Geometry Handbook2012-13
Mrs. Joelle KingPh: 709-7863
Contents
Introduction & Welcome……………………………………………………………………….. 1
Textbook information……………………………………………………………………………. 1
Online resources and Login information….…………………………………………… 1
Required Materials…………………………………………………………………………………… 2
Grades ………………….…………………………………………………………………………………… 2
Graduation Requirements………………………………………………………………………. 3
General Classroom Responsibilities……………………………………………………… 3
Absences…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
Homework policies……………………………….…………………………………………………4
Testing …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
Extra Help………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
7 Habits……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
EOC allowed formulas…………………………………………………………………………… 8
Formulas you will need to memorize...... 10
Postulates, Properties, and Theorems
Chapter 1……………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Chapter 2……….……………………………………………………………………………. 12
Chapter 3……………………………………………………………………………………… 14
Chapter 4……………………..……………………………………………………………… 15
Chapter 5……………………………………………………………………………………… 16
Chapter 6……………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Right Triangles>……………………………………………………………………………… 20
EOC Standards Checklist ………………………………………………………………………. 21 CHAMPS………………………………………………………………………………….………..……… 24
Classroom Meetings…………………………………………………………………………………25
Mistaken Goals of Misbehavior…………………………………………..………………….26
This handbook belongs to______Period______
If found, please return to room 203.
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Introduction & Welcome
Welcome to Geometry! I am looking forward working with you and hope that your year is both fun and challenging. This handbook contains almost everything you need to know about this class and my expectations. Please keep it with your math notebook at all times so that you can review classroom information regularly.
Geometry is one of the most useful and relevant math courses you will take in high school. We are surrounded by geometric ideas every day. Through the study of lines, polygons, circles, and solids, you will learn to apply geometry to your world. Though you will not be asked to draw on your Algebra skills every day, the ability to solve simple equations is expected regularly. Please ask for help if this is a weakness for you.
Textbook information
Burger, Edward, et al. Geometry. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007
Home Book number ______
Online resources and Login information
Holt online accesslogin: bhhsgeometry2 password: wolves
my.hrw.com
Skyward Family Accesslogin:______password______
BHHS web page link
Catchup Mathlogin: bhhswolfpackpassword______
catchupmath.com
bhhsmathstandards.pbworks.com(access reteach, practice B, and reading strategiesfor each section)
login: bhhswolfpackpassword: wolves
Mrs. King's webpage (no login necessary)
or follow the links on school website.
Other useful sites for independent study and tutoring
- (khan academy)
- (Interactive Math; pick a topic and explore!)
- (Investigating Geometry)
Required Materials
Please have the following materials with you every day.
- Geometry and vocabulary handbooks
- Composition Notebook (Notes)
- Filler notebook paper OR spiral notebook (assignments)
- GraphPaper (will not need much)
- Pencils
- Colored pencils or pens (Corrections and/or notes)
- Highlighter (optional)
- Scientific Calculator (needs sin, cos, tan buttons --should be around $8-$12)
cell phone and ipod calculators will not be allowed.
Students without a calculator will be asked to check one out through the library.
- Ruler (6 inch okay)
- Compass
- Section in 3-ring binder or a pocket folder for math
- box of kleenex (optional)
Note: The calculator is not intended to replace your thinking. You should be doing most simple calculations in your head. However, the calculator is a critical tool when decimal solutions are necessary and when numbers are large.
A calculator is required on the Geometry EOC. Though a graphing calculator is acceptable,
it is not necessary at this level.
All About Grades
A93%
A-90%
B+87%
B83%
B-80%
C+77%
C73%
C-68%
D*65%
*A D is not sufficient for advancement to Algebra 2
Daily Work (preparation)10% of the grade
- warm ups
- classroom and home practice
- lesson notes & activities
- homework quizzes
Assessment (performance)90% of the grade
- section quizzes
- unit tests
- final exam
Graduation Requirements
End of Course Assessment (EOC)
All current 9th and 10th graders are required to pass both the Algebra 1 and Geometry EOCs in order to graduate. If you did not pass the Algebra EOC, then you will be offered intervention this fall and a retest in January. The Geometry EOC will be given in late May or early June.
