March 19, 2012

1. Do Now! Released STAR questions (Do all)
2. Check-in
-Dave out today, no office hours
-Office hours Tuesday 320-430pm
-Quiz 7 inscribed/central angles W/Th this week
3. Student Choice where are you? CW21, CW23, CW24?
4. HW16 KUTA Software INSCRIBED ANGLES worksheet
5. Exit/Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the measurement of an inscribed angle of a circle given the central angle or the intercepted arc.

HW16 KUTA Software INSCRIBED ANGLES worksheet

12 March 2012

Day 121 - Monday, March 12, 2012

1. Do Now! (All)
2. Check-in
-office hours
-CAHSEE Tue/Wed
3. NOTES 15 - Box and Whisker Plot
4. CAHSEE Prep Stations
5. CW20
6. CW21
7. Exit/closure

No HW

Following today's lesson all students will be able to show their understanding of mathematics on the high school exit exam.

07 March 2012

Day 119 - Wednesday, March 7, 2012

1. Do Now! (All, Review 83, 84)
2. Check-in
-CAHSEE Tues/Wed
-Quiz 6 Constructions (Group Quiz)
3. Do Now! Clarifications
4. Finish Prior Knowledge Practice
5. Quiz 6 Constructions
6. NOTES 15 Box and Whisker Plot
7. Finish CW20
8. CW21 10-13, 14, 15
9. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to construct a box and whisker plot using a given data set.

No HW

06 March 2012

Day 118 - Tuesday, March 6, 2012

1. Do Now! (Review 81/82 All!)
2. Check-in
-office hours today
-CAHSEE math next Wednesday
3. HW Review
4. Prior Knowledge Practice -- Circles
5. NOTES 14 Stem and Leaf Diagram
6. Finish CW20
7. CW21 10-13, 14, 15
8. Closure/Exit

No HW

Following today's lesson all students will be able to create a stem and leaf diagram with given data. (CAHSEE)

05 March 2012

Day 117 - Monday, March 5, 2012

1. Do Now! (Review 79/80)
2. Check-in
-office hours today, tomorrow
-Quiz 6 Constructions Wed/Thurs
-CAHSEE "Meet it or Beat it" 90%!
3. NOTES 13 - Area/Circumference Circles
4. CW20 10-1 through 10-5
5. CW21 Angle and Arcs 10-13, 14, 15
6. HW 15 10-17 through 10-21
7. Exit/Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for unknown values within the context of area and circumference of circles.

HW15 10-17 through 10-21

02 March 2012

Day 116 - Friday, March 2, 2012

1. Do Now! (Review 77/78)
2. Check-in
-office hours
-CAHSEE 3/13, 3/14
3. CW19 Constructions 3
4. CW20 Circles 10-1 through 10-5
5. HW14 10-7, 10-8, 10-9
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to construct a triangle from three given segments.

HW14 10-7, 10-8, 10-9

29 February 2012

Day 114 - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

1. Entrance Ticket
2. Do Now!
3. Check-in
-CAHSEE 3/13, 3/14
-Notebook Check 2 Corrections
4. NOTES 12
5. Stations
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for unknown values within the context of regular polygons. (6.0)

No Homework

22 February 2012

Day 109 - Wednesday, February 22, 2012

1. Do Now! (Right Side)
2. Check-in
-Polygons Unit Test Friday
-Notebook Check 2 Friday (CW6-10, HW6-10)
3. HW Review
4. NOTES 11 Interior/Exterior Angles of Regular Polygons
5. Have you finished CW13, 14?
6. CW16 8-12, 13, 14, 15
7. CW17 8-22, 23, 24, 25
8. HW12 8-27, 28, 29, 30
9. Closure/Exit

HW12 8-27, 28, 29, 30

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for unknown values within the context of interior and exterior angles of regular polygons.

21 February 2012

Day 108 - Tuesday, February 21, 2012

1. Entrance Ticket - Polygons
2. Do Now! Left Side
3. Check-in
-no office hours
-Polygons Test Friday
-No quizzes this week
-Notebook Check 2 Friday
4. HW/CW Review
5. Notebook Org
6. CW15 CIA3 Result Corrections
7. CW16 8-12 through 8-15
8. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to reflect on the results of CIA3, make test corrections, and reflect on the reasons problems were answered incorrectly.

