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Name: Bill Guppy

SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL

PROGRAM
WEEKLY SCHEDULE FORMAT
Unit Title: Lines, Angles, and Triangles Week 1

For planning purposes, assume your unit will begin on a Monday. Summarize each element as succinctly as possible but provide salient details. Table will
expand as you type. Use additional pages as necessary to plan for multi-week units. Your unit plan should include a variety of instructional, engagement, and
assessment strategies. Add links to resources as appropriate.

Monday
Lesson
Title or
Topic
CA
Content
Standard
w/
Number

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Angles and Triangles

Parallel Lines

Parallel Lines

Pythagorean

8.G.5
MP1, MP2, MP3, MP7

8.G.5
MP1, MP2, MP3, MP7

8.G.5
MP1, MP2, MP3, MP7

8.G.5
MP1, MP2, MP3, MP7

8.G.8
8.EE.2
MP1, MP2, MP3, MP7

Measura
ble
Objective

Students put into practice

facts about
supplementary,
complementary, vertical,
and adjacent angles to
find angle measures..

Lesson
Introduct
ion

Students partner up and

work on the Warmup.
Whole class discussion on
Warmup. Introduce Goals
for lesson.

Students verify facts

about the angle sum and
exterior angle of triangles.
Students will write and
solve equations involving
angle measures..
Teacher introduces
problems from worksheet
Find the Missing Angle
Measures. Students
discuss in partners
possible solutions and
present to class.
Review vocabulary. Review
facts that are known about
angles and triangles.

Lesson
Body
(Direct
Instructi
on)

Angles and Triangles

Tuesday

Lecture on properties of
angle pairs using the
Angle Pairs worksheet as
lecture notes for students
to follow along. Students
also make notes in their
math journals.

Students evaluate facts

about angles formed when
parallel lines are cut by a
transversal.

Students partner up and

work on the Warmup.
Whole class discussion on
Warmup. Introduce Goals
for lesson.
Write the Warmup
problem on the board and
discuss it's properties.
Introduce parallel line
vocabulary.

Students prove angle sum

and exterieor angle
theorems for triangles.
Students use properties of
parallel lines to solve
problems.
Begin by showing the
problem from worksheet
About Parallel Lines 2 and
asking questions about it.
Ask students to come to
the board to indicate their
answer.
Post the worksheet Angle
Sums in Triangles
Revisited. Students
discuss with their partner
possible solutions.
Interrupt the discussion to
hear intitial thoughts.
Partners continue to
discuss. Whole class

Students interpret the

Pythagorean Theorem
numerically, algebraically,
and geometrically.
Students partner up to
complete the warmup
activity. Whole class
discussion about answers
and possible
misconceptions.
Discuss properties of right
triangle and vocabulary.
Introduce the worksheet
Two Right Triangles.
Teacher asks guiding
questions. Students used
rulers and colored pencils.

Revised 7.1.13

Name: Bill Guppy

SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL

PROGRAM
WEEKLY SCHEDULE FORMAT
Unit Title: Lines, Angles, and Triangles Week 1

For planning purposes, assume your unit will begin on a Monday. Summarize each element as succinctly as possible but provide salient details. Table will
expand as you type. Use additional pages as necessary to plan for multi-week units. Your unit plan should include a variety of instructional, engagement, and
assessment strategies. Add links to resources as appropriate.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

discussion.

Lesson
Body
(Student
Activity)

Lesson
Closure

Adaptati
on/
Engagem
ent
Strategie
s
Assessm
ent

In partners, students work

on Tear It Up Experiment.
Students make
conjectures about
triangles based on the
experiment.
Whole class discussion
about conjectures from
activity. Write on the
board what we've
discovered today: terms,
facts about angles,
notation.

Students work in pairs on

Practice Finding Angle
Measures worksheet.

Student work in pairs to

complete Worksheets
Parallel Lines 1 & 2.

Introduce the Big Puzzle.

Students work with
partners on the Big Puzzle
worksheet.

Students work in groups to

find solutions to Two More
Right Triangles worksheet.

Whole class discussion on

discoveries from activity.
Students are prompted to
explain their answers.
Review goals and
standards.

Review properties of
parallel lines and
strategies for finding
measures of angles.

Discuss possible solutions

to the Big Puzzle. Discuss
how students arrived at
answers. Review
vocabulary and key
concepts.

Whole class discussion on

what properties of the
Pythagorean Theorem.
Vocabulary is reviewed.

Think, Pair, Share. When a

question comes up, this
strategy will used for
inquiry.
ELL: point out prefixes in
vocabulary ("tri-" in
triangle, meaning three
angles)

Students write the

vocabulary in their math
journals for easy
reference.
ELL: use hand gestures
when describing lines and
angles

Entry-level assessment:
Warmup
Progress-Monitoring:
teacher note-taking while
observing the activity

PM: teacher observation

during activity
Summative: Exit slip
explaining a fact about
angles

Students write vocabulary

and key concepts in math
journals.

Entry-Level: Warmup
PM: teacher observation
and note-taking during
activity

Students approach the

board in pairs to answer
questions. (to reduce
anxiety)
ELL: when asking
questions point and state
the angle property
succinctly ("corresponding
angle")
PM: class discussion about
Angle Sums in Triangles
Revisited
Summative: Exit slip
explaining a fact about

Students write vocabulary

and key concepts in math
journals.

Entry-Level: Warmup
PM: teacher observation
and note-taking during
activity

Revised 7.1.13

Name: Bill Guppy

SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL

PROGRAM
WEEKLY SCHEDULE FORMAT
Unit Title: Lines, Angles, and Triangles Week 1

For planning purposes, assume your unit will begin on a Monday. Summarize each element as succinctly as possible but provide salient details. Table will
expand as you type. Use additional pages as necessary to plan for multi-week units. Your unit plan should include a variety of instructional, engagement, and
assessment strategies. Add links to resources as appropriate.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

parallel lines

Resource
s

Worksheets from
MathLinks: Grade 8
Student Packet
Paper

Worksheets from
MathLinks: Grade 8
Student Packet
Math journals

Worksheets from
MathLinks: Grade 8
Student Packet
Math journals

Worksheets from
MathLinks: Grade 8
Student Packet

Worksheets from
MathLinks: Grade 8
Student Packet
Rulers and colored pencils