Geometry

Welcome to Geometry!

Course Objectives
This proof-based geometry course offers students an opportunity to rely on mathematical reasoning, critical
thinking, and problem solving skills to investigate and explore geometry. Reasoning, direct and indirect proof,
parallel lines and planes, tessellation, congruence, similarity, quadrilaterals, measurement, polygons, right
triangles, circles, coordinate geometry, reflections, transformation, and symmetry are some of the concepts
covered in this course.

Expectations
 Do what is right.
 Do your very best.
 Treat people the way you want to be treated.

Materials for Class

 Textbook (must cover with paper, no tape on textbook!)
 Folder or binder (your choice… I just don’t want papers stuffed in your book)
 Loose-leaf paper or a notebook
 Pencil & eraser (no pens!)
 Scientific Calculator

Grading
Homework – 40% of your grade
– given throughout the chapter
– due at the beginning of class
– 5 points as long as you show your work!!!
Tests and quizzes – 60
% of your grade
– Tests at the end of each unit
– Quizzes periodically as announced

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Final Grade – 40% 1st Quarter Grade

40% 2nd Quarter Grade

Final Exam – 20% of your overall semester grade

– at the end of each term

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Grading Scale
90 – 100% A
80 – 89% B
70 – 79% C
60 – 69% D
Below 60% F

Assignments
 Homework given as assigned.
 Do homework with a pencil.
 Show your work!
 Use a full sheet of paper (or more as needed) for each assignment.
 Have a heading on your paper, which includes: Name, Class and Period, and Assignment.
  When you are absent, it is your responsibility to make up the assignment. It is your responsibility to
speak to me and find out what you missed. You will have appropriate time to make up missed work
when you have an excused absence.
 Unexcused late homework will receive at most half-credit. Homework is late if it is not completed when
checked at the beginning of class for the given day. Work turned in once the chapter is completed
receives no credit.
 Late or absent work is to be placed in the make-up homework bin.
 Keep all homework, quizzes and tests in your BINDER/FOLDER for the entire semester.

Tests & Quizzes

 Study for your quizzes and tests!
 The semester exam is a cumulative exam.
o 1st Semester – First day of School to Christmas Break
o 2nd Semester – First day of New Year to end of School Year

Primary Text
Geometry (McGraw Hill) 2014

Cheating
You are allowed to get help from and work with other students on assignments only, not tests and quizzes.
Working together does not entail having one person do one problem while you do the next, or copying all of their
work and answers down to your paper. If you are caught cheating you will get a 0 on that assignment, test, and/or
quiz. In addition, there are also consequences for cheating according to school policy: a phone call will be made
home, and you will receive a detention.

Academic Detention
Homework assignments are mostly graded upon completion and are given a score of up to 5 points. If a
homework assignment is incomplete, you will not receive full credit. An Academic Detention will be given if a
student does not regularly turn in homework, or regularly has incomplete work.

Guidelines for Class

 Be present (Physically & MENTALLY). Ask questions if needed!
 Be in your seat when the bell rings.
 Have your homework out and ready to check when class begins.
 Because this is a science lab, no food or drink is allowed in the classroom except for bottled water. Bottled
water is not allowed in the lab space at all. Any food or drink will be thrown away.
 We may use cell phones for various activities in class. During this time you may use your phone or other
device for whatever we are doing. Outside of this time or if the device is being inappropriately used, it will
be confiscated and given to the assistant principal.
 Take notes and maintain an organized notebook. Read the textbook as well. It helps.
 Get help when you don’t understand something. I am around to help before and after school. It is best
to talk to me in advance if you want to catch me before or after school for help, but feel free to just walk
in! I am here on Wednesday & Friday mornings, but am unavailable due to professional development or
faculty meetings. Don’t forget that you could also get help from a classmate.