Valerie's Math Class

Are you working through Dilations and looking for a FUN art project for your students? This allows ALL your students to become an artist! Students have fun picking their own cartoon and recreating their larger dilated image. All students become ARTISTS in this activity!!!! This really made students connect to what a dilation was. We also get them talking about vocabulary, such as scale.

Take your students understanding of Transformations to the next level by having them make their OWN series of transformations. Students MUST use a Reflection, Rotation and Translation. I have found my students know all the rules MUCH better after actually applying them here. They also learn the IMPORTANCE OF LABELING and BEING VERY NEAT with their work! 10/10 my kids love doing this! Easy set up - only graph paper needed + rulers. Rubric that you can edit included!

Students will find the slope algebraically given two points. Then, plot two points to confirm the slope graphically. Afterwards, students circle if the slope is positive, negative, zero or undefined. There are four problems and students experience each of the 4 kinds of slopes! It is great for them to see and experience doing each of the four ways. We end with two critical thinking questions with slopes of zero and undefined.

Transversal Investigation - two versions alternate with students. Students measure angles within a transversal using a protractor. Then, they come angles afterwards with the student next to them to answer the follow up questions by comparing their transversal and angles. They make MANY IMMEDIATE connections and thoughtful dialect happens everytime after. The second page is a bonus graphic organizer for all the terms that go along with a transversal.

Geometry contains many vocabulary terms used throughout the year. I print this packet on COLORED paper for the first introductory chapter as we reference it throughout the year. I focus on the pictures in this packet as I go through each term to express special markings, such as tick marks and arches. I also am very specific about notation as this will come up over and over again in proofs. It is a great resource to reference throughout the year. I will say to students, "If you forget, take out