Friday, March 23, 2012

Ch 12: Circles

Circles will be the unit that puts more ideas together than we have seen before.  It actually can serve as a review of the year to date.  There are many relationships to learn but if you understand where they come from, you will have a better chance of remembering or rederiving them on the fly.

3/22  Lesson 1:  Circles, Radii, and Chords
         HW p.488-490/Set 2
3/23  Unit Vocab plus Lesson 2:  Tangents
         HW p.494-496/24 - 34, 39 - 53

3/27  Lessons 3 and 4:  Central Angles and Arcs, Inscribed Angles
         HW p.500-503/1 - 18, 23 - 29, 43 - 47, Set 3
3/28  Prove three cases for Inscribed Angles
         HW p.507-509/26 - 58, Set 3
3/29  Lesson 5:  Secant Angles
         HW p.513-515/17 - 57
3/30  Extra Angle Problems (End of Term 3)
         HW finish worksheet

4/03  Lesson 6:  Tangent Segments and Intersecting Chords
         HW p.517-521/Sets 1 and 2
4/04  Extra Intersection Problems and Mixed Problems
         HW finish worksheet of proof problems
4/04  Review
         HW p.523-526/9 - 54
4/06  Good Friday, no school

4/10  Test of Ch 12

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

MCAS Week

The week of the English MCAS is a little crazy.

3/19  Regular schedule (no class for us)
3/20  Blocks: Hmrm G H A   We will go over the 2011 Math MCAS
3/21  Blocks: E F C D (no class for us)
3/22  Blocks: B A G H F  We will do the Clinometer Lab
         Ch 12, Lesson 1: HW p.488 - 490/Set 2
3/23  Start the Circle Chapter in earnest