Geometry

2013-2014

Charity Burriss
Lewis County High School Room 59 606-796-2823 Email: charity.burriss@lewis.kyschools.us Blog: http://msburrisssmathblog.blogspot.com
Materials Needed

Pencil/Pen (pencil preferred) Notebook- (spiral bound or binder with loose leaf paper) Folder - ( 2 pocket) Index Cards Calculator- (TI-30XIIS) Classroom Procedures

Textbooks- Textbooks are available in the classroom. Books are not assigned or allowed to leave the room. Textbooks are also accessible online via my blog at http://msburrisssmathblog.blogspot.com

or by accessing the Pearson website

http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-13-3688623/ViewerMain_NA.html. Assignment: o Assignments will be given every day and may become homework. Assignments are due at the beginning of the next class period the following day. Excuses for lost or forgotten assignments are not acceptable and will result in a 0. Assignments will be taken up or graded at the beginning of every period. o Stems- Vocabulary words and stems will be assigned throughout each unit and will be graded.

Bell work - Bell work will be given daily and occasionally graded. Notebooks - Notebooks are to be kept and will include a Theorem/Postulate list, notes, in-class work, vocabulary, homework assignments, and work sheets. Absences - When students are absent, it is their responsibility to get the assignment and make up the work. The student is still responsible for the material that was covered during the absence. If students do not make-up the work that was assigned during their absence, they will receive a 0. Students have three days to turn in any assignments that were missed. (District/School Policy) Redo Exams- Redo exams will only be given when the student can show that all assignments were completed in their entirety for that section. If all assignments for that particular exam are not completed than the exam score will stand and no Redo will be given. Bonus - Students are given bonus point opportunities throughout the year and will be posted on the blog and in the classroom. Rules & Student Discipline All LCHS rules and student discipline codes apply and will be followed in according to the LCHS Student Handbook and the Student Discipline Guidelines of the Lewis County Board of Education (Students will obtain these booklets the first day of school). Also, all classroom rules will be followed and students will receive these the first day of class. Academic Honesty - Cheating in any manner is absolutely not tolerated!! Cheating on a graded assignment will result in a zero for that assignment including tests or quizzes. Tutoring Tutoring is offered after school. Students need to check with the teacher to determine what day to stay. Tutoring will not start until after the first nine weeks. Grading Policy Note: Grades are weighted by the percentages below.

Assignments/Class work/Homework/Stems - 30% Tests/Quizzes/Projects - 70%

Semester Grades

1st 9-weeks (45%) + 2nd 9-weeks (45%) + Final Exam (10%) = Semester Grade (December)

 3nd 9-weeks (45%) + 4th 9-weeks (45%) + Final Exam (10%) = Semester Grade (end of year)

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

Unit 1: Congruence, Proof, and Constructions In previous grades, students were asked to draw triangles based on given measurements. They also have prior experience with rigid motions: translations, reflections, and rotations and have used these to develop notions about what it means for two objects to be congruent. In this unit, students establish triangle congruence criteria, based on analyses of rigid motions and formal constructions. They use triangle congruence as a familiar foundation for the development of formal proof. Students prove theorems using a variety of formatsand solve problems about triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons. They apply reasoning to complete geometric constructions and explain why they work. Unit 1: Congruence, Proof, and Constructions Unit 2: Similarity, Proof, and Trigono metry Students apply their earlier experience with dilations and proportional reasoning to build a formal understanding of similarity. They identify criteria for similarity of triangles, use similarity to solve problems, and apply similarity in right triangles to understand right triangle trigonometry, with particular attention to special right triangles and the Pythagorean theorem. Students develop the Laws of Sines and Cosines in order to find missing measures of general (not necessarily right) triangles. They are able to distinguish whether three given measures (angles or sides) define 0, 1, 2, or infinitely many triangles. Unit 3: Extending to Three Dimensions Students experience with two -dimensional and three-dimensional objects is extended to include informal explanations of circumference, area and volume formulas. Additionally, students apply their knowledge of twodimensional shapes to consider the shapes of cross-sections and the result of rotating a two-dimensional object about a line.

Unit 4: Connecting Algebra and Geometry Through Coordinates

Building on their work with the Pythagorean theorem in 8th grade to find distances, students use a rectangular coordinate system to verify geometric relationships, including properties of special triangles and quadrilaterals and slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. Students continue their study of quadratics by connecting the geometric and algebraic definitions of the parabola.

Unit 5: Circles With and Without Coordinates

In this unit, students prove basic theorems about circles, with particular attention to perpendicularity and inscribed angles, in order to see symmetry in circles and as an application of triangle congruence criteria. They study relationships among segments on chords, secants, and tangents as an application of similarity. In the Cartesian coordinate system, students use the distance formula to write the equation of a circle when given the radius and the coordinates of its center. Given an equation of a circle, they draw the graph in the coordinate plane, and apply techniques for solving quadratic equations to determine intersections between lines and circles or parabolas and between two circles.

Unit 6: Applications of Probability

Building on probability concepts that began in the middle grades, students use the languages of set theory to expand their ability to compute and interpret theoretical and experimental probabilities for compound events, attending to

mutually exclusive events, independent events, and conditional probability. Students should make use of geometric probability models wherever possible. They use probability to make informed decisions.