Proofs, Proofs and More Proofs

Here are the two items you will work on as directed and as designed.

For those in Ms. V's Group you may have missed the essential days needed to learn necessary content for success on the EOC and Geometry; you will work on:
12/17 Proof Tutoring

If turned in you will receive extra credit towards your participation grade. It will also help you on Monday's Boardwork.

Here is the Boardwork for Monday:
12/17 Boardwork

Boardwork 12/11/12

Follow this link for the boardwork. It is due at the end of this period.

Boardwork 12/11/12

These are the notes and Homework/Groupwork for the day:

12/11/12: Proof Notes 2
12/11/12: GW Follow up to Proof Notes 2

In the future they may be found under the "2nd Quarter make-up" tab.

December 6th Notes, Boardwork and Groupwork

Here were the days activities. The boardwork and groupwork are linked below and can be found in "2nd Quarter Makeup."

Boardwork 12/10/12 Triangle Postulates and Theorems

Groupwork: Property Matching

Below are the notes we took today as we begin learning how to use everything we have learned thus far in proofs.

Dec 10th: Proof Notes

VOTE NOW!!

Vote for "Clean Up" at the following site, which supports our film students.

http://surveymonkey.com/s/2012sa48hr

Watch "Clean Up," created by your SASIC friends:

11/29 Assessment & 12/1 Boardwork

Friday Assessment after finishing notes (this will also be the boardwork for Monday):

 4-1  Classifying Triangles
 4-2  Measuring Angles in Triangles
 4-3  Exploring Congruent Triangles
 4-4  Proving Triangles Congruent
 4-5  More Congruent Triangles
 4-6  Analyzing Isosceles Triangles

Tutoring & Makeup Session

For anyone needing to makeup or retake Quiz #7:
Makeup Quiz#7

For anyone tutoring Algebra I:
Algebra 1 EOC 

Geometry 11/28: Congruent Triangle Notes

Be sure to use these notes for understanding of the day's lessons! This is the only and essential lesson for the week as we prepare for STAAR retesting and overall geometric understanding.

For the lesson we will learn and discuss topics including how to document, symbolize and identify congruent angles, sides and triangles. We may not get through them all in one or two classes, but rest assured we will chip away at it!

Here are your links for downloading and printing. Our printer is down for now, but we will attempt to find ways to get you the info as always, besides the blog.

Congruent Triangles Notes 1


Congruent Triangles Notes 2

Turkey Day HW

In case you didn't receive the homework for the week be sure to print it via this link:
Boardwork 11//28:  Turkey Day Homework

If you wish to just work it out on a separate sheet of paper, use image below:

Friday 11/17 Test Review

Here is what you need to know for MOST of the test. The last 3 questions will be updated soon. REALLY ENSURE you understand the content and answers released!

Here is the link:
1st Test Review

Your computer software may not be up-to-date to cleanly see the typed review for the test WE COVERED on Thursday. Try to align as best you can or ask questions about it upon return; especially considering we have a test.

Clues...

If you want some answers...

Work from Monday 11/12 and for Wednesday 11/14

If you were not here on Monday, be sure to print out and finish this assigment.

Coordinates, Segments, Angles Understanding 1


If you were not here on Wednesday, be sure to print out and finish this assigment.

Triangle Investigation & Other Polygons

Great Quiz Scores and Our Next Proof

Fantastic job for all 10th Graders taking the quiz on Friday! You guys rock!!  I hope you all feel like the time you have invested is paying off, because you are really showing signs of understanding; do not give up and continue every attempt to understand! Carpe Diem! Here is tomorrow's assignment:

Coordinates, Segments, Angles, Understanding 1

Paarallel Lines Cut by a Transversal #5

Here is today's last assignment before Quiz #7. Be sure to review this assignment along with Quiz #6 to prepare for tomorrow, plus have the names and locations memorized to fill out a diagram similar to yesterdays.

Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal #5

Parallel Lines cut by a Transversal 2&3

Here is the front side and backside of today's assignment. In the future it can be found under 2nd Quarter Makeup tab. We will fill the document out as group's and then will have a contest to see who learned it best, and can work best together.

Angles & Transversals HW

Here is the work for 11/6 & 7 Homework, while we pull each student for tutoring on Quiz #6.

