Thursday 1/16/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Success Criteria
Gave best effort on Triangle Segments Unit Quiz
worked on Line Design 2
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Line Designs 2...due on Tuesday
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Wednesday 1/15/20
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Success Criteria
- completed and understood all problems on Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem
- Look at Line Designs 2...due on Friday
- work on Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Practice Quiz (Quiz Thursday)
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Tuesday 1/14/20
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Mid Segments
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on Triangle Inequality and Triangle Segments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Kahoot! on triangle segments (8 min)
- visual of triangle inequality
click this link
- show midsegments on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- IXL Geom...work on M.5. (6 min)
show results
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- Look at Line Designs 2...due on Friday
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Monday 1/12/20
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequalities
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on Triangle Inequality and Triangle Segments
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (15 min)
- visual of triangle inequality
click this link
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- given three sides, determine if it can create a triangle
- given two sides, find the range of possible values for the 3rd side
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (if time)
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- students present answers
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Friday 1/10/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on Midsegments
Collaborated with classmates and finished Midsegments sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- draw a midsegment using Geogebra (3 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- IXL Geom...work on M.1
show results
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Thursday 1/9/20
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, medians, and altitudes on a triangle
Students will know the definition and properties of midsegments
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
Collaborated with classmates on Midsegments Exploration sheet
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (10 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(6,8)
- angle bisector of angle B
- median through angle A
- altitude through B and intersects segment AC
- Midsegments Exploration (15 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Wednesday 1/8/20
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know how to draw and the properties of the perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians and altitudes on a triangle
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
Collaborated with classmates on Circumcenter in the Coordinate Plane sheet
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes using protractor/rulers (12 min)
- give students 12 minutes to work
- look at the properties of where these segments meet
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (12 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(2,10)...students graph on graph paper, then come type in their answer to check
- angle bisector of angle A
- median through angle A
- altitude through C
- altitude through A
- perp bisector of side CB
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 1/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians, and altitudes on triangles
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
score higher than 50 on IXL M.3
Collaborated with classmates on graphing triangle segments
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Notes (10 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (15 min)
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
- points on the perp bis, angle bis, median, altitude problems. (15 min)
- on graph paper
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles (16 min)
- on own for 6 min
- in groups of 3 or 10 min
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Monday 1/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians and altitudes on triangles
Success Criteria
engaged in reteach on interim 2
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- reteaching of interim assessment (15 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes on Triangles (12 min)
- give definition on board and students sketch on board
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (12 min)
- points on the perp bis, angle bis, median, altitude problems. (if time)
- in groups of 2 on mini whiteboards
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
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Thursday 1/16/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Success Criteria
Gave best effort on Triangle Segments Unit Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Line Designs 2...due on Monday
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2018-19
Tuesday 2/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Triangle Segments Unit Test (40 min)
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
- What is a Fractal Video
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UPDATE: GEOMETRY TEST will be on Tuesday 2/5/19!
Monday 2/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- go over Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Tuesday)
- Practice Test Answer Key
- Whiteboard practice problems
- length and slope of midsegment
- Is it a right triangle?
- What type of segment is this?
- What is a circumcenter?
- What is an incenter?
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
- What is a Fractal Video
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Friday 2/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- work on Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Wednesday)
- Practice Test Answer Key
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
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Friday 1/25/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Midsegments and Triangle Inequality Quiz
- Graphing Quadrilaterals sheet (15 min)
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Thursday 1/24/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over practice quiz...quiz on Friday
- Create Circumcenter on Geogebra (4 min)
what are all properties of circumcenter
- show midsegments and triangle inequality on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- given the side lengths determine if a triangle is right, acute, or obtuse (4 min)
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
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Tuesday 1/22/19
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Mid Segments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Midsegments with Geogebra
- create a midsegment using Geogebra
- demonstrate the two main properties of midsegments
- show midsegments and triangle inequality on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- given the side lengths determine if a triangle is right, acute, or obtuse (4 min)
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz (25 min)
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Friday 1/18/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- draw a midsegment using Geogebra (3 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- IXL Geom...work on M.1
show results
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Thursday 1/17/19
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- students come up with a problem that involves the triangle inequality (6 min)
- solve some of these problems at board
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
- whiteboard problems in pairs
- Midsegments Exploration (15 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Monday 1/14/19
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequalities
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Medians Problems (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- discuss results
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (15 min)
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (if time)
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Friday 1/11/19
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Quiz (20 min)
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
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Thursday 1/10/19
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, medians, and altitudes on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (10 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(2,10)
- angle bisector of angle A
- median through angle A
- altitude through C
- altitude through A
- perp bisector of side CB
- Triangle Segments Review sheet (20 min)
- quiz on Friday
- team building ... copy game (if time)
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Wednesday 1/9/19
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3 as a class (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Notes (6 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Circumcenter Incenter Review (10 min)
- in assigned groups of 3 or 4
- Kahoot! on triangle segments
- define medians and draw medians in Geogebra.
