Week of Sept 22 - 26

This week we will continue our work in Looking for Pythagoras. As always binders will be due on Friday and students will receive a participation, journal, and homework grade for the week. There will also be a quiz this week to assess students' understanding of Investigation 1 & 2.

Monday Sept 22:
1st, 5th, & 6th hours: Investigation 2.2 on pg 21 in book. In this investigation students will explore the relationship between the side length of a square and its area. Students will be introduced to the vocabulary word, square root.
7th hour: Investigation 2.1 wksht. In this investigation students will be drawing tilted squares.
4th hour: We will be finishing summarizing Investigation 2.2 as well as beginning Investigation 2.3. In this investigation students discover ways to find the lengths of line segments by using the area of tilted squares.

Tuesday Sept 23:
1st, 5th, & 6th hours: Today we will be finishing up Investigation 2.2 and summarizing. Students will be taking Lancer notes about what a square root is and its relationship to the area and side length of a square. We will also talk about the exact value and estimated value of a square root.
7th hour: Investigation 2.2 on pg 21 in book. In this investigation students will explore the relationship between the side length of a square and its area. Students will be introduced to the vocabulary word, square root.
4th hour: Students will be taking a quiz on Investigations 1 & 2 in Looking for Pythagoras. In addition, they will be writing responses to the Investigation Reflection Questions.

Wednesday Sept 24:
1st, 5th, & 6th hours: Investigation 2.3 worksheet. In this investigation students discover ways to find the lengths of line segments by using the area of tilted squares.
7th hour: Investigation 2.2 on lined paper. In this investigation students will explore the relationship between the side length of a square and its area. Students will be introduced to the vocabulary word, square root. We will be taking Lancer Notes to summarize our findings.
4th hour: Investigation 3.1 on lined paper. In this investigation students will be coming up with the Pythagorean Theorem and using that theorem to find unknown side lengths of triangles. We will be summarizing using Lancer Notes.

Thursday Sept 25:
1st, 5th, 6th hours: Review for Investigation 1 & 2 Quiz (stations)
7th hour: Investigation 2.3 worksheet. In this investigation students discover ways to find the lengths of line segments by using the area of tilted squares. Any remaining time will be used for review.
4th hour: Investigation 3.2. In this investigation students will work to prove the Pythagorean Theorem.

Friday Sept 26:
All hours (except 4th): Quiz on Investigation 1 & 2 and Investigation 2 Reflection
4th hour: Investigation 3.3. In this investigation students will use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points on a coordinate grid.

Week of Sept 15-18

This week we will be finishing Invsetigation 1 in Looking for Pythagoras and beginning Investigation 2. Friday students do not have school.


Monday Sept 15:
1st hour: finish drawing shapes in a coordinate grid (Investigation 1.2) and begin finding areas of irregular shapes in a coordinate grid (Investigation 1.3)
3rd hour connections: continue working with matching sequences and graphs
4th hour: finish Investigation 1.3 from Friday and begin writing Investigation 1 Mathematical Reflection
5th hour: begin drawing shapes in a coordinate grid (Investigation 1.2)
6th hour: finish drawing shapes in a coordinate grid (Investigation 1.2) and begin finding areas of irregular shapes in a coordinate grid (Investigation 1.3)
7th hour: begin drawing shapes in a coordinate grid (Investigation 1.2)
Homework: Homework worksheet. The first part of the worksheet will be to practice drawing shapes in a coordinate grid. The second part of the worksheet will be completed tomorrow night for homework.

Tuesday Sept 16
1st hour: finish 1.3, begin writing Investigation 1 Mathematical Reflection
4th hour: begin Investigation 2.1, drawing tilted squares and Investigation 2.2, connecting area to the side length of a square
5th hour: Investigation 1.3 and begin writing Investigation 1 Mathematical Reflection
6th hour: finish 1.3, begin writing Investigation 1 Mathematical Reflection
7th hour: finish 1.3, begin writing Investigation 1 Mathematical Reflection
Homework: Students will find the areas of the figures drawn on last night's homework. Students will also finish their Mathematical Reflections.

Wednesday Sept 17:
Due Today: Monday and Tuesday's homework worksheet (figures drawn and areas found) and Mathematical Reflections
1st hour: begin Investigation 2.1, drawing tilted squares
4th hour: finish Investigation 2.2, Investigation 2.3, using squares to find length
5th hour: begin Investigation 2.1, drawing tilted squares
6th hour: begin Investigation 2.1, drawing tilted squares
7th hour: begin Investigation 2.1, drawing tilted squares

Thursday Sept 18:
Due today: turn in math binders for participation and journal grades
1st hour: begin Investigation 2.2, connecting area and side lengths of squares
4th hour: finish 2.3, Mathematical Reflection & Check-up
5th hour: begin Investigation 2.2, connecting area and side lengths of squares
6th hour: begin Investigation 2.2, connecting area and side lengths of squares
7th hour: begin Investigation 2.2, connecting area and side lengths of squares