11-5-2012 Groupwork: Angles and Measures

Here is the groupwork for today:

1. Easy: Types of Angles and Measures 0-9
2. Medium: Types of Angles and Measures 0-9
3. Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

Pre-Calc: Elimination Part 2

Pre-Calc 1, t,hen 2

Quiz #6

Be sure to remain updated with the 2nd Quarter tab of assignments on our blog, which contains today's quiz:

Quiz #6

Pre Calculus: Elimination Method with 3 Variables

Pre Calculus:

 

For more help on this weeks work be sure to check out these videos:

                                                Angles and Protractors


Adjacent, Complimentary and Linear Pairs of Angles



    Vertical and Supplementary Angles

Here is the Boardwork/Notes for Monday and Tuesday. Also, be sure to check out the Quarter 2 Makeup tab at the top.

Boardwork 10/29: Perpendicular Bisector, Angle Bisector, Protractors
Boardwork 10/30: Complimentary, Supplementary, Linear Pair of Angles

Assignment for 10/25

The following is work for students not attending the UT, A&M field trip for 10/25:

 1-4  Measuring Segments
 1-5  Midpoints and Segment Congruence
 1-6  Exploring Angles
 1-7  Angle Relationships

Chapter 2  Connecting Reasoning and Proof
 2-1  Inductive Reasoning and Conjecturing
 2-2  If-Then Statements and Postulates
 2-4  Algebra: Using Proof in Algebra
 2-5  Verifying Segment Relationships
 2-6  Verifying Angle Relationships

Chapter 3  Using Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
 3-3  Algebra: Slopes of Lines
 3-4  Proving Lines Parallel
 3-5  Parallels and Distance

Chapter 4  Identifying Congruent Triangles
 4-1  Classifying Triangles
 4-2  Measuring Angles in Triangles

Chapter 5  Applying Congruent Triangles
 5-1  Special Segments in Triangles

Assignment for 10/24

The following is work for students not attending the UT, A&M field trip for 10/24:

Chapter 1 Basics of Geometry
       1-1 Patterns and Inductive Reasoning
       1-2 Points, Lines, and Planes
       1-3 Segments and Their Measures
       1-4 Angles and Their Measures
       1-5 Segment and Angle Bisectors
       1-6 Angle Pair Relationships
       1-7 Introduction to Perimeter, Circumference, and Area
Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof
       2-1 Conditional Statements
       2-2 Definitions and Biconditional Statements
       2-3 Deductive Reasoning
       2-4 Reasoning with Properties from Algebra
       2-5 Proving Statements with Segments
       2-6 Proving Statements about Angles

Chapter 3 Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
       3-1 Lines and Angles
       3-2 Proof and Perpendicular Lines
       3-3 Parallel Lines and Transversals
       3-4 Proving Lines are Parallel
       3-5 Using Properties of Parallel Lines
       3-6 Parallel Lines in the Coordinate Plane
       3-7 Perpendicular Lines in the Coordinate Plane

Updates & Friday Quiz

10th Grade Academy Math has updated the status of
1st Quarter Makeup & Quiz

This link contains every assignment graded and more! Please check it out and refer to it often.

Here is the link for today's quiz:
Quiz #5 

Wednesdays Stations 10/10

Activity 1: Perpendicular Bisectors and Altitudes
:

Monday's Stations

We will have a bit of a new format for Monday Stations. Please do the stations in this order only:

1. Ms. Vidaurri's Station: Investigation: Perpendicular Bisector  (You will only have 1 class to finish this)

Notes in a notebook containing only the math lesson video notes for each video posted on the blog or given at the board in class will be accepted as a Boardwork grade from now on. If you have questions on this I will be glad to clarify this for you. Here are the video stations for the firsts of your notes. Please include what you feel is important and EVERY example given:

2. midpoint
3. perpendicular bisector

Because so many quiz grades were not to par on Friday the last station will be a Q/A station with Mr. Kelsey regarding the previous stations, the videos and the previous quiz.

4. Quiz #3

Thursday's Stations

We are growing and learning and the work ethic and enthusiasm and cooperation you show gets better and better with each passing day. Thanks guys for committing more and more to learning and passing your classes and tests! Tutoring this week was also great for those retesting EOC! You guys rock and the review will actually put you ahead in class than those not currently tutoring; so go YOU! Without further ado, here are your stations for the day (we won't finish them all today, but will have time as needed tomorrow):

1. Orthographic & Isometric Problems (problems to be solved, answered & turned in by the end of class tomorrow).
2. Midpoint, slope, distance parallel, perpendicular equations: This station is to be done in the computer lab.
3. Jigsaw Puzzle: Orthographic Cubes
4. Completing All Stations each week is YOUR Responsibility, so be sure to work hard to ensure you complete them all. All stations for the week may be completed (if not already completed) today and after tomorrow's quiz.