- are medians the same as angle bisectors
- define altitudes and draw altitudes in Geobebra.
- are altitudes the same as perpendicular bisectors
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Tuesday 1/8/19
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors on a triangle
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors on using protractor/rulers (10 min)
- show that circumcenter is equidistant from vertices and incenter is equidistant from the sides
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Proving that the Incenter is equidistant from the sides on front board (10 min)
- create circumcenter in Geogebra and show it is equidistant to the vertices (5 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Monday 1/7/19
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- reteach of interim #2 (20 min)
- review why we are doing this
- in groups of 3 or 4
- spokesperson is someone who missed the problem
- recorder is another person that missed the problem
- third person is constable
- record 2 things "what is the correct method/answer?" and "why was this problem commonly missed?"
- if time create a new problem that covers the same concept as this one...use as practice for the class
- tip ball (if time)
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors on using protractor/rulers (10 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Proving that the Incenter is equidistant from the sides on front board (10 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Snowflake Instructions
Exam Review Answer Keys
Practice Test Answer Key
Unit 2 Exam Review
Unit 3 Exam Review
Monday 12/17/18
Learning Targets
Students will review for Semester Exam
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- write equation for situation...
- complementary, supplementary, vertical, alternate interior angles
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (10 min)
- Unit 3 Review Sheet (30 min)
- review mini whiteboard problems
- name angle pairs with parallel lines
- give equation of line parallel to given line and through a point
- are these lines perpendicular?
- point on angle bisector
- midpoint, slope and length between points
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Thursday 12/13/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- pythagorean theorem problems
- 45-45-90
- find the length of a leg on a right triangle
- Unit 1 Review Sheet (10 min)
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (30 min)
- Unit 3 Review Sheet (if time)
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Wednesday 12/12/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- identify triangle segments review (3 min)
- biggest angle on a triangle problem (3 min)
- Unit 1 Review Sheet (30 min)
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (if time)
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Tuesday 12/11/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians, and altitudes on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- review of segments on triangles...(10 min)
which segment is being shown on Geogebra
making segments on Geogebra...give 1 min to try on own and then student comes to board
- Triangle Segments Notes (8 min)
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles (16 min)
- on own for 6 min
- in groups of 3 or 10 min
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Monday 12/10/18
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians and altitudes on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- teambuilding...event from weekend (10 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes on Triangles (12 min)
- give definition and board and students sketch on board
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (12 min)
- points on the perp bis, angle bis, median, altitude problems. (if time)
- in groups of 2 on mini whiteboards
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
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Tuesday 2/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Triangle Segments Unit Test (40 min)
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
- What is a Fractal Video
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Wednesday 1/23/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Create Circumcenter on Geogebra (4 min)
what are all properties of circumcenter
- show midsegments and triangle inequality on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- given the side lengths determine if a triangle is right, acute, or obtuse (4 min)
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
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2017-18
Practice Test Answer Key
Tuesday 1/16/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Students will examine and generate fractals
Agenda
- opening problem...go to Illuminations Fractal Tool and explore
- Triangle Segments Unit Test
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday
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Friday 1/12/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- work on Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Tuesday)
Practice Test Answer Key
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday next week
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Thursday 1/11/18
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
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- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz (25 min)
- Review problems on the board (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter on Geogebra and know properties of each
- Begin Triangles Segments Unit Practice Test...Test Tuesday (10 min)
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Wednesday 1/10/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Eyeballing Game (5 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments whiteboard problems
- draw a midsegment using Geogebra (3 min)
- Midsegments WS (12 min)
- in groups of three
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- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz ... test on Tuesday next week
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Tuesday 1/9/18
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- Midsegments Exploration (15 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Monday 1/8/18
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequalities
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3 (3 min)
- Medians Problems in Groups (10 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (10 min)
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (10 min)
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
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Friday 1/5/18
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the medians and altitudes on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments notes (6 min)
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (10 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(2,10)
- angle bisector of angle A
- median through angle A
- altitude through C
- altitude through A
- perp bisector of side CB
- Triangle Segments Review sheet (12 min)
- Medians Problems in Groups (10 min)
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Thursday 1/4/18
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (12 min)
- in groups of 3
- Circumcenter Incenter Review (10 min)
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3
- define medians and draw medians in Geogebra.
- are medians the same as angle bisectors
- define altitudes and draw altitudes in Geobebra.
