Geometry Syllabus

Teacher: Mr. Rudd

Office hours: Planning 5th period 12:08-1:01

After School Tutoring every Monday 3:00-5:00

Course Description:

Geometry literally means “the study of the measurement of the earth” in Greek. It is one of the world’s oldest sciences and is today an important part of mathematics. Famous people who have influenced the field of Geometry include Euclid, Rene Descartes, and Poincare. In this course some topics we will be studying are area and volume, two and three dimensional shapes, construction, and properties of right triangles including Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometric function and much more!

Resources:

Students will be using the Saxon Geometry textbooks. Students will also be using the Aleks program during technology time.

Assessment:

§  All students will be required to keep a notebook which will contain every lesson completed.

§  There will be 2 portfolio assignments - one each semester.

§  Students will be required to complete warm-up activities, in-class problems, and exit slips.

§  All Aleks computer work will count as bonus points on the class final, which is of 20% of the final grade. If you complete:

o  100 skills= 3 bonus 125 skills= 6 bonus 150 skills= 9 bonus 200 skills= 12 bonus

§  Students will use alert cards to let me know if you have any questions on a topic or if you are ready to move on. The cards are to be kept in your notebook with your password.

§  All tests will be 80% of the grade and homework/assignments will be 20% of the grade.

o  Each test will be 20 questions

o  Homework will be 30 problems per assignment

Attendance:

Since daily activities and assignments are an important part of your final grade, I highly recommend that you make every effort to be in my class everyday possible. The math program we are introducing requires each student to complete math problems daily, and frequent absence will severely impact your grade in this class.

Remember:

I stay for tutoring every Monday evening from 3:00-5:00 and all students are welcome to attend.

Parents:

If you wish to stay in contact with me please feel free to e-mail me at or call me at 668-8202.