Week of May 4th

The test has been moved to this Friday, May 8th. All geometry topics are on the test - lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, and also perimeter, area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles. Students will be able to use their geo-notebooks for the test. I will discuss in class how best to organize materials and emphasize again what a complete geo-notebook should contain.

Last Friday we did a hands-on activity to visualize and derive the formulas for areas of parallelograms and triangles. We will be practicing and problem-solving with area on Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday and Thursday are double-block days because of the dissection. Matthews/Koening have two periods of math Wednesday; Timko/Durling have two periods of math Thursday. On the double block days, we will organize our resources, do some practice/study activities, and take the Protractor/Ruler section of the test. Students will be required to draw and measure angles, and also to use a ruler to sketch diagrams of lines, angles, and polygons. This activity will take about 15 minutes at most.