- are altitudes the same as perpendicular bisectors
- Kahoot! on triangle segments
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Wednesday 1/3/18
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors on using protractor/rulers (10 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Proving that the Incenter is equidistant from the sides on front board (10 min)
- Draw circumcenter and incenter using Geogebra (12 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Trivia Challenge in Groups
-snowball ornament
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- 6 pointed star paper fold
Challenge Problem in Groups
Scribble game...
drawing 1
drawing 2
drawing 3
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- How Snowflakes Form video (6 min)
- on regular hexagon cut-out...connect each vertex to the center point and find all angles
- Creating a regular hexagon cutout (5 min)
- video of hexagon cutout
- Create snowflakes from hexagons (15 min)
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Exam Review Answer Keys
...all keys are at this link...keep scrolling down
Wednesday 12/13/17
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- pythagorean theorem problems
- 45-45-90
- find the length of a leg
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (15 min)
- Unit 3 Review Sheet (25 min)
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Tuesday 12/12/17
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles (15 min)
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (35 min)
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Monday 12/11/17
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Unit 5 Pretest (10 min)
- Eyeballing Game (5 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes on Triangles (10 min)
- use four different colored pencils
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (5 min)
- Unit 1 Review Sheet (15 min)
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Thursday 1/11/18
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz (25 min)
- Review problems on the board (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter on Geogebra and know properties of each
- Begin Triangles Unit Practice Test...Test Tuesday (10 min)
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2016-17
Wednesday 12/7/16
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Students will examine and generate fractals
Agenda
- opening problem...go to Illuminations Fractal Tool and explore
- Triangle Segments Unit Test
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday
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Tuesday 12/6/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Finish Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Wedensday)
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 6th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday
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Monday 12/5/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore and solve problems involving midsegments
Students will review Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- Review problems on the mini white board
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter and know properties of each
- CK12 Midsegments assessment (Do Midsegment Theorem "Practice")
- CK12 Triangle Inequality assessment (Do Triangle Inequality Theorem "Practice")
- Start Triangle Segments Unit Practice Test (test on Wednesday)
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Friday 12/2/16
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Quiz
- Begin Triangles Unit Practice Test...Test Tuesday
- midsegments using Geogebra
- Review problems on the board
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter and know properties of each
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Thursday 12/1/16
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem
- Midsegments WS
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz...quiz Friday
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Wednesday 11/30/16
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- triangle inequalities problems
- go to CK12.org and work on triangle inequality theorem
- Midsegments Exploration
- Midsegments Notes
- Midsegments WS
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Tuesday 11/29/16
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequality
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Quiz (15 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (10 min)
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (10 min)
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
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Monday 11/28/16
Learning Targets
Students will relate side length and angle measures in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Kahoot! on Triangle Segments (10 min)
- Medians Problems in Groups (10 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (10 min)
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Wednesday 11/23/16
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the medians and altitudes on a triangle
Students will relate the longest side on a triangle to its largest angle and shortest side to its smallest angle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Triangle Segments notes
- Triangle Segments Review sheet
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
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Tuesday 11/22/16
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Circumcenter Incenter Review
- prove incenter is equidistant from the sides of a triangle on Geogebra
- define medians and draw medians in Geogebra.
- are medians the same as angle bisectors
- define altitudes and draw altitudes in Geobebra.
- are altitudes the same as perpendicular bisectors
- Kahoot! on triangle segments
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3
- Bisector Vocabulary sheet
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Monday 11/21/16
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on mini white boards (10 min)
- Drawing Angle Bisectors on Triangles on paper using protractors
- Proof that Incenter is equidistant to the sides of a triangle on mini white boards
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Friday 11/18/16
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Unit 5 Pretest (10 min)
- Eyeballing Game (5 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors on Triangles (10 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors in Geogebra (5 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on mini white boards (10 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 1/7/16
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- Unit 5 Test
- go to CK12.org/geometry
- Find Quadrilaterals Classification and do Practice under this topic
Wednesday 1/6/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- Finish Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Thursday)
- Review problems on the board
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter and know properties of each
- Constructing with compass and straightedge
- altitude
- median
- perp bisector
- angle bisector
Tuesday 1/5/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore and solve problems involving midsegments
Students will review Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- CK12 Midsegments assessment (Do Midsegment Theorem "Practice")
- CK12 Triangle Inequality assessment (Do Triangle Inequality Theorem "Practice")
- Start Unit 5 Practice Test
Monday 1/4/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore and solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem
- Midsegments Exploration
- Midsegments Notes
- Midsegment construction
Use Geogebra to create a construction of a triangle