Algebra EOC / May 2012 score / January 2013 score / Standard MetHigh School Math Credit
BHHS students are required to earn 3 full years of math to graduate. This most likely includes Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2. Financial Literacy may replace Algebra 2 if taken in the senior year.
Four-YearCollege Entrance
Four year colleges and universities in WashingtonState require completion of Algebra 2 for entrance. Taking 4 full years of math, however, will improve your chances of college acceptance at competitive institutions.
General Classroom responsibilities
Be Here
Please take responsibility and be here every day. Absences in math class are the number one reason students struggle.
Be prompt
You are expected to arrive to class on time each day, ready to begin class at the bell. Losing class time at the beginning of the period is disrespectful to those who are ready and translates into less learning time for everyone.
Be Prepared
Have required materials with you every day.
Be Willing to Try
By completing your assigned practice every day, you will learn Geometry quickly and will minimize the need for extra help. If you get behind, get help immediately.
Be Honest
You have a right to get credit for your own work. Please do not share your papers with other students so that they can copy what you spent your valuable time doing. If a friend asks you if he/she can copy your paper, try this:
“I can’t let you copy my paper, but I’d be happy to help you with your assignment.”
Be Helpful
We’re in this together. Please be willing to help those around you when necessary and appropriate.
Be Neat
According to school policy, food and drink are not allowed in the classrooms or pods of the B building. In this room, I allow drinks with lids only.
Always pick up after yourself before leaving class.
Be Respectful
Cell phones and portable listening devices must be out of sight and sound at all times. Please check your texts and other messages during passing time or lunch. If your parents must reach you during class time, please have them call the front office to have a message delivered to you.
Students using a cell phone in class can expect to have the phone taken and held for the remainder of the period
Be Informed
Make it a habit to regularly check your Geometry status using Skyward and let me know if you find any errors. I expect you to take responsibility for and ownership of your progress. Please let me know if you need help with this.
Absences
Whenever possible, please avoid scheduling appointments during math class. In the event of an unavoidable absence, however, please do the following:
On the day(s) of the absence:
Check Mrs. King’s webpage to find out what we did in class that day.
Add the assignment (if any) to your assignment sheet.
If you feel well enough and have the time, try to do the assignment from that day using the Holt online lessons for help.
When you return to school:
Use the notebook in the back of the classroom to correct your assignment that was due on the day of the absence. Take a moment to fix any mistakes you made.
Make sure that your paper has the correct heading and turn in to the in-tray on my desk.
Make arrangements with Mrs. King to get extra help on what you missed, if needed.
Homework procedures and policies
How much homework should I expect?
The purpose of homework is to give you practice to learn and reinforce concepts taught in class. Research shows that the best way to learn something is to teach someone else. The second most effective way to learn something is practice, practice, practice! You should expect to be assigned Geometry for home practice every day. However, many weeks will have only 4 assignments. Your homework should take 20-30 minutes.
Assignments are worth 4 points. To receive full credit you must have attempted each problem and all work must be shown. No work, no credit!
Correcting your homework
Any odd problems from the textbook need to be corrected using the back of your book, prior to coming to class. Even answers will be corrected in class immediately after the warm-up. You are responsible for correcting your own paper and fixing your mistakes. Please work with a neighbor to clean up your errors before we discuss the assignment as a class.
Format and Heading
Name
SCORE Date, period(target) 3.1
Warm-up:
1. 2. 3.
p. 32 #1 - 1999 odds
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Original Work Corrections
1.
3.
5.
Late Work
Late work will be accepted for partial credit
until the day of the unit test.
If you have work to turn in late, please correct
it, fix your mistakes, score it, and place it
in the tray on the bookshelf by the door.
