THIS IS A TEST.

Since one mission of this blog is to keep Geometry students informed about what we're doing in class, it sure would be great if I could post our class power points on the blog. That way if you miss class, all you have to do is boot up and come to the blog to find out what we did today. But there's no way to do that.

Or is there??????

Say it with me: ooooooOOOOOOOooooooohhhhh!!!

Cool.

Well... not perfect though. A lot of the layering and animations don't transfer perfectly to Google Docs-- so you're still way better off bing in class. But it certainly is a help.

Another way to get there: I can give you a link to the web address. This one-- what we're doing day one-- is at http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcb8f9w3_1fxxxk4g3.

Welcome to Geometry!

It's summer here at The Elon School, and there's plenty of time remaining till Geometry gets started... but I'm busily getting the year's schedule ready for when we start August 18th. Can you believe summer is already half way over??

Unbelieveable.

I spent a week of the early summer working with Tori Delaney to turn the Geo classroom into The Jungle Room. It's a super space for us to work in now. Thanks, Tori!

For you to know before school starts: Our textbook is Glencoe/ McGraw-Hill Geometry-- the same book as last year. Plenty of used copies are available out there; just find a prior student and inquire about purchasing their copy.

There also is a study guide (with a similar cover to the one above) that is required. It's fantastic! Much of our homework will be from the study guide. It costs less than $10 new, so you won't break your piggy bank with this one.

Just before school starts, I'll post the schedule for the first chapter. .. but anyone who wants to get ahead (hint, hint...) can read the first two sections of Chapter 1 ahead of time. I think you'll find that some of it is review of concepts you've seen before.

I know summer is tough on you guys, but hang in there... you'll be back at school before you know it!

--Dr. Bennett