Construct one of the midsegments on this triangle
Show that the midsegment is half the length of one of the sides on the triangle
- CK12 Midsegments assessment (Do Midsegment Theorem "Practice")
- Midsegments WS
Friday 12/18/15
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle measures in polygons
Agenda
- opening problem
- Creating a regular octagon cutout
- Create a regular hexagon cutout
- How Snowflakes Form video
- Create a snowflake to decorate the room
Tuesday 12/15/15
Learning Targets
Students will review semester 1 material
Agenda
- making program for distance between points
- Problem gallery walk
Monday 12/14/15
Learning Targets
Students will review unit 4 material
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Exam Review Unit 4
- answer key Unit 1
- answer key Unit 2
- answer key Unit 3
- answer key Unit 4
Friday 12/11/15
Learning Targets
Students will review unit 2 and 3 material
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Exam Review: Unit 2
- Exam Review: Unit 3
Thursday 12/10/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle segments and triangle inequality
Students will review Unit 1 material
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Triangle Segments Review
- Exam Review: Unit 1
Wednesday 12/9/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequality
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Triangle Segments Review
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes
- Triangle Inequalities sheet
Tuesday 12/8/15
Learning Targets
Students will relate side length and angle measures in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Assess knowledge of triangle segments using PollEverywhere
- Distance Between Points sheet
- Medians Problems in Groups
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes
Monday 12/7/15
materials: protractor and ruler
2 hr delay schedule
Learning Targets
Students will find the perimeter of triangles in the coordinate plane
Students will relate side length and angle measures in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Review triangle segments using Geogebra
- Medians Problems in Groups
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles and discuss
- Goals for the week activity
- Create large triangle using string and observe relation between sides and angles
- Triangle Inequality Exploration
Friday 12/4/15
materials: protractor and ruler bl
Learning Targets
Students will find the perimeter of triangles in the coordinate plane
Students will relate side length and angle measures
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Pythagorean Review
- Use Geogebra to Construct the Centroid
- Use Geogebra to Construct the Orthocenter
- Medians Problems in Groups
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
Thursday 12/3/15
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the medians and altitudes on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Medians and Altitudes on Triangles example
- Triangle Segments notes
- Triangle Segments Review sheet
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
- Pythagorean Review
Wednesday 12/2/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Bisector Vocabulary
- Use Geogebra to draw perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors
- Circumcenter Incenter Review
- Circumcenter and Incenter sheet
- Draw Medians and Altitudes on Triangles
Tuesday 12/1/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Bisector Vocabulary
- Drawing Angle Bisectors on Triangles
- Proof that Incenter is equidistant to the sides of a triangle
- Eyeballing Game
- Circumcenter Incenter Review
Monday 11/29/15
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- goals for the week
- Unit 5 Pretest
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors on Triangles
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet
Mon 11/10/14
Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors on Triangles
Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices
Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet
Tues 11/11/14
Eyeballing Game
Drawing angle bisectors on triangles
Wed 11/12/14
Circumcenter and Incenter sheet
Circumcenter Incenter Review
Thurs 11/13/14
Circumcenter and Incenter Proofs
Fri 11/14/14
Draw Medians and Altitudes on Triangles
Mon 11/17/14
Triangle Segments Review
Tues 11/18/14
Go over Triangle Segments Review
More Review Problems
Wed 11/19/14
Triangle Segments Quiz
Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
Thurs 11/20/14
Pythagorean Review
Triangle Side and Angle Exploration/Notes
Fri 11/21/14
Distance Between Points sheet
5-5 Practice C WS
Mon 11/24/14
Midsegments sheet
Tues 11/25/14
5-4 to 5-6 Practice Quiz (midsegments and triangle inequality)
Wed 11/26/14
Midsegments and Triangle Inequality Quiz`
Thanksgiving
Mon 12/1/14
Chapter 5 Practice Test
Tues 12/2/14
Finish Chapter 5 Practice Test
Wed 12/3/14
Chapter 5 Test
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Success Criteria
Gave best effort on Triangle Segments Unit Quiz
worked on Line Design 2
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Line Designs 2...due on Tuesday
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Wednesday 1/15/20
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Success Criteria
- completed and understood all problems on Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem
- Look at Line Designs 2...due on Friday
- work on Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Practice Quiz (Quiz Thursday)
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Tuesday 1/14/20
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Mid Segments
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on Triangle Inequality and Triangle Segments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Kahoot! on triangle segments (8 min)
- visual of triangle inequality
click this link
- show midsegments on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- IXL Geom...work on M.5. (6 min)
show results
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- Look at Line Designs 2...due on Friday
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Monday 1/12/20
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequalities
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on Triangle Inequality and Triangle Segments
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (15 min)
- visual of triangle inequality
click this link
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- given three sides, determine if it can create a triangle
- given two sides, find the range of possible values for the 3rd side
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (if time)
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- students present answers
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Friday 1/10/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on Midsegments
Collaborated with classmates and finished Midsegments sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- draw a midsegment using Geogebra (3 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- IXL Geom...work on M.1
show results
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Thursday 1/9/20
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, medians, and altitudes on a triangle
Students will know the definition and properties of midsegments
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
Collaborated with classmates on Midsegments Exploration sheet
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (10 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(6,8)
- angle bisector of angle B
- median through angle A
- altitude through B and intersects segment AC
- Midsegments Exploration (15 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Wednesday 1/8/20
