MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to complete questions 1-10 of phase 1 of the review process

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Student pairs continued to work on the apartment project

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:

Today's homework is to complete questions 1-9 of phase 1 of the review process

TODAY IN CLASS:

Today in class student pairs continued to work on their apartment project

MATH BLUE & GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
No homework this weekend. Next week we will begin preparing for the final.

TODAY IN CLASS:
Student pairs worked on their "designing an apartment" project. (Project will be completed using class time only)

MATH GREEN & BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Tests signed by a parent and test corrections completed for test scores below 80.

TODAY IN CLASS;

• Tests were returned and discussed
• Student pairs were assigned and an introduction to the apartment project was given

MATH GREEN & MATH BLUE

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Students took a test over perimeter and area of geometric figures.
• Students went outside to create a circle with a homemade compass and determined circumference and area.

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Correct review handout and complete the additional review questions.
Solutions to review ?'s: p. 428 #8: 10.5 square meters, #9 : 38 square cm. #10: 160 square feet #11: c=25.1 in. A= 50.3 sq. in
#12: C= 44 mi. A= 153.9 sq. mi. #13: C= 22 km. A= 38.5 Sq. Km.
p. 644 #8 40 sq. mi #9: 240 ft. squared #10 26 sq. mi
p. 645 #30: 222 sq. in # 31: 160 sq mi. #32: 314 sq. ft

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Small groups discussed review handout
• Whole group played "I have, who has...?" game to review area and perimeter concepts

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:

Correct review handout and complete the additional review questions.

Solutions to review questions: p. 628 #4: 3.5 cm. #5: 10,800 #14: C= 82 yds. #15: C= 33 ft. #16: C=188 in.

p. 629: #26: A= 18 sq. ft. #27: 8 in.

p. 468-469: #7: P= 30 ft. A= 48 sq. ft #8: P=68.9 m, A= 187.72 sq. m #9: P= 64 in. A= 240 sq in

#10: line segments XV, YW, & VW #11: line segment XV, #12: line seg. OV, OX, OY

#13: 31.4 in.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Small groups discussed review handouts
• Whole class played a game of "I have, who has...?" to review area and perimeter concepts

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is a review handout (CHAPTER 8 SECTIONS 1-5) to prepare for the test on Tuesday, May 8th.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up involved finding area of a shaded region that incorporated a square and a circle
• Students gave solutions to area of a circle problems (homework)
• Student groups discussed handout involving shaded regions of combined geometric figures

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:

Today's homework is a review handout (Chapter 9 sections 1-5) to prepare for the test on Tuesday, May 8th (section D) and Wednesday, May 9th (section C & E)

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up involved finding the area of an irregular figure on geodot paper
• Students discussed the circumference of a circle homework
• Student groups discussed approaches to finding areas of irregular figures

MATH BLUE: Only sections C & E met today. Please see yesterday's blog for information related to class time and homework.

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is from chapter 8, section 5 regarding finding area of a circle

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Our warm-up today was finding area of an irregular figure using more than one approach
• Student pairs discussed circumference homework
• Students investigated area of a circle formula by first approximating the square units inside a circle and comparing this to the actual area using the formula
• Students investigated finding area of shaded regions enclosed by more than one geometric figure

***Test next Tuesday over area and perimeter of geometric shapes

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:

Today's homework is a handout on finding circumference of a circle.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Our warm-up today was finding a triangle and a rectangle that both had a given specific area
• Student pairs discussed area and parts of a circle homework
• As a whole class we investigated the relationship the circumference of a circle has with the diameter of a circle by comparing circular objects of different sizes. Then we determined the formula for the circumference.

**Test next Tuesday (section D) or Wednesday (section C & E) over area and perimeter of geometric shapes

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is finding circumference of a circle in addition to a few questions involving areas of irregular figures.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Student groups were given time to exchange ideas about area and perimeter handout
• Student groups did an investigation of the relationship between circumference and diameter of circular objects
• We had a whole class discussion regarding the formula for circumference of a circle

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:

Today's homework is from chapter 9, section 5 and concerns the parts of a circle. In addition there is a handout to be completed regarding area of various geometric figures.

TODAY IN CLASS;

• Student groups were given time to exchange ideas about the area and perimeter handout
• We discussed approaches to finding area of irregular figures
• Using a cutout circle we discussed various parts of a circle

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to finish the perimeter and area handout


TODAY IN CLASS:

• Small group discussion of area of a trapezoid homework
• Small groups used geoboards to find shapes that met specific area requirements
• Small groups began discussions of area and perimeter handout

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to finish the perimeter and area handout


TODAY IN CLASS:

• Small groups discussed area of a triangle homework
• Small groups used geoboards to find shapes that met specific area requirements
• Small groups began discussions of area and perimeter handout

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is finding areas and perimeters of triangles based on the formula we derived in class today!

