Geometry A
 2021-2022

"There is a difference between not knowing and not knowing YET."   
                                                                         
Sheila Tobias

  In this classroom, we believe in the power of YET



Class Summaries:   RED - red block classes; BLACK - black block classes; BLUE - Short Wednesday - all classes. 
This year all Geometry A classes are RED block.

Date Description
Wed, Aug 25th Introductory Materials:
Syllabus and Grading/Resource Materials

How to use Carnegie Learning System and MATHia
Supplies
Thur, Aug 26th Getting Started for Module 1 (page 2 in MATHbook)
Review Topics
    - The Pythagorean Theorem
    - Corresponding Parts
    - Rigid Motion Transformations
    - Perimeter and Area
Mon, Aug 30th Start MODULE 1: REASONING WITH SHAPES
TOPIC 1: USING A RECTANGULAR COORDINATE SYSTEM
 Lesson 1: The Squariest Square


MATHia: Introduction to Geometric Figures (1 of 21);
Naming Lines, Rays, Segments and Angles (2 of 21);
Working with Measures of Segments and Angles (3 of 21).
Wed, Sept 1st Keep working on MATHia:
Introduction to Geometric Figures (1 of 21);
Naming Lines, Rays, Segments and Angles (2 of 21);
Working with Measures of Segments and Angles (3 of 21).

If you don't get through these three workspaces, plan on coming to my room for SRB Friday.  They will be in Infinite Campus as missing.

I'm going to be reassigning some workspaces with low scores.

Try not to leave a workspace until all of the circles are green.
Thur, Sept 2nd MATHia Quiz 1
     will need a protractor
     can use yellow resource packet
     no more than 15 minutes

 Lesson 2: Hip to Be Square
Mon, Sept 6th NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY
Wed, Sept 8th * Turn in p 27 out of MATHbook if you haven't done so.  If you missed the quiz the other day, find time to make it up.

Review: Finding slope of a line and writing equations in slope-intercept form

Lesson 3: T's and Train Tracks (part 1 - through Activity 1)

MATHia: Introduction to Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (4 of 21);
Thur, Sept 9th Review writing equations in point-slope form

Lesson 3: T's and Train Tracks (part 2)
Assignment: pp 43-44 DUE on MONDAY

MATHia: Modeling Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (5 of 21)
Mon, Sept 13th MATHia: Introduction to Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (4 of 21) and Modeling Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (5 of 21)

Can turn in pp 43-44 out of book on Wednesday if you are still working on them. 

Quiz over these two on Wednesday.
Wed, Sept 15th MATHia Quiz 2
Thur, Sept 16th   Start Lesson 4: Where Has Polly Gone?
Mon, Sept 20th  Finish Lesson 4: Where Has Polly Gone?

Assignment:  pp 61-62  Due on Thursday.
"Stretch" problems are bonus.  Try them.
Wed, Sept 22nd MATHia: Deriving the Distance Formula (6 of 21);
Calculating Distance Using the Distance Formula (7 of 21)
Thur, Sept 23rd Turn in pp 61-62 out of the MATHbook.

Finish MATHia: Deriving the Distance Formula (6 of 21);
Calculating Distance Using the Distance Formula (7 of 21)
You may listen to music if  you have headphones.

Rest of time will be spent working on missing work (from my class and then others).

MATHia Quiz on Monday will be very similar to Calculating Distance Using the Distance Formula (7 of 21)   Make sure you understand it well.
Mon, Sept 27th MATHia Quiz 3

Start Lesson 5: In and Out and All About
(finish through Activity One)
Wed, Sept 29th MATHia: Calculating Perimeter and Area Using the Distance Formula (8 of 21)
Thur, Sept 30th Finish  Lesson 5: In and Out and All About
Mon, Oct 4th MATHia Quiz 4
Topic 1 Review
Thur, Oct 7th TOPIC 1 TEST
Fri, Oct 8th No School - Staff Development
Mon, Oct 11th No School - Native American Day
Wed, Oct 13th Start Module 1, Topic Two:  Rigid Motions on a Plane
Lesson 1: Put Your Input In, Take Your Output Out (or Geometric Components of Rigid Motions)
    * will not be using the MATHbook for Lesson 1.  It has been rewritten as an overview of Lessons 2-4.  Lessons 2-4 will give you more opportunities for creating (drawing) transformations and writing transformation functions
Thur, Oct 14th MATHia: Developing Definitions of Rigid Motions (9 of 21)
MATHia: Exploring Rigid Motions and Dilations (10 of 21)
Mon, Oct 18th Lesson 2: Bow Thai (or Translations as Functions)
       - Review, Activity 1, Talk the Talk (1 and 2)
       - Assignment (Practice only, Stretch is optional) - pp 113-114 - turn in by Wed, Oct 20th
MATHia: Describing a Translation (11 of 21) - quiz over this on Wed. Oct 20th
Wed, Oct 20th MATHia Quiz 5 - Describing a Translation
Missing Work/MATHia time
Bagels, Fermi, Pico for those that are done with everything
Thur, Oct 21st Lesson 3: Staring Back at Me (or Reflections as Functions)
       - pp 115-121
       - Assignment p 127 in book (drawing reflections) plus four problems as a handout (writing reflection functions)  STAPLE TOGETHER when you hand them in.
MATHia: Describing a Reflection (12 of 21)
Mon, Oct 25th MATHia Quiz 6 - Describing a Reflection (Last grade of Q1)
Lesson 4: Turn Yourself Around (or Rotations as Functions)-
pp 129,130,135,136
Assignment:  2 page packet (due Thursday)
Wed, Oct 27th Keep working on Packet (due tomorrow)
Thur, Oct 28th Turn in packet from Monday and Wednesday.

