Today we explored 2 ideas closely related- segment addition postulate and angle addition postulate. The main idea behind both of these concepts is that “The sum of the pieces equals the whole!” Here are the notes for 1.3 and 1.4, as well as the warm-up on distance formula. We also had 2 [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 27, 2007
Our First Benchmarks
Today we took our first of MANY benchmarks. Benchmarks 1 and 2 on Classifying Angles and the Pythagorean Theorem. Check online to see how you did!
After the benchmarks, we got down to business. We used Google Earth and sites like walkjogrun.net to calculate distances, and then learned how to use the actual [...]
August 25, 2007
Grade Reports are online!
I have the gradebook mostly set up now, or at least set up to post your grades. You can view your grades at any time here. Your password is different from the original one. Just read the announcement.
However, be prepared! I have added blog posting points to the grade report. [...]
August 24, 2007
Chapter 1 Vocab
After a quick warm-up on they Pythagorean Theorem, we spent most of the rest of the period working on our Chapter 1 Vocabulary words. This is assignment #2 and was due at the end of class. I talked briefly about some key vocabulary terms, as well as classifying angles by their measures (our [...]
August 23, 2007
Pythagorean Theorem
Today was a good day in class. We started class with a warm up on square rooting, then got into the meat and potatoes of the lesson, The Pythagorean Theorem. Here are the notes as well as the game we played- Me Vs. You. There was an assignment, but depending on how [...]
August 21, 2007
Square Rooting
We started class with a quick review and discussion of our performance on the Pre-Assessment from Friday. We then got a demo of the blog and how to use it. Then we got our first warm up.The first warm up was on the first 15 square numbers, and using this list to estimate square roots. [...]
