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Transformation Tetris is often used as an introduction to transformations. Students can use their prior knowledge of the game of Tetris to better understand rotation, reflection, and translation. This also allows students to problem solve, think, and collaborate. I assign this as work after the previous unit's test. This keeps students busy and engaged while others are still working. Students are given a rough draft grid on one side and a final draft on the other. This makes for beautiful stude

Get the entire first unit of instruction for middle/high school Geometry! Guided notes on the left, practice problems on the right, and unit review/remediation at the end. What is a Big Book? After years of my students losing their worksheets and showing me their disorganized notebooks, I decided to put everything into one organized book. The Big Book contains an entire unit of study for high school geometry. On the left side of each page, there are guided notes that have really benefited my stu

These foldable notes are perfect for an interactive notebook. Students will discover and learn the patterns of side lengths for 45-45-90 triangles and 30-60-90 triangles. Students will need to understand the characteristics of isosceles and equilateral triangles. In order to be successful, they will also need a proficiency in the Pythagorean Theorem and simplifying radical expressions. I often use a Pythagorean Theorem problem as the Warm Up that day to practice using the theorem and simplifyin