Thanks for working harder than each day prior!

Wednesday Stations

1.  Mr. Kelsey's station (10-3):
     Student Grid  Paper
2.  Ms. Vidaurri's station (10-3)
3.  Any Station you missed during the week AFTER you have completed the first two stations.

Parallel, Perpendicular and Skew Lines

This video is the beginning of our venture into parallel and perpendicular lines.

Tuesday Stations

Tuesday Stations (click on the appropriate link for each):
1. Don't forget to turn in permission slips to leave town for a day and check out a few colleges and college life; remember to learn, learn, learn for the high school tests in order to achieve acceptance into those colleges and a high school diploma!!
2.Midpoints and Segment Congruence : This quiz is to be done in the computer lab
3. Mr. Kelsey's Station: Same as day prior
4. Ms. Vidaurri's Station: Same as day prior
5. Points, lines, segments from book (will not be included this go round; ignore this part)

Identifying coordinates, Midpoints & Congruence

The initial video is just a review on how to identify coordinates on the Cartesian plane and what it means for their coordinates to be solutions to an equation. The second video introduces how to determine a line's midpoint and segment lengths geometrically.

Monday Stations

Stations (click on each of the links):
1. Measuring Segments: This station is to be done in the computer lab
2. Tangrams: This station is to be done on the ENO Board
3. Ms. Vidaurri's Station
4. Mr. Kelsey's Station

Distance Postulate

Here is the video for tomorrow's class. This week we will be covering the Distance Postulate, Parallel & Perpendicular lines & midpoints/bisectors. This weeks classwork will work off of content you have learned thus far and build on content from the videos.
 

Precision in Measurement

Tuesday Stations

1. Computer Lab: Pts, Lines, Segments, Rays (copy question and answer to 6 of these and submit them to ensure they are right). Should it say you have reached your limit just close the limiting screen and continue the quiz.
2. 2. Study Boost Station #1: Point, Line, Segment Postulates.
            a)   For this station you will need to create an account at https://studyboost.com/ and save the
                  Studyboost phone number to your contacts
            b)   Next you will need to search for "Orthographic and Angle..." or "blocks top side view" or
                  enter "klcsiii"
            c)   When you find it, "activate" the batch
            d)   Finally, text the same keywords from part b to the phone number saved in your contacts list and
                  take the quiz.
3. Engineers often use technology to help them create more accurate orthographic drawings of items. Your
    mission today is to use Google Sketch (should already be downloaded, if not: http://sketchup.google.com/download/) to create an orthographic/corner view drawing of the item
    shown. Also recreate it at Cubespace: http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/Cubescape/new.php. For both, show a teacher for credit.

4. Classwork (Due Friday)
5. Vocabulary practice:

Monday Stations

Stations
Sucess in stations comes when you ask questions about anything you do not understand whether it be Me, Ms. Vidaurri or your group members.

1. Quiz: 1-2  Points, Lines, and Planes
               Be sure to record your score. If you don't like your score then take the quiz again.
2. Study Boost Station #1: Point, Line, Segment Postulates.
            a)   For this station you will need to create an account at https://studyboost.com/ and save the
                  Studyboost phone number to your contacts
            b)   Next you will need to search for "1st postulates" or "point line postulate" or enter "klcsiii"
            c)   When you find it, "activate" the batch
            d)   Finally, text the same keywords from part b to the phone number saved in your contacts list and
                  take the quiz.
3. Computer Lab (be sure to copy the question and answer at this station):
              Collinear Points and additive property 
4. Classwork:
  
     

Orthographic and Isometric

This video is essential for your field trip on Wednesday. The concepts are easy but the classwork will be a little more difficult. Part of the classwork will involve you piecing back together snapshots you take of buildings at UTSA. Other project work will involve your knowledge of databases at SAPL and the application of geometry and precision in architecture and sculpture. The quiz on Friday will contain previous concepts, this weeks concepts and those shared by the presenters of the field trip. Do I also see a test looming?

Collinear Points and Measure

Benchmark 25-36

Points, lines, segments, rays and planes

Here is the last video lesson for the week. Go back and study the other videos, the quiz will be on Friday. Remember that tomorrow is a Qwizdom Review and tutoring.

Benchmark 13-24

Remember to watch the video for tomorrow which is below, titled "Real Numbers." If you did not watch the previous video on Prime Factorization please watch it as well. Here are the benchmark questions for tomorrow. We will do them intermittently in small groups, coinciding with our planned outdoor activities.

