It’s been about 3 years since I taught Geometry and there are people doing a lot more creative and deep-thinking stuff than myself (see: Jim, Julie, Lisa, Mimi, Shireen, and many others), but ugh, having to draw a geometry diagram in Word?
(Hint: draw it in Geogebra, then use the snipping tool to grab it and insert, but even then it’s a pain). So just to save you some time and hassle, I’ll also be trying to share my Geometry files this summer; stay tuned to this page! Since it has been three years, much of it will be presented without comment. 🙂
Ah, the dreaded first chapter full of definitions. I guess I hated it so much I didn’t keep many files, but here’s what I do have:
Oh, here’s one thing I’ve done that’s pretty creative: I made my own Angle Awesomeness Rap (I used to have a bit of a commute and planned it out on my drive one day). It even has a snazzy powerpoint:
(file here) And NoteTakerMaker:
File here. Yeah, I know, I’m the next Beyonce.
Then I guess I did some sort of other work, and then a review
Now for Chapter 2: Logic and Proofs. First up, logic! With symbols! And lots of corgi references!
Now…dun dun dunnnnnnn….. PROOFS! First, some properties:
File here. And hey, let’s figure out what we know from givens:
And then remind ourselves that We Can Figure Things Out (without a formal proof yet):
Then, we do the same problems with some proof handholding:
File here (and yes, the file has proofs for all 5 problems).
Then finally (finally!) we can start on some real from-scratch proofs:
File here. Also, look below at me being clever with using “G.I.F.T.” for proofs! And also Color With A Purpose. I also tell them that you should use every line in a proof, which is what the arrows are for. It seems to help if they’re stuck, “Well, is there anything you haven’t used yet?”
And also step-by-step powerpoints for the study guide!
Odds file here. Evens file here.
But I’m guessing we didn’t do so well on the test, as there is a “repractice” worksheet
And powerpoint:
So maybe now instead of making that 417th drawing in word, you can copy and paste from these and then:
Right?
Mary Frederick
June 4, 2016 at 7:22 am
I have been following your blog alot recently and have just spend time on your geometry info. We teach concepts in a very similar way. Your sheet on “developing definitions” you ask for non examples, I introduce the term counterexample there so that they start using it. Your method of teaching proofs is almost the same as mine. I just called it If, then, Reason instead of Given, implied, Why… I might change to yours because in class, I won’t let students answer a questions without telling me why. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas and things you share. After 10 years, I still feel like a new teacher and am always looking for more.
Meg Craig
June 17, 2016 at 12:58 pm
Thanks so much for the kind words, Mary! I too always feel like a new teacher every year. 🙂 I hope to get some more geometry stuff posted this summer (before it’s been so long that I’ve taught it that it really feels like I’m a new teacher!). I always like it when I see/hear someone teach something in the same way as I do–“whew, guess I didn’t mess up to badly with this lesson!” 😉
I like the idea of getting them used to counterexamples early. I’m also thinking to smoosh our two ideas together into “if, then, why” If then makes more word sense then given, implied!
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