When I started this assignment I was a little scared because there were so many shapes. I then realized that they can each fit into three categories of general shapes, and then I only have to worry about the shapes in those categories and if they are similar or not. One category was just shape v, and so there was nothing for that to be similar to so I knew v wasn’t similar to anything. Then I went to the triangles. I measured the side lengths, and then realized x can’t be similar to y or w because the not all the corresponding angles were congruent. Then, I realized y and w are similar because all the corresponding angles were congruent, and there was a scale factor from y to w of 2. I then went on to the rectangles. I immediately knew u could not be similar to anything because there was no scale factor to any of the other triangles. I then saw t and z were similar because the corresponding side lengths from t to z, the lengths had doubled. That meant the scale factor from t to z was 2. 
For the next side I started by measuring the sides of the original shape. The original rectangle (E) had a length of 4 and the other one was 3. I then created another triangle that was the same as E, just had lengths of 2 and 1.5 (A), and so the scale factor from E to A was 1/2. For next question, I just created a rectangle that had no scale factor to E. For the next question, I created another triangle that had the same angles as the original (F), just the side lengths were 1/2 the size. For the last question, I made a right triangle because then the corresponding angles weren’t congruent so it wasn’t similar.
I think overall our group worked well together. For example, I think we all did the same amount of work on the script. We completed our skit fast by not going to much into props, and instead, spending our time making sure that our script is perfect. As a group I think our performance was good, we pronounced a few words wrong, but overall I think we did a good job. As an individual, pronouncing words is usually really hard for me, but I think I did a lot better of a job today at the skit. Next time I think I could improve by pronouncing pago correctly, maybe using larger words in the skit, and creating more props. I also would of put the names of the characters in the script.
Explain to me the technique you are using right now:
At the moment the technique I’m using is hatching. Using any type of pencil, you draw thin straight lines from one end of the area you are trying to cover, to the other. The lines you draw go right next to each other to fill the space. There are also techniques like this one, for example, cross-hatching, where you start out using regular hatching to cover an area, then do it again in the same spot, just from another direction.
Tilda Sutter Math Profile
B 9.12.16
Math is something that I think I am overall pretty good at. I think it came as something that was easy to me in 2nd Grade (but that may be because I have trouble remembering before that). But overall I think my best year at math was 5th Grade. In fifth grade we did a lot of problems where we would need to find patterns and create patterns. I think it got a little harder for me in 6th Grade. I have trouble multiplying and dividing quickly, and during timed tests when I try to go fast my numbers come out incorrect. I like learning math. I like learning problems where we can’t just plug in the numbers, that look really confusing at the start and then when you’re done it just kind of feels satisfying. Like a problem where using a calculator won’t give you that much of an advantage. But there are some things I don’t like about learning math. I don’t like when we start a new unit and you have to learn a lot of different stuff at once. It gets really overwhelming. But overall I think I am a good math student. I try really hard to be one at least. When I’m home and studying, I try to break the assignment into parts and do them on different days if it’s a long assignment. If it’s short, I try to do it in one day. That is the kind of math student I am.
