Friday, February 6, 2015

Friday, February 6

I'm BAAAAAACK!!!!!

Geometry - We continued our discussion of the special segments of a triangle, focusing on the median and altitude (Sec. 5.3).  Students in Mr. Sondgeroth's afternoon classes should open ths GSP file - medians / altitudes.

HW for Monday -
- 7:00 / 8:00 - Mr. Vrana - view your assignment on Mr. V's HW page ... uhighgeometry.blogspot.com
- 12:00 / 1:00 - Mr. Sondgeroth - Finish Activity #5 and complete Activity #6 on the worksheet that was distributed today in class.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Thursday, February 5

I apologize for my absence today.  I plan to be back in school tomorrow.

Geometry - We continued our discussion of angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors, looking at multiple segments in the same triangle (Sec. 5.2).  Students in Mr. Sondgeroth's afternoon classes should open this GSP file - ⊥ bisector / < bisector.

HW for Friday: 
- 7:00 / 8:00 - Mr. Vrana - view your assignment on Mr. V's HW page ... uhighgeometry.blogspot.com
- 12:00 / 1:00 - Mr. Sondgeroth - Complete pgs. 311 - 312  #1-6, #9-10, #12-15, #22-32

Note:  Please remember to bring your fully-charged laptop to class the remainder of the week.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Wednesday, February 4

Remind all of your 8th grade friends ... U-High Open House is TONIGHT!!!!!

Geometry - We continued our discussion of the properties of congruent and isosceles triangles, focusing on the Perpendicular Bisector and Angle Bisector Thms and their converses (Sec. 5.1).

HW for Thursday -
- 7:00 / 8:00 - Check Mr. Vrana's HW blog page
- 12/00 / 1:00 - Complete the light pink worksheet that Mr. Sondgeroth distributed in class today.

Note:  We referred to the following sketch in class today:
- Converse of the Perpendicular Bisector Thm

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Tuesday, February 3

Groundhog saw his shadow ... 6 more weeks of winter.  Only positive thing to come from that is the likelihood that we will get another snow day before Spring Break!

Geometry - We completed our Ch. 4 summative assessment in class today.

HW for Wednesday:

- 7:00 / 8:00 - Mr. Vrana -

- 12:00 / 1:00 - Mr. Sondgeroth - No HW for Wednesday.

Notes:  Students in Mr. Sondgeroth's sections should bring their laptop (fully charged) with them to class tomorrow (Wednesday).

Monday, February 2

HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!!

Geometry - We completed our review of Ch. 4 in preparation for tomorrow's summative assessment of congruent triangles (Sec. 4.3 - 4.8).

HW for Tuesday:

- 7:00 / 8:00 - Mr. Vrana -

- 12:00 / 1:00 - Mr. Sondgeroth - No HW for Tuesday, other than to prepare for tomorrow's quest.

Notes:  WE will complete the Ch. 4 summative assessment in class tomorrow.  The assessment will focus on congruent triangles and cover Sec. 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 4.8.

Friday, January 30

Geometry - We began our review of Ch. 4 in preparation for next Tuesday's summative assessment.

HW for Monday -

- 7:00 / 8:00 - Mr. Vrana -

- 12:00 / 1:00 - Mr. Sondgeroth - Complete the blue review worksheet packet that was distributed in class today.

Notes:  We will take a summative assessment in class next Tuesday, Feb. 3, covering Sec. 4.3 - 4.6 and 4.8.

Thursday, January 29

Geometry - We completed a quick quiz covering Sec. 4.8 in class today.  We then completed our discussion of "new" material in Ch. 4, discussing ways to apply CPCTC and use congruent triangles to prove other statements to be true (Sec. 4.6).

HW for Friday:

- 7:00 / 8:00 - Mr. Vrana -

- 12:00 / 1:00 - Mr. Sondgeroth - Complete the creme Sec. 4.6 proof worksheet that was distributed in class today.