Friday 1/29

And with that, we've wrapped up Chapter 7 and the month of January. On to congruent triangles next week!

Thursday HW Solutions: Chapter 8 Pre-Test answer key

Here is this week's extra credit:

Thursday 1/28

We started our Chapter 7 test today in class; we'll finish it up tomorrow.

Homework: Chapter 8 Pre-Test

Wednesday HW Solutions: Student Assignments workbook 7.4 answer key

Wednesday 1/27

We finished our introduction to transformations today with the second half of Lesson 7.4.

We'll be taking our Chapter 7 test tomorrow. Be sure to study your chapter summary, warm-ups, class work, and homework to help you arrive fully prepared. This'll be your first test of second semester, and you want to get off to a great start!

Here are a couple of extra practice problems: Transformations Review

Homework: Student Assignments workbook 7.4

Tuesday 1/26

I was at the district office all day today, but in my absence you worked in MATHia and/or Desmos.

Are you on pace to reach your goals by Friday?

Homework: MATHia practice

Monday HW Solutions: Translations worksheet answer key

Monday 1/25

Today we tackled reflections with the first half of Lesson 7.4. We'll finish the other half on Wednesday.

We'll be taking our Chapter 7 test on Thursday, which will cover all three transformations that we've learned so far:

• Translations
• Rotations
• Reflections

Be sure to study lessons 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 to get yourself fully prepared.

Homework: Transformations worksheet

Friday 1/22

Congrats on finishing your 20th week! Have a great weekend, everyone.

Here is this week's extra credit:

Thursday 1/21

We finished our look at rotations today with the second half of Lesson 7.3.

We also learned how to use the Darth Vader in the City technique to rotate points and vertices about any point. This is going to come in very handy on our test next week!

Homework: Student Assignments workbook 7.3

Wednesday HW Solutions: Rotations worksheet answer key

Wednesday 1/20

Today we worked with rotations with the first part of Lesson 7.3. We'll finish the rest of the lesson tomorrow.

Homework: Rotations worksheet & finish any leftover class work (from either today or yesterday)

Tuesday 1/19

Today is class we explored the effects of our second kind of transformation, a rotation, with an awesome Desmos activity.

For those that were absent today, you'll need to complete the activity at home on your own. Head to student.desmos.com and type in the class code that goes with your period.

Period 4: JQCJ
Period 6: FVXS

Homework: Play the Center of  Rotation game at home with a parent or sibling.

Friday 1/15

Great first week back, everyone! For those absent today, we jumped into our first Desmos project. You should check with a classmate for details, so you can catch yourself up this weekend.

Thursday HW Solutions: Student Assignments 7.2 answer key

Here is this week's extra credit:

Thursday 1/14

We continued our work with translations today with a look at translating linear functions in Lesson 7.2.

We discovered that translating a linear function either vertically or horizontally will change the y-intercept, but will not change the slope in any way.

Homework: Student Assignments workbook 7.2

Wednesday HW Solutions: Student Assignments workbook 7.1 answer key

Wednesday 1/13

We contained our look at translations today with the second half of Lesson 7.1.

Here's the Desmos tool we used for translations in class today: bit.ly/desmostranslations

Homework: Student Assignments workbook 7.1

Tuesday 1/12

Today we dove into translations with Lesson 7.1.

Here's the Ohio State Marching Band illustrating a translation for you. :-)

Parents: Ask your child to explain in their own words (and identify in their class work) the terms transformation, translation, congruent, image, and pre-image. 

Here's the Desmos tool we used for translations in class today: bit.ly/desmostranslations It may come in handy on your homework tonight.

Homework: Do #4, #5, and #6 on textbook pages 390-391

Monday 1/11

Welcome back!

We spent today kicking off second semester with our first day of MATHia!

Don't forget that all grades reset for second semester. Please make sure you're getting yourself off to a great start with your very best work ethic day in and day out. Concentrate on whatever you felt was your greatest weakness first semester.

Homework: MATHia practice