The mission of

the
Geometry
mathematics Ms. Abigail
department is
to provide an Herman
environment
Course Description: This course is
where students designed to emphasize the study of

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can learn and the properties and applications of
common geometric figures in two and
become three dimensions. It includes the
study of transformations and right
competent triangle trigonometry. Inductive and
deductive thinking skills are used in
users of problem solving situations, and
mathematics applications to the real world are
stressed. It also emphasizes writing
and proofs to solve properties of
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geometric figures.
mathematical
application.
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Materials Required for Class
Everyday:
 Textbook or NetBook
 Completed homework assignment
 Homework
(folder/binder/notebook)
 Class Notes
(folder/binder/notebook)
A course outline in content:
 Pencil and Eraser
 Red Pen
 Paper appropriate for Class Notes
and for Homework
 Graph Paper
 Calculator
Instructional approaches and
activities:
There will be an activity Lab that
goes along with each section,
sometimes more than one.
Tradebooks, Field Trips,
Competitions/Fair, Clubs, Projects,
Manipulatives, Assembly Program/
Guest Speaker, and Computer
options are also forms of activities
that may occur throughout this
course.
God used beautiful
mathematics in creating the
world.
- Paul Dirac
 1st Nine weeks
o Chapters 1-3 (Tools of
Geometry, Reasoning and
Proofs, Parallel and About Me:
Perpendicular lines)
 2nd Nine weeks My name is Abigail Herman. I am a
o Chapters 4-6 (Congruent certified secondary mathematics and
Triangles, Relationships in special education teacher. I grew up
Triangles, Quadrilaterals)
on a dairy farm in a small town
 3rd Nine weeks
called Canton outside of Williamsport
o Chapters 7-9 (Proportions
and Similarity, Right PA. My dad was a high school math
Triangles and Trigonometry) teacher for 36 years, and also was a
 4th Nine weeks basketball coach some of that time,
o Chapters 9-12
along with running the farm. My
(Transformations and
mother was a nurse, along with
Symmetry, Area and Surface
being a college nursing instructor. My
Area of Polygons, Circles)
sister currently teaches high school
math special education, and asking
me for any sort of help in her
classes, which is helping me learn
about what is happening in the
classes now.