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know how to draw and the properties of the perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians and altitudes on a triangle
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
Collaborated with classmates on Circumcenter in the Coordinate Plane sheet
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes using protractor/rulers (12 min)
- give students 12 minutes to work
- look at the properties of where these segments meet
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (12 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(2,10)...students graph on graph paper, then come type in their answer to check
- angle bisector of angle A
- median through angle A
- altitude through C
- altitude through A
- perp bisector of side CB
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (15 min)
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Tuesday 1/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians, and altitudes on triangles
Success Criteria
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
score higher than 50 on IXL M.3
Collaborated with classmates on graphing triangle segments
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Notes (10 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (15 min)
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
- points on the perp bis, angle bis, median, altitude problems. (15 min)
- on graph paper
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles (16 min)
- on own for 6 min
- in groups of 3 or 10 min
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Monday 1/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians and altitudes on triangles
Success Criteria
engaged in reteach on interim 2
engaged in formative assessment on triangle segments
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- reteaching of interim assessment (15 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes on Triangles (12 min)
- give definition on board and students sketch on board
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (12 min)
- points on the perp bis, angle bis, median, altitude problems. (if time)
- in groups of 2 on mini whiteboards
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
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Thursday 1/16/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Success Criteria
Gave best effort on Triangle Segments Unit Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Triangle Segments and Triangle Inequality Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Line Designs 2...due on Monday
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2018-19
Tuesday 2/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Triangle Segments Unit Test (40 min)
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
- What is a Fractal Video
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UPDATE: GEOMETRY TEST will be on Tuesday 2/5/19!
Monday 2/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- go over Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Tuesday)
- Practice Test Answer Key
- Whiteboard practice problems
- length and slope of midsegment
- Is it a right triangle?
- What type of segment is this?
- What is a circumcenter?
- What is an incenter?
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
- What is a Fractal Video
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Friday 2/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- work on Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Wednesday)
- Practice Test Answer Key
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/25/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Midsegments and Triangle Inequality Quiz
- Graphing Quadrilaterals sheet (15 min)
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Thursday 1/24/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over practice quiz...quiz on Friday
- Create Circumcenter on Geogebra (4 min)
what are all properties of circumcenter
- show midsegments and triangle inequality on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- given the side lengths determine if a triangle is right, acute, or obtuse (4 min)
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/22/19
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Mid Segments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Midsegments with Geogebra
- create a midsegment using Geogebra
- demonstrate the two main properties of midsegments
- show midsegments and triangle inequality on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- given the side lengths determine if a triangle is right, acute, or obtuse (4 min)
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz (25 min)
___________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/18/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- draw a midsegment using Geogebra (3 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- IXL Geom...work on M.1
show results
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/17/19
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- students come up with a problem that involves the triangle inequality (6 min)
- solve some of these problems at board
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
- whiteboard problems in pairs
- Midsegments Exploration (15 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Monday 1/14/19
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequalities
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Medians Problems (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- discuss results
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (15 min)
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (if time)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/11/19
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Quiz (20 min)
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/10/19
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, medians, and altitudes on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (10 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(2,10)
- angle bisector of angle A
- median through angle A
- altitude through C
- altitude through A
- perp bisector of side CB
- Triangle Segments Review sheet (20 min)
- quiz on Friday
- team building ... copy game (if time)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/9/19
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3 as a class (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Notes (6 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Circumcenter Incenter Review (10 min)
- in assigned groups of 3 or 4
- Kahoot! on triangle segments
- define medians and draw medians in Geogebra.
- are medians the same as angle bisectors
- define altitudes and draw altitudes in Geobebra.
- are altitudes the same as perpendicular bisectors
________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/8/19
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors on a triangle
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors on using protractor/rulers (10 min)
- show that circumcenter is equidistant from vertices and incenter is equidistant from the sides
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Proving that the Incenter is equidistant from the sides on front board (10 min)
- create circumcenter in Geogebra and show it is equidistant to the vertices (5 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday 1/7/19
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- reteach of interim #2 (20 min)
- review why we are doing this
- in groups of 3 or 4
- spokesperson is someone who missed the problem
- recorder is another person that missed the problem
- third person is constable
- record 2 things "what is the correct method/answer?" and "why was this problem commonly missed?"