Testing
Quizzes
I will be giving quizzes regularly throughout a unit to check that you are learning the targets identified in a timely manner. Scores will be recorded in the grade book. If you score higher on the unit test, then your quiz score will be dropped. If your unit test score is lower than the quiz score, then both scores will be kept.
Testing
A unit test will be given at the end of each chapter or unit of study. In order to show mastery on each section of the unit test, students must score at least 80%. Classroom theorem sheets are always allowed on the unit tests.
Retesting
Students will be expected to retest for every section score below 80%. The retest will be given in class and students must have completed the required retest preparation in order to be eligible.
Print the Reading Strategies and Reteach handouts from each section you plan to retest.
Complete all handouts.
Correct the handouts using the answer keys provided in the classroom.
A retest will not be offered to students who did not complete the required preparation.
Extra Help Resources
Your online textbook has many additional resources available for students. You can view video lessons, see worked-out problems from homework, take interactive practice tests and quizzes, play games, and much more!
catchupmath.com
If you would like additional practice on a particular unit or would like to review Algebra or Geometry, see Mrs. King for a free Catchup math account.
MathCenter
Student and teacher tutors will be available in the math center on Tuesday and Thursday, 2:15 - 3:15. No appointment is necessary. Come as you are!
After-school with Mrs. King
See the schedule on the front board indicating which days each week that Mrs. King will be here after school. Let me know you're coming or just drop in!
PACK time
I am only here part time, so I will be unavailable for help during PACK. Please plan to use your PACK time in your 2nd period class as a study hall.
Do you enjoy math and like helping others? Maybe you’d like to volunteer as a tutor! If you are interested in helping out, see Mrs. King
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about working with Algebra and Geometry students after school or during PACK time. Community service hours are available.
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
-Charles Dickens
7 Habits of Highly Effective Math Students (as penned by Mrs. Mulcahy)
Throughout the year, you will be given several opportunities to reflect on and assess your progress in class. Though grades will inform you of your learning, you may use the following “habits” to assess your behaviors that contribute to learning.
Preparation
Come to class on time, with all required materials.
Complete your assignments on time, ready to be turned in at the beginning of the period on the day they are due.
Engagement
Use your class time productively. Wasted time is wasted learning.
When doing an assignment, do more than write down answers to problems; work to understand the concepts that are being studied.
Take careful notes in class.
Get actively involved in the lessons, both orally and mentally.
Practice
Complete your assignments on time, ready to be turned in at the beginning of the period on the day they are due.
Get actively involved in the lessons, both orally and mentally.
Follow-through
When having trouble with an assignment, seek help from a friend, a teacher, the solution book, or hotmath.
Feedback
Always correct your assignments using the resources provided.
Communication
Ask questions of a neighbor or the teacher when you have a question during the lesson.
Have someone that you can work on math with outside of class.
Names and Phone numbers of friends to work with:
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Praise
Support your friends and neighbors.
Congratulate others on a job well done.
Celebrate your own successes.
EOC allowed formulas
Formulas you will need to memorize
Distance between 2 points: /Midpoint of a segment: /
Slope of a line, given 2 points: /
The Pythagorean Theorem: /
Equation of a Line: /
Circumference of a Circle: /
Area of common 2-dimensional figures
Rectangle /
Triangle /
Parallelogram /
Rhombus / kite /
Trapezoid /
Circle /
Common Unit Conversions
1 foot = 12 inches
1 yard = 3 feet
1 miles = 5,280 feet / 1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
Chapter 1 Properties, Postulates and Theorems
Points, Lines, and Planes
Name or Number / What is Says / Picture1-1-1 / Through any two points there is exactly one line.
1-1-2 / Through any three noncollinear points there is exactly one plane containing them.
1-1-3 / If two points lie in a plane, then the line containing those points lies in the plane.
1-1-4 / If two lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly one point.
1-1-5 / If two planes intersect, then they intersect in exactly one line.