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Our warm-up involved finding a specific parallelogram with a given area using our geoboard dot paper
• We had small group discussions about the homework
• We derived the formula for the area of a triangle using grid paper and recognizing that any triangle was just half of a parallelogram
• Students had time to investigate applications of triangle areas and perimeters
• Using geoboards, we determined different parallelograms and triangles that met specific areas

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is finding areas of parallelograms


TODAY IN CLASS:

• Our warm-up was to find all possible rectangles that met a given area and determine which one maximizes the perimeter and which one minimizes the perimeter
• We had small group discussions concerning the homework
• Our whole class investigated how to determine the area of a parallelogram by realizing we could create a rectangle from any given parallelogram.
• Students were given time to apply the concept of parallelogram areas to some different problems.

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is a mix of problems reinforcing area and perimeter of a parallelogram

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up involved determining how it is possible for two rectangles to have the same perimeter but different areas
• Small groups discussed the homework
• Students did further investigation on area and perimeter of parallelograms

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework contains problems on finding area and perimeter of given rectangles

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Our warm-up involved determining width of a student's armspan in centimeters and converting to other metric measurements
• Students worked in pairs to discuss the homework on metric conversion
• We investigated the difference between perimeter and area of rectangles and sketched figures using grid paper to visualize the different units of measurement

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is from chapter 8, section 2 p. 382 # 1-7, 10, 19, 23, 28, 29, 32 and concerns finding areas of parallelograms.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• We discussed our homework concerning perimeter and area of irregularly shaped figures
• We "discovered" the area of a parallelogram but creating a rectangle out of a parallelogram

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is from chapter 9, section 2 pp. 423-424 # 6-14 all, 28, 29 and concerns conversion from one metric measurement to another

TODAY IN CLASS:

• We discussed our metric measurement activity from yesterday and compared our data collected
• We had a paired discussion of the homework (appropriate units of measurement to use)
• We developed a system of how to convert from one metric unit of measurement to another

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework involves estimating perimeter and area of irregular figures

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up involved sketching rectangles with a specific area and deciding which rectangle maximized the perimeter and which one minimized the perimeter
• Whole class discussion on how to estimate area and perimeter of irregularly shaped figures

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework involves deciding appropriate units of measurement of length for various objects

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Introduced metric units of length
• Students worked in pairs to determine various lengths of objects around the room and compared them to their estimates

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to get your test signed and do corrections, if necessary.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• We discussed the test over geometry terminology

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to get your test signed and do corrections, if necessary.


TODAY IN CLASS:

• We discussed the test over the language of geometry.

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to correct your review handout, if necessary. If you would like more practice try the problems on pages 366-367
#'s 2-21--Chapter 7 review. (The answers are on page 735 of your textbook). Prepare for the test tomorrow.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Our warm-up was a game of "I have, who has..." to reinforce the terminology from this chapter.
• Student groups met to discuss the review handout

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Today's homework is to correct your review handout, if necessary and prepare for the test tomorrow. If you would like some more practice to review, do the following:

Page 626 #9, 13-22, 27
page 394 #8-11
page 410 #8-11, 13-16

Solutions to above? page 626: 13) complement? 5 supplement? 95 14.) isosceles 15.) equilateral 16.) scalene 17.)true 18.) false 19.) true 20) similar 21) similar 22) not similar 27) comp? 53 supp? 143
page 394: 8) no 9) no 10) yes 11) yes
page 410: 8)obtuse 9) right 10) equilateral 11) scalene 13) pentagon 14) rectangle 15) octagon 16) parallelogram


TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up concerned families of quadrilaterals
• Student groups met to discuss the review handout
• Whole class played a game of "I have, who has..." to reinforce terminology from geometry

MATH GREEN:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Please complete the review handout by Thursday and be ready to discuss in class.

TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up involved finding a missing part of two similar figures
• Partner discussion over parts of a circle homework
• Began whole class discussion about circle graphs
• Small groups worked on handout on constructing circle graphs given data

MATH BLUE:

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Please complete the review handout by Thursday and be ready to discuss in class.


TODAY IN CLASS:

• Warm-up involved some questions concerning different types of quadrilaterals
• Whole class discussion with regard to homework over geometric terms
• Whole class discussion about follow up questions on blue chapter 8 handout (first half of chapter)
• Whole class discussion of meaning of congruent and similar figures (students constructed their own similar and congruent triangles and compared them)