Geometry: Chapter 1: Reasoning in Geometry
Halvorsen
Chapter One Objectives:
Section 1: Patterns and Inductive Reasoning
Identify patterns and use inductive reasoning
Vocabulary: inductive reasoning, conjecture, and counterexample.
Section 2: Points, Lines, and Planes
Identify and draw models of points, lines, and planes.
Determine characteristics of points, lines, and planes.
Vocabulary: point, line, collinear, noncollinear, ray, line segment, plane, coplanar, and
noncoplanar.
Section 3: Postulates
Identify and use basic postulates about points, lines, and planes.
Vocabulary: postulate.
Section 4: Conditional Statements and Their Converses
Write statements in if-then form and write the converses of the statements.
Vocabulary: if-then statement, conditional statement, hypothesis, conclusion, converse.
Section 5: Tools of the Trade
Use geometry tools.
Vocabulary: straightedge, compass, construction, and midpoint.
Section 6: A Plan for Problem Solving
Use a four-step plan to solve problems that involve perimeters and areas of rectangles and
parallelograms.
Apply a formula to solve problems involving perimeter and areas of shapes.
Vocabulary: perimeter, formula, area, and four-step plan.
Chapter 1 Alignment to Core Standards:
Domain G.CO.1: Experiment with transformations in the plane.
Domain G.CO.12: Make geometric constructions.
Timeline for Coverage: Geometry: Chapter 1:
Wednesday, 8/27:
Teach Section 1-1
HW: Practice 1-1
Thursday, 8/28:
Teach Section 1-2
HW: Practice 1-2
Friday, 8/29:
Teach Section 1-3
HW: FW D-25 with #10-30 evens on back
Monday, 9/01:
No Classes: Labor Day
Tuesday, 9/02:
Review Sections 1-1 to 1-3
HW: Practice 1-3 and Practice Quiz
Wednesday, 9/03:
Quiz over 1-1 to 1-3
HW: None
Thursday, 9/04:
Teach 1-4
HW: Practice and Read to Learn 1-4
Friday, 9/05:
Take Star Math Pretest
HW: None
Monday, 9/08:
Teach 1-5
HW: PR 1-5 with #8-18 evens on back
Tuesday, 9/09:
Teach 1-6; Day 1
HW: Practice 1-6 and Read to Learn
Wednesday, 9/10:
Teach 1-6; Day 2
Handout: Do hands on Geometry: 2 pages
HW: 1st Page of Practice Test
Thursday, 9/10:
Review Chapter 1
HW: Finish Practice Test
Friday, 9/11:
Test Chapter 1
HW: None