HW11 8-17, 8-18, 8-20, 8-21

13 February 2012

Day 106 - Monday, February 13, 2012

1. Do Now! (Left side)
2. Check-in
-office hours today 320pm to 5pm
-CIA3 on Wed/Thurs
-Dave out the rest of the week
-no quizzes this week
3. Notebook Org (Packet names)
4. HW Review
5. NOTES 10 Regular Polygons
6. CW13 Polygon Practice 1-25 all
7. Exit/Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for unknown values within the context of polygons using interior and exterior angles of polygons, and the concept of regular polygons (6.0)

No HW

10 February 2012

Day 105 - Friday, February 10, 2012

1. Skills Quiz 3! (Left side)
2. Check-in
-Office Hours Monday
-CIA3 Next Wed/Thurs
3. CW11 Interior Angles of Polygons Packet
4. CW12 Constructions 3 (Perpendicular line through a point on the line, and not on the line)
5. HW finish the interior angles packet, or Extra Credit F
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to construct a perpendicular to a line through a point on the line and not on the line using a compass and a straight edge [17.0]

HW - Finish CW11 and/or Extra Credit F

07 February 2012

Day 102 - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

1. Do Now! (All and turn in)
2. Check-in
-Special office hours today 320-430pm
-Concept Quiz 4 Rhombi/Kites
-CIA 3 Next week Feb 15/16 Will act as Chapter 7 Test
3. HW Review
4. CW10 7-71 or CW10 Trapezoids Packet
5. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for unknown values within the context of trapezoids including diagonals and medians [8.0]

HW Study Notes 7 and Notes 9 in preparation for Concept Quiz 4

06 February 2012

Day 101 - Monday, February 6, 2012

1. Do Now! Right Side
2. Check-in
-office hours today 320-5pm
-adjust Chapter 7 Checklist
3. HW9a Review
4. CW9b KUTA software Properties of Trapezoids
5. Finish through CW9 today
6. CW10 7-71
7. HW10 7-72 through 7-75
8. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to apply their understanding of congruent triangles to prove properties of isosceles triangles and other quadrilaterals. (6.0)

HW10 7-72, 7-74 7-75

03 February 2012

Day 100 - Friday, February 3, 2012

1. Skill Quiz 3
2. Check-in
-Office Hours Monday
-Concept Quiz 4 (Rhombi/Kites) Wed/Thurs
3. Constructions 2
4. HW9a Angles in Quadrilaterals WKSHT
5. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to construct and angle bisector and an equilateral triangle using only a compass and a straight edge. [21.0]

HW 9a Angles in Quadrilaterals WKSHT

01 February 2012

Day 98 - Wednesday, February 1, 2012

1. Do Now! (left side)
2. Check-in
-office hours Monday 320-5pm and by appointment
-Concept Quiz 3 today
-Skill Quiz 3 Friday
3. Concept Quiz 3 Parallelograms
4. Notes 9 Rhombus/Rhombi
5. CW8 Rhombi 7-54, 55, 56
6. CW9 More Proof 7-63, 64, 65
7. Exit/Closure

No HW

Following today's lesson all students will be able to solve for unknown values within the context of rhombi.

25 January 2012

Day 93 - Wednesday, January 25, 2012

1. Do Now! (Right side 1-5)
2. Check-in
-notebooks due today for P1, P2
-Skill Quiz 2 Friday - naming angles, segments, rays, lines.
3. Mini-lesson NOTES 6 Parallelograms
4. CW7 7-44 through 7-47
5. CW8 Rhombi 7-54 through 7-56
6. HW8 7-58 through 7-61
7. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to use the properties of parallelograms, kites and rhombi to solve for unknown values (7.0)

HW8 7-58 through 7-61

24 January 2012

Day 92 - Tuesday, January 24, 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
-office hours today 320pm to 5pm
-notebook check 1 (P5, P3) tomorrow for P1, P2
3. Notebook Organization
4. Textbooks issued
5. CW7 Special Quadrilaterals 7-44 through 7-47
6. Extra Credit D
7. HW6 7-49, 7-52, 7-53
8. Closure/Exit

18 January 2012

Day 89 - Wednesday, January 18, 2012

1. Do Now! (5 and 6)
2. Check-in
-Cha 6 Test Friday changed to Concept Quiz 2 (No Chapter Test, only Concept Quiz)
-Thursday office hours cancelled
-Notebook Check 1 Tuesday Jan 24 (P5, 3), Wednesday Jan 25 (P1, 2)
3. NOTES 5 CPCTC
4. CW6 Triangle Congruence Worksheet
5. CW7 More Triangle Congruence
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to use any triangle congruence conjecture to prove triangles congruent. (CAST 6.0)

Homework: Please finish Classwork 6 and 7 from today.

