Welcome!!
Dear Geometry parents,
Your son/daughter is enrolled in CHAT Geometry this fall. If you haven't
already done so, please buy your textbook. You can purchase it new at
Rainbow Resource, BJU Press, etc. Or you might be able to find a used one
online. You can use either the 2nd or 3rd edition. The books are almost
identical, except for the numbering on some of the cumulative review problems.
I have redone the assignment list and solutions packet so that either
edition can be used. Both books are blue with pictures of a turtle and seashells
on the front. The 2nd
edition is ISBN #1-57924-236-7 hardback, #1-59166-640-6 softback. The 3rd
edition text is ISBN #1-59166-347-8 softback.
Please bookmark www.CHATmathclasses.com.
There you can view or download the course syllabus, homework expectations,
assignment notes, and assignment list. Also available on the math
website are files of the overheads that I have made for our weekly class times.
These are good summaries of each week's material, and an excellent tool for
reviewing for a test. There are also videos posted for every construction
that we will learn this year, as well as other help videos. The username
is chatmath and the password is numbers.
The assignment list will be adjusted
if necessary as we progress. You will notice that there are usually 5
assignments given per week. You can decide which 5 days you will use as
assignment days. If there is a test to be taken it is considered one of
the 5 assignments for the week. There are assignment notes posted on the
CHAT math website which are designed to "tutor" your student through
the homework problems that they do at home. Students have found them extremely
helpful, so print them weekly and give them to your student before they start
their assignments.
I have made a solutions packet for the assignments to be given. I will hand out
the fall semester portion on the first day of class. It will be up to you to
monitor your student's use of the these. Geometry requires logic and reasoning,
and these processes are unfamiliar to many students. It is sometimes a
great temptation to look at the answers without taking the time to really think
through the problems. For this reason, I suggest that you be the
"keeper of the keys." Assignments are to be corrected at home and
will be handed in weekly.
When you see on the schedule that there is a test as part of the homework, you
are to administer the test. They should then turn the test in to me the
following week, along with their assignments. I will correct the test and
return it to your student the following week with a percentage grade.
As with any math class I have ever taught, I cannot stress enough the
importance of not letting your students fall behind. Math is very sequential in
nature.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have,
both now and as we progress through the school year. If your son or
daughter is working on an assignment and has a specific question, have them
email me the page and problem number along with their question, and I will get
it answered as soon as possible. I have found that email works quite well for
this. They are welcome to call, but that can be hit or miss. Otherwise,
we will always take time at the beginning of class to answer questions from the
previous week.
One last thing. I will be
holding an 3-session Algebra 1 Review Boot Camp the
week before classes start to go over the Algebra 1 skills needed for
Geometry. Details will be sent in a separate email. There are
worksheets that will be emailed out after each session, and these will be extra
credit. (Students who are not able to come will also receive the
worksheets and will be able to earn extra credit as well if they want.)
Sincerely,
Kim Nelson, tutor
952-451-9901
P.S. If you have ordered a
book and it does not come in time for the first class, please let me know and I
will scan and email what is needed for the first week.