MATHia DAY

MATHia: Describing a Rotation (13 of 21)
MATHia: Specifying a Sequence of Rigid Motion Transformations (14 of 21)
MATHia: Rotations and Reflections on the Plane(15 of 21)

Check Infinite Campus.  Are you missing anything?  Time to get things in for quarter one is running out.  End of quarter is tomorrow.
Mon, Nov 1st AND Thur, Nov 4th MATHia Quiz 7 - Describing a Rotation (over 13 of 21)
Translation/Reflection/Rotation Summary Activity

Lesson 5: OKEECHOBEE (or Reflectional and Rotational Symmetry)
     pp 143-147, 149
Assignment pp 151-152

MATHia: Reflectional Symmetry  (16 of 21)
MATHia: Rotational Symmetry   (17 of 21)
Mon, Nov 8th MATHia Quiz 8 Reflectional and Rotational Symmetry

End of Topic Review (p 154 in MATHbook) - you can find a Topic Summary online (through the MATHia link) that could be helpful.  I will show you how to access this. - There are also videos for Topic 2 "Rigid Motions on a Plane" in Canvas.

Topic Test is Wednesday.  Be ready!!  :-)

Wed, Nov 10th Will go over answers to p 154 in book.  Answer any questions.
Then...End of Topic Test
Thur, Nov 11th Start Module 1, Topic 3: Congruence Through Transformations
Lesson 1: The Elements: Formal Reasoning in Euclidean Geometry  (pp 155-164)
     - If-then statements, Counterexamples, Conditionals and Truth Tables
Assign: Skills Practice WS

1st period: 8:15-9:32
3rd period: 9:37-10:54
5th period: 11:46-1:03
7th period: 1:08-2:25
Veteran's Day Program in Jostad Gym following 7th period
Mon, Nov 15th Continue Lesson 1: The Elements: Formal Reasoning in Euclidean Geometry (pp 165-167)
     - Postulates and Theorems
Look at MATHia (18 of 21) so students understand what is meant by the options given in the different steps.
Assignment: pp169-170 in MATHbook
Thur, Nov 18th MATHia: Calculating and Justifying Angle Measures (18 of 21)
   
 (You have to do every step in this MATHia. We will look at one problem first to make sure we understand how to do and if we have all of the options (rules) on our purple sheet.)
MATHia: Calculating Angle Measures (19 of 21)
   
 (If you want to draw the angles out on paper and just type in the final answer, you can.)

IF YOU FINISH MATHia BEFORE THE END OF THE PERIOD, YOU NEED TO FIND SOMETHING QUIET TO WORK ON.
Mon, Nov 22nd MATHia Quiz 9
Wed, Nov 23rd-Fri, Nov 25th No School - Comp Day and Thanksgiving Break
Mon, Nov 29th

Lesson 2a: CPCTC and Congruent Triangles

      Part 1: Triangles and  Congruent Figures (from 4.1 FM)

                   video (pause as needed to fill in note guide)

                   then WS problems 

Wed, Dec 1st

Part 2: CPCTC and Congruent Triangles (from TPT) 

                   PPT with "your turn questions" to complete

Thur, Dec 2nd Lesson 2A - Quiz (CPCTC and Congruent Triangles)
Lesson 2B: ASA, SAS, and SSS:
Proving (Understanding) Triangle Congruence Theorems (Does not follow the book - teacher made lesson)
     - Exploring SSS, SAS, AAA
Mon, Dec 6th Finish Lesson 2B - - Exploring ASA, AAS, SSA
Assignment: Algebra Review and back page of handout
Wed, Dec 8th Summarize Lesson 2 (4.1 through 4.3) - WS put it all together
     - Ask about how many would like to take their notes on the computer and how many would like hard copies for the next section.
Thur, Dec 9th Start: Polygons and Quadrilaterals
5.1 Polygon Angles
     - Notes, Practice, Algebra Review
Mon, Dec 13th 5.1 Quiz
5.2 Properties of Parallelograms (notes)

