LHS Geometry Curriculum (Fast & Advanced)

Course Overview 

This is a traditional course in Euclidean geometry with an emphasis on studying geometry through synthetic, measurement, coordinate and transformational means. Algebraic concepts and properties are integrated throughout this course along with the use of technology as a means of investigation and problem solving. Students study inductive and deductive proofs, perpendicular and parallel lines, congruence, similarity, circles, angles, arcs, constructions, loci, areas and volumes, and coordinate geometry.

Geometry Committee Members: Jennifer Bednarz, Kathleen Flax, Karen Moriarty, Renee O’Farrell, and William Turner

Table of Contents

Key to Coding

In order to assure that this curriculum document is aligned with the most recent Connecticut State Frameworks, we have adopted a coding method to inform the user of this document of the precise connection to the frameworks.

The draft copy of the Connecticut State Frameworks consists of four strands, Geometry and Measurement (GM), Algebraic Reasoning (AR), Number and Quantity (NQ), and Statistics, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics (SPD). Each strand is composed of an Essential Question and approximately four Content Standards (CS) and approximately ten Expected Performances.

Each strand of the Frameworks is divided into a set of Core Content Standards and Expected Performances and a set of Extended Content Standards and Expected Performances. The Core is the set of standards the state expects every student to be able to know by the 10 th grade and is thus potentially tested on the CAPT. The Extended set of standards is the set of standards that not all students will reach by the 10 grade, if at all.

Several examples of coding used in the document follow:

A Focus Question coded as (GMCore: CS1, CS2, GMExtended: CS1) refers to the Geometry and Measurement Strand, Core Content Standards 1 and 2 and Extended Content Standard 1.

A Benchmark or Required Activity coded as (F2, F3, GMCore: C-4, C-5; GM Extended: E-1, E-2, E-3) refers to the Unit Focus Questions 2 and 3, and the Geometry and Measurement Strand Core Expected Performances 4 and 5 and Extended Expected Performances 1, 2, and 3.