Unit 1 – Intro to Geometry

Pre-AP Geometry – Schwarz

DATE / TOPICS COVERED / CLASSWORK (in class) / HOMEWORK (evenings)
Friday
8/19 / First Day Procedures /
  • First Day Procedures
  • Group Work – Height of Flag or Light Pole
/ Purchase Classroom Supplies;
Research 3 ways to find the unknown height of an object
Monday
8/22 / Class Procedures
Check out Textbooks /
  • Discuss homework.
  • WHY DO WE STUDY GEOMETRY? READING and DISCUSSION
/ Read pages 2-5 and define all highlighted vocabulary words in your notebook. Include diagrams
Tuesday 8/23 / Points, Lines, & Planes /
  • Stump the Teacher
  • HW 1.1A page 5-6 1-23 all and 27-39 odd
/ Study Vocabulary
Wed.
8/24 / Points, Lines, & Planes /
  • Notecard & Straw Activity
  • CW 1-1B WS 1-53 all
/ Read 1.2 and Answer:
  1. In the postulate on page 9, explain why AB is the absolute value of x2 – 21.
  2. Read the Segment Addition Postulate.
  • Make an example of the segment addition postulate using numbers.
  • Draw line RS w/ point Q between R and S and F between R and Q. Apply the segments addition postulate to complete the statement RS = ____.
  1. What is the difference between congruent and equal? Use a diagram in your explanation.
  2. Write one question about something you would like clarification on from this section.

Thursday 8/25 / Points, Lines, & Planes
Segments & Congruence /
  • “Gee – I’m a Tree” card game
  • HW 1.1C – WS Naming Practice Points, lines, & planes
  • Discuss homework over segments & congruence.
/ STUDY FOR TOMORROWS QUIZ!!
Friday 8/26 / Segments and Congruence / QUIZ – 1.1
CW 1.2 Book page 12-13 1-45 odd / Read 1.3 pg 15 – 18 and Answer:
  1. Explain the difference between midpoint and segment bisector

DATE / TOPICS COVERED / CLASSWORK (in class) / HOMEWORK (evenings)
Monday
8/29 / Distance Formula
Midpoint Formula / CW 1.3 Group work on board/WS
Exit Slip….. / Read 1.4 Make two columns “things I already knew” and “things I learned”. Provide an explanation about the things you learned. What are the ways an angle can be named and explain when each case can be used. Define angle, sides, vertex, and angle bisector.
Tuesday
8/30 / Measure and Classify Angles / How to use a protractor
What did you know and what did you learn?
Angel Angles Card Game
CW 1.4 Dry Erase Boards / Read 1.5 – Put all vocabulary in notebook. Study the concept summary on page 28.
Wed.
8/31 / Use special angle pair relationships to find angle measures. / Angle Pears Card Game
CW 1.5 WS 1 - 14 / STUDY FOR VOCABUARY QUIZ!
Thursday 9/1 / Use special angle pair relationships to find angle measures. / Sort Activity
Vocabulary Quiz
CW 1.5 WS 15 - 33 / No Homework!!
Friday 9/2 / MOORE WAR!!!!!!!!!
Quick Draw Activity / No Homework 
Monday 9/3 / LABOR DAY / NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 9/4 / Review angle pairs
Statement and conclusion practice. / CW 1.5B WS Statement & Conclusions in groups / Read 1.6 pages 42-44
Wed.
9/5 / Group Activity: Magic Square
Classifying Polygons / CW 1.6 pg 44-45 problems 1-30, 39, 40 Sketch a table for #40
If you don’t finish in class, take a picture of the problems.
Thursday 9/6 / REVIEW / TBA
Friday 9/7 / Unit 1 TEST

Give each objective a +, √, or 0 based on what you currently know. + means you know everything, √ means you know a little bit, and 0 means you have no idea what the statement means.

Before Learning / Objective / After Learning
______/ Describe and sketch relationships between points, lines, and planes with real-world applications. (book 1.1) / ______
______/ Identify, measure and name segments. Identify and name rays. (book 1.1) / ______
______/ Use and identify congruent segments (book 1.2) / ______
______/ Use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles. (using the distance formula) (book 1.3) / ______
______/ Find the coordinates of the midpoint of a segment. (book 1.3) / ______
______/ Name, describe, and measure angles with real-world applications. (book 1.4) / ______
______/ Identify and apply bisectors of segments and angles. (book 1.4) / ______
______/ Classify, identify, and measure types of angles and angle pairs. (book 1.5) / ______
______/ Classify polygons by sides, angles, and concavity. (book 1.6) / ______
______/ Use geometric tools to construct a variety of figures. / ______

Unit 1 Vocabulary

Revised 5/27/2019

Three Undefined Terms (point, line, plane)

Collinear Points

Coplanar points

Line segment

Endopints

Ray

Opposite rays

Intersection

Postulate (Axiom)

Coordinate

Distance

Congruent Segments

Midpoint

Segment Bisector

Angle

Acute angle

Right Angle

Obtuse Angle

Straight Angle

Sides of a polygon

Vertex of a polygon

Measure of an angle

Congruent angles

Angle bisector

Complementary Angles

Supplementary Angles

Adjacent Angles

Linear Pair

Vertical Angles

Polygon

Concave

Convex

n-gon

equilateral

equiangular

regular

Revised 5/27/2019

Revised 5/27/2019