Last 15 minutes - start movie
Thur, Dec 16th Finish movie

Have a Great Winter Break!!!
Dec 18th - Jan 2nd WINTER BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Mon, Jan 3rd Review 5.2 Properties of Parallelograms
5.2 Worksheet and Algebra Review
Wed, Jan 5th 5.2 Quiz
Start 5.4 Properties of Rhombi, Rectangles and Squares (Graphic Organizer)
Thur, Jan 6th Finish 5.4 Properties of Rhombi, Rectangles, and Squares (Venn Diagram and example problems)
5.4 Worksheet and Algebra Review
Mon, Jan10th 5.4 Quiz
Explain and work on Semester Test Project
Wed, Jan 11th Work on Semester Test Project
Thur, Jan 12th Work on Semester Test Project - Due by end of the school day today.
Second Semester
Date Description
Mon, Jan 17th No School - MLK Day
Wed, Jan 19th Will get new seating charts next week.  This week no more than 2-3 per table.

Go through papers - keep anything that is Chapter 5 AND yellow formula sheet. 
Review what we have so far for Chapter 5.

Parallelogram Circuit (find your "rules" for parallelograms)
Thur, Jan 20th and Mon, Jan 24th Circuit due today.  You can work on for the first 30 minutes of class.

5.6 Kites and Trapezoids
Note guide - will do together
Assignment: 5.6 Practice and Algebra Review
Bonus: Application and Extension - on Canvas
Wed, Jan 26th 5.6 Quiz

Chapter 5 Review
Thur, Jan 27th Finish review, ask questions, go over answers
Mon, Jan 31st Chapter 5 Test
Wed, Feb 2nd Pythagorean Theorem Review - Tarsia Puzzle
Thur, Feb 3rd Special Topic: Special Right Triangles I - 30-60-90 Triangles
Mon, Feb7th Go over Algebra Review questions off of SRTI Assignment - grade rest together (will turn in on Thursday)

Notes and Practice: Special Right Triangles II - 45-45-90 Triangles
Wed, Feb 9th Special Right Triangles Activity(s)
Thur, Feb 10th Winter Olympics Activity
Mon, Feb 14th Winter Olympics Activity - brochure or flyer (one page poster) of your sport.  We will talk specifics in class.  Can e-mail as an attachment to me or I will create as an assignment in Canvas.  Due by end of week BUT will only have today to work on it in class.
Wed, Feb 16th MATHia: Special Right Triangles
  1. Introduction to Special Right Triangles
  2. Calculating the Lengths of Sides of Special Right Triangles
Thur, Feb 17th Finish MATHia: Special Right Triangles
Finish Olympics Assignment
Special Right Triangles Quiz on Wednesday, Feb 23rd

If you have extra time, try some origami at  https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/top-origami-for-beginners-2540688  Mrs. Zubke has origami paper.
Mon, Feb 21st NO SCHOOL
Wed, Feb 23rd Special Right Triangles Quiz
Thur, Feb 24th Standardized Systems of Measurement

Measurement Conversions (English Standard)
Assignment: In-class group work
Mon, Feb 28th Measurement Conversions (Metric and between Metric and English Standard)
Assignment: In-class group work
Wed, Mar 2nd and Thur, Mar 3rd Start Unit 9:  Areas of Polygons
9.1 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
Note Guide - will do together
Assignment: 9.1 Practice and Algebra Review
Bonus: Application and Extension on Canvas

If time end of period, consider doing the Application and Extension on Canvas or practice with the Tangram Builder site (link on Canvas).   If we have time on Monday, may have a quick contest. 
Mon, Mar 7th 9.1 Quiz
9.2 Areas of Trapezoids, Kites, and Rhombi
Note Guide - will do together
Assignment: 9.2 Practice and Algebra Review
Bonus: Application and Extension on Canvas
Last 15 minutes: Tangram Contest
Wed, Mar 9th Finish 9.2 Practice and Algebra Review
Go over questions
Thur, Mar 10th 9.2 Quiz
9.4/9.5Areas of Circles and Sectors (Using Central Angles)
Mon, Mar 14th Continue 9.4/9.5 Areas of Circles and Sectors (Using Central Angles)
Wed, Mar 16th No Class
Black Wednesday Schedule to make up for no school on Fri, Mar 18th
Thur, Mar 17th Warm-up - Table work
Finish 9.4/9.5 Areas of Circles and Sectors (Using Central Angles)
   arc lengths
   sector areas
Mon, Mar 21st 9.4/9.5 Quiz
Review for 9 Test
Wed, Mar 23rd Chapter 9 Test
Thur, Mar 24th Start Volumes and Surface Area of 3-D Shapes
10.1 Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
Mon, Mar 28th Finish 10.1 Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
Wed, Mar 30th 10.1 Quiz
10.2 Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
Thur, Mar 31st 10.2 Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
Mon, Apr 4th Smarter Balanced Testing - Jrs
Rest of Students have an activity and work time
Wed, Apr 6th Worksheet:  10.2 Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
Thur, Apr 7th 10.2 Quiz
10.3  Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
Mon, Apr 11th
10.3 Quiz
10.4 Volume of Pyramid and Cones
Watch 10.4 Video on Canvas and fill in note guide
Then 10.4 Practice

