Geometry Jump Start Workshop

Strengthen Spatial Understanding • Master Key Geometry Concepts • Build Confidence for the Next Grade Level

Schedule:

📅 Mondays & Wednesdays OR Tuesdays & Thursdays
🕓 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Online & In-Person

For Students Entering 6th Grade

Review of 4th–5th Grade Geometry:

  • Classifying 2D Shapes: Identifying and categorizing triangles, quadrilaterals, and polygons.

  • Measuring and Identifying Angles: Understanding and measuring acute, obtuse, and right angles.

  • Understanding Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Calculating perimeter and area of basic shapes, and introducing volume.

  • Introduction to Coordinate Planes: Plotting points and understanding the x- and y-axes.

  • Recognizing Lines of Symmetry: Identifying lines of symmetry in shapes and objects.

For Students Entering 7th Grade

Review of 5th–6th Grade Geometry Concepts:

  • Area of Triangles, Parallelograms, and Composite Figures: Calculating area for various 2D shapes and composite figures.

  • Angle Relationships: Understanding complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles.

  • Surface Area and Volume of 3D Shapes: Finding the surface area and volume of prisms and pyramids.

  • Understanding Basic Transformations: Learning flips, slides, and turns in the plane.

  • Circle Terms: Understanding the relationship between radius, diameter, and circumference.

For Students Entering 8th Grade

Review of 6th–7th Grade Geometry Foundations:

  • Pythagorean Theorem: Applying the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles.

  • Properties of Triangles and Quadrilaterals: Identifying and working with various types of triangles and quadrilaterals.

  • Volume and Surface Area of Cones, Spheres, and Cylinders: Calculating volume and surface area of more complex 3D shapes.

  • Dilations and Similarity in the Coordinate Plane: Understanding and applying dilations and similarity transformations.

  • Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal: Identifying angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal.

For Students Entering 9th Grade (Geometry Prep)

Review of 7th–8th Grade Geometry Readiness:

  • Angle Relationships and Proofs: Deepening understanding of angle relationships and using proof techniques.

  • Triangle Congruence (SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS): Exploring the conditions under which triangles are congruent.

  • Similarity and Transformations: Analyzing similar figures and understanding geometric transformations.

  • Coordinate Geometry: Using distance and midpoint formulas in the coordinate plane.

  • Trigonometry Basics (Sine, Cosine, Tangent): Introduction to trigonometric ratios and their applications.