Monday, March 31, 2014

Monday, March 31

8:00 Geometry - We investigated the relationship between the area of a regular polygon and the area of a circle (Sec. 9.2).  HW for Tuesday - Complete pgs. 603-604  #10-12, #14015, #18-26, #34-37.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We completed our work on a real life apportionment problem.  HW for Wednesday - Complete the online Practice Quiz #1 AND #2 for Ch. 6.  Be sure to submit your scores to me at BOTH addresses.

1)  go to http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tannenbaum_excursions_6/51/13160/3369067.cw/index.html
2)  in the top menu, click on "7"
3)  in the left-hand menu, click on "Quiz #1"
4)  when finished w/ the MC quiz, click on "Submit Answers for Grading"
5)  after reviewing your answers, submit your score to me via e-mail
     - type your name in the "My name is ... " box
     - click the "Instructor" box and enter the e-mail ... SGrothfam@aol.com
     - click on the "Other" box and enter the e-mail ... masondg@ilstu.edu
     - click on the "E-mail Results" button
6) After posting your score on Quiz #1, repeat the process using Quiz #2

Note:  Quiz #1 must be submitted before the end of the hour.  Quiz #2 must be submitted before the start of class on Tuesday.  We will complete the Chapter 7 Test in class on Wednesday, April 2.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Friday, March 28

8:00 Geometry - We completed the Sec. 9.1 quiz in class today.  HW for Monday - complete the take home portion of the quiz that was distributed in class today.  As always, please adhere to the take home assessment policy - you may use your notes, text, etc, but you may not receive assistance from another perosn other than Mr. Sondgeroth.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We began our review for the Ch. 7 test.  No HW for Monday.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Thursday, March 27

8:00 Geometry - We completed our derivation of the basic area formulas, focusing on parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, rhombi, and kites (Sec. 9.1).  HW for Friday - Complete pgs. 593 - 597  #1-7, #14-15, #23-28, #30-32, #34-36, #41-42, #54-56.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and minimum spanning trees for networks with 4 or more points, focusing on when to use minimum spanning trees and when to use Steiner trees (Sec. 7.5).  HW for Friday - Complete pgs. 269 - 270  #33-38, #43-44.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Wednesday, March 26

8:00 Geometry - We began our discussion of Ch. 9, fosucing on the area formulas for rectangles, squares, and parallelograms (Sec. 1.5).  HW for Thursday - pgs. 38 - 40  #10-11, #21, #32, #36-39, #44, #46, #48.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and minimum spanning trees for networks with 3 points, focusing on when to use minimum spanning trees and when to use Steiner trees (Sec. 7.4).  No HW for Thursday, as we completed the worksheet in class.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Tuesday, March 25

8:00 Geometry - We completed the Ch. 6 Test today.  HW for Wednesday - Complete the Take Home portion of the Ch. 6 Test.

Note:  Use may use your notes, text, worksheets and/or internet research to complete the Take Home portion of the Ch. 6 Test.  You should NOT get assistance from any human being other than Mr. Sondgeroth. This portion of the test will be collected at the start of class on Wednesday.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and minimum spanning trees for networks with 3 points, focusing on Kruskal's Algorithm and T-junctions (Sec. 7.3).  HW for Wednesday - Complete the worksheet (Y-junctions) that was distributed in class today.

Monday, March 24

8:00 Geometry - We completed our review of Ch. 6 in preparation for tomorrow's Ch. 6 test covering polygons and quadrilaterals.  No HW for Tuesday, other than to prepare for the test.

Note:  We are tentatively scheduled to complete the Ch. 6 Test in class TOMORROW - Tuesday, March 25.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and trees, focusing on Kruscal's Algorithm (Sec. 7.3).  HW for Tuesday - Complete the back side of the worksheet that was distributed in class today and complete #27-28 in the Ch. HW problem set.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Q&A Session for the Week of Mach 24-28

Mr. Sondgeroth and Ms. Kachinsky will host question/answer sessions for all Geometry classes from 3:00 - 3:45 in Rm. 208 on the following days:
- Monday, March 24
- Tuesday, March 25
- Wednesday, March 26
- Thursday, March 27

Additionally, our two interns are available in the Math Office (Rm. 223) for additional assistance over the Freshman Lunch periods:
- Ms. Smith -  10:30 - 11:30
- Ms. Kachinsky -  11:30 - 12:30

Note:  We will complete the Ch. 6 (Quadrilaterals) Test in class next Monday, March 24 (1:00 and 2:00) or Tuesday, March 25 (8:00).

Friday, March 21

8:00 Geometry - We began our review of Ch. 6 in preparation for a chapter test early next week..  HW for Monday - Students are encouraged to work through the Ch. 6 review problems on pgs. 438 - 441.  Specific problems were not assigned; students were encouraged to complete problems necessary to confirm their understanding of a specific topic or identify areas where additional questions should be asked in class on Monday.