Before you begin the benchmark be sure to print out the scan-tron, filling in yesterday's answers and continue with today's. You may print it here (right click, then print): SCANTRON

Benchmark 1-12

Real Numbers

Tomorrows activities will take place out doors, so be prepared. Your first activity will be to create a game and note cards which both identify and define particular Real Numbers: Rational, Irrational, Whole, Integers. Your second activity will be to hang your numbers with order, just as you hang your clothes.

Square Root and Prime Factorization

THANKS to everyone who helped sell spaghetti tickets and those who came to help us cook and deliver the meals! UNFORTUNATELY, we lost a lot of money because not everyone helped. We had big plans for today and we fell short because WE DID NOT HAVE THE HELP WE NEEDED. We now have to draw up more fundraisers requiring your participation. We hoped to raise all the money we needed during an easier, fun Arts Ed Week, but now will pursue the money during our harder times of study. For those few HELPERS, YOU WERE AWESOME! Remember, WE NEED MONEY TO GO ON FIELD TRIPS AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM.

Here is your video lesson for Monday.

Arts Ed Week: #3 Sine/Sound Waves & Indirect Relationships

Thanks Mr. Wilson (http://wilsonmakesmusic.blogspot.com/) for sharing this! AWESOME!

 

Art Education Week: Inverse Relationships & Stucture of Sound

Art Education Week: Resonance and Wine Glasses

First Quiz

10th Grade Spaghetti Fundraiser & Bazaar

Sell, sell, sell students and buy, buy, buy friends, family and supporters! Help us raise money to support the arts and the 10th grade students. We have plenty of field trips planned, but will only reach our goals with the full support of our students and their ability to raise the necessary funding.

Patterns #3: Reasoning: Inductive/Deductive

Remember to watch BOTH of today's videos. There are two which we will investigate tomorrow. It is the beginning of our exploration into "logic and reasoning," an essential key for Geometry and this year's EOC. I encourage you to watch the "inductive and deductive reasoning" video at least twice, because it is a tricky concept and just the beginning; understanding matters!

Patterns #2: Everyday Algebra & Pattern Keys

Remember to watch BOTH of today's videos. There are two which we will investigate tomorrow. It is the beginning of our exploration into "logic and reasoning," an essential key for Geometry and this year's EOC. I encourage you to watch the "inductive and deductive reasoning" video at least twice, because it is a tricky concept and just the beginning; understanding matters!

Patterns #1: Organizing Data & Creating Math Models

Sorry for the delay! Of the 50 lessons I made over the summer, I didn't realize that tomorrows lesson was one I overlooked. I spent the day building and recording it as a couple parts. These videos will be spread out over today and tomorrow. Tomorrow will have two videos and they are already scheduled to pop up on the blog by lunch. Because it is my fault we will have time in class to watch the video for those which need it. Thanks for checking the blog today! I checked the stats and saw that many of you attempted to find this video. Without further ado:

Slope-Intercept form of the Equation with Graphs

Great job today!This is a continuance and further explanation of why we should solve for y in order to solve problems!

 

Solving for y

And so it begins, your first 'flipped' lesson. This is a review lesson from your Algebra class last year, and is still such a very important lesson for your Geometry year. Thanks for the great note taking and AWESOME feedback after watching this in class today. Remember to watch the rest of the videos when you can in the future, even if it means watching from our class computer lab. And be sure to watch All the videos for review in our "lesson links" tab. We are digging in for a great year, hope you are too!

 

A Flipped Classroom

The Introduction to a "Flipped Classroom"

10th Grade Academy Fun Over the Years

10th Grade Stop Motion Video




  10th Grade Academy 2010




10th Grade Academy 2011 and Arts Education Week




Pi Day

TAKS Benchmark

Follow this link to take your benchmark today:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2009/taks_g10_math/10math.htm



For Ms. Amor:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2009/taksm_g10_math/10mathm.htm

Artists, Google & Competitions

If you didn't know it Alora is submitting one of her fantastic works of art to a competition this Saturday. GO ALORA! I hope everyone got a chance to see it, if not ask her about it. It is really TWO works of art because it was two pictures weaved together. Good luck to her!!!!!

Now is your chance to create art for submission and competition as well; "Calling all Artists, Calling all Artists!"

GOOGLE ART COMPETITION:  

 GOOGLE DOODLE

Resume Ideas

Here is more to think about when youu get a job, are you as relevant as you think you are?! Are you as hip as your friends think you are?! Is what you're doing now going to work for you in the future?!
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/01/31/6-ways-the-job-search-has-changed-post-recession/?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl14%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D132260

6 Ways The Job Search Has Changed Post-

Recession

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The recession changed a lot of things. It changed the way people spend money, the way they save for retirement, the way they invest in stocks. It's also changed the way companies recruit employees. Gone are the days when companies courted prospective employees, hiring managers offered generous starting bonuses and job seekers could choose from multiple offers.