- if time create a new problem that covers the same concept as this one...use as practice for the class
- tip ball (if time)
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors on using protractor/rulers (10 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Proving that the Incenter is equidistant from the sides on front board (10 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Snowflake Instructions
Exam Review Answer Keys
Practice Test Answer Key
Unit 2 Exam Review
Unit 3 Exam Review
Monday 12/17/18
Learning Targets
Students will review for Semester Exam
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- write equation for situation...
- complementary, supplementary, vertical, alternate interior angles
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (10 min)
- Unit 3 Review Sheet (30 min)
- review mini whiteboard problems
- name angle pairs with parallel lines
- give equation of line parallel to given line and through a point
- are these lines perpendicular?
- point on angle bisector
- midpoint, slope and length between points
________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 12/13/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- pythagorean theorem problems
- 45-45-90
- find the length of a leg on a right triangle
- Unit 1 Review Sheet (10 min)
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (30 min)
- Unit 3 Review Sheet (if time)
________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 12/12/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- identify triangle segments review (3 min)
- biggest angle on a triangle problem (3 min)
- Unit 1 Review Sheet (30 min)
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (if time)
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Tuesday 12/11/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians, and altitudes on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- review of segments on triangles...(10 min)
which segment is being shown on Geogebra
making segments on Geogebra...give 1 min to try on own and then student comes to board
- Triangle Segments Notes (8 min)
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles (16 min)
- on own for 6 min
- in groups of 3 or 10 min
_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday 12/10/18
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, medians and altitudes on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- teambuilding...event from weekend (10 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes on Triangles (12 min)
- give definition and board and students sketch on board
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (12 min)
- points on the perp bis, angle bis, median, altitude problems. (if time)
- in groups of 2 on mini whiteboards
- IXL Geometry ... work on M.3 (5 min)
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Tuesday 2/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Triangle Segments Unit Test (40 min)
- create one of the fractals on this video...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Monday next week
- What is a Fractal Video
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Wednesday 1/23/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Create Circumcenter on Geogebra (4 min)
what are all properties of circumcenter
- show midsegments and triangle inequality on Math Open Reference Site (4 min)
- given the side lengths determine if a triangle is right, acute, or obtuse (4 min)
- Review problems on the board...with a partner (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
________________________________________________________________________________
2017-18
Practice Test Answer Key
Tuesday 1/16/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Students will examine and generate fractals
Agenda
- opening problem...go to Illuminations Fractal Tool and explore
- Triangle Segments Unit Test
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday
________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/12/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- work on Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Tuesday)
Practice Test Answer Key
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday next week
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Thursday 1/11/18
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
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- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz (25 min)
- Review problems on the board (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter on Geogebra and know properties of each
- Begin Triangles Segments Unit Practice Test...Test Tuesday (10 min)
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Wednesday 1/10/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Eyeballing Game (5 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments whiteboard problems
- draw a midsegment using Geogebra (3 min)
- Midsegments WS (12 min)
- in groups of three
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- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz ... test on Tuesday next week
___________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/9/18
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- triangle inequalities problems (10 min)
- in groups of 3
- Midsegments Exploration (15 min)
- Midsegments Notes (8 min)
- Midsegments WS (10 min)
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Monday 1/8/18
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequalities
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3 (3 min)
- Medians Problems in Groups (10 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (10 min)
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (10 min)
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/5/18
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the medians and altitudes on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments notes (6 min)
- give equations for medians, altitudes, perp. bis., and angle bis and check on Geogebra (10 min)
A(2,0); B(6,0); C(2,10)
- angle bisector of angle A
- median through angle A
- altitude through C
- altitude through A
- perp bisector of side CB
- Triangle Segments Review sheet (12 min)
- Medians Problems in Groups (10 min)
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Thursday 1/4/18
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (12 min)
- in groups of 3
- Circumcenter Incenter Review (10 min)
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3
- define medians and draw medians in Geogebra.
- are medians the same as angle bisectors
- define altitudes and draw altitudes in Geobebra.
- are altitudes the same as perpendicular bisectors
- Kahoot! on triangle segments
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Wednesday 1/3/18
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Draw Perpendicular Bisectors and Angle Bisectors on using protractor/rulers (10 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on front board (10 min)
- Proving that the Incenter is equidistant from the sides on front board (10 min)
- Draw circumcenter and incenter using Geogebra (12 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Trivia Challenge in Groups
-snowball ornament
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- 6 pointed star paper fold
Challenge Problem in Groups
Scribble game...
