Monday, September 26, 2011

The rest of Chapter 3 is easy!

[There is also a bit of a preview for the schedule of some of chapter 4.]

9/27  Bisection (Lesson 4) and Complimentary & Supplementary Angles (Lesson 5)
         HW read pp.98-100 and do pp.100-104/7-9,15-25,34-36,41-47,Set 3
         HW read pp.105-106 and do pp.108-109/23-25,32-46,Set 3
9/28  Linear Pairs & Vertical Angles (Lesson 6)
         HW read pp.9110-112 and do pp.112-115 Sets 1 and 2
9/29  Rosh Hashanah (no school)
9/30  Perpendicular and Parallel Lines (Lesson 7)
         HW read pp.117-118,123 and do pp.119-121/1-8,13-16,Set 2

10/4  Quiz of Ch 3, and an angular activity
         HW finish write-up of activity
10/5  Polygons and Congruence (Ch 4, Lesson 2)
10/6  ASA and SAS (Ch 4, Lesson 3)
10/7  Professional Developement Day (no school)

10/10  Columbus Day (no school)
10/11  Congruence Proofs (Ch 4, Lesson 4)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Finishing the introduction

This week we will finish Chapter 2 (The Nature of Deductive Reasoning) and move into Chapter 3 (Lines and Angles).

9/20 Lesson 5: A Deductive System
        HW read p.60-61, do p.61-64/1-3, 6-25, 32-41, Set 3
9/21 Review Ch 1 and Ch 2
        HW do p.37-38/Sets 2 & 3 and p.71-74/1-16, 31-33, 42-49
9/22 Quiz of Ch 1 and Ch 2
        HW read Lesson 2 p.84-86, do p.86-90/6-19, 23-28, 37-46, Set 3
9/23 Lesson 3: The Protractor and Angle Measure
        HW read p.91-93, do p.94-96/8-43, 48-53

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Recap and moving on

The syllabus so far has been:
9/06 Go over Spotter problem, discuss Surfer problem.
        read Lesson 1 p.8-10, do p.11-12 Sets 2 and 3
9/07 Discuss vocabulary of lessons 1, 2, and 3 of chapter 1
        read Lesson 2 p.13-16, do p.16-17 Sets 2 & 3
        read Lesson 3 p.18-20, do p.21 Set 1/16-18, p.22 Set 2
9/08 Constructions and Sundials
        read Lesson 4 p.24-25, do p.26-27 Set 1/1-6, 10-16 and p.29 Set 3
9/09 DIscuss constructed concurrency points. Start p.34 Set 3
        read Lesson 5 p.30-31, do p.31-34 Sets1 and 2 (and finish Set 3)

Impromptu homework checks can happen at any time - usually once a week. Keep up!

For the upcoming week:
9/13 Conditional Statements (the beginning of deductive reasoning) CW worksheet
        read Lesson 1 p.42-43 and do p.43-45 Sets 1, 2, & 3
9/14 More discussion of conditional statements
        read Lesson 2 p.46-47, do p.47-49 Sets 1, 2, & 3
9/15 Half Day (C B A G - no class for us)
9/16 Direct vs Indirect Proofs
        read Lesson 3 p.50-51 do p.52-54/1-7 and 15-8
        read Lesson 4 p.55-57 do p.57-59/3-21

There will be a quiz the week after which covers all of the material in Chapters1 and 2.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

We begin...

So far we have looked at some mind-awakening problems, discussed the focus on logical thinking that we will be working on this year and explored intuition and proof using the spotter/surfer problem. Now we begin in earnest.

Start by reading pp. 8-10, then do the Set II and Set III problems on pp 11-12.

Throughout the book, you will be asked to read the lessons and to think about the Set I problems. The Set I problems tend to be worth thinking about but you should not spend a lot of time on them. They are more of a check on the reading. If you have questions, please make sure you bring them up in class!

We will be using a compass and protractor this year. We have them for classwork but you probably want to purchase both for use outside of class. Also, colored pencils tend to be helpful (you don't need a lot of colors but make sure they look different or you have defeated the purpose of using them). ;-)