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Class Info
How the class works and what to bring.
Overview
- Honors Geometry is a rigorous mathematics course. We will learn a bevy of things about transversals, triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, polygons, translations and probability.
- Instructional Methodology
- Mr. McConnell is a firm believer in teaching the lessons he wishes students to learn. Classroom discussions and interactions are crucial for student learning. It is the student’s responsibility to ask questions when he lacks understanding.
- Role of Electronics
- The graphing calculator plays an integral role in both developing and applying concepts of geometry. Instruction during class activities and lectures will be using the TI-84 CE. Any calculator from the TI family (TI-84+ will be the best option.)
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Supplies
- 3 Ring Binder (I suggest a 1” binder for each semester.)
- 3 Dividers (Notes, Hw, & Misc)
- Protractor
- Compass
- Pencils—ALL WORK MUST BE DONE IN PENCIL—and a highlighter
- TI Graphing Calculator (TI-84 Plus prefered)
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Grading
- 5-10% Homework
- 5-15% Quizzes
- Homework is due daily and may be collected for 1-10 points.
- Homework packets are due at the end of a chapter and may be collected for a 25-point completion grade.
- If you complete every problem from every homework in the chapter, you are eligible for a curve on the test if a curve is given. No one is entitled to it.
- Homework completion is very important for several reasons. First, it helps you to understand the concepts from the lesson that you understood or did not understand. It gives you questions to present in class the next day that initiates discussion of homework. Second, it helps the teacher to know what concepts you understand. The attention to detailed, written explanations sheds light on the level of understanding that you have of mathematical concepts. Additionally, your detailed work and written explanations set you apart from other students, and it is only those students who work the very hardest and who master the content with deep understanding who deserve to make a top grade of an A in this course.
- Quizzes are given periodically throughout the chapter. You will have homework quizzes during which you will provide solutions to various homework-like problems. These will be graded on accuracy and will be recorded as 1-15 point grades.
- 60-80% Test
- All tests will be at the end of a chapter and worth about 100 points.
- 10-15% Exam
- At the end of each quarter, a cumulative exam will be given covering all the material we have covered thus far in the course.
- These % are approximations
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