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Oneida High School Tommie Harness Mathematics Teacher (423) 569 - 8818 Email: [email protected] Dear Geometry Students and Parents Thereof, I am excited to be teaching and working with you at Oneida High School this year. This will be my seventeenth year of teaching mathematics, and my sixth year at the high school. My own continuing mission as a teacher is to foster a lifelong love of learning and to help you find your own passion in life. This year, I am eager to renew my relationships with each of you and help us create a culture of learning where we may all create quality work! Required Equipment Like carpenters who need to bring their tools to the job, you will need to bring your own tools as students. The following is a list of equipment needed to discover, explore and understand mathematics. Bring them to class each day unless otherwise stated. 1. A covered textbook. 2. A pencil and a pen. We all make mistakes. However, we can erase the ones we make in pencil. Assignments should be done in pencil and corrected with pen. 3. A notebook with two sections. One section is for taking notes in and the other is for completing your daily assignments. 4. A folder where you keep syllabi, cows (challenge of the week) and returned papers. Attendance & Tardiness As in college or at a career, you are expected to arrive to class prepared and on time each day. If you are absent, you are responsible for making up missed assignments. If you are aware that you are going to be absent, please plan ahead by using your syllabus and asking me or other students what assignments you will miss. Homework I’ve always valued practice. Clearly, to be good at anything in life, one needs to practice, practice, and practice! Homework provides daily practice essential for developing mathematical understanding of the concepts introduced in class. Homework is assigned nearly every day and is due at the beginning of the following class period. Your homework assignments will be graded with the following criteria: Accuracy Neatness Timely Organization Name and Title Tests and Quizzes Practice is essential in mathematics and will lead to successful performance on exams. Tests and quizzes are given throughout each unit studied. Tests are weighted twice as much as quizzes. If you earn less than 70% on a test you are expected to relearn the material and retake a similar exam to replace that original grade. However, this should be done within 5 days of the exam being returned to you. Grades Your grade each quarter is calculated as follows: 30% homework 70% tests, quizzes, and cows. Your final grade for the year is calculated as follows: 18.75% Quarter 1 Grade 18.75% Quarter 2 Grade 18.75% Quarter 3 Grade 18.75% Quarter 4 Grade 25% EOC Classroom Principles Five general principles guide our work together: 1. Be respectful. 2. Be courteous. 3. Be prepared. 4. Treat others as you wish to be treated. 5. Try your best at all times. Most Oneida students follow these principles naturally. However, there are occasions when some students interrupt the learning process for others in their class. These students may expect to meet with our Principal, Kevin Byrd, to process their behavior and consider any appropriate steps necessary to improve the learning for all. Geometry Standards The high school Common Core Standards (http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Mathematics_Appendix_A.pdf) call on students to practice applying mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges; they prepare students to think and reason mathematically. They set a rigorous definition of college and career readiness, by helping students develop a depth of understanding and ability to apply mathematics to novel situations, as college students and employees regularly do. Furthermore, they emphasize mathematical modeling, the use of mathematics and statistics to analyze empirical situations, understand them better, and improve decisions. The following standards guide the content and instruction of this geometry course. Geometry Congruence •Experiment with transformations in the plane. • Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions. Build on rigid motions as a familiar starting point for development of concept of geometric proof. •Prove geometric theorems. Focus on validity of underlying reasoning while using variety of ways of writing proofs. •Make geometric constructions. Formalize and explain processes. Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry •Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations. •Prove theorems involving similarity. •Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles. •Apply trigonometry to general triangles. Circles •Understand and apply theorems about circles. •Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles. Radian introduced only as unit of measure. Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations •Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section. •Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically. Include distance formula; relate to Pythagorean theorem. Geometric Measurement and Dimension •Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems. •Visualize the relation between two- dimensional and three- dimensional objects. Modeling with Geometry •Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations. Statistics and Probability Conditional Probability and the Rules of Probability • Understand independence and conditional probability and use them to interpret data. Link to data from simulations or experiments •Use the rules of probability to compute probabilities of compound events in a uniform probability model. Using Probability to Make Decisions •Use probability to evaluate outcomes of decisions. ************************* Course Sequence The course includes several units; the following is an approximate timeline indicating when particular units are taught. Quarter 1 • Introducing Geometry • Reasoning in Geometry Quarter 2 • Triangle Properties • Polygon Properties • Circle Properties Quarter 3 • Transformations • Area Quarter 4 • The Pythagorean Theorem • Similarity Final Notes Please complete and return the last page. Students should know that I am happy to give any extra help that I can. Feel free to stop in before or after school any day. No question is too small. Many parents find email to be a great way to keep in touch with me. Feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at school during the week at (423) 569 - 8818. The best times are at 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. If you are in need of an extra syllabus and/or a practice test for the unit, you may email me to get you an extra. If students, teachers, and parents work together closely, the possibilities and the results will be marvelous. I look forward to working with you and giving you the best education that we can offer. Sincerely, Tommie Harness Geometry Class 2016 - 2017 We have received and read your course syllabus. If you need to contact me/us, here are the phone numbers and/or e-mail where I/we can be reached: home phone :___________________ work phone : __________________ e-mail address: ___________________________________________ Following are the best times to contact me/us: _______________________ Parent(s) Name: ______________________________________________ Parent(s) Signature(s): ________________________________________ Student Name: _______________________________________________ Student Signature: ____________________________________________ Please write below any comments, concerns or questions you may have. Please let me know if you use any mathematics in your workplace that you would be interested in sharing with a mathematics class. Thanks!