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Thurs, March 4

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | March 4, 2010 | No Comment |

circle segment lengthsToday we finished our Candyland Stations and learned about relationships of segment lengths in circles using similar triangles.  Homework is in the purple Math 2 text page 220 #1-24 all.  Here are the notes .  7 blog circles lengths segmentsHappy Solving :)  

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Wed, March 3

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | March 3, 2010 | No Comment |

candylandCandlyland Stations today with lots of practice with circles and angles.  Your homework is in the textbook page 216 #1-14.  It looks like we will have our next quiz on Friday, possible one more little one on Tuesday, and our next test on Thursday, March 11.  Hope you enjoyed sleeping in this snowy morning :)

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Tues, March 2

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | March 2, 2010 | No Comment |

snow globe animatedHere we go again…early release due to S*N*O*W!  We learned about angles whose vertex is outside the circle…these are formed by 2 tangents, a tangent and a secant, or 2 secants.  Homework is page 214 #1-25  (you completed some of these problems yesterday).  Enjoy your afternoon :)

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Mon, March 1

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | March 1, 2010 | No Comment |

circle 5 tangent secant angleHappy Monday, Mavericks!  Today we took our quiz over our first 4 lessons on circles and angles.  We worked an Investigation on Tangent-Secant angles and chord chord angles.  Homework is in the purple Math 2 textbook page 214 #1-5, 8, 9, and the “Bigger Circle Puzzle”.  Here are the detailed notes I posted a week ago :)   5 Blog Formulas for Working with Angles in Circles 

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Fri, Feb 26

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | February 26, 2010 | No Comment |

circle Compass2Happ Friday to my most favorite 8th graders in the world :)   We worked a million circle problems today, as some of us were getting alittle frustrated with the difficulty :(   We completed a graphic organizer on circle properties we have learned so far and reviewed the homework from last night.  Our assignment was in the purple Math 2 workbook page 199 #27-33, page 204-206 #12-30, page 212-213 #10-24, and page 218 #7-32.  We will be taking our quiz on Monday.  Have a great weekend :)

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Thurs, Feb 25

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | February 25, 2010 | No Comment |

circle inscribed angleToday we discovered properties of inscribed angles and their intercepted arcs, right angles inscribed in semicircles, and quadrilaterals inscribed in circles. using compasses and protractors.  We worked problems on “Placements” in groups…homework is in the purple Math 2 text page 209 #1-26.  Remember your quiz tomottow :)

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Wed, Feb 24

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | February 24, 2010 | No Comment |

circle tang secToday we completed Task 3 using patty papper, compasses, and rulers.  Homework is in your Math 2 text page 201 #1-15 and page 204 #16-22.  Remember we will quiz on Friday over the circle properties from this week :)

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Tues, Feb 23

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | February 23, 2010 | No Comment |

circles central angleToday we used Geometers Sketchpad on the laptops to discover properties of central angles and intercepted arcs.  We worked the activity on page 197 “Favorite Fruits”. Homework is page 195 #1-31 in the purple Math 2 textbook.  How do you like circles so far? 5 Blog Formulas for Working with Angles in Circles

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Mon, Feb 22

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | February 22, 2010 | No Comment |

CirclesWelcome to the world of Circles and Spheres!  Today we went around the room on a vocabulary/diagram scavenger hunt and discovered properties and relationships of circles, tangents, and radii.  Homework was in the purple textbook page 186 #1, 12-24.  Attached is your new notebook cover and order of topics. 1 notebook cover Circles and Spheres  1 order of topics Happy Monday!

ps we also completed the Power Outage Performance Task at the end of the Chance of Winning Unit :)

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Tues-Fri, Feb 16-19

Posted by: Buffi Haggard | February 19, 2010 | No Comment |

probability picMon:  Holiday :)

Tues:  Practice Test and Math 1 text page 373-4 # 22, 25, and 29.

Wed: I was absent…you took a quiz over the last part of Unit 4 and worked on a review sheet for your test Friday.

Thurs:  Sneek-a-Peek to review for Unit 4: Chance of Winning Test

Friday:  Test Day…time to show what you know :)   have an awesome weekend, 8th grade!

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