Segment Addition
Postulate / If B is between A and C, then
Angle Addition Postulate / If S is in the interior of , then
Chapter 2 Properties, Postulates and Theorems
Geometric Reasoning
Addition Property of Equality / If , thenSubtraction Property of Equality / If , then
Multiplication Property of Equality / If , then
Division Property of Equality / If and , then
Reflexive Property of Equality /
Symmetric Property of Equality / If , then .
Transitive Property of Equality / If and , then
Substitution Property of Equality / If , then can be substituted for in any expression.
Reflexive Property of Congruence:
figure A figure A /
Symmetric Property of Congruence:
If figure A figure B, then figure B figure A. / If , then .
Transitive Property of Congruence
If figure A figure B and figure B figure C, then figure A figure C. / If and , then .
Chapter 2 Properties, Postulates and Theorems
Geometric Reasoning
Theorem Name / What it says… / Key Words / PictureLinear Pair Theorem
2-6-1 / If two angles form a linear pair, then they are supplementary. / Two angles
Linear pair
Supplementary
Congruent Supplements Theorem
2-6-2 / If two angles are supplementary to the same angle (or to two congruent angles), then the two angles are congruent. / Two angles
Supplementary
Congruent
Right Angle Congruence Theorem
2-6-3 / All right angles are congruent. / Right angle
Congruent
Congruent Complements Theorem
2-6-4 / If two angles are complementary to the same angle (or to two congruent angles), then the two angles are congruent. / Two angles
Complementary
Congruent
Common Segments Theorem
2-7-1 / Given collinear points A, B, C and D arranged as shown, if , then . / Collinear
Congruent
Vertical Angles Theorem
2-7-2 / Vertical angles are congruent. / Vertical Angles
Congruent
2-7-3 / If two congruent angles are supplementary, then each angle is a right angle. / Congruent angles
Supplementary
Right angle
Chapter 3 Properties, Postulates and Theorems
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Postulate or Theorem Name / What it says / Key Words / PictureIf 2 parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then…
Corresponding Angles Postulate / …the corresponding angles are congruent. / Parallel lines
Transversal
Corresponding angles
Alternate Interior Angles Theorem / …the alternate interior angles are congruent. / Parallel lines
Transversal
Alternate interior angles
Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem / …the alternate exterior angles are congruent. / Parallel lines
Transversal
Alternate exterior angles
Same-side Interior Angles Theorem / …the same-side interior angles are supplementary. / Parallel lines
Transversal
Same-side interior angles
Supplementary
Proving lines are parallel
Corresponding Angles CONVERSE / If 2 coplanar lines are cut by a transversal so that a pair of corresponding angles are congruent, THEN THE LINES ARE PARALLEL. / Transversal
Corresponding angles
parallel
Alternate Interior Angles CONVERSE / If 2 coplanar lines are cut by a transversal so that a pair of alternate interior angles are congruent, THEN THE LINES ARE PARALLEL. / Transversal
Alternate interior angles
parallel
Alternate Exterior Angles CONVERSE / If 2 coplanar lines are cut by a transversal so that a pair of alternate exterior angles are congruent, THEN THE LINES ARE PARALLEL. / Transversal
Alternate exterior angles
parallel
Same-side Interior Angles CONVERSE / If 2 coplanar lines are cut by a transversal so that a pair of same-side interior angles are supplementary, THEN THE LINES ARE PARALLEL. / Transversal
Same-side interior angles
Supplementary
parallel
Theorems about perpendicular lines
3-4-1 / If intersecting lines form a congruent linear pair, then the lines are perpendicular. / Linear Pair
Perpendicular
Perpendicular Transversal Theorem / In a plane, if a transversal is perpendicular to one of 2 parallel lines, then it is perpendicular to the other. / Perpendicular
Transversal
Parallel
3-4-3 / If 2 coplanar lines are perpendicular to the same line, then the 2 lines are parallel to each other. / Perpendicular
Parallel
Chapter 4 Properties, Postulates and Theorems