Beyond the Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT) Lesson Idea

Lesson Title What do you think?

Content Area 10th Grade Geometry
Content MGSE9-12.G.CO.8 Explain how the criteria for triangle congruence (ASA, SAS, and
Standards SSS) follow from the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions. (Extend to
include HL and AAS.)
Technology ISTE-S Standards:
Standards 1.1.d Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations,
demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are
to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
1.5.c Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and
develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-
solving.
1.6.d Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium
for their intended audiences.
1.7.b Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers,
experts, or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple
viewpoints.
Integrated Popplet (app.popplet.com/#/p/7185684)
Technology
Reference or https://docs.google.com/document/d/
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Resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/
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Bloom’s Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing
Taxonomy
Levels
Integration LoTi Level 4: Integration
Level
Universal This lesson is a two-part lesson, so it gives the students multiple means of expression
Design and representation. Students who enjoy working with physical forms of representation
Rationale will be able to move the card sort around physically. After the card sort, they will have
the opportunity to justify their thinking in the popplet. They also get to interact with
other peers outside of their groups to justify and comment on each other’s answers.
The students also will have a choice as to whether I grade them off of their card sort or
off of their popplet. There are different rubrics for each version, but it gives the
students the opportunity for different forms of expression.
Lesson Idea When the students come into the classroom, a warm-up will be displayed on the board.
The warm-up is about classifying triangle congruence. Students will be reminded of the
lessons from the previous day and be able to ask any questions about triangle
congruence theorems. Once the warm-up is complete, they will complete a card sort.
There are 18 cards with different triangles. There are two sheets with 3 columns, so 6
columns for the triangle congruence theorems and 1 for noncongruence. The goal is
for the students to work in groups and sort the cards into the correct column.
Once all groups are finished, they will join the popplet online and be instructed to share
2 thoughts on the popplet. Then they will be asked to comment on 2 of their peers’
popplets. The teacher will observe the content the students are producing and select a
few for class discussion.
Once the discussion is concluded, the teacher will ask the students to take a small
piece of paper and write their name on it. They will also write what section of the
lesson they want me to grade them on based on where they think they did their best
work, either the card sort or the popplet and discussion. This is a small homework
grade, but it gives the students a sense that the work they are doing is important. It
also gives the student autonomy over their learning in a class where standards are
 very cut and dry. This also gives the teacher an idea of how students like to participate.
It allows for differentiation in the class as well.
Design Through the card sort, my hope is that students are able to better understand triangle
Reflection congruence as they look for words to describe their thinking to their group members
and to their peers as a whole on popplet. One way I think this concept could be
extended is to turn the popplet content into a microlesson. A microlesson is where you
take a few minutes in class to discuss real life things that aren’t part of the class or
standards. For example, the teacher could use the popplet as a way of instructing
students to be respectful online. Since we are working in the anonymous mode on
popplet, we might be tempted to say things about each other’s ideas that we might not
say if they knew who we are. The teacher should emphasize the importance of being
kind even online.