Day

Date

Topics & Concepts

Sections

Homework Assignments

38

Friday, January 7, 2011

- Introduce Polygons & Quadrilaterals, vocab & definitions

- Using Tangrams to construct quadrilaterals

6.1

- Do p. 326-327, Ex. 24-26 all, 37-45 odd

- Assorted Geometry Problems on the worksheet

39

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

- Warm up:  GSP construction of a parallelogram & making conjectures

- Prove Parallelogram Properties

6.2-6.3

- Do p. 334-336, Ex. 21-37 odd, 55, 57

- Do p. 343, Ex. 9-19 odd

40

Thursday, January 13, 2011

- More GSP construction:  Rhombus, rectangle and square

- Proving Quadrilateral Properties

6.4

- Do p. 351, Ex. 16-21, 27-43 odd, 46

41

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

- Warm up:  More practice with proving Quadrilateral Properties

- Trapezoid & Kite

- Wrap up Quadrilateral Properties

6.5

- Do p. 359, Ex. 17-23 odd, 29-35 odd

- Do p. 367, Ex. 8-13 all, 19-24 all

42

Thursday, January 20, 2011

- Coordinate Geometry to explore Quadrilateral Properties

Assorted Practice for Coordinate Geometry:

- Do p. 337, Ex. 62-64;  p. 344, Ex. 34-36;  p. 354, Ex. 56, 58-60 all;  p. 368, Ex. 36, 37

43

Monday, January 24, 2011

- Warm up:  Revisit the first homework assignment

- Go over homework

- Quiz check-in quiz on Quadrilateral Properties

- Review for quiz next class.  Wrap up properties and coordinate geometry proof

- Complete Quiz review sheet from class.

- Additional Review problems:  p. 385, Ex. 10-17, 19

 Answers will be posted on the blog!

Quiz next class on Section 6.1 to 6.6

44

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Quiz Section 6.1 to 6.6

- Warm up:  Polygon area on Geo-board

- Quadrilateral Area Formulas and practice

6.7

- Read section 6.7, p. 372-375.  All the formulas needed for the homework are listed in this section

- Do p. 376, Ex. 15-27 odd, 33, 34, 38, 41-43 all, 52

45

Friday, January 28, 2011

- More practice with Quadrilateral Areas with Challenge problems

6.7

- Finish worksheet on area practice

- Do Chapter Test Review problems 5-8 all, 11-13 all

46

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

- Review for Chapter Test

- Finish review sheet.  Answer sheet will be posted on the blog.

47

Thursday, February 3, 2011

- Chapter 6 Test

- Read the Magical Square handout, complete the exercises on the handout.  Have FUN reading it and working it out.  

48

Monday, February 7, 2011

- Arc Length & Sector Area

- Hand out Goat Project

10.2 & 11.5

- D block:  please first  finish the in-class handout.  

- Both Blocks:  This is an individual homework assignment.  Please do not discuss with anyone on this homework.  Work on Goat Project.  You are not expected to finish all three cases.  However, you should at least have the first case worked out by next class. The second and third cases are more challenging.  Draw the diagrams first and put some thoughtful work in them.  

49

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

- Warm up:  Sector Area

- Goat Project in assigned pairs

- Complete the Goat Project with your partner.  Remember, you are not able to work with anyone else besides your partner.

50

Friday, February 11, 2011

Goat Project Due

- Introduction to Similarity