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Since the recession ended in June 2009, companies have been slowly emerging from survival mode and have begun more active hiring. Yet the job market has been forever changed, and job seekers have had to face a new reality when going about their job hunt.

So how does a job seeker emerge successful in this post-recession job market? Here are six ways the job search has changed and the adapted tactics needed to get hired.

1. Passive job searching is no longer an option

Pre-recession, it wasn't uncommon for a skilled, qualified job seeker to be romanced by a prospective employer. Recruiters would actively seek out candidates without the candidates having to do much in the way of aggressive follow up. That's rarely the case anymore. These days, job seekers need to be proactive in order to find jobs and get the attention of employers. "This means job seekers must be active in their job search and set 'alerts' on major job boards/search engines so they are notified when an appropriate job match is posted," says Daniel Newell, job development and marketing specialist for San Jose State University's Career Center in San Jose, Calif. "This also means that job seekers should utilize several job-search strategies, such as job boards, job-search engines, classifieds, networking sites and social media, in addition to job fairs and hiring events."

2. Fewer jobs mean more competition

In the early 2000s, jobs were more plentiful, and if you didn't get one job, chances are there'd be another one just like it. Yet nowadays, the odds are not in a job seeker's favor. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, when the recession began in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons per job opening was 1.8. When the recession ended in June 2009, there were 6.1 unemployed persons per job opening. While the number has since been trending downward and is currently at 4.2 (as of November), you still need to find ways to stand out from the competition.

"The burden of proof has shifted to the job seeker to demonstrate value and fit," says Roy Cohen, career coach and author of "The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide." "Job seekers need to be bolder and more energetic in this very challenging market. They need to show that they're willing to go above and beyond and that they'll work hard, tirelessly and take initiative to get the job done." Cohen also says that job seekers need to be more solution-oriented. "It's not enough to say, 'Here I am.' The emphasis is now on, 'Here's what I can do for you.'"

3. Mistakes, even minor, are not tolerated

Back in the "glory days" before the recession, mistakes made in application materials or during an interview weren't ideal, but they weren't necessarily automatic deal breakers, either. If a candidate misspelled a word on their résumé but otherwise had all the right qualifications, the employer may have let the error slide. In this job market, there's absolutely no room for errors. "Nothing less is accepted or tolerated in a market where there are many more candidates than positions, and companies need to be sold on adding headcount," Cohen says.

To avoid making costly mistakes, proofread your résumé backward and forward, and then have someone else proof it again. Ensure you're fully prepared for an interview by researching the company and practicing answering interview questions.

4. Social media is the new recruiting tool

Before the recession, HR teams were more robust and better equipped to manage the hiring process. During the recession many companies downsized, leaving HR short-staffed and buried under piles of résumés. Recruiters have had to finds ways to more efficiently recruit, and social media has become a solution for hiring managers to more quickly find and screen candidates. That means job seekers need to have a social media presence, and a professional one at that.

"Social media has made a huge impact for job seekers," says Lavie Margolin, career coach and author of "Lion Cub Job Search: Practical Job Search Assistance for Practical Job Seekers." "Employers are using social media to post job openings and look into candidate backgrounds via private Facebook pages. Job seekers have an opportunity to increase their visibility ... via their LinkedIn page and possibly a blog that is industry-focused."

5. Customization is critical

It is no longer acceptable in this post-recession job market to use a "spray and pray" method of applying for jobs. Blanket emailing recruiters with the same generic résumé will ensure your application gets tossed to the side. Newell says it's important that job seekers create targeted résumés. "They must have a different résumé for each job they are applying for, and they must ensure that they effectively communicate their skills which relate to the job [for which] they are applying." The same goes for cover letters.

6. Networking is more important than ever

It's becoming more and more of an advantage in today's world to know someone within the company you're applying to so your résumé gets in the right hands. While not everyone has automatic connections, there are other ways to build relationships. One way to do so is through networking. "My advice to today's job seeker is to network," Newell says. "Job seekers should join groups and attend socials through sites such as MeetUp and LinkedIn. Attending a casual social and being active in online and offline groups can open many doors to employment."

The job market may not look the same as it did five years ago, but that doesn't mean you have to start from square one. It just means that by equipping yourself with the job-search tools needed in today's world, you'll be in a better position to get hired.