Class Notes 3/31

Today in class we covered two sections. Our first section focused on quadrilaterals and all the special types of quadrilaterals. We then shifted our focus onto polygons which are closed plane shapes that are made up of at least 3 line segments.

Homework due Tuesday 4/4: 8-6 #28-33 All
                                                8-7 # 15-18, 20-22

Class Notes Section 8-6

Class Notes Section 8-7

Class Notes 3/29

Today in class we went over our chapter 8 quiz, then we did some activities involving triangles and went over the class notes for that section.

Homework due Friday 3/31: Section 8.5 # 11, 14, 17, 18, 25-28

Class Notes Section 8-5

Class Notes 3/27

Today in class the students took there Chapter 8 quizzes.

No Homework due Wednesday.

Class Notes 2/23

Today in class we covered section 8-4 which covered identifying types of lines. We again had more vocabulary. We learned about intersecting line, parallel lines, perpendicular lines and finally skew lines.

Homework Due Monday 3/27: Study for your chapter 8 quiz. This quiz will cover 8-1 up through 8-4.

Class Notes Section 8-4

Class Notes 3/21

Today in class we covered section 8.3 of the text book (Angle Relationships). This section covered the different ways angles interact. We learned vocabulary such as congruent angles, vertical, adjacent as well as complementary and supplementary.

We then worked with our partners on some exercises on this topic.

Homework Due Thursday 3/23: Handout #13-28

There will be a quiz next Monday (3/27) covering what we have learned up to in Chapter 8.

Section 8.3 Class Notes

Class Notes 3/17

Today in class we worked on classifying and measuring angles. We also learned how to use a protractor. After a brief lesson, the students worked in their groups on in class activity. At their stations on the white board they students were to identify 20 different angles that had been made my tape. From there they then tried to classify each of the 20 angles (acute, right, obtuse, or straight). After they had finished classifying each angles they then practiced measuring each angle with a protractor.

Homework due Tuesday 3/21: Finish handout on measuring and classifying angles.

Class Notes Section 8-2

Class Notes 3/13

Today in class we went over our chapter 7 tests and then moved onto the next chapter of the book.
We started our coverage of Chapter 8 (Geometric Relationships). We covered section 8-1, Building Blocks of Geometry and then worked with our partners on some examples.

Homework due 3/15: Finish handout.


Class Notes Section 8-1

Class Notes 3/8

Today in class the students took their chapter 7 tests.

For homework due Monday 3/13: Are you ready Chapter 8 Handout.

Class Notes 3/2

Today in class we worked on sections 7-9 and 7-10. Both sections covered percent problems. Today the students learned how to find percents, what percent a certain number is of a whole, and if a part of a whole is some percent of the whole what is the whole number.

We also looked at problems in order to find sales tax, discounts and tips.

Homework Monday 3/6: The percent calculation handout.

Class Notes Section 7-9

Class Notes Section 7-10