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UnitOverview
Whatistheintendedpurposeandgoalofthisunit?Whoistheaudience?

BackgroundInformation

UnitTitle:
Triangles
Content
Area:

Geometry

Other/Additional
ContentArea(s):

Grade
Level(s):

9101112
Other

TimeFrame:

3weeks

Other:

UnitSummary:

Students will learn about triangle congruence. In addition, they will connect prior learning about both quadrilaterals and angle
measurestothisunit.

AuthorsNotes:

Both units from Q1 went over their allotted time. This unit hasbeenplannedin3twoweeksectionssothelastsectioncanbechunked
tobetaughtinQ3orQ4.

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Stage1:DesiredResults
Whatgoals,contentstandards,anddesiredunderstandingswillshapethisunit?

EstablishedGoals:Listthe
content,literacy,technology,or
otherstandardsand
performanceobjectives(if
applicable)thisunitaddresses.

Transfer
Studentswillbeabletoindependentlyusetheirlearningto

Expressappropriatemathematicalreasoningbyconstructingviablearguments,critiquing
thereasoningofothersandattendingtoprecisionwhenmakingarguments.

Studentswillidentifypatternsinmathematicalandnonmathematicalcontextsand
SectionA:
understandtheirvalue.
.HSG.CO.B.7
Workcollaborativelyonnewanduniqueproblems
Usethedefinitionof
Meaning
congruenceintermsofrigid
EnduringUnderstandings
EssentialQuestions
motionstoshowthattwo
Studentswillkeepconsidering
trianglesarecongruentifand Studentswillunderstandthat
Naminganobjectisdirectlyrelatedto
Whydoesonlysomeinformationallow
onlyifcorrespondingpairsof
itsvisualrepresentation
ustocalltrianglescongruent?
sidesandcorrespondingpairs
Objectsthatlookcongruentarenot
Howdotrianglesrelatetorectangles?
ofanglesarecongruent.
necessarilycongruent
Whyiscongruenceimportant

HSG.CO.B.8
Explainhowthecriteriafor
AcquisitionofKnowledge&Skill
trianglecongruence(ASA,
SkillStudentswillbeableto
KnowledgeStudentswillknow
DOKLevel
SAS,andSSS)followfromthe Identifycorrespondingpartsof
definitionofcongruent
1
definitionofcongruencein

Howtolabelcongruent
congruentshapes
termsofrigidmotions.
images

Proveiftwotrianglesare
congruencecriteria(ASA,SAS,
3

congruent
SSS)

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HSG.SRT.B.5.Use
congruenceandsimilarity
criteriafortrianglestosolve
problemsandtoprove
relationshipsingeometric
figures

Solveproblemsinvolving
congruence

propertiesofcongruence
Howtolookatproblemsin
anunexpectedway

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Stage2:AcceptableEvidence
Whatevidencewillshowthestudentsunderstandtheunitcontent?

EvaluationCriteria
Listthecriteriabywhichthe
studentsandteacherswill
evaluatetheassessmenttask.
Whataretheindicatorsof
proficiency?

Studentswillshowtheirlearningby

PERFORMANCETASK(S)
EndofUnit:OstrichRaces(Reviseandwriteevaluationcriteria,createextensiontaskforstudents
whofinishbeforeallottedtime).

DuringUnit:LogoTask
1. Findlogowithatriangleinit.(week1)
2. Copythatlogointoyourtaskpacketusingconstructiontechniques.Provethattheyare
congruent
3. Ifyourlogohasmultipletriangles,determineifthetrianglesarecongruentornot.
4. Createyourownlogowithtwocongruenttriangles.Provethattheyarecongruent(Week2,
finishoutofclass)
Listthecriteriabywhichthe
OTHEREVIDENCE
studentsandteacherswill
PossiblyincludeMARSTask
evaluatetheassessmenttask.
Exittickets
Whataretheindicatorsof
Endofdayreflections
proficiency?
PossiblelearningTask:NYCLogoTask

Morerigorousproblem:
STUDENTSELFASSESSMENT&REFLECTION:Howwillstudentsreflectupontheirprogress,setgoals,andengagein
selfassessmentoftheirwork.?

Weeklyondonowreflections,attheendofperformancetasks,duringclosureactivities

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Stage3:LearningPlan
Whatsequenceofcontentwillleadstudentstothedesiredunderstandings?

Day#
Standards
1
MP.4,SRT.5
2
G.CO.7
34

G.CO.7,MP.4,MP.1,G.CO.8,G.SRT.5

G.CO.8

MP.4,SRT.5

G.CO.8

89

G.CO.8,G.CO.7

10
11

G.CO.8,G.CO.7,G.SRT.5,MP.4
G.CO.8

12

G.CO.8,G.CO.7,G.SRT.5

Objectives
SWBATfindtrianglesintherealworld.
SWBATdeterminecongruentpartsof
congruentfigures
SWBATdeterminewhentrianglesare
congruent
SWBATdetermineiftrianglesare
congruent
SWBATdetermineiftwotrianglesfound
intherealworldarecongruent

SWBATdetermineiftrianglesare
congruent&provideareason
SWBATwriteproofsthatexplainif
trianglesarecongruentandmake
conclusionsfromcongruency
SWBATcompleteperformancetask
SWBATimprovemasterybasedon
performancetaskandreviewfor
assessment
SWBATcompleteunittest

AdditionalInformation
LogoTaskDay1
ACTDay1&NotesfromMeg
Architectureformativeassessmentand
formalizetrianglecongruencelab

LogoTaskDay2:Determineiftwo
trianglesinyourlogoarecongruent.
Createyourownlogothatmeets
requestedcriteria

UseProofBlocks

Taskiscompletedindependently
Reviewgivenoutearlierinweek.
Reviewisproofbased
focusonproof

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Numb3rsLessonh
ttp://misscalculate.blogspot.com/2014/03/trianglecongruenceproofs.html

https://app.box.com/s/ozmujmk9021u1wpwufpbr4oj3jyscjb1source:http://www.megcraig.org/?p=723

https://crazymathteacherlady.wordpress.com/

http://www.proofblocks.com/resources/resources/download_blocks_files/PB_Complete_Set.pdf

ACTUnit:http://www.baschools.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/4f1c4d40628e4/Extra%20practice%20proofs.pdf