Describe Activity: The free-response questions due at Generating and testing hypotheses the end of the unit provide students with a real-world Describe Activity: Students will complete the popsicle and authentic learning experience. stick exploration activity. Cues, questions, and advance organizers Describe Activity: Students will use a foldable to compile properties of all quadrilaterals. Each fold will have a Bubble Thinking Map to describe the properties. part v: Procedures Teacher Actions Student Actions Materials/Resources Time (including technology) Warm up/Activating Guide students through Students will complete a 20 min Popsicle stick Prior popsicle stick investigation. popsicle stick parallelogram Knowledge/Emotional assignment with a Ruler Hook partner to fill in Bubble Compass Thinking Map of Foldable notes* characteristics. Popsicle Stick *see attachments in Parallelogram unit plan binder Expoloration Teacher Input 60 min Smartboard presentation Students fill missing Foldable notes (split of complete list of properties into their Notebooks over two properties for Bubble Map. days and parallelograms. Students come to types of Teacher guides students board to identify *see attachments in problem) through completion of properties in the unit plan binder examples of applying picture example. properties to problems. Students copy and complete examples of applying properties to problems. Guided Student 30 min Assign “6-1 & 6-2 Study Students work on Geometry Circle Practice (split Guide/Practice” with their Geometry group directions* over two worksheets to be Circle Group on the “6-1 & 6-2 Study completed in a Geometry “6-1 & 6-2 Study days and Guide/Practice” types of Circle (literature circle Guide/Practice” worksheets* problem) style) Group worksheets Walk around the room to Students ask *see attachments in help students. questions. unit plan binder Independent Student Assign Homework: Complete Homework: “Properties of N/A Practice “Properties of “Properties of Parallelograms” Parallelograms worksheet Parallelograms” worksheet* worksheet *see attachments in unit plan binder Lesson Synthesis Guide Students through 30 min Students will answer a Turning Point
Generating and testing hypotheses Describe Activity: Students will complete the popsicle stick exploration activity. Cues, questions, and advance organizers Describe Activity: Students will use a foldable to compile properties of all quadrilaterals. Each fold will have a Bubble Thinking Map to describe the properties. Describe Activity: The free-response questions due at the end of the unit provide students with a real-world and authentic learning experience. part v: Procedures Teacher Actions Student Actions Materials/Resources (including technology) Time Warm up/Activating Prior Knowledge/Emotional Hook Guide students through popsicle stick investigation. Students will complete a popsicle stick assignment with a partner to fill in Bubble Thinking Map of characteristics. Popsicle Stick Parallelogram Expoloration Popsicle stick parallelogram Ruler Compass Foldable notes* *see attachments in unit plan binder 20 min Teacher Input Smartboard presentation of complete list of properties for parallelograms. Teacher guides students through completion of examples of applying properties to problems. Students fill missing properties into their Bubble Map. Students come to board to identify properties in the picture example. Students copy and complete examples of applying properties to problems. Foldable notes Notebooks *see attachments in unit plan binder 60 min (split over two days and types of problem) Guided Student Practice Assign “6-1 & 6-2 Study Guide/Practice” worksheets to be completed in a Geometry Circle (literature circle style) Group Walk around the room to help students. Students work on with their Geometry Circle Group on the “6-1 & 6-2 Study Guide/Practice” worksheets Students ask questions. Geometry Circle group directions* “6-1 & 6-2 Study Guide/Practice” worksheets* *see attachments in unit plan binder 30 min (split over two days and types of problem) Independent Student Practice Assign Homework: “Properties of Parallelograms worksheet Complete Homework: “Properties of Parallelograms” worksheet “Properties of Parallelograms” worksheet* *see attachments in unit plan binder N/A Lesson Synthesis Guide Students through Students will answer a Turning Point 30 min