GSE Geometry Syllabus (2020-2021)

School Phone: (770) 954 – 9515

Schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/elhs

 

Instructors: Mitchell Graves & Tyrone Jamison       Room #: 614        Phone: 678-827-2950        Email:tyrone.jamison@henry.k12.ga.us       

 

Text:   Into Geometry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Authors: Burger, Dixon, Kanold, Kaplinsky, Larson, and Leinwand

 

Course Outline:

·         Unit 1 – Transformations in the Coordinate Plane (2 weeks)

·         Unit 2 – Similarity, Congruence, and Proofs (5 weeks)

·         Unit 3 – Right Triangle Trigonometry (2 weeks)

·         Unit 4 – Circles and Volume (3 weeks)

·         Unit 5 – Geometric and Algebraic Connections (2 weeks)

·         Unit 6 – Application of Probability (1 week)

·         Unit 7 – Review (1 week)

Expectations:

·         Students are to be signed in to class and ready to learn by the start of the class period

·         Students should attend every class unless they have an excused absence

·         Students will actively participate in class in a manner that facilitates learning the material being presented or reviewed

·         Students will handle technology responsibly. Using technology in a way not conducive to learning the material will not be allowed

·         Students who are absent will be responsible for determining what work was missed and making up the work in a timely manner (1 day per day absent)

·         All phones and other personal electronics should be put away during class

·         Study and do all homework

Materials:

·         A three-ring binder or other similar organizational method with notebook paper and graph paper

·         Pencils (wooden or mechanical)

·         A Scientific Calculator (examples include;TI-30XIIS, TI-30XS-Multiview, TI-36X, TI-36X-Pro, Casio FX-260SOLAR, FX-300ES, FX-300MS, FX-115ES)

Grading:

·         Grades are computed per semester

·         Homework and other practice work – 40%

·         Assessment tasks – 40%

·         Semester Summative Assessment – 20%

Communication:

·         The best way to contact me is through e-mail. Please e-mail me at any time and I will try to respond to all e-mails within 24 hours

·         Parent conferences can be scheduled with me through the school counseling office

·         Grades can be accessed through Infinite Campus. I will update Infinite Campus fairly regularly and recommend that you monitor it on a regular basis

Office Hours & Tutoring:

·         I will have office hours to help with homework ever day in the mornings from 7:45-8:15

·         The ELHS Math Department will also post a tutoring schedule with all of the tutoring times available for all math teachers

Google Classroom:

·         Google classroom will be used to provide resources to assist students throughout the year.

·         Links for Google classroom will be posted on my website

Remind App:

To get reminder texts, text your class code to 8101

·         2^nd Block Algebra 1—jam2a1

·         3^rd Block Geometry – geof2020(Graves), jam3g(Jamison)

·         4^th Block Algebra 1—jam4a1