drawing 1
drawing 2
drawing 3
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- How Snowflakes Form video (6 min)
- on regular hexagon cut-out...connect each vertex to the center point and find all angles
- Creating a regular hexagon cutout (5 min)
- video of hexagon cutout
- Create snowflakes from hexagons (15 min)
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Exam Review Answer Keys
...all keys are at this link...keep scrolling down
Wednesday 12/13/17
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- pythagorean theorem problems
- 45-45-90
- find the length of a leg
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (15 min)
- Unit 3 Review Sheet (25 min)
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Tuesday 12/12/17
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles (15 min)
- Unit 2 Review Sheet (35 min)
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Monday 12/11/17
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Unit 5 Pretest (10 min)
- Eyeballing Game (5 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes on Triangles (10 min)
- use four different colored pencils
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors, Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes in Geogebra (5 min)
- Unit 1 Review Sheet (15 min)
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Thursday 1/11/18
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz (25 min)
- Review problems on the board (15 min)
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter on Geogebra and know properties of each
- Begin Triangles Unit Practice Test...Test Tuesday (10 min)
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2016-17
Wednesday 12/7/16
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Triangle Segments Unit
Students will examine and generate fractals
Agenda
- opening problem...go to Illuminations Fractal Tool and explore
- Triangle Segments Unit Test
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 5th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday
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Tuesday 12/6/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Finish Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Wedensday)
- create one of the fractals on this sheet...goal is to get to at least the 6th iteration
- or try this fractal
- or find your own fractal to create (search "drawing fractals" on Google)
- fractal drawing is due on Thursday
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Monday 12/5/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore and solve problems involving midsegments
Students will review Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- Review problems on the mini white board
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter and know properties of each
- CK12 Midsegments assessment (Do Midsegment Theorem "Practice")
- CK12 Triangle Inequality assessment (Do Triangle Inequality Theorem "Practice")
- Start Triangle Segments Unit Practice Test (test on Wednesday)
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Friday 12/2/16
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on triangle inequality and midsegments
Students will review Triangle Segments Unit
Agenda
- opening problem
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Quiz
- Begin Triangles Unit Practice Test...Test Tuesday
- midsegments using Geogebra
- Review problems on the board
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter and know properties of each
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Thursday 12/1/16
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem
- Midsegments WS
- Triangle Inequality and Midsegments Practice Quiz...quiz Friday
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Wednesday 11/30/16
Learning Targets
Students know and apply the triangle inequality
Students will construct and analyze midsegments in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- triangle inequalities problems
- go to CK12.org and work on triangle inequality theorem
- Midsegments Exploration
- Midsegments Notes
- Midsegments WS
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Tuesday 11/29/16
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequality
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Triangle Segments Quiz (15 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (10 min)
- Visualize triangle inequality using Geogebra (10 min)
- Triangle inequality problems on mini white boards (10 min)
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Monday 11/28/16
Learning Targets
Students will relate side length and angle measures in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Kahoot! on Triangle Segments (10 min)
- Medians Problems in Groups (10 min)
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes (10 min)
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Wednesday 11/23/16
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the medians and altitudes on a triangle
Students will relate the longest side on a triangle to its largest angle and shortest side to its smallest angle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Triangle Segments notes
- Triangle Segments Review sheet
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
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Tuesday 11/22/16
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Circumcenter Incenter Review
- prove incenter is equidistant from the sides of a triangle on Geogebra
- define medians and draw medians in Geogebra.
- are medians the same as angle bisectors
- define altitudes and draw altitudes in Geobebra.
- are altitudes the same as perpendicular bisectors
- Kahoot! on triangle segments
- IXL Geometry...work on M.3
- Bisector Vocabulary sheet
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Monday 11/21/16
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on mini white boards (10 min)
- Drawing Angle Bisectors on Triangles on paper using protractors
- Proof that Incenter is equidistant to the sides of a triangle on mini white boards
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Friday 11/18/16
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem (5 min)
- Unit 5 Pretest (10 min)
- Eyeballing Game (5 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors on Triangles (10 min)
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors in Geogebra (5 min)
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices on mini white boards (10 min)
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 1/7/16
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- Unit 5 Test