Wed, Apr 13th 10.4 Quiz
Wed, Apr 20th 10.5  Surface Area and Volume of Spheres
Thur, Apr 21st 10.5 Quiz
Review Ch 10 Test
Mon, Apr 25th Ch 10 Test

Start Statistics:  Topic 1:  One-Variable Statistics
Lesson 1:  Dot Plots, Histograms, and Box-and-Whisker Plots
     - Dot Plots - pg 572
     - Histograms - pg 573 and 574
     - Box-and-Whisker Plots - pg 575-576
     - Comparing the three:  Dots, Bins, or Boxes  - pp 577-578
Wed, Apr 27th Finish page 574 (Histograms)

Watch "Donald in MathMagicland"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4gWPurN9k
Identify 10 math references    
Thur, Apr 28th Keep working on Lesson 1
     -Box-and-Whisker Video; do one together; then pp 575-576
     -Comparing the methods (come up with this together)
        then pp 577-578
PROBLEM SET 1: Graphing and Analyzing Data Representations
Mon, May 2nd, Wed, May 4th and Thur, May 5th PROBLEM SET 1: DUE TODAY

Lesson 2: Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Spread
     - Measures of Center - pp 583-585
PROBLEM SET 2: Comparing and Interpreting Measures of Center  (DUE WEDNESDAY)

     - Measures of Spread - pp 585-589
     - Will not be including Standard Deviation.
PROBLEM SET 3:  Comparing and Interpreting Measures of Spread (Will do in class on Wednesday)
Mon, May 9th Continue Statistics: Topic 2: Two-Variable Categorical Data

Lesson 1 - Categorical Data in Two-Variables and Frequency Distribution Tables - pp 610-616, 621
PROBLEM SET 1: Organizing Categorical Data in Two-Variables (two-way frequency tables)

Wed, May 11th Lesson 2- Representing Data - pp 617-619
PROBLEM SET 4: Graphing Categorical Data in Two-Variables
Thur, May 12th Two-Way Frequency Table Packet
Mon, May 16th Seniors last day.  Let's check and see if anyone has missing assignments.
Organize data from survey taken a week ago in class (Top 10 summer activities)
Discuss semester test project.  Will put information on the board.  Will work on during semester test day on Thursday, May 19th
Wed, May 18th Two-hour late schedule.  Senior breakfast in the morning.  Then will be periods 2, 4, and 6.  No Geometry A. 
Thur, May 19th Semester Test Day 1      Work on Semester Test Project
Schedule:

Period 1 8:15 – 9:30

Period 3 9:40 – 10:55

LUNCH 11:00 – 11:40

Period 5 11:45 – 1:00

Period 7 1:10 – 2:25

Make-Up 1 2:30 – 3:45 *students are permitted to leave @ 3:25 or stay until 3:45 if needed

Mon, May 23rd Make-up Sessions for Semester Tests

Make-Up 3 8:15 – 9:30

Make-Up 4 9:35 – 10:50

Make-Up 5 10:55 – NOON DISMISSAL

  Start Probability: Topic 1: Independence and Conditional Probability
Lesson 1: What Are the Chances?: Compound Sample Spaces - pp 773-788
PROBLEM SET 1: Modeling Probability
PROBLEM SET 2: Calculating Conditional Probability
  Lesson 2:  And?: Compound Probability with "And" - pp 789-802
PROBLEM SET 3: Calculating Probabilities of Independent Events with "and"
PROBLEM SET 4: Calculating Probabilities of Dependent Events with "and"
  Lesson 3: Or?: Compound Probability with "Or" - pp 803-816
PROBLEM SET 5: Calculating Probabilities of Independent Events with "or"
PROBLEM SET 6: Calculating Probabilites of Dependent Events with "or"
  Lesson 4: And, Or, and More!: Calculating Compound Probability
PROBLEM SET 7: Compound Probability with Replacement
PROBLEM SET 8: Compound Probability without Replacement
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