Day 88 - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

1. Do Now! 1-4
2. Check-in
-Cha 6 Test Friday
-Notebook Check 1 Tuesday Jan 24 (P5, 3), Wednesday Jan 25 (P1, 2)
3. HW Review
4. Notes 4 AAS, ASA, HL
5. CW6 Triangle Congruence Worksheet
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to use any triangle congruence conjecture to prove triangles congruent. (CAST 6.0)

No Homework

13 January 2012

Day 87 - Friday, January 13, 2012

1. Skill Quiz 1
2. Check-in
-CHA 6 TEST Friday, Jan 20
-Office Hours Thursday, Jan 19
-Notebook Check 1 Tuesday Jan 24 P3/5, Wed Jan 25 P1/2
3. CW5 Constructions 1 - Copy a segment, angle, and triangle
4. HW5 CL-87, 88, 89, 90, 92
5. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to create a line segment, angle, and triangle with a straight edge and a compass (17.0)

Homework
*Finish CW4 if you have not yet done so
*HW5 CL-87, 88, 89, 90, 92

11 January 2012

Day 85 - Wednesday, January 11, 2012

1. Do Now! (#1-9)
2. Check-in
-Concept Quiz 1 today
-Office hours Monday 320-5pm, and by appointment
-Chapter 6 Exam (Friday, January 20)
-Skill Quiz 1 Friday
3. Concept Quiz 1 - SSS/SAS
4. CW4 Converses 6-30 through 6-33
5. Extra Credit B - Corresponding Parts
6. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to define converse and use the idea of converse in the context of Geometric problem solving (6.0)

No Homework

10 January 2012

Day 84 - Tuesday, January 10, 2012

1. Do Now! (13-24)
2. Check-in
-Concept Quiz 1 Wed/Thurs
-Skill Quiz 1 Friday
-office hours
3. NOTES 2 SSS/SAS/ASA/AAS/HL
4. NOTES 3 SSA/AA are not Triangle Congruence Conjectures
5. Finish CW3 (for homework tonight if not finished)
6. CW4 Converses 6-30 through 6-33
7. HW4 6-35, 36, 37, 38, 39
8. Exit/Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to provide a counterexample to the claim that SSA and AA are triangle congruence conjectures (6.0)

Homework:
Finish CW13
HW4 6-35, 36, 37, 38, 39

09 January 2012

Day 83 - Monday, January 9, 2012

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
-office hours today 320-5pm
-Quiz 1 Wed/Thurs Can you use a flow chart to prove two triangles congruent?
-textbooks
3. P1 Seating
4. HW/CW Review
5. NOTES2 ASA AAS
6. CW3 6-19 through 6-23
7. HW3 KUTA WKSHT SSS/SAS
8. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to prove two triangles congruent using a flow chart using SSS and SAS triangle congruence conjectures (6.0)

HW3 KUTA WKSHT SSS/SAS

06 January 2012

Day 82 - Friday, January 6, 2011

1. Skill Quiz 1
2. Check-in
-office hours Monday
-textbooks
3. Homework Review HW1, HW2
4. NOTES 1 SSS SAS
5. CW3 6-19 through 6-23
6. HW3 6-24, 26, 27, 28, 29
7. Closure

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the congruence between a pair of triangles using the SSS or SAS triangle congruence conjecture (6.0)

HW3 6-24, 26, 27, 28, 29

04 January 2012

Day 80 - Wednesday, January 4, 2012

1. Do Now! (7-12)
2. Check in
-CIA2
-New semester two notebooks due Friday
-textbooks
3. CIA2 Retake
4. Finish CW1 (6-1 through 6-3) and HW1 (6-4 through 6-9)
5. CW2 6-10, 11, 12
6. HW2 6-13 through 6-18
7. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to determine the requirements to prove congruent a pair of triangles (6.0).

HW2 6-13 through 6-18

03 January 2012

3 Jan 2012, Tuesday, Day 79

1. Do Now!
2. Check-in
-Seating
-notebooks (Friday)
-textbooks (Friday)
-CIA2 Retake Wed/Thurs
-Office hours today
3. Seating
4. CW1 6-1 through 6-3
5. HW1 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-9
6. Extra Credit A Triangle Congruence
7. Closure/Exit

Following today's lesson all students will be able to identify the corresponding relationships of congruent triangles [6.0]

HW1 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-9, HW(A) 5-subject notebook (Friday)