Note:  We are tentatively scheduled to complete the Ch. 6 Test in class on Tuesday, March 25.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and trees, focusing on minimum spanning trees (Sec. 7.3).  No HW for Monday.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Thursday, March 20

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on kites (Sec. 6.6).  HW for Friday - Complete pgs. 432 - 433  #4-12, #14-18, #21-25, #27-31.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and trees, focusing on minimum spanning trees (Sec. 7.3).  HW for Friday - Complete pg. 267  #19-22.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Wednesday, March 19

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on isosceles trapezoids (Sec. 6.5).  HW for Wednesday - Complete the worksheett that was distributed in class today.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our discussion of networks and trees (Sec. 7.2).  HW for Wednesday - Complete pg. 267  #17-18.

Q&A Sessions for the Week of March 17 - 21

Mr. Sondgeroth and Ms. Kachinsky will host question/answer sessions for all Geometry classes from 3:00 - 3:45 in Rm. 208 on the following days:
- Tuesday, March 18
- Thursday, March 20

Additionally, our two interns are available in the Math Office (Rm. 223) for additional assistance over the Freshman Lunch periods:
- Ms. Smith -  10:30 - 11:30
- Ms. Kachinsky -  11:30 - 12:30

Note:  We will complete the Ch. 6 (Quadrilaterals) Test in class next Monday (1:00 and 2:00) or Tuesday (8:00).

Tuesday, March 18

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on trapezoids (Sec. 6.5).  HW for Wednesday - Complete the HW packet that was distributed in class today.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We began our discussion of networks and trees (Sec. 7.1).  HW for Wednesday - Complete the back side of the worksheet that was distributed in class today.

Monday, March 17

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful Spring Break!  I spent a good portion of the break chaperoning the U-Build service trip to Haiti.  For more inf and photos from the trip, check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ubuilduhs

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on rectangles, rhombi, and squares (Sec. 6.4).  No HW for Tuesday.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We spent the hour getting caught up on various topics in class.  No HW for Tuesday.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Friday, March 7

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on rectangles, rhombi, and squares (Sec. 6.4).  HW for next Monday - Complete the EC worksheet that was distributed in class today.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - Students were given extra time to complete the Ch. 6 Test at the start of the hour.  For the remainder of the hour, we began our discussion of networks and trees (Sec. 7.1 - 7.2).  HW for next Monday, complete the worksheet that was distributed in class today.

Thursday, March 6

8:00 Geometry - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 6.1 - 6.3 in class today.  HW for Friday - Complete the worksheet that was distributed in class today.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We completed the Ch. 6 Test in class today.  No HW for Friday.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Wednesday, March 5

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on ways to prove that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram (Sec. 6.3).  HW for Thursday - Complete pg. 402  #1-5, #9-13 and pg. 407  #1-19.

Note:  We will take a quiz covering Sec. 6.1 - 6.3 in class on Thursday, March 6.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We completed our review of Ch. 6 in preparation for Thursday's test.  No HW for Thursday, other than to prepare for the test.

Tuesday, March 4

8:00 Geometry - We continued our discussion of quadrilaterals, focusing on the properties of parallelograms (Sec. 6.2).  HW for Wednesday - complete pgs. 395 - 396  #15-24 and #32-43.

Note:  We will take a quiz covering Sec. 6.1 - 6.3 in class on Thursday, March 6.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We continued our review of Ch. 6 in preparation for Thursday's test.  HW for Wednesday - Complete pgs. 233 - 235  #50-52, #55-57, #60, #62-67.  (Students were given time in class to work on these problems in small groups).

Monday, March 3, 2014

Monday, March 3

8:00 Geometry - We spent the hour completing the Ch. 8 Test.  HW for Tuesday - Answer all of the questions regarding properties of a parallelogram contained in this GSP file.

1:00 and 2:00 Geometry - Ms. Kachinsky is teaching both afternoon sections of Geometry.  To follow the going-on in her sections, please go to ... www.kachinskymath.weebly.com

Modern Math - We completed our work on a real life apportionment problem.  HW for Wednesday - Complete the online Practice Quiz #1 AND #2 for Ch. 6.  Be sure to submit your scores to me at BOTH addresses.

1)  go to http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tannenbaum_excursions_6/51/13160/3369067.cw/index.html
2)  in the top menu, click on "6"
3)  in the left-hand menu, click on "Quiz #1"
4)  when finished w/ the MC quiz, click on "Submit Answers for Grading"
5)  after reviewing your answers, submit your score to me via e-mail
     - type your name in the "My name is ... " box
     - click the "Instructor" box and enter the e-mail ... SGrothfam@aol.com
     - click on the "Other" box and enter the e-mail ... masondg@ilstu.edu
     - click on the "E-mail Results" button
6) After posting your score on Quiz #1, repeat the process using Quiz #2

Note:  Any quiz submitted to me after class will receive half credit.