- go to CK12.org/geometry
- Find Quadrilaterals Classification and do Practice under this topic
Wednesday 1/6/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- Finish Unit 5 Practice Test (Test Thursday)
- Review problems on the board
- Points on the Median, Altitude, Perp Bisector, and Angle Bisector
- triangle inequality equation
- order sides in triangles from least to greatest
- perimeter of a triangle given vertex points
- construct the circumcenter and incenter and know properties of each
- Constructing with compass and straightedge
- altitude
- median
- perp bisector
- angle bisector
Tuesday 1/5/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore and solve problems involving midsegments
Students will review Unit 5 Material
Agenda
- opening problem
- CK12 Midsegments assessment (Do Midsegment Theorem "Practice")
- CK12 Triangle Inequality assessment (Do Triangle Inequality Theorem "Practice")
- Start Unit 5 Practice Test
Monday 1/4/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore and solve problems involving midsegments
Agenda
- opening problem
- Midsegments Exploration
- Midsegments Notes
- Midsegment construction
Use Geogebra to create a construction of a triangle
Construct one of the midsegments on this triangle
Show that the midsegment is half the length of one of the sides on the triangle
- CK12 Midsegments assessment (Do Midsegment Theorem "Practice")
- Midsegments WS
Friday 12/18/15
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle measures in polygons
Agenda
- opening problem
- Creating a regular octagon cutout
- Create a regular hexagon cutout
- How Snowflakes Form video
- Create a snowflake to decorate the room
Tuesday 12/15/15
Learning Targets
Students will review semester 1 material
Agenda
- making program for distance between points
- Problem gallery walk
Monday 12/14/15
Learning Targets
Students will review unit 4 material
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Exam Review Unit 4
- answer key Unit 1
- answer key Unit 2
- answer key Unit 3
- answer key Unit 4
Friday 12/11/15
Learning Targets
Students will review unit 2 and 3 material
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Exam Review: Unit 2
- Exam Review: Unit 3
Thursday 12/10/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will review triangle segments and triangle inequality
Students will review Unit 1 material
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Triangle Segments Review
- Exam Review: Unit 1
Wednesday 12/9/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know and apply the triangle inequality
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Triangle Segments Review
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes
- Triangle Inequalities sheet
Tuesday 12/8/15
Learning Targets
Students will relate side length and angle measures in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Assess knowledge of triangle segments using PollEverywhere
- Distance Between Points sheet
- Medians Problems in Groups
- Triangle Inequality Exploration and Notes
Monday 12/7/15
materials: protractor and ruler
2 hr delay schedule
Learning Targets
Students will find the perimeter of triangles in the coordinate plane
Students will relate side length and angle measures in triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Review triangle segments using Geogebra
- Medians Problems in Groups
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles and discuss
- Goals for the week activity
- Create large triangle using string and observe relation between sides and angles
- Triangle Inequality Exploration
Friday 12/4/15
materials: protractor and ruler bl
Learning Targets
Students will find the perimeter of triangles in the coordinate plane
Students will relate side length and angle measures
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Pythagorean Review
- Use Geogebra to Construct the Centroid
- Use Geogebra to Construct the Orthocenter
- Medians Problems in Groups
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
Thursday 12/3/15
materials: protractor and ruler blank sheet of paper
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the medians and altitudes on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Medians and Altitudes on Triangles example
- Triangle Segments notes
- Triangle Segments Review sheet
- Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
- Pythagorean Review
Wednesday 12/2/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will know properties of the circumcenter and incenter on a triangle
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Bisector Vocabulary
- Use Geogebra to draw perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors
- Circumcenter Incenter Review
- Circumcenter and Incenter sheet
- Draw Medians and Altitudes on Triangles
Tuesday 12/1/15
materials: protractor and ruler
Learning Targets
Students will explore angle bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Bisector Vocabulary
- Drawing Angle Bisectors on Triangles
- Proof that Incenter is equidistant to the sides of a triangle
- Eyeballing Game
- Circumcenter Incenter Review
Monday 11/29/15
materials: protractor and ruler, one colored pencil
Learning Targets
Students will explore perpendicular bisectors on triangles
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- goals for the week
- Unit 5 Pretest
- Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors on Triangles
- Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices
- Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet
Mon 11/10/14
Drawing Perpendicular Bisectors on Triangles
Proving that the Circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices
Circumcenter in Coordinate Plane sheet
Tues 11/11/14
Eyeballing Game
Drawing angle bisectors on triangles
Wed 11/12/14
Circumcenter and Incenter sheet
Circumcenter Incenter Review
Thurs 11/13/14
Circumcenter and Incenter Proofs
Fri 11/14/14
Draw Medians and Altitudes on Triangles
Mon 11/17/14
Triangle Segments Review
Tues 11/18/14
Go over Triangle Segments Review
More Review Problems
Wed 11/19/14
Triangle Segments Quiz
Relating Side Lengths and Angle Measures on Triangles
Thurs 11/20/14
Pythagorean Review
Triangle Side and Angle Exploration/Notes
Fri 11/21/14
Distance Between Points sheet
5-5 Practice C WS
Mon 11/24/14
Midsegments sheet
Tues 11/25/14
5-4 to 5-6 Practice Quiz (midsegments and triangle inequality)
Wed 11/26/14
Midsegments and Triangle Inequality Quiz`
Thanksgiving
Mon 12/1/14
Chapter 5 Practice Test
Tues 12/2/14
Finish Chapter 5 Practice Test
Wed 12/3/14
Chapter 5 Test