Friday, March 14, 2008
Algebra (Class 60)
Announcements
Test today focusing on work from Investigation 3 and Investigation 5. Rework the hard problems from the ACE and the warm-ups!
Lesson Title
The Pythagorean Theorem 1
Overview
In today’s class both our warm-up and lesson focus on new material. The warm-up focuses on logical reasoning and algebraic skills to solve a “puzzle grid”, while our lesson returns to a geometric focus to develop the Pythagorean theorem.
Textbook Sections
11-6 (Txt. p.529) The Pythagorean Theorem
UCLA Materials- Unit 6: Week 24
Vocabulary
hypotenuse
legs
Pythagorean theorem
mean
median
mode
outlier
range
right triangle
Key Attitudes
Math is about investigating and confirming
Key Ideas
The Pythagorean theorem relates the lengths of the sides of a right triangle.
The Pythagorean theorem can be used to find the length of a side of a right triangle when the lengths of two sides are known.
Key Skills
Find the area of rectangles or triangles.
Simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms.
Find the area of shapes on dot paper.
Turn-In (#59)
ACE p.42 #41, 47
ACE p.78 #6, 7, 9, 11
Extra Practice 26 #1, 2, 7-12
Handouts
No Handouts Posted
Assignment
ACE p.78 #10, 12
Extra Practice 26 #13-18, 22, 23
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.
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